Chapter 458: Chapter 457: The Pink Miasma
If Zi Xiangbo and Bai Xueying were to gradually absorb parts of Shi Xiaole’s Yang energy, not only would their skills increase greatly, but it would also ensure Shi Xiaole’s survival to the greatest extent, making him a long-term source of their Yang energy.
So almost as soon as Lu Zixiong finished speaking, Bai Xueying instinctively opposed.
Lu Zixiong laughed, "Lu has his own bottom line. He absolutely does not allow his future wife to be too close to others. If the Purple Prison Master disagrees, then let’s give up the idea of attacking Xuanmen."
He deliberately paused, before saying, "By the way, I’ve heard that the Xuanmen leader is currently retreating, seeking to understand the supreme state. Ah, if he succeeds, I’m afraid only the Great Lethal Star could easily win over him in Shuntian Capital."
Zi Xiangbo’s face showed a slight change.
Of course, she had heard this news. Otherwise, she could simply cooperate with Lu Zixiong, progressively improve, and take revenge once she was stronger than the Xuanmen leader.
But now, the situation does not allow her to take risks. What if the Xuanmen leader succeeds?
A hint of struggle flashed in her eyes, Zi Xiangbo finally said, "Okay, let’s do it your way."
"Elder Sister!"
Bai Xueying couldn’t believe it.
Lu Zixiong burst out laughing, "Purple Prison Master, you certainly did not disappoint me. There’s no time like the present, why don’t we start now? After all, the earlier the Purple Prison Master progresses, the better our chances of success will be."
Delayed for too long, Zi Xiangbo and Bai Xueying might devise some tricks. Therefore, Lu Zixiong pushed tightly and did not give them any time to arrange.
If the two women were to refuse, he would turn and leave, and even spread news of the plan. Hmm, those who tricked Lu Zixiong need to pay the proper price!
"He’s in the Purple Bamboo Forest. Follow me."
Zi Xiangbo stood up, then turned to Bai Xueying and said, "Younger sister, you don’t need to join, lest we ruin things!"
"Elder sister, you can’t do this, you will regret it! The old Xuanmen thief may not succeed, as long as we ensure Shi Xiaole’s safety, we can progress at any time. Even if we don’t cooperate with anyone, we can eventually..."
Slap!
Zi Xiangbo slapped Bai Xueying’s face hard, making her completely stunned, and coldly said, "I told you to get lost."
Bai Xueying turned her head, looked at Zi Xiangbo for a long time, and gave a miserable laugh, before leaping into the air and flying away.
...
Inside the Purple Bamboo Forest.
Shi Xiaole stared around in a daze, his memories starting to blur.
At some point, an image of a girl dressed in purple came to his mind. He seemed to have known her for a long time and had many unforgettable memories with her.
But the scene shifted, and he seemed to see an island. On the island, an incredibly beautiful yet naive woman was staring at him passionately.
Her name was Xia Yunxi.
The scenes kept changing, leaving Shi Xiaole confused about what was real and what was fake.
Until footsteps echoed.
"Is he Pure Yang Body?"
Shi Xiaole looked up and saw a middle-aged man with golden eyebrows. He was looking at him with a sinister and mocking gaze. Beside him was the girl wearing purple who frequently appeared in his dreams.
Bang!
The dream suddenly shattered like glass.
Shi Xiaole regained consciousness and stood up, "Purple Prison Master indeed has good tricks."
"You’re not bad yourself."
Zi Xiangbo spoke calmly, but a strong surprise flashed across her face.
Illusion Dream Grass combined with the Heart Ape Secret Technique could trap an ordinary Dragon Gate Realm expert in an illusion with just one use. Successive uses could even trap a ninth-tier Dragon Gate Realm expert, making them unable to free themselves.
She had almost used up all of her Illusion Dream Grass. Yet the boy escaped the illusion just by seeing her ahead of schedule. His unyielding determination and terrifying spirit were beyond anything she had ever seen!
