Chapter 254
The Xuanhe River, shrouded in mist, no longer shimmered as it once did. With the fall of the gods, the Xuanhe River, which once spanned the heavens, transformed into endless rain and mist, falling upon the battlefield to purify and wash away the pervasive bloodlust.
With Xuanhe gone, the divine realm perished.
Suddenly, the sound of falling into the water rang out, and the figure holding the fan was left as a blur in the divine water.
But the body that replaced Bai Xie's was a creature that was pure white and translucent, with a mane like a lion. It tumbled in the dark water, its body like a frost dragon with four dragon claws, eighty-one scales on its back, and whiskers that slid down to the shore.
The dragon described in ancient books.
They were completely identical.
The dragon's four claws were driven into nails, its long tail was covered in wounds, and a demonic weapon was stuck in its jawbone. For thousands of years, it has been stained with blood, and the blood has dissolved the mysterious water.
He opened his bright dragon eyes, crawled out of the dark water, and his enormous body caused the space to tremble. When he saw Ying Ning, his dragon whiskers rose angrily:
"Demons?!"
"How dare you come to the land of the gods?!"
After Bai Xie transformed into human form, he seemed somewhat delirious. He appeared to be trapped in some kind of memory. Upon seeing the datura petals on half of Ying Ning's face, he felt that this alluring woman must be a junior general sent by the demon race!
0067 also noticed Bai Xie's unusual behavior at this moment: "Master, it seems that this space has affected him."
"Then why am I alright?" Ying Ning realized that she had only taken off her ghost robe, which was now being tightly held by a small mermaid in a corner not far away.
I don't know why.
"When the law fell, the merman shielded you, Master." 0067 recalled the scene just now. It had intended to set up a protective barrier for its master, but it didn't expect that the merman seemed to have seen something familiar and actually stood directly beside its master.
The laws of space mostly fell upon Bai Xie.
0067 pondered that it must be because Bai Xie's words of killing had angered the little mermaid.
"So Bai Xie's original form was a Chi dragon?" Ying Ning stared at Bai Xie's body covered in wounds, while the Chi dragon's eyes were bloodshot and its pale abdomen trembled with pain from wounds that had never healed.
"He was forced back to his original form by the laws of space, and his memories seem to be temporarily disordered," 0067 explained.
Bai Xie nodded, looking at the demon in front of him. He realized that he couldn't quite remember how he got here. The Xuan Water beneath him temporarily soothed his aching wounds. Since there was Xuan Water, it must be the domain of the gods.
Although he couldn't recall which god had set up the domain, he felt a sense of familiarity with it.
Bai Xie shook his dragon head. The important thing now was that this demon had the strength to sneak into the divine realm. He looked at Ying Ning's appearance and had never seen her before.
It is unknown whether a new general emerged from the demon realm while he was asleep healing.
"A mere demon dares to be so audacious!" Bai Xie leaped out of the Xuan Water, lowered his dragon head, and suddenly unleashed a burst of dragon breath, which instantly unleashed a thousand blades and ten thousand slashes towards Ying Ning!
"You little dragon, how dare you speak so arrogantly." Ying Ning retreated with lightning speed, dodging the dragon's breath, and used her whip to bind a nail on Bai Xie's claw. Instantly, his throbbing pain echoed through the space.
The fine chains, nailed everywhere, were all buried inside his flesh, eventually converging on a heart riddled with holes.
The tearing sensation felt as if it were ripping apart Bai Xie's internal organs. He endured the pain and raised his dragon claw to strike down, but it only caused the spirit rock beside the Xuan Shui to collapse with a crash.
The two fought for over a hundred rounds, but Bai Xie did not gain the upper hand.
Finally, after Ying Ning forcefully threw Bai Xie into the Xuan Shui, he seemed to calm down for a moment. The wounds that had just been slightly healed by the Xuan Shui were now reopened due to the fighting.
The bloody smell of the black water grew even stronger.
"I say, can't you, little dragon, tell whether I am a demon or not?"
"Such a large dragon eye, if it goes blind, it would be better to make a luminous pearl for me." Ying Ning stood on the spiritual rock beside the Xuan River, her expression unrestrained, while the red spider lilies at the corners of her eyes were in full bloom.
Bai Xie's head was submerged in the dark water, and he couldn't help but look up at her.
The moon shone brightly, illuminating half of her flawless white face. Whether she frowned or smiled, she was captivating. But her right earlobe, fed on blood, was cruelly slashed apart by eerie flower petals that tore at her eyebrows and eyes.
When she is not smiling, she has compassion for all living beings.
