Chapter 51 Sending her out. The moment that purple-clad figure appeared, Zhou…
As soon as the purple-clad figure appeared, the surrounding demons scattered, creating a vacuum around Xie Jitong, and his path to Gu Xiaozhu instantly became unobstructed.
He wore a smile, his steps were neither hurried nor slow, as if he had everything under control.
Soon, he strolled over to Gu Xiaozhu and Zhu Songyun, his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at them.
"Oh dear, Your Majesty is truly human. Does Your Majesty insist on having me come in person before you'll return?" he chuckled.
Gu Xiaozhu looked at him warily, suppressing the unease in her heart, and asked, "How did you know?"
Xie Jitong narrowed his eyes, the smile not reaching his eyes: "Know what?"
Gu Xiaozhu's expression darkened: "You know what I'm talking about, don't play innocent here."
Xie Jitong adopted a thoughtful expression. Soon, his eyes darted around, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he leaned forward slightly.
In that instant, Zhu Songyun's expression changed drastically. She had just reached out her hand and hadn't even had time to do anything when a clear cracking sound rang in their ears!
"Crack—!"
The previously set-up Bagua formation shattered instantly, and the surge of spiritual energy blew the hair on their foreheads, revealing identical expressions of terror on their faces.
Zhu Songyun's face suddenly turned pale, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood. Gu Xiaozhu, who was next to her, changed her expression and subconsciously wanted to check on her condition.
It was this moment of relaxation that allowed Xie Jitong to find an opening. Demonic energy burst forth from his fingertips, directly knocking the blade out of Gu Xiaozhu's hand and causing her to drop it.
Gu Xiaozhu felt a tingling sensation in her palm, and then quickly took out a small porcelain jade bottle from her storage bag and handed it to Zhu Songyun. It was a healing pill that Wu Jiangxue had given her earlier.
Xie Jitong smiled at the two of them, a hint of smugness on his face: "You're both too confident. How could you think such a formation could defend against me?"
"Of course I know this formation can't hold you." Zhu Songyun's complexion improved considerably after taking the healing pills. She coughed twice, looked up at the purple-robed man opposite her, and said provocatively, "You're so smug just because you broke a formation I casually set up?"
"The reason you vomited blood just now was because that formation required the person setting it up to continuously input spiritual energy. Caught off guard, you didn't have time to disconnect the spiritual energy link, and that's how you got hit."
She spread her hands, completely ignoring Xie Jitong's increasingly gloomy expression, and said sarcastically, "Oh dear, you don't really think you've done something amazing, do you?"
"Hehehe..." Xie Jitong chuckled softly, "If I can't touch her, can't I touch you?"
After saying that, he gathered demonic energy into a long whip in his hand and raised his hand to lash out at Zhu Songyun!
Gu Xiaozhu immediately stepped to the side, shielding Zhu Songyun behind her.
At the same time, a muffled rumble of thunder came from the horizon, and several bolts of lightning gathered above the group, as if they would strike down at any moment.
This scene made Xie Jitong pause in his actions, and the girl opposite him spoke up at this moment: "With [His] help, you should also think that Heaven will stand on my side."
Gu Xiaozhu raised her eyes, and her usually gentle gaze turned sharp at this moment, like a sharp blade piercing straight into Xie Jitong's heart.
"Yes, I shouldn't be here. But also—"
"He shouldn't be here either!"
"Boom—!"
Thunder rumbled from the horizon, and dark clouds loomed over the city, as if the heavens were supporting her words.
Xie Jitong was silent for a moment, then the whip in his hand disappeared, and a smile returned to his face. His ability to change his expression so quickly was truly remarkable: "I was just joking, you won't mind, right?"
Gu Xiaozhu across from her remained silent for a moment before finally speaking: "Of course... not."
At the same time, she felt a sense of relief.
It's confirmed.
[Host, host, how was it? I did a good job, right?]
"Yes, you did a great job. It's basically certain that the laws can't intervene too much at the moment."
[I knew it! All that grand gesture, and they can only get by indirectly? Garbage!]
Gu Xiaozhu said helplessly, "But you can't do too much either, can you? The law can't intervene, which means you can't intervene either, otherwise it will break the balance between you and [He]."
【Ah...that's true, but didn't you manage to bluff that guy surnamed Xie?】
That's absolutely right.
She made the Heavenly Dao appear as if heavenly lightning was gathering at the top, partly to test her, and partly to intimidate her.
Making Xie Jitong believe that Heaven would help her, even if it couldn't achieve that effect, would make him hesitant. After all, she had "Heaven's help," but he himself couldn't get the laws of nature to help him!
On the other side, Xie Jitong's smile widened: "So, I have come as you instructed. Now, shouldn't you also keep your promise—"
"Come back with me?"
Gu Xiaozhu nodded: "Of course, but I have one more condition." She looked up at Xie Jitong and smiled for the first time: "I want to see Song Yun leave the Demon Realm with my own eyes, now."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Songyun's eyes widened immediately, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "What?! We were together before—"
"It's just a small request, you'll grant it, right?" Gu Xiaozhu interrupted Zhu Songyun before she could finish speaking.
