Chapter 231: Today, I Will Kill You

Chapter 231 – Today, I Will Kill You

“What are you all standing around for? Help me!”

Staring at the fierce sword light, Lu Changtian raised his hand to form a sword shield, but since he had switched to body cultivation, the defensive power of the Small Wuxiang Sword Technique had significantly weakened.

Knowing he couldn’t withstand the strike alone, he called out to his three junior brothers for help.

After all, he was their senior brother.

Though Zhang Hanxiao, Xiao Yifeng, and Yun Zimo were bewildered by the sudden conflict, they still instinctively moved to block Li Qingran’s sword energy.

“You’re siding with evil? Then I’ll kill you all together!”

Li Qingran’s gaze turned even colder, mist rising around her body.

She was about to unleash another sword technique but suddenly realized she was nearly out of spiritual energy.

The

Blue Lotus Sword Manual

was incredibly powerful, combining speed, destruction, and suppression into one. Its unpredictable movements made it hard to counter, but it also consumed far more spiritual energy than techniques like the Small Wuxiang Sword Technique.

Back when she first formed her supreme-grade dantian, she thought having so much spiritual energy was a waste. But after learning the

Blue Lotus Sword Manual

, she quickly realized how naïve she had been.

The four disciples of Chixiao Peak barely managed to withstand her sword energy.

Seeing that Li Qingran was running out of spiritual energy, their expressions lit up with excitement.

“Li Qingran, you’re out of spiritual energy! Let’s see what you do now!”

“You… you’re really trying to kill your own senior brother? Even a dog would have some loyalty, but you’re just heartless!”

“Open your eyes, everyone! Li Qingran no longer considers us her senior brothers. To her, we’re just enemies now. Haven’t you realized it yet?” Lu Changtian’s expression darkened as he steadied himself with his sword. “If we’re enemies, then one of us must die!”

“Li Qingran, we crippled you once, we can do it again!”

“Shut up.”

Li Qingran looked at the four of them and found it ridiculous.

Why had she stayed at Chixiao Peak for so long, desperately hoping they would change?

Perhaps they had always been like this.

It was just that the title of ‘senior brother’ had blinded her.

At first, she couldn’t see their true nature, but over time, it became clear.

Running out of spiritual energy didn’t matter—she could just replenish it.

Li Qingran summoned her life-bound artifact.

To Lu Changtian and the others, it just looked like a black disc.

What kind of artifact was this?

Was it an offensive weapon? A defensive tool? Or something for escaping?

The disc spun in her palm, emitting a faint blue glow.

But in the next moment—

Their faces twisted in horror.

Li Qingran’s depleted spiritual energy was visibly restoring itself at an alarming rate.

In just a few breaths, she was fully replenished.

“A-a spiritual energy recovery artifact?!” Zhang Hanxiao gasped.

“No… it’s not just that…” Lu Changtian’s face turned grim as he stared into Li Qingran’s eyes.

The exhaustion in her gaze had completely vanished.

This strange artifact didn’t just restore spiritual energy—it also rejuvenated the user’s physical state.

A relic like this existed in the Cangyun Realm?

He had never heard of such a thing!

Zhang Hanxiao took two steps back, trembling as he looked at the surging sword intent around Li Qingran.

“Uh… S-Sister Qingran, I have no grudge against you. Actually, my stomach isn’t feeling great, so I’ll be leaving first…”

With that, he turned and fled.

He was just in the Foundation Establishment Stage—how could he fight a Golden Core cultivator?

Shing!

A flash of sword light pierced through him.

Zhang Hanxiao stared blankly at his chest, now stained red with blood, before collapsing.

The mist in front of him swirled, forming a ghostly swordsman’s silhouette, its robes still damp from the dissipating moisture.

“Junior Brother!”

Xiao Yifeng rushed to Zhang Hanxiao’s side and checked his pulse, only to find he was already dead.

His eyes turned red with fury.

He whipped his head toward Li Qingran, his expression contorted with rage. “You killed him?! How could you—”

His answer was the ringing of a sword.

Li Qingran barely moved—she simply rotated her wrist, and in his final moments, Xiao Yifeng saw a streak of blinding sword light.

That was the last thing he ever saw.

His head rolled into the grass.

Li Qingran’s icy gaze landed on the two remaining men.

Her lips parted, her voice chilling:

“Two.”

Her master was right.

If you don’t cut the weeds at the root, they’ll grow back in spring.

These people had long since deserved to die.

When they first came to Qingyun Sect, her master had spared their lives only for her sake. But if he had truly wanted, with his Void Fusion-level strength, he could have wiped out Qingyun Sect in an instant.

He had been too considerate of her feelings.

Now, she regretted ever hesitating.

She had only caused trouble for both herself and her master.

Fine.

Today, she would end this once and for all.

“Yun Zimo, we have to work together, or none of us will make it out alive!” Lu Changtian growled under his breath. “Don’t even think about running—she’s in the Golden Core Stage. We can’t escape. But the secret realm’s entrance is about to open. Once it does, the flight-restricting formation will be disabled…”

【Lu Changtian, you’re pathetic.】

Lu Changtian froze.

In his mind, Mu Baishuang’s twisted face appeared.

“Junior Sister… you—”

【I gave you the Heaven Demon Art, yet you can’t even handle Li Qingran?! Do I have to do everything myself?!】

“Heaven Demon Art…? What Heaven Demon Art?”

For the first time, he saw Mu Baishuang’s expression filled with fury.

In his memory, she had always been gentle and innocent. But this version of her made his soul tremble.

【The cultivation technique I gave you wasn’t a body-refining art—it was a fragment of the Heaven Demon Art. I infiltrated Qingyun Sect from the beginning to help the Demon Lord break through his bottleneck. And when the time was right… to bring Qingyun Sect to ruin.】

【You were just my pawn!】

The spell’s enchantment faded.

Lu Changtian and Yun Zimo suddenly snapped back to their senses.

But oddly enough, they didn’t feel much different.

It was just that, looking back, Mu Baishuang didn’t seem nearly as charming as before.

In truth, the one who had genuinely treated them well was Li Qingran.

She had never played coy, never showered them with sweet words. But compared to Mu Baishuang, her actions had always spoken louder.

“I understand now! I finally understand!” Lu Changtian clenched his fists, his bloodshot eyes filled with regret. “So everything we did to Li Qingran was because of your manipulation?!”

A cold chuckle echoed in his mind.

Then it became wild laughter.

【No.】 Mu Baishuang’s voice turned indifferent. 【That was simply your own wretched nature. My demon art only amplified what was already there… nothing more.】

“I don’t believe you!”

【Believe whatever you want.】

Her voice faded.

At the same time, Lu Changtian felt his consciousness slowly slipping away, as if something was devouring him.

“Senior Brother? Senior Brother?”

Yun Zimo’s face twisted in horror as he watched Lu Changtian muttering to himself, standing frozen in place.

What the hell was wrong with him?

Then, in the next second—

Lu Changtian suddenly turned around, a twisted grin on his face, and slammed his palm onto Yun Zimo’s forehead.

The Heaven Demon Devouring Technique activated.

Lu Changtian, now bursting with Golden Core strength, pinned Yun Zimo in place, leaving him unable to move. His body melted like wax in a fire.

After devouring Yun Zimo, Lu Changtian turned his gaze toward Li Qingran.

He licked his lips, eyes brimming with demonic energy and hatred.

His robes fluttered in the swirling dark aura.

His lips did not move, yet from his throat came a terrifying chorus of overlapping voices—Lu Changtian’s and Mu Baishuang’s.

“Li Qingran, your master killed my Demon Lord!”

“Today, I will kill you!”