#497 - Don't be afraid, I'm here (4000 words, two in one)

Within the courtyard, silken cocoons scattered, transforming into strands of thread falling from the sky, blanketing the ground like spiderwebs spun from white snow.

At the very center of these threads, a pair of enormous wings tightly enveloped Sheng Sheng.

Judging from the shape of the wings, Xu Ming was reminded of the Western dragons he had seen in movies and television shows in his previous life.

The wings slowly opened, and a tall woman stood before Wu Yanhan and Xu Ming.

Compared to her previous appearance as a girl of about ten years old, Sheng Sheng's body had fully matured, transforming her into a woman of eighteen or nineteen.

Her tall figure was in no way inferior to Wu Yanhan and the others.

The clothes on Sheng Sheng's body had completely dissolved, and a pair of well-proportioned, straight legs stood together.

Inscriptions of the Great Dao remained on her thighs.

These inscriptions of the Great Dao, like wisteria vines, continuously spread, giving off a bewitching and sinister beauty.

Sheng Sheng's eyes were a scarlet red, like rubies soaked in fresh blood.

Two black dragon horns had already grown on Sheng Sheng's head.

Her fair and delicate skin formed a stark contrast with the black wings.

Sheng Sheng's hands were shaped like claws, almost indistinguishable from dragon claws.

Behind Sheng Sheng, a dragon tail incessantly swayed.

Looking at Sheng Sheng's appearance, Xu Ming took a deep breath, the immortal sword Red Sleeve already grasped in his palm.

This was a half-dragon, half-human monster!

But it did not make one feel the slightest bit of ugliness; on the contrary, Sheng Sheng at this moment was extremely beautiful. Her appearance, perfectly aligned with human aesthetics, was no worse than any woman in the world.

Her temperament was like that of a queen, like a black rose standing there, her claws, wings, and the tail behind her giving off a sense of power.

Sheng Sheng opened her mouth, her sharp teeth, like those of a vampire, emitted black smoke from within.

"Sheng Sheng..."

Wu Yanhan looked at Sheng Sheng with utmost concern.

But at that very moment, Sheng Sheng's tender white foot stomped forcefully on the ground, causing the ground beneath her to cave in.

In an instant, Sheng Sheng's dragon claws had already arrived before Wu Yanhan.

"Clang!"

Xu Ming stood in front of Wu Yanhan, his long sword sparking against Sheng Sheng's dragon claws!

The enormous force of the impact made Xu Ming frown.

Xu Ming was already a Golden Body Realm martial artist.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Ming felt that his Golden Body Realm was simply not enough to withstand Sheng Sheng's dragon claws.

It felt as if his Golden Body Realm would be destroyed by Sheng Sheng in the next moment.

Xu Ming's sword energy raged, and he flicked his long sword upwards.

The invisible sword energy sent Sheng Sheng flying, and Sheng Sheng forcefully tore Xu Ming's sword energy apart with both hands.

"Roar!"

Sheng Sheng let out a dragon roar, and her fair skin began to be covered with black scales.

In less than a breath's time, Sheng Sheng's body was as if she had put on a suit of black scale armor, reflecting a black light under the sunlight.

Every inch of her body was covered by this black scale armor.

In the next moment, Sheng Sheng once again pounced towards Xu Ming.

Xu Ming punched Sheng Sheng, but Xu Ming felt as if his fist had hit a steel plate, without the slightest bit of movement.

The armor covering Sheng Sheng's body dissolved most of his fist's force.

"Open the formation and let the people of the Princess Manor out!"

Xu Ming shouted at Wu Yanhan, then went to meet the enemy again.

In fact, without Xu Ming's reminder, Wu Yanhan also knew what she should do.

Wu Yanhan crushed a piece of jade pendant close to her body.

The powder of the jade pendant floated in the air, and the formation of the entire Princess Manor (Prince Qin Manor) seemed to sense something and instantly opened.

At the same time, a series of bell sounds spread throughout the Princess Manor.

The servants of the Princess Manor were stunned for a moment, but they all knew what the bell sound symbolized.

Everyone ran towards the outside of the Princess Manor as if they were fleeing a famine! Fearing that if they ran a little late, their lives would be lost.

Within the imperial palace, the Martial Emperor seemed to sense something and raised his head.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Consort Xiao, who was serving by his side, looked at the Martial Emperor's furrowed brow and asked worriedly.

And just as Consort Xiao's words landed, Wei Xun rolled and crawled into the imperial palace: "Your Majesty! Something bad has happened!"

"I know!"

The Martial Emperor said in a deep voice.

The Princess Manor, also known as the Prince Qin Manor's formation, was derived from the imperial palace's formation.

Once there was something unusual in the Princess Manor, the formation in the imperial palace would be unusual, and he would be able to sense it.

