#538 - Goodbye Mu Yunxi
Jun Wuxie's heart was filled with doubt.
He tried to exert force to shake it, and the skeleton in front of him snapped with a crack.
A wisp of strange power overflowed from the broken bone, and then dissipated into the void.
"The power of the bones has not been lost, but the hardness of the bones was easily broken by me, its strength before death would not exceed the Zong Huang Realm!"
Jun Wuxie found it more and more difficult to understand. Could a martial artist of the Zong Huang Realm preserve their bones for eternity?
That was simply impossible. Just look at the decayed bones nearby.
He looked carefully, and each jade-like skeleton was surrounded by four to six decayed skeletons.
Judging from their postures, it took four to six people to kill one person whose skeleton remained intact in the great battle back then.
Jun Wuxie stood up, looked at this corner of the battlefield, and then walked towards the distance.
He didn't forget what he came down here to do. The priority now was to find her, not to dwell on other issues.
"That is a Dark Spirit."
A soft voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"World Tree?" Jun Wuxie was stunned and said, "What is a Dark Spirit?"
"It is a creature from the Dark World."
"What?"
Jun Wuxie was stunned. This answer caught him off guard.
At this moment, he saw a complete corpse, its flesh and blood not completely decayed.
The corpse was pierced by several war spears, and the owners of those war spears were decayed skeletons.
"That corpse is a creature from the Dark World."
The World Tree said this.
Jun Wuxie stared blankly at the corpse, many question marks popping up in his mind.
Because the corpse was almost indistinguishable from a human, with no black or red hair on its body or face, completely different from the people he knew who had been infected by darkness!
"Why don't they have black or red hair, why don't they have fangs?"
"Dark Spirits are natives of the Dark World. They cultivate dark energy, so it is difficult for them to be decayed by the years of this world, and they can maintain complete skeletons or corpses. As for what you said about having hair all over their bodies and fangs, that is not a Dark Spirit, but the power of curses created by certain existences in the Dark World, also known as the Power of Darkness. That is deliberately polluted and only effective for creatures other than Dark Spirits."
Jun Wuxie: ...
He didn't expect it to be like this.
"The Power of Darkness, also known as Dark Matter in ancient times, was deliberately created and spread throughout the heavens and myriad worlds like the most evil virus."
Jun Wuxie heard this and realized that the World Tree seemed to know many secrets about darkness. "World Tree, do you know why the Dark World wants to do this?"
"I don't know. This has always been a mystery. Perhaps that existence knows."
"That existence? Who?"
"You will know who he is in the future."
Jun Wuxie: ...
He was silent. Dark Spirits actually appeared here, in the secret land of the Demon Race?
This meant that in a certain era, Dark Spirits had descended upon this world, causing a terrible war!
Could it be that the so-called Great Era Flood is related to the Dark Spirits?
The World Tree didn't speak anymore. She fell silent.
It seemed that she woke up just to tell him about the Dark Spirits?
Jun Wuxie began to search the area near the cliff, but he didn't see the person he was looking for.
Helpless, he could only go deeper.
As he walked, many sounds of soil loosening suddenly appeared nearby.
He looked around and saw piles of sand emerging from the dry, hard soil. Then, bugs bigger than fists crawled out, densely packed and endless.
"Corpse beetles?"
He was stunned, a kind of low-level garbage creature.
He casually flicked his hand, and blood energy rolled out, surging out, sweeping away all the corpse beetles around him.
"They're not dead?"
He was shocked. With his power, a casual flick of his hand and the surge of blood energy could collapse even a great mountain, not to mention trillions of pounds?
These corpse beetles didn't explode. After landing, they crawled up again?
He found a Seven-Star Spirit Sword and threw it out. As a result, under a series of dense metallic sounds, the entire spirit sword was eaten clean by the corpse beetles, causing his pupils to shrink slightly.
This thing could actually evolve to such an extent, which really shocked him.
The corpse beetles were densely packed, swarming like a tide, the scene was a bit terrifying.
Jun Wuxie didn't want to waste time with these things. He released the Solar True Fire, instantly turning the entire area into a sea of fire.
All the corpse beetles struggled in the true fire and turned into ashes.
"I have to find her quickly!"
Jun Wuxie felt more and more uneasy. This place was too strange, and even the corpse beetles were so aggressive.
She had already jumped down for six days!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
Was she really still alive?
He continued to move forward. As he walked, a forest appeared in his sight.
The trees inside the forest had long withered, without a single leaf.
The world here was extremely dim, with gusts of yin wind, and the air was filled with the smell of corpse gas, which was disgusting.
In the depths of the forest, a little green light faintly appeared.
Jun Wuxie quickened his pace. As the distance shortened, he could see that it was a tree, a green tree, different from the other withered trees.
