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Chapter 1921:- Explosive Face Slap (13)
These few youths were actually able to stand against the Flame Demons Palace Lord and the others!
That was just too unbelievable!
Even if the powers of Qiao Chu and the others had shot up to the Silver Spirit's second stage at a highly alarming rate, the Dragon Slayers Palace Lord and the others has already attained the Silver Spirit's third level from long before, with some among them like the Flame Demons Palace Lord for example, he had already broken through to the Silver Spirit's fourth stage and he was the person within the Twelve Palaces who was closest to the Gold Spirit!
Above the Silver Spirit, the gap between every single stage was like that of a wide gulf, where even if an instant kill was not possible, an overwhelming advantage would still be unavoidable.
But even after the battle had gone on for a few short minutes, Qiao Chu and his gang were not at any disadvantage at all but were in reality fighting on par with the Flame Demons Palace Lord and the others!
Unthinkable things were happening one after another and the faces of the Palace Lords from the different Palaces were in shock. Too many things were happening at the same time and they were finding it impossible to grasp all of it.
During the battle, the Flame Demons Palace Lord's teeth were tightly clenched in hatred. To think that the Twelve Palaces' number one would be pushed to be fighting equally with a youth in his teens who borrowed strength from an elixir. That was just unbelievably humiliating!
The Flame Demons Palace Lord had wanted to take down his opponent with one single stroke countless times but he quickly discovered that a pair of fiery pair of scarlet red gloves had actually appeared on Qiao Chu's fists out of nowhere. Those gloves were extraordinarily tough and in the instant when the Flame Demons Palace Lord had clashed his fist against his opponent's, an intense searing and a hardness almost like that of unyielding steel had immediately made him realize the exceptional power of those gloves.
"What are those things on your hands?" The Flame Demons Palace Lord asked fiercely in the instant they pulled apart from each other as he stared at Qiao Chu through narrowed eyes.
The ends of Qiao Chu's lips curled up with a smile as his fists turned into two fiery dragons, that shot speedily forward together with his body as he charged, leaving a blazing red trail of flames in the air behind him.
"What? You don't recognize the Flame Demons Palace's most representative magical treasure?" Qiao Chu's voice reached the Flame Demons Palace Lord's ears.
The Flame Demons Palace Lord barely managed to dodge Qiao Chu's strike, his foot turning around to retreat back a few steps, his face not yet recovered from astonishment. It had been just a slight passing brush over his shoulder and the fiery blaze on those gloves had burned right through his clothes, leaving stinging red burn wounds upon his shoulder!
If that fist had struck him directly on his body, the results would have been disastrous.
But what astounded the Flame Demons Palace Lord even more was Qiao Chu's words instead.
The Flame Demons Palace's most representative magical treasure?
He could still faintly remember back when the Dark Emperor unified the Middle Realm, all the treasures held by the Twelve Palaces, the Nine Temples and the Four Sides were seized by the Dark Regions and among them, were treasures that were symbolic of the respective palaces. The Flame Demons Palace's most illustrative magical treasure back then had been the Flame Dragon Gauntlets and it was said to have been forged from the scales of the Flame Dragon, an ancient Divine Beast. The Flame Dragon Gauntlets inherited the Flame Dragon's fiery attributes, innately infused with the raging inferno of flames. It's flames could not be extinguished by regular water and would burn through the hardest thing under the Heavens, where it was said that no living being would be able to block the Flame Dragon's flames.
Those very Flame Dragon Gauntlets had been taken away by the Dark Emperor who reigned over the Dark Regions back then until the Dark Emperor fell, where they were then buried together with a large horde of treasure in the Dark Emperor's tomb, to accompany the Dark Emperor in eternal rest.
When the Flame Demons Palace Lord was born, the Dark Emperor had already fallen for a long time and he had never even seen the Flame Demons Palace's Flame Dragon Gauntlets before. It was only when he was prompted by Qiao Chu's words earlier and after he witnessed the gauntlets' powers that it quickly dawned upon the Flame Demons Palace Lord!
"How did the Flame Dragon Gauntlets come to be in your hands! ?" The Flame Demons Palace Lord was suddenly startled. Shouldn't those things be in the Dark Emperor's tomb?
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Chapter 1922:- Explosive Face Slap (14)
"Wait till you're dead and I'll tell you." Qiao Chu replied, his eyes flashing with intense murder. His body then flew up into the air, his fists pushed against each other as an inferno flared up between his fists in a fiery blaze. He suddenly shot downwards, his fists smashing onto the ground where the raging flames tore a large split that charged straight towards the Flame Demons Palace Lord, like a massive flaming dragon that was about to tear into the Flame Demons Palace Lord with a deafening roar!
The searing heat tearing straight towards him forced the Flame Demons Palace Lord to pull his spirit powers into a shield around himself, attempting to block out the Flame Dragon's fire. Even so, the magnificently lavish clothes upon his body was badly singed and scorched by the inferno, to turn into tattered rags!
"How do you like the taste of that? Being wounded by the magical artifact that represents the Flame Demons Palace when you're the Flame Demons Palace Lord? It should feel really good right? But, that is not all! You can just slowly savour it all! !" The corners of Qiao Chu's mouth hooked up in a sinister smile filled with blood chilling murder, the fire of vengeance burning bright within his eyes.
Back at the time when Jun Wu Yao had initially handed this pair of Flame Dragon Gauntlets to him, he had been a little doubtful. But when he heard through Ye Sha's mouth the origins of the Flame Dragon Gauntlets, he could not be any more thankful to Jun Wu Yao for what he had arranged.
There wouldn't be anything else that could be more ironic than to use the Flame Demons Palace's most symbolic magical artifact to kill the Flame Demons Palace Lord!
The Flame Demons Palace Lord's back was drenched with sweat while being roasted within the searing blaze, and his spirit powers was draining extremely quickly. He was shocked to find that his strength had unknowingly weakened by quite a lot, having fallen from his peak of the Silver Spirit's fourth stage to the Silver Spirit's second stage!
[Why is happening?]
The Flame Demons Palace Lord's heart was struck by terror. No wonder fighting a second stage Silver Spirit like Qiao Chu had been so thorny. The spirit powers in his body was becoming more uncontrollable, and the alarming rate it was depleting at caused his heart to be filled with a kind of panic he had never experienced before.
He turned his head to look at the Dragon Slayers Palace Lord who was battling Fei Yan and saw that the Dragon Slayers Palace Lord was experiencing the exact same situation as him. The Dragon Slayers Palace Lord who had clearly been at the peak of the Silver Spirit's third stage was caught on the defensive under the ferocious pummeling of Fei Yan who was only a Silver Spirit at the second stage!
A sense of unease immediately rose up and spread within the Flame Demons Palace Lord's heart. As he dodged Qiao Chu's attacks, he glanced over to see the other Palace Lords who were engaged in battle, discovering to his dismay that they were all in the same situation as him!
For some unknown reason, their powers had suddenly diminished by a highly significant amount and that was why they had only been only able to fight on par with Qiao Chu and his companions right from the beginning.
Suddenly, the Flame Demons Palace Lord unexpectedly shot an explosive blast of spirit energy to push Qiao Chu back and in that split instant, his gaze quickly turned to stare at Jun Wu Xie standing at the side.
It was only until they had left the summit's venue and now come out under the sun that he suddenly noticed that the scented pouch hanging from Jun Wu Xie's hip was constantly emitting waves of very faint green smoke. The smoke was an extremely thin wisp and it would be impossible to detect it if not for the sun.
"You're the one! What have you done to us! ?" The Flame Demons Palace Lord roared fiercely at Jun Wu Xie, his face twisted up in rage.
With the resounding roar from the Flame Demons Palace, the surrounding Palace Lords who were not involved in the battle turned to look towards Jun Wu Xie one after another.
From the beginning, they had all subconsciously come to overlook that silent little young lady. It was known whether it was because the battle before their eyes had been too intense or was it just because they refused to even want to think of the little devil that had toyed with the Twelve Palaces so completely within the palm of her hand.
"Oh? You've finally discovered it?" Jun Wu Xie asked with an eyebrow raised, as she looked calmly at the heavily panting Flame Demons Palace Lord, before slowly pulling the unremarkable looking fragrance pouch off her hip.
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Chapter 1923:- Explosive Face Slap (15)
Jun Wu Xie undid the seal upon the fragrance pouch. A hollowed out little bronze ball was emitting faint wisps of green smoke.
A half burnt piece of triangular shaped incense then fell out from the bronze ball.
"Battles are only exciting to watch when the combatants' powers are about the same. Don't you think so?" Jun Wu Xie said with a light graceful laugh.
"What is that....." The Palace Lords from the various palaces were thrown into quite a fluster.
The Flame Demons Palace Lord just almost vomited out a mouthful of blood. He forcibly pushed back down the slight metallic taste of blood that surged up to the back of his throat and through tightly clenched teeth, he said to the Palace Lords watching the battle at the side: "Are all of you idiots? How long are all of you going to watch the show until? That thing in the little wench's scented pouch is draining our spirit powers. Do you think their objective is really only to kill the few of us here? Do you think you'll be able to escape? Don't forget! This filthy wench has killed the Shadow Moon Palace Lord! If the lot of you continues to watch with your hands kept in your sleeves, after we're defeated, it'll be your turn next!"
The Flame Demons Palace Lord's raging roar immediately pulled the various Palace Lords back to their senses. All of them gasped as they looked at Jun Wu Xie who had a wide smile on her face, as upon that peerlessly beautiful countenance, they saw that not a single bit of that smile came from inside her but felt just a cold and chilling sense of murder.
Was what the Flame Demons Palace Lord said really true?
The little lass' target was not just the Flame Demons Palace Lord and the others but also included the rest of the palaces?
"Jun Wu Xie..... what are you really doing?" The Green Tide Palace Lord was getting chills from the series of things that had happened. Not even in his dreams would be have thought that so many of them, the Palace Lords of the various palaces, could be toyed to such an extent by a bunch of youths, unwilling to admit that deep inside his heart, he was feeling a kind of terror towards Jun Wu Xie.
