Chapter 0: 108. Rescue
“What’s wrong with me?” Qin Gou asked, his tone and expression completely devoid of any jest. At this moment, the interaction between Qin Gou and Luo Wei Ban seemed to transcend mere playfulness; he genuinely accepted the sudden appearance of their purported ‘fellow clan member’ identity.
“Ding… If something were to invade the host’s sea of consciousness, this system would have detected it immediately. However, that is not the case now. Could this also be a test of some kind of law that envelops this place?” A Xi contemplated as it began to investigate.
Simultaneously, Qin Gou had to face waves of enemies, leaving him no room for slack. His attention was soon diverted, and he stopped conversing with A Xi. While fighting and observing carefully, Qin Gou suddenly spoke up, “Clan sister, look, it seems like no new enemies are appearing from the sea.”
“Don’t let your guard down,” Luo Wei Ban replied, shaking her head. “Perhaps they are appearing in batches. Let’s remain cautious and eliminate all the enemies before us first.”
“Of course.”
Qin Gou nodded slightly. However, at that very moment, an unexpected change occurred that no one could have foreseen.
A golden beam of light shot out from the palm of a towering phantom image above the sea, piercing directly through Qin Gou’s chest. At this precise moment, Qin Gou’s first thought was… this was utterly absurd. How could an attack of this magnitude injure him? How could he possibly not dodge it? If he wasn’t going crazy, this had to be a hallucination!
But, as swiftly as it happened, when he looked up again, more phantom images were condensing pure golden light pillars, locking onto him entirely. Instantly, a torrent of golden light erupted, resembling a meteor shower. Death loomed.
“Go quickly!”
With a sharp cry, Luo Wei Ban appeared in front of Qin Gou with astonishing speed, blocking the assault. The sharp golden beams struck her Dao Body one after another.
“Clan sister…”
“Qin Gou, you go quickly, I will block everything!” Due to severe injuries, blood and tears streamed from Luo Wei Ban’s eyes.
At this moment, Qin Gou’s body was filled with an astonishing ferocity, his killing intent soaring. “Absolutely not! I will definitely…”
“Boom!”
With a deafening roar, the entire world spun. In the next second, Qin Gou and Luo Wei Ban, unharmed, returned to their original positions. They had no memory of what had just transpired, as if nothing had happened.
“Little Luo, I suspect the enemies in the sea appear in batches. This current wave is manageable for you and me, but we still can’t afford to be careless!” Qin Gou warned. “This is definitely not the end.”
“Brother, you can multitask like this? That’s amazing!” It was Luo Wei Ban speaking, and their roles had clearly switched again.
“Observing carefully, how is that difficult? Little Luo, don’t praise me so much, you’re making me embarrassed,” Qin Gou chuckled.
“But whenever I praise you, brother, you smile!” Luo Wei Ban, her secret revealed, beamed.
However, moments later, a pure golden light pillar suddenly attacked, piercing Luo Wei Ban’s Dao Body. It was almost identical to what had happened before, only the target had changed.
“Little Luo!”
Qin Gou’s eyes widened in fury. In an instant, he appeared in front of Luo Wei Ban. To his surprise, Luo Wei Ban did not hesitate, pressing a palm onto Qin Gou’s chest.
“Little Luo?”
“Brother, there’s something wrong with this light pillar, I can’t leave!”
“No, don’t worry, I’m here…”
However, Luo Wei Ban was incredibly resolute. “Offering my essence blood, my three souls and seven spirits as a sacrifice! May all spirits protect Qin Gou alone! Go, brother! Absolutely do not touch that light pillar…” “Don’t let me die in vain!”
…
At the same time.
“What’s going on with this woman?”
Deep beneath the sea, within a hidden space. The spirit puppet that had previously introduced ‘Gu Yue’ to Qin Gou and Luo Wei Ban was intently watching the scene displayed on a light screen.
“Besides the overt challenges presented now, establishing the Gu Yue has an actual hidden condition, which is the word ‘rescue’.”
“This time, because two people are participating in the trial simultaneously, the law seems to have not condensed a false partner figure to test the challengers, but instead directly made them test each other. However, it seems to have caused problems as a result.” The spirit puppet gazed at Luo Wei Ban’s blood-stained, beautiful face on the screen, and her eyes filled with unwavering resolve.
“This female cultivator truly leaves no room for maneuver. When the other party is injured, she chooses to sacrifice herself to save them. When she herself is injured, she still chooses to sacrifice herself to protect that male cultivator, creating as many survival opportunities as possible for him… Although the other party intended to do the same, he clearly never expected that a severely injured person would strike first with such an unexpected palm strike, directly transferring her life energy.”
As the spirit puppet spoke, all its words transformed into text, recorded in a thick book nearby. While it muttered to itself, on the light screen, Qin Gou and Luo Wei Ban once again appeared unharmed, along with their previous positions, as the scene shifted. Of course, they had no memory of what had just happened.
“Next, it should still be the female cultivator being attacked. But if she takes the lead again… This situation is truly rare, and the number of times is limited.”
“Ding!”
From nowhere, a peculiar bell sound rang out from behind the spirit puppet, making its already dull and stiff face appear even more vacant.
“So that’s how it is,” a calm female voice leisurely sounded.
“Who’s there?” The spirit puppet questioned loudly, attempting to stand up and investigate. It never imagined that at this very moment, in this Gu Yue trial grounds, there was still someone else present. Moreover, the other party had managed to enter its top-secret hidden space without any prior detection. If the other party had not revealed themselves, it would not have noticed at all.
However, the spirit puppet couldn’t fully turn around. The moment it stood up, an extremely irresistible, heavy pressure descended upon it, forcing it back into its original seated position, completely immobilized. It was actually unable to resist this third challenger! This was an unprecedented and terrifying situation since its inception.
“Ding…” Another bell sound rang out. Immediately after, a voice, whether comforting or threatening, echoed in its ears. “Quiet down. As long as it wasn’t you interfering, there’s no need to be nervous.”
