Chapter 436: This is a Misunderstanding! (1/2)

Chapter 436: This is a Misunderstanding!

The voodoo insects had flown away earlier, and the two Illusory Demon Sect girls were currently being burned by the flames. The bloody holes at the center of their foreheads had been scorched black. The entry wounds could no longer be seen.

Meanwhile, the newly arrived Illusory Demon Sect disciples had only seen their fellow disciples getting burned to death, so they did not understand what actually happened earlier.

Qin Lie and Chu Li could not be absolved of the blame even if they jumped into the yellow spring.

The five Illusory Demon Sect girls wore bright yellow dresses. They had bright eyes, white teeth, and skin like snow. They were as beautiful as flowers.

They were all in the late stage of the Netherpassage Realm.

The eyes of all five girls were currently filled with angry light. They surrounded Qin Lie and Chu Li almost immediately.

“Sister Xue! This way!” someone cried out.

A person could be heard moving swiftly through the forest. Another woman was heading their way.

“It’s not what you think,” Chu Li awkwardly said, attempting to explain.

“Do you think we’re blind?” a girl with an oval face asked with eyes that might as well be spitting fire. “We have eyes. We can see what happened! Stop your babbling!”

Chu Li’s face darkened, and became irritated, no longer attempting to explain. “Whatever.”

Qin Lie frowned and inwardly lamented his bad luck. He wasn’t sure how to deal with this.

The voodoo insects had already flown away, so he was only wasting the fiery energy of his blood essences by keeping them burning. In light of this, he hurriedly drew them back into his body.

The two Fire Qilin shaped flames flew from the charred corpses of the two Illusory Demon Sect girls and transformed into translucent drops of blood in midair. They obediently returned to Qin Lie’s side.

“It’s him!”

Every one of the Illusory Demon Sect girls focused their hateful gazes on Qin Lie’s person.

The situation was now plain for all to see. The two girls had been burned to death and the Fire Qilin blood droplets had flown to Qin Lie. Who else could have done it but him?

The three blood essences sank into Qin Lie’s palm. He took out several Heavenly Flame Crystals to replenish their fiery energy.

Since the leader of the Illusory Demon Sect martial practitioners hadn’t arrived yet, he tried to think of a way to explain the situation and avoid a fight.

The Illusory Demon Sect’s ringer was none other than Xue Moyan, Xue Li’s biological daughter.

Xue Li was aware that he had a daughter, Xue Moyan, and knew that she would be participating in the Trial, so he had urged Qin Lie to think of a way to help Xue Moyan. Xue Li wanted Qin Lie to do his everything he could to find the holy medicine that would cure Xue Moyan’s soul.

To that end, Xue Li had even given Qin Lie half of the Blood Codex.

Qin Lie had long since decided to act according to Xue Li’s wishes and do his best to help Xue Moyan if he did run into her in the Graveyard of Gods.

But he could never have imagined that his meeting with Xue Moyan would turn out like this.

He still couldn’t think of a good way to explain the matter after a long while.

Qin Lie had a terrible headache.

“Sister Xue!” the oval-faced girl cried out.

A tall girl with snow white skin dressed in a bright yellow dress suddenly appeared before their eyes.

She stood right beside the burned corpses.

The girl looked to be about twenty years old. She had a pair of long, artistic eyebrows and a pair of eyes that resembled pools of crystal clear water.

“Chu Li.” The girl raised her head and looked at Terminator Sect’s Chu Li. Her eyebrows furrowed softly, and her voice was crisp and pleasant. “You killed them, didn’t you?”

She didn’t even spare Qin Lie a glance.

Chu Li snorted coldly and didn’t bother explaining. He knew that it would be pointless to try since they wouldn’t believe him anyway.

“It wasn’t Chu Li, it was him!” the oval-faced girl gritted her teeth and glared at Qin Lie, her eyes full of hate.

It was only then that Xue Moyan looked at Qin Lie.

Her eyebrows were still furrowed, but now there was a hint of doubt in her clear eyes. “Who are you?”

She did not recognize Qin Lie.

Xue Moyan had investigated all the martial practitioners of the other eight great forces before the Trial began. She hadn’t investigated just ringers like Chu Li either—every person from every force who was even remotely notable and powerful had their realm and appearance roughly investigated.

For example, even though Du Xiangyang and He Wei were not chosen as Heavenly Sword Mountain’s ringer, they were powerful enough to be included in her research.

It could be said that the glaring, dangerous individuals of every force had caught her eye.

Qin Lie obviously had not been one of them, indicating that he was not qualified worthy of Xue Moyan’s attention.

Furthermore, he was not wearing the uniform unique to Heavenly Sword Mountain. In addition to that, even though he was obviously working with Chu Li, he wasn’t wearing Terminator Sect’s uniform. Therefore, he did not seem to be a member of Terminator Sect either.

This was why Qin Lie’s identity and background made her doubtful and confused.

“My name is Qin Lie. I hold a sword token of Heavenly Sword Mountain and am representing them in this Trial. I hail from the Scarlet Tide Continent,” Qin Lie said, introducing himself.

This introduction did not lessen Xue Moyan’s confusion and instead made it worse. She shook her head and said, “I’ve never heard of Heavenly Sword Mountain or the Scarlet Tide Continent.”

In her heart she had already put Qin Lie in the category of small fries who were not worthy of notice.

“I don’t care if you believe me or not, but I will still explain myself regardless. Your companions died at the hands of the Black Voodoo Cult’s voodoo insects. Their deaths have nothing to do with us.” Qin Lie ultimately decided to try and explain anyway. “This is really just a misunderstanding!”

“He’s lying, Sister Xue! There are no voodoo insects at all!” the oval-faced girl said harshly, pointing at Qin Lie. “We only saw him unleashing his flames and burning Little Die to death!”

Xue Moyan nodded slightly and decisively ordered, “Take them out!”

Including Xue Moyan, there were a total of six girls from Illusory Demon Sect. When they moved, they created numerous beautiful illusions that looked exactly like them. The illusions even possessed life and soul auras.

It was impossible to distinguish which ones were real.

The six girls and their illusions moved at the same time, resembling beautiful fairies who were about to overtake Qin Lie and Chu Li in an instant.