#544 - Great changes
Stepping into my world, in this life, you can forget about escaping!
The words of the domineering man echoed in Mu Yunxi's mind.
However, facing such dominance, she couldn't muster any resistance. Instead, she felt a sense of dizziness, and her eyes became blurred.
“Let go of everything, let go of those worries in your heart. We don’t even know if we can get out of here alive, so why make your heart so tangled, so tired…”
A voice in her heart told her this, and her eyes became increasingly blurred.
Perhaps she could really let go of everything, not care about anything, and just stay by his side in peace.
If that were the case, it would be the most joyful thing in the world, and the life her heart craved most.
She told herself this in her heart.
Jun Wuxie stared at her, seeing the process of her mental change in her eyes, from entanglement and hesitation to confusion and determination.
Finally, she seemed to have made up her mind and made a decision.
Therefore, her eyes changed, and even the expression on her face was different. The whole person gave him a completely different feeling.
She seemed to have returned to her former confident self, back to the pure and aloof girl she once was.
It was just that at this moment, in her ice-clear and transparent eyes, in addition to the aloofness given to her by her temperament, there was also deep joy and tenderness.
“Without those unnecessary entanglements, you look confident and charming at this moment. This is the Holy Maiden Mu Yunxi of Bingyun Tower from before.”
Jun Wuxie touched the scar on her face, and seeing his distressed and gentle eyes, Mu Yunxi's face suddenly turned red. She pushed him away, trotted to the center of the stone hall, rolled up the animal skin, and entered the inner hall.
Jun Wuxie smiled, feeling a lot more relaxed in his heart.
Mu Yunxi's knot was like a stone weighing on his heart. If it couldn't be untied, she would probably be stuck here forever, unable to make any further progress.
Now that the knot in her heart had been initially untied, her Dao heart would be clear, and it would no longer have any impact on her cultivation. Instead, it would release even greater potential.
He didn't follow her into the inner hall, but sat down cross-legged in the center of the outer hall and began to heal his injuries.
By nightfall, his injuries had recovered, and his energy and spirit had been adjusted to their peak state.
“Now it’s time to cultivate properly. While cultivating, I can just summarize the experience gained in battle over the past ten days and integrate it. At that time, my combat awareness should improve again, and I will have some confidence to return to the stone hall alive under the siege of the three clones…”
He took out the demon spirit fruit that Mu Yunxi had asked Yue Chenyu to give him from his Najie.
The apricot-sized fruit, like a beautiful purple gemstone, was filled with rich demon spirit energy and exuded a intoxicating fragrance.
The pulp was sweet, melting in the mouth, and the juice was fragrant and pleasant. Upon entering the throat, it turned into rich and pure energy, surging towards the limbs and bones.
Jun Wuxie immediately activated the Primordial Golden Body Technique to convert and absorb its energy.
The strands of pure demon spirit source contained in the fruit began to temper his body, strengthening his bones, internal organs, meridians, flesh and blood, and cave heaven blood energy. The effect was extremely violent, almost tearing his body apart!
However, his physical body was strong enough to withstand it completely, so he dared to consume the entire demon spirit fruit in one bite.
Soon, golden light and mist overflowed from his pores, rising like golden steam, quickly filling the entire stone hall, illuminating it with golden splendor.
Rumble!
Within his body, blood surged, like a roaring river, with astonishing momentum. The sound impacted the stone hall, constantly echoing, like the sound of a tide.
Listening to the sound, it was like the tide was rising.
In fact, Jun Wuxie's body was really changing like a tide at this moment.
His blood energy not only became purer and had a higher energy density, but also the amount of blood energy was rapidly increasing.
In the cave heaven, the number of stars in the Star Sea was increasing, and his realm was advancing at an alarming rate.
This was the powerful effect of the demon spirit fruit!
It could not only improve a person's talent growth intensity, but also the demon spirit energy contained within could allow people to quickly improve their realm.
The demon spirit fruit was a treasure for the demon race.
In the distant era, among the demon race, only those with extremely high talents were qualified to eat the demon spirit fruit. It was something specially used by the demon race to cultivate seed-level geniuses, and it was extremely precious and rare.
Jun Wuxie's aura was getting stronger every moment!
