Chapter 135: ???, Holy Shit!
Although surprised for a moment, it did not affect…
Zuo Min’s eyes narrowed. With a wave of her sword finger, the Gu Centipede coiled around her body instantly grew sharp spikes. She then leaped off Zuo Min’s body and charged towards Ye Anping.
She had to admit now that this kid with Saint Emperor bloodline was indeed quite formidable.
However, how could a disparity in cultivation be bridged by mere trickery?
Zuo Min knew she couldn’t push Ye Anping into a corner. Otherwise, if he forcibly summoned the Saint Emperor Dragon Body, she might truly be finished. But she was a Gu cultivator and had hundreds of ways to incapacitate him without causing severe injury.
Seeing the Gu Centipede charging at him with its shield-like head, Ye Anping could only hold his spirit sword horizontally, supporting the blade with his left hand and shifting his right foot back.
Boom—
The giant Gu Centipede crashed into the sword. Even though Ye Anping had used all his strength to stabilize his footing, he was still pushed back rapidly by the impact of its head.
Seeing this, Zuo Min smirked and flicked her fingers again.
The centipede’s mouthparts opened, and it instantly spewed out a bloody mist that enveloped Ye Anping.
The Gu Centipede’s abdomen contained five types of poison: a potent venom that could corrode bones, and this weaker poison that merely paralyzed the limbs and hindered the circulation of spiritual energy in the meridians.
This bloody mist was the latter.
This poison was not a significant threat to a Core Formation Stage cultivator, let alone him, a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. It was considered overkill.
“One!”
Zuo Min sneered. Suddenly, a beam of ice-blue sword light streaked towards her, immediately drawing her bulging compound eyes to Pei Lianxue on the other side. She then raised her sleeve and waved.
Silver mist surged from her sleeve, instantly transforming into a wall of insects that blocked the space between herself and Pei Lianxue.
This Gu was named the Spirit Devouring Gu.
Zuo Min had already anticipated what would happen next.
The moment this girl’s sword touched the insect wall, the Spirit Devouring Gu would attach itself to her sword, spread rapidly, and instantly engulf her entirely. Within three breaths, she would be reduced to a pile of white bones.
However…
Swish—
The sound of a sword piercing flesh echoed. Zuo Min couldn’t help but lift her head and chest.
A spirit sword pierced through her from behind and emerged from the gap between her full breasts.
Simultaneously, behind the wall she had constructed with the Spirit Devouring Gu, a flash of ice-blue light appeared. The tiny silver-white insects, which had been like mist, were covered in frost, transforming into a blue amber wall primarily composed of ice.
Then, with several flashes of sword light, the blue ice wall shattered into pieces on the ground.
“Cough—”
Zuo Min looked down at the spirit sword in her chest, then quickly reached for her Gu Centipede a short distance away. But as her hand rose, Pei Lianxue’s spirit sword grazed her right arm.
At the same time, the sword in her chest was withdrawn.
Swish—
Ye Anping, who was standing behind Zuo Min, drew his spirit sword, spun around, and swung it towards Zuo Min’s left neck. Simultaneously, Pei Lianxue, facing her, raised her spirit sword and slashed towards her right neck.
The two spirit swords, one on the left and one on the right, crossed each other and clashed in the center of her neck.
Ding—
With a shower of sparks, Zuo Min’s head flew into the air.
Upon seeing this, Ye Anping immediately pulled out a stack of Fire Element talismans from his storage bag and threw them onto her back.
“Run!!”
“Okay!”
Without a word, the two turned and sprinted towards the outside of the plaza.
Watching them flee, Zuo Min’s severed head displayed an unbelievable expression.
— These two didn’t loot and didn’t confirm her death, they just ran?
— How did they know she was preparing to self-destruct?
— And!! Why could that youth still move after being poisoned by her?!
She wanted to question the youth, but her head, now flying in the air, lacked vocal cords; they were still attached to her body below.
Zuo Min had intended to detonate her physical body to severely wound them, and then have her Gu insects carry her spirit into that girl’s body to possess her, but…
They ran?!
They just ran away?!
Why aren’t you guys chasing?!
Why are you running?! You cut off my head!
Why are you running?! Don’t run! Ahhhhhh!!!
…
Ye Anping, carrying Pei Lianxue, ran non-stop, as if he could hear Zuo Min’s furious shouting from behind, telling them not to run.
In the game’s dungeon, if Zuo Min’s health dropped to 5%, she would self-destruct globally, inflicting a “debuff” on all players in the area, reducing their maximum HP to “1” for ten minutes.
The Chi Long Mansion dungeon already had a time limit; if all bosses weren’t defeated within an hour and a half, it would result in a team wipe. The developers had to add another ten minutes to the timer.
He couldn’t understand what the game designers were thinking.
But ultimately, it would be fine as long as they ran fast.
However, just as the two of them ran out of the plaza, two figures wearing bamboo hats suddenly jumped out from the side.
One was a man and the other a woman. The woman had beautiful golden hair.
Seeing Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue running towards her, she immediately shouted:
“Hey! Who are you two? Why are you carrying a sword from my Moon Shadow Sword Sect…”
The moment he saw Yun Xi, Ye Anping gasped and immediately shouted:
“Junior Sister, carry that girl!”
Pei Lianxue paused slightly, without overthinking. She rushed forward, lowered her shoulder, and bumped it against Yun Xi’s belly.
“Ugh—”
Then, rising slightly, she hoisted Yun Xi onto her shoulder and continued to sprint forward.
Ye Anping, similarly, lowered his body and bumped his shoulder against the belly of the man accompanying Yun Xi, hoisting him onto his shoulder and continuing to run.
“Put me down!! What are you doing?!”
Yun Xi struggled on Pei Lianxue’s shoulder, flailing her arms and legs.
Ye Anping shot her an angry glare:
“Stop moving!!”
“Ah…”
This fleeting glance terrified Yun Xi, causing her to stop her wild thrashing. And it was at this very moment…
Boom—
A pillar of red light erupted from the plaza.
Accompanied by tremors like the earth overturning, a bloody red spiritual energy violently exploded.
Ye Anping glanced back, realizing that carrying people might make it too late. He ordered:
“Junior Sister! Throw them!”
In the next second, without a second thought, he and Pei Lianxue threw the two individuals off their shoulders and continued to sprint forward on their own.
Yun Xi, who had been thrown to the ground, sat up. Seeing the bloody spiritual energy surging towards them, she let out a classic exclamation.
“Holy shit!!”
Her junior brother also shouted in terror:
“Ahhhh— Young… Young Miss, quick, quick, quick, shield yourself!!”
“Ah…”
Yun Xi froze for a moment. Then, with her fingers forming a sword gesture in front of her chest, she conjured a golden Spirit Taming Shield. She then turned to look at Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue, who had already rushed a hundred feet away, her teeth not yet gnashing.
“Just you wait until I see you again, I’ll deal with you…”
Before she could finish speaking, the spiritual energy collided with her Spirit Taming Shield.
Boom—
It barely lasted for less than a second before the Spirit Taming Shield shattered and dissipated.
Yun Xi and her junior brother were instantly blown away by the impact, creating two white parabolic trajectories in the sky as they followed Ye Anping and Pei Lianxue’s escape.
Ye Anping, calculating that he had run about two li from the plaza, stopped and turned to activate his Spirit Taming defense.
“Junior Sister, stop! Defend yourself!”
“Mm…”
