Chapter 71 Ignite My Soul, to Bring You Back!
The drop of spiritual spring that Su Wanqing had forced out with all her might slid down Lu Zhanting's chapped lips.
It was like a spark that fell into his lifeless sea of existence.
The ripples were barely perceptible.
His frozen body did not warm up, and his nearly stopped heartbeat did not become stronger as a result.
But Su Wanqing sensed it.
The last embers of life in his life, about to be extinguished, were firmly protected by this drop of spiritual spring water, and for the time being, they will not dissipate.
It's only temporary.
Su Wanqing leaned against him, exhausted, breathing heavily, the dizziness that drained her mental energy washing over her.
One drop is not enough.
That's far from enough.
She must create more spiritual springs to awaken him from this endless slumber.
Without a moment's hesitation, she forced her swaying body to sit cross-legged again, her mind sinking into that shattered soul space.
The space was a scene of devastation.
The sky was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, the earth was withered, and everywhere was scarred by the ravages of energy storms.
Su Wanqing's gaze was fixed on the golden seed beside the spring, which was formed by the fusion of Lu Zhanting's masculine blood energy and her spiritual spring essence.
This is the new core, the new hope.
She summoned the last bit of her spiritual energy, gently enveloping the seed, nurturing and catalyzing it with her own soul.
This process was a hundred times more difficult than any previous attempt to induce the growth of spiritual plants.
Su Wanqing's face grew paler and paler, and sweat gathered from her forehead and streamed down her dust-covered cheeks.
But her eyes burned with an inextinguishable flame.
He gave her everything; now, it's her turn.
Time lost its meaning in this deathly darkness.
After an unknown amount of time, just as Su Wanqing's consciousness began to fade, a second drop of liquid finally managed to seep out from the golden seed.
A drop of pure golden liquid, shimmering with a faint light.
She was overjoyed and was about to lure him out.
Suddenly, an extremely violent and insane malice exploded from the darkness not far away.
Su Wanqing suddenly opened her eyes!
"Splash... splash..."
A chilling dragging sound came from afar, as something heavy was struggling through the mud.
A huge, twisted humanoid silhouette emerged step by step from the abyss of darkness.
That thing can no longer be called a person.
It stands over four meters tall, its skin a charred black from being burned and then solidified, covered with constantly pulsating dark red veins. Several insect-like limbs grow haphazardly from its body, one of its arms even fused with a huge rock, transforming into a ferocious stone hammer.
Its head was completely deformed, its facial features melted away, leaving only a huge mouth that split to the roots of its ears, inside which flowed scalding liquid energy.
From the faintly discernible fragments of the combat uniform, Su Wanqing recognized its identity.
Lynx.
Or rather, it is a monster born after failing to merge with the "Heart of Immortality" and being swallowed by an energy storm.
It is no longer a scorpion, nor a lynx, but a combination of the last resentment and the virus of the "Immortal Heart".
A walking source of pollution, driven only by the instinct to kill and devour.
The monster had no eyes, but the terrifying mouth on its head was precisely turned in the direction where Lu Zhanting was.
It smelled it.
They sensed the purest bloodline essence within that body, the "key" to its essence.
That was the final piece of the puzzle to complete its ultimate transformation, an invaluable tonic.
"roar--"
The monster let out a roar unlike any human's, dragging its giant rock hammer as it walked step by step toward the unconscious Lu Zhanting.
Su Wanqing's heart clenched instantly.
Without thinking, she picked up a rock the size of a washbasin next to her and hurled it at the monster with all her might!
Bang!
The stone struck the monster with a dull thud, then bounced off weakly, failing to even scratch its charred skin.
The monster stopped in its tracks, and its terrifying face turned toward Su Wanqing.
A chilling, bone-piercing mental shock instantly pierced through her mind!
Su Wanqing's vision went black, the world turned into a piercing buzzing sound, a sweet taste rose in her throat, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
She was too weak.
Now, even standing up is incredibly difficult for her.
what to do?
The monster ignored the insignificant ant and continued walking towards Lu Zhanting.
Ten meters.
Five meters.
Three meters.
It had already reached Lu Zhanting's side, raising the giant hammer made of twisted rock and flesh high, aiming at Lu Zhanting's head!
"No--!"
Su Wanqing let out a desperate scream.
A hair's breadth away.
A sudden change occurred.
A faint golden halo suddenly appeared on the surface of Lu Zhanting's lifeless body.
The halo was not dazzling, but it carried an awe-inspiring power that was extremely masculine, unyielding, and inviolable.
The monster's stone hammer, which was about to strike, suddenly froze in mid-air.
