Immortal Ice Empress: Path to Vengeance

"RUN!!"

"EVERYONE!! RUN AWAY! THIS BITCH IS CRAZY!!"

"AHHHHHH! SAVE ME!!"

The morale of the disciples collapsed completely upon witnessing the fox-like demon ripping apart their comrades with her bare hands. They turned around to flee without thinking twice, but was it so easy to escape Mira's clutches?

*WOOF!*

To those that tried to run, Rhydian descended from the sky and slashed them into minced meat with her claws. Hell, if it were convenient, she'd bite a chunk out of their bodies and eat them alive.

Mira didn't even look at Rhydian and chased after the sweet little lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"No, no, no! Wait! We can talk this through like civilized human-UGH!"

Mira didn't have the brainpower to spare on his worthless drivel and jammed her fist through his heart, then grabbed onto his ribcage and ripped his body in two.

A stream of black runes flowed from her fingers and into the corpses, sucking them dry and making her stronger.

Suddenly, she sensed someone charging at her from behind, but she didn't bother to turn around.

"DIE!!"

The man behind her channeled his Qi to use his technique, but before he could complete it, a sinister black light flashed past his eyes.

*SHING!*

In a split second, Mira's scythe had cut his body in two at the waist and split open his head. His eyes were wide open as if he couldn't believe what had just happened as he died. Truth be told, he already had a stealth technique active and was hoping to ambush Mira with it.

However, he didn't know that after Mira went through the Hell of Pain, her sensitivity had drastically increased. Now, she could even feel the faint changes in wind pressure and vibrations in the earth whenever someone moved. She could also feel the gazes of people much more accurately now.

If that man wanted to hide from her with his shoddy stealth technique, he'd have to learn how to conceal his killing intent, restrain his gaze, and control the atmosphere around him. Otherwise, he'd alert Mira.

In fact, her sensitivity was so high that she didn't even know the guy had a stealth technique active, not that she would have cared anyways.

With a relaxed gait, Mira frowned and shot at the next person.

'This isn't enough. There needs to be more blood, more FEAR! These wretches are just cowards who are afraid of death, not me!'

Mira locked her hand around another victim's neck and lifted him up into the air.

"FUCK!! LET ME GO, YOU BITCH!!" The man wailed and thrashed around, alerting everyone and causing them to look over their shoulders for a moment.

Yet, what they saw made their blood run cold.

Mira coated her hand in Qi and jammed it into the guy's back, and ripped out his spine!

"UGGUGGUGUUG!"

The man frothed at the mouth as his body spasmed for a moment before turning limp, but as a cultivator, he wouldn't die so easily.

He still had a few seconds to a few minutes left to live before his life ran out, and Mira planned to use that time to the fullest.

She sent streams of black runes into the man's brain, wrapped them around the part that controlled his pain receptors, and then activated them.

"UUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

His body flailed about like a wet noodle, but there wasn't anything he could do. With his spine gone and Mira's black runes eating away at his brain, he could only wait for his inevitable death.

The rest of the disciples watched in horror as their fellow brethren squealed like a pig. A few tried to ambush Mira again, but the scythe floating around her cut them into pieces before they could unleash their first attack.

Around a minute later, the wailing stopped, leaving only a dried husk of a man in Mira's hand. She tossed him to the side like worthless trash and stared at the rest of the Unorthodox disciples.

"Ahh~ You guys are really useless, you know that? Not only are you cowards, but your blood essence and Qi are really impure and low-quality. I guess what everyone says about the Unorthodox Faction is true; the only reason you exist right now is that the Orthodox Faction has allowed you to." Mira said in disdain while shaking her head.

"Hmph! What does a little girl like you know?"

Suddenly, a snort came from the sky, and an overbearing pressure fell on Mira and everyone around her.

"It's the Sect Master!"

"The Sect Master is here! We're saved!"

"Sect Master, kill her! She's trampling on the pride of the Crimson Slayer Sect!"

Hope was reignited in the eyes of the disciples, as they knew that the Sect Master of this branch Sect was at the Mortal Shedding Realm.

If there were anyone who could take down Mira and get revenge for the fallen disciples, it'd be him!

What nobody noticed, though, was that as soon as Mira heard his voice, her mouth cracked into a twisted smile.

"You're finally here, huh? Took you long enough." Mira chuckled and turned to face the middle-aged man floating in the sky.

While her bones creaked under the pressure, neither the pain nor his intimidation was enough to make her kneel. The Abyssal Torment Steps were way more terrifying than he could ever be.

The Sect Master frowned, hearing how relaxed Mira seemed. Truthfully, he had sensed Mira a while ago but refrained from taking action. He felt a threat coming from Mira, making him hesitant to appear, but it wasn't her power he was afraid of.

No, the look in Mira's eyes was similar to that of a man with nothing to lose. Anyone with a brain in the cultivation world knows that those kinds of people are the most dangerous. They will literally blow themselves up as long as it means they can drag as many people as they can down with them.

Although Mira did have things to lose, it was true that she didn't have much of a concern about her well-being.

The Sect Master wanted to stay far away from such a person, but after observing how she just came here to kill, he had no choice but to show up.

"Why are you doing this, woman? I don't remember anyone offending someone as talented and beautiful as you before."

Mira chuckled at the man's question, "Oh? You don't? But wasn't my name broadcasted for the world to hear a few days ago?"

The Sect Master froze up, and his eyes widened as he stared at Mira in shock!

'Is she… Maria? No, she doesn't look anything like those two people on the screen. Then… she must be Mira.' The Sect Master easily deduced, but that didn't reduce his surprise, 'Fuck me! Did this woman go crazy after we basically announced to the world that she was our enemy?! Those stupid fucking higher-ups, why'd they have to provoke this demoness!? Now, I gotta deal with this shit! Luckily, she's just a Core Formation Realm brat.'

"Heh! Aren't you a bit too hot-headed a rash, running straight into enemy territory by yourself?" The Sect Master snorted, raised his hand, and wrapped Mira with his Qi.

Before she could react, Mira was already in his clutches, but not there wasn't any change in her expression, making the Sect Master a bit uncomfortable. Still, he ignored his instincts and examined Mira's body up close.

"Hmm~ You really are gorgeous. It'd be a shame to kill such a beauty. How about this, if you agree to become my woman, I'll spare-"

Mira didn't allow him to finish his sentence as her black tail fluttered violently before releasing a mass of darkness! Though she also felt another 15% drop in lifespan because of this, so the blood essence she absorbed from him was negligible.

Still, killing all those disciples below let her know that she'd only have to kill a few tens of thousands of people to replenish it back to full.

"WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

The Sect Master yelled in fright as he felt death approaching. He let Mira go and tried to retreat, but it was already too late. The literal hand of death had already latched onto him, consuming his flesh, blood, Qi, and soul.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! STOP!! PLEASE STOP!!!"

His horrified screams resounded throughout the Sect, frightening all the disciples. They could hardly believe their ears! The two of them hadn't even begun fighting, and he was already begging for mercy!!

How terrifying must this woman be?!

Within a second, the Sect Master was erased from existence, body and soul, and Mira felt a surge of power fill her Core, Body, and Blood Essence.

Her cultivation shot up from the 5th Stage of the Core Formation Realm to the 6th, then the 7th, and finally, it stopped at the 8th.

Thanks to her improved control over her black runes, she could absorb more Qi this time, but she still lost a lot in the process.

"Haaa…" Mira released a satisfied sigh as her body was filled to the brim with strength, then she looked down upon the rest of the disciples.

"Time to feast! Hehehe~"