Chapter 174 Xiao Chen! I'll kill you!!!
In the Xuyue Mountain.
The leaden gray sky above the Dream Realm was torn apart by three terrifying forces capable of changing the world.
The Nine Spirits Netherfire, carrying the Demon Lord's burning anxiety and bone-corroding rage, crashed down!
Wherever the blazing flames passed, the space seemed to groan as if melting.
Following closely behind was the Vajra Pestle wielded by the Buddhist disciple. Golden lotuses unfurled layer by layer, precisely striking the entrance to the secret realm, and in an instant, another burst of golden light erupted!
The third beam of light was like an ice cone descending from the Milky Way. The silver light of the Cursed Heart Butterfly condensed into a chain, closely following the Ghostly Flame and the Buddha's Light, anchoring at the same point!
The three ultimate powers, carrying the might to destroy all laws, converged with a deafening roar under the watchful eyes of countless people holding their breath!
Buzz—
The gate to the Dream Realm caved in violently, forming a bottomless vortex!
"Now's the moment! The breach has loosened!"
Tang Yu roared, his blood-red eyes fixed on the tiny crack that seemed on the verge of collapse.
"Everyone, lend your spiritual power to the Demon King, the Buddha's son, and the Demon Lord! Help them tear open the secret realm in one fell swoop!!"
*
Within the Dream Realm, a massive barrier resembled an inverted glass bowl, enveloping all cultivators from all directions.
Tang Wanwan's desperate warning still echoed in their ears, and most of the cultivators suppressed their panic and unease, trying their best to keep their emotions at their lowest point.
Sure enough, the light absorbing spiritual energy from the barrier dimmed a bit.
But this oppressive calm did not last long.
Beneath the deathly silence lies a surging undercurrent.
In a corner, several Lingyin Sect cultivators dressed in beautiful robes were trying to remain calm as they whispered among themselves, “This barrier is clearly a variant of the ancient Spirit Locking Array. If you ask me, we should all use all our spiritual power together; we’ll definitely be able to break through it in one fell swoop.”
"You can't believe everything that rich young lady Tang Wanwan says."
The demon cultivator beside him sneered, "Didn't you just try? You still couldn't get out."
"You!!!" One of the female cultivators frowned. "Sunset City is indeed a backwater, and its people are indeed narrow-minded. I'm talking about everyone together!"
A murderous glint flashed in the demonic cultivator's eyes.
Although Envoy Xiwu had repeatedly warned against indiscriminate killing before he came, if he could get out, he would tear that woman's mouth apart.
The female cultivator was startled by the other party's sinister gaze, and awkwardly pursed her lips, stiffening her neck as she turned her head away.
These few words, however, successfully amplified the emotions in people's hearts.
Fear, discontent, and shirking of responsibility spread like a plague.
The water mirror, which had dimmed, seemed to sense the rising negative emotions and began to flicker again.
"Amitabha." A clear and peaceful chant rang out, uttered by several Buddhist disciples dressed in simple robes.
“Esteemed benefactors, anger is of no use; it only fuels the flames of this barrier. Benefactor Tang has already done a great deed by risking his life to warn us. To complain and blame others now would be to destroy your own defenses.”
The first to speak, a Lingyin Sect cultivator, scoffed, "Easy for you to say. The fact that she could issue a warning means she wasn't inside the barrier. She might have already escaped by now."
"So what if she ran away?" The half-demon Sheng Li, who hadn't spoken until now, looked over. "Running away is her skill. If I were her, I wouldn't bother saving you!"
"You!" Just as Yin Xiu was about to speak, the water mirror above everyone's heads suddenly changed.
*
Just as the black, withered claws were about to tear Tang Wanwan apart...
A condensed beam of moonlight tore through the black mist, heading straight for Xiao Chen's throat, forcing him to take a step back.
Tang Wanwan dared not stop for a moment. Ignoring the excruciating pain of her dantian shattering, she drew the crescent bow again at such a tricky angle that it was clearly a desperate killing move.
Xiao Chen sneered, "A mere trick!"
The black energy around him surged instantly, condensing into a black claw phantom that precisely crushed the incoming arrow.
Tang Wanwan instantly sensed the other party's rapidly increasing cultivation level, "Nascent Soul?"
If someone is a Nascent Soul cultivator, why didn't the Dream Realm expel them?
Before she could come up with an answer, Xiao Chen's attack came again. The two were a whole level apart in cultivation, and Tang Wanwan didn't even have time to dodge before she was attacked by the black energy and her body was suddenly arched backward.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Just as Xiao Chen was about to crush this insignificant ant that had ruined his grand plan, he suddenly felt a strong suction force coming from the water mirror.
His hand froze in mid-air, and a twisted realization suddenly flashed in his sinister eyes.
“It would be a pity to kill them like this. Why not…” He grabbed Tang Wanwan’s hair, “and use you to stir up the storm in the hearts of these people, to add fuel to the fire of my great formation.”
Tang Wanwan was forced to raise her neck, blood trickling down her forehead, "What...do you want to do..."
Xiao Chen chuckled and raised his hand, his gaze blurred by Tang Wanwan's pain.
The water mirror above, with its viscous black mist flowing through it, resembled a demon opening its giant eyes, its shimmering light clearly reflecting off Tang Wanwan's face.
"Wanwan!!"
Beneath the water mirror, Mo Ziyan let out a roar that sounded inhuman.
Outside the secret realm, Tang Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, crying out, "My daughter!"
Huali stared at Shuijing with bloodshot eyes, "Chen Yu! Quickly!!!"
Pegasus raised its head and neighed once more, leading the three of them towards the end of the red line!
"Wanwan! Wait for me!!!"
