Chapter 469: The Sunslayer and the Crisis (3k)
A flash of white light appeared before Su Jiu’s eyes, and her expression became somewhat dazed. The white sea of flowers slowly turned illusory. As the surrounding environment shifted like a mirror, the white little flowers transformed into scattering snowflakes.
However, a cluster of long-haired loquat branches was still pinned to her chest, her clothes. Those loquat branches, as sharp as sword blades, might be her last wish…
The next moment, a crisp voice came from her ear:
“Hey! Flirt, why are you not speaking?”
Hearing this, Su Jiu was slightly stunned. She blinked again and then followed the sound, only to find “Little Snow Monster” looking at her with a worried expression. After a brief pause, she exhaled a puff of white mist and said, “Are you injured?”
“Injured? What nonsense are you talking about? I saw you froze, so I came back. I waited for you for a full five minutes.”
Bai Zhi rolled her eyes, her small face full of complaints. Seeing that Su Jiu was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief and started climbing again. “Since you’re alright, let’s go.”
“Did you pass the mental challenge?”
Listening to Bai Zhi’s words, Su Jiu felt a bit dazed. She remembered touching the other person’s back and being forcibly pulled into the space. Logically, Bai Zhi should have woken up later than herself.
“Mental challenge? Of course, I passed.” Bai Zhi rolled her eyes, her chin slightly raised, revealing a tiger tooth. She said with a grin, looking like she wanted praise, “There were no weapons there, so I, this young lady, snapped off a loquat branch and ambushed that Second Life. I directly stabbed her to death and came out.”
“Second Life? Stabbed to death?”
At this moment, Su Jiu quickly realized that the corpse lying in the sea of flowers was the Second Life. No wonder she came out after killing the First Life. It was likely that the First Life had forcibly pulled her in at the beginning.
As for what method was used, perhaps only Bai Zhi’s First Life would know. However, the “[Dream of Blossoms]” truly felt imprinted in Su Jiu’s mind, reaching perfect proficiency with only one step left.
This skill was simple, with only two moves. The first move was to instantly penetrate the enemy with a sword with great destructive power. The second move was based on the first hit. If the opponent was damaged by the first move, their position could be locked, and a skill similar to a rule-based instant flash could be used to attack from any position nearby.
If the assassination was unsuccessful, it could be repeated until successful!
It was very similar to a lock-on skill in games. If the strength was equal, this skill would definitely be a top-tier assassination skill. After all, in reality, no one would be prepared to exchange their life for a life from the very beginning like Su Jiu.
Moreover, Su Jiu’s stats were not suited for an assassin but for a tanky, damage-dealing healer. An assassin could counterattack when approached, but being approached by a healer with even higher damage than an assassin, one could only pray their health bar was thicker.
“Hey, hey, Flirt, come quickly and look, there are glowing words here.”
As the two climbed, the wind and snow gradually receded. Su Jiu followed behind Bai Zhi, and suddenly Bai Zhi’s voice rang out from the front, as if she had discovered something. Although she was slightly out of breath, her surprise could be heard.
Su Jiu heard this and quickly sped up. With a few leaps, she arrived behind Bai Zhi, her gaze falling on the rock wall in front of her. She found a sentence carved into the rock wall in Ursine language. The carvings were not deep, but the characters were resolute.
“Я потерпел неудачу, но это не ужасно, по крайней мере, я признаю это.”
Turning to the side slightly, Su Jiu used the translator to translate it, and soon the other side also got the result—
【I failed, but it’s not terrible. At least I admit it.】
This was written by someone who had climbed to their limit. They admitted their failure. The meaning between the letters seemed to mock those who cheated?
“Like the imperial examinations in the past, there are always people who cheat.”
Bai Zhi sighed lightly and wanted to move forward. Her furry gloves gripped the next stone, but her forearm couldn’t help but tremble. With the wind and snow coming from behind, she still pressed on.
Her body had already degenerated, and climbing to this place, which was almost three thousand meters high, was already very strenuous. Fortunately, she had the help of the Snow Demon.
Su Jiu nodded gently and casually replied, “In the path of cultivation, there is no cheating.”
However, as Su Jiu and the other person understood its meaning, the fluorescent light emitted by the characters grew brighter. Then, the light split into two, turning into two balls of fluorescent light that entered their bodies.
Su Jiu felt nothing. She glanced at Bai Zhi in front of her and found that her movements seemed a little lighter. She shook her head and then followed.
Immediately afterward, the two continued to climb forward and found many words written in Ursine or English, sentence by sentence, very short but seemingly representing a certain will to move forward.
” Преодолеть ночь ! ”
Every time Su Jiu passed a sentence, she would try to ponder its meaning with the little flower fairy. For example, this sentence in front of her. Looking at the crooked and weak handwriting, both of them could feel the determination and helplessness of the writer.
It said to overcome the night, but perhaps he (she) no longer had the strength to advance. All of this was like a wish carved in their hearts.
With another surge of light, the little flower fairy’s condition seemed to have recovered a bit.
“I’m tired. I hope the warm sun will come soon.”
The next sentence was in English, written very elegantly. It was something written by a woman, also looking forward to descendants completing redemption for her. Su Jiu also noticed that as they went further, there were more and more English fonts, and even languages from other countries appeared, but they were too ancient for the translator to decipher.
