Chapter 178 "If you want to touch her, step over my dead body first."
The thick fog was dispersed by a strong airflow, and a black figure swooped down from the sky and landed heavily in front of Sheng Ran.
The black feathers were disheveled, covered in dirt and blood. A feather on the left wing was even corroded, revealing a bleeding wound underneath.
It’s Yun Ling!
His breathing was rapid, his chest heaving violently, and beads of sweat mixed with blood were sliding down his forehead. It was obvious that he had overcome many obstacles to get here.
As soon as he stood firm, he stumbled a bit, but he immediately turned around and used his broken wings to protect Sheng Ran. The coldness in his black eyes almost solidified into ice: "Who dares to touch her?"
"You black bird again!" Sheng Jieyue was shocked and angry. "How could you possibly break through the Gu formation? My people are clearly guarding outside!"
She arranged for people from the Poison Sect to defend the periphery in order to stop Sheng Ran's beastly husband.
Yun Ling must have paid a huge price to get in - looking at his messy feathers and bleeding wounds, you can tell that he must have fought his way out.
Situ Yu's face darkened. "It's just a lowly bird, how dare it ruin our plans?"
Yun Ling ignored them and just looked down at Sheng Ran. His cold brows softened a little in an instant.
He raised his hand, and his fingertips trembled as he touched the wound on her arm. Heartache flashed in his dark eyes: "Master, how are you?"
His voice was filled with unconcealable weakness, and it was obvious that the journey and breaking through the defense line had exhausted most of his physical strength.
Sheng Ran looked at his broken wings and the blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. Tears instantly blurred her vision: "Yun Ling... why are you here? You are injured..."
"I saw you in danger from the sky." Yun Ling's voice was soft but firm. "Even if I have to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will protect you."
He paused, then turned to Situ Yu and Sheng Jieyue. His black feathers suddenly spread out. Even though his left wing was broken, he still exuded an inviolable aura: "If you want to touch her, you must step over my body first."
Situ Yu and Sheng Jieyue looked at each other and saw shock and anger in each other's eyes.
They didn't expect Yun Ling to go this far for Sheng Ran, and they didn't expect that this seemingly indifferent black bird orc cared so much about Sheng Ran.
Having been hurt by Sheng Ran like that before, doesn't he mind?
"Looking for death!" Situ Yu roared, and the snake's tail rose again, and the wind blade and poison needle shot towards Yun Ling at the same time.
Since you insist on coming here to die, you might as well get rid of this troublesome black bird first!
Sheng Jieyue also urged the black energy, which transformed into several small snakes and drilled towards Yun Ling's wound - she could see that Yun Ling was already at the end of his strength, and as long as she concentrated her firepower, she would be able to take him down!
Yun Ling protected Sheng Ran behind him, flapping his black feathers fiercely to block the wind blades and poison needles.
But he was already injured and exhausted. After blocking several waves of attacks, his movements slowed down significantly.
A poison needle took the opportunity to hit his right wing. He groaned and his body swayed, but he still protected Sheng Ran behind him and did not retreat a single step.
"Yun Ling!" Sheng Ran saw that both of his wings were injured, and her voice was filled with tears, "Your wings..."
Yun Ling smiled at her and shook his head gently, "Master, my wings originally belonged to you."
It was Sheng Ran's bones that gave him wings and the ability to fly again, and now he would use them to protect her at all costs.
Sheng Ran was so anxious that tears fell from her eyes. She wanted to use her special powers to help him, but the poison in her body and the energy consumption made her unable to even raise her hand.
[Host! The vitality is running low! Yun Ling won't be able to hold on any longer like this!]
Seeing this, Situ Yu curled up his lips into a cruel smile: "You're just a dog protecting your master, yet you dare to go against us?"
Sheng Jieyue also sneered: "After killing him, I will slowly deal with Sheng Ran! I wonder who can still protect her!"
Yun Ling was panting, staring at the two of them with his black eyes, and suddenly rushed towards Situ Yu.
The black feather was like a knife, piercing Situ Yu's face.
Situ Yu didn't expect that he would fight to the death, and subconsciously stepped back, but was still scratched on the cheek by Hei Yu.
"Looking for death!" Situ Yu was completely furious. The snake's tail suddenly wrapped around Yun Ling's body, and the sharp spikes pierced into his flesh.
"Yun Ling!" Sheng Ran shouted heartbreakingly.
Yun Ling groaned, but did not struggle. Instead, he took the opportunity to use his last bit of strength to stuff a black feather containing his own power into Sheng Ran's hand.
He looked at Sheng Ran, with reluctance in his dark eyes. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but it was drowned out by the severe pain.
The snake's tail wrapped tighter and tighter around Yun Ling, Yun Ling's breathing became weaker and weaker, and the luster on his black feathers faded little by little.
Sheng Jieyue looked at this scene and smiled triumphantly: "It's useless, no one can protect you! Sheng Ran, your end will only be worse than his!"
Sheng Ran pounced forward and grabbed Situ Yu's snake tail tightly, digging her nails deep into the gaps between the cold scales.
The sharp pain from the spikes scratching her palms made her tremble uncontrollably, but she still refused to let go: "Let him go! How far are you going to go?!"
Her tears mixed with the blood on her palms slid down and dripped onto Yun Ling's pale face, her voice was so hoarse that it almost broke.
"Danxue Mountain is now full of people who come here to hunt. The people in the west of the city are still waiting for me to send them medicine. How will you explain to them if you kill me? If the people are in chaos, how long can you maintain your pretense of being the Beast King?!"
These words were like a blunt knife, piercing Sheng Jieyue's soft spot.
She subconsciously glanced at the mountain pass where the thick fog was gradually dissipating, and could vaguely hear the noise of the people.
The evil energy of the Gu formation is weakening, and those people may have noticed something unusual.
Kill Sheng Ran? The risk is too great. Once she is accused of "killing without reason", the public support she has built up over the years will completely collapse.
What's more, Sheng Ran is no longer the ignorant and incompetent useless woman she used to be. If she died suddenly, it would be difficult to convince the public.
But Yun Ling... was just a servant that the Sheng family bought with a few bags of copper coins. He lived with Sheng Ran, an exile, so what kind of trouble could his death cause?
"You're lucky." Sheng Jieyue gritted her teeth and gave Situ Yu a fierce look, "Let her go."
Situ Yu frowned, but still reluctantly let go of the snake's tail.
Yun Ling's body fell down like a kite with a broken string, and Sheng Ran immediately rushed over and hugged him.
Sheng Ran ignored the presence of Sheng Jieyue and Situ Yu, and used the energy in her body to quickly pick nearby herbs to heal Yun Ling.
The extremely faint green light at the fingertips rushed into his body frantically, but his Adam's apple rolled and he spat out a mouthful of black blood. He didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.
"But this black bird doesn't have such a good life."
Sheng Jieyue approached slowly, stepping down on Yunling's scattered black feathers. The eye-shaped markings on his tail feathers shone coldly in the firelight, and his tone was contemptuous as if he was disposing of a piece of garbage.
"He was originally a servant of the Sheng family. Back then, no one cared even when he was beaten half to death. Now, he follows a useless bitch like you, and dares to attack me and the prince? Such a lowly thing has a life worth less than grass."
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