This lass here, was not human!
She's truly a devil!
"What is it?" Jun Wu Xie asked, her head slightly tilted to one side, as she raised her hand up slowly to touch her earlobe.
Under her fingertip, a glint of silver flashed under the sun.
Even before the Green Tide Palace Lord could reply, a streak of silver light suddenly shot out from Jun Wu Xie's hand to strike onto the Green Tide Palace Lord's body. In a blink, vines that were about the width of a child's arm fully covered the Green Tide Palace Lord's body in that instant, sharp thorns that were a little finger's length all along the vines' encircling coils piercing right into the Green Tide Palace Lord's flesh!
"ARRRRGH!" An anguished cry tore towards the skies.
The Green Tide Palace Lord turned into a man all covered in blood as the warm red liquid flowed down along the vines wound around his body to spill onto the ground!
"Of course I will want to kill all of you present here." Jun Wu Xie said indifferently, her tone calm and without the slightest undulation, but the icy chill in those eyes already clearly showed her intent to kill without a doubt.
The heavy stench of blood wafted into everyone's nose, the flowing blood so close to them.
"What are all of you still standing there in a daze for! ? Can't all you hurry and slaughter that little wench already! ?" The Flame Demons Palace Lord roared at the bunch of Palace Lords who were stunned and dazed while being attacked by Qiao Chu.
The Palace Lords suddenly snapped back to their senses as they stared at the young lady with that chillingly cold smile, a nameless fear in their hearts spreading throughout their bodies. In order for them to live, they could not afford to just stand back and watch any longer!
At almost the same instant, the Palace Lords of the various palaces summoned up spirit powers in their bodies and it was only when they came to utilize their powers that they discovered in shock that their spirit powers had unknowingly drained by so much, their spirit powers decreased by at least two whole levels at least!
"Kill her!" Gu Yi narrowed his eyes and shouted in a low voice. Together at the same time that the sound of his shout fell, all the Palace Lords who had been standing at the side to watch pounced at the same moment towards Jun Wu Xie!
Four figures then jumped out from behind Jun Wu Xie in that instant, to meet with the various Palace Lords who were swooping in!
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Chapter 1924:- Explosive Face Slap (16)
The Palace Lords of the Zen Void Palace, the Flamboyant Palace, the All Life Palace and the Pure Grace Palace were all properly stopped!
"You want to touch our Young Miss, you will have to first get pass me." Ye Sha said coldly as he stopped the Pure Grace Palace Lord in his tracks.
"Ants and maggots like these are actually thinking of hurting our Young Miss? A whole bunch of losers." "Ye Gu cricked his neck, his voice sounding out clearly, his eyes burning brightly. Ever since he left the Dark Emperor's tomb, the insatiable bloodlust that had been suppressed within his heart finally broke free from its binding chains!
Standing right before his eyes, the Zen Void Palace Lord was to him already a dead man!
"Bunch of imbeciles! Come at me if you have guts! Your Great Lord is waiting here for the whole lot of you!" Drunk Lotus taunted as he smashed the empty wine jar in his hand to the ground, staring arrogantly at the Flamboyant Palace Lord.
"Heh heh, since someone's delivering themselves onto death, we must naturally help grant them their wish." Poppy said cradling his other elbow in his hand, the other hand held to his forehead, pretending to look highly perplexed as he looked sympathetically at the All Life Palace Lord in front of his eyes.
The four figures that had appeared so suddenly caused the four Palace Lords to be rather startled. How could they have actually not noticed the arrival of these people?
And what surprised them even more was that among these four people, there were actually two of them who were Ring Spirits! And plant type Ring Spirits at that!
"Roar!" A roar that shook the Heavens suddenly rang out.
A massive shadow stood to block the way between Jun Wu Xie and Gu Yi!
The ferocious black beast then flashed its sharp fangs and claws at Gu Yi!
"No matter who appears, we need to kill them off." The sense of unease was growing stronger in Gu Yi's heart. Their spirit energies had drained by quite a bit and looking at the forces that had been set up today, Jun Wu Xie must be well prepared!
It would not be that easy to deal with this time!
In an instant, they were all engaged in their own fights and intense battles rang out!
Gu Yi could already see that the leader among this group of people was Jun Wu Xie!
Get the leader when catching bandits and Gu Yi charged straight towards Jun Wu Xie aiming for the kill!
The black beast leapt at Gu Yi and Jun Wu Xie took the opportunity to retract the Face of Selvan that was coiled around the Green Tide Palace Lord. Suddenly losing the vines as support, the Green Tide Palace Lord whose body had been pierced all over with gaping holes spilling out blood immediately fell over into a pool of his own blood, not moving in the slightest!
With the Face of Selvan back in Jun Wu Xie's hand, she flicked her hand to fling the blood off before wearing it directly on her face. Countless vines then extended out from around the mask to cover Jun Wu Xie's entire body, from head to toe, shrouding her completely. After covering her entirely, a flash of silver brilliance suddenly shone out from the vines. When the brilliant light faded, the vines that had twined around Jun Wu Xie's body had already disappeared without leaving a single trace, and in its place, was a shiny suit of silver armour!
The shiny armour shone with a silver brilliance, wrapping Jun Wu Xie completely within, the only thing showing was just that pair of eyes that was just terrifying to look at.
Gu Yi was startled but had no time to think about it but to summon his Ring Spirit with a flick of his hand!
It was a massive tiger type Ring Spirit with a long and sharp pair of fangs, its body twice as big as an adult elephant!
The enormous tiger let out a Heaven shaking roar and lunged straight at the black beast blocking Gu Yi, seeking to send it flying. The two beasts were tangled up together in an instant, roaring incessantly!
Gu Yi did not dare to tarry even for a moment but went charging straight towards Jun Wu Xie!
However, wearing Selvan's armour, Jun Wu Xie's speed had increased by not just one level!
The power of the Face of Selvan, was definitely not something any common magical artifact could compare to. It was capable of a thousand kind of transformations and every one of them would bring a massive upgrade to the user!
The spirit light in Gu Yi's hand morphed into a saber of light and he swung it towards Jun Wu Xie, the blade leaving a trail of light in its wake!
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Chapter 1925:- Explosive Face Slap (17)
Several vines suddenly sprouted out from Jun Wu Xie's armoured feet and the vines speedily weaved together to form into the shape of wings. With a flash of silver, two wings were revealed around Jun Wu Xie's ankles in an instant!
It had taken only an instant!
The figure of Jun Wu Xie then disappeared right before Gu Yi, its speed in no way inferior to that of the Silver Spirit!
Gu Yi was slightly stunned, never expecting that Jun Wu Xie would be able to surpass him so overwhelmingly with speed.
Gu Yi's intention to take Jun Wu Xie down was almost shattered right at that moment.
An intense battle erupted outside the summit's venue, the crashing rumble pricking at people's eardrums painfully.
Qiao Chu and the gang were skillfully fighting their battles with ease while Ye Gu embarked on the crushing slaughter of the Zen Void Palace Lord!
The mighty Zen Void Palace Lord in Ye Gu's hands could not even last past three strikes before the sword wielding Ye Gu lopped his head off!
Ye Gu had just freed up his hands when he went to help lift Drunk Lotus out of his quandary.
The powers of Drunk Lotus and Poppy were not sufficient to stand against a Silver Spirit and they were both just using their unique abilities as Ring Spirits to fight their opponents, with every second that passed carrying the risk of death.
And with the deaths of the Green Tide Palace Lord and the Zen Void Palace Lord, the Palace Lords from the other palaces were suddenly greatly shaken, no longer daring to slight their enemies in the slightest as they immediately summoned out their Ring Spirits!
Qiao Chu and the gang went on to summon the Ying Yang Bear, the Double Headed Bone Snake and the other Ring Spirits as well.
In an instant, the inclusion of the Ring Spirits quickly raised the intensity of the battle to new heights!
Ye Gu had intended to go help lift Drunk Lotus and Poppy out of their predicament. But the wave of Ring Spirits that had suddenly sprung up blocked his way. He had no choice but to first deal with these Ring Spirits first before his hands would be free.
The powers of the Night Regime's Commander in Chief was not what regular people could ever hope to compare with. With a bunch of Ring Spirits that should not be taken lightly, standing powerful and mighty before Ye Gu, they all became surprising fragile and weak!
They were quickly beaten up so badly they were not able to retaliate at all!
The pressure upon Drunk Lotus and Poppy had also lightened up greatly.
"Leave this to us. Go help Ye Sha quickly." Drunk Lotus pushed the Flamboyant Palace Lord back with a palm strike, and turned his head to say to Ye Gu.
He had not forgotten the scene when Ye Sha had died back at the Cloudy Peaks. Even though Jun Wu Xie had not spoken about it before, but Ye Sha's "death" to her, had been such a great blow.
Ye Gu arched up an eyebrow, his face amused as he looked at Drunk Lotus.
"Who did you say I should go help?"
"Of course it's Ye....." Drunk Lotus was just beginning to shout when he suddenly saw the Pure Grace Palace Lord being pressed down to the ground and pummeled mercilessly. In an instant, Drunk Lotus was stunned.
"He.... Didn't even an Elder....." Drunk Lotus could still remember it clearly. The one who killed Ye Sha back at that time, had been the Flame Demons Palace's Elder.
But..... Ye Sha was facing an opponent of the powerful Palace Lord level. How..... was he fighting even more ferociously?
"Kid, you had better not underestimate our Night Regime. Although Ye Sha cannot be compared to me, but he is still one of the fiercest warriors of the Night Regime. I have heard about what happened before. In order to locate Lord Jue, he had not rested a moment throughout that thousand years, and his devil spirit had long been drained and depleted completely. Moreover, when the incident befall Lord Jue, he and Ye Mei were at Lord Jue's side and they were also severely injured, never having gotten the chance to nurse themselves. That was how that piece of trash managed to come out tops that time. Otherwise, if a mere Elder of the Twelve Palaces was to really think he can kill one of the ferocious warriors of my Night Regime? That has got to be a joke!" Ye Gu said, his face filled with pride.
