Chapter Twenty-Four: Severely Injured by Xie Yun

Han Wei caught up with the Heavenly Enchantress in no time.

As the Heavenly Demon Mother dodged the vines attacking her, Han Wei seized the opportunity and struck her in the chest with a palm strike. Han Wei's palm strike was delivered with full force, and the Heavenly Demon Mother immediately coughed up blood, flying backward and crashing into the mountain behind her, shattering rocks and creating a cloud of dust.

The vines chased after her, intending to bind her, but she severed them with a single sword stroke.

The heavily injured Heavenly Demon Mother flew towards the direction of the canyon. Han Wei chased after her, but before she could get close, the earth fire lotuses surrounding her had already shot towards the Heavenly Demon Mother.

Boom boom boom—

The Earth Fire Lotus continued to explode, injuring the Heavenly Demon Mother once again. Seeing Han Wei approach, numerous yellow talismans flew out of the Heavenly Demon Mother's storage bag. These talismans formed a gigantic yellow bird, its body reaching tens of feet in length, and its wingspan instantly stirred up a storm.

With a swipe of her longsword, Han Wei summoned the leaves and petals of the nearby flowers and trees with her magic. These leaves and petals condensed into a giant dragon, a hundred feet long, which collided with the yellow bird. The terrifying shockwave swept across both sides of the canyon, causing the cliffs to tumble and the soil to roll down. The scene was truly astonishing.

Seeing that the Heavenly Demon Mother had already flown several feet away, Han Wei chased after her and threw out more than a dozen Earth Fire Lotuses. The Heavenly Demon Mother turned around and summoned a rusty token to block the explosive force of the Earth Fire Lotuses, but the token shattered.

The Heavenly Enchantress gritted her teeth and desperately tried to escape, destroying more than ten magical treasures in the process. However, Han Wei was determined to kill her and Su Rumei, so how could she escape?

Just as she was about to be knocked to the ground and killed by Han Wei, a beam of cyan light came from afar. The beam pierced through the tops of several mountain peaks, creating a tunnel, and struck Han Wei.

Han Wei cried out in pain and was sent flying dozens of feet before she regained her balance.

A chilling spiritual pressure enveloped the surrounding mountains. A flash of azure light appeared in the sky, and a figure appeared. It was a very handsome man. He looked to be about twenty-five years old. His long black hair was tied up with a silver hair crown. He wore a green robe, had narrow eyes, and a cold and stern face.

Upon seeing this person, hatred flashed in Han Wei's eyes.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

The Heavenly Enchantress breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xie Yun arrive.

Xie Yun placed restrictions on the primordial spirits of Su Rumei and the Heavenly Demon Mother, because he sensed through these restrictions that the Heavenly Demon Mother and Su Rumei were in mortal danger, so he rushed over. Han Wei was also unlucky; if Xie Yun had been any further away, even if he had sensed it, he wouldn't have been able to arrive in time.

In the sky, Han Wei clutched her chest. Protected by the Five-Colored Celestial Robe, she was unharmed despite taking Xie Yun's attack, though her blood was churning within her. Knowing she was no match for Xie Yun, she turned and transformed into a streak of light without hesitation, fleeing at breakneck speed.

"Trying to escape!"

Xie Yun's eyes turned cold, and he disappeared from the spot, chasing after Han Wei.

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In the sky above, two long rainbows chased each other one after the other.

Bang!

A beam of light pierced through a mountain peak, sending rocks flying everywhere.

Han Wei narrowly dodged the attack, but Xie Yun was getting closer and closer. Although wearing the Five-Colored Celestial Robe allowed her to instantly increase her speed to a level comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, she was now facing a genuine late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and Xie Yun at the peak of that level.

Xie Yun coldly stared at Han Wei, then attacked again, beams of azure light shooting out from his fingertips.

Bang! Bang!

