Chapter 243: Sorrow of a Fleeting Life Like a Dream (4k)
“Did those people discover my condition?”
The moment Bai Gen spoke, Bai Zhi, who was still “flirting” with Su Jiu, also had a slight change in her pretty face. Just as she was about to move, a shadowy silhouette instantly appeared above her head. A slender hand with black fingernails, wrapped in a gray-white aura, attempted to press down on Bai Zhi’s crown.
“This is… that Black-clad Bishop!” Upon seeing the shadowy figure, Su Jiu’s face changed drastically. She quickly intensified her kick, regretting her greed for small advantages. It was never-ending trouble!
With the enhancement from Wan Ge, Su Jiu’s strength more than doubled. Although she lacked footwork, she still managed to move the jar, making “dong dong” sounds. It seemed like a few more kicks would dislodge the jar.
“Boom!”
Glancing at the shadowy figures surging in, Bai Zhi’s beautiful brows furrowed slightly. She reversed her grip on the Flower Sword and slashed it. As the white sword silhouette swung, she lightly tapped the ground with her jade-like foot, and her figure powerfully charged towards Bishop Cen Chuan above her.
The white sword silhouette floated across the arena, casting long shadows, even shedding flower petals, creating a strangely melancholic beauty.
“How dare you attack me, Cen Chuan? What right do you, a Black-clad Bishop, have?!”
As the two clashed, a somewhat cold, angry roar escaped Bai Zhi’s small mouth. She had to use sufficient strength to intimidate the opponent! If she showed any weakness, she would inevitably fall into a protracted battle with them!
Cen Chuan looked indifferently at the white figure roaring at him. After creating distance again with a “bang,” he lightly stepped back a few paces. He shaped his palm into a claw, and gray-white death energy gushed from his palm. He slightly curled his lips, “It seems I can harvest two good medicinal herbs today. You are indeed seriously injured. With a cultivation level at the Half-step War God, you can’t even firmly suppress me.”
“Nether God Art!”
With that, he lightly tapped his foot, and the gray-white domain spread out like ripples. He then flickered forward again. As they crossed paths, the death energy in his hand suddenly covered Bai Zhi’s face, as if intending to kill her directly.
Bai Zhi’s slender hand suddenly stopped. The beautiful sword emitted flower petals. She sidestepped to block, and with a crisp “clang,” they clashed forcefully. This time, however, she was forced back two steps, a trace of unnatural flush appearing on her face.
“I can’t drag this out any longer. My condition is worsening.”
After resisting the death energy, Bai Zhi slightly raised her eyes and cast a sideways glance at the fleeting figures behind her. She waved her arm forward and softly exhorted, “Sturdy Grass, rise!”
A powerful gust of wind began to surge from outside the great door. Blue and white flower petals, imbued with terrifying energy, poured in, causing the door to slam noisily.
A life force domain formed, and the life force domain, mixed with green and flower petals, actually contended with the gray-white death domain.
In the next moment, the white Flower Sword, carrying a fierce gust of energy, slashed towards the black shadow behind her. The pressure of the energy caused both their skirts to cling tightly to their skin. Bai Zhi’s slightly curved figure was revealed, causing Su Jiu in the corner to have some inexplicable thoughts.
Sensing the life domain rising from Bai Zhi’s body, Bishop Cen Chuan’s eyes flashed with a sharp glint. The opponent’s strength was indeed rapidly declining. Now, all that was needed was to distract her.
Then, she seemed to shout at the air, “Lin Xiao, quickly! Take her true body flower from that corner, remove its core, and it will become an ordinary Floating Life Blossom. Then, I will kill her in one go!”
“Yes!”
As her voice fell, a “whoosh!” a black shadow flashed out. Judging by the fluttering corner of his black cleric’s robe, it was the newly arrived Chief Lin Xiao. A sinister smile appeared on his face, his gaze fixed on the Floating Life Blossom.
“How dare an Initial Stage Battle King like you ambush Miss’s true body?!”
Just then, a graceful and slender figure flashed over. Bai Gen, clutching one arm, coldly reprimanded in a somewhat hoarse voice.
Everyone’s gaze turned towards the Floating Life Blossom. Su Jiu’s gaze shifted away from the Floating Life Blossom a few meters away, glimpsing Bai Zhi’s still cold face and silently wondering: Wasn’t she nervous?
