45: Wait for me, my cultivation will surpass yours sooner or later.

"Survived... survived?!"

"How... how could it actually survive the unreserved core self-detonation of a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Expert?!"

"The hell... is this even a Yao Beast?!" "This is simply an immortal monster wearing snake skin!"

"Cough, cough..."

Just as everyone was shaken to their core, the Ye Family Patriarch, who had recovered from the ruins, was the first to react!

He took a glance at the black figure in mid-air, whose aura was somewhat withered, but whose vitality remained as vast as the sea.

He then looked down at the remnants of the Liu and Wang Families, whose spirits had long been broken and who had no will to fight left. In his eyes, an unprecedented, scorching brilliance erupted!

"All Ye Family Disciples, listen to my command!"

He suddenly let out a heaven-shaking roar!

"Cut the weeds and eliminate the roots! Leave none alive!"

"Kill!"

Inspired by the monstrous performance of Mysterious Ink, all the Ye Family Disciples once again descended like fierce tigers from the mountain, launching the final and bloodiest purge against the enemies, who were already trapped like turtles in a jar.

...

Half an hour later, the battle was completely over.

The Ye Family Patriarch personally walked up to Mysterious Ink, his face filled with unconcealable gratitude and awe.

Without a word, he took a jade bottle directly from his Storage Pouch, which contained several healing sacred pills specially refined for Yao Beasts, with a grade as high as Second Stage High Grade.

"Lord... Mysterious Ink," he even unconsciously used an honorific, "this time, thanks to you, my Ye Family was able to escape disaster. These Medicinal Pills are but a small token of my appreciation; I hope you... will accept them."

Immediately after, he instructed the two Elders: "You two, stay here and act as Protector for Lord Mysterious Ink! I will be back shortly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he personally led a team of Ye Family elites, full of Killing Intent, and galloped towards the residences of the Liu and Wang Families in the city! He was going to truly, cut the weeds and eliminate the roots!

Mysterious Ink did not stand on ceremony; its injuries were indeed not light, so it opened its mouth and swallowed all the Medicinal Pills, then coiled its body and began to heal in silence.

Ye Feiyan took the initiative to walk to its side, holding her long sword, her expression cold and detached, personally standing guard for it.

The Medicinal Pills entered its mouth, turning into streams of majestic and gentle energy, flowing through its limbs and bones, repairing the wounds torn by the violent energy.

Mysterious Ink was healing, but Ye Feiyan, who was by its side, was already experiencing stormy waves in her heart.

Her cold phoenix eyes stared unblinkingly at the giant black python in front of her, which was healing with its eyes closed, her mind filled with countless questions.

She truly could not understand!

The reason her own cultivation was able to Breakthrough so quickly, besides the talent of her Heaven Rank Spiritual Root, more importantly, was that overbearing and peerless "Myriad Dao Furnace Scripture" that could devour the essence of all things!

But what about Mysterious Ink? By what right?!

From the time of the contract until now, counting fully, it had only been a month or so. How on earth did it manage to soar from a dying Wasted Snake without even a trace of cultivation to this terrifying Second Stage Late-Phase Realm, capable of resisting the self-detonation of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage expert?!

You must know, she was very clear that she had never given Mysterious Ink any decent cultivation resources!

At this moment, she realized that even she, the Empress Feiyan who had once looked down upon the Nine Heavens and controlled hundreds of millions of living beings, could not completely see through this little black snake in front of her.

...

I do not know how much time had passed, but when the last wound on Mysterious Ink's body had completely healed under the powerful medicinal effect and its monstrous recovery ability, it slowly opened its eyes.

The moment it opened its eyes, it met Ye Feiyan's gaze, which was filled with inquiry, confusion, and a trace of complex emotions.

Looking at her staring at it, as if she wanted to see through it from the inside out, a trace of human-like amusement flashed in Mysterious Ink's cold snake pupils.

"What?" It transmitted a thought filled with teasing through the Pseudo-Contract, "Are you captivated by my heroic figure just now? Do you think I'm super handsome?"

"..." Ye Feiyan's cold, pretty face stiffened instantly, then, fiercely, she rolled her eyes at it with a charming look.

She restrained the shock in her heart, her tone returning to its usual coldness, and asked straightforwardly: "Tell me, what exactly... is going on with you? Why is your cultivation increasing so quickly?"

"You must know, when we first formed the contract, you were just a... snake without even a trace of cultivation."

Facing her questioning, Mysterious Ink just lazily flicked its tail.

"As for this, don't you worry about it." Its thought was filled with unquestionable confidence and a hint of dominance, "You only need to know that no matter when, no matter how strong you become, I will always be stronger than you."

"Hmph!" Hearing this extremely arrogant declaration, Ye Feiyan immediately let out a soft snort filled with defiance.

"Don't get cocky." In her beautiful phoenix eyes, a flame named competitiveness ignited, "If it weren't for the fact that I was pursuing the strongest 'Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment' and delayed my Breakthrough, I would already be a Cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Realm by now!"

"You just wait! Once I succeed in 'Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment', my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds, and I will definitely surpass you!"

This was the pride and confidence from the bones of a Reborn Empress!

After hearing this, Mysterious Ink smiled in its heart and did not refute further.

It naturally knew that since Ye Feiyan was a Reborn Empress, whether it was talent or Heart-Nature, she was far beyond what a Mortal could compare to. Once she successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, her Cultivate speed would definitely be shockingly fast.

But... no matter how fast, can it compare to me, a cheater?

When the first ray of morning sunlight once again sprinkled over this land that had undergone the baptism of blood and fire, the sky of Qingyang City had completely changed.

The Liu and Wang Families, these two Foundation Establishment families that had once formed a tripartite balance with the Ye Family and dominated one side, were completely uprooted overnight!

Their residences were breached, their clansmen were completely purged, and all their foundations and resources became the Ye Family's richest spoils of war.

The dust settled. The Ye Family became the only supreme hegemon of Qingyang City!

Inside the council hall, all the core members of the Ye Family gathered here, and every person's face was filled with the joy of surviving a disaster and uncontrollable excitement.

In the center of the hall, the cultivation resources scavenged from the treasures of the Liu and Wang Families were piled up like a mountain, shimmering with spiritual light, with ten thousand rays of colorful light, almost dazzling everyone's eyes.

"In this battle, the fact that my Ye Family could win is thanks to you all, you are all heroes!" The Ye Family Patriarch sat in the main seat, his voice loud and clear, full of high spirits!

"Today, we shall reward merits!" His gaze swept across the hall, and finally, slowly, it landed on the giant black python that was quietly coiled beside Ye Feiyan, its size as huge as a mountain.

His eyes were filled with heartfelt gratitude and awe. "Lord Mysterious Ink," he stood up, bowed to Mysterious Ink from afar, "In this battle, you deserve the first merit! All these spoils of war shall be distributed by you first!"