Within their Night Regime, there wasn't a single weak person in there. Drag any single one out and he would be able to hang up an Elder from the various palace in a beating!
Drunk Lotus' mouth hung open and coincidentally, in a moment of breather during his battle, Ye Sha turned his head to look at them. Seeing the stunned look on Drunk Lotus' face, he was slightly puzzled, but nodded politely at him, before he continued to pummel at the Pure Grace Palace Lord.
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Chapter 1926:- Explosive Face Slap (18)
The Palace Lords of the Twelve Palaces just wanted to cry. Ever since they took over the position of Palace Lords over their respective palaces, they had never had to be in such a quandary, where not only had they been outschemed by a bunch of youths, they were even losing out in battle. The various Palace Lords who had always seen themselves as holier than thou were now given one big tight slap across the face by Jun Wu Xie and her companions. The slap had been delivered quick and sudden, a resounding one that slapped them silly in an instant.
Gu Yi had attempted to fight Jun Wu Xie in close combat countless times but that suit of silver armour was completely driving her wild. No need to even talk about bringing Jun Wu Xie down, but just seeking to even touch Jun Wu Xie was hopelessly maddening enough.
Seeing that the Palace Lords from the different palaces were locked in bitter battle, with the Green Tide Palace Lord and the Zen Void Palace Lord fallen in battle one after another, even the highly vicious and stalwart Gu Yi was getting riled, and his gaze was beginning to gaze towards the main doors outside the wall surrounding the premises.
Today's Summit of the Twelve Palaces only allowed the Palace Lords themselves to attend and all the other disciples and Elders had to remain outside in wait. He was certain that he would only have to open those doors at the perimeter wall and the disciples of all the palaces waiting outside would come rushing straight in.
Because all the Palace Lords of the various palaces had given strict orders before the summit that no matter what they heard, they were all not to force their way in. They had all thought to sit back and watch while other palaces went for each other's throats but that had now bound all those disciples outside from coming in.
He must open those doors!
Gu Yi discreetly narrowed his eyes and constantly shifted his position during his battle with Jun Wu Xie, gradually pulling the battle towards the main doors without a sound.
Jun Wu Xie arched up an eyebrow as she watched Gu Yi's actions and a sneering glint rose in her eyes, but she did not do anything to stop Gu Yi's movements at all.
Gu Yi eyed for the right opportunity and pretended to launch a vicious attack upon Jun Wu Xie. Jun Wu Xie dodged it easily and Gu Yi grasped the momentum of that charge to shot himself to go before the doors. With a palm strike, he smashed the thick and solid wooden doors to smithereens!
Outside those doors, the Elders of the various palaces had already gathered there. They had led all their disciples to the place earlier to ensure there won't be any deaths occurring at the summit, and to protect their own Palace Lord. They had heard the sounds of fighting earlier, but without receiving any orders from their Palace Lord, and not knowing what the situation was inside, no one dared to make any rash moves!
And in the instant that the main doors was smashed, the intense battle occuring inside was immediately revealed to the eyes of all the Elders from the various palaces. Their eyes stared in incredulity as they saw the bloodbath of unprecedented intensity unfolding.
What was really happening here?
"Someone's plotting to kill the Twelve Palace Lords! All of you go save them!" Gu Yi was panting heavily as he said anxiously, his heart feeling a slight sense of relief. The disciples from the various palaces number in the tens of thousands in this city and with just that small bunch of people with Jun Wu Xie, the disciples of the Twelve Palaces would be enough to physically crush them to death just by sheer numbers!
"Father!" A highly anxious Gu Xin Yan who stood waiting outside the doors called out worriedly when he saw Gu Yi in such a wretched looking state, and when she saw the battle that had erupted inside, her heart jumped in shock.
When the doors leading into the venue were opened up, the various Palace Lords who were locked in bitter battle immediately felt a sense of relief when they saw the familiar faces outside those doors, as they seemed to suddenly see hope!
No matter how skilled or powerful these bunch of youths were, under the onslaught of tens of thousands, the only path left open to them would be death!
"Kid, all of you will not be able to escape." The Flame Demons Palace Lord was scorched and blackened. The battle against Qiao Chu was bitter beyond words and now that he saw that the disciples of the various palaces were gathered, he felt as if a great weight had been lifted off him and he suddenly broke out in a great laugh, to stare at Qiao Chu before him tauntingly.
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Chapter 1927:- Explosive Face Slap (19)
Qiao Chu laughed with a sneer at him.
"Rest assured. Before I kill you, I will definitely not run away."
The Flame Demons Palace Lord snorted derisively. With the army as reinforcements, his stand became much harder.
In just an instant, the Elders of the various palaces led the disciples to surge into the place, every single battle before their eyes sending a chill to run through them.
The figures that moved so fast they could not see clearly, and it was only at those brief moments when they stopped that they could see those figures faintly. And it was what they caught sight of right at those moments that stunned them completely.
Those people fighting their Palace Lords, were actually the very same disciples who were most highly valued in their palace?
Just what was going on here?
The Elders from the Flame Demons and the other palaces stared flabbergasted at everything that was happening. The kind of powers that Qiao Chu and the others had, had naturally been clear to them. Although they possessed great gift, but compared to the Palace Lord level, they were still a far way off.
And, what were they seeing here?
They had actually seen silver light shining out from the bodies of those youths with a brilliance that did not pale in comparison to those of their Palace Lords!
Just when had this bunch of youths suddenly turned into Silver Spirits! ?
Everyone was so shaken they fell into a blank daze, not knowing how to react right at that moment.
Jun Wu Xie stood calm and composed under everyone's gaze, their eyes filled with absolute astoundment as they passed over her resplendent and magnificent Selvan's armour, mouths wide agape from shock.
"Jun Wu Xie, I'll like to see how much longer you can smile. Today, I shall make you and all your accomplices, pay a heavy price for everything that all of you have done!" Gu Yi said with his eyes narrowed, enduring the irregular fluctuation of spirit energies within, as he said with forced bravado.
Jun Wu Xie merely stared at Gu Yi calmly, her eyes seemingly tinged with ridicule.
Gu Xin Yan came to stand beside Gu Yi, her eyes looking through the silver armour clad around the figure. Only the person's eyes were showing and his countenance could not be seen nor his gender identifiable.
But without knowing why, Gu Xin Yan was feeling that she knew those eyes from before.
"Pay a heavy price? With just this lot of people?" Jun Wu Xie gave a light laugh as she looked at the disciples from the various palaces rushing in. She did not even have to look and she already knew that outside these perimeter walls, the entire place must be heavily surrounded with the teams from the various palaces. It would not be long before everyone within the city would gather at this one place.
"With things having reached this point and you can still be so arrogant? You colluded with Qiao Chu and the others to incite conflict within the Twelve Palaces, murdered the Shadow Moon Palace Lord and impersonated him to infiltrate into the Twelve Palaces' Summit. You have now even brutally killed the Green Tide Palace Lord and all these debts owed in blood will be paid by you today, one by one." Gu Yi said in a highly chilling voice.
Gu Yi's words caused the Elders and disciples from the various palaces who had just rushed in here to looked completely shocked. They just could not believe that Gu Yi's words were really true.
All this time, the conflicts that sprung up among the Twelve Palaces was created by this one person before their eyes?
He had actually killed the Shadow Moon Palace Lord and the Green Tide Palace Lord, two highly powerful Palace Lords?
Hearing that their own Palace Lord had been killed by Jun Wu Xie, the Elders of the Green Tide Palace immediately flew into a rage, everyone of them wishing for nothing more than to cut up Jun Wu Xie alive.
Jun Wu Xie looked calmly at the many pairs of eyes so filled with murder staring at her, her own eyes not showing the slightest bit of anxiety. She merely walked herself slowly to the middle as she descended down from the air in a sitting position. Countless thick vines shot out from her silver armour and smoothly flowing along with her actions, the vines weaved themselves into a chair perfectly, that allowed Jun Wu Xie to sit upon, with grace and composure.
That strange scene, just made everyone's skin crawl.
"Oh? Then you should just come give it a try, to see whether today will be the day that you die or I perish." As Jun Wu Xie's arrogant voice fell, she gave a loud snap of her fingers!
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Chapter 1928:- Explosive Face Slap (20)
"Oh? Then you should just come give it a try, to see whether today will be the day that you die or I perish." As Jun Wu Xie's arrogant voice fell, she gave a loud snap of her fingers!
As the sound reached the ears of everyone there, suddenly, the rumblings of a roar broke out from both sides of the venue!
A humongous nine tailed Guardian Grade Spirit Beast suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes. The very instant it appeared, its immense and monumental sized body immediately crushed a whole bunch of disciples standing close right into human paste.
On the other side, a massive scarlet red beast let out a Heavens shaking screech, its fur looking like it had been immersed in blood under the brilliant rays of the sun!
The appearance of two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts caused Gu Yi's face to immediately darken, as he let out a cold sneer while looking at Jun Wu Xie.
"Pure naivety. Don't tell me you really think that with just two Spirit Beasts, it will be enough to stop an army of the Twelve Palaces several tens of thousands strong?"
Jun Wu Xie shrugged her shoulder slightly, her hands clasped together gracefully with her ten fingers crossed and placed over her lower abdomen.
"Who told you that I only have two Spirit Beasts?"
Following the deafening cries of Lord Meh Meh and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit, another earth shaking roar rose all around the outer edges of the Twelve Palaces' army. The ground trembled and quaked, and Gu Yi's heart jumped as he quickly turned his head to see, looking over the densely packed mass of people. He suddenly spotted an intimidating horde of soldiers surrounding them all from outside, and as he swept his gaze over the invading forces, the immense size of their numbers showed that they did not pale in comparison against the Twelve Palaces' army in the slightest!
Gu Yi's eyes flashed with a tinge of terror. When did this army appear here in the city? He had actually not noticed it at all.
