"Awoo?"
Seeing Qingqiu Jiuyue's figure disappear, the little fox let out a low cry, as if sensing that something was wrong.
Mei Xue felt the same way. He couldn't help but think of the divination that Bei Xingzi had received not long ago.
"That Princess Qingqiu Jiuyue also has the Death Omen …"
"It's not just her. Almost everyone in this Dragon Garden has the Death Omen."
Mei Xue had never learned divination, so he didn't know what this so-called Death Omen was.
However, he believed in the sword in his hand, and even more so, in his own power.
The Mei Xue who couldn't do anything and couldn't protect what was important to him had already disappeared when he swung the Intellectual Sword to sever all his past relationships.
"Let's go, Little Jiuyue." After putting down the little fox, Mei Xue summoned Taichu's soft white body down from the sky.
"Awoo!" The little fox grabbed Mei Xue's shoulder tightly and let out a cheerful cry.
As long as she could be with Mei Xue, she would be willing to go to the ends of the earth.
I won't let you go alone. Following the tracks Qingqiu Jiuyue left behind, Mei Xue began to chase after her.
He didn't know where Qingqiu Jiuyue was going or what she was going to do, but that didn't matter. He wanted to protect her. It was as simple as that.
… …
Qingqiu Jiuyue's figure flashed through the underwater world at high speed again and again. She seemed to be very familiar with the routes in this world. Almost every time she appeared, she would avoid the other possessors of dragon jades and head towards a specific location.
The closer she got to that location, the more she could feel the power of the golden fur jade faced nine-tailed fox in her body boiling.
This was because that was the only ruin in the Blue Dragon's Tomb that was related to the golden fur jade faced nine-tailed fox.
There were all kinds of ruins in this vast underwater world. It could be said that the entire underwater world was the Blue Dragon's collection.
Each relic corresponded to a different Dragon Jade's power. If one wanted to enter the final Blue Dragon's Tomb, which was that small island, every Dragon Jade holder had to find their corresponding relic's power and obtain the hidden power within it.
The final trial of the Dragon Jade War was a test of the Dragon Jades' ability to control the power of their Dragon Jades. This was because there were many types of Dragon Jades that corresponded to the same ruins. In order to obtain the power of the ruins, one had to defeat all the Dragon Jades of the same attribute.
If she wanted to change her destiny, she must first obtain the power that belonged to the golden fur jade face nine-tailed fox.
With the special ability of Moon's Reflection, she successfully avoided the other participants and reached the Dragon Jade Ruins where the golden-furred, jade-faced, nine-tailed fox's power was hidden.
However, she was not the first one to arrive here.
Black mist boiled. This was the most terrifying opponent Qingqiu Jiuyue had encountered in the Dragon Garden, a terrifying shadow that she could not defeat.
At this moment, she was standing at the entrance of the tall green palace, where Qingqiu Jiuyue had to pass.
Behind her was the green palace that corresponded to the golden-furred, jade-faced, nine-tailed fox's power, which was also the Dragon Jade Ruins corresponding to the Ninth Dragon Jade's clone.
There was a reason why the clone would choose the little fox, who was not very strong in combat. This was because the golden-furred, jade-faced, nine-tailed fox's bloodline power was naturally the most suitable attribute for the clone, the Ultimate Dragon Jade.
"Get out of the way." This time, Qingqiu Jiuyue could not use Moon's Reflection to escape from this shadow.
She had to defeat this shadow head-on in order to truly release the unique bloodline power of the golden-furred, jade-faced, nine-tailed fox and become a four-tailed, jade-faced, nine-tailed fox. Only then could she survive this Dragon Jade War.
The figure shrouded in black mist glanced at Qingqiu Jiuyue, then raised the heavy sword in its hand.
As the sword fell, mountains and rivers crumbled!
Countless camellias bloomed, and Qingqiu Jiuyue's figure turned into thousands of fluttering red flowers. It was indescribably alluring and poignant. It was a beautiful flower that contained the determination to die, unlike the usual romantic camellias.
However, in the face of the descending sword wave, the camellias seemed so fragile and weak. The sword wind that was stirred up by the two-meter-long sword almost tore the red camellias that were flying all over the sky into pieces.
"Ding!"
Amidst the terrifying wind, a soft hum could be heard. It was the sound of something piercing through the black mist and stabbing into the shadow's body.
However, it did not sound like the sound of a sharp blade stabbing into flesh. Instead, it was more like the sound of two different weapons clashing together.
The heavy sword shrouded in black mist was stabbed into the ground at an angle. Then, a huge black sphere exploded from the blade. Layers of black sword ripples instantly swept across the ground, blasting away everything that could not be seen.
The golden fox tail flickered and disappeared. Then, hundreds of red camellias appeared on the shattered ground, forming a twisted rune.
