200: Chapter 200 What did I see? The Patriarch got a good beating!

A crisp, child-like voice spoke extremely crude words, sounding incredibly jarring and absurd in this solemn and somber atmosphere.

A hint of astonishment finally appeared on Li Mubai's calm, unruffled face, which quickly turned into indignation.

He had cultivated for thousands of years and had transcended the mundane world after his Ascension; when had he ever been humiliated to his face like this, and by a wet-behind-the-ears Little Girl at that?

"Presumptuous!"

Li Mubai gave a low shout, and the silver strands of the Horsetail whisk in his hand stood on end, radiating a cold light. The dao rhyme around him began to fluctuate violently, and Great Dao Runes faintly emerged in the Void Realm, as if he were about to unleash thunderous measures at any moment.

But the Little Girl's movements were even faster than his!

"Presumptuous my ass!"

With a sharp cry, the Little Girl's figure vanished from the spot without any warning!

It wasn't teleportation or high-speed movement, but something far more eerie—it was as if she had never been in that position to begin with, or rather, the "space" she occupied, along with herself, had "jumped" right in front of Li Mubai's spiritual projection!

Li Mubai's pupils suddenly constricted!

Although this wisp of his True Spirit Projection was limited by the Laws of this realm and the strength of the summoning ritual, preventing him from exerting even a ten-thousandth of his peak power, his insight and reflexes remained.

Yet, the Little Girl's method of movement completely exceeded his understanding of the Law of Space!

He couldn't even capture a single trace of spiritual energy or Law fluctuations!

Before he could react, a small hand, white as jade and seemingly powerless, had already pierced through the clear light of the dao rhyme protecting him. It was as easy as tearing through thin paper as it grabbed the neck of his spiritual body, which was condensed from pure Soul Power!

"Get down here for your Great-Auntie!"

The Little Girl's crisp voice rang out, filled with a sense of overbearing arrogance.

Then, under the incredulous gaze of thousands of eyes from the Hehuan Sect, a scene occurred that nearly shattered their Dao Hearts—

The infinitely powerful Ancestral Master Li Mubai, his spiritual projection wreathed in clear light, was actually grabbed by that seven- or eight-year-old-looking Little Girl with one hand and yanked down from the high clouds like a little chick!

*Bang—!!!*

A dull, heavy thud.

Li Mubai's spiritual body was slammed hard onto the solid ground of the Law Execution Platform, causing crushed rocks to fly and dust to billow!

The clear light of the dao rhyme around him flickered violently, looking as if it might dissipate at any moment. His once unruffled face was now filled with utter bewilderment—

He... Li Mubai, the Ancestral Master of the Hehuan Sect who had tempered his heart in the Mortal World and ascended to the Upper Realm three thousand years ago... was being... pinned to the ground... like a turtle?!

Before he could recover from the massive shock and humiliation, the Little Girl had already released his neck. She then raised her fair, tender little hand and, with lightning speed, aimed it at his gaunt face—

*Slap!*

A crisp, loud slap landed squarely on the left cheek of Li Mubai's spiritual body!

A spiritual body had no flesh and blood, but this slap was incredibly solid, making a loud sound. One could even see Li Mubai's head jerked to the side, and the clear light on his cheek dimmed further!

The entire world was instantly put on mute.

All the members of the Hehuan Sect, including Granny Jingxu and the others who had burned their lives to summon the Ancestral Master, were completely petrified.

Their eyes were wide, their mouths agape, and the expressions on their faces were frozen on the brink of collapse.

The... Ancestral Master... was... slapped?

Slapped... across the face... by a Little Girl who looked like she hadn't even been weaned yet, as if she were disciplining a disobedient child?!

"Damn it!"

After the slap, the Little Girl still didn't seem satisfied. With her hands on her hips, she unleashed a torrent of abuse at the dazed Li Mubai. Her feisty attitude was exactly like a shrew cursing in the streets; where was even a hint of the indifferent majesty she had shown while holding the sword?

"I wondered who it was! So it's you, Little Li!"

Little Li?!!!

The members of the Hehuan Sect felt their vision go dark.

Their supreme Ancestral Master Mubai... was being called... Little Li?!

Why did that sound so jarring?

The Little Girl didn't care about their expressions and continued to point at Li Mubai's nose, cursing:

"Look at how pathetic you are!

Back then, before that old brat Chen Yongheng ascended, he passed the position of Sect Master to you. I told you then that your Heart-Nature was too flighty—seemingly transparent but actually stubborn. Your tempering in the Mortal World was a waste of time; you'll never amount to much!

And sure enough!"

She grew angrier as she spoke and raised her small hand again.

*Slap!*

A backhanded slap landed on the right cheek of Li Mubai's spiritual body!

"You damn well took five hundred years!

A full five hundred years of dawdling and struggling before you finally broke through the world's shackles and ascended to immortality!

Isn't it embarrassing? Huh? That old brat Chen Yongheng went up in three hundred and twenty years!

You took a hundred and eighty years longer than him!

You still have the face to call yourself an Ancestral Master? You still dare to put on airs in front of me?

You even want me to give you an explanation? Who the hell gave you the courage? Huh?"

Li Mubai finally seemed to snap out of his immense shock. He looked up abruptly at the Little Girl's childish face, which was filled with "disappointed" rage. Hearing that familiar cursing tone, a blurry figure buried deep in his memories—one he almost regarded as a Heart Demon nightmare—suddenly overlapped with the Little Girl before him!

"You... You are..." Li Mubai's voice was no longer clear and distant; instead, it carried a violent tremor and unspeakable terror. His spiritual body began to fluctuate unstably. "Qing... Qingtian..."

"Qingtian my ass!"

The Little Girl didn't let him finish. She slapped him again, though this time she didn't hit his face but smacked the back of his spiritual head, nearly knocking him flat.

"Now you know fear? Who were you showing that 'give this seat an explanation' deadpan face to just now? Huh?!" The Little Girl said angrily, "You damn well dared to be summoned by this bunch of good-for-nothing descendants? Come here, come here!"

She suddenly grabbed the collar of Li Mubai's spiritual body and hauled his upper body up. Bringing her small face close, her large amber eyes flickered with a dangerous light:

"If you're so capable, why don't you go and call that bastard Chen Yongheng out for me right now!

See if I don't beat him up along with you!"

Silence.

A deathly silence.