The main purpose of doing this was naturally to protect Wu Yanhan's safety.

In Martial City, there were really not a few people who wanted Wu Yanhan to die.

The Martial Emperor stood up and walked out of the imperial study.

The Qi Luck of the mountains and rivers was wrapped around the Martial Emperor's entire body, and a golden Qi Luck dragon constantly circled around the Martial Emperor.

The Martial Emperor's eyes turned golden.

He looked in the direction of the Princess Manor.

In the Martial Emperor's vision, he saw Xu Ming and his daughter fighting with a black thing.

The reason why the Martial Emperor described it as a black thing.

Was because the Martial Emperor simply could not see the other party's specific form.

Her body was covered by a thick layer of black mist, completely isolating his vision.

Generally, only cultivators in the Immortal Realm could achieve this level.

He could only see the other party's existence, but he could not see what kind of appearance the other party had.

But the problem was that this black thing was not that powerful.

On the contrary, it exuded a kind of wildness of a magical beast all over its body.

When did his daughter's residence raise such a thing?

Moreover, whether it was Xu Ming or his daughter, they seemed to value this thing very much, and they did not use their full strength against it, but rather wanted to protect it.

The other imperial palace guards also gathered in front of the Martial Emperor at this time: "Your Majesty, do we need to go to the Princess Manor?"

The imperial palace guards did not know what had happened in the Princess Manor, but the Princess Manor's movement was not small, and they came to the Martial Emperor at the first time to ask if they needed to go.

After thinking for a long time, the Martial Emperor shook his head: "Forget it, let's wait a little longer. If something happens, I will personally take action."

The guards: "Yes."

The Martial Emperor continued to watch, watching what was happening in his daughter's residence.

"Boom!"

Xu Ming was heavily thrown by Sheng Sheng's tail, and his whole body smashed down in the air, smashing a house in the Princess Manor into pieces.

Xu Ming climbed up from the ruins of the house and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Roar!"

Sheng Sheng raised her head and spat out a mouthful of black flames.

Xu Ming swung his sword, and the sword energy scattered the black flames.

Xu Ming flew up holding the Red Sleeve long sword, and then slashed down with another sword.

However, Xu Ming was reducing his strength.

How could Xu Ming possibly hurt Sheng Sheng.

But Sheng Sheng at this time did not care about these things at all.

Xu Ming and Wu Yanhan were lenient to her.

But Sheng Sheng's wild instinct was to kill them in the fastest and most fierce way.

Carelessly, Xu Ming was slapped down by Sheng Sheng's claws, hitting the ground, collapsing a ten-meter-wide pit!

"Sheng Sheng! Wake up!"

Wu Yanhan punched out, smashing Sheng Sheng several meters away.

"Roar!"

Sheng Sheng, who had completely lost her mind, roared again and slapped out with a claw!

With Wu Yanhan's realm, if she wanted to kill Sheng Sheng, although it was not that easy, she could still do it.

But Wu Yanhan could not do it.

And martial artists have a characteristic, that is, the martial artist's fist must never hesitate.

A martial artist's fist hesitating and not hesitating are completely two extremes.

If a martial artist's fist hesitates, then even 70% of his usual level cannot be exerted.

But Wu Yanhan and Xu Ming were both holding back, not wanting to hurt Sheng Sheng.

And Sheng Sheng's strength was really extraordinary, the evolved Sheng Sheng was extremely difficult to deal with.

So whether it was Xu Ming or Xu Ming, both of them felt strenuous.

What they originally thought was to hold Sheng Sheng back, and then consume her strength little by little, and finally when Sheng Sheng was weak and powerless, catch her.

But the spiritual power in Sheng Sheng's body was too abundant, like inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

They felt that the first to be exhausted would be themselves.

"Let's knock Sheng Sheng unconscious first."

Xu Ming said to Wu Yanhan.

If they continued to fight like this, it would definitely be endless.

He could no longer hold back.

Xu Ming used Blood Qi Berserk, and thick blood Qi was wrapped around his body.

Xu Ming did not use the immortal sword Red Sleeve again, he was afraid that in this state, he would seriously injure Sheng Sheng.

Xu Ming's body turned into afterimages and hit Sheng Sheng's body.

Sheng Sheng was extremely annoyed, feeling that Xu Ming was like a fly.

Xu Ming had punched hundreds of times in a short period of time.

Xu Ming frowned.

His fists had not completely healed now, and the power of his fists was at least halved.

Sheng Sheng found an opportunity and kicked Xu Ming out.

Wu Yanhan had already kicked over at this time.

Sheng Sheng's head hit the ground heavily.

But Sheng Sheng stretched out her hand and grabbed Wu Yanhan's ankle, and then threw her out forcefully, throwing Wu Yanhan out.