“That Floating Life Blossom is fake. That’s why I didn’t let Miss touch it earlier. The real Floating Life Blossom is probably in that glass jar. I can sense some unusual fluctuations from there…” Bairnis’s voice came from the Spiritual Space, carrying a trace of fatigue, sounding somewhat lazy. “I’ve absorbed too much energy, Miss. I might be entering a special breakthrough soon.”
“Fake? Hey hey, Little Sisi, don’t sleep! If you and E. Huo both fall asleep, I won’t be able to handle this level of combat.”
Su Jiu wanted to ask for more, but Bairnis seemed to have completely gone offline and never responded. As Bairnis fell asleep, Su Jiu’s spiritual barrier also disappeared, and she was instantly locked onto by three auras.
Cen Chuan raised an eyebrow slightly. Was that the little thief she was looking for? How did she appear in this location?
Pressure descended!
But they soon seemed to ignore her. After all, Su Jiu was a variable, easily disrupting the balance of battle power. No one dared to offend her first.
“Heh, you were severely injured by the Bishop, and you still want to play the hero?”
Seeing Bai Gen’s figure, the Cleric Lin Xiao paused slightly, then grinned and instantly appeared beside the Floating Life Blossom. A thin hand suddenly emerged from his cleric’s robe, targeting the Floating Life Blossom!
“Clang!”
A blue shadow flickered. Bai Gen raised a long sword, slashing at the other’s hand, then scooped up the Floating Life Blossom, dragging her feet as she retreated a few steps, and said solemnly, “As long as I’m here, you won’t lay a hand on Miss’s true body!”
Seeing that he couldn’t get his way, Lin Xiao’s hand flashed with white light, and a strange long sword appeared. He instantly charged at Bai Gen again, ghost shadows flickering on the long sword. Soon, the two were locked in combat. Since Bai Gen had been injured by Bishop Cen Chuan earlier, they were evenly matched for a time.
Su Jiu glanced at the two fighting each other. At this moment, she had completely kicked down the jar and could leave at any time.
Her gaze fell on the glass jar that no one was paying attention to. At the bottom, on the remaining liquid, there was a small flower bud floating. If one didn’t look closely, they would think it was a flower bud that had blown in from outside.
Her expression became somewhat uncertain – should she take that Floating Life Blossom?
This round was for the bold to thrive and the timid to starve! Should she do it…
Glancing again at Bai Zhi, who was wearing ancient young lady’s attire, Su Jiu sighed, put away her glasses, which were unusable due to water damage, and lightly jumped out of the hole. Tapping the ground with her toes, she quietly watched like an unrelated person.
Let them tear each other apart! Her mission was complete, and according to Bairnis, Bai Zhi would likely not survive.
Although she claimed not to care that the Floating Life Dream was fake, Su Jiu felt an inexplicable emotion towards this enchanting girl. Even though nothing had happened between them, even though she had just wanted to torment her…
That subtle smile after turning around and the phrase, “I want you to fall in love with me,” were like needles constantly pricking her heart.
Unlike her liking for the Silly Duke, or the promises to Bai Qianyu and Bairnis, this feeling was like a red rose in her heart—she desperately wanted to forget it, but it was simply unforgettable.
The red of the rose, the white of Bai Zhi…
This was also the reason why Su Jiu couldn’t bring herself to be ruthless. She couldn’t personally kill the person in her memories.
Actually, all she had to do now was to take the flower in the jar and pinch off its pistil—this would not only yield a War God Level medicinal herb but also completely resolve the current skin disease.
Perhaps it was a trace of her feigned kindness. Between emotion and reason, she chose a middle ground—after Bai Zhi’s death, she was willing to use Mica Thunder to kill all those people from the Ancient God Sect.
As for the War God Level Floating Life Blossom, she would let it go with the wind. She could always find another one later.
“Come on! Let me see if the Ancient God Sect has improved over the years!”
Bai Zhi’s jade hand tightly gripped the long sword made of small white flowers. Chopped flower petals drifted on the sword body. In the wind, sharp sword energy expanded and contracted, occasionally shooting out.
The surrounding wooden furniture was ground into powder, and debris scattered. The sword body reversed, resembling the sword momentum depicted on the plaque outside the door. Although it was a long sword composed of delicate flower petals, in her hands, it exuded a terrifying radiance.
As the momentum on both their bodies rose, the surrounding atmosphere instantly became tense. Su Jiu supported a curved blood-colored Energy Shield, her gaze quietly watching the flashing sword light and shadows. In her other hand, Mica Thunder was already being charged.
