Her skin was like snow, her hair like silk, and her pure black clothes had a few touches of black silk embroidery—a low-key kind of magnificence.

What made Qi Yanran feel most envious was that Le Xiaoxue was very young, appearing to be only in her early twenties, at least several years younger than herself in appearance.

Among these eight candidate demonesses, most were nearly thirty years old. A few more years meant a bit more strength—this was very common, unless very special circumstances arose, but special circumstances were rare. Having one or two appear was already quite remarkable.

Although these candidate demonesses were all nearly thirty, they only looked around twenty-five or twenty-six, still very youthful and vibrant. Le Xiaoxue just looked a few years younger.

However, women are women. Sometimes even a few years' difference is very important, and they care about it greatly!

"You're not my opponent. Concede defeat," Qi Yanran said, looking at Le Xiaoxue. She wasn't being arrogant; it's just that the difference between them was too great.

No matter how you looked at it, Le Xiaoxue didn't seem to have any strength. Forget about God Level—she might not even have reached Saint Level. With such strength, she didn't know how Le Xiaoxue had made it this far.

"Many people have said that to me, but the final result always surprises them," Le Xiaoxue said coldly. There was a feeling about her that made people unable to approach—as if she was clearly right in front of you, clearly speaking with you, yet you could obviously feel a distance.

"Is that so? I'd like to see what methods you actually have," Qi Yanran said with a smile. She was also puzzled. With the opponent's level of strength, she should be easily defeated. How could she have made it this far?

"Then I'll begin..." Le Xiaoxue said. Then she emitted a sound—a very wonderful sound that immediately made people feel intoxicated and fall into a dream.

This was Qi Yanran's feeling. Others didn't notice this situation and only felt that Le Xiaoxue was making a low hum, a very pleasant low hum.

This was a type of mental attack that could make people instantly fall into obsession, even become controlled. It was impossible to guard against. No wonder she looked like she didn't have much strength but could defeat others. This type of attack could even affect someone at God Level like Qi Yanran, let alone those below God Level.

However, Qi Yanran only showed signs of being affected. She was stunned for a moment at first, but quickly realized her abnormal state, then united her mind and spirit to expel the opponent's influence.

"Hmph, so that's how it is. Then I won't be polite!" Qi Yanran sneered, then flew forward, striking at Le Xiaoxue with a palm.

Le Xiaoxue was stunned. She hadn't expected the opponent to recover so quickly and deliver such a fierce counterattack. She immediately understood that Qi Yanran's strength and realm were beyond what she could influence. She could only concede defeat now.

She could influence people below God Level, but it was very difficult against those at God Level. She was very clear about this. She had originally thought that in this Demoness Selection, even if there were those with high strength, they would at most be at Peak Saint Level, which she still had the ability to fight against. Facing God Level, she could only surrender helplessly.

At this moment, Le Xiaoxue wanted to concede defeat. There was no choice—who would have thought that Qi Yanran's strength had actually reached God Level? This was something no one had expected.

What Le Xiaoxue didn't anticipate was that Qi Yanran's attack speed was incredibly fast. She simply didn't have time to surrender before she might be sent flying by Qi Yanran's palm. This time was troublesome—if she didn't die, she would be severely injured.

This wasn't because Qi Yanran's palm strike was too heavy. On the contrary, Qi Yanran's palm only used twenty to thirty percent of her strength. Even someone at Mid Saint Level could withstand it. Taking it further, even someone who had just entered Saint Level would at most be slightly injured—they wouldn't be severely injured.

But Le Xiaoxue was special. Her strength hadn't even reached Saint Level, possibly not even Emperor Level. She completely relied on her special technique to launch mental attacks. In terms of physical body, she probably couldn't defeat anyone.

This time was going to be troublesome...

Le Xiaoxue thought to herself. If I had known Qi Yanran had such strong abilities, I would have directly conceded defeat.

What was she doing?

Qi Yanran didn't understand Le Xiaoxue's situation. Why wasn't she moving, as if she had been scared silly? But her expression seemed very clear, so why wasn't she dodging?

Qi Yanran didn't know that Le Xiaoxue's strength simply couldn't dodge her palm strike. She would never imagine that a candidate demoness who could make it this far couldn't even receive one of her palm strikes—and one using only thirty to forty percent strength at that.

Just when Le Xiaoxue was about to close her eyes, when Qi Yanran's palm was about to hit her, someone shouted, causing Qi Yanran to immediately stop.

There weren't many people in this world who could make Qi Yanran stop directly like this, and among those present now, there was only one—Xiaoyao.

Everyone heard Xiaoyao shout loudly at this moment: "Stop!"

