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194: My Hand Is Gender Neutral
🕑 Added 2025-02-28 15:46:47 +0000 UTCThe countless black butterflies filled the space around them, forming a dark domain that swallowed the entire battlefield. Their wings ignited into black flames, turning the world into a sea of fire.
From Yun Wuji's perspective, everything was consumed by these tiny burning creatures. In an instant, the flames surged toward him, completely engulfing his figure.
'Hmm? Interesting.'
Suddenly, deep within his soul sea, the same black butterflies appeared. They burned everything they touched, setting his soul ablaze.
These little butterflies weren't only physical attacks but also a profound skill that directly targeted the soul.
The flames flickered wildly in his soul sea.
'This profound skill seemed familiar,' Yun Wuji thought as he watched the butterflies wreaking havoc in his soul sea. These tiny butterflies reminded him of Shui Meiyin's Stainless Soul attacks.
Of course, Shui Meiyin's attacks were more insidious and powerful. They appeared silently and without warning, by the time the opponent reacted, it would already be too late.
On the same level, very few could resist Shui Meiyin's soul attacks. In the novel, even with Yun Che's Dragon God Soul Domain and multiple other divine souls, he still lost to her.
If he hadn't shown her his 'battle' with Huan Caiyi and Feng Xue'er, which stunned the innocent girl, he would have already been defeated.
Another thing Yun Wuji noticed was that, although this woman displayed an inconceivably powerful battle strength for a Level 10 Divine King Realm, she didn't seem to be using her full power!
While Yun Wuji couldn't gauge the full extent of her strength, one thing was certain; she clearly wasn't specialized in soul attacks, yet she still used them.
It wasn't that this soul attack wasn't powerful, on the contrary, if any other Level 10 Divine King Realm practitioner faced it, their soul sea would have been burned to ashes in just a few breaths.
The only explanation was that this woman was hiding her full strength.
Her cultivation was far beyond a mere Level 10 Divine King Realm, perhaps she was a Divine Sovereign or even a Divine Master.
But the real question was, what was someone like her doing in this place? And why did she come here pretending to be a mere Level 10 Divine King?
Since stepping into the Northern Divine Region, Yun Wuji hadn't encountered a single Divine Sovereign Realm cultivator. So why had one suddenly appeared before him, playing tricks as if testing him?
Unless…
A certain possibility crossed Yun Wuji's mind. The more he thought about it, the more certain he became. If there was someone with both the reason and the ability to pull something like this, it could only be her!
'I didn't expect this man to withstand my Infernal Butterflies for so long. However, no matter how strong he is, there's no way he can break free from this!' the woman in black hovered in the air, watching him closely.
Yun Wuji stood frozen, his body unresponsive. Seeing this, she assumed he had succumbed to her soul attacks.
Just as she was about to declare victory and retract her attack, after all, her goal was to test him, not kill him, a shadow suddenly emerged from the depths of Yun Wuji's soul sea.
A black silhouette took form, vaguely resembling Yun Wuji but with two long, sharp horns protruding from its forehead and a pair of bat-like wings stretching behind it.
The figure was towering, like a giant devil supporting the heavens and the earth.
"Hmph!" The figure let out a cold snort.
The soul sea suddenly trembled violently, like a surging ocean, with waves rising high. The burning butterflies, which had been wreaking havoc moments ago, suddenly lost control. The entire sea pulled them in, drowning them beneath its depths!
The tiny but deadly butterflies struggled continuously, but unfortunately, they were completely helpless. In just a few breaths, the butterflies were drowned, and all the flames were extinguished.
The soul sea returned to its calm, and the black figure slowly faded away.
"Impossible! Ah!" The woman in black's eyes widened in shock. The black domain surrounding them suddenly collapsed, like dark curtains falling. Her pale face was exposed, blood trickling from her nose and mouth as she let out a pained cry.
Her body trembled from the sudden counterattack, and she stumbled backward a few steps in the air.
Smack!
Bang!
Before she could recover, Yun Wuji's figure blurred. In an instant, he appeared before her and delivered a powerful slap across her face. Her body shot downward like a falling star, crashing into the mountain below. The impact shattered the ground, leaving behind a massive crater several meters deep, cracks spreading outward like a spider's web.
'Bastard!' The woman in black cursed in her mind. She barely restrained herself from ripping this man's head off. How dare he slap her in the face?! Did he even know who she was?
Wait... he didn't know her identity.
After consoling herself, the woman in black remained in the crater, pretending to be unconscious.
"Actually, I don't like hitting women," Yun Wuji said, glancing at his hand and flexing his fingers before calmly adding, "But my hand is gender-neutral."
