The vivid blood spread beneath the woman like a blooming mandala flower in hell.
Ye Ling felt as if her body had shattered into millions of pieces. Her chest felt as if it was being bitten and gnawed by countless ants.
Her tendons and veins were severed, her martial power was destroyed, and she was in excruciating pain.
"The female devil Ye Ling is finally going to die! It's really satisfying!"
"Cut off Ye Ling's head and hang it on the city's flag to pay tribute to the dead lonely souls and generals!"
Below the high platform, the smoke of gunpowder billowed continuously, and the sound of the fight was deafening.
The most noble divine beast in the world, the phoenix, was already on its last legs. Its originally bright and beautiful feathers were burned black and hideous.
Ye Ling struggled to get up. Her red dress fluttered. There was a hint of fierceness in her enchanting and beautiful face.
She secretly clenched her right hand, gathering the last bit of spiritual power.
Finally, the dying phoenix regained its vitality.
"Go! Never come back!"
With Ye Ling's determined look in her eyes, the phoenix soared into the sky, circling above. Its shrill cry echoed through the heavens and the earth.
"Damn it!"
"We can't let that demonic beast leave. The phoenix is an ancient divine beast. If we kill its master and it comes back, it will surely bring a catastrophic disaster to the Eastern Marsh Wilderness."
"Four great families, form a formation!"
Ye Ling, in her flaming red dress, staggered and stood on the high platform. A bloodthirsty smile curled up on her lips. "It's too late."
Immediately, a wall of force rose up below the high platform, trapping those people inside.
Ye Ling, the female emperor! The eight - phase spiritual pharmacist!
Even after being crippled by the joint efforts of the four great families, she could still create such a powerful spiritual force shield in her dying moment and bring the phoenix back to life!
Her strength was several times more terrifying than expected!
The four leaders below exerted their internal strength and spiritual power to the extreme, trying their best to break through the shield.
"Ye Ling! You can't stop us."
The red - dressed woman laughed wildly. "So what? The phoenix has escaped. Your four great families will live in fear for generations!"
"Ye Ling, you are cruel and heartless. You use living people as sacrifices to cultivate your skills, causing great suffering to all living beings in the Eastern Marsh Wilderness. Surrender quickly!"
"Yes, you've amassed a fortune wantonly and secretly kept the divine beast Bai Ze. You've done so many crazy things. You'd better atone for your sins with your life!"
At the mention of "Bai Ze", the people of the four great families glanced at each other. The primary purpose of this siege was to obtain this peerless divine beast.
Ye Ling stood in the cold wind on the high platform. Her red dress fluttered in the wind. Her eyes were filled with the greedy faces of the people below.
When people were vicious, they were even more ferocious than beasts.
It was a pity that back then, Ye Ling had taught them martial arts whole - heartedly but forgot to teach them how to be good people.
As a result, she was severely hurt by her trusted subordinates.
"Those charges are all fabricated by you to get the 'Bai Ze'. I, Ye Ling, will never admit them even if I'm reduced to ashes! If I get a chance one day, I will surely kill all of you villains!"
Although she was already seriously injured, her aura was still as imposing as ever, scaring those villains pale. To eliminate future troubles forever, they exerted even more strength.
Ye Ling finally couldn't withstand the huge internal force. In an instant, her spiritual power completely collapsed.
Before she fell heavily to the ground, she saw the phoenix hovering reluctantly and finally disappearing on the horizon.
The phoenix had escaped, and her goal had been achieved. But there was still something weighing on her heart.
Master, I'll never be able to wait for you to come back.
Ye Ling closed her eyes, and the jade flute in her hand rolled down to the bottom of the high platform.
"Smash—" The flute shattered into millions of pieces.
No one noticed that there was a line of words engraved on the inside of a piece of the broken jade flute.
Love has penetrated into the bones. Where is the one I love?
Then, one by one, snowflakes fell from the sky and landed on Ye Ling's cold face.
She never stood up again.
The female devil Ye Ling was finally dead!
As soon as the siege ended, this news quickly spread throughout the Eastern Marsh Wilderness. All the forces were overjoyed.
In the Eastern Marsh Wilderness, spiritual power and martial power were highly respected.
It had always been the territory of the female emperor Ye Ling, but in this year, it was completely divided up by the four great families.
The four great families, who were respected by countless people, were now acting like villains, already dividing up the spoils of war. They were blushing and arguing for a small profit.
What was the truth? Was the female emperor really that deserving of death? No one bothered to find out.
The night was as silent as ink.
Ye Ling's lonely body had been buried by the thick snow. No one came to bury her.
Those who claimed they wanted to take her head to pay tribute to the dead souls still dared not approach her after her death.
It showed that the female emperor Ye Ling was intimidating even in life and death.
At this time, a figure rushed over from the darkness.
The man was dressed in a green robe. His jade - like eyebrows were tightly knitted. His long black hair was draped over his shoulders, and part of it was simply tied up with a jade hairpin.
He had a peerless appearance, and his face exuded an inviolable nobility. He held a long flute in his hand and gently landed beside Ye Ling.
"Ling'er, Master is here."
The man's fair fingers trembled slightly as he gently brushed the snowflakes off Ye Ling's face bit by bit. Her face was peaceful, as if she was sleeping.
In front of his eyes, it seemed as if he could see twenty years ago, a little girl pulling on his long sleeve and calling out crisply, "Master, Ling'er wants to eat the hundred - leaf fruit. Please buy some for your disciple—"
In a flash, the little girl was waving fresh grapes in front of him.
"Master likes purple grapes the most. Look, Ling'er picked them for you—"
Yan Ruyu stroked Ye Ling's already cold face. "Ling'er, you once said that when you came of age, you wanted to marry me. I've been waiting for you to grow up."
"Ling'er, I've been waiting for you."
"Ling'er, I'm sorry. I'm late."
There was clearly a smile on Yan Ruyu's face, but his eyes were filled with endless pain. He kept muttering to himself, but Ye Ling, who used to smile brightly, never responded again. She would never call him "Master" again.
Yan Ruyu picked up Ye Ling and whispered in her ear, "Ling'er, don't be afraid. Master will take you home."
Behind him, a white divine beast carried the two of them and flew away on the clouds.
If someone saw this at this moment, they would surely exclaim, "The divine beast Bai Ze!"
Only a nine - level spiritual pharmacist, the highest - ranked spiritual pharmacist, could tame it. The people of the four great families all thought that Ye Ling had secretly kept this peerless divine beast, but they didn't know that this divine beast already had a master.
In the Eastern Marsh Wilderness, no one had ever heard that someone in the world had reached the supreme level of a nine - level spiritual pharmacist.
Even the deceased female emperor Ye Ling was only an eight - phase spiritual pharmacist.
And the supreme man was now looking at the cold person in his arms affectionately, with killing intent in his eyes.
"Ling'er, the Eastern Marsh Wilderness still has a hundred years of good fortune. During this period, I can't go against the will of heaven. But when the hundred - year period is over, I will surely bloodbath the Eastern Marsh Wilderness to avenge you!"