Chapter 515: Goodbye, Sea Spirit

All the demonic beasts on the battlefield trembled with extreme fear, shrouded by the demonic cloud.

Yaoyue's face changed drastically, and her voice trembled, "You... why are you here too!"

Jiang Fan's pupils constricted sharply!

Another general?

No, it's an existence even more terrifying than a general!

A Demonic King!

Jian Linyuan and the others felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, their bodies turning cold. Within this demonic beast army, there was an even more terrifying Demonic King accompanying them!

The Four Demonic Kings were beings at the perfected ninth-layer Core Formation stage. They were just one step away from becoming Demonic Emperors. Only the most elite Grand Elders among the Nine Sects stood a chance against them. For instance, the Sword King Xu Qingyang.

Even Black Spider alone was already a decisive force in the battle. Let alone a Demonic King! The intelligence was severely flawed!

Black Spider looked up at the clouds, a hint of apprehension on her face: "That one's power is truly terrifying. Anyway, I'm leaving the battlefield to you! I'll have some fun with this clueless little human!"

The ice house shattered. A powerful demonic being, exuding a terrifying aura, slowly emerged. She calmly replied, "Very well." She then glanced at the battlefield. Wherever her gaze fell, the death energy within the corpse puppets flickered violently, like a candle flame in the wind. It seemed unable to withstand the oppressive force of her gaze and threatened to extinguish.

She took a single step forward. One moment she was there, the next she was already on the battlefield. It was teleportation!

Yaoyue's face was extremely grim. She stepped in front of Jiang Fan and said, "Run! I'll try my best to hold her back."

Jiang Fan's gaze wavered slightly. "What about you?"

Yaoyue replied, "I am a demonic priestess; she wouldn't dare kill me."

Jiang Fan looked deeply at her for a moment. "Then take care!" he said. With that, he whistled to Jian Linyuan and the others, then decisively retreated.

Black Spider's eyes gleamed with the excitement of a predator. "Do you think you can escape from my grasp? Hehehehe!"

*Whoosh*— She shot out as an afterimage.

With the help of a Rejuvenation Pill, Yaoyue had slightly recovered from her injuries. Her body shook, and a death energy giant condensed around her, punching Black Spider away.

Black Spider landed steadily, wiped a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth, and sneered, "A dignified demonic priestess, risking her life for a human man? Yaoyue, even if you return to the demonic race, you'll likely lose your life. Even if the Demonic Emperor spares you, will the Elder Priestess tolerate this?"

Yaoyue retorted coldly, "That's none of your concern!"

*Boom*— The death energy giant brought its fists down.

Black Spider's eyes narrowed. "Without your lover's help, do you truly think your heavily injured body can contend with me?" Several-zhang-high black flames suddenly erupted from her body. As she soared into the air, facing the death energy giant's descending fists, she ferociously whipped out four legs.

The two stalemated in mid-air for a moment. Then, with a *puff*, the death energy giant's arms exploded. Black Spider was also thrown back by the shockwave.

A grim expression crossed her face. "Even with such injuries, you can still gather such potent death energy? I underestimated you! However..." Her lips curled slightly into a cunning smile. "Your lover won't be as lucky as you."

Upon closer inspection, it was revealed: A wisp of Hellfire threads had attached itself to the death energy giant. Black Spider, still flying backward, used the momentum to spin and launch herself away. Her trajectory was unmistakably towards Jiang Fan!

She had no intention of engaging in a meaningless fight with Yaoyue. Because, as Yaoyue herself stated, as a general, she had no authority to execute a demonic priestess. Her true target had always been Jiang Fan.

"Run!" Yaoyue's face paled. When she tried to intervene, Black Spider was already soaring above Jiang Fan's head. Despair filled her face; it felt as if an invisible hand was clutching her throat, making it impossible to breathe. Jian Linyuan and the others also blanched. They watched helplessly as Black Spider's palm, brimming with murderous intent, struck down at Jiang Fan.