"Who are all those people? How did you....." Gu Yi's face was one of utter disbelief as his eyes stared at Jun Wu Xie. Just how many cards was this little young lady holding in her hands?
Jun Wu Xie looked at Gu Yi with disdain in her eyes. "The Lower Realm. All of them are from the Lower Realm! The Lower Realm that all of you view with nothing but contempt! Are you now ready to receive the wrath that came all the way here from that very same Lower Realm! ?"
"Impossible! How could trash from the Lower Realm possibly possess such powers! ? You are lying!" Gu Yi spat out his words through tightly clenched teeth as he glared at Jun Wu Xie. Nothing would make him believe that that army had come from the Lower Realm.
The kind of powers the Lower Realm possessed, was only too clear to him. A place where even a mere Purple Spirit was able to dominate over the entire realm, how could such a spineless and weak place put together an army that was fully shrouded under a purple spirit glow?
Although it was just a sweeping glance, Gu Yi could already see that the army possessed highly dominating strength. Every single one of them was emanating with the brilliant glow of Purple Spirit light, and although a large part of them were not true Purple Spirits but had employed special methods to temporarily increase their spirit power levels, but, who in the Lower Realm knew how to use that skill?
Everyone from the Middle Realm looked down upon people from the Lower Realm right from the bottom of their hearts. People from the Lower Realm were seen to be lower than pigs and dogs and were not fit to battle them at all!
"Trash?" Jun Wu Xie sneered, her voice dripping with contempt. She stood up grandly and the vines below her gradually retracted. New vines shot out very quickly from behind her and formed into a pair of wings on her back. Jun Wu Xie rose up with the wind and stood hovering in mid air, to look outside the venue premise, watching the Lower Realm's iron blooded forces who had clashed into the army of the Twelve Palaces, her eyes filled with unwavering pride.
"All of you will be trampled to death by the very people you term as trash. I can't help but wonder, what does that make you when you are all defeated by trash?"
A resonating bugle sounded, and the fiery rage of the Lower Realm spread throughout the line of the entire Middle Realm's forces, by sheer force of will and with their very own flesh, they completely incinerated all the contempt and disdain felt against them!
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Chapter 1929:- Explosive Face Slap (21)
Within the Lower Realm's great army, Jun Qing, Long Qi, Qu Ling Yue, Wen Xin Han, Mo Qian Yuan, Yan Bu Gui and some others led their battalions on all sides to charge straight into the Twelve Palaces' army!
The two armies clashed together and the heavy stench of blood immediately pervaded the air over the entire city!
The Twelve Palaces' army were caught unprepared for such a massive onslaught and in their panic, they stared into the eyes of their highly ferocious enemies, the terror in their hearts gradually deepening.
This was an army that had truly dug themselves out from the battlefield, their blood forged and tempered with iron. In this army, the force was made up from a gathering of the most elite among the armies of different countries in the past. The old Lower Realm of before, must be weak and unable to take a single hit. But now, all of that had completely changed, having lived in pure despair and crawling in muck, the strength of their desire to survive was something no one else could fully comprehend.
They had grasped the technique to elevate their spirit power levels for merely just two years. But in these two years, they had trained in their cultivation with their lives on the line and besides eating and sleeping, they had not even had time to reunite with their families at all. Having undergone the slaughter and oppression from the Middle Realm, they had all become highly aware of their frailty.
In such a dog eat dog world, only when one became stronger would one be able to protect their own family members, and the companions whom they highly treasured!
The Middle Realm had been in relative peace for too long, and their short open scuffles and engaging in hidden intrigue had become to these men who clawed their way out through the blood and trials of war, to be squabbling between children. Only when one had to choose between life or death, would one be pushed to the extremities of one's limits!
When an army who had waded through countless battlefields were given an even greater source of power, their might would just shoot up to just absolutely terrifying levels!
At that moment, the Lower Realm were no longer meek lambs free for anyone to slaughter. They had picked up their weapons and were fighting to defend their pride and honour!
When have the Twelve Palaces' disciples who had lived rather comfortably for such a long time ever stepped onto a true battlefield in war? How could they possibly understand the instilled rapport and iron camaraderie between brothers in arms! ?
In a clash between two great armies, individual might would be weakened to a highly shocking extent as rapport and teamwork would instead be key!
In what seemed only to be a blink, the Twelve Palaces' army was overwhelmed by the iron blood army, trampled and pummeled down entirely.
Gu Yi could see from far away that the situation on the battlefield was becoming more and more hard pressed on their side and the shock in his heart was already hard to put in words. He raised up his head to glare at the armoured Jun Wu Xie hovering in mid air. She was obviously just a young lady about the same age as his own daughter, so how had she been able to create so many instances that caused people to be stunned absolutely speechless in astoundment?
However, Jun Wu Xie had already decided that she was not going to give Gu Ying more time to think. She dove down from her position in midair, to charge straight towards Gu Yi!
All the Twelve Palaces' disciples were trapped in by Lord Meh Meh and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit and unable to free themselves to go save Gu Yi.
Gu Yi saw Jun Wu Xie hurtling menacingly right towards him and he immediately pushed Gu Xin Yan away, to face up to Jun Wu Xie!
At that moment, fighting filled up every corner of the city and both the inside and outside of the city rang out with a deafening roar!
The other Palace Lords had initially thought that with the arrival of their army, they finally had a chance to live through this but it was at that moment that they realized that Jun Wu Xie already had everything planned out and all that had happened today were all under her control. Since she had already revealed her intentions, how could she possibly let them leave here alive?
The temperature over the blood and gore filled battle continued to rise, with people falling incessantly.
The iron blood army advanced in high song, their faces filled with murderous intent, their blood tainted and towering frames sending terror into the Twelve Palaces' disciples that almost frightened their souls out of them.
The people from the Twelve Palaces had never battled an opponent like this before and thinking back at that moment, the conflicts and scheming they had engaged in with each other before suddenly seemed highly childish.
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Chapter 1930:- Explosive Face Slap (22)
Gu Xin Yan stared blankly before her, completely in a daze. Everyone was battling and only she was the lone person that everyone had seemingly missed out.
No one attacked her. It was as if everyone had forgotten about her entirely.
Within all that chaos, two figures hid silently in the shadows, watching excitedly at the bloody and gory scene before their eyes.
"Jun Xie, Jun Wu, Jun Wu Xie..... So, it's all just you, Jun Wu Xie..... You really astound me." Gu Ying said as he stood in the dark shadows, watching Gu Yi being pushed back till there was no other place to retreat into, and his eyes filled up with mirth.
"Young Lord, aren't you going to make any moves?" Following behind Gu Ying, the black robed man asked softly.
From the moment that the battle started, Gu Ying had already been there at the battlefield, but he had absolutely no intention of showing himself.
"Why should I make any moves? I don't know how long I've waited for this moment but it's just that Jun Wu Xie has done what I would have wanted to do myself. Since someone is doing it for me, why shouldn't I just sit back and enjoy the show?" Gu Ying asked with an eyebrow slightly raised.
"But Young Lord, weren't you thinking to protect Gu Xin Yan?" The black robed man asked, not understanding completely.
Gu Ying instead shook his head as he looked at Gu Xin Yan who was standing there in a daze, and the mirth in his eyes flashed with a hint of gentleness.
"Can't you see it already? Right from the beginning, Jun Wu Xie has had no intention of striking Gu Xin Yan at all. Although it's true that that fella is here for revenge, she has not lost her mind so completely as to want to obliterate everything." Gu Ying said with a soft laugh. Jun Wu Xie's revenge seemed to be highly vicious, but when one observed carefully, one would notice that the targets that Jun Wu Xie's underlings attacked had coincidentally missed out on some of the younger and naive youths. Although there was no lack of evil minded and malicious scoundrels within the Twelve Palaces, there were still some idiots who were simple and kind of thought. Regardless whether it was Lord Meh Meh, the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit of the Lower Realm's army, all of them would subconsciously avoid those kind hearted morons, where they would injure them at most, but never taking their lives. It was all those evil and malicious men who owed deeply in debts of blood who were mercilessly slaughtered, never sparing them till they've breathed their last.
The way Jun Wu Xie was dealing with this, made Gu Ying think it highly interesting. He had thought that with her embarking on such a maniacal journey of vengeance, she would have abandoned all differentiation between good and evil, never thinking that though the lass was incredibly sly and crafty, her heart still clearly distinguished between good and bad.
So very interesting.
"If it was me, I would not have been so kind and benevolent like her, and not a single person would walk out of the place alive today." Gu Ying said as he rubbed at his chin thoughtfully, the brilliantly red flowing blood causing the bloodthirstiness in his eyes to boil incessantly. He yearned to go out there, reaping the lives of everyone, to let the warm touch of blood flowing quell the excitement he was feeling in his heart.
The black robed man stood behind Gu Ying, seeing in surprise the boiling murder in Gu Ying's eyes, and he could not help but shiver.
A youth that so highly dangerous, and the Lord of the Temple truly want him to remain in the Spirit Void Temple?
Gu Ying's gaze then slowly turned to fall upon Gu Yi who was sporting injuries in quite a few places. He had never thought that Jun Wu Xie would actually be able to push Gu Yi back into such a state with that strange suit of armour. Judging from the injuries on Gu Yi, it would seem like he was becoming less and less able to stand up to Jun Wu Xie's attacks.
Gu Ying's eyes narrowed as he stared at the suit of armour on Jun Wu Xie's body, and it was not known what was going through his mind.
As the highly bloody battle raged, Gu Yi was gasping hard for air as blood flowed out freely from the wounds on his body. As his spirit energy continued to drain out of his body, when faced with Jun Wu Xie's attacks, he found it harder and harder to summon up his strength, where it had started when they were evenly matched, to him becoming suppressed.
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Chapter 1931:- Explosive Face Slap (23)
Gu Yi found himself being pushed harder and harder and his gaze glanced all around him constantly, attempting to find a way that could change the current situation. But what he found was only despair when in the entire battlefield, he was not able to find a single opportunity for him to turn things around.