“This is…”
Finally, when they were approaching over four thousand meters, Su Jiu and Bai Zhi were completely stunned. Their eyes fell on the stone between them. Engraved on the stone were characters. These were very old characters, but they were fonts that both felt intimately familiar with—
“We shall kill all the foreign races!”
The font of Dragon Country appeared for the first time in this Ursine Night Peak. The handwriting was bold and carried a strong killing intent. Su Jiu could even feel from the aura that this was an Ancient General.
The moment she saw the font, Su Jiu felt a surge of melancholy. Her mind couldn’t help but recall what Bai Zhi’s First Life had said. She sighed slightly and said softly, “I dare not say I will kill all the foreign races, but if necessary, Jiu will go to the battlefield.”
After speaking, the characters turned into golden light and landed on Su Jiu. However, Bai Zhi said nothing. The golden light seemed to sense something and also surged towards her.
This time, the golden light was completely different. Even Su Jiu could feel the warmth it brought. The light landed on Bai Zhi, and she felt her body’s fatigue disappear a bit.
Su Jiu speculated that few people had challenged this place in recent years, so less energy was distributed to the higher-level golden characters. This meant that the higher they went, the more of this comforting energy they could obtain.
But it was a pity that at higher altitudes, many characters were exposed to sun and rain or were too ancient, so the two did not receive much enhancement. As the altitude increased, Bai Zhi began to have difficulty breathing, and her movements slowed down.
After a brief stop here, the two continued to climb upwards. They saw familiar fonts again, but these fonts were more elegant and graceful, yet also carried a sense of rigor:
“Zhou of Yang County, Huainan, Li Er. I wish to establish life for the people!”
The two looked at each other again. They could almost see visible light from the handwriting. This was different from others. It was surrounded by colorful light. They seemed to be not far from the peak, still a thousand or a hundred meters away.
“Huainan… I don’t think there’s a place called Yang County, is there? Who is Li Er? I don’t recall any celebrities with this name… I feel like I’ve seen this handwriting somewhere before?”
Su Jiu muttered to herself. While she was confused, the colorful light seemed to recognize something. It first went to Su Jiu’s Crow Feather Attire, touched the cuffs a few times, and then was about to surge into her forehead…
“Whoosh!”
Suddenly, a sonic boom of air sounded from the sky above. An arrow carrying extreme cold shot towards them. Under the suppression, Su Jiu and Bai Zhi had no time to react.
Just as the arrow was less than a meter away from them, a dazzling light flashed from their bodies. Passages accompanied by what sounded like the owner’s voices suddenly rang out. The mountain peak seemed to have recorded the events of those lives.
“Bang bang bang!!”
A series of golden lights, accompanied by languages, blocked the arrow. However, due to the arrow’s immense power, the golden lights were continuously shattering, only slowing the arrow down considerably.
At this moment, about two hundred meters away from the peak, a figure stood. Using something akin to mental communication, they said with a cold smile, “As expected, within your holy land, I was almost deceived. I didn’t expect to sense the Frost Control talent of the Snow Demon.”
“It’s Grand Prince’s subordinate, and their cultivation… I can’t see through it.”
Su Jiu thought, “This is bad.” She gritted her teeth, wanting to drag Bai Zhi upwards. But the arrow seemed to have tracking capabilities, making it impossible to dodge.
“It’s useless. In the holy land, with your physique, if you get hit by my arrow, you will surely die.”
Seeing their actions, the figure standing two hundred meters away smiled indifferently and continued to transmit their voice.
Just as the arrow was only half a meter away from the two, Su Jiu wanted to shield Bai Zhi behind her, and Bai Zhi wanted to pull Su Jiu away.
Suddenly, an illusory tall figure blocked in front of them. The person wore ancient Dragon Country official attire, with a mythical blue bird phantom on their shoulder. They gently pointed at the arrow in front and said faintly:
“Shatter!”
The arrow shattered as if it had hit something hard, and the tall figure slowly dissipated. The youth in ancient official attire turned to look at Su Jiu, with a hint of praise in their eyes, and grinned:
“I’ll unseal you. This official can only help you this much.”
With that, the figure completely disappeared into the cliffs.
The next moment, Su Jiu felt her body become lighter, and her body suddenly felt empty. She immediately realized that the unsealing mentioned by the other person was likely related to the use of External Qi.
With no time to consider why a Dragon Country person could unseal a restriction established by the Ursine King.
“That person might be Demigod Level. Hurry and climb, I’ll block her for you.”
Without bothering with anything else, Su Jiu whispered, transforming into her Ice Dragon Transformation, and immediately took out a Magic Crystal to absorb it frantically. Her physical condition recovered bit by bit, and she could also begin to use External Qi.
Bai Zhi was not just a pretty face. Knowing that she was of no help to Su Jiu at the moment, she gritted her teeth and began to climb quickly. Without the support of those predecessors, it became a little more strenuous for her.
But her speed did not decrease; it increased. Su Jiu’s words were clear: she could only block for her!
…
E Huo was far away. Su Jiu continuously demanded it to come closer through the contract, her gaze fixed on the figure already nocking an arrow in the distance. Then, she slowly took out the loquat branch pinned to her chest.