"Lord Jiao," Fairy Zixuan hurried over, seeing that the fight ended with his overwhelming victory. She exclaimed, "Lord's might is unparalleled in heaven and earth! Under your lead, we will surely reach greater heights!"
"Hmm, flattery can take you far," Yun Wuji said, patting her plump butt before turning to leave. He had a good impression of this woman, she was smart and realistic. "Let's head back to the palace."
"What should we do with this woman?" Fairy Zixuan asked, her face flushed from his intimate gesture. She glanced at the woman lying in the crater.
This woman was a Level 10 Divine King Realm expert, and from the battle earlier, she displayed a battle strength far surpassing Ming Peng and Pepe Julian Onziema. Yet, in the end, she couldn't take a single slap from her lord.
Just how strong was Lord Jiao?
"I don't care. Leave it to others to deal with her," Yun Wuji said, shrugging his shoulders before flying away.
Fairy Zixuan gave the woman one last glance and hurriedly followed Yun Wuji.
...
A few weeks later, Yun Wuji gathered the resources that the Nine Great Sects had delivered to him and secretly made his way to the meeting point with his main body.
Along the way, he moved with great caution, changing his appearance, aura, and even disguising his cultivation. However, despite his careful efforts, he failed to notice someone stalking him from behind, following him ever since he left the Eastern Frost Royal City.
After handing the resources to his main body, he returned.
Recently, the main body had been stuck at the Level 9 Divine Tribulation Realm realm for nearly a month. Although using the Law of Nothingness had accelerated his cultivation by countless times, he still suffered from a lack of resources.
In the novel, it took Yun Che three years to break through from Level 1 Divine King Realm to Level 10 Divine Sovereign Realm. Even with the remaining power the Ice Phoenix left for him, the resources he plundered from many sects, the large amount of Divine Sovereign and Divine Master Caizhi gave him, and later, the best cultivation environment and resources in the Northern Divine Region provided by the three King Realms, his still took 3 years to reach that level.
Of course, three years was still an extremely heaven-defying speed. Most people would take tens of thousands of years to reach that level, and many would still fail. Just look at Mu Bingyun, she's over 10,000 years old and is still only at the 8th Level Divine Sovereign Realm.
On the other hand, Yun Wuji's resource needs were countless times higher than Yun Che's, and he also only barely had the support of a middle-star realm.
Although he was lucky to receive resources from a higher star realm, thanks to Mu Xuanyin, who 'picked' them up, it was still far from enough.
As for the resources he received from the Nine Great Realms, they didn't even account for 5% of the resources he got from the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect in exchange for healing Mu Bingyun.
After all, the Nine Great Sects were just random sects in a middle-star realm. They were on a completely different level compared to the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect. In fact, even the East Ruins Sect wasn't on the same level as the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect.
Even without counting Mu Xuanyin, the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect is still many times stronger. Just Mu Bingyun, who is at the 8th Level Divine Sovereign Realm, or the Grand Elder Mu Huanzhi could crush the Realm King Sect of the East Ruins Sect. After all, the strongest powerhouse there, the East Ruins Divine Sovereign, is only at the 3rd Level of the Divine Sovereign Realm.
Even after working hard, the resources Yun Wuji gathered during this period were still very few.
However, despite that, he was still extremely satisfied with his cultivation speed.
After all, breaking through from the Divine Origin Realm to the Divine Tribulation Realm in just a few months is already unheard of. Even those with special physiques, like Xia Yuanba, can't achieve such a feat.
This cultivation speed was countless times faster than when he was back in the Blue Pole Star.
For others, cultivation became exponentially harder as they progressed, but for Yun Wuji, it seemed to be the opposite.
When Yun Wuji returned, he told everyone that he would be leaving for a while.
"Lord, let me follow you," Fairy Zixuan said earnestly, her eyes filled with eagerness. In the past few weeks, whenever Yun Wuji was in a good mood, he would give her some pointers. Though he spoke casually, they had greatly benefited her cultivation. Many things she had been confused about were solved by him in just a few sentences.
Although her cultivation hadn't risen, her understanding of the profound way and the Law of Darkness had taken a huge leap forward.
She no longer wanted to leave his side. Who cared about her sect or the glory of being a Divine King? Would that help her improve her cultivation?!
At this moment, even if Yun Wuji were to ask her to warm his bed, she would happily do it.
"This lady will go with you too," another voice said. It was the woman in black who had fought Yun Wuji earlier—Yan Yao. After being defeated, she hadn't left; instead, she stayed in the palace, always lingering around him.
Yun Wuji shrugged his shoulders and said, "Suit yourself." Anyway, who would mind having two beauties for company?
