Chapter 548: Agu, Is Cautious About Making Friends
Crosswinds stirred the dust on the mountain peaks, and bloody lightning flashed amidst the oppressive mountain clouds and sea.
*Boom—*
After the soaring killing aura dissipated, the ten-thousand-foot black python could no longer withstand its injuries. Its body plummeted, pressing down heavily. Its terrifying, gaping mouth also lost the strength to open and close. Thick, bloody water carrying the aura of killing surged from the countless wounds on its body, forming a bloody waterfall at the edge of the mountain peak.
“Ah Mang!!”
Xue E plummeted from the sky and landed beside Ah Mang’s serpentine eye, which was several times larger than her own body.
Although Xue E knew Ah Mang was immortal and could be reborn as long as Gu Mingxin was alive, even if it were reduced to ashes, this was the first time she had seen it so severely injured after so many years. The worry on her face was evident.
“Ah Mang… you…”
*Hiss—* (I’m fine, go find that little guy, Mingxin…)
Ah Mang responded with a hiss, and its massive body then dissolved into points of killing aura, disappearing before Xue E.
Xue E nodded, exhaled lightly, and then looked up at the Saint Emperor Golden Dragon coiled in the sky. The Golden Dragon was also not lightly injured. After taking several of He Buqun’s killing techniques at close range, its golden scales and jade armor had fallen off for the most part. Its once sacred and majestic appearance was no longer the same, looking battered and incomplete.
“Yu Die!!!”
Xiao Tian’s sharp cry echoed across the silent mountain peak. A golden light shot out from the Golden Dragon’s forehead and dived towards the deep pit in the center of the remaining half of the mountain peak. Seeing that it had found Feng Yu Die, Xue E quickly floated after it.
Under the deep pit.
Feng Yu Die’s silver hair, which was usually behind her head, was now stained with dust and blood, no longer as dazzling as before. She was trying her best to stand up, but her limbs felt as if they didn’t belong to her, trembling uncontrollably, unable to muster any strength.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Tian frantically waved its hand, signaling her to calm down: “Yu Die, don’t be stubborn! Take the pill first, then sit down and heal. He Buqun should be dead, I can’t sense him anymore!”
“Not yet!!”
Feng Yu Die gritted her teeth. Just before He Buqun was blown away by the killing aura, when she had just cut He Buqun and Gu Mingxin in half with her spirit sword, she saw He Buqun condense a spirit wall at the waist-level wound with his killing aura. Although she was certain that her sword had indeed severed He Buqun’s Deity Transformation spiritual consciousness, his Golden Core was still intact, and there was a high probability that He Buqun was still alive. At this moment, her only thought was to stand up before He Buqun could recover.
And at that very moment. From the muddy ground beneath Feng Yu Die’s belly, a pale white arm broke through the soil and punched her in the stomach.
“Ugh—”
Using this force, Feng Yu Die sat up abruptly. She looked at the arm stretching out from the ground in terror, but the owner of the arm seemed to be stuck. The pale, bloodless arm wriggled like a snake dancing to a flute, astonishing both Xiao Tian and Feng Yu Die. Xue E, who had caught up, was the first to react, realizing it was her Mingxin. She rushed forward, grabbed the wrist, and pulled with all her might: “Yiya Yiya—!!! Jin Bai Er Sha!! What are you two staring at? Come help! This is Mingxin!!!”
“Huh? Oh!!” “Huh? Oh!!”
Jin Bai Er Sha’s response was remarkably consistent. Feng Yu Die held her breath and crawled over, grabbing the wrist together with Xiao Tian and Xue E, and pulled hard.
*Boom—*
Half of Gu Mingxin flew out of the ground, tracing a parabolic arc before landing directly in Feng Yu Die’s arms, who had lost her balance and sat down again. This made her chin retract, and she cautiously cupped Gu Mingxin under her armpits and lifted her: “Are you… alright?”
?
Gu Mingxin gave Feng Yu Die a sideway glance, wiped the mud and blood from her face, and scanned her surroundings: “Quick, help me find my lower half, I feel…”
*Splatter—*
Before she could finish speaking, her lower half fell from the sky, landing on the ground about thirty meters away, creating a splash of bloody mud, causing everyone present—two people and two little ones—to turn their heads.
“No need to look, help me move my lower half over… You cut it!!”
“Ah? Oh… Oh.”
