“Bu jiu bu jiu…”
Just as the two were talking, the Little Beast trotted over on its short legs and arrived in front of Ye Shu.
“Chirp!
Chirp!”
She held her head high, her chest puffed out, looking utterly proud.
Gone was the timid, pitiful look she had in the cave; with her father present, the whole beast was filled with much more Divine Qi.
She pointed at the Lion King battling in mid-air, then pointed at Ye Shu.
Finally, she fiercely patted her own chest.
“Awoo!”
It was as if she were saying: “Don’t be afraid, I’m here, I’ll protect you!” That little display of throwing her weight around made people want to laugh.
“Tha…nk…
you…”
Ye Shu squeezed these words out from his wind-leaking throat.
Regardless, the Little Beast was an unexpected development, but it allowed him to relax a bit more.
At least he didn’t have to run away anymore.
According to his original plan, after detonating the xiongyuan sword, he would have had Lin Qingxue carry him as they fled.
But now it seemed there was no need for that.
It was better to let this poor girl process everything.
“Awoo!”
Praised by him like that, the Little Beast immediately became smug, spinning circles on Ye Shu’s head with its tail held high, the purple crystal swaying along, flashing with a joyful light.
Just then, Xiaobai suddenly asked in confusion.
“Where did Danxia go?”
“Isn’t she your Master?
To not help you at such a critical moment, what an ungrateful wretch!”
She puffed out her cheeks and cursed like a pufferfish.
But Ye Shu raised his head, looked toward the battlefield, and said softly: “She is here.
She has always been here, right from the very beginning.”
Meanwhile, on the battlefield in mid-air.
Roar!!!!
The Lion King slammed down with a claw, and with a bang, a massive pit hundreds of zhang deep was instantly smashed into the ground.
Sect Master Feng Mengli narrowly dodged it, her expression grim.
Her body was already covered in wounds, her clothes tattered and hanging loosely, no longer possessing even a shred of the Fairy demeanor she had just moments ago.
“How could this be?
How could it be like this?”
Now, she couldn’t see through Ye Shu, let alone the Lion King.
The first time she fought it, it was not like this at all.
But now, every move and technique of the Lion King precisely exploited her weaknesses, as if…
a Master expert was guiding it from behind the scenes.
That was indeed the case.
Danxia had been imitating Ye Shu’s Spiritual Qi to transmit messages to the Lion King, increasing its chances of victory.
For Sect Master Feng Mengli, this was already a dead end.
Unsolvable!
Finally, after dozens of exchanges, the Lion King flung out a Purple Crystal Seal, which precisely struck Sect Master Feng Mengli in the chest.
Pfft—
With an extremely faint sound, Sect Master Feng Mengli tried to struggle and tried to Breakthrough, but it was useless.
The power of the Seal coiled around her like maggots on bones; her spiritual energy, her Dantian, and her Physical Body were all rendered useless.
With a bang, Sect Master Feng Mengli fell from the sky, kicking up a cloud of dust.
However, the Lion King did not continue the pursuit.
It just stood where it was, straightening its back, as if waiting for something.
Sunlight spilled over the devastated mountain forest.
A figure stood up.
It was Ye Shu.
His body was already shattered, yet he still stood up shakily, without anyone’s support, walking step by step toward Sect Master Feng Mengli.
With every step he took, his body emitted cracking sounds, and large chunks of flesh and blood fell from him.
Yet he kept walking, still walking.
Standing proudly in the sunlight, his spine as straight as a sword.
Finally, he arrived before Sect Master Feng Mengli, standing over her with the posture of a victor, looking down from above.
Sect Master Feng Mengli lay on the ground, powerless.
Her body was already covered in wounds from the battle with the Purple Crystal Lion King, and her Dantian was restricted by the Purple Crystal Seal; she was now more of a Mortal than a common Mortal.
But her eyes were fearless.
Still cold, still aloof.
Ye Shu looked at Sect Master Feng Mengli indifferently and said calmly: “I know that right now, you must still have a trump card hidden somewhere, something like a life-saving item that can take your place in death.”
What?!
At this moment!
Sect Master Feng Mengli’s expression finally changed.
Her eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
He…
he knew?
Possessing memories of Rebirth, she certainly wouldn’t be so foolish as to risk danger alone, so she had specifically brought the sect’s treasure, the Substitute Death Doll.
Placed within ten thousand miles, it could substitute for death once.
But how could he…
know?
Unfortunately, Ye Shu would never answer her questions.
He held his long sword, his expression indifferent: “So run away.
Run away like a stray dog, before I find you, before you crawl back to your dog kennel.”
“Run for your life like a dog.”
Why?
Why would you know!!!
At the moment of death, Sect Master Feng Mengli roared in her heart, crazily wanting an answer.
There was no such link in her memories of Rebirth; where exactly did things go wrong???
But her question was destined not to be answered.
Ye Shu just indifferently raised his broken sword.
A single sword strike.
Pfft!!!!
Fresh blood shot straight into the sky.
Sect Master Feng Mengli’s beautiful head rolled a few times on the ground, her eyes still fixed tightly on Ye Shu, filled with resentment and terror.
This time, Danxia did not intervene to stop it.
Because Sect Master Feng Mengli was different from Lin Qingxue.
Lin Qingxue was a source of trouble within her control that could be suppressed, but Sect Master Feng Mengli was a Soul Transformation Cultivator; any slight carelessness could lead to a disastrous outcome.
But as Danxia floated in the air, gazing at Sect Master Feng Mengli’s corpse, her brows furrowed tightly.
Until this moment, she finally sensed a trace of something strange.
It wasn’t coming from Sect Master Feng Mengli.
It was…
Ye Shu!
Too calm, truly too calm.
Facing the groundless killing intent of a Soul Transformation Cultivator, he had simply sat down in advance, written the three questions in advance, gathered his strength in advance; it was as if…
he had known all along…
“I cannot think about this anymore.”
Danxia took a deep look at Ye Shu; his condition right now was extremely, extremely poor, and it was not the time to ask questions.
Ye Shu, however, did not know that Danxia had been thinking so much.
He only felt very tired and in great pain.
He didn’t look at Sect Master Feng Mengli again, but turned his head and offered Lin Qingxue a smile as gentle as the breeze:
“Now, you don’t need to be afraid anymore.”
This look back, this smile.
It was warmer than the sun in the sky.
“Wuu…”
Lin Qingxue gazed blankly at that smile, biting her lip hard, trying to keep herself from crying out.
At this moment, she suddenly felt.
It didn’t matter if the xiongyuan sword was shattered; she didn’t blame him.
At least…
at least they had survived, hadn’t they?
She couldn’t hold it back anymore, rushing forward a few steps, throwing herself into his arms, burying her face in his chest, and sobbing aloud.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
“Wuu wuu wuu wuu…”
Tears streamed down her face like rain; she was crying so hard she could barely speak.
She repeated “I’m sorry” over and over again, but didn’t say why she was sorry, or what she was sorry for.
Gradually, she cried until she was tired.
When she curiously raised her head, wanting to ask why Ye Shu hadn’t responded, she realized.
The youth before her had already fallen into a deep sleep.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”