Chapter 49
Underwater.
There was dead silence in the Yulong territory.
The jade-colored water gurgling from the ichthyosaur corpse now spun like silkworms, its lustrous threads entwining layer upon layer, enveloping Su Ruo's body in a vast cocoon of light. Then, a strand of pure jade silk separated from the cocoon, seemingly possessing its own life, drawing countless threads of light along it, flowing continuously into Su Ruo's body along her fingertips.
In the distance, beneath the white jade corridor, Lin Yibai and Yan Bujian stared with bated breath, their hearts as if being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
They could clearly feel that the aura around Su Ruo was rising wildly at a terrifying speed. The peak Jindan spiritual power that had been weakened by the fierce battle before was now surging like a boiling sea, gradually becoming extremely powerful!
The water elements around it also gathered madly at this time, forming countless rapidly rotating vortices. The nearby pavilions, towers, exotic flowers and plants collapsed as soon as they touched them and turned into powder.
Even the light coming through the water around him was distorted by this force, with light and dark mixed together, appearing strange and abnormal.
What shocked the two even more was that a bright white light slowly lit up between Su Ruo's eyebrows. In the halo, a baby-like shadow became clearer from blurry - they saw a little person the size of a palm, wearing a pink robe, with eyebrows and eyes exactly the same as Su Ruo, quietly floating in front of her eyebrows!
"We can't let her continue to absorb it!" Yan Bujian's pupils shrank suddenly, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes -
This female cultivator now actually wants to "form a baby" right under the noses of the two of them!
He knew too well the gap between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Golden Core Realm. If she succeeded in forming a Nascent Soul, he and Lin Yibai would have no chance of survival today.
Before he finished speaking, he ignored the injuries in his body and took a deep breath of true energy. The spiritual power in his hand condensed into a dazzling lightsaber. His body was as fast as lightning, breaking through the turbulent water flow and stabbing straight towards Su Ruo in the distance!
The sword light approached like a meteor chasing the moon, and it fiercely slashed at the white light thread connected to Su Ruo.
However, just as the sword was about to touch the light thread, the vortex around Su Ruo suddenly erupted, and then an invisible air wall appeared out of thin air.
"clang--!"
The sound of metal clashing echoed through the water. Yan Bujian's sword shone into the air wall, instantly shattering into a cloud of spiritual debris. A tremendous force rebounded from him, tearing his knuckles apart. He stumbled backward several feet, slamming heavily onto the jade pillars in the corridor. His throat felt sweet, and he nearly spurted out blood, but he swallowed it back with all his might.
On the other hand, Su Ruo didn't even lift her eyelids, still concentrating on absorbing the jade rain. The ball of white light between her eyebrows became more and more dazzling, and the baby-like appearance was completely solidified in the next moment!
With just a slight wave of her small hand, a vast and powerful pressure that belonged only to the Nascent Soul Realm spread out like a tsunami that had been silent for eternity, pressing the two people in the distance so hard that their breathing suddenly stopped and they were almost suffocated.
"He actually formed a fetus directly from the peak of the Golden Core, without even experiencing a thunder tribulation..."
Yan Bujian's face darkened instantly, his fingertips unconsciously clenched, and his fingertips pressed against the scabbard, leaving deep marks: "The power of Yu Yu is several times stronger than we imagined." He could clearly sense that the spiritual power in the body of the female cultivator in the distance had completely transformed. What was even more terrifying was that the demonic energy and spiritual power around her were actually blending with each other at this moment, forming a strange and domineering power!
The next moment, Su Ruo slowly opened her eyes, a gleam of light flickering in them, a galaxy of stars fading into thin air. Then, she gently raised her hand, feeling the power surging like a river within her. With a flick of her fingertips, a wisp of black demonic energy shot out, severing a distant, ten-foot-tall white jade pillar in half like rotting paper.
"How many years have passed." She murmured softly, her voice filled with a long-suppressed joy. "How many years have I not felt such a full power..."
After she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and raised her hand to cover her right ear - now there was nothing there, only a hideous wound with the flesh turned inside out.
