Chapter 974: I’ll Also Give You a Chance to Live_2
At the city gates, Murong Yan’s face was pale at this moment as she swallowed a pill. Beside her, Su Qin was on full alert, scanning the surroundings. Already, a quarter-hour had passed, and the Innate Martial Artist remained trapped within the Princess’s Illusion Realm, unaware of the situation.
A quarter-hour, two quarter-hours…
Inside the city, Gu Kong had already slain dozens of martial artists and was panting heavily. He promptly took out a pill and swallowed it to replenish his energy.
The Innate Martial Artist from the Eight Desolate Domain hadn’t intervened; currently, they held the advantage in the battle. If they could hold out for another two quarter-hours, their senior brothers would arrive.
“Lord Xu, save us!”
The martial artists of the Eight Desolate Domain panicked. They had counted on having Lord Xu oversee the battle, believing that the martial artists of Qianye City would be inhibited, performing at only half their strength. But unexpectedly, Qianye City’s martial artists remained unaffected, and as the situation tipped against them, Lord Xu showed no concern while hovering in the sky.
“Whoosh!”
The elderly man who had just called for help was beheaded by Gu Kong’s descending sword. Gu Kong glanced up at the unaware Xu Ke and let out a relieved sigh; fortunately, he had not awakened the Innate Martial Artist from the Eight Desolate Domain.
Pfft!
At the corner of the city gate, Murong Yan could no longer contain herself. Her mouth opened slightly, and a mouthful of crimson blood gushed out, speckling her garments and staining the cobblestones in front of her.
“Miss!”
Su Qin hurriedly supported her young mistress, while in the sky, a terrifying aura descended from Xu Ke.
“What audacity, daring to toy with me!”
Xu Ke’s eyes burned with fury as his gaze locked onto Murong Yan at the corner of the city gate. He had been deceived by the Illusion Realm of a Grade-Entering Martial Artist, an unbearable humiliation for him.
Though they held the upper hand for the moment, the martial artists of Qianye City showed no sign of joy, their eyes filled instead with fear. In contrast, the devastated martial artists of the Eight Desolate Domain were elated; Lord Xu had finally reacted.
Supporting her young mistress, Su Qin looked at Gu Kong with anger. He had promised that reinforcements would arrive in half an hour, but now half an hour had passed, and where were they?
“Using the Illusion Realm to confuse me for half an hour, waiting for reinforcements?” Xu Ke understood the situation at once and laughed heartily. “Dream on; your reinforcements are currently dealing with my Eight Desolate Domain martial artists in Cangyun City and Luofeng City a hundred miles away. If you hope to reinforce here, keep dreaming!”
With those words, despair washed over the martial artists at the Qianye City walls like a tide, drowning every one of them.
No reinforcements meant their fate was sealed.
“You cowardly wench, I want to see how ugly you are, hiding from everyone!”
Xu Ke’s aura surged toward the city gate like a storm, ripping away the veil that concealed Murong Yan’s face.
In an instant, Qianye City fell silent.
The moonlight seemed to freeze just to illuminate her breathtakingly exquisite features.
Cold and clear like the moon, flawless and exquisite, with slightly furrowed brows enhancing her delicate, vulnerable beauty.
Many martial artists in the city, including the furious Xu Ke, were momentarily entranced.
Murong Yan instinctively tried to raise her hand to hide her face but was too weak to move.
This trace of vulnerability ignited a deeper, vile desire within Xu Ke, replacing his fury with a filthy yearning; he hadn’t expected to find such an unparalleled beauty in Qianye City.
“Good! Good! Good!”
Xu Ke exclaimed with satisfaction, his gaze slithering over Murong Yan like a serpent. “Such a stunning beauty, and I am most fond of beauties.”
With a sinister grin, Xu Ke reached out a large hand, attempting to seize Murong Yan!
“Miss, let’s go!”