Feng Yu Die’s mind was blank at the moment, but the weakness in her limbs had eased somewhat. She hurriedly put down Gu Mingxin’s upper half and ran to help move her lower half. However, the moment Feng Yu Die stood up.
*BZZT—!!!*
The surrounding rubble trembled, and a force as heavy as ten thousand pounds suddenly pressed down on Feng Yu Die’s shoulders, forcing her to her knees again.
In the next moment—
*Boom—*
A crack appeared in the ground, and a blood-red sphere burst out of the earth.
“Cough—Drink aaaaa—!!!”
A roar resounded again. He Buqun, who, like Gu Mingxin, was left with only his upper body, floated in mid-air wrapped in killing aura. His eyeballs were almost bulging out of their sockets, and his fiery red hair hung disheveled behind his head. He no longer possessed the demeanor of a Grand Elder of the Tian Mo Sect, looking more like a mad, red-haired old man. His blood-red eyes blazed with murderous intent, glaring at the kneeling Feng Yu Die and the dismembered Gu Mingxin.
“You two juniors! How dare you!!! How dare you!!! Arrghhhhhh—”
His hoarse voice created a gust of wind, causing even Xiao Tian and Xue E to cover their ears in discomfort. Gu Mingxin looked at He Buqun floating in the sky, a hint of difficulty finally appearing on her face. This He fellow was actually still alive, even though half of his spiritual consciousness had been severed… She could tell that He Buqun was in his final moments. In other words, even if she and Feng Yu Die escaped now and left him alone, he wouldn’t last long, even with immortal-grade spirit medicine to extend his life. However, in the current situation, it would be incredibly easy for He Buqun to kill her and Feng Yu Die. At least one of them had to survive!! Gu Mingxin had this thought almost immediately and shouted: “White fool!! Forget about me, you leave now!!”
“Ah?” Feng Yu Die, enduring He Buqun’s spiritual pressure, turned her head and gritted her teeth. But without hesitation, she replied, “I won’t!!!”
“You!!”
Looking at the two below who were still playing the friendship card, He Buqun found it laughable. He tilted his head, narrowed his eyes, and then gritted his teeth, spreading his hands like claws to the sides. “No one is leaving!!! Drink—!” Following his cry, countless killing auras condensed into blood cones that filled the entire sky visible to Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin.
Seeing this, Xue E’s pupils widened. She quickly clasped her hands together, wanting to call Ah Mang to block this desperate killing technique from He Buqun for the two of them. But alas, Ah Mang was too severely injured to reappear in the mortal world.
Xiao Tian shouted almost simultaneously: “Lao Jiu!!!”
*Roar—*
The Golden Dragon coiled in the sky once again dived towards He Buqun. However, He Buqun merely glanced back at it, as if it were nothing, and merely redirected half of the blood cones he had summoned towards the Golden Dragon diving from behind. He narrowed his eyes, then widened them abruptly and waved his hands. Myriad blood cones erupted like rain, about to pour down on the two below.
Feng Yu Die had finally managed to stand up by this time. However, the dark spirit sword she had been holding was now lost somewhere in the mountain-destroying killing aura. She had no choice but to retrieve a spirit sword she had used during her Qi Refining Stage from her Storage Bag, to try and give herself some sense of security. She instantly retreated to stand in front of Gu Mingxin, whose upper body was still stuck in the ground, her golden eyes wide open, facing the sky full of blood light without fear.
*Crack—*
Feng Yu Die gritted her teeth, experiencing the legendary life review before death once again. The memories of her and Ye Anping over the years flashed through her eyes. However—
*Clang—*
Suddenly, a sharp sword cry rang out. He Buqun’s widened eyes in the sky narrowed slightly, and he shifted his gaze. He saw a dark arc of light fly out from the side of the pit below and reach him in an instant. In that breath, a voice only he could hear entered his mind. It was a man’s frenzied laughter. He Buqun, in disbelief: “Shen…”
*Swish—*
The tip of the sword suddenly pierced his chest, accurately landing on his killing core, which had moved to his chest. However, it didn’t have the strength to shatter his killing core in one blow. Instead, it pushed his body violently towards the mouth of the diving Golden Dragon.
“Arrghhhhhh—!!”
*Roar—!!*
Cracks continuously appeared on his internal killing core. As he fell into the Golden Dragon’s mouth, it shattered violently.
