Injuried
"Run!"
Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue, dragging their severely injured bodies, threw healing pills into their mouths as they desperately flew forward. Behind them, a Nascent Soul stage male cultivator was leisurely chasing after them, playing cat and mouse, occasionally launching a spiritual energy attack on them, causing their wounds to worsen and leaving them covered in blood.
Behind the Nascent Soul stage male cultivator was a flying boat. On the flying boat was another Nascent Soul stage male cultivator, who was driving the boat alone, leading a group of lower-level cultivators, who followed closely behind the three of them.
"Lin Shi, we've been marked with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator's tracking mark. It's going to be very difficult for us to escape! Do you have any other way to escape?" Ye Ruxue asked Lin Shi telepathically as she flew forward.
“Two Nascent Soul stage cultivators—even if we hide in a minor spirit realm or secret realm, they will still find us and kill us. Unless we find a teleportation array to another middle world and escape in time, or if we are not afraid of death and go directly to the lower realm through the ascension passage of a minor world to hide first. Once we go to a different realm, the tracking mark will become invalid!” Lin Shi’s tone was also a bit desperate, but she still flew forward with all her might.
Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue flew forward desperately, remaining silent for a while. Cracks were already appearing in their nascent souls, their cultivation levels had regressed to the peak of the Golden Core stage, and there was even a tendency for them to continue regressing. The increasing number of wounds on their bodies brought with them excruciating pain.
Ahead of Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue, they could vaguely see the outline of a large city. They would reach the city gates after crossing a few more mountains. They had originally headed towards the city, humbly praying that a high-level cultivator would be kind enough to save their lives, even though the probability was negligible.
After communicating telepathically, the two of them turned around and headed towards the ascension passage of the small world in a short while.
"Where are those two going? Don't tell me they're going to die and want to go back to the small world?" On the flying boat following closely behind Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue, Luo Cheng watched them turn around and fly away from the big city, and couldn't help but make a malicious guess while laughing.
“Perhaps. Lowly cultivators from the lower realms should stay in the lower realms and shouldn’t come to our Yuanshu Realm to compete for cultivation resources.” Luo Cheng’s subordinates echoed his statement.
The Nascent Soul cultivator on the same flying boat as Luo Cheng remained silent, offering no comment, though a faint smile flickered in his eyes. The Nascent Soul cultivators who had been toying with Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue, following closely behind, also discovered their plan and intensified their attacks, launching a frenzied assault on them.
"Pfft!" Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue were knocked to the ground by the sudden increase in attacks, and couldn't help but spit out mouthfuls of blood. Their faces and bodies were covered in blood, which stained their beautiful faces and graceful figures so much that they were no longer recognizable as blood-soaked figures.
The Nascent Soul stage cultivator and his flying boat landed on the open ground. Two Nascent Soul stage cultivators stood side by side, not far in front of Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue. Luo Cheng, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, along with six Golden Core and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, stood beside the Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
"Who are you? Why are you chasing us?" Lin Shi asked, coughing up blood. She and Ye Ruxue struggled to their feet, supporting each other, and found themselves standing right next to the exit of an ascension passage in a small world.
"Last time at the Mirror Lake Secret Realm at the foot of Aunt Mountain, you two ruined my plans. You didn't think you could escape my revenge, did you?" Luo Cheng said smugly. His eyes were filled with malice as he looked at Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue.
Luo Cheng's subordinates sneered. The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, however, did not join in the mockery; instead, their eyes were icy, and they looked at Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue as if they were ants or dead people, cold and ruthless.
After Luo Cheng finished speaking, he wanted to approach Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue to tease them a bit more, but he was stopped by a Nascent Soul cultivator using his spiritual power. He said, "Don't get close to them. Most cultivators who ascend from the lower realms are ruthless and may have trump cards up their sleeves!"
"Father, with you and Uncle here, do we need to be afraid of two mere Nascent Soul stage female cultivators?" Luo Cheng said nonchalantly to one of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators were Luo Cheng's biological father and uncle, respectively.
Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue watched the cultivators in front of them warily, but did not immediately jump into the unknown small world ascension passage.
"We're all going to die today, why don't you tell us your names so we can die knowing why?" More blood flowed from Ye Ruxue's mouth, but she just let the blood flow onto her dress and asked calmly.
"You wouldn't recognize me even if I told you. You country bumpkins, prepare to die!" Luo Cheng wasn't foolish enough to reveal his sect and name; he simply attacked Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue first. His subordinates followed closely behind, frantically throwing various magical artifacts and spells at the two female cultivators, as if those artifacts were either given away for free or stolen.
The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators stood with their hands in their sleeves, coldly watching Luo Cheng and his subordinates attack Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue.
Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue worked together to deflect the frontal attacks coming at them while simultaneously checking behind them to make sure no one was sneaking up on them from behind. As they fought back, they also threw down some array stones.
The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators were confident, watching Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue's actions without making a move. They practically regarded Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue as clowns struggling in their death throes, simply watching with amusement as their juniors attacked the two of them.
Lin Shi and Ye Ruxue exchanged a glance, then leaped into the unknown ascension passage behind them. Once they were fully inside, Lin Shi's cold voice rang out from within the passage, declaring "Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation." Immediately, Luo Cheng and his six subordinates were dragged into the sword formation and plummeted towards the ascension passage.
"Help!" Luo Cheng immediately screamed.
"You're courting death!" The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators reacted immediately and flew to drag Luo Cheng back from the exit of the ascension passage in the small world. However, Luo Cheng's body was already covered with dense wounds from spiritual energy attacks, making him look terrifying and bloody.
Luo Cheng's six subordinates weren't so lucky. With their screams, they were instantly dragged and plummeted into the ascension passage of the small world. Moments later, their final screams of death echoed. Their black souls, just as they were about to emerge from the ascension passage, were instantly annihilated by the sword energy of the Demon-Slaying Sword.
Luo Cheng stared wide-eyed, still reeling from the shock, at the ascension passage of the unknown small world, momentarily speechless. Worse still, it seemed as if he had been instantly struck by a demonic possession, a layer of black mist immediately swirling around his face.
"Damn those lower realm cultivators!" The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators immediately attacked the ascension passage, but found they couldn't damage it at all. The moment they finished, the Heavenly Dao restored the ascension passage to its original state. They attempted to compress their cultivation and descend the ascension passage to kill the two female cultivators, but before they could even approach the entrance, they were unable to advance any further.
In an instant, a huge commotion erupted around the entrance to the ascension passage of the unknown small world. Nearby cultivators, hearing the commotion from afar, quickly avoided it, taking detours to escape the wrath.
After that day, the news that "Luo Cheng, a scion of the Luo family, a powerful cultivation clan in Xuantian City, was nearly killed in front of his father and uncle, who were at the Nascent Soul stage, by two female cultivators from the lower realm, and was so frightened that he developed a demonic impulse" spread like wildfire throughout the twenty-three cities of the Yuanshu Realm, causing countless cultivators to laugh and discuss.
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