Although Jiang Zhige suddenly showed a power comparable to that of the Armored Skeleton, the person who wanted to buy her time to escape had just died. How could she let Jiang Zhige face the Armored Skeleton alone? Just as Nangong Rou hesitated, the Armored Skeleton rushed over with a pitch-black broadsword in hand.

Jiang Zhige did not retreat but advanced, holding the magic sword in both hands and slashing at the armored skeleton head-on.

In an instant, the man and his bone sword collided dozens of times, and the sound of metal collision was endless in the corridor.

It was like a fight between mortal swordsmen. There were no fancy martial arts or spiritual power, only the pure flash of swords and shadows.

Having said that, both sides were far beyond the Spiritual Martial Realm in terms of speed and strength, which dazzled Nangong Rou.

This seemed to be the first time in her life that she had seen a battle of this level that relied purely on strength and speed without relying on spiritual power.

"Rou'er, I am confident that I can defeat it. You being around will only distract me. Leave now!"

Jiang Zhige clenched his teeth. He seemed to be in a state of ease, but in fact he could only hold on with difficulty. If Nangong Rou didn't leave, he would be exposed.

After hearing this, Nangong Rou hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to turn around and escape.

Although he was afraid that Jiang Zhige would be defeated by the armored skeleton, now was not the time to be indecisive.

Just as Jiang Zhige said, since he is confident that he can deal with the armored skeleton, Nangong Rou would only be a burden if she stayed.

When Nangong Rou left, the originally evenly matched situation changed rapidly.

Jiang Zhige could barely keep up with the speed, but his strength was far inferior to that of the Armored Skeleton, and he was beaten back step by step.

Jiang Zhige looked grim. At first, he was indeed able to fight against the Armored Skeleton on equal terms. The problem was that his cultivation was only at the initial stage of spiritual martial arts. After a few rounds of such high-intensity battles, his body would become overwhelmed. However, the Armored Skeleton, on the other hand, seemed to be getting stronger and stronger as the battle went on without any consumption.

The reason why Jiang Zhige didn't use martial arts was because the martial arts he learned during the body refining period would have no effect on the armored skeleton, but would instead consume too much of his own energy.

Fortunately, this battle was not a crushing one. As long as they could hold on for a while and make sure Nangong Rou escaped out of the tomb, Jiang Zhige would be able to find a chance to escape.

After dozens of rounds, Jiang Zhige was finding it increasingly strenuous to fight. The hand holding the magic sword was trembling slightly, and blood was gushing out from his knuckles.

“Should, should it be almost done?”

Jiang Zhige glanced behind him. Nangong Rou was at the Spiritual Martial Realm after all. After so much time had passed, it shouldn't be a problem for her to escape from the tomb.

Just when Jiang Zhige wanted to retreat, the armored skeleton seemed to sense his thoughts and turned around to block the exit.

Jiang Zhige tried to force the armored skeleton back, but unfortunately he was almost exhausted and could not fight it head-on. Instead, he was chopped back five meters by a sword.

Jiang Zhige wanted to use his martial arts to escape, but he saw the armored skeleton thrust a knife into the ground, black energy surged from his body, and in just a few seconds he created a formation that surrounded the entire tomb.

Jiang Zhige's face turned pale and a feeling of despair arose in his heart.

He never imagined that a skeleton's combat thinking could be as active as that of a human being, and could even set up a formation in such a short time.

Using himself as the center of the formation, without any engraving techniques, just by inserting a knife into the ground, he can set up a large trap formation, which is simply unbelievable.

Jiang Zhige’s current strength is not enough to break out of the trap in an instant, which means that he is doomed to die.

"Well, Rou'er must have escaped."

Jiang Zhige shook his head, but was not too frightened.

As long as Nangong Rou is still alive, his life doesn't seem that important.

The armored skeleton didn't give any chance at all, and its power kept rising, and soon it became as strong as the Yuanhai realm.

"Yuanhai Realm"

Jiang Zhige gave a bitter smile. The realm of transforming spirit into essence was simply beyond his reach.

He originally wanted to struggle, but now facing a strong man in Yuanhai Realm, it would be wiser to surrender and die quickly rather than struggle.

The armored skeleton roared like a monster and raised its pitch-black sword high towards Jiang Zhige.

Jiang Zhige did not hide or block because these actions were meaningless.

Before he died, he had no fear of death, only reluctance to leave Nangong Rou.

"Rou'er, even if you don't have your brother anymore, you must live a good life."

Jiang Zhige usually takes care of Nangong Rou too much, which makes him a little worried about how Nangong Rou will live without him in the future.

But people will eventually part ways. Even if Jiang Zhige doesn't die today, he will eventually leave Nangong Rou, it's just that the time of his departure will be a little earlier.

Just as Jiang Zhige was sighing, a figure suddenly rushed over and pushed him out.

The man pushed Jiang Zhige away and tried to dodge, but unfortunately the speed difference was too great and he was almost cut in half by the pitch-black sword.

Jiang Zhige, who was lying not far away, had a dazed look on his face and couldn't react at all to what was happening.

The one who pushed him away was none other than Nangong Rou, who should have left the tomb long ago.

Why? He had fought with the armored skeleton for dozens of rounds, so why was Nangong Rou still in the tomb?

"I, I knew my brother was lying."

Nangong Rou had blood oozing out of her mouth and looked dazed.

At this moment, her back was not only torn apart, but her internal organs and bones could be seen.

If she hadn't reached the spiritual martial realm, she would have become a corpse long ago.

Jiang Zhige came back to his senses when he heard the sound, and when he saw Nangong Rou's miserable condition, he almost felt his heart break.

“Rou’er!!”

Jiang Zhige ran towards Nangong Rou regardless of everything, tears streaming down his face like a spring.

Although he clearly possessed strength comparable to that of a Dao Zhong realm, at this moment he stumbled every three steps and could not even stand steadily.

The armored skeleton did not pursue the victory, but stared at Jiang Zhige and let out a playful and weird laugh.

Jiang Zhige ran to Nangong Rou and wanted to hug her, but when he saw her bloody body, he was filled with fear and helplessness.

"Rou'er, you'll be fine, you'll be fine"

Jiang Zhige could only take out the healing pill with trembling hands and wanted to feed it to Nangong Rou. However, just as he brought it to her mouth, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Nangong Rou showed a sad smile. An injury like hers could not be cured by an ordinary seventh-grade elixir, let alone a ninth-grade healing elixir?

"Brother, brother, you always protected me before. Occasionally, let Rouer protect you once in a while."

Nangong Rou was smiling, but she was also crying like Jiang Zhige.

She knew she was going to die, but she really couldn't bear to leave Jiang Zhige. She really, really couldn't bear to leave him.

"Rou'er! Rou'er! Hold on!"