Chapter 43
At that moment, Lin Yibai's mind went blank, and the only sound in her ears was her own rapid heartbeat. In a trance, she thought that the soul healing was too energy-consuming, causing her to fall into some realistic hallucination.
But the smell of blood lingering at the tip of her nose was too real, mixed with the unique, clear and grassy scent of Yan Bujian, which shattered her imagination - all this was true!
The arm around her waist was incredibly strong, with the knuckles almost digging into her flesh, causing her bones to ache. It suddenly reminded her of how it was these same hands holding the long sword that pierced her chest without hesitation in the forest before.
The cold sword blade, the gushing blood, the feeling of suffocation...those memories were like sharp fragments, piercing into her nerves.
“!”
Her body tensed instantly.
—— What is Yan Bujian doing?
Was he delirious after his soul was damaged, mistaking her for the enemy within his inner barrier? Or had he become aware of her presence after waking up, believing her presence in the secret realm had ulterior motives and was determined to strike first? Countless thoughts raced through her mind, and fear crept up her spine and up the back of her neck, chilling her fingertips.
"Let go!" Finally, seized by fear, Lin Yibai mustered all her strength and pushed him away. In her panic, her fingertips accidentally touched his warm skin, burning her so much that she jerked her hand back as if burned. It wasn't until she stumbled back a dozen feet, her back slamming against the cold rock wall, that she finally came to her senses.
She looked at Yan Bu-Shan, and her voice was filled with a trembling cry: "Don't kill me... I, I was just saving you!"
She screamed and shrank back, accidentally tripping over gravel and falling to the ground. Her knees hit the sharp stones, causing a piercing pain, but she didn't even dare to rub them. She just hunched her shoulders and looked at him, her eyes full of fear, like a rabbit forced into a desperate situation by a hunter, even breathing very lightly.
Yan Bujian's arm suddenly fell empty, and the touch of her robe was still lingering on his fingertips. Looking at her panic-stricken appearance with fear in her eyes, his heart seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand. The joy of regaining what he had previously felt when he woke up and saw her was like a flame extinguished by cold water, and was extinguished completely in an instant.
His eyes dimmed little by little, and a layer of gray mist gradually covered his dark pupils.
He slowly withdrew his hand, his knuckles curling up unconsciously - yes, he had treated her like that, piercing her heart with a sword, without mercy. It was normal for her to be afraid of him and on guard against him now.
The impulsive hug just now was ultimately rude on his part.
As boundless regret surged in his heart, his gaze inadvertently swept across Lin Yibai's dantian - in his eyes, there was a very faint dark golden light lingering there, although weak, it was extremely pure.
He was shocked when he saw this, and then he understood -
It's that vine!
Back in the Forbidden Demon Sea, he had left the withered vine emitting an extraordinary aura to her in a moment of hesitation. It was just a moment of weakness, but he had never expected... The girl who now reappeared before him had a rosy face and was full of vitality -
It was that vine that saved her life!
Fortunately, fortunately he kept the vine... This thought circled repeatedly in his heart, making his tense nerves relax a little, but looking at Lin Yibai's frightened eyes, he couldn't help but feel a wave of bitterness.
Lin Yibai sat on the ground, watching Yan Bujian silently with his eyes downcast. The air around her had returned to its usual icy coldness, and her heart was in her throat. Her back pressed tightly against the cold rock wall, her fingertips digging into the gravel on the ground, her eyes fixed on Yan Bujian's hand—fearing he would suddenly draw his sword like last time.
However, at this moment of extreme fear, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind like lightning, causing her eyes to suddenly light up -
Now that the mission is complete and the system reward has arrived, is there really no need for her to stay here any longer?!
The original incarnation of the character in the novel should have died in Shiwanglan long ago, and she has no role in the subsequent plot! Now, not only has she survived, but she has also followed Yan Bujian into the depths of a secret realm never mentioned in the original novel. Her existence itself has completely deviated from the plot trajectory and is completely OOC.
The system’s previous punishments were all based on “deviating from the plot”, but now the plot has been completely distorted by various parties. What reason does the system have to punish her?
She is free!
She can escape!
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Lin Yibai quietly moved her butt, trying to retreat under the cover of the bushes. But before she could take even half a step back, Yan Bujian's deep voice suddenly rang out: "How... did you get here?"
His voice was soft, without any emotion in it, but it was like a stone thrown into Lin Yibai's heart, causing ripples.
She suddenly stopped moving and looked up at him. The boy raised his eyes, and his dark eyes reflected the blue light of fluorescent moss, which was bottomless.
...What does he mean by this?
Are you regretting that she didn't die? Or are you doubting her intentions?
Thinking of this, Lin Yibai's heart started pounding. He took another step back, shook his head and said hurriedly: "I, I'll leave right away! I didn't mean to follow you down here. I was just worried that something might happen to you. Don't..."
However, before she could utter the word "kill me", Yan Bujian's expression suddenly changed drastically, a trace of urgency flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly shouted at her -
"careful!"
Lin Yibai was so engrossed in guarding against Yan Bujian that she didn't notice the unusual movement behind her. It wasn't until Yan Bujian's roar rang out and a piercing cold wind suddenly blew against her back, carrying a strong fishy smell, that she realized something was wrong.
Almost instinctively, she flipped her wrist and unsheathed the Shuyue Sword from her sleeve. The aqua-blue sword light sliced through the air, and she used a blocking move, barely blocking it behind her.
