The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Lu Sangjiu was quite satisfied with Mo Long’s pragmatism.

But she knew she couldn’t waste any more time here with Mo Long. The Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator was probably on his way back.

So she warned Mo Long, ”Stay put and be good. I’ll interrogate you properly when I have the time.”

After speaking, she directly locked the remnant of Mo Long’s Divine Soul in her Sea of Consciousness and opened her eyes.

The moment she opened her eyes, she felt a tyrannical force smashing down on her!

Lu Sangjiu immediately flew back, barely dodging the attack. When she looked up again, she saw the Second Elder appear in the underground palace, his face dark and gloomy.

”How dare you enter the underground palace without permission and shatter His Lordship’s Demon Soul Pearl! Tell me, where have you hidden His Lordship?!”

Lu Sangjiu’s lips twitched into a smirk. ”I ate him, of course. Why don’t you come find him in my stomach yourself?”

”Insolent!”

The Second Elder, proud of his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, didn’t take Lu Sangjiu seriously. He refused to believe Mo Long could have truly fallen at her hands, so he only used seventy percent of his strength in his attack.

But Lu Sangjiu wasn’t careless. She instantly conjured the Heavenly Origin Infinite Shield and activated several Defense Talismans, successfully blocking his strike.

The Second Elder recognized it at once. ”The Heavenly Origin Infinite Shield... You’re Lu Sangjiu!”

But it was too late. The moment she blocked his attack, Lu Sangjiu immediately channeled the Demonic Qi in her body. ”Nine Nether Burning Spirit Technique!”

In an instant, a thick, heavy Power of Nine Netherworld rose from beneath the ground, coiling tightly around the Second Elder. The Nine Nether Fire burned silently, seeking to devour its prey completely.

However, Lu Sangjiu’s current strength was only at the Golden Core Stage, so the Nine Nether Burning Spirit Technique she unleashed wasn’t that powerful.

After coming to his senses, the Second Elder frantically activated his Defense Armor. It blocked the Nine Nether Fire for a moment, giving him time to use a Secret Technique to peel the Power of Nine Netherworld off his body.

Lu Sangjiu hadn’t expected the Nine Nether Burning Spirit Technique to finish him off directly anyway. It was merely a way to buy time for her to cast Immortal Demon Attraction.

For her, the power of Immortal Demon Attraction wasn’t just related to her cultivation level; it was also closely tied to how much time she had to cast the spell.

The principle was simple. The attack used the mutual repulsion of Spiritual Energy and Demonic Qi to generate destructive force. Naturally, the more Spiritual Energy and Demonic Qi she used, the greater its power would be.

Using the Nine Nether Burning Spirit Technique bought her a full three breaths of time. By the time the Second Elder broke free, her Immortal Demon Attraction was already more than twice as powerful as when she cast it in a hurry!

The Second Elder had no chance to retaliate before he saw the black and white sphere of energy hurtling toward him.

The force generated by its instantaneous explosion nearly caused the entire underground palace to collapse!

Lu Sangjiu had anticipated this. Naturally, she wouldn’t be foolish enough to stay in the underground palace and wait to be buried alive.

After unleashing the Immortal Demon Attraction, she immediately activated all her defenses and a fifth-grade Earth Escape Talisman!

She hadn’t used it earlier not because she didn’t want to, but because this damn place had an Array set up, making her Earth Escape Talisman completely useless.

But her Immortal Demon Attraction had just destroyed most of the Array here. Mo Long’s Demon Soul Pearl was also shattered, so anything that could have interfered with the Earth Escape Talisman was gone, finally allowing her to use it.

This talisman was the same as the one she gave Gu Jue, so it was similarly affected by the dense fog outside and couldn’t display its full effect.

When Lu Sangjiu burst out of the ground, she was only a little over five li away from the camp.

With no time to get her bearings, Lu Sangjiu barely paused. The moment she landed, she fled for her life in the direction opposite the camp.

However, dealing with Mo Long and then killing the Second Elder had wasted too much time.

She hadn’t run far before she sensed the aura of the black-robed Divinity Transformation Stage expert rapidly approaching.

She had used Thousand Faces of Life to conceal her aura, but the problem was she had just been tainted by Demonic Qi, which was something Thousand Faces of Life couldn’t erase.

So regardless of whether she changed her appearance, she was like a living target. Unless she could create a significant enough distance between them, it was utterly impossible to escape the black-robed man’s pursuit.

Lu Sangjiu gritted her teeth. ’Do I really have to fight a Divinity Transformation expert today?’

Having died once before, she cherished her life. She didn’t want to do something so incredibly dangerous unless it was the absolute last resort.

’But... I suppose this counts as a last resort, doesn’t it?’

Lu Sangjiu came to a sudden halt. She tossed aside the dregs of the Spirit Stones and Demon Essence Stones she had drained, and began gathering Spiritual Energy and Demonic Qi in her hands.

But her opponent appeared even faster than she had imagined. In just three breaths, before the black-robed man had even shown himself, a powerful strike from a Divinity Transformation Stage expert descended from the sky!

But he probably already knew who she was. He was clearly holding back, using just enough force to cripple Lu Sangjiu but not kill her outright.

Realizing this, she forced herself not to use the Bicolor Mirror Yan Lingzhi had given her. Instead, she activated the only fifth-grade Defense Talisman she had on her!

The fifth-grade Defense Talisman was fully activated, managing to block the strike, but its light dimmed and it became completely useless.

”You do have some tricks... Wait, what are you doing?!”

The first half of the black-robed man’s sentence was tinged with carelessness, but the second half was suddenly rushed, even containing a hint of terror.

Because he hadn’t noticed before that Lu Sangjiu was gathering Demonic Qi and Spiritual Energy in her hands.

He already knew that Lu Sangjiu might have been hiding her cultivation, but it was only at the Golden Core Stage.

He figured she must have used all her strength to kill the Nascent Soul Stage Second Elder. He was a full two major Realms above her; he simply didn’t believe she could possibly harm him.

So, inevitably, he made the same mistake as the Second Elder—he underestimated his enemy.

Because he had underestimated her, he hadn’t paid much attention to Lu Sangjiu’s actions. It was only when he finally saw her that he truly noticed what she was doing with her hands!

”Stop right now!”

In that moment, the black-robed man felt a power emanating from her that could threaten his life.

He no longer dared to underestimate her. He didn’t even dare to think about sparing her life anymore. A true, full-power strike from an Initial Stage of Divinity Transformation cultivator came whistling toward Lu Sangjiu!

Lu Sangjiu didn’t hesitate to activate the Bicolor Mirror in her robes. The mirror erupted with a brilliant light, effortlessly blocking the attack for her!

At the same time, the Spiritual Energy and Demonic Qi in Lu Sangjiu’s body were nearly drained dry. Without any more hesitation, she brought her hands together, and thrust the black and white energy sphere, which contained world-destroying power, at the black-robed man!

”No!”

”BOOM!”

The sound of the explosion echoed through the sky, drowning out the black-robed man’s horrified scream.

This time, however, Lu Sangjiu had no strength left to defend herself from the damage. Even though she wasn’t at the center of the explosion, the aftershock was enough to ravage her body.

As she was thrown back, Lu Sangjiu felt pain wracking her entire body. No matter how strong her will was, she couldn’t manage to stay conscious this time.

’I’m screwed... I wonder if that Divinity Transformation expert is completely dead?’

’If he’s not, then I’m probably the one who’s going to die, right?’