"Little bun, what are you trying to do?" Wang Xuzhi anxiously grabbed onto her hand.
"If we wait like this, we can only lose. We have to give it a try."
"You will die!"
"I won't!" Zhu Yao turned around and smiled, as she habitually stroked Wang Xuzhi's head. "Just you wait, little wimp!"
Hearing this, Wang Xuzhi suddenly widened his eyes, as though he had heard something shocking, as he stared straight at her. The name in the depths of his heart was on the verge of bursting out.
His hand suddenly tightened. "You are …"
Zhu Yao twisted her sword, and the sword hilt in her hand easily knocked onto the back of his neck. He was already a strong arrow in the first place, and he instantly fainted.
"Chen Yi, watch him!"
Not caring about the three's shocked expressions, she staggered towards the demonic beast. If it was said that she had learned anything in the past three years of desperately practicing sword arts with her master, then …
That would be … asking for a beating!
— — — —
Zhu Yao circulated all of her spiritual energy, and condensed it onto the sword in her hand. With the support of spiritual energy, the lightning on the sword released an even stronger lightning glow, and it continued to grow, until it gathered into a gigantic lightning sword.
In a situation like this, any profound mystic arts were useless. She could only face it head-on.
Zhu Yao flew up, and swung her sword towards the center of the Risefire Beast's spiritual energy. When the purple lightning came into contact with the black flames, sparks instantly flew everywhere, and the flames were forcefully suppressed by a little. Lightning was the nemesis of all demonic beasts. Other than natural lightning beasts, no demonic beast had the ability to restrain lightning. Currently, she could only rely on this to fight to the death. However, that large-scale Lightning Guiding Art earlier had already exhausted too much of her spiritual energy, and she was only using her last bit of strength to hold on.
And the closer she got to the demonic beast, the stronger the obstruction. She felt that there was not much spiritual energy left in her body, and her entire body was in intense pain. However, she no longer had the mind to care about it. Even if the blood in her chest was gushing out like a faucet, she knew that she could not retreat.
If she took a step back, only death awaited the people behind her.
She was not a hero, nor was she a saint. She had no interest in sacrificing herself for others. The reason why she was risking her life was because she really wouldn't die. She didn't know why, but she felt that her previous rebirth wasn't a coincidence. Even if she died this time, she could still come back.
Ever since she knew the reason why she came to this world, was to fix the "bug" that was Xiao Yi, she was even more certain of this.
Perhaps she didn't have to do this at all, because regardless of whether the demonic beast succeeded in advancing or not, the people here would still die. Once Xiao Yi died, the bug would naturally cease to exist, and the five elemental spirits would not be brought to the Higher Realm by him either. The quest would naturally be completed, and she might even be able to return to her original world.
However, Xiao Yi was not the only person here. There was Chen Yi, there was Lu Cha, and especially the child, Wang Xuzhi, whom she had watched grow up from a young age. For her to give up little wimp's little life for an unclear "bug", forget about Doctor Wang who had entrusted little wimp to her, even if she became a ghost, she would stab herself to death. She could spit on herself to death. She wasn't that much of a jerk.
This had nothing to do with morality or justice, nor did it affect the overall situation. This was the most basic conscience of a person, and also her bottom line.
She had always been a person without any great ambitions. The reason why she swung her sword, was because she was still a human!
Even though her spiritual energy was almost completely depleted, boundless fighting spirit surged in Zhu Yao's heart. It was as though a string in her heart had suddenly been plucked, and she had found something that she had never been able to find before.
The sword in her hand lost its lightning glow due to the depletion of spiritual energy, and Zhu Yao's figure, which was carrying the man and the sword, was instantly engulfed by the black flames. Even Chen Yi and the others could not help but lower their heads a little. As expected, they were still unable to escape.
Suddenly, a cry that resounded through the clouds resounded through the sky. A white lightning bolt suddenly shot out from the black flames, and directly charged towards the sky above. Then, it gathered into a gigantic phoenix, and its body was surrounded by lightning glow. As though it was a divine bird that was directly formed from lightning, it possessed a demonic aura that could sweep away everything.
"This is …" Chen Yi looked dumbfoundedly at this phoenix that had suddenly appeared.
"It's Sword Intent!" Xiao Yi raised his head with a strange expression, and looked at that divine phoenix whose aura was like a flood. "She had an epiphany."
"Sword … Sword Intent?" Chen Yi was even more shocked. Wasn't Sword Intent supposed to be a sword? Why was it in the shape of a phoenix?
The phoenix in the sky spread open its wings that were flashing with lightning glow, and swooped down from the sky, straight towards the demonic beast on the ground. The black flames that were unable to advance even an inch earlier, were swept away by the lightning glow, and were instantly extinguished. The demonic beast in the middle had long been pressed onto the ground by the phoenix's aura, and it was unable to move. With a swipe of the phoenix's sharp claws, in an instant, the Risefire Beast that had forcefully evolved was torn into pieces.
The phoenix once again cried out towards the sky, and only then did its white figure slowly disappear.
The rampaging spiritual energy instantly stopped as well, and only then, did Zhu Yao, whose entire body was covered in blood, stand next to the pile of demonic beast flesh.
Zhu Yao, who was finally unable to hold on any longer, breathed heavily. Her mouth and body, were filled with unstoppable blood. The jade pendant on her neck, which had been flashing with a gentle white light, slowly returned to its original color as well.
This was the first time she knew that a person could still bleed to such an extent. Clearly, she felt that she was about to run out of blood, yet, there was still blood that continued to gush out.
Her figure swayed for a moment, and then, she fell onto the ground.