While Qi Yanran was puzzled about why Xiaoyao had shouted to stop, what happened next was somewhat beyond her expectations. She saw Le Xiaoxue's eyes suddenly brighten as she looked toward Xiaoyao.

"You... you..." After saying "you" twice, Le Xiaoxue immediately flew toward Xiaoyao, looking as if she had seen her beloved after a long separation.

Looking at this situation, this Le Xiaoxue actually had a relationship with that kid Xiaoyao! Strange—after entering the Demon Domain, he had been with her the whole time. Where could he have met this Le Xiaoxue, and with such a relationship?

However, Xiaoyao's attitude surprised her and everyone else. He sidestepped to avoid Le Xiaoxue's flying embrace. When Le Xiaoxue failed once, she tried a second time, but was still dodged by Xiaoyao. This continued several times.

"What are you doing? Why are you jumping at me? We're not that familiar, okay?" Xiaoyao frowned.

"What do you mean? You've forgotten again—I'm your wife!" Le Xiaoxue said with a smile. This smile made people feel as if they were bathed in spring breeze, and that sense of distance suddenly disappeared.

Those who knew Le Xiaoxue well were now amazed. They had never seen Le Xiaoxue smile before—never. She had always been very cold toward everything.

Also, what had she just said—I'm your wife? What was this situation?

Not only were they puzzled, Qi Yanran was also puzzled. How had she never heard about Xiaoyao having a wife? The answer to this question seemed to appear quickly, but the answer was still somewhat unclear.

"Get lost!" Xiaoyao said one word very directly, also indicating his denial of this matter.

Really? This was Le Xiaoxue's one-sided wishful thinking? This kid really had abundant romantic fortune, though he didn't seem to want this particular fortune.

"I won't get lost. I finally found you—I definitely won't get lost," Le Xiaoxue said somewhat clinglingly, which made people envious again.

"How did you get here? It's really strange. Logically, you shouldn't be able to reach this place," Xiaoyao said with some confusion. "Also, why did you change your name? Le Xiaoxue—how creative."

"I'm already part of the Le family now. The name Le Xiaoxue is very good," Le Xiaoxue said with a smile.

At this point, everyone seemed to understand something. Le Xiaoxue wasn't even her real name. Those who had come with Le Xiaoxue also expressed some surprise, but thinking about it, they didn't really understand Le Xiaoxue's background, so this wasn't very strange.

"Xiaoyao, what's the situation?" Qi Yanran asked at this moment. She had already left the arena. Since Le Xiaoxue had come out on her own, she had already lost.

"We know each other. Her demonic sound is very strong, but her own strength is very weak. Your palm might have killed her, so I had you stop," Xiaoyao replied. This should be the question Qi Yanran wanted to ask.

"Are you joking? That palm didn't even use thirty percent of my strength. How could she be so weak?" Qi Yanran said with some disbelief.

Even if she were severely injured, she couldn't possibly die, right?

"You don't know—her internal energy is at most Mid Emperor Level. Do you think she could withstand your strike?" Xiaoyao said.

"..."

Everyone fell silent. They hadn't expected that "Le Xiaoxue" only had Mid Emperor Level strength. How had she climbed to this position? Those she had defeated seemed to all have Late Saint Level strength. Were the rumors false?

But recalling "Le Xiaoxue's" demonic sound attack, everyone seemed to understand. She should have relied on this method to achieve victory. It's just that this method was ineffective against Qi Yanran, though they didn't know if it was because Qi Yanran's strength was too high or because Qi Yanran had special immunity.

"What exactly is your relationship? How do you understand her so well?" Qi Yanran looked at Xiaoyao somewhat suggestively. She could tell that "Le Xiaoxue" was very special toward Xiaoyao, which could be understood from her sudden change in attitude.

Previously, she had been cold and distant toward people, but toward Xiaoyao she was so enthusiastic, wanting to cling to him. They were completely different attitudes. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you might have thought this was her twin sister.

"We don't have any relationship, just some karmic entanglement. She and I are from the same place. In our place, she was also a female demon head. Her name is Hei Xue, not Le Xiaoxue," Xiaoyao said. The Le Xiaoxue in front of him was Hei Xue, so when Hei Xue appeared before his eyes, he felt very surprised, wondering if he was seeing things wrong or if this was just someone who looked very similar to Hei Xue.

After that, when Hei Xue emitted her demonic sound, he knew that this Le Xiaoxue-like entity in front of him was indeed Hei Xue. And now, with Hei Xue's attitude, he was one hundred percent certain there was no mistake.

But now he was somewhat puzzled. How could Hei Xue be here? It wasn't strange that Hei Xue could come to this world—he understood Hei Xue's abilities quite well. If she wanted to accomplish something, there weren't many people who could stop her.

(End of Chapter)