The tree's branches and leaves were very lush, and the branches were like vines, hanging down on the ground, extending far away.
Suddenly, he saw footprints on the ground.
The soil here was relatively loose and somewhat damp.
The footprints were very delicate, only as long as his palm, but they were deep and shallow, which could analyze that the owner of the footprints was in poor condition, so that the body was difficult to maintain normal balance when walking.
"She left them, it must be her!"
Jun Wuxie's heart suddenly rose with a glimmer of hope, and he quickly tracked along the footprints.
As he walked, a sense of danger struck his heart.
A strip-shaped thing pierced through the void, arrived in an instant, and shot towards his eyebrows.
A golden light flashed in his palm, blocking it in front of him.
With a clang sound.
That thing struck his palm, bursting out a metallic tremor, causing a burst of stinging pain in his palm, and blood actually flowed out.
"What is this thing?"
The power of his palm surged, instantly shaking the thing into two pieces, falling on the ground.
Looking at it, it turned out to be a worm, its whole body flashing with black light, like a wire.
Its shape was somewhat like a shrunken snake, its head was very ferocious, covered with dense sharp teeth, only the size of chopsticks.
At this moment, shua shua shua, a dense sound of breaking through the air sounded, and this kind of worm appeared in all directions, like black lights flashing, piercing through the void and flying towards him.
His heart sank!
How could there be these things under the Cliff of Death? Their attacks were all amazingly powerful, and they could actually break through his physical defense!
Rumble!
The golden blood energy erupted, like a mountain torrent impacting all directions, while the golden blood energy formed a protective shield around his body.
Those worms were all shattered in the air, making sharp cries.
Jun Wuxie quickly rushed into the depths.
His heart was trembling.
She arrived here, if she encountered these worms, with her seriously injured body, how could she resist?
But no matter what, he had to see her alive or dead!
Soon, he arrived at the vine tree, and his pupils contracted immediately.
The vines of the vine tree hung down densely on the ground, extending in all directions, like pythons.
Not far from the vine tree, there was a person entangled by the vines, covered in blood, with disheveled hair.
Behind her, a faint female phantom floated in the air, constantly releasing the power of ice, freezing the vines entwining the woman into solid ice.
The phantom was already very faint at this moment, and seemed to be about to dissipate, but its aura was very powerful!
It was definitely above the Semi-Saint level!
And on the vines, green lights continued to light up, melting the solid ice.
As soon as the solid ice melted, it immediately froze again, forming a stalemate.
"A Demon Tree of the Semi-Saint Realm!"
Jun Wuxie's eyes burst out with cold light, the Shield of Protection was blessed, and the golden blood energy was like a vast ocean boiling and soaring into the sky.
Carrying the golden ocean, he crossed the sky, locked his mind on the vine demon tree, and instantly launched more than a dozen Life Cutting Techniques.
The tree demon, which was fighting against the female phantom, did not expect it and was hit on the spot. More than a dozen green liquids burst out from the huge tree trunk!
It let out a shrill scream.
That voice was neither male nor female, and it was difficult to distinguish the yin and yang!
"Damn it, you human reptile, dare to hurt me, the ancestor!"
The demon tree's violent and cold voice echoed in the dim world, dozens of vines danced, like pythons swinging their tails and whipping fiercely, instantly collapsing the void and forming a terrifying air wave.
Jun Wuxie did not dodge, but rushed up and frantically used the Life Cutting Technique on the tree demon.
Puff...
The tree demon screamed, and several more drops of green juice splashed up.
The pain caused the upper half of the entire tree to sway wildly.
Almost at the same time, with a bang, Jun Wuxie was hit by a vine, and the violent force sent him flying hundreds of meters.
The Shield of Protection obliterated most of the attack power, but it still made his muscles crack, his whole body was in severe pain, and several bones were broken.
Buzz!
The vines shuttled like giant pythons, collapsing the void, and arrived in front of Jun Wuxie.
Runes flashed under Jun Wuxie's feet, instantly shifting him sideways.
"Little human in the Zong Huang Realm, you don't know how to live or die!"
The tree demon couldn't help but sneer when it saw him dodge, and mysterious light patterns flashed on the tree.
In an instant, Jun Wuxie felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire.
His body was imprisoned, and his actions were extremely difficult.
At this time, the vines instantly entangled him and pulled him in front of the tree demon.
"Damn human, you little ant, you actually hurt my ancestor!"
An old face that was difficult to distinguish between yin and yang appeared on the trunk of the tree demon, which was very hideous and gloomy.
"Hurt you?" Jun Wu Xie, though restrained and entangled by tree vines, remained exceptionally calm. He had already discerned that the tree demon seemed unable to move its position!
