"Eldest Senior Brother is dead!"
"Not good! That demonic bird is Star Rank! Quick, ask the Peak Master to intervene!"
*Clang! Clang! Clang!*
Bells tolled simultaneously across the three main peaks as chaos erupted on Blood Lotus Peak.
Many disciples were sliced clean in two by Little Nora's strike, while others plummeted off the cliffs or were buried beneath collapsing buildings.
Circling in the air, Little Nora suddenly plunged downward, bringing both wings together in midair to unleash a pincer strike against Blood Lotus Peak.
"Beast, you dare court death?!"
If that blow landed on Blood Lotus Peak, the entire mountain would be razed to the ground.
The Peak Master of Blood Lotus Peak, who had originally intended to sacrifice more disciples to probe Little Nora's strength, could no longer sit still. Countless blood lotus petals surged into the sky, forming a massive blood-fiend grand array that blocked Little Nora's path.
To everyone's surprise, Little Nora's strike was stopped cold.
"What?"
Shock washed over Sima Gao's face at the sight.
He had assumed that only the Sect Master of the Black Lotus Sect was at the Star Rank. He had never imagined that the Peak Master of Blood Lotus Peak was also Star Rank. Could the Peak Master of White Lotus Peak be Star Rank as well?
Did the Black Lotus Sect actually possess three Star-rank powerhouses?
At that moment, He Xing, the Peak Master of Blood Lotus Peak, flew out from the mountain. Outwardly, he appeared to be in his thirties, sporting a goatee and clad in tight scarlet robes, with blood lotus petals swirling around his body.
Yu Xian could tell at a glance that this Peak Master had advanced by relying on a Star Divine Artifact, possessing a combat power of merely 300.
However, this man's Star Divine Artifact was rather intriguing—it was fused with the blood lotus inside his body, and combined with array flags concealed among the petals, it granted him defensive power far exceeding his own combat strength.
Relying on the blood lotus alone, he could never have blocked Little Nora's attack, but backed by the array, he had managed to hold it off.
"Beast! Withdraw now, and this seat may spare your life! Otherwise... I will grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes!"
With his hands clasped behind his back, the Blood Lotus Peak Master glared at Little Nora and bellowed.
In truth, having just expended his full strength to block Little Nora's strike, he lacked any confidence that he could win.
To make matters worse, the Sect Master and the White Lotus Peak Master had been invited to Bull Dragon Island to attend the one-month milestone banquet for the Bull God's grandson. Because a Star-rank powerhouse was required to stay behind and guard their base, only He Xing remained at the Black Lotus Sect.
"Hmph, you're the beast!"
Little Nora was furious. These people kept calling her a beast left and right, when they were the beasts who slaughtered innocents without batting an eye. Heaven only knew how much blood stained their hands; the stench was foul enough to make her want to vomit.
Benevolent Ruyi Golden Flame!
To deal with the Black Lotus Sect, one naturally had to use the brightest, warmest power.
Just as the sun could dispel all darkness and drive away all demonic fiends.
Flames blazed intensely across Little Nora's entire body. The next moment, with a sweep of her wings, fire surged toward the sky, transforming into an even larger bird of flame that dove straight down.
"Ten Thousand Fiends Blood Lotus Grand Array!"
Seeing the overwhelming sea of flames, the Blood Lotus Peak Master's expression instantly froze. But with no time to flee, he could only brace himself, let out a furious roar, and drive his Star Divine Artifact with everything he had.
Though called a grand array, the Blood Lotus Peak Master was thoroughly selfish. He gathered nearly all the blood lotus petals tightly around himself, seeking only to ensure his own safety while leaving the Black Lotus Sect disciples below to fend for themselves.
No one's life mattered more to him than his own. Had he not lacked the time to run, he would have fled long ago.
*Rumble!*
The bird of flame, formed entirely from the Benevolent Ruyi Golden Flame, crashed down. The Blood Lotus Peak Master was instantly pinned to the ground. Simultaneously, the three peaks of the Black Lotus Sect were blasted to pieces on the spot, every single disciple reduced to ashes in an instant.
