Chapter 173 The scumbag is actually an old acquaintance!
The dead memories instantly returned.
Xiao Chen? She felt the name sounded familiar when she heard it during the trial of the rogue cultivators.
I never expected that he really was that scumbag who deceived Ting Nu's feelings!
Collect hearts? Wasn't that the task the mysterious man gave Ting Nu?
Ao Bai's thought process instantly connected: "It's like Xiao Chen first sealed Ting Nu away, and then orchestrated and acted as an immortal to get Aunt Zhang and the others down the mountain to build a temple for him."
"Then he continued to deceive Tingnu, telling her that as long as she collected fifty hearts, the seal would be completely broken?"
What kind of purebred, unparalleled, and utterly scumbag is this? How could Tingnu have picked up such a jerk in the first place?
Hua Li frowned, a bad premonition rising in her heart. "Back then, there were people helping Song Ran in Chenliu City, but things happened so suddenly that Song Ran exploded before he could even speak."
Thinking about it this way, the appearance of the Eternal Void Array below Chenliu City after Song Ran's self-destruction was too coincidental.
But if it was placed there beforehand to absorb spiritual energy, then everything makes sense.
Who exactly is this Xiao Chen?
The puppeteer's body convulsed violently, black energy continuously overflowing from his mouth and nose, and he fell silent in the blink of an eye.
"Time is of the essence. Since the spiritual energy isn't being absorbed, Xiao Chen must be up to something. We must do our best to rescue him now!"
The two exchanged a glance, and Shen Yu slightly bent his index and middle fingers and put them to his lips, letting out a short whistle.
In an instant, a ball of burning incandescent flames descended upon the world.
As the celestial horse spread its wings and leaped down from the clouds, Chen Yu suddenly exerted force with his right arm, wrapped his arm around Hua Li, and then leaped into the air, landing steadily on the saddle.
The boy held the girl tightly around the waist with one hand and gripped the saddle ring with the other. Amidst the long neigh of the celestial horse, he shot into the deep twilight like a drawn silver arrow!
Ao Bai, who had curiously poked his cat head out of the Qiankun Bag, was blown about by the oncoming gale, his two ears resembling tiny sails. "Bad review! Bad review! Why isn't there a windproof barrier?!"
Ao Bai's fur was already long, but now it looked even more like a dandelion seed bursting open. "Host!! Host!! Why is he only using his horse now when he clearly has one? Have you thought about that? He's just showing off his power in front of you!"
The wind whistled past her ears, and Ao Bai's broken voice came through: "Huh? What made the fart explode?!"
Ao Bai: "......"
"Wanwan! Where's Tang Wanwan?!" It requested a change of vehicle!
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Tang Wanwan stumbled and struggled among the jagged rocks.
The blue dress was already stained with blood and its original color was no longer visible. Blood was constantly seeping out from several torn holes.
Her storage bag was about to run out, but the men in black continued their pursuit without pause.
Xiao Chen looked at the Spirit Absorption Mirror, which was progressing extremely slowly in the water mirror above, and his eyes flashed with hatred. "How dare a mere fish that slipped through the net ruin my great cause!"
His chilling voice was filled with murderous intent. The dense black energy in his right palm surged and condensed like a living thing, instantly twisting into a black ghost claw that sealed off all of Tang Wanwan's space to dodge.
Tang Wanwan's heart sank.
Now she only has the September Bow and the Nine Apertures Sealing Seal left, but the remaining spiritual power in her body is simply not enough for her to drive the two magical artifacts.
The Nine Apertures Sealing Seal can protect her from the black mist and allow her to disappear temporarily.
The September Bow, on the other hand, is a direct confrontation.
Tang Wanwan slowly reached for the Nine Apertures Sealing Spirit Seal in her hand and held it. "What great things can a coward like you who hides his head and tail accomplish? You do nothing but petty theft every day. If you're so capable, tell me who you are!"
It would be best to pull the mask off as well, so that when her father avenges her, he won't have to search the world for clues!
Xiao Chen sneered, "Do you think I'll fall for your provocation?" He glanced at Shui Jing again, "I'll send you on your way first, then let these people go down and join you!"
Something's not right! There's something wrong with how frequently he's looking at the water mirror!
Tang Wanwan stared intently at the man in black, and only then did she realize that compared to when he first appeared, the black aura surrounding him seemed to have lessened considerably after their entanglement.