"clang!"
With a crisp sound, sparks flew everywhere. Something crashed into the sword blade with such force that Lin Yibai's wrist went numb and his knuckles ached. The Shuyue Sword nearly flew out of his hand.
She stumbled and turned, her pupils suddenly constricting—only to see a half-human-sized spider spirit slowly crawling out of the bushes a foot behind her! Its entire body was purple, its shell like polished amethyst, gleaming with an eerie sheen. Its eight slender legs were covered in barbs, their tips dripping with sticky purple venom. When they landed on the ground, they sizzled and corroded small pits.
The hideous mouth on its head was like a gigantic, filthy black iron clamp, constantly opening and closing with a grinding, tooth-grinding "crackling" sound. And just above that mouth, eight blood-red eyes, like burning lanterns, stood lifelessly in two rows, locking onto her with a cold and greedy gaze.
Lin Yibai was frightened by his ferocious appearance, but after calming down, he quickly realized the other party's cultivation level.
"Is it just... a little demon in the late stage of Qi Refining?"
The aura of this spider spirit was not even as strong as that of the strange fish in the pond. I don't know what talent she had, but she was able to hide her aura so well that even her late Jindan cultivation level was unable to detect it in advance.
The spider spirit seemed to be able to hear the disdain in her tone, and seemed to be enraged when she heard the words. Its eight eyes suddenly lit up fiercely, and then it opened its mouth wide and spit out a huge spider web at her!
Lin Yibai's eyes glared at the sight. She gripped the Shuyue Sword tightly, tapped the ground with her toes, and leaped up as lightly as a willow catkin, barely avoiding the incoming spider silk. She spun in mid-air, using the force of her fall to rapidly advance towards the spider spirit. With a flash of sword light, the aquamarine arc slashed towards the spider's legs like a crescent moon. With a thud, one of the spider's legs snapped, and purple blood gushed out, splashing onto the ground with a sizzling, corrosive sound.
The spider spirit felt pain and let out a sharp hiss, and its remaining seven spider legs exerted force at the same time, counterattacking Lin Yibai!
At the same time, spider silk after spider silk fell towards her like a rainstorm, but at this moment she only felt that the spiritual power in her body was incredibly full. Her body moved flexibly, and she shuttled between the spider silk and the spider legs like a butterfly among flowers. Every dodge was extremely accurate, and she avoided all these attacks.
While dodging, she continued to swing her sword, the sword light sometimes as gentle as flowing water, sometimes as sharp as thunder, and each sword accurately landed on the cracks in the spider spirit's shell, the weakest part of its body... In just a moment, the spider spirit's body was covered with wounds, purple blood continued to flow out, her breath became increasingly weak, and she gradually showed signs of decline.
Finally, it stopped moving, and looked at Lin Yibai with a hint of fear in its eyes, and then...
He actually turned around and ran!
Seeing this, Lin Yibai sneered, "Are you scared now? Why didn't you have this awareness when you attacked me earlier?" She was not going to let this cruel person go. The Shuyue Sword glowed with light, and she was about to gather strength to launch a final attack on him -
However, at the moment when the sword was about to be delivered, the spider demon seemed to have eyes on its back and suddenly changed its direction of escape. It was clearly just a broken body, but it avoided the sword with a speed several times faster than before!
Then, a red light flashed in his eyes, revealing a hint of the ferocity of a dying counterattack. He then let out a strange roar and pounced towards another place.
This is exactly where Yan didn’t see!
It had obviously noticed it before. Yan Bujian's breath was weak and he was a soft persimmon, but now he wanted to attack him in order to gain a chance of survival!
"Not good!" Lin Yibai's heart tightened suddenly: Yan Bujian had just woken up, his soul had not fully recovered, and his body was so weak that he could hardly stand. He was completely unable to withstand this attack!
Yan Bujian also sensed the danger and tried to prop himself up, but his limbs were too weak to move. He could only watch helplessly as the spider's legs, covered in barbs and laced with purple venom, stabbed towards his heart. He gritted his teeth, a flicker of unwillingness in his eyes, and was not prepared to sit still and wait for death. He was about to punch the sharp spider legs without hesitation.
However......
“Puff—”
There was a sharp piercing sound, but he did not feel the expected severe pain in his body.
The next moment, Yan Bujian suddenly opened his eyes wide - he saw that Lin Yibai had pounced in front of him without him knowing when, blocking the attack for him!
And that purple spider leg was now deeply piercing into her left leg!
Purple venom spread along the spider's legs, and Lin Yibai's face turned pale in an instant. She groaned, beads of sweat oozing from her forehead, but the Shuyue Sword in her hand didn't pause for a moment. The aqua-blue sword light streaked across the spider spirit's head like a meteor, fiercely slicing it in half.
The spider demon's corpse fell heavily to the ground, twitching a few times before becoming motionless. Lin Yibai could no longer hold on and stumbled to her knees, her left hand tightly pressed against the wound on her left leg. The purple venom had already begun to erode her meridians, causing waves of numbing pain.
Yan Bujian froze in place, and all the blood in his body seemed to freeze at this moment.
He looked at the spider leg that had pierced her leg, at her rapidly pale face, the shock in her eyes gradually fading, and then being replaced by extreme panic and anger. A scorching heat suddenly rushed to her eye sockets, and her eyes instantly turned red, as if they were burning with flames.
"Lin Yibai!"
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