However, the woman ignored their pleas for mercy. With a flick of her finger, several streams of battle qi shot out.
"Whoosh..."
Several whooshing sounds rang out, and then the heads of those men exploded like watermelons, blood splattering everywhere. Their bodies fell to the ground like tattered sacks.
As the last few on the battlefield perished, the woman's eyes blazed with even more ferocity and bloodlust. A wicked smile appeared on her lips as she inhaled the intensely pungent smell of blood in the air. Her exquisite body trembled slightly with excitement, her expression one of ecstasy, as she murmured softly,
"Soon...almost soon...Lin Changqing...soon I'll be able to..."
Looking at the scene before her, a landscape she had personally painted, a veritable hell on earth, feeling the surging energy within her, she thought of someone special, and of certain things she had done with that person.
The woman's eyes gradually became hazy, a startling crimson flush rising on her face. An overwhelming lust surged within her, intertwining wildly with a murderous urge, utterly intoxicating her and driving her to madness. Unable to contain her inner turmoil, she looked up and roared to the sky,
"Hahahaha..."
With this frenzied howl, terrifying battle qi surged from her body, boundless killing intent manifesting, the aura of a three-star Dou Huang unleashed without reservation.
The surrounding corpses were blasted dozens of miles away by this terrifying aura, making her appear like a world-destroying demon amidst the carnage and blood-soaked mountains of bones.
This woman was Gu Xun'er, who had come to the Black Corner Region after parting ways with Hun Changqing in the secret chamber.
Upon arriving in the Black Corner Region, she was immediately struck by the chaos, bloodshed, and dark corruption, which had stirred up the previously suppressed savagery and bloodlust within her, and she began to truly go mad.
With the strength of a Grand Dou Master, she single-handedly stormed into every sect and clan she passed through, uttering not a word, simply entering and killing! Killing relentlessly! A mad spree of killing!
Without any purpose or goal, without any worries or anxieties, she spent every day from dawn till dusk either slaughtering or on her way to slaughter, constantly immersed in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, each time killing until utterly exhausted, severely wounded and on the verge of death, before finally stopping.
Everyone considered her a madwoman, yet they were helpless. Every time she was on the verge of death, a dark figure would take her away, and after a day, this madwoman's injuries would be completely healed. Some high-level Dou Ling and Dou Wang who wanted to directly kill this madwoman were also inexplicably taken away when she was on the verge of death.
And the one who took Gu Xun'er away was Gu Ming, a powerful Dou Zun at the third level whom she had brought from the Ancient Clan.
Gu Xun'er did not allow Gu Ming to kill those Dou Ling and Dou Wang who had forcibly attacked her, but instead temporarily set them aside, continuing her killing spree day after day.
This continued for two months. The daily life-or-death battles, coupled with the unlimited squandering of resources, propelled her to the peak of the Great Dou Master realm.
Later, a Dou Sheng from the Ancient Clan brought her two different flames to refine: the Fire Cloud Water Flame, ranked sixteenth on the Different Flame Ranking, which the Ancient Clan had seized from Huo Yao, a disciple of the Yan Clan who was away on training;
and the Nine Nether Wind Flame, ranked tenth on the Different Flame Ranking, which she obtained by luring and killing Yao Xingji, a prodigy of the Yao Clan.
Finally, with the best and most precious materials on the Dou Qi Continent for refining different flames, and with the full assistance of the Dou Sheng elder, Gu Xun'er refined both flames in just four months, reaching the Dou Huang realm.
Subsequently, all the Dou Ling and Dou Wang who had previously attacked her were brutally tortured to death by her. The methods of torture were the same ones that Hun Changqing had shown her through the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, all of which Gu Xun'er had memorized and perfectly replicated.
She then turned her attention to sects with powerful members who could become Battle Kings or Battle Emperors, beginning a new round of massacres. As Gu Xun'er's killings increased, her heart completely succumbed to endless darkness, with only Hun Changqing as her sole salvation.