Chen Yi and the rest reacted as well, and hurriedly rushed over. Reaching out his hands, he held onto her, preventing her from facing the fate of landing on the ground. After a careful inspection, he realized that her meridians were seemingly completely broken, and even her Azoth Core was in danger of shattering.
"Can you still hold on? Junior-martial sister Steamed Bun! "
Zhu Yao almost spat out a mouthful of blood on his face. Steamed Bun, your sister!
Seeing that he himself could not hold on any longer, yet, he was still transferring spiritual energy to her, she endured it.
Zhu Yao was already on her last breath, and her entire body was covered in blood. The expressions of the three people, however, were all different.
Chen Yi was shocked. This little junior-martial sister was the weakest person in their group, with the cultivation of an early-stage Azoth Core. In the beginning, he was a little worried that she would drag everyone down, but he never expected that the one who saved him in the end was actually her.
Xiao Yi was silent. Recalling that lightning phoenix earlier, he clenched the fists by his side. He had always thought that the so-called Sword Intent, was merely another sharp sword in the hearts of practitioners, yet, he never expected that Sword Intent would actually have such a form as well.
Lu Cha however, had completely not recovered from the fright earlier, and her entire body was still trembling.
As for Wang Xuzhi …
Mn … He was still unconscious, and had not woken up.
Zhu Yao silently reflected on her earlier strike, and wondered if she was a little too ruthless.
"Senior-martial uncle Xiao, just how did you guys offend this demonic beast?" Seeing that Zhu Yao had recovered a little, only then did Chen Yi recall the cause of this matter. These two demonic beasts were a pair of mother and son. The higher the rank of a demonic beast, the harder it was to reproduce. A demonic beast like the Risefire Beast, would not easily leave its young. And, if they did not encounter something special, it was impossible for them to risk their lives.
A hint of panic flashed past Xiao Yi's expression in an instant, and then, he immediately said with a stern expression. "We had indeed discovered the See-Through Leaf Grass over there, and in a moment of carelessness, we startled the mother beast. Junior-martial nephew Zhao and I were not its match, and were just planning to retreat. However, we did not expect that you guys had already killed the young. Most probably, the mother beast's ferocious nature was triggered because of this. "
Chen Yi frowned. "You really didn't discover anything else?"
"Indeed, we didn't." Xiao Yi firmly shook his head.
Zhu Yao, however, felt a little cold in her heart. She was a hundred percent sure that he had already obtained the Heavenly Pulse Lotus. Otherwise, that demonic beast would have nothing better to do than to chase after the three of them, and even let its young beast follow Lu Cha. She had not forgotten, that young beast had appeared together with Lu Cha. Looking at Xiao Yi's expression, he was not going to take out the Heavenly Pulse Lotus no matter what.
Seeing that he could not get an answer from his interrogation, Chen Yi did not persist any further. He looked a little sorrowfully at the corpses of his fellow sect members not far away. This Secret Realm was filled with dangers, and even the outer perimeter had seventh-ranked demonic beasts.
"I never expected that we would encounter two high-ranked demonic beasts the moment we entered the Secret Realm." He turned to look at the corpses of the two demonic beasts. "It seems like we have to be even more careful."
Zhu Yao nodded in agreement. "Fortunately, the other one was a young beast, if …"
Wait a minute! A terrifying thought surfaced in Zhu Yao's mind, and her expression instantly paled. Trembling, she pointed at the corpses of the two demonic beasts. "Earlier, we killed a young beast and a mother beast. Then … Where's its father?"
Roar ~ ~ ~
As though answering her question, a familiar roar resounded in the forest.
The faces of the other three instantly paled as well.
The hell, are you done yet!?
— — — —
"Chen Yi, bring Wang Xuzhi to the exit." Zhu Yao solemnly said. "Xiao Yi, Lu Cha, the two of you head to the left, I'll head to the right. We'll split into three, run! "
Xiao Yi nodded. Seemingly without any hesitation, he pulled Lu Cha, who was still in a daze, and flew towards the left with his sword. They no longer had any fighting strength left. If another demonic beast came, forget about a seventh-ranked, even if it was a fourth-ranked demonic beast, they would not have the strength to fight back. Splitting up and running was their only chance of survival.
"Junior-martial sister Bun, then you …" Chen Yi had already summoned his sword as well, and looked a little hesitantly at the heavily injured Zhu Yao.
However, Zhu Yao did not even turn her head back. As she summoned her own sword, she sternly said. "Leave the Secret Realm immediately. No matter what happens, do not turn back."
Chen Yi sighed, before carrying the unconscious Wang Xuzhi up, and flew towards the exit.
Seemingly at the same time, Zhu Yao flew towards the other direction with her sword as well. The sword intent she forcefully executed earlier had seemingly damaged her meridians beyond recognition. Forcefully circulating her spiritual energy once again, her wounds burst open, and fresh red blood flowed out endlessly.
Currently, she could only hope that the demonic beast's intelligence was not up to standard. She intentionally had everyone split up. Firstly, it was to change the demonic beast's target, and secondly, Lu Cha was not injured. As long as she did not seek death, she could easily escape with her sword. Furthermore, Chen Yi and Wang Xuzhi were heading towards the exit of the Secret Realm. The distance was not far, and the demonic beast would not be able to leave the Secret Realm. And, she was alone, a small target. The demonic beast should not only be chasing after her …
Roar ~ ~ ~ ~
The hell, it really chased after her!
Zhu Yao turned to look at the demonic beast that was three storeys tall behind her. As it chased after her, dust flew everywhere. At that moment, she wanted to light a hundred candles for her luck.
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