Shen Yunhao fell to the ground, but ended up in a soft embrace.
He groggily opened his eyes and met a pair of deep purple eyes. The worry in them lingered for a moment before quietly dissipating, and he turned his head to look elsewhere.
"Oh... you're still alive..."
The sound was crisp and refreshing, like a glass of cool sparkling water.
Shen Yunhao knew that with the disappearance of her true form, the girl had reverted to being that mischievous little sister.
He immediately shook his head and smiled, "Of course, I'd die if I didn't kiss you soon..."
"puff--"
Mo Yan expected to be given a big eye roll by the girl, but to her surprise, she chuckled when she heard this.
"As expected, nothing can stop my bratty brother from talking so much..."
As she spoke, she raised her hand to cover the boy's lower abdomen.
Shen Yunhao immediately felt a rich and pure spiritual energy seep into his body from his lower abdomen, nourishing his desolate Qi Palace.
The process of eliminating the evil spirits and blood energy had completely drained Shen Yunhao, leaving him with no spiritual energy left.
Moreover, in order to temporarily boost his combat power, he activated the Seven Injury Technique almost through self-harm, resulting in multiple serious injuries to his body.
Under normal circumstances, the Vast Ocean Heart would have already been activated automatically to begin treating Shen Yunhao's injuries.
Unfortunately, he currently has no spiritual energy left in his body, and his heart is also in a state of "being out of power".
"I didn't realize you were doing so well!" He put on a rather approving look. "I thought you were going to get killed by these things!"
"Are you kidding me? Do you think I've been learning magic for nothing these past month or two? But without the Seven Wounds Technique, I might not have been able to deal with this thing... By the way, where's that dagger?"
Mo Yan waved her hand gently, and a dagger completely wrapped in wisteria reached out in front of Shen Yunhao.
Shen Yunhao frowned and struggled to sit up. "The blood energy on it is still very strong, which might affect you. Let me do it..."
"You're kidding me!"
Mo Yan pulled him back into her arms. "You can't even activate the Vast Ocean Heart right now. If you wear this thing, you'll instantly turn evil... Don't worry, with just this little bit of blood energy, it can't do anything to me!"
Shen Yunhao sighed and did not insist.
However, at that moment, the pitch-black totem suddenly burst forth with a dazzling white light!
Both of them were startled and looked up to see an old man emerge from the light and shadow, his majestic voice, like a booming bell, resounding throughout the cave:
"Who dares to trespass on the sacred land of the Dragon Clan?"
The old man had white hair and beard, two horns on his head, and a pair of golden vertical pupils filled with wildness!
Mo Yan frowned, instinctively stepping in front of Shen Yunhao to shield him, and stared warily at the light and shadow. "Who are you?"
Clearly, she was quite wary of the illusory old man before her.
"I am... the will of the Ancestral Dragon! You are not of the Dragon race, yet you have trespassed into the Ancestral Dragon's land; your crime deserves death!"
The old man's voice came from all directions, causing the entire underground cave to vibrate in unison.
"The will of the Ancestral Dragon!?"
Shen Yunhao's expression changed in surprise. He looked at Mo Yan beside him, who was also frowning, and asked in a low voice, "Have you heard of it?"
"I'm not a dragon, how would I know?"
Shen Yunhao forced himself to stand up, stepped out from behind Mo Yan, clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "This junior has mistakenly entered this place and had no intention of offending you. Please forgive me, senior!"
The phantom stared at Shen Yunhao for a long time, then suddenly changed its expression, "How dare you! How can the Heart of the Vast Ocean, the most precious treasure of my Sea Clan, be in the hands of an outsider like you!"
"This..." Shen Yunhao's expression remained unchanged. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Senior, you may not know this, but Lord Zhuxuan personally entrusted this Han Hai Xin to me for the purpose of saving people. It must be returned to the North Sea Dragon Clan in the future!"
"snort!"
The old man sneered, "How can I believe your one-sided story? You have trespassed into the sacred land of my Dragon Clan and possess a treasure of my Sea Clan. These are grave crimes. Considering that you have not committed any heinous acts, I will now entrust you with the Heart of the Vast Ocean for safekeeping and imprison you here until the Dragon King of the North Sea comes to exonerate you. Only then will I release you!"
"..."
Good heavens, I just risked my life to expel the evil spirits and blood energy from you, and now you want to take away my Vast Ocean Heart and lock me up here to wait for Zhu Xuan to come...
Isn't that going a bit too far?
Mo Yan, who was standing to the side, turned pale upon hearing this and was about to step forward to rebuke him when Shen Yunhao stopped her.
"As long as you can get Lord Zhuxuan to come, I will obey whatever punishment is imposed on me without complaint! However... this Heart of the Vast Ocean was personally entrusted to me by Lord Zhuxuan. If he does not come in person, I cannot hand this treasure over to anyone else!"
"presumptuous!"
The white figure flew into a rage upon hearing this.
“Even if Zhu Xuan were here, he wouldn’t dare speak to me like this. You ignorant brat, how dare you disobey me? You are utterly presumptuous!”
At this moment, Shen Yunhao suddenly raised his head and exclaimed in surprise to the figure behind him, "Lord Zhuxuan! You've finally arrived!"
Bai Ying was taken aback upon hearing this and subconsciously turned around, only to find that there was nothing behind her, and there was no sign of Zhu Xuan!
"not good!"
He suddenly realized something was wrong, but it was too late!
Dozens of wisteria vines suddenly shot up from the ground, emitting a chilling black aura, and instantly pierced through the white figure.
"ah--!"
The old man let out a scream that was not human. The white light faded, revealing a writhing cloud of blood mist inside!
The blood mist quickly condensed, eventually transforming into a gaunt old man draped in a blood-red robe.
"You bastard!"
The old man's blood-red eyebrows stood up, and his eyes were filled with raging anger, like solidified flames. The terrifying pressure of the Void Realm instantly enveloped the entire cave.
"You lowly brats, how dare you launch a sneak attack on me!"
"That old bastard from the Blood Sect!"
Mo Yan stepped forward, a chilling smile on her face. "You rotten thing, what are you doing pretending to be some kind of otherworldly immortal in front of me!"
"Good! Very good!" The old man stood in mid-air, his eyes flashing with blood-red light, and a monstrous aura suddenly surged around him. "It's just that I've been too merciful all these years, making you ants forget how many mountains of corpses and seas of blood were used to build the name 'Blood Soul Child'!"
"Blood Soul Son!?"
Mo Yan's expression hardened, and she subconsciously clenched her fists.
"It was that old bastard!"
Seeing this, Shen Yunhao also became extremely vigilant and stepped forward to whisper, "Do you know this Blood Soul Child?"
“An ancient Blood Sect expert…” Mo Yan gazed at the blood-robed elder in the sky. “I had heard of this old man’s name before I was sealed by Ling Huanzi. There has been no news of him for at least four or five hundred years!”
"Then... are you confident you can handle it?"
"If I were at my peak, I wouldn't be afraid of him at all... but now..."
Mo Yan gritted her teeth.
Not only has Zi Teng's cultivation not recovered to its peak state, but she has also just withstood the tide of bone dragons, and her condition is already quite poor.
"Fortunately, the sneak attack just now went well, and that old man isn't in much better shape either!"
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