Run for Your Life Like a Dog, Before I Find You

Bujiubujiu...

Just as the two were conversing, the little beast trotted over to Ye Shu on its short little legs.

"Jiu jiu!"

She held her head high, puffing out her chest with a proud look on her face.

Gone was the timid and pitiful appearance she had shown in the cave earlier. With her father present, the little beast looked much more arrogant.

She pointed at the Lion King fighting fiercely in mid-air, then pointed at Ye Shu.

Finally, she patted her chest forcefully.

"Awoo!"

It was as if she was saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here, I've got your back!" That little appearance of bullying others by flaunting her powerful connections made people want to laugh.

"Thank... you..."

Ye Shu squeezed these two words out of his wind-leaking throat.

Regardless, although the little beast was unexpected, it made things much easier for him.

At the very least, he didn't have to run away anymore.

According to his original plan, after detonating the Male Mandarin Duck Sword, he would have had Lin Qingxue carry him on her back and flee.

But now, it seemed there was no need for that.

He might as well let this pitiful girl process everything.

"Awoo awoo!"

Praised by him, the little beast immediately became triumphant. She started walking in circles on Ye Shu's head, her tail raised high, and the purple crystal swaying along with it, flashing with a joyful light.

Right at this moment, Xiaobai suddenly asked in confusion.

"Where did Danxia go?"

"Isn't she your master? To think she didn't help you at such a critical moment, what an ungrateful wretch!"

She puffed out her cheeks, scolding like a pufferfish.

But Ye Shu raised his head, looked toward the battlefield, and said softly, "She's here. She has always been here, right from the very beginning."

Meanwhile, in the battlefield in mid-air.

Roar!!!!

The Lion King slammed its paw down fiercely. With a loud bang, a giant crater hundreds of feet deep was instantly smashed into the ground.

Feng Mengli dodged it by a hair's breadth, her face looking terrible.

Her body was already covered in scars, and her clothes were torn to shreds, hanging loosely on her body. She no longer had the slightest bit of her former fairy-like demeanor.

"How could this be? How could it turn out like this?"

Now, not only could she not see through Ye Shu, but she also couldn't see through the Lion King.

It was completely different from their first battle just a moment ago.

But now, every move and stance of the Lion King accurately grasped her flaws, as if... there was an expert guiding it from behind.

This was indeed the case.

Danxia had been imitating Ye Shu's spiritual energy to transmit messages to the Lion King, increasing its chances of winning.

For Feng Mengli, this was already a dead end.

There was no solution!

Finally, after dozens of rounds of exchanging blows, the Lion King fiercely threw out a purple crystal seal, accurately hitting Feng Mengli's chest.

Pfft—

With an extremely faint sound, Feng Mengli tried to struggle, tried to break through, but it was to no avail. The power of the seal wrapped around her like maggots feeding on a corpse. Her spiritual power, her dantian, her physical body—all were rendered useless.

Bang! Feng Mengli plummeted from the sky, kicking up a cloud of dust as she crashed.

However, the Lion King did not continue to pursue her.

It merely stood in place, straightening its back, as if waiting for something.

Sunlight spilled across the devastated mountain forest.

A figure stood up.

It was Ye Shu.

His body was already thoroughly shattered, but he still staggered to his feet. Without anyone supporting him, he walked step by step toward Feng Mengli.

With every step he took, his body made cracking sounds, and large pieces of flesh and blood fell from him.

Yet he kept walking, continuing to walk.

He stood proudly in the sunlight, his back as straight as a sword.

Finally, he arrived in front of Feng Mengli, standing tall and looking down at her from above with the posture of a victor.

Feng Mengli lay weakly on the ground.

Her body was already riddled with scars from the battle with the Purple Crystal Lion King, and her dantian was restricted by the purple crystal seal. Now, she was even more mortal than an ordinary mortal.

But her eyes showed no fear.

They were still cold and aloof, still looking down from on high.

Ye Shu looked coldly at Feng Mengli and said indifferently, "I know that at this moment, you definitely still have a trump card hidden somewhere, something like a life-saving item that can die in your place."

What?!

At this moment!

Feng Mengli's expression finally changed.

Her eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

He... he knew?

Possessing memories of her past life, she naturally couldn't be so foolish as to brave danger alone. Therefore, she had specially brought the sect's ultimate treasure, the Scapegoat Doll.

Placed within a radius of ten thousand miles, it could take her place in death once.

But how could he... know?

Unfortunately, Ye Shu would never answer her question.

Holding his longsword, he said with an indifferent expression, "So run away. Run away like a stray dog, before I find you, before you scurry back to your kennel."

"Run for your life like a dog."

Why?

Why would you know!!!

On the verge of death, Feng Mengli roared in her heart, desperately wanting an answer. There was absolutely no such event in her reborn memories. Where exactly did things go wrong???

However, her question was destined to remain unanswered.

Ye Shu merely raised his broken sword indifferently.

A sword strike lashed out.

Pfft!!!!

Blood shot straight into the sky.

Feng Mengli's beautiful head rolled a few times on the ground, her eyes still staring fixedly at Ye Shu, carrying a mix of venomous resentment and terror.

This time, Danxia did not intervene to stop it.

Because Feng Mengli was different from Lin Qingxue. Lin Qingxue was a disaster within her control that could be suppressed, but Feng Mengli was a Soul Formation cultivator. The slightest carelessness would result in a botched outcome.

However, floating in the air, Danxia looked at Feng Mengli's corpse with her brows tightly furrowed.

Up until this moment, she finally sensed a trace of strangeness.

It didn't come from Feng Mengli.

Rather... it was Ye Shu!

He was too calm, truly too calm.

Facing the unprovoked killing intent of a Soul Formation cultivator, he simply sat down in advance, wrote out the three questions in advance, gathered his power in advance... so far in advance that it was as if... he had known all along...

"I can't think about this anymore."

Danxia took a deep look at Ye Shu. His current condition was extremely poor; it was not the time to ask questions.

Ye Shu, however, was unaware of Danxia's many thoughts.

He only felt very tired and in deep pain.

He didn't spare Feng Mengli another glance. Instead, he turned his head and gave Lin Qingxue a smile as gentle as the breeze.

"Now, you don't have to be afraid anymore."

This glance back, this smile.

It was even warmer than the sun in the sky.

"Wu..."

Lin Qingxue stared blankly at that smile, biting her lip tightly, trying her best not to let out a sob.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that it didn't matter if the Male Mandarin Duck Sword was broken, and she didn't blame him.

At least... at least they survived, didn't they?

She couldn't hold it in any longer. Taking a few sudden steps forward, she quickly threw herself into his embrace and burst into loud tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"Wuwuwuwu..."

Her tears fell like rain, and she cried almost to the point of losing her voice.

She repeated her apologies over and over again, yet she didn't say why she was sorry or what she was sorry for.

Gradually, she grew tired from crying.

When she curiously lifted her head, wanting to ask why Ye Shu hadn't responded at all, she finally noticed.

The young man before her had already fallen into a deep sleep.