The five maidens of Yaochi were restrained and cautious, while Qiao San fought with unrestrained vigor. As one side weakened and the other grew stronger, the Chaos Five Elements Formation was soon thrown into chaos and disarray.
The Queen Mother witnessed everything, her heart flaring with anger as she shouted, “Fool! My spirit has long left my body—strike without hesitation!”
“My lady, you truly are a woman of great ambition. But isn’t it a pity to abandon such a beautiful form? Why don’t you—just go back!”
The Book Spirit’s figure flickered, and in an instant, three of her surrounded the Queen Mother’s spirit. The Queen felt her heart sink as her vision was swallowed by a sky full of gray mist. Beyond the fog, the immortals seemed isolated in another realm.
“Heehee… This path won’t work for you!” The left-reversed Book Spirit, more seductive than the original, smiled sweetly. With a graceful flick of her long sleeve, a powerful gust easily dispersed the Queen Mother’s forceful hand seal.
The Queen Mother’s attack was neutralized, but she secretly smirked. As the feint vanished, she followed the momentum of the left-reversed opponent’s wind and redirected herself toward the right-reversed figure. Combining the two forces, her true palm strike instantly multiplied in power.
The Queen, ruler of Heaven, frustrated the seductive Book Spirit, but the original calmly smiled. With a mere thought, the other two manifestations simultaneously appeared before the Queen Mother.
“Boom!”
A violent gust of wind disheveled the Queen Mother’s elaborate phoenix hairdo. The ghostly scripture’s power turned her schemes into jokes. Instead of breaking free, she ended up taking a direct hit from that sleeve.
“My lady, stay still, or I’ll have to offend your royal presence!”
The graceful Book Spirit remained as ethereal as snowflakes. Her star-like eyes shimmered with gentle yet firm radiance, making the Queen Mother certain that any movement would bring annihilation of both body and soul.
“Dare you! I have never tolerated threats my entire life. Step aside now, or I shall cast you all into the Eighteen Hells, never to be reborn!”
Though her aura remained strong, the Queen Mother indeed dared not move further. She remained still, locked in a standoff with the Book Spirit in the void. Both turned their gazes simultaneously toward the Queen’s motionless body, seemingly frozen like a clay statue.
The outcome between the five Yaochi maidens and Qiao San would determine the end of this great battle. At this moment, only the Chaos Five Elements Formation could save the Queen Mother.
Within the compressed space, the formation radiated brilliant light. The Five Elemental Maidens, sharing a silent understanding, simultaneously stepped into their positions and began to rotate. Amidst their beautiful yet deadly incantations, the strongest aspect of the formation—the Formation Spirit—emerged.
A small figure dressed in red seemed to awaken from slumber. Stretching its limbs slowly, it opened its red eyes. With a sharp gleam, two beams of light shot toward its father, who wore a bitter smile.
“Damn it, again with this move! So unoriginal!”
Qiao San vented his frustration bitterly as he dodged the Formation Spirit’s attacks. As the saying goes, even a tiger won’t eat its own cub—but now the cub was out to devour its father. Dammit, being a father really sucked! It was better to be the son!
The Five Elemental Maidens ceased their attacks and instead channeled all their magical power into the Formation Spirit, aiming to empower the little one for a final, decisive blow.
“Boom!” Defense without offense could not last forever. Qiao San finally took a punch to his shoulder, and before he could steady himself, a kick struck his back.
“Ha ha! That was a good one!”
The Queen Mother’s tightly knitted brows relaxed in delight. Looking down at the Book Spirit, she declared, “Demoness, that rogue Qiao San is finished. If you leave now, I promise to leave him a complete corpse for reincarnation!”
“Finished, is he?!”
The Book Spirit glanced over and smiled faintly, a trace of mystery lingering at the corner of her lips.
The Formation Spirit delivered a heavy kick, sending the still-unresisting Qiao San tumbling to the feet of the Five Elemental Maidens. Though the maidens practiced emotionless cultivation techniques, they could not suppress their joy at victory. The Water Elemental Maiden bent forward, her jade hand forming claws aimed at Qiao San’s throat.
Suddenly, in that split second, an unexpected change occurred. Both inside and outside the void, the immortals gasped in shock.
The nearly lifeless rogue slipped from the Water Elemental’s grasp and instantly transformed into a fierce and powerful figure. With a sharp elbow, he ruthlessly struck the vital point on her chest, showing no mercy or chivalry.
“Huh!”
Surprisingly, Qiao San’s elbow strike missed. At the last moment, the Water Elemental transformed into a wisp of vapor, dissolving from solid to mist and retreating with the wind. This display of the Five Elemental techniques revealed their miraculous nature and reminded Qiao San of a truth—others were also improving.
The Water Elemental reformed three zhang away and immediately leapt toward her water position. As she flew, she noticed the astonished expressions of her four companions.
Almost instinctively, a sense of foreboding gripped her heart. Among the five maidens, she was undoubtedly the most intelligent. Without hesitation, she transformed her body into water once more.
Water could not be severed or scattered, but a thick, heavy force of earth surrounded the “flow.” Startled, the Water Elemental tried to evaporate and flee, only to find a blazing fire already waiting above her.
Forced back into her original form, she blurted out a profound question: “Formation Spirit… you… you’re ‘awake’?”
“Hehe…”
The Formation Spirit remained expressionless, eyes brimming with killing intent. Qiao San, grinning mischievously, approached and affectionately ruffled the red-haired child’s hair. “Son, I knew the moment I saw you that you were awake. Now let’s wipe out these women who wronged you.”
“Stop!”
The other four maidens shouted in unison, launching themselves forward. But halfway through their flight, they all fell back to the ground simultaneously. Before they could rise, the rogue had already flicked his fingers, sealing each of them in place.
Qiao San seized the opportunity gleefully, laughing as he said, “So foolish! You didn’t even realize my son had absorbed your powers.”
“Fath… Father!”
The red-haired child finally spoke, his lips stiffly moving for a moment before the bond of blood surged between them.
“Son, let me avenge you now.”
Qiao San blinked hard, forcefully holding back the tears welling in his eyes. Before, facing a mindless Formation Spirit, he had felt nothing, but now, with the deep bond of father and son, he felt pain and fury surge within him.
Damn it! They had turned a fine, healthy baby into this—those women truly deserved to die!
Qiao San’s mighty hand shone like the sun, crashing through the void and hurtling toward the heads of the Five Elemental Maidens.
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