Han Wei dodged only two attacks before being struck, sending her crashing into the mountainside and embedding herself in its rock. Before she could even stand up, dozens of azure beams shot towards her. Han Wei's pupils contracted sharply as her entire body was covered in blood-red crystals.

Rumble—

The entire mountain exploded, and Han Wei was blasted away. All the blood-red crystals on her body shattered into fragments and detached from her body. She coughed up a mouthful of blood. Even though she was a wood spirit and even though the five-colored celestial robes had almost neutralized ninety percent of the magical attack, the remaining power still severely injured her.

Han Wei fell to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, her long hair disheveled.

Xie Yun looked at the celestial robe she was wearing, a cold smile curving his lips: "Just serious injuries? It truly is a genuine spiritual treasure."

Although Han Wei was in a sorry state, her colorful celestial robes remained spotless.

When she looked up, she coldly gazed at Xie Yun in the sky. Xie Yun's green robe fluttered in the wind, and he wore a ring on the finger of his left hand. The ring was inlaid with a blue gemstone and had an ancient design. It was not an ordinary magic weapon, but a spiritual treasure.

If it weren't for the magical treasure, Han Wei wouldn't have been so seriously injured while wearing the Five-Colored Celestial Robe.

The ring is called the Wind Dragon Ring. It was originally the magic weapon of the Heavenly Enchantress Mother. After the Heavenly Enchantress Mother perished, only her remnant soul escaped to the Cloud Mist Realm. She also had very few magic weapons left.

Her remnant soul possessed Su Rumei's body, and later encountered Xie Yun. Xie Yun discovered that Su Rumei possessed another primordial spirit, so he kidnapped her and also learned about the Heavenly Demon Mother. In order to avoid being destroyed, the Heavenly Demon Mother could only desperately demonstrate her value, and Xie Yun naturally accepted all of her magical treasures without hesitation.

Lingbao?

Han Wei cursed inwardly; this guy actually had a spiritual treasure too. Soon, she figured it out—he probably got it from the Heavenly Demon Mother. She hadn't known the relationship between the Heavenly Demon Mother and Xie Yun before, but now she had a pretty good idea. The Heavenly Demon Mother was clearly an upper-realm cultivator whose physical body had been destroyed; someone who could possess a spiritual treasure must have been at least at the Integration or Mahayana stage before.

She didn't believe that the Heavenly Demon Mother would give the spiritual treasure to Xie Yun on her own; therefore, it must have been Xie Yun who stole it. The relationship between Xie Yun, the Heavenly Demon Mother, and Su Rumei was one of cooperation, exploitation, and coercion.

However, knowing this did not help Han Wei's current situation.

Xie Yun drew a line in the air with his finger, writing the character "封" (seal). The rune of the character "封" emitted a dazzling light and rose into the sky, followed by a huge cyan dome that descended upon the sky.

Han Wei's expression changed drastically.

"Where do you think you're going to run now?" Xie Yun looked down at Han Wei.

Han Wei gritted her teeth and coldly confronted Xie Yun in the sky. Xie Yun said coldly, "Who helped you leave the Qingyun Sect?"

Han Wei said with a cold laugh, "Guess!"

"Is it Han Yu?" Xie Yun actually guessed.

Han Wei thought to herself: He actually thought it was her third uncle?

Xie Yun's thinking was reasonable; in his view, only Han Yu would save Han Wei.

While it's rare for someone to survive after their life lamp goes out, it's not unprecedented. The only thing I can't understand is that, given Han Yu's personality, if he knew his niece had been used as a blood bag, he'd probably wipe out the entire Qingyun Sect.

At the time, neither he nor Tang Huaizhong were present, and wiping out the entire clan would have been an easy task for Han Yu. However, that person only managed to destroy Fire Spirit Peak, kill the Jade Dragon Fruit Tree, kill a few hundred people, and steal the elixirs and herbs from Apricot Forest Peak. Therefore, the most reasonable explanation is that Han Yu returned, but his cultivation was severely damaged.