The Kuang Tie's self-destruction caught everyone off guard. When they looked again, his body had already turned into fine white ashes and was blown away by the wind.
Ming Xu, who was being pressed down by Li Xiang, felt a scorching aura coming from all around her. Waves of flames surged into the sky, and thunder rumbled. The world seemed to have fallen into absolute silence at that moment.
Her ears buzzed incessantly. Dark red blood flowed out of her seven orifices. Her vision was blurry, and only the sound of heavy breathing came from her heart.
"Li Xiang! Ming Xu! " Ai Yakumo's voice seemed to come from beyond the Nine Heavens. Ming Xu had a splitting headache. The person on top of her pressed down hard. Her hands touched something warm and slippery.
Ai Yakumo looked at the two people covered in blood. She couldn't tell who was who. She wasn't sure if Li Xiang was really dead. She was worried that moving his body would lead to unexpected consequences. She could only call out their names softly.
After a long time, Ming Xu finally exhaled. Then, she coughed incessantly. She let go of Li Xiang's hands and wiped her cheeks. She subconsciously looked at the person on top of her.
"Li Xiang …" Ming Xu's mind was in a mess. This was a feeling she had never experienced before. It was like holding her breath underwater for a long time, only to find that she had entered a new ocean. That kind of despair.
Ai Yakumo looked at Li Xiang's mangled back and covered her mouth. Pale white bones faintly showed through his body. His flesh was charred black. If he hadn't exploded with such shocking power, the Kuang Tie's self-destruction would have turned him into ashes.
"Are you okay, Ming Xu?" Ai Yakumo tore a strip of cloth from her body and carefully wiped Ming Xu's eyes. Only then did she realize that her left eye was an amber-colored artificial eye. During the Polar night, she often used an eye patch to cover her normal right eye. Could it be that her artificial eye could also see clearly?
"Cough, cough … I'm fine. Where's Li Xiang?" Ming Xu coughed and didn't dare to move. She asked nervously. This was the first time that Ai Yakumo had seen this girl, who was secretly called a cold-blooded animal by Class 2 during the Polar night, show such a panicked expression.
Ai Yakumo shook her head and added, "I'm not sure for the time being. I don't dare to touch him. I have to wait for Wanqing, who knows medicine, to come and take a look."
On the other side, after the explosion, Baimiya and the others attacked even more fiercely. The Sword Attendant didn't have the heart to continue fighting. After the Blood Qi Explosion, he was about to enter a weakened state. However, this group of people didn't know where they got the strength from. They were clearly at the end of their rope, but they suddenly had an unlimited fighting spirit.
Seeing that the battle was getting worse and worse, the Sword Attendant let out a strange cry. He abandoned one of his arms and planned to leave the battlefield. However, Ji Yanqing saw through his intentions and followed him.
"Don't kill him! He's still useful. " Baimiya shouted. Ji Yanqing's movements didn't stop at all. With red eyes, she continued to attack. She picked up Chen Fan's Bone Chopping Knife from the ground and chopped towards the vampire Sword Attendant's head.
Just as the blade was about to chop down, her body was held back by Atsushi Amakusa and Chen Fan. Baimiya also took the opportunity to restrain the Sword Attendant who was trying to escape.
"You guys go over to Li Xiang's side. I'll deal with this guy." Baimiya turned around and shouted at Chen Fan and the others. Ji Yanqing roared and wanted to continue to kill the Sword Attendant. However, she was slapped hard in the face by Chen Fan. Only then did she wake up a little.
The scarlet color in her eyes gradually faded. Her hands were already unable to bear the burden. Activating the Ancient Martial Imprint for a long time put a huge burden on the body. If she continued like this, she would collapse sooner or later. Chen Fan naturally wouldn't let her overdraw.
After Ji Yanqing woke up, she quickly ran over to Li Xiang's side. She was shocked when she saw the hideous wound on his back.
She immediately squatted down and asked everyone to slowly move Li Xiang away. Ming Xu was able to get away. He immediately stood up and looked at Ji Yanqing. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
Ji Yanqing removed many black bandages from her body and bandaged the wound on Li Xiang's back as quickly as possible. She stopped the bleeding and checked the condition of his body.
After a moment, she shook her head and stood up. She said softly, "No, his breath is too weak. The Kuang Tie's self-destruction damaged almost all of his internal organs. Most of the flesh on his back has also melted. Unless it's a Magician who specializes in healing, ordinary medical treatment won't be able to save him."
"And …" Ji Yanqing paused and didn't continue.
"And what?" Ming Xu lowered his head. His voice was extremely soft.
"I reckon that Li Xiang's heart has been damaged." Ji Yanqing hesitated for a moment, but still said it to them.
"How is that possible!" Chen Fan held his head in frustration. If the heart was damaged, even the players wouldn't be able to survive, let alone them!
The heart was the most important organ in the human body. It was on par with the brain and was irreplaceable.
Ming Xu squatted down and gently turned Li Xiang's body over. As expected, blood was flowing out from his chest. They could even see the red, damaged heart beating slightly.
His chest was almost torn apart.
"Ugh …" Ai Yakumo covered her mouth. Atsushi Amakusa walked over and patted her on the back. Then, he looked at Li Xiang without saying a word.
This young man stunned everyone in the last battle. Facing the Kuang Tie who had used all his trump cards, even Baimiya didn't dare to say that she could win. Li Xiang, however, defeated the Kuang Tie who had used his inherited magic and activated the core.
If he could survive, Polar night would probably welcome a terrifying graduate.