In truth, the Black Lotus Sect had activated its sect-protecting grand array long before, but against Little Nora's assault, the formation folded like wet paper, shattering in the blink of an eye. What followed was countless disciples being purified within the golden flames.
"Duckie is actually this strong?!"
Standing beside Yu Xian, Sima Gao watched as billowing clouds of dust rolled forward, only to be turned away by an invisible barrier. Staring at the three mountains that had vanished in an instant, he was utterly dumbfounded.
He had no idea what Little Nora was truly capable of, having always assumed she was merely a glutton. Only now did he realize that she was also a supreme powerhouse beyond his wildest imagination.
"Damn you! Blood River Heaven-Slashing Grand Array!"
After Little Nora's attack subsided, a furious roar echoed from underground. A torrent of blood lotus petals coalesced into a colossal sword resembling a river of blood, bursting from beneath the earth and slashing straight toward Little Nora in the sky.
"Child's play!"
The Heavenly Golden Feathers at the tips of Little Nora's wings instantly expanded, turning into twin blades that slashed down at the blood river sword. Upon contact, the sword collapsed immediately.
"Not good! That old dog He Xing is trying to run!" Sima Gao realized, shouting at once.
Yu Xian smiled faintly. "No rush. Escaping from Little Nora isn't so simple."
If the Blood Lotus Peak Master could actually escape from Little Nora, he would have bragging rights for the rest of his life. After all, Little Nora was a Victorious True King Bird—practically all her stat points had been poured into speed, and not ordinary speed, but the speed of traversing space.
It was safe to say that once Little Nora locked onto a target, fleeing to the heavens, digging into the earth, or even shifting across worlds would all be futile. Even if one fled to a parallel universe, she would still track them down and blast them to pieces.
Beneath the earth, the Blood Lotus Peak Master was indeed running. That previous attack had been mere posturing, executed solely to baffle Little Nora. If he could force her to remain on guard in the sky for a few extra seconds, he would be able to make his escape.
*Faster! Even faster!*
*As long as I reach that place, no matter how strong that beast is, what can she possibly do to me?!*
The Blood Lotus Peak Master tunneled madly through the ground, not even pausing to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. He had failed to fully withstand Little Nora's earlier attack and had sustained internal injuries.
It was precisely because of those injuries that he acutely felt the chasm between them.
He was merely at the early Star Rank, whereas Little Nora was definitely at the late Star Rank. A small sub-realm separated them, leaving him without the slightest chance of victory.
Suddenly, a jolt of panic seized his heart. Before he could even discern where the danger was coming from, the ground above split in two, severing one of his arms in the process.
"Aargh!"
The Blood Lotus Peak Master shrieked in agony, only to look up through the fissure and see Little Nora plunging down, engulfed in flames.
Victorious True King Bird—Benevolent Ruyi Golden Flame!
Little Nora struck the earth with ferocity, sending torrents of flame cascading down along the rift.
The Benevolent Ruyi Golden Flame possessed an overwhelmingly potent suppression against evil heretics. The technique cultivated by the Blood Lotus Peak Master, the *Rebirth Blood Lotus Scripture*, was itself a demonic art. When slaughtering people to harvest blood, practitioners would torture the living so that the blood was saturated with resentment, yielding optimal "resentful blood."
Against an opponent so steeped in negative energy, Little Nora could have triumphed even if she were weaker; all the more so now, when she was already stronger than the Blood Lotus Peak Master.
Though the Blood Lotus Peak Master scrambled to defend himself, before the blood lotuses could assemble into a grand array, the Benevolent Ruyi Golden Flame had already come crashing down. Countless blood lotus petals were obliterated into nothingness within the golden flames in an instant. Left with no other choice, the Blood Lotus Peak Master circulated his cultivation to its limits, coating his entire body in blood lotus spiritual energy in a desperate bid to survive.
Yet the moment the Benevolent Ruyi Golden Flame washed over him, the blood lotus spiritual energy dissolved in an instant.
"Aaaaaaargh!"
The next moment, the Blood Lotus Peak Master let out a bloodcurdling shriek.
A full ten minutes passed before the Blood Lotus Peak Master finally drew his last breath, reduced to a charred corpse.
Chapter 390