Xie Jitong's smile was almost gone. Finally, he glanced at the still-lingering dark clouds in the sky and gritted his teeth, saying, "Of course."
Gu Xiaozhu added with a smile, "Oh, by the way, Heaven will keep an eye on things for me, so you'd better not do anything underhanded."
Xie Jitong: "How could that be..." As he spoke, the smile on his face could no longer be maintained. With a snap of his fingers, Zhu Songyun, who was about to say something more, disappeared from the spot.
"Alright, she has been sent out of the Demon Realm."
Gu Xiaozhu looked at the person opposite her, but did not answer immediately.
"System, has Songyun really left the Demon Realm?" she asked in her mind.
[Yes, host, Zhu Songyun has indeed left the Demon Realm. She was abandoned in a wasteland outside the Demon Realm's border.]
Gu Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Zhu Songyun was no longer in the Demon Realm, escaping to a safe place wouldn't be a problem for her, given her abilities.
She waved her hand, and the dark clouds on the horizon seemed to receive some kind of instruction, slowly dispersing.
"Since you've kept your promise, I'll go back with you."
Xie Jitong raised an eyebrow and extended his hand: "Then—please."
Gu Xiaozhu looked at it for a while, then sighed and said, "Okay."
She extended her hand.
I wonder if Ah He has successfully entered the Holy Land yet. Hopefully, he's bought enough time.
… …
"Da da—"
On the silent altar, only the sound of footsteps echoed around. All around were corpses lying in disarray, and crimson blood flowed like a river down the steps, but soon, a chill enveloped them, freezing the flowing blood into ice.
A white shoe stepped on it, crushing the blood-red ice into dust.
"Do you really have to go through all this trouble?" an impatient voice came from ahead.
Jiang Zhihe smiled and casually flicked the long sword in his hand: "If we don't do this, their blood will splatter all over me! Then I'll be too embarrassed to go to Xiaozhu."
Although the boy in red was a bit disheveled, he was still relatively clean overall. However, some splattering was unavoidable on the hem of his clothes, but this was not a big deal.
Teng Shao, on the other hand, was a fire elementalist and naturally lacked this ability. Therefore, compared to Jiang Zhihe, he was in a much worse state. Large patches of bright red were on his body, and although most of it wasn't his own, it still made him feel uncomfortable.
He looked up, casually wiped the blood from his face with his sleeve, and said through gritted teeth, "Then at least help me freeze it!"
Jiang Zhihe whistled: "That would take up too much spiritual energy."
"Heh, it's not worth it if you use it yourself."
"That's right!"
"Tsk."
As expected, after the two arrived at the Holy Land through the secret passage, they were besieged by the fallen demons guarding the Holy Land.
The two fought their way out with sheer strength, but due to the prolonged battle, they inevitably became exhausted. Therefore, after Zhao Yi and Zhao Er were seriously injured, they were unable to pursue the fleeing two.
Suppressing his irritation, Teng Shao turned and walked towards the top of the altar, and Jiang Zhihe immediately followed.
The top of the altar was circular, and intricate magic circle patterns were engraved on it. After standing in the center, Teng Shao knelt down on one knee, stretched out his palm and pressed it on the pattern in the center of the magic circle. At the same time, magic power was output from his body outward. The magic power gathered into dark red lines and continued to spread outward, quickly illuminating the entire magic circle.
The altar began to tremble slightly, and the red magic circle detached from the altar and slowly rose, eventually converging to form a white vortex mixed with red light spots.
"Looks no different from the ones I've seen before." Jiang Zhihe muttered to himself, reaching out to pat Teng Shao's shoulder, but when his gaze fell on Teng Shao's blood-stained clothes, he silently withdrew his hand, his face even showing a barely perceptible look of disgust.
Teng Shao: "..."
Unable to bear it any longer, he reached out and wiped the still-wet bloodstains from his hands onto Jiang Zhihe's sleeve.
Jiang Zhihe's expression changed drastically, and he immediately retreated! But due to the excessive movement, he accidentally aggravated his still-healing wound: "Ouch—what are you doing?!"
Teng Shao said expressionlessly, "You're too clean-cut and don't fit in. I'll teach you to be more sociable."
Jiang Zhihe's face was full of accusation: "There are only the two of us here! What's this about us not fitting in?!"
Teng Shao rolled his eyes, stepped forward, and stood at the edge of the vortex: "Do you want to come in with me? After all, I don't know what these 'soul fragments' you're talking about look like."
Only those with direct bloodlines from the Demon Lord can enter the Demon Realm Holy Land. The fundamental reason is that only the magic power of this bloodline can activate the magic array and open the entrance to the Demon Realm Holy Land.
Once the entrance is open, if someone wants to enter, all they need to do is carry the aura of the successor.
Jiang Zhihe glanced at the blood that Teng Shao had just smeared on his body and pursed his lips.
So the blood was his own, and that way he could get in.
"In, in, in! Of course we have to go in!" he replied, stepping forward. "It's too dangerous outside! Reinforcements will be here soon. Going in will at least give us some cover!"
After saying that, the two stepped into the vortex together, their figures disappearing from the spot.
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