Chapter 211 - Keep
The headless Peng Longteng was still capable of moving. This was completely out of Li Huowang’s expectation; there was no way he could’ve seen it coming.
Presently, Li Huowang didn’t have any skin now and his senses had dulled by quite a lot. Even his movement speed had slowed down considerably. There was nothing he could do but watch as the giant halberd was swung down toward his head.
Am I going to die?
He was not afraid; in fact, he even felt a sense of freedom as the end approached.
At the critical moment, a shadow leapt up and crashed into Peng Longteng’s left shoulder. The impact from the tackle was so massive that it caused Peng Longteng to slightly shift toward her right.
The halberd narrowly missed Li Huowang and fell to his left, leaving him surprised at having survived the attack.
He looked up and saw that the silhouette belonged to none other than Gao Zhijian.
At the same time, another silhouette in red suddenly appeared in front of Li Huowang. Then, the face of a beast emerged from underneath the red veil and picked Li Huowang up by his neck before running away while carrying him.
As he was dragged away from Peng Longteng, Li Huowang stared at the white clouds above him. He smiled; having someone else come rescue him felt quite nice.
After dragging the burnt Li Huowang far enough away, the beast released its jaws and placed him down before running back.
However, given that their enemy could still move, Li Huowang refused to lay down just like that. Despite the immense pain, he tried sitting up before ordering Puppy, “Go and bring the Profound Records for me.”
Hearing the command, Puppy swallowed his saliva; he wanted to prop Li Huowang up, but he didn’t know where to hold him. After all, there was no skin left on his body. Then he asked, “Senior Li, where’s the Profound Records?”
Li Huowang used one of his few remaining fingers to point toward where Peng Longteng was.
But at that moment, someone else made a run for it instead. It was Chun Xiaoman! As she reached the location pointed by Li Huowang, she picked up the Profound Records.
Despite Li Huowang’s orders, the situation had suddenly changed.
Gao Zhijian had been pierced through by the halberd, his body limp as it was propped up. The difference in strength between him and Peng Longteng was too big.
“Quickly give me the Profound Records!” Li Huowang shot up and tried to walk over but he fell down soon after. At this point, his entire body was essentially burnt into a giant piece of charcoal. Each step he took made a part of him fall off.
Chun Xiaoman saw how terrible Li Huowang looked and then she saw Peng Longteng fling away Gao Zhijian. Seeing their dire situation, she grit her teeth, she unfurled the Profound Records and placed her sword against her left arm before chopping it off.
Once chopped, her left arm quickly lost all color; then, the hair on her dismembered left arm grew into numerous tentacles. Soon, the entire arm, along with the tentacles all burrowed into the ground.
Just as Peng Longteng raised her halberd and was about to run toward Li Huowang, Chun Xiaoman’s dismembered left arm exploded from beneath the ground and crashed into Peng Longteng’s body, sending her flying away. The force from the impact almost caused Peng Longteng to let go of her halberd.
Just then, the red-veiled woman ran over on all fours and leapt into the air. Three rotting wolf skulls appeared from beneath the red veil before forcefully biting down on Peng Longteng’s halberd.
At the same time, the sound of the drum rang out from a distance.
Dong dong dong~
“The turtle carries the Earth, while the Earth carries the Heavens~ A pair of magpies observe everything~ A single blink from the turtle would shake the Earth~ The Heavens and Earth would topple if the turtle rolls over~”
Dong dong dong~
As the chanting rang out, the red-veiled woman turned her body at an impossible angle in the air. Thanks to the extreme torque generated from her twisting body, Peng Longteng finally lost her grip on the halberd.
Without a weapon, the headless Peng Longteng could no longer fight as efficiently as before. Soon, Chun Xiaoman’s arm and the tentacles coiled around Peng Longteng’s body and trapped her.
On the other hand, the red-veiled woman threw the halberd onto the ground before launching herself at Peng Longteng once more, assaulting her with the three wolf skulls. After tearing apart Peng Longteng’s armor, the wolf skulls made short work of Peng Longteng’s body, stripping her flesh off her bones.
When he saw that everything was over, Li Huowang finally fell unconscious. Up until now, he had only been keeping himself conscious through sheer willpower. The last words he uttered before falling unconscious were, “Save Gao Zhijian.”
Even as he lost consciousness, Li Huowang was on the verge of death. His consciousness faded in and out repeatedly.
I’m so tired... No... I can’t give up. Someone is waiting for me.
Everyone paid a terrible price to rescue me. I can’t die!
Who? Who is watching me? Who are you?
He wasn’t sure how long he was out for, but he finally opened his one remaining eye.
The familiar surroundings told him that he was currently on the ox-cart.
He looked downward and saw that Bai Lingmiao was currently holding an urn as she slowly applied a sticky yellow oil on his body. Looking at her reddened eyes, he knew that she had been crying.
Li Huowang tried his best to open his glued lips. As a thin stream of blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth, he asked, “How is Gao Zhijian?”
His hoarse voice caused Bai Lingmiao to jump a little before she carefully approached Li Huowang’s head, tears welling up in her eyes once again.
“Where is Gao Zhijian?” Li Huowang asked again. He was very worried about how Gao Zhijian was impaled by the halberd before being flung away.
Bai Lingmiao wiped off her tears and replied, “He is fine. I summoned the Immortal families to heal him. Thankfully, the halberd hadn’t pierced through any of his vital organs.”
“That’s good.” Li Huowang smiled and tried to sit up, only for Bai Lingmiao to stop him.
“Senior Li, you can’t move now. I am applying rat oil onto you. My mother once told me that it’s very effective at treating burn wounds,” said Bai Lingmiao.
Li Huowang listened to her and continued laying down on the ox-cart while Bai Lingmiao started applying layers of rat oil onto his charred body. Then, Bai Lingmiao told him about what had happened after he fell unconscious.
No one knew what kind of cultivation method Peng Longteng had. How she was capable of moving her body without a head was anyone’s guess.
The only thing they knew was that the bloodthirsty general was finally dead. This could be considered her retribution for the dead villagers.
Peng Longteng’s bones had been extremely dense, to the point that they couldn’t be broken. It was only after all the flesh on her body had been stripped away that she finally stopped moving.
After the danger had passed, all of them quickly crossed the border and entered Qing Qiu to avoid having the remaining outlaw soldiers following them.
After Bai Lingmiao finished telling Li Huowang everything, the ox-cart fell silent. After a moment, Bai Lingmiao asked hesitantly, “Senior Li, can you teach Chun Xiaoman how to regrow her arm? She lost her left arm. Even though she said that it’s fine, she’s still so young and it’s such a shame...”
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