By the third day, he had absorbed and refined most of the power of the demon spirit fruit.
At this time, his talent growth intensity finally broke through the shackles from the legendary triple realm and entered the fourth realm!
His realm broke through to the ninth transformation of the Sect Emperor Realm!
Compared to three days ago, the strength and power of his physical body had doubled!
This feeling made him feel very comfortable and very down-to-earth!
Every cultivator has an unparalleled desire for power.
And his desire for power was even stronger than others.
He had too many people to protect, too many things to do, and too many enemies to face.
The road ahead was difficult, he had never doubted it. Without strong power, he was destined to not go far and eventually fall along the way.
But he didn't want to fall, and he couldn't fall, absolutely not!
Another two days passed, and the power of the entire demon spirit fruit was completely absorbed and integrated by him.
The talent growth intensity stopped at the mid-stage of the legendary fourth realm, and his realm almost reached the peak of the ninth transformation of the Sect Emperor Realm!
In these five days, he also completely integrated the combat experience summarized from the ten-day duel.
In battle, he found ways to eliminate and solve all the flaws he discovered.
Getting up and walking out of the stone hall, the sky was just beginning to dawn. Lan Lan was趴(lying prone) outside the barrier, looking like she hadn't woken up yet. The moment she saw him, her big, black eyes lit up, her tail began to wag from side to side, and she made cooing sounds, looking very excited.
Jun Wuxie smiled. The little guy was so cute.
If you only looked at the appearance, who would believe that such a cute fellow was actually a super divine beast?
“Wuxie?”
A slightly trembling voice came from behind.
Jun Wuxie turned around. Mu Yunxi was standing at the entrance of the stone hall, without her veil. The scar on her face was gone, and she had regained her former beautiful and refined, aloof fairy-like appearance.
She stood there, like a jade tree covered in snow, like a snow lotus on an iceberg, giving people a sense of fresh beauty.
He stepped forward and gently stroked her cheek, his eyes filled with a smile.
“Don’t go, okay?”
She raised her beautiful and refined face slightly, gazing at him with a hint of pleading in her eyes.
“You’re afraid I’ll die in the formation, I know, but you also know that if I don’t go today, I’ll have to go tomorrow. Even if I don’t go tomorrow, I’ll have to go one day. There’s no escape. We can’t waste time here in vain. Think about the outside world, how many people and things are waiting for us. Your Bingyun Tower is probably not doing very well right now. If I don’t go out, the people of your sect may become playthings in the hands of powerful people from other major forces. Are you willing to see such an ending?”
“Can you wait two more days?”
As she spoke, her face suddenly turned red, and a blush quickly spread from her cheeks to her ears, and to her neck.
Jun Wuxie was stunned. Looking at her reaction, he seemed to understand something, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
He looked at her with a smile, leaned down slightly, put his mouth to her ear, and said: “Are you afraid that I will really die in the formation, so you want to completely give yourself to me in these two days?”
“Jun Wuxie!”
Mu Yunxi's face suddenly turned so red that it could drip blood. She bit her bright red lips tightly, pushed him away suddenly, turned her back to him, and said hatefully: “You are a bastard! It’s enough to know it in your heart, but you have to say it out loud. Are you not satisfied until you embarrass me to death?”
“Okay, don’t think so much, obediently wait for me to kill the clones.” Jun Wuxie smiled and stepped forward, hugging her from behind, and said: “I don’t want you to give yourself to me with such thoughts. When we go out, let’s find a good time and beautiful scenery to spend the night together…”
“Who wants to spend the night with you, you little lecher, big pervert!” Mu Yunxi stomped her feet shyly, and said angrily: “Don’t even think about it after you go out, I won’t give it to you, I’m going to Ximo to become a nun!”
“Ah? Becoming a nun, then you’ll be a disaster to Ximo.”
“How am I a disaster to Ximo?”
“Because I have to overturn the entire Ximo, daring to take you in as a nun, it’s simply a heinous crime!”
“Hmph, domineering!”
“I am just so domineering, so you can’t run away, you can only be obedient, and if you’re not obedient, I’ll spank you.”
After saying that, he slapped her plump and rounded buttocks, and Mu Yunxi's delicate body trembled suddenly, and her whole body stiffened. Then, she turned around suddenly, about to hit him.