Sensing the murderous intent emanating from Lu Zixiong, Shi Xiaole said, "It seems the two of you are getting ready to start."
While speaking, his spirit had already sunk into the system space.
Shi Xiaole was not someone who would just wait for death. So, even knowing he was facing death, he would still use every last bit of his strength to fight back.
Despair? How could one despair when they are not even afraid of death?
He put Outer Heaven Flying Immortal on the shelf. If it really came to the last moment, he could only sacrifice it to extract the killing technique.
It wasn’t because Shi Xiaole didn’t have other martial arts, but because the other martial arts were simply useless.
The killing technique extracted was directly related to the level of the sacrificed martial arts.
A second-rate martial skill could only severely injure or even kill Spiritual-Passage Realm experts. To deal with Dragon Gate Realm experts, you would at least need a first-rate martial art.
Lu Zixiong and Zi Xiangbo were both somewhat dazed, and apparently, they did not expect that Shi Xiaole would remain so calm at this point.
"Knowing you’re going to die, so you’re not worried?"
Lu Zixiong suddenly smirked, and with a wave of his hand, his palm shadow did not look big, but in Shi Xiaole’s eyes, it seemed to block out the sky and the sun, leaving him no room to dodge.
No way to resist!
This was Shi Xiaole’s first thought.
Boom!
Just as he was preparing to sacrifice Outer Heaven Flying Immortal, the Purple Bamboo Forest in front of him suddenly changed. Each bamboo moved to block in front of him, defending him from the terrible palm.
"Bamboo Forest Great Array, younger sister, you dare to betray me?"
Zi Xiangbo’s face darkened.
"Elder sister, you really can’t kill him."
Bai Xueying emerged from the other end.
Not many people knew that the array in the Purple Bamboo Forest was one of the strongest in Spring Wind Hell and was the second last barrier of Spring Wind Hell.
Only Zi Xiangbo and Bai Xueying knew how to activate the array.
Without any hesitation, as Star Traversal was used, Shi Xiaole, like a shooting star, escaped into the distance, instantly disappearing from the sight of the three.
"Open!"
Zi Xiangbo’s slender hand brought forth numerous shadow palms. The array system of the bamboo forest immediately split open to both sides.
Bai Xueying attempted to intercept, but just as her vigorous air clashed with Zi Xiangbo, there was a thud. Fresh blood spewed from her mouth as she toppled helplessly onto the ground.
"I’ll deal with you later!"
Before her words even fell, Zi Xiangbo and Lu Zixiong had both vanished into the distance together.
A merciless, icy wind blew past as Shi Xiaole ran for his life.
"Stop right there, boy."
A shadow palm flew towards him from behind. Even with a thirty-foot distance between them, the vigorous air was like a dart aiming directly at Shi Xiaole’s body.
Just as Shi Xiaole was about to use the Star Flying Shadow to dodge, he suddenly discovered a strong suction force from the air, dragging his body backward.
"Pff!"
A mouthful of blood spewed out, and Shi Xiaole’s face turned pale. By a hair’s breadth, he was able to escape the range of the suction force.
It was fortunate that his Star Flying Shadow had reached the realm of perfection. Otherwise, he would have fallen into the hands of Lu Zixiong moments ago.
"Your flying skill isn’t bad."
Lu Zixiong sneered contemptuously.
As one of the fifty masters of Shuntian Capital and the Assembly Master of the Tianyuan Association, Lu Zixiong naturally has learned high-level second-rate flying skills. With his martial prowess far surpassing Shi Xiaole’s, Lu Zixiong shortened the distance between them to within ten feet in the blink of an eye.
Shi Xiaole shot a sudden glance behind him.
An intensely strong aura of illusion emanated from his eyes, causing the surrounding void to fluctuate. Even Lu Zixiong and Zi Xiangbo were taken aback for a moment.
"Illusion True Intent!"
Zi Xiangbo exclaimed.
There were countless True Intent in the world, but the Illusion True Intent definitely ranked as supreme. For people with strong spiritual power, the effect that could be achieved from the Illusion True Intent was even stronger than many other supreme True Intents!