A strike from the head of the generals. Jiang Fan had no strength left to resist. She squinted her eyes and sneered, "Boy, say goodbye forever!"

Jiang Fan glanced at her, his previously solemn face had become incredibly calm at some point. He calmly said, "Kill her!"

Black Spider froze. Who was this human commanding? Jian Linyuan and the others were also slightly stunned. Even Yaoyue looked confused. In this situation, who else could possibly turn the tide?

Until an ethereal, sweet, and slightly helpless voice drifted over.

"Yes, Master."

This voice...

Black Spider's pupils contracted violently. She whipped her head around to look. On the battlefield, an elegant woman with the upper body of a peerless beauty and the lower body of a fish tail softly responded to Jiang Fan.

"Haimei, you..."

The powerful being accompanying her was none other than Haimei, one of the Ten Great Generals! However, since returning from Taihu Lake, she had broken through her limitations, and her cultivation had advanced to the perfected ninth-layer Core Formation stage. She was now an existence on the same level as the Four Demonic Kings. Her accompanying Black Spider this time was merely a coincidence. Haimei had been ordered to return to Taihu Lake to extract a wisp of the Blazing Heaven Mussel Pearl's aura. The demonic race was preparing to use all its strength to find the Blazing Heaven Mussel Pearl. And when she appeared, Jiang Fan finally recognized her.

Haimei sighed softly. "Black Spider, you shouldn't have attacked the Master." Bound by the Karma Necklace, she had to obey Jiang Fan's command. She could not refuse. Otherwise, the Karma Necklace would torment her soul with unbearable pain. Therefore, she could only, like Yaoyue, turn against her own kind.

"What?" Black Spider gasped sharply. "Haimei, you've also betrayed the demonic race, just like Yaoyue?" How could she still care about Jiang Fan? She didn't even spare a thought for the demonic beast army she commanded. Without a second thought, she fled for her life. She had to bring the news back to the demonic race, to tell the Demonic Emperor that the Demonic Priestess and the fifth Demonic King had both defected to the human race!

Driven by desperation, her speed reached its limit. In the blink of an eye, she was a thousand zhang away.

Haimei sighed, "I'm sorry, Black Spider." As her voice faded, she vanished into the snow. When she reappeared, she had already intercepted Black Spider. She casually raised a finger and gently pointed it towards Black Spider.

Black Spider's face changed drastically. Black flames surged around her body, attempting to block Haimei's attack. However, her proud Hellfire extinguished without a trace under that single, distant point. Immediately afterward, Black Spider's body rapidly froze into an ice sculpture at a visible rate. She roared in fear and anger, "Haimei, the Demonic Emperor won't forgive you..." As her head also turned to ice, her voice abruptly ceased.

Haimei sighed softly. "So, for the Master, and for myself," she said, "I cannot let you return." Her snow-like eyes lifted, gazing at the terrified, fleeing demonic beast army. Having witnessed their commander, Black Spider, being killed, how could they possibly still wish to fight? They immediately broke ranks and fled.

A flicker of reluctance appeared in her eyes. "They... cannot return either." As her voice faded, she vanished from her spot. Immediately, one fleeing demonic beast after another turned into an ice sculpture. Those too slow to escape were crushed to death by the pursuing corpse army. The one-sided conflict concluded.

When the last demonic beast, collapsed in a pool of blood, let out a miserable groan before being thoroughly trampled to death by a savage elephant, the skirmish finally ended. The result was the complete annihilation of the demonic beast army, including Black Spider. As for the corpse army, only a mere two hundred-odd units remained. The rest had been reduced to fragments.

Haimei stopped. With a somewhat pained flick of her sleeve, all the ice sculptures on the ground, including Black Spider, disintegrated into dust and drifted away with the wind. Afterward, she approached Jiang Fan. Gazing at Yaoyue, she condensed ice in her palm.

"Master, would you like me to take care of her for you?"