As a result, Jun Wuxie had already flown back to the edge of the stone tablet, looking at him with a smile on his face.
“You! You’re making me so angry!”
Her face was flushed, full of shame and anger, with a hint of娇憨(sweet naivete) that she had never had before, and she stomped her foot fiercely.
At this time, Mu Yunxi was far from her usual aloof fairy appearance. She was completely a young woman in love.
“Yunxi, I promise you, I will never die!”
Jun Wuxie put away his smile, his expression was solemn, and his energy and spirit instantly climbed to the peak state. He turned around resolutely and stepped into the formation.
In an instant, the runes in the mirrors of the three stone tablets shone brightly, and three figures walked out.
Golden blood energy instantly submerged the world!
Almost at the same time, the three clones threw punches and blasted towards him, the fist prints like three rounds of great suns across the sky, true dragons and fierce tigers roared and shattered mountains and rivers, and all directions moved!
Jun Wuxie's body disappeared in place in an instant, and the three fist prints missed.
At the same time, he appeared on the side of a certain clone, his fist strength like a mountain, blasting towards it.
The replica reacted quickly, turning to meet the attack with a punch, while the other two instantly rushed to his side, secret techniques and illusions engulfing him.
Jun Wuxie had no choice but to withdraw his hand and dodge.
The three replicas immediately followed up, joining forces to attack relentlessly, giving him no respite. He was forced to defend passively, unable to retaliate.
Outside, Lan Lan was so tense that her fur stood on end, her round eyes fixed on the formation.
At the entrance of the stone hall, Mu Yunxi's brow was furrowed, her hands tightly gripping her clothes, sweat soaking her palms, and even her temples were damp.
Boom!
Within the formation, secret techniques and illusions blanketed the sky, colliding wildly, the residual energy sweeping across the high heavens, creating a terrifying scene covering hundreds of miles.
Countless figures flashed and collided, the sounds of explosions deafening, with occasional splatters of golden blood.
Clang!
The sound of a sword cry tore through the sky.
Three Immortal Execution Sword Qi, unparalleled in their sharpness, slashed at Jun Wuxie from different directions.
At that moment, his hair stood on end as he sensed the aura of death.
Boom!
The river of time surged, the intent of the mortal world rolled forth, and the Immortal Execution Sword Qi crisscrossed. He drew his sword while dodging at high speed.
Amidst the deafening roar, one sword qi missed, another shattered, and the last one struck his golden blood qi shield.
The blood qi shield shattered instantly.
Clang!
He clasped his hands together, golden blood qi surging, flowing towards his palms, and forcefully clamped the sword qi between them, seizing the opportunity to retreat.
Almost simultaneously, the two replicas whose sword attacks had missed struck his afterimage.
It could be imagined that if he hadn't chosen to use the force of the sword qi to retreat the instant he clamped it, he would have been struck by the other two replicas.
All three opponents had replicated his combat awareness and skills from ten days ago, possessing nearly perfect fighting experience.
In a battle between experts, the slightest carelessness could lead to eternal damnation.
Throughout the duel, he couldn't afford any flaws or incorrect decisions. The margin for error was almost infinitely close to zero, otherwise, he would suffer severe damage.
He knew this well.
……
This duel didn't last from sunrise to sunset as it had before.
By mid-morning, Jun Wuxie was no longer able to continue.
He was covered in blood, with hundreds of wounds of all sizes all over his body, his bones shattered, his arms nearly torn off, his body severely deformed, and all his internal organs except his heart were shattered.
Finally, amidst Mu Yunxi's near-suffocating fear, he used the impact of a replica's attack to cross the stone tablet, his entire body crashing heavily at the entrance of the main hall, like a pile of mud, unable to even move his fingers.
"Wuxie… Wuxie, don't sleep!\
,"Mu Yunxi knelt before him, refining spiritual milk and injecting life force into him, while anxiously calling his name.
She was afraid, so afraid that she was trembling all over.
She was afraid that if he fell asleep, he would never wake up again!
He was too badly injured, more so than any of his previous duels with the replicas!
She could barely feel his heartbeat or breathing…
"Awake… I'm awake, I won't die, don't worry…"
His lips trembled, and he spoke in a weak voice, a large amount of blood flowing from his mouth as he spoke.