It seemed to sense something that terrified and disgusted it greatly, and made an uneasy "hoarse" sound from its mouthparts, hesitating to bring it down.
It's the masculine energy that Lu Zhanting still retains in his body!
Even after his soul fell into a deep sleep, this power continued to spontaneously protect his physical body!
It cannot attack proactively, but it forms a natural barrier that keeps the filthy monster away.
As Su Wanqing watched this scene, a new light burst forth in her lifeless eyes.
She understood.
To completely destroy this monster, neither she nor he, in his slumber, can do it alone.
It must be the combined efforts of both of them!
It's that golden seed!
An incredibly audacious plan instantly took shape in her mind.
Without further hesitation, she directed the second drop of golden spiritual spring that had just formed in the space directly towards herself!
The drop of shimmering liquid appeared out of thin air and she swallowed it in one gulp.
boom!
A gentle yet domineering force exploded throughout her body.
This is not simply the power of the spiritual spring, but a completely new power that has been fused with the yang energy of Lu Zhanting's bloodline!
It rapidly repaired her damaged meridians and body, and in that instant, it created a mysterious resonance between her and Lu Zhanting's sleeping body.
She could feel the golden aura surrounding his body, and she could feel the pulse of that power.
She can even influence and manipulate it through this power!
Su Wanqing struggled to her feet.
She walked up to Lu Zhanting, shielding him behind her, and raised her head to face the monster that was agitated by hesitation.
"it's over."
Her voice was soft, yet carried an unwavering determination.
Provoked by her, the monster roared again, and its huge stone hammer bypassed Lu Zhanting's body and swept towards Su Wan-qing from the side with a whistling sound that tore through the air!
Su Wanqing did not dodge.
She raised her right hand.
She closed her eyes and unleashed the new life force within her without reservation.
At the same time, through that strange resonance, she gave a command to the golden aura surrounding Lu Zhanting's body.
—Integration.
Buzz!
The golden halo surrounding Lu Zhanting's body, upon receiving the summons, transformed into a stream of light and instantly surged into Su Wanqing's raised right arm!
Her entire arm was instantly covered and reshaped by a dazzling golden light.
Just before the stone hammer was about to strike him, Su Wanqing suddenly opened his eyes.
Her pupils also shimmered with pure gold.
She raised her hand, her slender palm enveloped in golden light, to meet the stone hammer that was larger than her entire body.
There was no earth-shattering collision.
Her palm gently pressed down on the stone hammer.
The massive hammer, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, did not shatter upon contact with her palm; instead, it was completely obliterated.
The rock and flesh that made up the stone hammer silently decomposed and vaporized from the point of contact, and were completely annihilated by a higher-dimensional force.
Within a second, the entire stone hammer turned into a wisp of green smoke and vanished without a trace.
The monster froze.
Its chaotic thinking prevented it from understanding what was happening before its eyes.
Su Wanqing did not give it a chance to think.
She took a step forward, and her golden hand, piercing through the distance of space, pressed directly onto the monster's chest, which was covered with dark red patterns.
"Purify".
She uttered two words softly.
Golden light surged wildly from her palm, transforming into a sacred pillar of light that instantly engulfed the monster's entire body.
"Roar—howl—!"
The monster let out its final howl, a sound filled with both endless pain and ultimate liberation.
Its enormous, twisted body rapidly shrank and collapsed under the golden light, its hideous flesh and bones being broken down into the most primitive particles by this pure and clean power.
Black dust started from its feet and spread upwards inch by inch.
Finally, at the center of the golden light, the face that had become shapeless seemed to stop distorting.
Before its chaotic consciousness dissipated, it regained a last sliver of clarity.
It looked at Su Wanqing, its huge mouth opening and closing silently, as if conveying its final thoughts.
Thanks……
The next second, its entire body was completely transformed into a sky full of black dust, which was then completely evaporated by the golden light and vanished into nothingness.
The source of the virus, the last echo of the "Immortal Heart," was completely extinguished deep underground.
After doing all this, the golden light on Su Wanqing's arm dissipated.
An overwhelming sense of weakness washed over her, and her body went limp, causing her to fall backward.
Then, she fell into a cold, yet incredibly firm embrace.
No.
It's not cold.
Su Wanqing was surprised to find that Lu Zhanting's body had regained a faint warmth at some point.
His heartbeat, though still slow, was a little stronger than before.
One stroke after another, steady and firm.
Su Wanqing smiled.
She leaned against him, feeling his life force returning, and could no longer hold on, falling into a deep sleep.
A faint golden halo swirled around their embracing bodies.
In this eternal darkness, a shared covenant is guarded, a covenant called Dawn.
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