Wu Yanhan smashed into the wall, and her whole body was stuck in it, the kind that could not be pulled out.

When Wu Yanhan opened her eyes, Sheng Sheng's claws had already pierced towards Wu Yanhan's heart.

Wu Yanhan frowned, she knew that she would be in great danger under Sheng Sheng's attack.

But at this moment, Xu Ming stood in front of Wu Yanhan.

Xu Ming's blood spurted out, and Sheng Sheng's right hand pierced straight into Xu Ming's chest.

Blood spilled from the corner of Xu Ming's mouth, and he tightly grasped Sheng Sheng's dragon-scaled wrist.

When Sheng Sheng's palm pierced into Xu Ming's chest, Sheng Sheng's scarlet eyes trembled slightly, looking at Xu Ming in disbelief.

In Sheng Sheng's eyes, Xu Ming finally saw a trace of humanity.

Xu Ming smiled at Sheng Sheng and said, "Sheng Sheng, do you remember? The Mind-Calming Incantation I taught you before, 'People are inherently without form, sitting on a lotus transforms into dreams, Zhuang Zhou dreams of a butterfly...'"

Xu Ming recited the "Mind-Calming Incantation."

Xu Ming's voice was like a breeze, slowly spreading throughout the courtyard.

The strength in Sheng Sheng's hand became weaker and weaker, and the red color in her eyes seemed to be constantly fading.

"Brother Xu!"

"Roar!"

"Brother Xu!"

"Roar!"

Sheng Sheng不停 shook her head, her humanity and bestiality constantly vying for control of her body.

"That's right, I am your Brother Xu, Sheng Sheng, I'm sorry, I've only come to see you now."

Xu Ming looked at Sheng Sheng with a smile and walked forward, Sheng Sheng's hand directly pierced through Xu Ming's chest.

Xu Ming hugged Sheng Sheng tightly.

Feeling Brother Xu's warmth, the warm blood staining Sheng Sheng's arm, the scarlet in Sheng Sheng's eyes completely receded, no longer fluctuating.

Sheng Sheng's wings and dragon horns also gradually disappeared, and her claws also turned into human hands, except that the scales on her body did not dissipate.

"Brother Xu," Sheng Sheng called out to Xu Ming in a trembling voice, tears streaming down from the corners of Sheng Sheng's eyes, "Brother Xu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, Sheng Sheng, Brother Xu will never blame you, whether it was before or after, it's already okay..." Xu Ming gently stroked Sheng Sheng's long hair.

The next moment, Xu Ming's hand fell from Sheng Sheng's body, his eyes closed, and he fell to the ground.

"Brother Xu!"

At the moment Xu Ming closed his eyes, Sheng Sheng's voice echoed in his ears.

In the palace, Emperor Wu withdrew his gaze and said to Wei Xun, "Immediately send the imperial physicians in the palace to the Princess's mansion, Xu Ming is seriously injured! After Xu Ming's condition stabilizes, let Prince Qin come to the palace, I have questions to ask."

Although Xu Ming's entire chest was pierced through, Emperor Wu could clearly sense that Xu Ming's vitality had not been cut off.

And in the courtyard, Sheng Sheng held Xu Ming, at a loss, her whole person was dazed, and a feeling of remorse filled Sheng Sheng's whole body.

Even the scarlet in Sheng Sheng's eyes began to spread again, as if she was about to lose her mind.

"Sheng Sheng, don't worry, Xu Ming won't die so easily, you didn't pierce Xu Ming's heart just now."

Wu Yanhan quickly squatted down, inputting martial artist's true energy into Xu Ming's body to stop the bleeding, and then tightly grasped Sheng Sheng's hand, comforting her.

"Everything that is happening now is not Sheng Sheng's fault, leave everything to me, okay?"

Sheng Sheng nodded blankly.

"Okay, come with me now!"

Wu Yanhan quickly carried Xu Ming back to her room, and Sheng Sheng naturally followed in, Wu Yanhan took out a set of clothes for Sheng Sheng to wear.

After Wu Yanhan helped Xu Ming take a life-sustaining pill, it wasn't long before the imperial physicians from the palace walked in.

The imperial physicians quickly began to treat Xu Ming.

A full day and night passed before these imperial physicians came out of the room.

"Your Highness..."

Outside the door, the imperial physician bowed to Wu Yanhan.

"How is the situation?" Wu Yanhan only wanted to know the result.

"Master Xu is currently out of danger, but Master Xu was already physically weak, and now he has suffered such serious injuries, if he wants to wake up, I'm afraid it will take some time."

Several imperial physicians said.

"It's good that he's okay." Wu Yanhan breathed a sigh of relief.

"In addition..." The imperial physician looked at Wu Yanhan, "His Majesty is calling you to the palace, along with the girl by your side."