Forcibly enduring the crushing pain inflicted by the entanglement, his eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Today, I will surely slay you!"
"Heh heh heh! With you?"
The tree demon sneered repeatedly, but its voice was abruptly cut short by a miserable shriek.
A large patch of green liquid erupted from its body.
Jun Wu Xie's eyes were cold as he frantically activated the Life Severing Art, causing the tree demon to shake violently, splattering large amounts of green liquid everywhere.
"This ancestor will kill you!"
The tree demon roared fiercely, the vines constricting even tighter, causing Jun Wu Xie's bones to creak.
If not for the Protection Shield, he would have probably been crushed into bloody pulp long ago.
But this did not hinder him from using the Life Severing Art, unless it could imprison his soul.
In fact, the tree demon had not overlooked this point and was indeed attacking his soul.
However, the tree demon's methods were futile against his peak semi-saint soul.
Rumble!
The tree demon painfully endured the Life Severing Art's attacks, frantically waving its vines, attempting to crush Jun Wu Xie's head.
"Lan Lan, Dragon Scale Defense!"
At the critical moment, Jun Wu Xie summoned the super divine beast, Lan Lan.
As soon as Lan Lan appeared, a burst of light erupted from its forehead, and a piece of ice-blue light condensed, transforming into a Dragon Scale Shield in front of them.
Clang!
Vines carrying semi-saint power heavily bombarded the Dragon Scale Shield, causing it to tremble a few times.
At the same time, Jun Wu Xie relentlessly unleashed the Life Severing Art upon the tree demon.
The tree demon let out a painful scream, and its attacks became even more violent.
After withstanding dozens of blows, the Dragon Scale Shield's duration ended.
"Lan Lan, Time-Space Imprisonment!"
"Woof!"
Lan Lan growled softly, ice-blue light blooming in its eyes, and runes flew out.
In an instant, the vines that were about to strike him, along with the tree demon, froze in place.
"What kind of sorcery is this!"
Unable to move, with its inner power completely still and impossible to mobilize, the tree demon cried out in alarm and anger.
The response it received was a series of Life Severing Arts unleashed by Jun Wu Xie.
The duration of the Time-Space Imprisonment was very short, and he naturally would not waste even a moment.
Puff puff puff!
The tree demon screamed incessantly, with more than a dozen patches of green liquid erupting from its body.
Seeing the effects of the Time-Space Imprisonment weakening, and the tree demon about to regain its movement,
"Lan Lan, Darkness Descends!"
Lan Lan let out a soft growl, and a blinding light flashed.
Instantly, the tree demon felt its vision darken, unable to see or sense anything, as if it had lost all its power.
This feeling filled it with terror!
Jun Wu Xie had already broken free from the vines. He approached the tree demon and unleashed the Life Severing Art without restraint.
Dozens of strikes landed on the tree demon during the period of Darkness Descends.
It let out a heart-wrenching scream, and its massive tree body split open from the middle with a loud crash.
At the same time, the effect of Darkness Descends disappeared.
"Die, this ancestor will perish with you!"
At the moment of its death, the tree demon launched its final counterattack, condensing its last bit of power into a single vine, which violently struck towards Jun Wu Xie.
Lan Lan's forehead flashed.
A shield constructed of dragon scales protected him and Jun Wu Xie.
With a clang, the Dragon Scale Shield trembled violently.
Immediately after, with two loud crashes, the tree demon's split body fell heavily to the ground.
"Lan Lan, extract all the essence of the tree demon and store it."
Jun Wu Xie took out a jar and threw it to him.
Lan Lan stood upright on its hind legs, holding the jar with both paws, and with a happy chirp, ran excitedly to the tree demon and began to collect the essence.
Jun Wu Xie panted a few times and quickly rushed towards the woman who had been entangled by the tree demon.
He severed the vines in a few strokes and embraced the woman in his arms.
With trembling hands, he brushed aside the strands of hair that obscured her face, revealing a face covered in scars.
"Yun Xi..."
His heart ached as he hurriedly checked her pulse and breath.
"You won't be okay!"
He condensed a drop of his own life blood essence, refining it into pure life energy and channeling it into her body.
Looking at the scars on her face and holding her empty arm, Jun Wu Xie's lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a word.
Tears welled up in Mu Yun Xi's eyes. She turned her face away with effort, her body trembling slightly.
She was not completely unconscious. She knew when that man came, but she dared not open her eyes.
At this moment, how much she wished that this man had not come, so that she could have died here and been done with it, and he would not have seen her so ugly...
However, this feeling at this moment was so beautiful.
Just like the time in the Xuanyuan Secret Realm, just like when he held her in that medicine furnace, it was so warm and so unforgettable.
But everything could not go back, could never go back...
