Lu Qianchuan suddenly reacted and shouted, “We are also living people in the city who haven’t been infected!”
Before he could finish speaking, Chu Zilan had already drawn her sword and dispersed the incoming green lights. She glanced back at Ding Li and quickly threw something to her.
Ding Li caught it. It was a silk handkerchief.
Chu Zilan said, “Cover your face!”
Ding Li immediately tied the handkerchief over her face, leaving only her eyes exposed. Even her ears were covered tightly.
Chu Zilan turned back again and said, “Stay close to me.”
Ding Li felt both touched and impressed. Chu Zilan was so perfect. If the System Mechanism was not malfunctioning, she would gladly follow Chu Zilan for the rest of her life and live comfortably.
However, while Ding Li was still immersed in the warmth coming from the female lead, she suddenly felt a chill and slowly turned her head.
Xiao Wenjing was looking over.
When Ding Li’s gaze accidentally met his eyes, she shivered.
Damn, could you stop looking so sinister? Chu Zilan is the female lead. She is practically invincible. Didn’t you see how powerful she is and how evil things cannot even touch her?
What kind of look is that?
Just because she gave the handkerchief to me doesn’t mean she will suddenly be in danger.
Or what, should the handkerchief have been given to you instead? Should she have been fussing over you and asking you to cover your face?
What nonsense. This idiot is unbearable.
Please understand your position. You are a cannon fodder second male lead. Don’t act like the rightful partner while holding the identity of a third wheel.
Ding Li rolled her eyes silently, grabbed the edge of Chu Zilan’s robe, and pressed herself closer behind her.
Chu Zilan’s sword moved in her hand, its light flashing continuously.
Yet the green lights in the air did not decrease. Instead they grew even more violent. They were the vine threads of the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine. After sensing the presence of living people, they rushed forward in overwhelming numbers.
Meanwhile the townspeople who had already been parasitized by the vines now had even more visible green veins on their faces. The veins surged violently as if they were about to burst out from their skin.
Those people waved their limbs wildly in extreme pain. Some even began bleeding from all seven orifices.
As the vine threads multiplied and nearly flooded the entire street, Lu Qianchuan suddenly slashed out a powerful sword aura, forming a solid barrier in front of them.
Chu Zilan looked at Xiao Wenjing. “Split up.”
If they followed the vine threads, there was a good chance they would find the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine. Rather than struggling pointlessly here, it was better to break the situation while chaos reigned.
Xiao Wenjing acted decisively. He turned the direction of his sword and immediately prepared to rise into the air on it.
But at that moment he paused and glanced at Ding Li behind Chu Zilan.
Ding Li immediately felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the next second Xiao Wenjing looked at her and smiled faintly.
Before Ding Li could react, Xiao Wenjing grabbed her and pulled her onto the sword. The sword instantly shot upward, and the two of them were already in the air.
Chu Zilan’s eyes sharpened. “Xiao Wenjing!”
Xiao Wenjing let out a cold laugh. “Senior Sister, there’s no need to worry. I’ll take care of Miss Ding for you first. Once everything is settled, I’ll return her to you immediately.”
It’s over…
Ding Li trembled as she thought to herself. If she died right now, could she watch a thirty-second advertisement to revive?
If thirty seconds didn’t work, what about sixty?
The wind in the sky was extremely strong. Ding Li did not know how to ride a sword, so she stood crookedly and unsteadily.
Xiao Wenjing dealt with the vine threads attacking from ahead while occasionally reaching back to steady Ding Li.
Ding Li could not help but think sadly of Chu Zilan. Thinking about her slender waist and steady movements, she sighed.
How was it that they had only just separated, yet she was already starting to miss her?
Xiao Wenjing flew directly toward the direction where the vine threads were coming from while resisting the threads rushing toward them. He glanced back at Ding Li.
“Figure out a way to stand steady yourself. If you fall now, I can’t guarantee you won’t be smashed into a pile of flesh.”
Ding Li felt completely hopeless. She did not even bother complaining anymore. Instead she decisively grabbed Xiao Wenjing’s waist belt.
Xiao Wenjing, who was suddenly yanked backward by the waist: “…”
Xiao Wenjing said, “If you don’t want both of us to fall, let go.”
Ding Li loosened her grip slightly but immediately tightened it again.
“But Immortal Master Xiao, if I don’t hold onto you tightly, I’ll definitely fall. If Immortal Master Chu asks about it later, won’t she blame you?”
Xiao Wenjing: “…”
Ding Li continued, “If I fall and turn into a pile of flesh that’s fine. But what if I become crippled instead? Wouldn’t that cause trouble for all of you?”
The veins on Xiao Wenjing’s forehead twitched.
Ding Li asked, “Immortal Master Xiao, how much longer until we arrive?”
Xiao Wenjing replied, “…Before you strangle me to death.”
The green lights ahead grew denser and denser. The barrier in front of them shone brighter and brighter, almost as if sparks would erupt in the air.
Xiao Wenjing shouted, “Hold tight!”
The next moment the sword carrying the two of them dove rapidly downward. Soon two heavy thuds sounded from the ground.
…
Xiao Wenjing struggled to push Ding Li off himself and stood up.
Ding Li had used him as a human cushion. She felt as if every bone in her body had nearly been broken and took a long time before crawling up from the ground while baring her teeth in pain.
Xiao Wenjing glanced at her. “Why are you so heavy?”
Ding Li: “…”
You’re heavy! Your whole family is heavy! Not only are you heavy but your bones are hard as rocks!
But considering he had acted as a cushion for her during the fall, she decided to let it go.
Ding Li silently rolled her eyes and said nothing. She looked forward.
Before them stood a gigantic tree. Its crown was lush and vast, blocking out the sky. Twisted vines covered the tree, thick and flourishing.
Surrounding the tree was an enormous forest. Fog drifted throughout it, and under the night sky it looked eerie and sinister.
“So this is the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine you mentioned?” Xiao Wenjing asked.
Ding Li replied, “…I’ve only heard of it. I’ve never seen it.”
“That makes sense,” Xiao Wenjing said.
His sword shot into the air. A brilliant sword light flashed, instantly dispersing the thick fog above them. The green vine threads could now be seen rapidly flying upward toward the sky. The two of them immediately realized they were heading toward Cang City.
“Then there’s no mistake.”
Xiao Wenjing recalled the sword. The next moment it shot forward and stabbed directly toward the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine before them.
So direct?
Ding Li stood there in astonishment.
The tree suddenly suffered the external attack and seemed to come alive. The vines on it began whipping violently.
The next moment every vine attacked the two of them.
Xiao Wenjing frowned. “Tch. Troublesome.”
He quickly retreated and pulled Ding Li behind him.
The vines attacked fiercely. Xiao Wenjing held his sword as the tip flashed rapidly, cutting down the vines rushing toward them. Yet more vines immediately seized the opportunity to attack from the side.
Xiao Wenjing spun through the air and swept out a wave of sword energy, neatly cutting down the vines beside him.
The tree began shaking violently, almost as if it were roaring in anger.
In the next instant the vines attacked wildly again.
At the same time countless green vine threads shot out from the vines. They rushed forward at incredible speed, but because there were so many of them they looked almost as if they were floating motionlessly in the air.
It’s over.