Chapter 236 When did a woman appear by his side?
"South, east, west..." Mu Jianjian's right pupil gently moved, emitting a golden light that shone brightly in the gray mist. Accompanied by the Illusionary Butterfly, she quickly used the Pupil-Turning Technique to predict the movement of the cyclone.
The gaunt man on the other side grew increasingly agitated when his attack failed.
What happened?
The floating leaf has already been broken in half, so it shouldn't be able to fly for long. How come it's as difficult to handle as a loach?
However, their smugness won't last long. If those child's play cyclones can't achieve that, then let's see what this one has.
"Voidflow wave—"
The man shouted, and the true energy emanating from his body surged wildly into the vortex below!
"Oh no, he's going to combine the surrounding cyclones to surround us!" Mu Jianjian, who was standing nearby, immediately realized the other's thoughts and actions and exclaimed.
"Then what does Miss Mu think we should do?" Nian Qing's words remained unhurried as he looked at the anxious young man and woman with a smile in his eyes.
"Up there." Mu Jianjian's mind worked quickly. She pointed to a spot above her head where the air was calm and still, a stark contrast to the surrounding air pressure.
Even with the man beside her protecting her, her body, now devoid of true energy, still felt a suffocating pain from within, making it difficult to breathe. However, she didn't say a word, only thinking about how to break the deadlock.
“Alright,” Nian Qing smiled, “then Miss Mu will have to hurry up and catch me.”
Even though she didn't possess true qi, she never placed herself in a vulnerable position or took it for granted that she would be protected. Her thoughts and ideas were always the same as his.
Mu Jianjian felt a weight on her waist, and just as the vortex was about to gather, the giant leaf suddenly rushed to the top of the vortex!
At this moment, the gray fog dissipated, leaving only soft, cotton-like clouds in sight. The warm sunlight finally fell on the two of them, its orange-yellow rays carrying halos, illuminating the white clouds.
"When I was little, I wanted to fly up to the sky and taste what the clouds tasted like." Mu Jianjian recalled her past life, feeling as if it were a long time ago, her eyes filled with reminiscence.
"Has Miss Mu's childhood wish come true?" Nian Qing's voice was gentle.
In general, it is quite normal for elders in a clan to dote on younger members and take them flying on swords.
“It’s done now,” Mu Jianjian thought to herself, finding it somewhat amusing. She turned to look at Nian Qing and said, “Thank you.”
As a child, she loved to fly, and now that she has transmigrated into a book, her wish has come true. Although her encounter with Nian Qing was not exactly pleasant, she could see his kindness and protection towards her after spending the last few days together.
Her smile deepened. "Let's go down. It's time to teach him a lesson."
Using so many vortexes must have taken a lot of mental energy and true qi, right?
The gaunt man was momentarily blinded by a surging vortex of air. After the vortex disappeared, he looked at the empty space and a smug smile appeared on his lips.
This is what happens when you fight with him!
The two people were instantly shredded by the wind pressure, leaving not even bones behind!
Having dealt with those two, he now had to deal with the other cultivators.
What are you laughing at?
A questioning female voice suddenly sounded behind him. The man immediately turned around alertly and saw that the man and woman who should have disappeared were standing alive in front of him!
"You...you are still here. Shouldn't you be..." He trembled as he extended a finger. After speaking, he finally realized what was happening and was about to gather his energy again when he found that he was too weak to do so!
Could there be a way to escape his deadly attack?
The only way out is to leave from above... but that would mean being crushed and severely injured. How did this woman, who has no true energy, manage to escape unscathed?
Unless... the pressure is borne by the man beside her alone!
His cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul stage. If he were to withstand the pressure of two people, then this man's cultivation level would be far beyond... the Divine Intervention stage!
That's terrifying. Why did he have to provoke those two people?
"Fellow Daoists, I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness. I injured you both. I hope you can be magnanimous and forgive me?" After realizing the difference in their cultivation levels, the man immediately lowered his posture and chuckled.
"Has the air here been sprinkled with incendiary powder?" Mu Jianjian asked first.
Burning powder?
The word flashed through the gaunt man's mind, and before he could even think about it, he hurriedly tried to distance himself, "Although I can use secret techniques to control cyclones, I have never sprinkled incendiary powder to harm anyone!"
"I wasn't talking about you, I was asking if anyone else had used it. You control the vortex, so you should know the most about these things." Mu Jianjian saw that the other person didn't seem to be lying.
"No, no..." The gaunt man breathed a sigh of relief. Afraid that he hadn't been precise enough, he added, "When I came here, I didn't feel anything unusual in the air around me. The cyclone was normal, nothing was wrong."
“Okay,” Mu Jianjian nodded thoughtfully, “You can die now.”
"Me?" Before the man could react, he saw a surge of immense pressure emanating from the man beside the girl and attacking him, but he couldn't move an inch!
This is the man's true strength!
"Pfft—"
The sound of true energy piercing into his body rang out, and his vision returned to darkness.
“I thought you would let him go.” Nian Qing watched as the man’s body fell from the round leaf, the leaf losing control and drifting in the vortex before being impacted and turning to ashes. He spoke slowly.
“How could that be?” Mu Jianjian was baffled by his opinion. “How could I possibly let someone who wanted to kill us go? He only did that because he thought you were strong. If we were easy targets, he would have crushed us without mercy long ago.”
"Then what does Miss Mu think of me?"
"What?"
Is it strong?
Mu Jianjian pursed her lips and tugged at Nian Qing's sleeve. "Let's get out of here quickly. You're injured, yet you still have to talk nonsense here."
“If Miss Mu doesn’t tell me, I won’t leave.” Nian Qing’s smile was like a gentle breeze, yet it inexplicably gave off a threatening feeling.
"Qiang, I think you're awesome," Mu Jianjian said, putting on a serious expression and giving him a thumbs up. "Someone as awesome as you must be very powerful in the Demon Realm, right?"
Looking into the girl's sparkling eyes and listening to her little mouth start chattering, Nian Qing felt a surge of satisfaction.
The best thing he's ever done is to decide to participate in the Celestial Palace Competition in person; otherwise, how could he have met her again?
——
Mu Jianjian, holding Nian Qing's hand, finally left the cliff and stepped onto solid ground. Just then, a tall man in a blue robe, holding three beads, rushed over.
"Que—" The man in blue robes was about to speak when Nian Qing interrupted him with a look. He immediately stopped talking and saw Mu Jianjian beside him. His calm face turned into one of terror in an instant.
When did the Lord of the Palace have a woman by his side?
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