*
The feeling of suffocation and excruciating pain overwhelmed Tang Wanwan like a tidal wave.
Her face was pressed firmly against the water mirror, with such force that it seemed as if her neck bones would be crushed.
Blood continued to seep from the corner of her lips, and a faint yet incredibly clear thought surfaced like a venomous snake: "I...I really am still...incapable."
This world isn't a storybook, and she's not the protagonist who can turn the tide in a crisis...
All resistance and struggle appear laughable and futile in the face of absolute power.
But...
She was unwilling to accept it, she was so unwilling to accept it!!
Even if it means death! She can't just die like this!
The indomitable spirit that had never been extinguished deep within her soul made her roar like a wild beast. In the instant her soul-burning power erupted, she suddenly spun around, snapped off her own arm, and grabbed upwards!
Even if she dies, she wants to die knowing the truth!
Tear—
The sound of tearing cloth was especially jarring in the deathly silence!
Tang Wanwan forcibly ripped off Xiao Chen's veil.
A pale, youthful face, covered in twisted demonic patterns, yet still vaguely revealing its former handsome features, was revealed.
"You bitch! You're asking for it!!"
Caught off guard by the sudden revelation of her true appearance, Xiao Chen's eyes flashed with shock, rage, and madness. He released Tang Wanwan's neck, then swiftly moved down to grab her left arm, the one that had torn off her veil!
"Snap!"
A violent cracking sound suddenly rang out!
But that wasn't enough for him; he twisted the object with a cruel, vengeful twist!
"Aaaaaah!!!"
The unimaginable pain caused Tang Wanwan to convulse violently!
She crashed into the water mirror again, spurting blood from her mouth and nose, staining the water mirror crimson!
"Hah...hah..." Blood and froth surged in her throat, each word Tang Wanwan uttered sounding like it was being ground together with shattered bones: "Baiyun Mountain...the black mist...it was you...who caused this..."
Xiao Chen felt the spiritual energy surging from all directions around the water mirror. His eyes lit up and became even more twisted. "So what if it's me? You think you can ascend to the Great Dao just by cultivating every day? But the Heavenly Dao sees us as nothing more than ants!"
"I had already resigned myself to my fate and prepared to stay with Tingnu forever, but I unexpectedly discovered the truth..."
He stared at the black energy in his palm, his expression ferocious. "Only this black power can break the shackles of heaven and earth! Only by devouring the spiritual power of you young Golden Core cultivators can I ascend to immortality in one fell swoop!"
The increasing power of fear amplifies the water mirror's absorption of spiritual energy.
Xiao Chen roared at the heavens and earth, at all those who witnessed it, like a madman lost in a speech: "You don't understand at all! Ants trying to shake a tree, if you want to ascend, you must transcend the laws of heaven!"
Seeing that the water mirror was absorbing more and more power, Xiao Chen was overjoyed. He lowered his head and broke Tang Wanwan's broken arm again, causing more bone fragments to pierce her skin!
A sickly flush rose on his face, and his strength was surging!
"Not enough, far from enough."
The black energy in his hand instantly transformed into a sword, which he thrust fiercely towards Tang Wanwan's body!
"Wanwan!!!"
Hua Li coughed up blood. "Chen Yu! Faster! Faster!!!"
In her hazy state, Tang Wanwan seemed to hear someone calling her, but she was no longer able to respond.
She never clearly felt her life slipping away; coldness and numbness surged from her extremities to her heart like a tide.
"Woo..." A whimper, like that of a small animal, finally escaped from the corner of her lips.
She should have been braver, like the heroine in a storybook, courageous and fearless even in her last moments.
How cool and beautiful that would be! I bet a lot of people would think she's no longer the pampered young lady who's always being protected by Senior Brother Ziyan!
But she simply couldn't do it.
She...was really...scared...
Her father's warm, large hand still seemed to linger on her head; the memory of her senior brother Ziyan taking her out to buy storybooks felt like it was just yesterday; and that stingy Huali had even offered to let her go find her little brother...
She couldn't bear to leave; she didn't want to die.
Was she destined to be a useless, good-for-nothing for life?!
Must her name be associated only with "uselessness" and "cowardice"?!
Is she really destined to be crushed here like a lump of mud?!
No! !
Tang Wanwan suddenly tilted her head back, her golden core forcibly ignited in the despair of near death, and the barrier of the mid-stage realm began to shatter with a "crack".
Why should I?!
Why can't she handle it!
"Why... do you think I'm useless...?"
The moment the barrier shattered, Tang Wanwan unleashed an astonishing roar, her cultivation level, which was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, soared all the way to the peak of the Golden Core realm!
"I'll show you! I'm not a loser!!!"
Under Xiao Chen's shocked gaze, Tang Wanwan's severed right hand was quickly reattached, and the Xuanfeng Sword thrust towards him with overwhelming force!
"Pfft—"
As the sword pierced his shoulder, Tang Wanwan's body flew out like a kite with a broken string!
"The cycle of flourishing and decay, the essence of life!!"
A huge, gentle green aura enveloped Tang Wanwan just as she was about to land. As the warm, healing power quickly entered her body, Hua Li stepped forward and caught her.
Tang Wanwan vomited a mouthful of blood, "...Hua...Li...am I...so...handsome...?"
"Yes! You did a great job... Wanwan is the best girl in the world!" Huali's eyes were bloodshot, and her hands trembled uncontrollably...
If, if she had arrived a moment later...
Handing Tang Wanwan to Mo Ziyan, who pounced on her, Hua Li raised her head, her almond-shaped eyes filled with unprecedented hatred, and said, word by word, "Xiao Chen, I! Want! You! To! Die!!!"
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