Chapter 314: Xiaoxiao, I’ll Accompany You to the End!
Seeing the situation, Yun Zhonghe felt a flicker of hope!
His words had seeped past Su Xiaoxiao’s tightly shut heart, plucking at her heartstrings!
Surprisingly, Su Xiaoxiao’s true self hadn’t been completely subdued by the Disaster Empress.
After all, with the plot getting ahead of schedule, the Disaster Empress’s power couldn’t possibly be fully intact.
This discovery added a sprinkle of confidence to Yun Zhonghe.
Rescuing Su Xiaoxiao now seemed promising!
So, to ensure his voice fully penetrated Su Xiaoxiao’s soul, Yun Zhonghe channeled his heartfelt words into spiritual energy and projected them straight to her heart.
“Xiaoxiao! Wake up! I’m here to take you away!”
This line was like a ray of sunshine piercing through the clouds of her spirit.
But… the glow felt a tad too faint…
“Brother Yun…”
Her voice was hoarse, grasping at chaotic thoughts as she covered her head, which felt like it might crack open any second.
Around her, the Misfortune Power seemed to sense her pain, starting to sway wildly in response.
Yun Zhonghe gritted his teeth, trying to keep projecting his spiritual voice.
Come on, Xiaoxiao! You got this!
However, things went south.
Boom!
With a thunderous roar, an even more terrifying energy erupted, sending Yun Zhonghe tumbling to the ground!
Fury filled the air, and Yun Zhonghe tasted a metallic sweetness in his throat, but he managed to steady himself.
However, the progress he had made in bringing Su Xiaoxiao back from her “blackened” state instantly got squashed.
Su Xiaoxiao slowly lifted her gaze, and the cold, ruthless look in her eyes still belonged to the Disaster Empress.
She glared at Yun Zhonghe, her expression twisted: “Fake! Fake fake fake! You’re not allowed to impersonate him!”
She roared in place, her furious voice tearing at the very fabric of space, leaving cracks everywhere!
A space storm erupted from the fissures, and anyone caught inside would likely meet a grim fate.
Yun Zhonghe quickly planted the Xue Yunjian into the ground to brace against the space storm.
But Su Xiaoxiao was unfazed, her Misfortune Power coiling around her like gigantic whips, each as thick as a tree!
Her eyes flashed with malice as she aimed to k*ll Yun Zhonghe, the whips howling through the air, charged with world-annihilating power, striking wildly towards him!
Yun Zhonghe gasped, desperately dodging while battling the space storm.
Each Misfortune Whip unleashed contained the power of destruction. Even when they struck the ground, the earth shattered, uprooting the land as if an invisible giant blade was slicing away layers and exposing deep soil beneath!
Now that’s a talent that would shine in mining!
But Yun Zhonghe didn’t have time for jokes. Faced with the relentless barrage of Misfortune Whips, he could only dodge desperately, unwilling to let his guard down; if one of those whips landed on him, the consequences would be catastrophic.
The terrifying destructive force coupled with spatial control made things much more challenging for him.
He was simply too far from Su Xiaoxiao; she was well outside of his effective attack range, and that was his disadvantage.
As a melee swordsman, he currently lacked any long-range offensive abilities. All he could do was passively dodge, unable to effectively counterattack against Su Xiaoxiao.
While skillfully evading the Misfortune Whips, Yun Zhonghe quietly concentrated his spiritual energy, searching for an opening in the protective Misfortune Power to prepare two Spiritual Spikes aimed at her.
This was the spiritual attack technique chosen by Mu Jixue at the Myriad Path Divine Tower—who knew it would come in handy now?
If the Spiritual Spikes hit, they might just stun her mind and forcibly knock her out.
“What an opportunity!”
After a series of desperate dodges and rolls, a glimmer of chance caught Yun Zhonghe’s eye.
The two Spiritual Spikes shot through the air like lightning, shrieking as they headed straight for Su Xiaoxiao’s Sea of Consciousness.
However…
While the two Spiritual Spikes successfully pierced her mind, they only caused her to sway for a moment before she quickly regained her composure.
Yun Zhonghe: !!!
Shock and disbelief flooded over him.
He had just entered the late stage of Initial Understanding, while Su Xiaoxiao was only in Foundation Establishment, yet how the heck could she withstand his spiritual attack?!
Could it be that her spiritual realm had also been bolstered to Initial Understanding?!
The unsuccessful attack only fueled Su Xiaoxiao’s rage, solidifying her belief that the “Yun Zhonghe” in front of her was a total fraud.
The real Yun Zhonghe would never harm her.
He would always protect her!
Xue Yunjian chimed in: [Master, be careful!]
With his spiritual attack a bust, anxiety bubbled up in Yun Zhonghe.
No need for Xue Yunjian to remind him; he was all too aware of his dangerous position. His spiritual senses had already caught onto Su Xiaoxiao’s next impending strike.
The Observation Heart Technique was genuinely useful, allowing him to perceive finer details and make more accurate judgments.
He swiftly dodged to the side, barely avoiding her lethal blow.
It was a close call.
However, just as he managed to evade, a stream of black mist suddenly surged out from the Misfortune Power, darting toward his forehead like a venomous snake.
Yun Zhonghe’s eyes narrowed.
Infinity Sword Technique!
Having fully restored this technique, it had become even more exquisite, with sword qi forming an all-encompassing protective bubble, generating an impenetrable sphere of sword energy in an instant.
Boom!
The black mist slammed into the sword sphere, creating a tremendous noise and causing the shield to shudder violently before shattering into pieces.
Yun Zhonghe’s face turned slightly pale, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
That destructive power… simply unbeaten!
Keep in mind, this wasn’t even a direct attack from Misfortune Power; this was merely backlash from the seeping black mist, enough to annihilate his sword sphere in moments!
Meaning… if he had slipped up a tad and taken a direct blow from Su Xiaoxiao, he’d probably have evaporated on the spot.
Yun Zhonghe’s own Yin energy had long dissipated when he was dragged into the bl**d Pool, healing his previously sustained injuries as he used the last remnants of Yin energy.
He had lost his self-healing abilities.
So… there couldn’t be a single mistake, for even a minor error equated to d*ath.
Yun Zhonghe took a deep breath, raising his Xue Yunjian, pointing it at Su Xiaoxiao: “Alright! Xiaoxiao! Since you want to fight, I’ll stay with you till the end!”
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Meanwhile, in the illusion, Mu Jixue was feeding Dan Pills to the suddenly dropped Xia Linglong, both of them fully focused on sensing the outside situation, their hearts pounding, desperate not to miss any slight detail.
Having entrusted all their power to Yun Zhonghe, Mu Jixue had temporarily lost her own combat abilities, even sealing off her Extreme Cold acupoints for the time being.
She had placed all her hope in Yun Zhonghe.
“He better come back safe!”
