Chapter 753: Cheng Hong Ling’s Escape Road (Part 2)
However, it was clear that the middle-aged man had thought too much. Cheng Hong Ling was completely unaffected by the poisonous gas. She weaved through it elegantly like a fish, her True Qi shield filtering all the toxins.
The middle-aged man was greatly shocked. He wanted to pursue but dared not enter the poisonous gas himself. It was only then that he realized he had dug his own grave.
“Damn it! Quickly drop the Dragon Slaying Stone! Quickly drop the Dragon Slaying Stone!”
The middle-aged man angrily commanded into the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device.
Cheng Hong Ling, without stopping, rushed upwards. At the same time, she released her Spiritual Sense to scan the surrounding situation. From the scattered conversations of the sentries, she finally understood that this place was the Juexian Cult’s base, and the man chasing her was the Juexian Cult’s Left Protector, Qiu Guang.
“The one who captured me earlier must have been the Juexian Cult Leader. No wonder he was so strong.”
Cheng Hong Ling’s heart grew heavier, and she quickened her pace.
A short while later, Cheng Hong Ling rushed into a tunnel connecting the upper and lower levels of the mine, only to find a huge stone door suddenly slamming down, completely blocking her path. The stone door was dark blue and exuded a metallic luster, appearing exceptionally thick and solid. It crashed onto the ground with earth-shattering impact, clearly indicating it was not made of ordinary material.
Without hesitation, Cheng Hong Ling activated her Spiritual Sense, levitating the heart fragment and forcefully crashing it against the stone door.
“Bang!”
The heart fragment was also extraordinary. It embedded itself in the giant stone door, instantly shattering stones and creating a large pit. Due to the extreme temperature generated by the collision, smoke billowed from within.
Cheng Hong Ling felt a slight regret. If her Spiritual Sense were strong enough, with the power of this heart fragment, she could have definitely broken through the stone door in one go. However, it didn’t matter, she could try again if one plan failed, as long as she broke through before the pursuers arrived.
Cheng Hong Ling dared not hold back any longer.
She rushed to the stone door in a few steps, her fair jade hands digging into the pit, and countless Profound Ice True Qi gushed out.
“Yi Ze Liang Shi!”
Cheng Hong Ling uttered four words in a low voice. The Profound Ice True Qi permeated every crevice, infiltrating deeper along the small cracks on the stone door.
“Hiss hiss hiss!”
Because of the immense heat generated by the recent collision, the stone door’s interior temperature was extremely high. The moment the Profound Ice True Qi entered, it emitted a sharp chilling sound. Due to the drastic temperature change in such a short period, those cracks continued to expand, emitting “crackle” and “crackle” sounds of fragmentation, no longer appearing as thick and solid as before.
Cheng Hong Ling held the heart fragment in her jade hand, then retreated a few steps. She held her breath, her calf muscles tensed, her feet sinking into the ground, and then she forcefully threw the heart fragment in her hand towards the large pit again.
The reason Cheng Hong Ling didn’t use her Spiritual Sense again was that a cultivator’s physical strength was generally stronger than their Spiritual Sense, except for anomalies like Qi Huang.
“Boom!”
Cheng Hong Ling’s dual assault yielded significantly better results than the previous one. The large pit on the stone door not only widened by another circle but also deepened by two more times. At this rate, she could break through the stone door with at most two more attempts.
“She’s there! Quickly stop her!”
Just then, sentries from nearby caught up with Cheng Hong Ling from behind, numbering in the dozens.
Cheng Hong Ling didn’t look back. Her powerful Spiritual Sense suppressed them, instantly shredding the dozens of Juexian Cultists into bloody mist like a storm sweeping away fallen leaves. Then, she threw the heart fragment again.
“Boom!”
This attack also achieved good results. The giant stone door became riddled with holes, with dense cracks penetrating through. From this side,
firelight could be seen shining in. It would take at most two more hits to break through.
However, at this moment, Qiu Guang, the Left Protector of the Juexian Cult, had already caught up from behind. His eyes were bloodshot with anger, and from a distance, he resembled two small lanterns in the night.
Cheng Hong Ling knew she only had one chance left. She tightly gripped the heart fragment, then concentrated all her True Qi and strength, and hurled it fiercely at the stone door. As it left her hand, she felt a slight stinging pain on her palm, her skin likely having been cut.
“Boom!”
This attack possessed unprecedented power. The large pit in the center of the stone door was almost completely smashed through, with only a thin layer of stone skin stubbornly resisting on the other side.