The Twelve Palaces' army's morale had already been shattered. As they were made up of disciples from eleven different conflicted palaces, there was absolutely no rapport between them to even speak of, many of them holding vengeance against each other. There was no need to even mention cooperation among them as the scattered and disunited army was like a dish of loose sand, so how could they possibly be able to stand up against the well trained and disciplined iron blood army?
The incense that Jun Wu Xie had brought in before was having a immense effect on the various Palace Lords. With the passing of time, more and more of their spirit powers was being depleted and some of them had even fallen from the Silver Spirit.....
Everything was looking so dire he just could not make himself watch.
Who could have thought that with the strength of just one little young lady, she would be able to force the entire Twelve Palaces into such a helpless quandary?
Gu Yi gritted his teeth, forcing himself to hold out, but was struck to roll upon the ground from a whip of Jun Wu Xie's vines. A mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, his mind buzzing in a whirl.
High up in the air, Jun Wu Xie gave the vine a slight flick and it weaved itself into a sharp sword. Purple Spirit power surged into the blade and she dove straight towards Gu Yi's chest with a mighty lunge!
Gu Yi's eyes flared wide open, wanting to dodge but it was already too late.
At the very last second just before Jun Wu Xie was to take Gu Yi's life, a slender figure suddenly charged right before Gu Yi!
The sword that was shrouded in Purple Spirit glow immediately pierced right through that small petite figure.
Jun Wu Xie stared blankly at Gu Xin Yan who had suddenly rushed out to take the thrust of the blade for Gu Yi, and the murder in her eyes faded away in that instant, to be replaced by a look of shock.
[It is him!]
"Little Yan!" The moment Gu Yi's eyes saw his daughter taking that sword thrust on his behalf, his heart immediately wrenched up tightly into a ball.
Bright crimson blood surged out from Gu Xin Yan's wound. That sword thrust by Jun Wu Xie had been carrying the strength and power that sought to kill Gu Yi with one single strike, where not only had she been diving at an extremely fast speed, the spirit power imbued within had been highly intense. When that thrust pierced Gu Xin Yan's chest, a devilish crimson bloom had immediately blossomed out over her chest.
"Jun Wu..... Spare him....." A trickle of blood spilled out from a corner of Gu Xin Yan's mouth. Her brows creased up with agony and it was when the murder had seeped out completely from Jun Wu Xie's eyes that she clearly saw those eyes that were so familiar to her, the pair of eyes that she had seen so many times in her dreams ever since she left the Cloudy Brook Academy.
[How could she forget those eyes?]
The hand gripping the sword trembled slightly.
The sharp sword weaved from vines then quickly withdrew.
Blood droplets splattered all over the floor.
Jun Wu Xie was in a slight daze while her gaze remained fixed upon Gu Xin Yan who fell to the ground into a pool of her own blood when she lost the support from the sword that was holding her upright.
She had never intended to kill Gu Xin Yan at all, never having even once thought of harming Gu Xin Yan at all. Though she was from the Blood Fiend Palace, but during the period of time back at the Cloudy Brook Academy when she had interacted with Gu Xin Yan, Gu Xin Yan had made Jun Wu Xie feel that she was not evil at heart. Towards this point, she had even verified it with Fei Yan, where she knew from all the information the Dragon Slayers Palace had amassed, none of it had pointed to Gu Xin Yan for all the crimes committed before.
But.....
The person whom she did not want to hurt the most, had now been wounded by her unintentionally.
What surprised Jun Wu Xie more, was that she did not see any hatred in Gu Xin Yan's eyes, but just thick and heavy despair.
"Little Yan! Little Yan!" Gu Yi's tears were streaming down his face sorrowfully as he stared at Gu Xin Yan, his hands all covered in Gu Xin Yan's blood. His eyes turned red in an instant and he charged right towards Jun Wu Xie with wild abandon.
Jun Wu Xie immediately dodged in retreat, but at that very instant that she dodged, she suddenly felt a highly tyrannical surge of power charging right towards her from the back!
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Chapter 1932:- Explosive Face Slap (24)
Jun Wu Xie had to deal with Gu Yi's almost maniacal attack on one side from the front, and pay attention to the strong surge of power from the back at the same time, rendering her unable to dodge in time!
A heavy and powerful palm strike struck Jun Wu Xie on her back. Jun Wu Xie endured the excruciating pain and moved herself away in the shortest time possible.
"Jun Wu Xie, you dare to kill Gu Xin Yan!" Gu Ying's eyes were bloodshot as he stood behind Jun Wu Xie, the murder in his eyes rising up to reach an intensity never felt before.
At the moment he saw the sword in Jun Wu Xie's hand plunge through Gu Xin Yan's chest, Gu Ying laid back demeanor that just been enjoying the show immediately dissipated into the wind!
Jun Wu Xie's brows furrowed together as she looked at Gu Ying who had suddenly appeared. She had actually not noticed Gu Ying's presence in the slightest all this time. A trickle of blood flowed down through the gap in Jun Wu Xie's helmet, looking extraordinarily bright upon the shiny silver armour.
The power from that one palm strike from Gu Ying, had actually been more powerful than Gu Yi's!
"Gu Ying....." Gu Yi stared at Gu Ying in shock. He would never have dreamed that Gu Ying would appear here at this place. Gu Ying had actually come to save him?
The figure of Gu Ying turned into a streak of light in that instant. Gu Yi had not even finished what he wanted to say when Gu Ying had already appeared behind him. Without giving Gu Yi any time to react at all, Gu Ying's hand suddenly lunged straight into Gu Yi's back!
The blood covered hand was sticking out of Gu Yi's chest on the front, warm crimson blood flowing down Gu Ying's arm to splatter onto ground right before Gu Yi's feet, while gripped in his hand, was a freshly plucked out heart still beating strongly.
"Do not misunderstand. I did not come here to save you." Gu Ying retracted back his hand, as he watched Gu Yi's lifeless corpse fall into his blood. His devilish eyes then raised up to look at Jun Wu Xie as he gripped his hand tightly, to crush Gu Yi's heart completely with an explosive burst!
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes as she stared at Gu Ying, till the moment Gu Yi was killed, she had not taken a single step forward, but instead shot herself towards the direction Gu Xin Yan was in.
The figure of Gu Ying suddenly showed up before Jun Wu Xie to block her way, his blood covered hands lunging straight at Jun Wu Xie without mercy!
Jun Wu Xie dodged the attack swiftly, her gaze sweeping over the figure of Gu Xin Yan out of the corner of her eyes, an anxious glint flashing within.
"I had not intended to interfere with your affairs, but out of everything you should not have done, you really should not have harmed Gu Xin Yan. Even if you were to kill every single person in the Twelve Palaces, I would not care in the slightest, but you shouldn't have harmed her." Gu Ying's eyes were half narrowed, and in the instant his voice fell, black robed men numbering almost a hundred suddenly appeared beside him. Among those black robed men, the least powerful among them was already a Purple Spirit, with quite a number of them Silver Spirits.
Those Silver Spirits, were actually holding powers similar to the Palace Lords of the Twelve Palaces!
Jun Wu Xie was startled, as the kind of power behind Gu Ying was definitely from somewhere highly significant.
"The Zephyr Academy's Jun Xie was you, and the Cloudy Brook Academy's Jun Wu was also you. Jun Wu Xie, you are indeed a capable one for me to have fallen so many times in your hands." Gu Ying said as a bloodthirsty smile blossomed at the corners of his lips. He had not had any intentions to cross swords with Jun Wu Xie now, but Gu Xin Yan's death had really broken through the limits.
He must make Jun Wu Xie pay the price!
The kind of power held by the band of black robed men that had suddenly appeared caused Qiao Chu and the gang who were locked in battle with the Palace Lords to be stunned in shock. Seeing the whole bunch of people surrounding Jun Wu Xie completely, Qiao Chu and the others grew anxious. The reason they had all been able to stand against the Twelve Palaces' Palace Lords was besides them having taken the Spirit Transformation Elixir, been also because of the burning of the incense. But among that whole group of black robed men, at least twenty of them had possessed powers comparable to the Twelve Palaces' Palace Lords, and their spirit powers had not been depleted at all!
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Chapter 1933:- Explosive Face Slap (25)
Coming under attack on all sides by the whole group of black robed men, even Jun Wu Xie would have a hard time escaping from there alive!
Qiao Chu and the others were frantic, but the Palace Lords battling them had noticed the appearance of Gu Ying and his men as well. The enemy's enemy would be a friend to them so how could they possibly let Qiao Chu and his gang go save Jun Wu Xie?
The Palace Lords of the Twelve Palaces went all out explosively with the last of their strength, to hold Qiao Chu and all the others back.
"Boss! Go save Young Miss!" Ye Sha suddenly saw the entire scene, and his heart shot up into his throat in that instant.
Ye Gu pushed a Ring Spirit back with a palm strike and his figure then rushed swiftly straight towards Jun Wu Xie!
But every single one of the Palace Lords ordered all their Ring Spirits to drag down Ye Gu's movements at any cost. Ye Gu was extremely powerful, but the Ring Spirits were of enormous size. When they all charged at him with everything they had at the same time, they managed to fully block Ye Gu's way forward completely!
"Out of my way!" Ye Gu clenched his teeth tight and his devil spirit power turned into swords to shoot out of him in an unstopping stream!
The Young Miss must not come to any harm!
The Ring Spirits had received orders to stand till their deaths, and they would not give way no matter what.
And the men that Gu Ying brought in had already initiated their attack upon Jun Wu Xie.
Besieged on all sides by more than twenty Silver Spirits and over ten Purple Spirits, even the Flame Demons Palace Lord at peak condition would not be able to withstand such an onslaught!
Jun Wu Xie felt as if spirit powers that could encompass the skies and cover the earth all shooting right towards her. Her Selvan's armour was constantly changing its form and state, remaining in a high state of defence, repeatedly blocking out so many of the strong and powerful attacks!