When she laughs, she is bewitching to all beings.
The blood-red stamens of the datura flower adorned only at the corners of the eyes, yet they resembled a few drops of tears from a fallen demon.
With such a beautiful appearance, Bai Xie naturally associated her with the demon race. He was still young and inexperienced, while the heavy, gloomy death aura on Ying Ning's body could not possibly be possessed by gods or immortals.
Bai Xie then realized that this woman was only surrounded by death energy, and had no demonic energy at all.
His dragon body lay in the Xuan Shui Pool, while his dragon head, submerged in the water, paused suspiciously for a moment. "Are you from the Underworld?"
"A wandering spirit?"
"Or is it a ghost?"
"What is your purpose in coming to the battlefield?" Bai Xie asked a barrage of questions, which was in line with his talkative nature as a ghost messenger from the underworld.
Bai Xie's gaze never left Ying Ning as he pondered his next move.
Although the clashes between the two realms involve the Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Ghost Realm, the Underworld seems to have never been involved. Bai Xie suddenly remembered what a high god had said before: the Ghost Realm and the Underworld have a close relationship.
It is unknown whether the appearance of the underworld beings near the battlefield at this time is also indicative of their intention to side with the demon realm, just like the ghost realm.
Bai Xie couldn't help but become wary of Ying Ning, and his body seemed too tired; the fight with Ying Ning had aggravated his old heart injury.
"I have no interest in a major war."
"I just accidentally wandered into this place and I don't know how to get out." Ying Ning looked at the Chilong, whose body was lying in the Xuan water, and whose wounds seemed to be slowly healing.
"This is a spatial domain set up by the gods. It will not be opened unless the master of the divine domain opens it or it dissipates and breaks down over time."
"With your level of skill—" Bai Xie scoffed.
"Difficult to break through."
"That's perfect, then I'll stay here."
The dragon's breath is slow, indicating that it's too lazy to bother with it.
Yingning surveyed the divine realm and discovered that amidst the endless mist, only this pool of mysterious water seemed to exist. Bored, she sat down on the spirit rock.
"This divine realm doesn't seem to have anything good."
The Chilong, currently recovering from its injuries, gave a disdainful look:
“This divine realm is full of treasures, truly a rare gem.”
"For example?"
Bai Xie raised his head and said in a childlike boast:
"Beneath me lies the water of the Mysterious River of the Divine Realm, which can nourish all living things and purify this world."
"oh?"
"It has such a wonderful use."
"The water of the Divine River has wondrous uses of nature," the little dragon said smugly.
"It just so happens that I find this Xuan Water quite good. I plan to find a way to gradually transport it back to the Underworld so that I can use it to water the flowers."
"You dare!"
"You are not allowed to insult the Mysterious Water of the Divine Realm!"
This was the first time Ying Ning had ever seen Bai Xie act so protectively. With his memories in disarray, he really did resemble a pure, low-IQ dragon who only knew how to recklessly fight.
Despite being covered in wounds, he remained reckless.
It's just unknown what he went through to eventually transform into a ghost messenger feared by the underworld.
It is even more unknown how Que Rong brought such a dragon to the underworld.
Yingning glanced at the plotline. According to the plotline, there was never any clue that Bai Xie's original form was a Chilong.
Time seemed to stand still in the divine realm. Bai Xie would lie in the Xuan Water for a short while, then secretly peek at Ying Ning's actions. He wondered what kind of conspiracy these people from the underworld might be plotting.
Now that she's under his nose, I must keep a close watch on her.
Bai Xie spied on Ying Ning for a long time, only to see her lying on her side with her back to him in the thin mist, her hands in a strange gesture, doing something he couldn't tell.
Unable to resist his curiosity, he swam out of the dark water.
"What are you doing?" He didn't know Ying Ning's name.
The mist dissipated, and the dragon's head drooped.
Bai Xie watched curiously as the petals fluttered in the thin mist, seeing them drift down inch by inch, then take root on the ground, sprouting new leaves and withering away, only to be crushed back into dust and mist in the blink of an eye.
Scarlet petals droop, vibrant in the thin mist.
"What is this...?" The dragon sniffed the air with its enormous nostrils.
It's a hard-to-describe flavor, almost imperceptible.
It is intense and alluring up close, but only a faint fragrance remains when you are away from it.
"Manjusaka, the flower that draws souls from hell." The person, half-lying down, gently rested his chin on his hand and, while Bai Xie was carefully studying the petals, quickly threw something into his mouth with his other hand.
The dragon, realizing what had happened, flew into a rage: "What did you feed me?!"
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