But now …
What a pity.
"My condolences." Atsushi Amakusa sighed. He hadn't admired anyone among his peers. Li Xiang was the first person he truly admired. Whether it was his character or his strength, they were all top-notch.
"No, there's still a way." Ming Xu gritted his teeth. He sat on the ground and looked at Li Xiang's face.
Countless images flashed through his mind.
In the Polar night training camp, Li Xiang's eyes when he suddenly stood up to speak for him.
In the Origin Substance decomposition room, Li Xiang saw her panic and relief when she hid the steam pistol.
The feeling of relief when she had given him water on the moor;
On the Twin Lighthouses, Li Xiang hugged her tightly as she fell from the lighthouse.
When he faced Dong Ling's family, his unexpected rejection and smile.
During the second phase of training, the tacit understanding and various situations that the two of them gradually developed …
She had never experienced such a strange feeling before. She had never felt this way when she was with other assassins. She felt very safe by his side.
"He's not going to die." Ming Xu suddenly stood up and pressed against Li Xiang's chest. He opened the charred Origin Substance combat uniform. The metal box was badly damaged. He could vaguely make out its appearance from the wreckage. It was because of its destruction that Li Xiang's most important heart was destroyed.
The metal box couldn't withstand the power of the Kuang Tie's self-destruction and exploded. The fragments pierced through his skin and flesh, injuring his heart.
Seeing this, Ji Yanqing frowned.
"So it was because of this thing. No wonder such sharp fragments could easily cut through his skin and flesh." Ji Xianqing looked down and saw a strange ice-blue crystal in a pile of wreckage. It looked like a heart, and blue meridians that looked like blood vessels could be seen on it. The surging life force passed through the last remaining ice barrier and was transmitted to their bodies.
Countless negative emotions were used. Ji Yanqing, who had just calmed down, almost fell into a state of madness again.
What kind of feeling was this?
Chen Fan and the others also frowned. The terrifying aura of despair forced them to leave. They wanted to go far away, not wanting to get close to the crystal.
Not far away, the Sword Attendant kept roaring and moaning in pain. The Polar Night Professor's interrogation methods were very cruel, and Baimiya never tired of tormenting a vampire with an extremely strong physique. Just hearing it made one's hair stand on end.
After his final roar, Baimiya stopped. Satisfied, she ran over and asked for all the information.
"Everyone, do you know what the deal between the tarot cards and General Shogun was? The Army's S-level classified information and a Disaster … heart, huh? " Baimiya's excited expression froze when she saw the crystal in Ming Xu's hand. She looked at the others, then at Li Xiang, and then at Ming Xu.
The smart ones immediately understood what was going on.
Some of the suspicious points were connected.
Baimiya, whose hands were covered in blood, smiled awkwardly.
With a crack, Ming Xu crushed the last of the Ice Barrier around the Disaster's heart.
"Hiss —" Baimiya looked at Li Xiang and could guess what she was thinking. She couldn't help but gasp.
"Are you crazy?!" Baimiya growled.
Ming Xu didn't say anything. He looked up at them, then said to Baimiya and Ji Yanqing, "Help me, or I'll kill all of you."
Her voice was very cold, without a trace of emotion, but everyone knew that she was serious. Even though Chen Fan felt that the severely injured Ming Xu was completely incapable of doing so, the palpitating feeling in his heart made him dare not easily deny it.
"Are you crazy?!" Baimiya asked again.
Ji Yanqing's expression was uncertain. In the end, she knelt down and cleaned Li Xiang's chest with water.
The hideous injuries and the almost exposed heart shocked them once again.
"His breath is too weak. You have to let him recover first, or he won't be able to take it." Ji Yanqing looked up at Ming Xu. "Give him some blood. He's lost too much blood."
Ming Xu nodded. He instinctively reached out to cut his wrist with a sharp blade, but Baimiya grabbed him.
"Crazy, you're all crazy." Baimiya's eyes were filled with fear. She slowly calmed down. She raised her right palm and opened Li Xiang's palm.
"My blood is more effective."
It was the same White Dragon Mark.
"Bai Family … So he's from the Bai Family as well!" Atsushi Amakusa clicked his tongue. Ai Yakumo and Chen Fan were still confused. He immediately explained, "They're planning to transplant the Disaster Heart to Brother Li Xiang."
"What? Give him the Disaster Heart? " Chen Fan was shocked. Ai Yakumo suddenly understood. She remembered that in the past, some of the elders in her family would occasionally talk about special research.
Since ancient times, for countless years, humans had not only fought against the Disasters, but also tried to study them. They wanted to know why they were so chaotic, and why they were so powerful.
As the research deepened, a theory of transplantation was quietly born. However, most of them ended in failure.
Moreover, those experiments were only trying to transplant some unimportant parts to humans.
This kind of whimsical method was complete nonsense, but it seemed to be the only method now.
After all, there were no successful examples, and it was extremely inhumane. Now, it was even treated as a failed experiment and became a joke.
After all, how could the Disasters and humans coexist?
However, transplantation experiments had always existed. First, it was because there were indeed some people who could successfully mutate. Even if the mutated was countless times weaker than the Disasters, it still gave this kind of research a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, even if it was possible to mutate, it could only be done by the mutated party. Humans had never successfully transplanted themselves, and it was also because it was easy to do.
Any part of the Disasters, even if separated from the main body, would still have an extremely strong negative aura and attack power. As long as there was a chance for them to stay, they would madly combine with the host.
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