But no matter how powerful the Selvan's armour was, it was not able to withstand such a concentrated attack of such intensity and the speed of its transformations was beginning to be unable to keep up with the attacks from so many Silver Spirits.
In the instant that the Selvan's armour concentrated its powers to deflect an attack from the back, another Silver Spirit saw the opportunity to strike right upon Jun Wu Xie's head.
Jun Wu Xie was completely locked in with no way out and could only steel herself to receive the strike!
A clear clang sounded!
The Selvan's armour covering Jun Wu Xie's head shattered with that sound, and a deep wound opened on Jun Wu Xie's forehead good and proper, where a crack could even be seen on the skull.
Having suffered such a violent strike upon the head, Jun Wu Xie's mind immediately buzzed loudly in her head, her eyes losing focus and everything turned blurry. She could only rely upon her subconscious mind to fend off any of those attacks but having lost her sight, wanting to avoid such an intense assault from so many directions was completely impossible!
A series of crisp cracking sounds rang out, and the Selvan's armour on Jun Wu Xie's body was split and cracked in many places, its defensive powers reduced to almost zero!
Wounds big and small covered all over Jun Wu Xie's body. She forcibly endured the excruciating pain and bit down to break the elixir she hid in her teeth. Only like this, would she then completely fall.
Qiao Chu and the others saw Jun Wu Xie being surrounded and attacked by so many powerful pugilists and their hearts were almost bursting with worry and anxiety. But the various Palace Lords were holding the companions back with everything they've got, even at the cost of their very lives, but they would not allow any of the companions to get closer to Jun Wu Xie a single step!
Gu Ying stared coldly at Jun Wu Xie's completely wretched looking state and his eyes flashed with a chilling bloodthirsty glint.
Jun Wu Xie's eyes were unable to see things too clearly and the wound on her forehead was affecting her a great deal. She could feel that her head had taken a severe hit and she was not able to maintain a clear state of mind.
Ye Gu's eyes had turned red with mad slaughter and after he massacred all the Ring Spirits to see the blood covered state Jun Wu Xie was in, a Heaven splitting rage made him fly in a lightning quick lunge forward, his youthful body wrapping itself over Jun Wu Xie in a tight embrace, using his own body to withstand the combined attacks from those powerful pugilists numbering at least several of tens!
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Chapter 1934:- Explosive Face Slap (26)
A mouthful of blood spurted out from Ye Gu's mouth. Even he was unable to withstand the concentrated assault from those several tens of people. But he continued to shield Jun Wu Xie in his arms with everything he had, not allowing those people to harm Jun Wu Xie any further.
Jun Wu Xie's vision was still blurred but she could well feel Ye Gu's presence. Warm droplets dripped onto her shoulder, bringing the raw stench of blood.
"Don't bother about me." Jun Wu Xie said softly. Ye Gu possessed extremely strong power and if it was not because he was protecting her, with just his strength alone, he would be able to send the entire bunch of them to their doom.
"Lord Jue left orders that we must not let Young Miss be harmed in anyway. Your subordinate has been incompetent to have let Young Miss be wounded to such an extent. If I am still unable to at least shield for Young Miss, then your subordinate would no longer have any use for this life of mine." Ye Gu then clenched up his jaws and released his devil spirit powers fully, to fully shroud Jun Wu Xie and himself. He did not dare to let go of his hands as there were just too many enemies against them. If he was not able to achieve an instant kill upon every single one of them, then Jun Wu Xie would definitely suffer another severe hit!
Jun Wu Xie fought to steady her own breathing, aware that the situation they faced could not get any worse. Gu Ying's sudden appearance, bringing with him power far beyond what the Twelve Palaces could compare to, had caught her completely off guard. Ye Gu was shielding her and was unable to display his prowess and merely subject himself to being pummeled upon. Being put under such constant and incessant assault, even a god would not be able to last all that long.
Jun Wu Xie did not sink into self pity but took the opportunity while Ye Gu was shielding her to swiftly feel for several bottles of elixirs in her Cosmos Sack. She could no longer see clearly and she could only rely on scent before she quickly poured out the elixirs onto her palm.
"Open your mouth." Jun Wu Xie said from under the booming blasts all around them.
Ye Gu opened his mouth without hesitation and Jun Wu Xie immediately stuffed a bunch of elixirs into Ye Gu's mouth. Ye Gu immediately swallowed them and a warm spring seemed to flowed through his body, the miserable looking wounds from the incessant blasts thrown upon his body quickly healing at a speed visible to the eye. But before those wounds could even close fully, new attacks would tear open those same wounds that were healing even deeper.
But with those elixirs supporting him, Ye Gu felt a whole lot better.
Jun Wu Xie swallowed a whole bunch of elixirs herself. Continuing to be sitting ducks here would only lead them to definite doom. But such strong power had been completely beyond Jun Wu Xie's calculations and she could only quickly try to assess whether there was any way for them to get themselves out of this predicament.
With Jun Wu Xie's elixirs support, Ye Gu's severity of injuries fluctuated, but his life was not put at risk. He did everything he could to hold out against the assault, as bright crimson blood flowed from his wounds.
Ever since he became the Night Regime's Commander in Chief, Ye Gu had never been so wretched as he was today.
"Wait till your Lord here is able to free his hands. Not even a single one should be thinking you can run." Ye Gu gritted his teeth tightly together, the raw taste of blood spreading in his mouth, but the arms that were clasped around Jun Wu Xie did not loosen in the slightest.
Qiao Chu and the others were almost insane with anxiety. The calm composure the group of youths usually displayed already non existent. They wished for nothing more than to be able to charged themselves to stand right beside Jun Wu Xie, but the Palace Lords of the Twelve Palaces were clinging on with their very lives to drag the companions' footsteps back.
The black beast had wanted to barrel through the circle that surrounded Jun Wu Xie to get to its Mistress' side, but the black robed men's Ring Spirits had been summoned that formed another ring on the outside. Even Ye Sha, Drunk Lotus and Poppy who had finally dealt with their opponent and rushed over immediately found their way completely blocked off, unable to take a single step inside.
"Jun Wu Xie, I'll admit that you possess unsurpassing intelligence. Having fallen in defeat twice in your hands, I'll admit that. But in front of absolute power, your cleverness would not be able to save you." Gu Ying said as his eyes narrowed up. He then licked his lips as he stared at the flesh on Ye Gu's back that had become a indistinct mess, the bloodthirsty glint in his eyes almost insuppressible.
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Chapter 1935:- Explosive Face Slap (27)
When Gu Ying had been hiding in the shadows to watch the show, he had already noticed that Ye Gu possessed the most power among the entire group. Ye Gu's power could even be beyond that of a Gold Spirit and if Ye Gu was allowed to free his hands, even with the whole group of black robed men he held in his hands, they would be hard pressed to escape with their lives.
Hence from the very beginning, Gu Ying had made everyone train all their attacks to target onto Jun Wu Xie, forcing Ye Gu to have no choice but to shield her, trapping Ye Gu's powers, rendering him unable to attack freely.
Jun Wu Xie did not make a single sound. Ye Gu was shielding her with his life and she was not going to waste a single second, but to continuously swallow down elixirs to restore herself to the best condition she could. Although the Face of Selvan was powerful, but for the Face of Selvan to bring out its powers, it depended on the spirit powers of its contracted user as a source. Her spirit powers was currently insufficient for the Face of Selvan to bring out one hundred percent of its powers to play, otherwise she would not have fallen into such a hard pressed state of affairs.
The battlefield was a mess of chaos. With several tens of Ring Spirits standing in the way of Ye Sha and the others, they were all carrying out incessant slaughter as they tried to get in closer.
Lord Meh Meh and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit had sensed the danger Jun Wu Xie was in and they roared as they made their way forward but were blocked off by a bunch of Ring Spirits, unable to get close either but forced to see Ye Gu and Jun Wu Xie surrounded and besieged. At that moment, everyone's heart just wished they could rip Gu Ying to shreds.
"You're right about what you've said. Before absolute power, nothing else holds any meaning." Suddenly, a deep and beautifully pleasing voice rang out in everyone's eyes.
Gu Ying raised his head in surprise.
Up in the air, a tall and gracefully slender figure stood majestically in place.
The man was dressed in full black, his long dark hair fluttering slightly in the wind, his half narrowed eyes sweeping across the chaotic battlefield to finally rest upon the figures of Ye Gu and Jun Wu Xie, seeing Jun Wu Xie's body that was covered with dripping blood and his pair jet black eyes immediately turned a pure demonic and devilish violet.....
Suddenly, a heavy cloud of black mist swirled in the sky, gradually enveloping the entire sky above the venue, blocking out the sun's brilliant rays, bringing darkness right before everyone's eyes.
"Then, why not you have a taste of it as well?" The corners of Jun Wu Yao's mouth curled up slightly, the devilish smile filled with terrifying murder, his narrowed eyes seemingly smiling but caused all who looked into them to turn into immobile blocks of wood, all sitting ducks.
Purple coloured eyes.
The Dark Emperor.....
How was that possible! ?
Gu Ying's eyes widened as he stared up into the sky, at the man whose body was flaring out with powerful waves of oppressive aura. The man was just standing there, but he was already finding it hard to breathe, and that purple coloured pair of eyes had also very quietly revealed the man's very identity.
The Lord of the Dark Regions that had fallen for a millenium, the Dark Emperor had actually shown up at this place today!
The figure of Jun Wu Yao turned into a streak of black light, charging right into the chaotic battlefield. With a casual wave of his hand, the people surrounding Ye Gu and Jun Wu Xie felt for an instant a formless and invisible slight chill brush past their necks. In the next instant he gripped his hand, a thin line of blood appeared around their necks and the heads of those several tens of people fell soundlessly to the ground, the headless corpses still standing as pillars of blood shot up several meters up into the air!
The pillars of blood shooting up from the corpses reached the swirling black mist in the air, seemingly sucked up and swallowed up by the black mist.
"Lord Jue!" Ye Gu cried out in delight as he looked at Jun Wu Yao.