Tang Wanwan spoke her mind, "Your disgusting black energy operates by absorbing spiritual energy? Now that the spirit-absorbing array is slowing down, the thing in your hand has become lighter?"
Seeing the other person pause, Tang Wanwan silently gave herself a thumbs up. "Wanwan is so great! Dad, did you see that? You must praise me properly when we get out!"
—If she were still alive.
If the opponent has indeed reduced the suction force of the formation because of this delay, then it means that as long as she delays for even a moment longer, Senior Brother Ziyan and Huali will have an extra chance to survive.
Everyone's trapped here now, and her father must be frantic outside, scratching his head in worry. Even if the Dream Realm only allows Golden Core cultivators to enter, her father might just destroy his cultivation and revert to Golden Core in his desperation...
A hint of a smile flashed in Tang Wanwan's eyes, and she sighed.
When she was little, she always envied her fellow disciples, who could learn everything from magic arrays to sword flight in no time. Unlike her, who was always loud and boisterous but slow at everything.
It's not that she doesn't work hard; she gets up earlier than the chickens and goes to bed later than the dogs every day!
Until that day.
Several traveling Buddhist monks arrived outside the mountain gate and began giving sermons in the temple square.
She hid in a corner and cried because she was being mocked. From afar, she heard the peaceful voice of a Buddhist monk on the high platform, whose face she could not see. It was like a clear mountain spring.
He said, "Everyone has different innate qualities, like a lotus with a thousand petals, each with its own unique posture. To force uniformity is to be attached to appearances. Let all things flow naturally, and the mind will find peace..."
At this moment, looking at the black mist around her that awaited to tear her apart, Tang Wanwan suddenly understood those words...
"All things flow naturally... and the heart finds peace..."
She didn't care whether others lived or died, but her senior brother Ziyan and Huali had to live!
But can she do it? Can someone at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm stand on their own?
But there's no other way.
Now, she can't rely on her father anymore.
Even relying on Senior Brother Ziyan is no longer an option.
Only she can rely on herself!
Tang Wanwan loosened her grip on the Spirit Sealing Seal, abandoning her only chance to escape the moment the black energy attacked. She instantly drew the Nine Moon Bow, saying, "How will I know if it works if I don't try!"
"Perhaps I am!" She drew back the arrow, her hands covered in blood. "A late bloomer!"
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dull impact echoed wildly within the barrier space.
Mo Ziyan was no longer the handsome man he once was; he was covered in blood and dressed in rags.
His body was covered with wounds torn open by the backlash of the barrier, yet he still didn't stop for a moment!
Wanwan is only in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Facing that person alone, even with a Heavenly Ultimate Magical Artifact, it will definitely be a tough battle!
Mo Ziyan swallowed the blood in his throat, made hand seals to ignite his divine soul, and mobilized the little remaining primal power in his dantian!
However, just as his power was about to reach its peak, the water mirror above, like a vulture spotting its prey, absorbed everything even more frantically!
"puff--"
The condensed spiritual energy suddenly dissipated, and Mo Ziyan spat out another mouthful of blood.
He knelt on one knee, supporting himself with the Qingli Sword, crying, "Wanwan... Wanwan!!!"
Hua Li and Shen Yu sped along the direction that absorbed the most spiritual energy in the water mirror above.
The moment the celestial horse stopped, Huali looked up and heard Mo Ziyan's desperate shouts.
Her heart sank, and she immediately jumped off her horse and ran towards Mo Ziyan, calling out, "Brother Mo!!"
Mo Ziyan, whose spiritual energy was being continuously drained, had bloodshot eyes. The moment he saw Hua Li, his eyes flashed with a captivating light!
He used all his remaining strength to press his blood-stained face against the barrier's light wall in an almost broken posture.
"Wanwan, hurry and save Wanwan!!!"
"She was being hunted down by the Lord of the Water Mirror, following her scent..."
"Crimson Flame Sparrow Feather, Gather!!"
The moment the barrier shattered, Shen Yu swiftly caught Mo Ziyan. Mo Ziyan rapidly formed hand seals, and as the blood threads condensed into red lines, he drifted towards the edge of the dense forest.
"Find her!"
Huali lifted her foot and ran.
At the same time, a scene suddenly appeared in the water mirror above their heads that was absorbing spiritual energy.
The moment Karin looked up, her eyes were bloodshot!
"Wanwan!!!"
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