After each frenzied massacre, she would constantly imagine Hun Changqing in her mind, fantasizing about pinning him down and doing certain unspeakable things to him. Only in this way could she suppress her rampant bloodlust with her indescribable love and desire for Hun Changqing.
Later, as Gu Xun'er's reckless and insane killings continued, her reputation gradually spread throughout the entire Black Corner Region. Even in this region, known for its killings, bloodshed, and numerous madmen, many people were terrified of Gu Xun'er. As her reputation grew, people naturally came to join her. Initially, Gu Xun'er had no intention of establishing her own power base, as these people couldn't offer much help.
However, Gu Xun'er remembered that Hun Changqing had mentioned coming to the Black Corner Region. She reasoned that if she had subordinates, she could immediately know if Hun Changqing entered the Black Corner Region and investigate his purpose.
Therefore, she selected some clever individuals from among those who wanted to follow her, suitable for intelligence gathering,
and formed the "Ancient Burning Sect." After its establishment, the Ancient Burning Sect began a frenzied expansion, relentlessly seizing other territories and launching massacres against enemy strongholds at the slightest provocation.
This made the Ancient Burning Sect incredibly powerful, attracting the attention of many established forces in the Black Corner Region, and many Dou Huang powerhouses were eager to make their move.
On one occasion, several Dou Huang powerhouses attacked together, seemingly intent on suppressing and annihilating Gu Xun'er. Undeterred, Gu Xun'er, with the strength of a one-star Dou Huang, fought against several high-level Dou Huangs, even managing to kill three of them.
However, after defeating the three Dou Huangs, Gu Xun'er was exhausted, severely injured, and on the verge of death. Just as the remaining Dou Huangs were about to continue their attack
, Gu Xun'er was suddenly rescued. The Dou Huangs didn't even have a chance to see her clearly before the dying Gu Xun'er vanished, leaving them stunned.
A few days later, Gu Xun'er, fully recovered from her injuries, returned to the battlefield and systematically defeated the remaining Dou Huangs, killing them one by one.
After this battle, Gu Xun'er's fearsome reputation truly spread throughout the Black Corner Region, reaching the eyes of established powers.
Almost everyone in the Black Corner Region had seen Gu Xun'er and her otherworldly beauty, but no one dared to treat her as a woman, nor dared to bestow upon her any flattering titles.
Because of Gu Xun'er's ruthlessness, leaving countless corpses at her hands, slaughtering entire sects and clans without reason or scruples, she was like a mindless demon who only knew how to kill. Therefore, the people of the Black Corner Region directly called her
"Old Demon Gu Fen!"
With this title, she entered the top ten of the Black Corner Region's black list, further cementing her reputation.
Initially, upon hearing this title, Gu Xun'er was enraged and unleashed another massacre, a bloodbath. However, it was precisely because of her anger that her name became firmly established, spreading throughout the entire Black Corner Region, causing countless people to tremble at the mere mention of it, leaving Gu Xun'er herself helpless.
At this moment, Gu Xun'er, who was roaring to the sky, venting her inner emotions, suddenly sensed something, stopped laughing, her aura subsided, and the madness on her face returned to its cold indifference.
The space not far from Gu Xun'er suddenly distorted and rippled, and after a moment, a crack appeared in the space, from which a figure slowly emerged.
The figure, dressed in a simple green dress, possessed delicate features and a graceful, slender figure, exuding a mature and alluring charm, like a ripe peach, tempting one to take a bite and savor its juicy sweetness.
This person was none other than Gu Xun'er's adopted grandniece, the Gu Clan Elder—Gu Juan, a two-star Dou Sheng.
"Aunt... Xun... Young Miss..."
Gu
Juan approached Gu Xun'er, momentarily at a loss for words. Calling her "Grand Aunt" felt awkward, calling her Xun'er seemed disrespectful to an elder, and calling her "Young Clan Chief" was premature—Gu Xun'er wasn't yet a senior. Gu Juan was momentarily at a loss for words.