Cheng Hong Ling didn’t have time to check the injury on her hand. She summoned the heart fragment back to her palm and then charged forward resolutely, her True Qi overflowing, forming a thick ice armor.
Cheng Hong Ling leaped up, accurately passing through the hole in the stone door, and then broke through the last layer of stone. As the ice armor shattered, she successfully escaped to the other side.
Cheng Hong Ling dared not delay and continued to flee forward, while the Left Protector of the Juexian Cult roared and pursued relentlessly.
Cheng Hong Ling hadn’t fled far when she suddenly felt a strange throbbing sensation in her palm. She looked down, and her thoughts froze for a moment because she discovered that the strange “heart” fragment was absorbing her blood. The reason was that a wound had been cut on her palm.
Cheng Hong Ling dared not investigate further, continuing to hold the heart fragment and flee, only allocating a trace of her Spiritual Sense for monitoring.
Cheng Hong Ling discovered that as blood was absorbed, the dry, shriveled black veins on the heart began to bulge and quickly turned dark red. At the same time, the entire heart fragment began to expand like a sponge that had absorbed water, soon reaching
a size that her delicate jade hand could no longer hold.
Cheng Hong Ling was about to put it into her Storage Ring when something strange happened. The heart fragment suddenly shot into the wound on her palm.
Cheng Hong Ling was startled by this. Before she could react, her heart felt a sharp, intense pain.
Cheng Hong Ling stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
“Haha, can’t hold on any longer?”
Qiu Guang chased after her, laughing loudly.
Cheng Hong Ling looked inward and discovered that the bizarre heart fragment had attached itself to her heart. Furthermore, a trace of cold, dead blood was seeping out, invading her heart and emitting visible Yin Energy.
“It truly never rains but it pours!”
Cheng Hong Ling’s pretty face turned deathly pale, but she still refused to resign herself to fate. Enduring the intense pain, she continued to flee, while also mobilizing her vital blood to resist the invasion of the “dead blood” into her heart.
Cheng Hong Ling was already heavily depleted, and the invasion of the dead blood was simply the last straw that broke the camel’s back. Her stamina, True Qi, and Spiritual Sense were all on the verge of exhaustion. However, thinking of Qi Huang, she forced her legs to move through sheer willpower.
Cheng Hong Ling’s persistence paid off. She miraculously rushed out of the mine and arrived at the open-air mine pit. However, her good luck ended there.
Just as Cheng Hong Ling was about to ascend into the sky, a familiar hot gust of wind hit her. Before she could react, something forcefully struck her abdomen.
Cheng Hong Ling was already at the end of her strength. Her delicate body, without any resistance, was thrown to the side and crashed into the rock wall like a tattered sack.
“Boom!”
The rock wall on one side of the mine pit instantly collapsed, creating a large hole about three zhang in diameter. Countless soil and rocks fell, completely blocking the opening.
And Cheng Hong Ling was hit into the depths of the mud and rocks. Due to the intense collision, she suffered multiple bone fractures, her limbs were basically deformed, and her abdomen had severe internal bleeding from the sudden attack.
Cheng Hong Ling spat out a large mouthful of blood, almost losing consciousness at that moment. It was only when the stinging pain from her heart pulled her consciousness back that she regained awareness.
“Trash, to not even be able to keep a cultivator in the mid-stage of the Divine Ability realm.”
A loud, angry scolding echoed.
Cheng Hong Ling’s face turned ashen, because she could recognize the voice of the Juexian Cult Leader. And the one who had attacked her just moments ago was this person, as she vividly remembered the terrifying Yang Energy emanating from him.
“My subordinate is incompetent. I beg the Cult Leader for forgiveness.”
Qiu Guang’s apology followed immediately.
“I originally intended to make you suffer a little less, but I didn’t expect you to kill my cult members. Since that’s the case, prepare to pay a heavy price.”
The Juexian Cult Leader’s voice sounded again, this time clearly directed at Cheng Hong Ling.
Cheng Hong Ling lost the ability to struggle, and she no longer wanted to struggle. Not only because the opponent was invincible, but more importantly, she no longer had the ability to mobilize her vital blood to resist the strange fragment attached to her heart.
Alas! Still not able to do it? I just wonder if Qi Huang will be implicated after I die. If you are implicated, I hope you can forgive me. I really didn’t do it intentionally.
Cheng Hong Ling thought groggily, and blood tears began to flow from her eyes. She truly regretted not having the chance to say “I like you” to that blockhead in the end.
“Hello, hello, can you hear me? If you can hear me, please respond. I’m really worried!”
Just then, Cheng Hong Ling suddenly heard a telepathic message from Qi Huang in her mind.