The moment the wound was touched, the joy in Su Ruo's eyes instantly faded, replaced by undisguised murderous intent. The demonic energy and spiritual power around him intertwined, forming a black storm that stirred the surrounding water violently. "It's been many years since I suffered such a big loss... You two must die here today!"
The murderous words were still echoing in the water, and her figure had turned into a blurred afterimage, like a black lightning tearing through the water curtain, rushing towards Lin Yibai and Yan Bujian!
"Be careful!" Yan Bujian reacted very quickly. Almost at the moment Su Ruo moved, he pulled Lin Yibai behind him. At the same time, he turned his wrist, and the spirit sword burst out with dazzling golden light, facing the devilish whip swung by Su Ruo.
Then there was a crisp "clang" sound. At the moment the sword light and the whip shadow collided, a huge force spread along the sword body to Yan Bujian's arm. He felt his wrist numb, his blood surging, and his body was shocked back several feet. His back hit the pillar of the white jade corridor heavily, making a dull sound.
"Yan is not seen!"
Lin Yibai was horrified at the sight, but then she saw that Su Ruo was about to abandon her and kill Yan Bujian, so she immediately gritted her teeth and fought back - she touched the ground with her toes, and her body jumped up as light as a willow catkin, and the Shuyue Sword drew a graceful arc in the air and stabbed towards Su Ruo's back!
Yan Bujian also rose from below at this time, enduring the pain, and raised his sword again and stepped forward. The two of them, one above and one below, intertwined the sword light and spiritual power and attacked Su Ruo together.
But the gap between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Golden Core Realm was like a chasm. Every blow from Su Ruo carried the power to destroy the heavens and the earth. The long whip of demonic energy coiled and lashed in the water like a living thing, forcing the two to retreat again and again without even a chance to breathe.
However, after just a dozen or so rounds, Lin Yibai's shoulder was scratched by the sharp whip tip, and blood was flowing. Yan Bujian's chest was also hit by the magic whip, and his face became paler.
"Is this all you have?" Su Ruo sneered, the contempt in her eyes growing even stronger. "I thought you could play with me for a while longer, but it's really disappointing."
Before he finished speaking, the long whip that was originally attacking Yan Bujian suddenly changed. The whip head actually split into a strand and silently circled around the front, like a poisonous scorpion swinging its tail, and suddenly lashed towards Lin Yibai who was trying hard to regulate his breathing!
Lin Yibai was shocked when he saw this and hurriedly raised his sword to meet the attack. However, he stepped on a broken piece of white jade and stumbled. His spiritual power suddenly stagnated.
Seeing the whip shadow containing the breath of death coming towards her, she was left with confusion for a moment.
"careful!"
Yan Bujian's eyes were bloodshot when he saw this. He didn't know where a fierce force surged from his body, and he temporarily shook off the devil whip that was wrapped around him. Then he flew forward recklessly and pushed Lin Yibai away at the critical moment.
"puff!"
The black demonic whip lashed out at his back with a sharp, tooth-grinding thud. Yan Bujian's robes shattered instantly, his back exposed to flesh and blood, like a blood-red flower blooming. He groaned, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, and fell limply forward, floating away with the current, his breath rapidly fading.
"Yan, I'm gone!" Lin Yibai was horrified. She rushed forward and embraced him. After checking his injuries, tears welled up in her eyes. Endless anger and grief surged in her heart. She raised the Shuyue Sword and turned back to fight Su Ruo at all costs.
"Don't be impulsive..." Yan Bujian's voice was as weak as a mosquito, but it was clearly heard by Lin Yibai.
"We can't beat her right now." He raised his head with difficulty, leaned close to Lin Yibai's ear, and said in a low voice that only the two of them could hear: "But I have a plan..."
After he finished speaking, Lin Yibai was stunned and looked at him in disbelief: the boy's face was as pale as paper, with blood on his lips, but there was a firm light in his eyes. When he saw her looking at him, he just nodded slowly.
Lin Yibai gritted her teeth, suppressed the anger and worry in her heart, and nodded slightly - she knew that Yan Bujian was right. Now the two of them were no match for Su Ruo at all, so they could only take a gamble.