"Give." Jun Wu Yao said with his eyes half narrowed.
Ye Gu immediately released his arms, immediately bringing Jun Wu Xie that he had been shielding right before Jun Wu Yao.
"You're here?" Jun Wu Xie asked as she widened her eyes slightly to look at Jun Wu Yao.
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Chapter 1936:- Explosive Face Slap (28)
Jun Wu Yao wrapped Jun Wu Xie in an embrace, looking into her vacant eyes that had lost focus. Those eyes had been stained red by blood and she was trying her hardest to wide them wide, eyes that had lost their former brilliance, and Jun Wu Yao's heart winced painfully.
When has his little one ever had to suffer such aggrievement?
Jun Wu Yao's soft voice replied:
"Mm, I've come. No one will be able to hurt you anymore."
When he raised his eyes once again, that pair of violet were shining with thick and roiling murder.
Jun Wu Yao's appearance caused everyone present to freeze in shock. The pair of violet eyes swept over the mass of people, grim and foreboding the nightmare that was about to descend. The thick cloud of black mist gathering in the sky was becoming denser and denser, the sun's rays completely blocked out as the dark shadow of death covered the land.
That pair of eyes which were like the Devil's, were possessed only by the unifier, the Dark Emperor who reigned over the Middle Realm, and that black coloured spirit power, forgotten by people after such a long time, had once again manifested.
Jun Wu Yao held Jun Wu Xie close in an embrace, the corners of his mouth curled up in a sneer as he stared at the people who were all frozen in terror.
"Blood Burial." The lips that were tinged with a smile opened slightly, and the two words came out from that mouth like ice.
The faces of everyone suddenly changed drastically.
"Young Lord! Run! Quick! !" One of the black robed men shouted in terror.
Gu Ying was startled out of his shock, suddenly discovering that he could not move. Every inch of him including his fingers could not move even an inch, as the black mist slowly descended from the sky. Everyone was covered by the black mist, their bodies feeling like they were bound by an invisible oppressive force, the terror in their hearts almost driving them out of their minds, but they still could not move.
The black mist swirled on the ground, covering the bodies of every single one of them. Mournful wails began to rise throughout, the black mist blocking out everybody's vision, like they had fallen into a bottomless pit, where they could hear nothing, see nothing, but only to feel the drop and rise in the temperature that drove a chill deep into their hearts. They felt as if they had been thrown into boiling water, but an icy blast of bone chilling water was constantly splashing down upon the top of their heads. The interweaving sensations of ice and fire, was causing their skin and flesh to be unable to withstand the agonizing torment.
The skin split and tore, as blood flowed out freely. The heavy black mist silently absorbed up the fresh warm blood, without a single drop falling to the ground.
Gu Ying was caught within the darkness, feeling for the first time in his life such pure and absolute dominating power. Before Jun Wu Yao, he did not even have any opportunity to resist at all.
At that moment, he finally understood what Jun Wu Yao had truly meant with those words.
[This is what pure and absolute power truly is!]
[Might that can destroy everything.]
"Hahaha! The Dark Emperor..... This is the power of the Dark Emperor....." Within the darkness, Gu Ying's laughter rang out suddenly. There wasn't the slightest tinge of terror in that laughter to be heard, nor the kind of panic when one was kissed by death, but just a laughter on the verge of insanity, that made one's skin crawl.
Jun Wu Yao held Jun Wu Xie more tightly in his arms.
Jun Wu Xie could not see the things happening before her eyes, only knowing that night had seemingly fallen, with darkness everywhere. Only the embrace that was holding her close, made her feel safe and at ease.
When the black mist dissipated away, and sunlight gradually spilled over the land, there wasn't a single person on the ground before his eyes. The several tens of black robed men, had disappeared without a trace, where not even a single drop of blood was left behind.
The gradually fading black mist slowly turned into a crystalline and sparking blood droplet, hovering in front of Jun Wu Yao's eyes.
With a soft clatter, a thumb sized jade green coloured bead rolled upon the ground. Jun Wu Yao's eyes narrowed up, but that jade coloured bead then scattered into dust from a gust of the wind.
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Chapter 1937:- The Dust Settles (1)
"Soul Shift Technique." Jun Wu Yao sneered.
Ye Gu at the side completely did not bother about the wounds on his back but just quickly walked to the front of Jun Wu Yao to knee on one knee.
"Does my Lord need your subordinate to go investigate into it?"
Jun Wu Yao looked at Jun Wu Xie who was covered in blood in his arms and then shook his head slightly.
"Since they dare to use the Soul Shift Technique in front of me, they would have already severed all links, where you would naturally not be able to find anything. But it's interesting that the Upper Realm's Soul Shift Technique would actually appear here upon a Middle Realm's youth....."
At the same time when Jun Wu Yao had crushed Gu Ying and his subordinates, he had also eradicated all those Ring Spirits that were entangled with Ye Sha and the others. The various Palace Lords who had struggled bitterly against Qiao Chu and his companions had already been near the end of their tethers, almost completely burnt out and were fighting with their last breaths hoping that after Gu Ying finished Jun Wu Xie, they would have a chance to live. But the appearance of Jun Wu Yao had completely smashed that last sliver of hope to dust, where overcome with indignation and despair, the Palace Lords had not been able to hold out any longer, to all fall under the blades of Qiao Chu and gang.
The entire courtyard suddenly became a whole lot more spacious with the Twelve Palaces' Palace Lords all dead. Though Qiao Chu and his gang were carrying quite a number of wounds, but with their blood vengeance exacted, even pain that reached right into their bones and injured their meridians could not wipe away the exhilaration they were feeling right at that moment.
"Big Brother Wu Yao!" Qiao Chu called out as he retracted the Flame Dragon Gauntlets from both his hands. The pair of hands under the Flame Dragon Gauntlets had been scorched black by searing flames and it was hard to imagine that Qiao Chu had used those very hands to battle the Flame Demons Palace Lord for all that time.
Although the Flame Dragon Gauntlets were powerful, but using them at full power for an extended period of time needed the user to pay a heavy price. With Qiao Chu current level of power, he was still not able to use them as freely as he wanted, and he had gone all out today to exact revenge upon his biggest blood enemy.
"Put me down." Jun Wu Xie said as she tugged at Jun Wu Yao's collar. The dust was settling, and only the Twelve Palaces' army was still battling with Qu Ling Yue and her men. With all the Palace Lords fallen, their men would not last for much longer.
"What is it?" Jun Wu Yao acquiesced and put Jun Wu Xie down.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head lightly and raised a hand to wipe away the blood at the corner of her eye, trying to clear up her vision a little. Unfortunately, everything before her eyes was still a blur and she could only faintly make out blurry and unclear silhouettes, but she still stood straight as she walked over towards the side.
Gu Xin Yan lay quietly within a pool of blood, her eyes tightly shut, like she was dead. Jun Wu Xie knew more clearly than anyone, just what kind of power had been behind that one thrust of the sword by her.
But just at the very last instant when Gu Xin Yan had appeared. Jun Wu Xie had summoned up every ounce of her strength to forcibly shift the point of her sword just slightly off.
But even Jun Wu Xie herself did not know whether that tiny shift at that very last moment would allow Gu Xin Yan to escape calamity this time.
Jun Wu Xie squatted down and checked Gu Xin Yan's condition. She was relieved to find Gu Xin Yan's pulse, though weak, it had not stopped.
[She can still be saved!]
Jun Wu Xie immediately groped around and took out a few bottles of elixirs. But as everything before her eyes was a blur, she was unable to treat Gu Xin Yan's wounds herself.
"Ye Sha."
"Young Miss." Ye Sha immediately walked over to Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie placed a few bottles of elixirs in Ye Sha's hand and quickly gave instructions to Ye Sha on how to administer them. Ye Sha looked at Jun Wu Xie solemnly and followed Jun Wu Xie's instructions to the letter, but there was a tinge of disapproval in his eyes.
"You're so severely injured yourself and you still have the leisure to care whether others lives or dies?" Jun Wu Yao watched Jun Wu Xie's actions, and then went forward to wrap Jun Wu Xie into his arms, highly displeased.
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Chapter 1938:- The Dust Settles (2)
If it had been at another time, he would not have minded. When Jun Wu Yao saw the heavily injured state Jun Wu Xie was in, his heart had been wrenched up into a tight ball and he had wondered what she had wanted to do.
In the end.....
"I had not wanted to kill her." Jun Wu Xie said with her brows creasing up slightly.
Ye Gu who was standing at the side then briefly related the entire sequence of events to Jun Wu Yao's enquiring gaze and Jun Wu Yao furrowed up his brows slightly.
Towards people she wanted to kill, she could be completely heartless and merciless without even batting an eyelid. But if it was someone whom she did not mean to implicate, her heart would still retain a tinge of benevolence. Though she was said to be cold, but hidden inside her, was a big warm heart.
"Now that you've saved the person, shouldn't we have your injuries tended to already?" Jun Wu Yao wasn't going to get into an argument with Jun Wu Xie over such a small thing as from his point of view, anything that Jun Wu Xie wanted to do, he would not object to it.
As long as it did not harm her.
Jun Wu Xie nodded her head obediently. The accident this time had made her realize the blind spot in the plans she made. She had actually made preparations for it. When Qiao Chu and the others had taken the Spirit Transformation Elixirs, it had doomed them to lose their spirit powers completely for the entire year ahead, losing all ability to defend themselves. Hence no matter under what kind of circumstances Jun Wu Xie was in, she did not take the Spirit Transformation Elixir. She needed to ensure that at least one person was able to remain standing till the very end, to protect Qiao Chu and the others when they were powerless to defend themselves.
But she had not thought that Gu Ying would bring in such a powerful bunch of people, that exceeded anything that Jun Wu Xie could have expected.
The Twelve Palace Lords had all been executed and when news of it spread, the Twelve Palaces' disciples who were already being pushed back in retreat no longer had the heart to fight and starting running away. Qu Ling Yue and her soldiers had subtly left several gaps in their encirclement of the enemy in order to allow those disciples who had lost their will to fight places to scatter in flight.