What left Zi Xiangbo astonished was that Shi Xiaole had concurrently comprehended two kinds of supreme True Intent. What kind of comprehension and talent does it take to achieve this?
She could probably never imagine that Shi Xiaole’s Illusion Intent Realm had already reached its maximum potential. Under the stimulation of her Illusion Dream Grass and Heart Ape Secret Technique, it was finally able to sublimate into the Illusion True Intent.
"You must die today."
With his brain throbbing in pain from two knife stabs, Lu Zixiong was filled with murderous intent.
No matter how brilliant a genius was, a genius that hadn’t grown would ultimately be just like a flash in the pan and forgotten by the Martial World.
Lu Zixiong slapped his hand, using his full strength this time to avoid dragging things out.
A palm shadow fifty feet long, originating from him, descended from the sky. It blanketed the area where Shi Xiaole was standing in darkness and distortion, much like cheese being smashed flat.
This time Shi Xiaole could only sprint two feet forward before being hit by the force of the palm on his back. His blood spattered out from his pores like countless droplets, staining the nearby ground and purple bamboo with a starkly poignant hue.
"Hooking Yang Hand!"
With a flash in his eyes, Lu Zixiong’s right hand hooked, unleashing a sinister force that fell onto Shi Xiaole. Lu Zixiong retracted his hand and a piece of Yang energy belonging to Shi Xiaole was forcibly drawn out.
In an instant, Shi Xiaole felt a significant decline in his condition - not physical but mental.
Ether, Spirit, Energy - intangible, yet they exist. They were vital aspects that maintained the mental state of the human body.
Yang energy was an essential part of Ether, Spirit, Energy. Once disturbed, it would disrupt the balance, leading to a decline in the mental state.
Excessive loss of Yang energy could even lead to severe impairments in a person’s five senses and reflexes, comparable to a decrease in talent!
Lu Zixiong’s actions didn’t kill Shi Xiaole but were even more hateful than killing.
"So, it indeed works."
A segment of Yang energy flowed into Lu Zixiong’s body, causing him to feel a sense of joy. Shi Xiaole’s Yang energy was so pure that with just a slight conversion, it became Lu Zixiong’s Three-Yang Vigorous Air.
If he could deplete all of the Yang energy in Shi Xiaole’s body, his power could make a huge step forward.
"Assembly Master Lu, what are you trying to do?"
Zi Xiangbo’s eyebrows knitted together as she slapped her hand towards Lu Zixiong.
Thud!
The waves surging forth.
"Hell Master Zi, don’t misunderstand. I was just trying to have the boy stay put."
Lu Zixiong chuckled, suppressing his greed.
After all, Shi Xiaole was merely Zi Xiangbo’s tool, and Zi Xiangbo was to be his woman sooner or later. There was no need for haste.
The ripple of the clash between the two masters injured Shi Xiaole again and simultaneously pushed him forward rapidly.
It was at this moment, Shi Xiaole passed through the Purple Bamboo Forest and suddenly saw a pink toxic fog ahead.
He had secretly surveyed the entire Purple Bamboo Forest before but had never discovered this place. It was formed because of the changes in Array System, or was it something else?
Without time to think, Shi Xiaole gathered his last bit of strength and charged into it. His body was instantly swallowed up by the pink fog.
Zi Xiangbo stopped outside, her face full of displeasure.
"Hell Master Zi, why aren’t you going in?"
"If you want to die, go ahead and try."
Hearing Zi Xiangbo’s words, Lu Zixiong slapped at the pink fog. However, his palm strength was fully absorbed by the poisonous gas, causing no turbulence at all.
"What..."
Lu Zixiong’s pupils contracted. What was peculiar about this toxic fog that could easily neutralize his palm strength?
"This is the forbidden area of Spring Wind Hell, where gods and ghosts dare not tread, to enter is to die!"
Zi Xiangbo stated coldly.