“Who are you trying to fool with your little tricks? All of you, search the glass jar! Her true body flower is in that jar!”
With another “clang” to create distance, Cen Chuan glanced at the blue figure fighting Bai Gen and a playful look appeared on her face. She coldly commanded her other subordinates,
“Do you think I’m looking for your Floating Life Blossom for no reason? I cultivate mental-type abilities!”
As she reprimanded, a white light appeared, and a pitch-black long sword materialized in her hand. Thick gray-white death energy appeared in her eyes, and the aura on her body intensified. An invisible impact surged towards Bai Zhi.
Her figure followed, stirring up gusts of wind!
Due to her injuries, she couldn’t resist this invisible mental attack and let out a muffled groan. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of her pitifully delicate mouth. Her gaze was keenly focused on the pillar.
But soon, the black shadow rushed to Bai Zhi’s side. Black sword shadows flowed from her hand, and dense death energy washed over her.
With a crisp “clang,” the tip of the white flower sword pointed directly at the horizontally slashing black sword. As they met, the death intent contained in the black sword caused the tip of the white flower sword to gradually wither and turn yellow, finally scattering into flower petals!
This left some sword marks on Bai Zhi’s hand. Not daring to delay, she gritted her teeth and, using the pressure from the clash, attempted to dash towards the glass jar. But in the next moment, the black shadow behind her transformed into several afterimages and closely followed her like a persistent maggot!
“What? Is Miss Bai Zhi trying to run?”
Bai Zhi could no longer manage much else. She could only swing her long sword to unleash white sword energy, attempting to use the force to block the opponent. Her figure instantly reached the jar.
The illusion she had intended to create for these people was now backfiring.
Breathing a slight sigh of relief, she quickly picked up the small flower petals from the jar. At this moment, a figure holding a raised black long sword appeared behind her. Countless black lights flickered on the black long sword, and a hundred-zhang-high sword aura soared into the sky, as if spectral skeletons were wailing.
“Miss Bai Zhi, it’s time to say goodbye!” a cold female voice rang out.
Everyone’s gazes were drawn by this. Su Jiu could feel a special aura on the sword that approached the War God, similar to the arrow shot by the old man towards the Giant Squid, although the intensity was far from it.
And this heaven-shattering sword was aimed at the center of Bai Zhi’s back!
Looking at the towering sword aura reflected in the glass, Bai Zhi’s expression instantly turned ugly. She couldn’t react at all and could only shift sideways to reduce the damage.
“Miss… hurry and leave!”
Just as the sword strike was about to land, a blue figure suddenly blocked the sword strike. As they collided, the blue figure was quickly engulfed by the boundless sword energy. The immense impact sent Bai Zhi flying several meters away, and dust instantly billowed up.
“Her true body has already been destroyed, and she still dares to come and die? Truly overestimating herself!” Cen Chuan, floating in mid-air, lightly wiped the blade of his black long sword and said indifferently, looking at the dust.
Shielding her eyes from the surging dust with her long sleeve, she dazedly came back to her senses and looked at the completely vanished blue figure. A faint coolness involuntarily traced her eye corners, and her palm unconsciously gripped the true body flower tightly.
Why?! Why these hateful humans again!
Being bullied on her own doorstep, and her servant of hundreds of years dying just like that, a suffocating sense of grievance inexplicably spread through her chest.
At this moment, those black shadows also surrounded her.
“I’ll give you a chance. My subordinate just died. Kneel down and kowtow three times and sign a contract with me, and I’ll spare your life!” Cen Chuan lightly landed, casually twirled her sword, and walked towards her with a smile.
“Heh heh… Dream on!”
Bai Zhi’s gaze swept over the surrounding black shadows, briefly pausing at Su Jiu not far away. A look of madness appeared on her delicate face.
She picked up the Floating Life Blossom in her hand, pinched open the bud, tore out the pistil, and then, under everyone’s gaze, threw the bud away, transforming into a white stream of light and charging towards Su Jiu!
Just as they couldn’t react, she wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and swallowed the pistil in one bite. Her aura immediately surged, as if she had mustered all her energy for a final desperate charge.
Her waist-length green hair whipped wildly in the wind. Her face was contorted with ferocity, her eyes fixed on Bishop Cen Chuan in the sky, and she coldly said:
“Even if I give it to that flirt, I won’t give it to you shameless humans!”
