Chapter 103
Chapter 103
That eerily familiar voice, that habit of speaking like a certified specialist of the Three Realms…
It was clearly Liu Xueyi! No-he was the silver-haired, purple-eyed Heavenly Lord from the Soul-Departing Dream!
Stormy waves surged through Ye Piaoling’s heart.
She had thought that Heavenly Lord was only someone from a dream. She never imagined he would appear in reality-and as a villain, no less!
No wonder he had said they were reunited after a long separation. No wonder he knew she had shared a bed with the Big Demon King…
The Black-robed Figure met her eyes for an instant, and beneath the black mist hiding his lips, a cold smile curved.
So she had recognized him already?
No matter. His purpose in coming today had been to confirm two people’s identities. As for those little games, they had merely been incidental…
Ye Piaoling’s thoughts raced. Di Xiulan definitely knew all of this!
He had anticipated that something would go wrong during this trial, and he had also known of the Black-robed Figure’s existence. That was why he had left her a strand of spiritual power!
Ye Piaoling had a thousand questions, but in front of everyone, she naturally could not mention the Soul-Departing Dream, so she suppressed them for now.
As for the truth behind it all, she could only wait until they returned and ask Di Xiulan face-to-face…
On the other side, the disciples were trying to work together to activate the teleportation array, but they could not get it to work.
Xiao Changye frowned. These useless peasants. They couldn’t even open such an ordinary formation…
He walked over impatiently. “Move aside.”
Let me handle this.
Everyone looked at him suspiciously. Could this young man have a way?
Spiritual power gathered in Xiao Changye’s palm, and full of confidence, he slapped it onto the formation core.
“Boom!”
The teleportation array let out a tremendous crash.
Xiao Changye looked smug.
See? Wasn’t that easy?
The next second, the entire teleportation array expanded in size, and the glowing runes became even more complex. It had clearly been upgraded and reinforced.
Xiao Changye: ???
Everyone: “…”
They all glared at him with collective resentment.
Kid, are you sure you’re not a spy sent by the enemy?
The Black-robed Figure, however, secretly curled his lips.
It seemed his prediction had been correct. This young man’s spiritual power would affect the Space-Time Formation of the Life Origin Realm.
Next, it depended on the other person…
Ye Piaoling said, “Let me try!”
Holding the blade in one hand and clenching her other hand into a fist, she walked over to the teleportation array.
This was the final moment…
Without a doubt, that strand of spiritual power Di Xiulan had left her was meant to activate the formation!
Ye Piaoling understood at once. She raised her hand and placed it steadily on the formation core, releasing golden spiritual power from her palm.
“Whoosh!”
The teleportation array opened in response!
A dazzling white light instantly enveloped everyone…
The Black-robed Figure watched it happen and let out a low, hoarse laugh.
You are indeed the one I have been looking for.
Eternal Long Night. Eternal wandering.
Xiao Changye. Ye Piaoling. Everything was just as he had predicted…
At the last instant before the Space-Time Formation carried her away, Ye Piaoling turned back to look at the Black-robed Figure.
The brilliant light scattered the black mist concealing his face, revealing a familiar visage.
Silver hair danced in the air, and in those dark purple eyes was an eerie, wickedly cold smile.
It really was the Heavenly Lord from the Soul-Departing Dream!
The moment Ye Piaoling thought of how that despicable Heavenly Lord had once disguised himself as the Big Demon King to ambush her and beat her until she coughed up blood, her teeth itched with hatred.
Enemies were bound to see red when they met. In the instant before she left, Ye Piaoling raised Pinxixi’s Blade with a backhanded swing and slashed down viciously.
“One last strike! Go die already!”
The blade light arced like a rainbow. Wherever it passed, the Black-robed Figure’s body instantly disintegrated into ash!
Ye Piaoling narrowed her eyes. So it had only been a puppet-like avatar, not his real body.
White light swept around them, and everywhere she looked was the dazzling brilliance of the formation.
Everyone subconsciously closed their eyes…
When they opened them again, the familiar green mountains and clear waters of the Hundred Demon Mountain Secret Realm lay before them!
“We’re back! We’re back…”
The disciples clutched their heads and wept, sobbing uncontrollably.
Ye Piaoling lowered her head and looked at the blade in her hand.
It seemed this calamity had passed, and she had even successfully obtained a weapon-the Pinxixi Heart-Demon Blade!
Corpses lay scattered all around them.
The bodies of the disciples who had unfortunately died in the Eternal Life Origin Realm had also been teleported back.
Xiao Chengxu got up, walked to an open space, and took out his Life-saving Talisman.
After something like this had happened, there was no need for the trial to continue. He had suffered several injuries and needed to hurry back for treatment.
Suddenly, a terrifying-looking zombie walked toward him. “Brother…”
Xiao Chengxu jerked his head up in horror.
This half-human, half-ghost monster before him was actually Xiao Mei!
After being bitten all over by the zombies, Xiao Mei had become a zombie of the same kind. At this moment, she stretched out both hands and approached Xiao Chengxu with a deathly persistence, as if she had come to claim his life.
“Why didn’t you come save me… Why?”
She could understand why others had not saved her, but even Xiao Chengxu had abandoned her. That, she could not accept. Even after becoming a zombie, she had to come ask him why!
Not far away, the disciples all looked over in shock.
Under everyone’s gaze, the muscles in Xiao Chengxu’s face trembled.
He suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at Xiao Mei. “If you dare take one more step closer, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
Zombie Xiao Mei froze.
The hoarse, unpleasant voice in her throat trembled even more. “Brother, how can you treat me like this? I waited so long for you, but you never came to save me. Why? Why…”
“Why should I have saved you?”
Forced into a corner, Xiao Chengxu roared, “In that situation, even if I had gone, I couldn’t have saved you. I would only have thrown my own life away for nothing!”
“So you just left me there?”
Xiao Mei said resentfully, “How cruel you are!”
Xiao Chengxu’s face turned ashen. “…”
After choking on his words for a moment, he said, enunciating each word, “Don’t forget, back then, I was the one who saved you from the brothel and gave you wealth and status… Everything you had was given to you by me. What, do I owe you now? What right do you have to demand that I give up my life for you?”
When Xiao Mei heard this, her smile grew even more miserable, and a creaking, clicking sound came from her throat.
“Yes, yes. Back then at the brothel, we almost… You promised you would treat me well for the rest of your life. My feelings for you were sincere. Were yours for me… not real at all?”
“…”