Chapter 268: Self-Destruction

“Why flee?”

Su Yuxuan’s delicate face was icy as she dodged the massive hand with dreamlike grace, slipping through at the last moment. She shot toward the edge of Champion King’s mansion, confusion swirling in her heart.

Why run now? She’d long noticed his interest in her, but so what? Plenty lusted after her. A few deflections, grab the goods in a couple of days, and bolt—easy. Even if she skipped the imperial aura infusion, she’d at least secure the Nether King’s Gall first. Why escape so abruptly?

Manjusaka’s stern voice echoed in her mind. “He’s inherited the Northern Emperor’s legacy! The Northern Emperor loved crafting jade beauties—using secret techniques and arrays to refine women’s flesh into jade statues, immobile except for their eyes, with their spiritual sense eternally trapped. I saw it myself. I spotted those array patterns in the hall. Stop scheming and flee the capital now!”

Su Yuxuan’s face paled. Flesh turned to jade, yet conscious forever? Cultivators are sick. By comparison, Senior Brother’s foot fetish seemed tame. Without hesitation, she accelerated, racing for the mansion’s perimeter.

The mansion’s array flared to life, but Su Yuxuan didn’t flinch. Her eyes gleamed with divine runes, and a beam of light blasted a gap in the array. She was a heartbeat from escaping when a surprised voice came from the hall: “Interesting…”

Her expression shifted. Outside the array, a flame-wreathed ancient war chariot roared from the void, slamming into her. Unable to dodge, she was hurled back into the mansion, her face now deathly white.

Gritting her teeth, her heart glowed with divine light, rapidly healing her injuries. Champion King emerged, hovering atop the chariot, gazing down imperiously. “I chose you, yet you not only refuse to offer yourself but dally with another man. Tonight, I’ll refine you. Tomorrow, you’ll join me on the battlefield atop my chariot.”

With that, he threw a punch, its unmatched might shaking the mansion as if he ruled the heavens.

Su Yuxuan’s eyes shot a beam of destructive light, barely countering it. Champion King smirked, unfazed, unleashing a barrage of punches, his spiritual power vast as a starry river, unstoppable. Despite her arsenal of techniques and the Exquisite Heart’s constant regeneration, it wasn’t fully hers, limiting its power. Her face paled further, her strength waning.

“Run!” Manjusaka urged desperately. As a mere soul, weakened by her premature awakening due to Ye Chen, she could offer little help. “You won’t escape if you don’t go now!”

Su Yuxuan’s face was grim as she unleashed a blood sea, aiming to engulf Champion King. She spun, her eyes flashing to blast another gap in the mansion’s array, darting toward escape. But the blood sea that had trapped Wang Lun couldn’t touch Champion King—his divine flames roared, dissolving it instantly.

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He drove his war chariot forward, its momentum poised to crush her.

“Master, what do I do?” Su Yuxuan’s voice trembled. Champion King’s power was beyond comprehension.