Su Qin grabbed the Princess’s arm and quickly retreated.
“Trying to escape?”
Xu Ke’s eyes were full of disdain; if not for fearing harm to this extraordinary beauty, his grasp could have killed both women.
“Hurry!”
Gu Kong shouted at Murong Yan, then charged at Xu Ke in the air with his sword. He didn’t know the background of this enchanting woman, but she stayed in the city for half an hour because she believed in him. With no reinforcements arriving, he could no longer hope to survive—only to create a chance for the woman to escape.
Gu Kong wasn’t alone; other martial artists joined the attack.
Facing the Innate Martial Artist, they all knew victory was impossible. Their sole aim was to buy time for others to flee.
“Ants challenging a tree!”
Xu Ke sneered, casually dismissing these martial artists as ants. He didn’t even need to use martial arts; with a sudden body shake, his formidable Innate Power unleashed a devastating whirlwind!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Cries of agony erupted; Gu Kong was flung backward like a severed kite, spraying blood and watching his sword shatter into fragments.
The other martial artists charging at him slammed into an invisible steel wall, bones breaking, collapsing in gruesome defeat; in mere breaths, they were annihilated.
“Leave not a single soul in Qianye City.”
Xu Ke’s voice was demonic, cruelly ordering the Eight Desolate Domain martial artists below, even as his gaze settled once more on Murong Yan: “As for you, beautiful girl, obediently come with me, and perhaps you’ll live.”
Feeling the desire in his eyes, a chill of despair pierced Murong Yan; she knew well what awaited her if she fell into his hands.
Even in death, she refused to surrender. Faced with an Innate Martial Artist, she couldn’t hesitate, lest even suicide become a luxury.
As Murong Yan resolved internally, a voice as icy as eternal frost, seeped with endless coldness, resounded clearly before Qianye City:
“I’ll give you a chance to live as well.”
The voice was quiet yet carried a majesty that pierced the divine soul, freezing every martial artist in Qianye City, including the grinning Xu Ke!
A figure seemed to tear the night sky open, appearing above everyone’s heads without warning.
Clad in blue robes, looking unchanged, Murong Yan’s wide-eyed gaze flickered, momentarily doubting whether she imagined it in her final moments.
“Lin… Senior Brother Lin!”
As Gu Kong used his right hand to prop himself up, he murmured softly, his eyes filled with disbelief at the figure overhead.
Senior Brother Lin, why would he appear here?
What surprised Gu Kong even more was that Senior Brother Lin landed at the city gate, helping up the stunning woman.
“Does Senior Brother Lin know her?”
Gu Kong suddenly realized, Senior Brother Lin had come for this woman.
This unparalleled beauty could only be suited for Senior Brother Lin.
But in the next moment, Gu Kong felt remorse; this woman was connected to Senior Brother Lin, yet he had kept her in the city. What if Senior Brother Lin arrived just a moment too late…
“Are you alright?”
Murong Yan looked at the familiar figure close at hand and instantly pouted, “I am alright!”
Years of travels and dangers faced, along with the life-threatening moment just now, condensed into tears shimmering in her eyes.
“I’ll avenge you.”
Lin Chen gently stroked Murong Yan’s forehead, then turned his gaze to Xu Ke in the air, whose face was now pale with horror. As an Innate Powerhouse, Xu Ke found himself immobilized, unable to move a muscle.
Lin Chen lightly flicked his fingers at the terrified Xu Ke.
Strange flames erupted, engulfing all the Eight Desolate Domain martial artists in the city, Xu Ke included.
The difference lay in the Eight Desolate Domain martial artists being swiftly incinerated into ashes amidst screams, whereas Xu Ke’s cries persisted.
It wasn’t that the flames couldn’t kill Xu Ke; Lin Chen deliberately allowed it, intending to burn Xu Ke’s Divine Soul clean, letting him endure endless agony before a slow death.
Dying quickly would be too easy for him.