Dragon-Marked War God

Dragon Shisan knew that he owed Bai Yun a great deal. Anyone would think he ought to forgive her, but he couldn’t do it. Especially whenever he thought about how she had stopped him from going to save Jiang Chen, Dragon Shisan felt terrible inside. If something had really happened to Jiang Chen, he might have gone far crazier than he was now.

“All right, let’s not talk about this for now. Let’s rest up and get ready to head to the Western-pole Divine Land.”

Jiang Chen said.

“The Western-pole Divine Land? Why go there?”

Yan Qingcheng asked, puzzled.

“The monk is very likely there, in the Western-pole Divine Land. I heard that guy from the Battle God Clan say that the purpose of their trip was to go to the Western-pole Divine Land. The reincarnation of the Living Buddha, together with the appearance of the God Suppressing Monument, all point to the monk very likely being there.”

Jiang Chen said with a grave expression.

“Good. Then once we’ve rested up, we’ll head to the Western-pole Divine Land. I haven’t seen the monk in a long time either. I wonder how that guy is doing and how strong he’s gotten. Gah-gah-gah, he’s probably no match for you or me.”

Dragon Shisan said confidently.

“Right, Sister Ning, what exactly is wrong with you? I heard Yu Chenglong say you may not have long to live. Let me take a look.”

Jiang Chen said with concern. Wu Ningzhu’s safety was more important than anything else.

Wu Ningzhu’s breath caught. Her eyes were filled with despair, and she looked dejected and heartbroken. She didn’t want to die, and even less did she want to leave Jiang Chen and Yan Qingcheng so soon. She still had so much she wanted to say to Jiang Chen, so much hardship she wanted to tell him about.

“Don’t worry, Sister Ning. No one can take you away from my side, not even the heavens!”

Jiang Chen said, holding Wu Ningzhu’s hand tightly. He was afraid that whatever was wrong with Wu Ningzhu might leave him without hope. But Jiang Chen had a plan in mind and even more confidence. He would never let his woman slowly wither away before his eyes.

“Mm.”

Wu Ningzhu nodded silently.

“Your soul has been heavily damaged? This is a sign of soul withering.”

Jiang Chen’s expression was extremely grave. Even he was helpless against Wu Ningzhu’s current condition. Her soul seemed to be slowly withering away until it would come to an end. Even Jiang Chen’s Emperor Realm soul couldn’t help her in the slightest. But Jiang Chen could prolong Wu Ningzhu’s life.

“Given the state of your soul, within ten years, it will probably wither completely. Although I can’t save your soul right now, I absolutely won’t let any harm come to you. For a thousand years, I will use my soul power to safeguard you. That way, we can also find a solution as soon as possible. Once my strength reaches the Divine Emperor Realm, there should probably be a way to solve it. A thousand years is enough. Don’t worry, Sister Ning. I won’t let you lose me, and I won’t lose you either.”

Jiang Chen said, holding Wu Ningzhu tightly.

“Really? A thousand years. Even if it can’t be cured, I’m already content. I really thought my soul was going to wither away.”

When Wu Ningzhu heard Jiang Chen say a thousand years, her heart was completely set at ease. For her, a thousand years was already far, far too much.

“Little Chen has never gone back on his word. Sister Ning, we should trust him even more. So what about a thousand years? We’re going to be together forever and ever, not just for a thousand years. In the Divine World, a thousand years is nothing but a snap of the fingers.”

Yan Qingcheng held Wu Ningzhu’s hand, helping ease her worries.

“After we rest up, it’s time for us to go.”

Jiang Chen looked at Dragon Shisan. The group of four was ready at this moment and could set off for the Western-pole Divine Land at any time.

The Western-pole Divine Land, Moluo County, Tongyou Boundary, Langxu Mountain.

A divine land ten thousand miles wide, a thousand miles of wind and snow running through an entire boundary. Snow swirled in endless waves, wind and frost fell without end. All of Langxu Mountain was covered in silver-white. Sky and mountain merged into a single line, with a momentum that swallowed the heavens, and nothing but vast whiteness remained.

Langxu Mountain stretched endlessly for hundreds of thousands of miles. On one side, wind and snow wailed mournfully; on the other, the sunlight was bright and charming. It towered over more than half of the Tongyou Boundary.

Amid a great mountain filled with wind and snow, three Snow Ice Apes with blood-red eyes glared menacingly at a long-haired woman before them. The woman was dressed all in white, spotless and pure, seemingly even purer than the ice and snow. Her eyes were fixed on the three ferocious beasts before her, her heart extremely tense. Facing these three ferocious beasts, she had almost nowhere left to dodge.

A few drops of scarlet blood stained her snow-white clothes, strikingly glaring. The storm still raged, and heavy snow fell like goose feathers, blowing so hard that it was impossible to keep one’s eyes open. Her cold face was weathered by wind and frost, but it couldn’t conceal her peerless beauty. The coldness and persistence at the corners of her mouth made her look all the more indignant, like a monument that would never be content with the ordinary, never lowering its head even in the face of life and death.

The three exceptionally ferocious beasts kept growling in low voices as they slowly closed in on her. That invisible pressure made it hard to breathe. Three ferocious beasts at the Early Hierarch Realm, how terrifying that was went without saying. For her, it was quite a struggle. After a round of fighting, although she had killed one of them, she had also been seriously injured. Now, escaping from here was as hard as climbing to the heavens.

These ten thousand miles of ice veins and thousand miles of snowy mountains had always been the territory of the Snow Ice Apes, and she was seriously injured. She had no way to escape. She had originally wanted to obtain the gallbladder of a Snow Ice Ape to refine, but instead she had lost far more than she could gain. She had trapped herself in an extremely dangerous situation.

“Am I really going to die here?”

The woman in white murmured, her face full of desolation. Her strength now was not even a tenth of what it had been. She couldn’t contend with these three ferocious beasts at all. Having run more than a thousand miles, she could no longer run anymore.

“Detestable human, how dare you kill our clansman! You must die.”

The Snow Ice Apes roared angrily, beating their enormous chests again and again, showing their rage and their hatred for the woman in white. The three ferocious beasts closed in to attack, trapping her in the middle with no way to advance or retreat.

“Even if I die, you won’t have it easy either.”

The woman in white said coldly. The sword in her hand surged with Qi that overpowered heaven and earth. Sweeping away the flying snow, she met the danger head-on. Even knowing she was no match for them, she had no way back and could only fight to the end.

The three Snow Ice Apes completely ignored the woman in white’s charge. Sword rain after sword rain falling from the air was blocked by them. Roaring again and again, they kept closing in on the woman in white. The three ferocious beasts had a frightening momentum, swinging wide and hard, stirring up wave after wave of terrifying surges. Snowflakes danced across the sky. The woman in white was knocked back once more by the Snow Ice Apes, her face extremely pale. Her beautiful face was full of despair. If this went on, her chances of survival were destined to be slim.

“Puff——”

A Snow Ice Ape slapped out with a palm, and the long sword in the woman in white’s hand snapped along with it. Terrifying air waves rolled, the three ferocious beasts roared like thunder, and the woman in white was heavily injured once again.

She gazed despairingly into the void. Life and death hung on a single thought. Now she had nowhere to go, neither up to heaven nor down into the earth.