Chapter 81 Defying Fate! The Demoness's Secret Technique Shakes Yama!

That wasn't a kiss.

It was a plunder, a gamble with life, a challenge against death.

The pink, extremely pure primordial spiritual energy, carrying Jiang Wu's body temperature and soul imprint, surged domineeringly and frantically into Qin Lie's already cold and lifeless body.

Wherever this force passes, withered trees come back to life and all things revive.

Cells that died due to lack of oxygen and low temperature were reactivated; blocked blood vessels were forcibly opened; and internal organs damaged by impact were gently wrapped and repaired...

This force eventually converged on that heart that had long since stopped beating!

Once, twice...

The pink spiritual energy, like the most precise pacemaker, repeatedly pounded against that dormant heart!

Jiang Wu's face turned pale and translucent at a visible speed. Her body trembled uncontrollably, and her life force was being drained away at an alarming rate!

The excruciating pain in my abdomen struck again, more intense than ever before!

The little one inside the womb also sensed that his mother's life was slipping away, and he was protesting and pleading in the most intense way!

"puff--"

Jiang Wu spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the seawater between her and Qin Lie red.

She felt her consciousness beginning to blur.

No...it's not enough...

She bit her tongue, the intense pain bringing her to a moment of clarity. She summoned the last vestige of her divine sense, twisting the pink spiritual energy into a single, powerful beam, like a red-hot steel needle, and stabbed it deep into Qin Lie's heart!

"Thump!"

A muffled sound, extremely faint yet as powerful as a thunderclap, exploded inside Qin Lie's chest!

Immediately afterwards.

"Thump...thump..."

"Thump thump... thump thump..."

That heart, which had been silent for who knows how long, finally began to beat, trembling, weak, yet incredibly firm!

One, two...

Faster and faster, more and more powerful!

A surge of fresh blood was pumped out, carrying Jiang Wu's domineering life energy throughout her body!

A sliver of color gradually returned to Qin Lie's deathly pale face.

His purplish lips gradually returned to their normal color.

He began to show faint signs of his chest rising and falling.

It's alive!

He came back to life!

Jiang Wu's eyes, which had begun to glaze over, burst forth with unparalleled brilliance!

She smiled.

The most beautiful yet most poignant smile of her life bloomed on her pale face.

Her tense nerves relaxed, and boundless darkness engulfed her. Her body went limp, and she collapsed powerlessly into Qin Lie's arms, completely losing consciousness.

Just as she lost consciousness, the "Naxi Conch" hanging around her neck sensed the danger to its owner and suddenly emitted a soft blue halo, enveloping her, Qin Lie, and the entire life raft.

That halo formed an indestructible barrier, completely isolating the surrounding turbulent undercurrents and deadly pressure.

The life raft stopped sinking and began to float slowly upwards.

I don't know how much time has passed.

In this secluded deep sea, it felt like an eternity had passed.

"Cough...cough cough!"

A violent cough broke the silence.

Qin Lie suddenly opened his eyes!

He was gasping for breath, his chest burning with pain. Countless sips of icy seawater were coughed up from his mouth and nose.

"I...I'm not dead?"

He looked around blankly.

As far as the eye could see, there was an eerie space radiating a soft blue light. Beyond the space lay unfathomable darkness and countless twisting, churning undercurrents.

Where is this? The underworld?

His memory is still stuck on the moment when the "Exploration One" was overturned by a giant wave, he was thrown out of the cabin, and the back of his head hit a piece of steel hard.

He thought he was going to die.

"daughter in law?"

A faint, almost inaudible murmur came from his arms.

Qin Lie shuddered and abruptly lowered his head.

Then, he saw it.

He saw the woman curled up in his arms, her face as pale as paper, her body ice-cold, her eyes tightly closed, and blood still clinging to the corner of her mouth.

It's Jiang Wu!

It's his wife!

Qin Lie's mind completely went blank at that moment.

He thought he was hallucinating.

He reached out, his hand trembling, wanting to touch her face.

The touch on my fingertips was real yet cold.

It's not a hallucination!

It really is her!

"Wife! Wife! What are you doing here?! Wake up! Wake up!"

Qin Lie shook her body violently as if he were a madman.

But the woman in his arms did not react at all. Her body was as limp as a ball of cotton, and her breath was so faint that it seemed as if it would be extinguished at any moment.

Qin Lie felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his heart tightly, causing him unbearable pain.

What happened?

Why is she here?

In this damn seabed hundreds of meters deep!

Shouldn't she be at home, in that warm little courtyard, waiting peacefully for me to come home?

Countless questions, fears, and heart-wrenching regrets instantly engulfed him!

He dared not think, dared not think, what this woman, who was heavily pregnant and should have been cherished and protected, had gone through to end up here!

He looked down and saw the conch-shaped thing on her neck that emitted a bluish glow.

It was this thing that formed a protective shield, allowing them to survive in the terrifying depths of the sea.

What's this?

He looked down again and saw Jiang Wu's lips stained with blood, and the torn clothes on his own chest.

An absurd yet incredibly clear thought exploded in his mind!

It's her!

She saved me!

She pulled him back from the brink of death in a way he couldn't understand!

The price was herself—she almost exhausted all her life force!

"No...it shouldn't be like this..."

Qin Lie, a tough man who had never shed a tear even in the midst of gunfire, now held his wife, who was barely breathing, in his arms, and tears streamed down his face like a burst dam.

He would rather be dead!

He would rather be swallowed by the sea and leave no trace of his body!

He didn't want to see her like this either!

"You can't be hurt... You absolutely can't be hurt..."

He held her in his arms, kissing her cold forehead again and again.

"Our child...our child is still waiting for you..."

He trembled as he reached for her high, protruding belly.

However, when his hand touched there, his heart sank.

He did not feel the usual vigorous fetal movements.

There, all was deathly silent.

Qin Lie felt dizzy and the whole world was collapsing before his eyes.

"No--"

He raised his head and let out a desperate, trapped cry.

However, just as he was sinking into the abyss of boundless darkness, he suddenly felt that the silent abdomen beneath his palm seemed to... move very slightly.

It was so light, so very light, that it felt like his illusion.

But then, another one!

One after another...

Though faint, it was incredibly persistent!

The child... the child is still alive!

This discovery was like a lightning bolt piercing the night, instantly pulling Qin Lie back from despair!

As long as the child is alive, there is still hope for his wife!

He didn't know what the glowing conch shell was, but he knew it must be a life-saving treasure!

He looked at Jiang Wu, who was unconscious in his arms, and then at the Naxi Conch that was still emitting a soft light. A bold idea took shape in his mind.

He lowered his head and, imitating Jiang Wu's earlier actions, clumsily and devoutly pressed his lips to hers.

He wanted to use his own breath, his own yang energy, to give back to her the life force that had just been restored!

He didn't know if it would work.

But he knew it was the only thing he could do right now!

"Wife, hang in there... I'll take you home..."

In the azure glow, the life raft carrying the couple teetering on the edge of life and death slowly and steadily floated toward the sea and toward that distant light.

P.S.: One more chapter...