This was an immortal technique, a profound technique that used flowers to form a formation — Spiritbinding Formation.
Countless green vines crawled out from the ground and converged to form a green cage that locked down the shadow's position. Seizing the opportunity, the golden figure flashed away, charging toward the green palace.
However, an incredibly sharp sword light easily tore through the formation and struck Qingqiu Jiuyue, who had been moving at high speed all this while.
There were no signs of an immortal technique being used. This was the purest and most violent attack. The power of a single sword had forcibly cut open the immortal technique Spiritbinding Formation that was connected to the power of heaven and earth. Then, it struck Qingqiu Jiuyue, who could not even be seen.
In the instant that her stomach was about to be cut open, Qingqiu Jiuyue's figure once again entered the Mirrored World. However, one of her three tails was chopped off, causing a large amount of blood to splatter out.
For the Jade-faced Nine-tailed Fox, its tail was not just a pretty ornament. It represented the origin of the Jade-faced Nine-tailed Fox's bloodline power.
Every time it lost a tail, the Jade-faced Nine-tailed Fox's spiritual energy would drop by a level. Having one of its tails severed was even more painful than having an arm cut off.
Not to mention that in order to utilize the Bloodline Divine Ability that belonged to the Gold Fur Jade Faced Nine-tailed Fox, every single tail was indispensable. Losing one of her three tails meant that Qingqiu Jiuyue's Six Paths of Reincarnation had been completely sealed, and only her Divine Abilities, Bewitchment and Moonmirage, remained.
However, something even more terrifying was yet to come.
The black figure clearly could not see Qingqiu Jiuyue's position. In fact, it was not even looking at her. However, the black figure shrouded in black mist raised its sword again.
This time, the power contained in the two-meter-long heavy sword was even more terrifying. The faint silhouette of a dragon could even be seen on the heavy blade.
Qingqiu Jiuyue knew that she could not avoid this attack.
Little Nine. The image of that adorable and happy little fox appeared in her mind. Qingqiu Jiuyue closed her eyes, and then her pretty figure turned into red camellias that danced in the air amidst the endless swords.
… …
Boom!
Mei Xue sensed an extremely terrifying sword intent. It was a sword intent that did not contain any emotion, as if it wanted to completely shatter all things in the world. It was a Heavenly Sword intent that could even cut down the stars along with it.
He had only experienced such a sword intent from one opponent before. In that unfinished battle, he had suffered greatly at the hands of that opponent.
That figure shrouded in black mist was definitely one of the most terrifying enemies he had encountered in the Dragon Garden. Even the host of the strongest Dragon Jade "Dragon Emperor", the Red Wolf, was slightly inferior.
One slash, two slashes, three slashes. By the time Mei Xue had arrived at the location of the sword Qi, the world-shattering sword Qi had erupted three times in total.
When Mei Xue appeared in front of the green sacred palace, she saw a devastated land and a golden tail that had been chopped off. There was a shocking pool of blood beneath the figure shrouded in black mist.
"Awoo!"
All of the little fox's fur stood on end. She had a terrible feeling, because the inseparable connection between her and Qingqiu Jiuyue had been severed.
It was an indescribable feeling. It was as if a part of her body had suddenly disappeared. She felt extremely empty and miserable, to the point where she was on the verge of tears.
W-what's going on? What happened? Where's my clone, Qingqiu Jiuyue?
"Little Nine, sleep for a while."
Mei Xue took a deep breath, then pressed her hand against the little fox's furry head and gently inserted a strand of spiritual energy.
"Awoo …" The little fox, who was completely defenseless against Mei Xue, suddenly felt very, very sleepy. Then, she obediently closed her eyes and disappeared from the world in Mei Xue's palm.
Everything would be fine once she woke up. Qingqiu Jiuyue would definitely do everything well.
This was because she was the other half of the future greatest golden-furred nine-tailed fox, the clone she was most proud of …
Mei Xue thought so as well. There was no need for too many reasons, because he believed in Qingqiu Jiuyue. He believed that this genius golden-furred nine-tailed fox princess of the demon fox clan would not die so easily.
"You're very strong …" Mei Xue picked up the golden tail and sensed Qingqiu Jiuyue's unique aura from it. This proved that she had indeed been fighting with this mysterious black shadow.
"But you're not invincible. You're definitely not!" Putting the golden tail away, Mei Xue's figure suddenly changed.
A peerlessly beautiful face, a boundless charm that could topple mountains and rivers. This was the figure of the legendary great demon, the golden-furred nine-tailed fox.
Her golden fox ears and three golden tails swayed in the wind. Mei Xue slowly raised the Nether Ghost Sword in her hand.
"Tell me, where is Jiuyue?"
What answered Mei Xue was the pure destructive sword intent that could destroy all things.