Mu Yunxi was so frightened that she covered his mouth with her hand, but she couldn't stop it no matter how hard she tried. Golden blood gushed out from between her fingers.
It wasn't until several hours later that his vital signs stabilized, his body stopped bleeding, and his external wounds began to heal slowly.
Mu Yunxi silently shed tears, she had almost been scared to death just now.
"Don't cry."
Jun Wuxie grinned and stroked her hair, saying, "I'm a body-cultivating martial artist. As long as my soul isn't shattered and my origin isn't broken, I won't die so easily."
"You think you're a cockroach, impossible to kill!"
She glared at him resentfully, wanting to hit him, how could he still smile like that in this state?
"You're not allowed to fight until you're exhausted before breaking through again tomorrow, or I won't talk to you for a month!"
She gritted her teeth fiercely, truly heartbroken for this man.
"Okay, I promise you."
Jun Wuxie supported himself on the ground and barely sat up, beginning to guide his life essence to repair his injured body.
……
In the days that followed, the same scene was repeated every day.
He verbally agreed with Mu Yunxi, but in reality, facing three replicas, the rhythm of the battle was often beyond his control. Each time he broke through, he was left with barely a breath.
Mu Yunxi didn't know how many times she had been angered to tears.
She, who had never known the taste of tears before, had almost cried her eyes out these past few days.
……
During the time Jun Wuxie was dueling and fighting fiercely with his three replicas every day,
The outside world was undergoing earth-shattering changes.
Starting a few days ago, the entire Emperor Beginning Star began to rain, a colorful rain, forming a hazy and dreamlike picture between heaven and earth.
The rainwater was filled with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, irrigating this ancient star of life.
Martial artists all over the world went crazy, reveling in the rain. Countless people took out containers to collect the rain, but they found that the rainwater could not be stored at all.
No matter what containers they used, the rainwater disappeared into thin air upon entering the container.
On land, many areas saw the emergence of towering mountains that had never existed before, rising from the ground overnight.
Those mountains were shrouded in mist, with spiritual mist lingering around them. From time to time, roars that shattered mountains and rivers could be heard, and even starlight appeared deep within the mountains, filled with a strong spatial force.
"Heaven and earth are recovering, and the great world has ushered in the peak of the golden age…"
In front of the Grand Hall of the Immortal Execution Sword Sect, Heavenly Sword One and the Phoenix Lord looked out over the mountains and rivers, with a hint of longing in their eyes.
What he longed for was not the environment of the great world, but this era, the last hope and the era of the last hope.
Is there really such a person who can work with them to break the entire game and clear away the dark clouds that have shrouded the heavens for countless years?
Can he really grow to that point?
The Phoenix Lord said: "Heaven and earth are recovering. The martial artists of this world have ushered in the best era. Cultivation will be ten times or a hundred times easier than before. Below the half-saint level, there will be no more shackles. Even the shackles of the half-saint level have become much looser. It's just that the hidden mountains and rivers are appearing one by one, and the ancient star road connecting to other ancient stars of life is repairing itself at an extremely fast speed. People from outside the territory will soon descend, and his strong enemies are becoming more and more numerous…"
"That kid, by chance, actually broke into the Three Wonders Replication Killing Array of the Elf Race. If he can come out alive, he will definitely sit firmly as the number one person in cross-border battles under the stars, defeating the strong with the weak, and in actual combat!"
Heavenly Sword One smiled, seemingly knowing Jun Wuxie's situation like the back of his hand, and greatly appreciated his performance.
The Phoenix Lord couldn't help but sigh: "If he can do this at the Sect Emperor Realm, it's not unprecedented, but it's probably close. When we, these Emperor Realm experts, were at this realm, we could only defeat two at most…"
"The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves forward. The great world is brilliant. This world, the upper four realms, have all ushered in the most glorious era in ancient times. The strongest group of geniuses in this era will become emperors in the future. We, these predecessors, are probably really going to give the stage to them."
Heavenly Sword One said with a smile, without any sense of loss, only anticipation.
He longed for more successors to catch up with and even surpass him.
Only in that way can there be hope in the future, to break free from the darkness that shrouds the heavens and see the bright and prosperous world, eternally brilliant.