——The next moment, the two figures suddenly separated and rushed in completely different directions!
Lin Yibai turned around and walked into the tiered white jade corridors. The corridors were built of white ancient jade, and the carved beams and painted buildings were engraved with patterns of swimming fish. Each pillar was so thick that several people could hug it, just enough to cover their bodies. Yan Bujian took his last breath of true energy and staggered towards the scattered pavilions in the distance.
"Oh, when disaster strikes, everyone flees?" Seeing this, Su Ruo let out a long laugh, her voice filled with cat-and-mouse playfulness. "How naive! You think if you split up and flee, I can only chase one of you? Don't worry, you two star-crossed lovers will never be alone on your journey to the underworld!" With that, demonic energy swirled around her fingertips, and she instantly split into a pitch-black clone, identical to her original self! The clone wielded a short blade condensed with demonic energy, and with a thought, it immediately pursued Lin Yibai like a ghost. Meanwhile, Su Ruo's original self transformed into a sharp lightning bolt, swiftly heading towards Yan Bujian!
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The violent sound of the collision echoed in the underwater world, causing the entire Fish Dragon Realm to tremble slightly.
Su Ruo's demonic clone, like a leech, clung to Lin Yibai's heels, swinging the demonic short blade continuously, each strike carrying devastating force. Lin Yibai deliberately led the clone deeper into the corridor, occasionally turning back to parry with the Shu Yue Sword, tempting it to destroy more buildings. With a single swing of the demonic short blade, a white jade pillar collapsed with a bang, sending rubble flying. With another swing, a section of the corridor's railing was split in two, falling into the water with a huge splash.
On the other side, the scene of Su Ruo chasing Yan Bujian was even more tragic.
Yan Bujian was already seriously injured and could not run fast at all. He could only rely on the shelter of the pavilions to dodge. Su Ruo's magic whip seemed to have eyes, attacking Yan Bujian again and again, smashing pavilion after pavilion.
The damage to the underwater world worsened, and the once beautiful scenery of Yaotai was now reduced to devastation. Broken rocks, broken wood, and the remains of spiritual plants floated in the water, leaving ruins wherever the group passed.
Finally, Su Ruo got tired of this game of chasing.
She slowly stopped, but her aura began to rise infinitely. From between her eyebrows, a stream of icy energy suddenly emerged, piercing through the chaotic water flow and accurately pinning down Yan Bujian's figure in the distance.
The next moment, the demonic energy around him surged, and then condensed into thousands of extremely sharp black air blades. Just as the blades tilted slightly downwards, about to be launched towards the young man below -
Suddenly, a roar that shook the entire Fish Dragon Realm sounded!
"boom!!!"
A loud noise far more terrifying than all the previous collisions, as if it came from the ancient times, suddenly exploded!
The entire Fish Dragon Realm seemed to be shaken to its core by this force. The white jade foundation beneath their feet groaned under the weight, and large areas of it cracked. In the distance, the already crumbling corridors and pavilions collapsed as if crushed by an invisible giant hand, stirring up a cloud of muddy dust and broken jade.
A terrifying pressure, like a ferocious beast that had been sleeping for eons suddenly awakening, violently filled every inch of water - the pressure was so vast that the majestic aura of Su Ruo, who had just been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, seemed as small as a firefly against the bright moon!
Su Ruo's expression changed drastically, and he stopped abruptly. For the first time, surprise and horror appeared in his eyes. Then he turned around suddenly and looked in the direction where the loud noise came from.
Yan Bujian leaned against a broken pillar, coughing up blood, but his eyes were fixed in the same direction.
Lin Yibai also flashed out from behind the broken walls in the distance, holding the Shuyue Sword across his body, his face full of shock and doubt.
—Amidst the turbid, surging water and dust, two incomparably large, hazy outlines, seemingly supporting the heavens and the earth, were slowly rising from the depths of the ruins with a majesty that could crush everything.
The pressure was as real as substance, silent and gloomy, covering the four corners of the world, and everything was silent.
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