Besides the very worst of them who were guilty of countless crimes and the most privileged among them, all others had already fled, leaving behind only those who had not committed much crimes but partook in the battle out of loyalty to be beaten by Qu Ling Yue's soldiers to lie on the ground injured with ashen faces.
They were already imobile and the rest of their fellow disciples had all run away. With their Palace Lord dead and the Elders fallen, they watched Qu Ling Yue and her men cut down some of the Twelve Palaces' disciples and their hearts immediately fell into despair, thinking that they were all undoubtedly doomed to die.
Unfortunately.....
They did not die as every one of the Twelve Palaces' disciples who were injured and lost their mobility were ordered to remain in their spots and not to move away from there. Jun Qing left a bunch of Rui Lin Army soldiers behind to watch over them and as long as they did not seek their own deaths, Jun Qing was not going to send them into the afterlife.
The battle that had been so carefully and meticulously planned for several years finally came to a close at that moment. After Jun Qing, Long Qi, Qu Ling Yue and their men made adequate arrangements for the "prisoners of war", they immediately made their way to the courtyard to check on the situation inside.
When they saw Jun Wu Yao walking out while carrying Jun Wu Xie who was all covered in blood, the smiles on their faces immediately faded to be replaced by utter shock and despair.
"Wu Xie!" Jun Qing shot forward in a single bound, his heart skipping a beat.
The figure of Qu Ling Yue wavered slightly and if not for Lei Chen who quickly supported her, she might have fallen to the ground.
"Uncle, I'm fine. It's just some superficial wounds." Seemingly having felt the anxiety in Jun Qing's tone of voice, Jun Wu Xie lifted her head and tried her best to make her eyes focus on Jun Qing's face.
Jun Qing looked highly worriedly at Jun Wu Xie. Although she said she was fine, but seeing her in that state, who would believe that she was really alright?
"Silly lass, are you lying to your uncle? How..... how can you be alright looking like this?" Jun Qing's voice was filled with so much pain.
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Chapter 1939:- The Dust Settles (3)
"Little Xie needs to rest." Jun Wu Yao voiced out.
What Jun Wu Xie needed the most now was treatment.
Jun Qing was slightly taken aback, suddenly realizing the key thing to do and immediately sent people to fetch Mu Chen.
Jun Wu Yao took Jun Wu Xie to a room to have her rest there temporarily and ordered for people to stand guard outside, allowing no one in except for the physician.
What Jun Wu Xie wanted the least at that moment was to worry her family and if Jun Qing continued to see her in such a state, he would just continue to worry. So why not temporarily isolate her from the others which would on one hand allow Jun Wu Xie to recuperate in peace while at the same time make Jun Qing a little less worried.
"Mistress..... How did you get yourself so severely injured?" Little Lotus was plopped by Jun Wu Xie's bedside and he was already all covered in tears. The little black cat was holding a cup in its mouth calmly beside Little Lotus, silently collecting Little Lotus' tears.
[The little idiot's tears were really good stuff and they must not be wasted. Collect them and they can be used to brew medicine for the Mistress later.]
Jun Wu Xie could not see how Little Lotus looked clearly and could only hear him sobbing miserably.
Little Lotus was sobbing so badly like it was the end of the world when he was suddenly carried up by a force under him. His tear filled eyes immediately flared wide and he turned around in panic to suddenly see the pair of violet eyes on Jun Wu Yao, which frightened him so badly he immediately curled himself up into a ball.
Jun Wu Yao brought Little Lotus to come right before Jun Wu Xie and then slowly said in a deep voice: "The effects of the Imperial Snow Lotus would be rather good for you. You can use it to nourish you first."
"....." Little Lotus immediately bloomed with panic.....
At the side, Poppy almost could not hold in his laughter. But before Jun Wu Yao, he did not dare to be too audacious and he could do nothing but silently held it in with everything he had.
"I think it'll work." The little black cat put the cup that was filled to the brim with tears carefully aside, nodding its head in all earnestness.
Little Lotus trembled as he looked at Jun Wu Xie's blood stained face that had not yet been cleaned. He then took a deep breath and slowly stretched out a trembling pudgy little arm.
"Mistress..... Take a bite, I'm really highly nourishing....."
"....." Jun Wu Xie suddenly felt a headache coming on.
Mu Chen came rushing in very shortly after. When he saw Jun Wu Yao, he stood there in a daze for quite a while and it was only till Jun Wu Yao arched up an eyebrow to sweep his glance over him that Mu Chen suddenly shivered before he hurriedly went over to Jun Wu Xie to check on her condition.
Jun Wu Xie did not have that many wounds on her body. Before the Selvan's armour had shattered, it had provided a great amount of protection over her and after that, Ye Gu had done everything in his power to shield her from most of the harm as well. The most serious injury upon Jun Wu Xie's body was just the wound on her forehead.
The size of the wound was not small, the bloodied flesh turned inside out to reveal a small part of her skull. There was a crack upon her skull and it was hard to imagine how Jun Wu Xie was still able to remain conscious with such an injury, which greatly shocked Mu Chen when he saw it.
Fortunately when Ye Gu had been shielding her, Jun Wu Xie had fed herself with large amounts of elixirs which prevented the injury from worsening. Otherwise, she might very well have sunken in unconsciousness before Jun Wu Yao could rush over in time.
Mu Chen tended to Jun Wu Xie's wound very carefully as Jun Wu Yao stood silently by the bed, watching Jun Wu Xie's face that had gone pale due to excessive loss of blood. The bloodstains had been cleaned from her face and only the wound on her forehead had not been fully dealt with. Upon that peerless countenance, the blood on it looked extraordinarily garish, making Jun Wu Yao feel like reaching his hand out to wipe it away countless times.
As the wound was just too big, he had no choice but to stitch up the wound, and Mu Chen hesitated a moment before he asked.
"Will Young Miss want me to use anesthetic?" Although using anesthetics would numb the pain, but it would also cause great damage to one's nerves. Moreover, Jun Wu Xie's wound was on her forehead which was very close to her brain.
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Chapter 1940:- The Dust Settles (4)
"No need." Jun Wu Xie shook her head. She was highly adverse to using anesthetics as the helpless feeling of being unable to control your own body made her think of the past, when she was under the control of that demonic devil, and was unable to break free.
Mu Chen confirmed it a few times with Jun Wu Xie, whom had though said it was not good to use it, but the pain from stitching one's wound was not something anyone could tolerate.
Jun Wu Yao walked over to go to the side of the bed and sat down beside Jun Wu Xie. Wrapping his arms around her, he then held her her tiny hand. Smiling slightly, he raised his head and said to Mu Chen: "You can start."
Jun Wu Xie only felt an incessant warm surge of power coming from Jun Wu Yao's palm to spread through her, and it seemed that the pain she was feeling on her body lessened by quite a bit.
Mu Chen stitched up Jun Wu Xie's wound speedily, not daring to prolong the process in the slightest. Although his skills in Medicine could not be compared to Jun Wu Xie's, but having once been the legitimate successor to the Qing Yun Clan, his skills were rather outstanding as well.
Jun Wu Xie did not even utter a single sound, but merely closed her eyes and endured the heart piercing pain.
It was not till everything was completed, that Mu Chen finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Young Miss is more knowledgeable than I am in Medicine and you should know that the crack in your skull is really quite troublesome." Mu Chen said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. Fortunately it was only a very fine hairline, which did not crack deep into the skull. Otherwise..... the result would have been unthinkable.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. She knew that her injuries was rather serious this time and the most worrying thing was that she could possibly have suffered damage to the nervous system in her brain, or her vision would not have become so blurry.
As Mu Chen's knowledge in Medicine was inferior to that of Jun Wu Xie's, there was naturally nothing much more he could say. Jun Wu Xie then mouthed out a prescription for Mu Chen to have his people go prepare. The little black cat jumped out at that opportune moment and used its furry paw to push the cup filled with Little Lotus' tears right before Mu Chen.
How could medicine brewed with regular water ever compare with one with Little Lotus' tears?
Mu Chen held the cup of tears, not knowing whether to laugh or cry as he went walking outside.
"Get some sleep. When the medicine is ready, I'll wake you." Jun Wu Yao said gently. Seeing the little one in his arms like this pained him so badly.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. She was really rather tired.
Seeing that Jun Wu Xie had drifted off to sleep, Jun Wu Yao gently laid her down on the bed. When he stood up, his eyes then swung onto the softly sobbing Little Lotus standing at the side. Caught under that gaze, Little Lotus immediately clasped his tiny hands over his mouth, not daring to make another sound.
"Look after her well." Jun Wu Yao said to the bunch of non humans in the room.
Poppy nodded especially earnestly, while the little black cat just swished its tail in acknowledgement.
Stepping out from Jun Wu Xie's room, Ye Sha and Ye Mei were standing guard outside the door.
"Ye Gu went to get some rest first. His injuries were quite serious this time but he still came seeking to beg forgiveness from Lord Jue. I was afraid that Young Miss would feel guilty and I asked him to go to his room to rest first." Ye Sha opened his mouth to report. Ye Gu had gotten injured because he was shielding Jun Wu Xie and with Jun Wu Xie's personality, if Ye Gu did not recover as soon as possible, she would definitely blame herself for it.
After having followed Jun Wu Xie for so long, Ye Sha had come to know Jun Wu Xie's character well.
Jun Wu Yao nodded, not showing any objection to the arrangements Ye Sha had made.
"Lord Jue, Gu Ying used the Soul Shifting Technique and is still not dead. Now that he knows my Lord's identity..... he needs to be eradicated quickly. Otherwise, once news of this leaks out, it might draw those people here." Ye Mei who was standing on one side said rather worriedly. He had rushed here together with Jun Wu Yao and he had witnessed everything that happened earlier.
To have been able to escape out from Jun Wu Yao's Blood Burial alive, that Gu Ying was rather capable.
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