*Crack—*
At the same time, Lao Jiu’s upper and lower jaws closed like a cage, creating a ring of airwaves that pushed the oppressive dark clouds away. In the next moment, the entire mountain fell silent. The countless blood cones floating in the sky instantly turned into a bloody rain, drenching Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin, who were standing in the pit, in a layer of blood.
*Huala Huala—*
The blood rain stopped instantly. Feng Yu Die stood frozen, completely unaware of what had happened. Seeing that the sky was silent, the spirit sword that had accompanied her since she was young finally slipped from her hand. She raised her hand, wiped the blood from her face, and then looked at Xiao Tian beside her: “Xiao Tian…”
“Ah… Yu Die, this time he’s really gone.”
“…Oh.”
*Burp—*
Feng Yu Die responded dazedly. Lao Jiu above let out a soft burp and dissolved into golden spiritual light. Shen Xin’s sword, “Corpse Devourer,” then fell from its mouth, its tip piercing the blood-covered ground of the pit.
*Dong—*
Feng Yu Die turned to look, only to see that the sword was covered in cracks. She figured if she tried to pull it out now, it would likely shatter immediately. She took a deep breath, looked at Gu Mingxin, whose upper body was still stuck in the blood pool behind her, and her golden eyes lit up: “Hoo… Blackie, we survived!!!”
“… …”
Gu Mingxin’s face was expressionless. After a moment of stunned silence, she gave Feng Yu Die a sideways glance. She looked at the blood pool that had reached Feng Yu Die’s ankles and finally let out a sigh of relief, averting her gaze: “Mmm…”
*Pat, pat—*
Feng Yu Die turned and quickly rushed towards her lower half, which was floating in the blood pool, and hugged Gu Mingxin’s buttocks to help her carry her lower half back.
“Blackie, this…”
Gu Mingxin pointed to the side with her chin and, with her arms crossed, said: “Put it there. You go find Ye Anping first… I’ll use this blood pool to reattach my body…”
“Ah… Should I help you…”
“Who wants your help? Get lost and go find Ye Anping.”
Feng Yu Die meekly shrunk her head: “What if other demonic cultivators come to check things out later? What about you?”
“I can handle myself even without my lower body! Go, go, go!! Stop bothering me!!” Gu Mingxin said with great annoyance. She used her hands as legs to prop herself up and “walked” to her lower half. Seeing that Feng Yu Die was still not leaving, she cursed again: “Aren’t you going yet?!”
“I think I should still help you…”
“Scram!!”
“Why are you so fierce…” Feng Yu Die pouted and cursed, “Good intentions are repaid with ingratitude, no wonder you can’t make friends.”
Xue E watched her Mingxin like this and knew that Gu Mingxin was embarrassed. After all, Feng Yu Die had saved her life, even though she had also cut off half of her life… It floated in front of Feng Yu Die and said: “White fool, don’t worry about her. You go find Ye Anping first. Although he should be fine over there, it’s better to help if you can. Mingxin will take time to reattach her body… I’ll watch her.”
“Oh.” Feng Yu Die nodded, picked up Xiao Tian beside her, placed it on her head, and then summoned her flying sword from her storage bag, stepping onto it. “You hurry and come over too when you’re done!!”
“… …”
Then, Feng Yu Die ascended into the air, emitting a golden light, and rode her sword towards the forbidden area behind the Tian Mo Sect. After watching her fly away, Xue E slowly descended and floated to Gu Mingxin’s side, looking at her with a mischievous smile: “Hehe…”
Gu Mingxin cast a sideways glance: “What? Useless thing.”
“My Mingxin has made a friend~ Hehe~~”
Gu Mingxin shivered: “Ew~~ Is it awkward? After spending so much time with Jin Sha, you’re turning into Hei Sha.”
“Yes, yes, yes… It just so happens that He Buqun’s blood hasn’t fully drained of its killing aura yet. Hurry up and reattach your body, or you’ll be bedridden for months.”
“Got it…”
Gu Mingxin pouted and looked down at the blood water filling the pit, a hint of disdain showing in her eyes. She smiled like a ghost, like a fox… “Elder He, how does it feel? Hehehehe—” As she was smiling, the spirit sword that had fallen into the pool from Feng Yu Die’s hand suddenly floated in front of her. Gu Mingxin stopped smiling, a flicker of surprise in her eyes. She reached out and grabbed the sword, examining it. Seeing the small nicks on the blade caused by countless years of diligent sword practice, she pouted: “So careless… Hmph!”
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