Ch 13: I’m Going To Die （gg）
Just like that, he once again threw out several Talismans to intercept the puppets, then placed the Strange Small Stone in his hand on the ground.
After a few more repetitions, Xia Jiuyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with some relaxation, “It’s about to end…”
He put away the Talismans, took out a Fourth-Order Spirit Stone, and placed it in his hand, waiting for the two puppets to approach before forming a formation.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened. The club-wielding puppet, while running, raised its club-wielding arm and threw the Iron Rod like a javelin.
Swish!
The Iron Rod, with a whistling sound, instantly arrived in front of Xia Jiuyuan. His expression changed drastically, and he thought to himself,
“Time Intent, Slow!”
The blade of Su emitted a faint glow, and the rapidly approaching Iron Rod suddenly slowed down.
I can see clearly now!
Xia Jiuyuan held his sword with his right hand to block the Iron Rod, and quickly formed a formation with his left hand.
“Formation, rise!”
Dong!
The slowed Iron Rod crashed into the sword body. The resulting power was still far beyond his imagination. Without a doubt, Xia Jiuyuan was sent flying again.
If he hadn’t used Time Intent to see the trajectory of the Iron Rod, and this blow had landed on his Physical Body, it would have been over.
But even blocking it was not easy. The terrifying force, accompanied by a suffocating Spiritual Energy impact, caused Xia Jiuyuan to bleed from all seven orifices in mid-air.
Furthermore, due to using Time Intent and forming a formation, his meager Spiritual Energy was already depleted.
Dong!
The Iron Rod, carrying the heavily injured Xia Jiuyuan, smashed fiercely into the cliff face, and there was no more movement.
On the other side, the confinement formation rose from the ground, imprisoning the club-wielding puppet that had lost its weapon. The sword-wielding puppet jumped strangely, hesitated for a few seconds, and then continued to attack Xia Jiuyuan with its sword.
The puppets understand Finishing Blows…
Xia Jiuyuan’s arm, which had been holding the sword, had completely lost sensation. He spat out a mouthful of blood, fumbled in the Sachet at his waist, and stuffed a handful of Pills into his mouth, swallowing them.
At the same time, the medicinal properties of various precious Spirit Plants he had used over the years, hidden within his body, were stimulated, and began to rapidly repair his Physical Body.
The Bracelet on his Wrist and the Necklace from Liu Xixi on his neck also emitted faint vibrations, seeming to want to help their injured Master.
After this series of actions, Xia Jiuyuan’s weakened body rapidly recovered. He switched hands to hold his sword and shakily stood up.
Looking at the approaching sword-wielding puppet, he revealed a blood-splattered smile.
Now, it was his turn to attack!
First, he would deal with this sword-wielding puppet. The club-wielding puppet was already trapped and posed no threat.
Xia Jiuyuan sensed his Physical Body’s condition and had already written the script for the sword-wielding puppet in his mind.
As long as it got close, he would throw Thunderstrike Talismans to hard-control it for a few seconds, then deliver a fatal blow with his sword.
There was no other way; his Spiritual Energy was exhausted. The more Spiritual Energy remained, the faster the Recovery. Therefore, when Spiritual Energy was depleted, waiting for natural Recovery was exceptionally slow.
In Xia Jiuyuan’s current state, he couldn’t rely on natural Recovery at all; it was all thanks to Pills. So, to deal with this sword-wielding puppet, he had to save every bit of Spiritual Energy he could.
However—
“Damn it, sword puppet, come here!”
Xia Jiuyuan looked at the sword-wielding puppet, which had suddenly stopped, in exasperation.
It stopped advancing and instead turned to attack the simple formation that was trapping the club-wielding puppet.
“It even has intelligence…”
Xia Jiuyuan sighed and aimed Su, which he held, at the sword-wielding puppet’s back, pushing it forward gently.
“Sword Control Technique! Flying Sword!”
With a swish, Su pierced forward.
“Time Intent, Fast!”
In an instant, the sword-wielding puppet’s body was pierced through, and it fell beside the simple formation. Xia Jiuyuan also vomited blood again.
Spiritual Energy… it’s really completely gone!
He endured the throbbing pain in his head and walked to the side of the formation.
The club-wielding puppet, having lost its Iron Rod, had its offensive power greatly reduced. Furthermore, because the formation was personally set up by Xia Jiuyuan, it did not fall under the category of External Force and thus was not weakened. It would take some time for the club-wielding puppet to break through the confinement formation with its fists.
Xia Jiuyuan would not give it enough time. He took out the Strange Small Stone from his pocket again and set up a new formation outside the confinement formation.
This was an extremely difficult technique called Inner-Outer Interlocking. Doing so could easily cause the two formations to interfere with each other, thus turning both into useless formations.
But Xia Jiuyuan was a Genius.
After some time, the club-wielding puppet finally smashed through the confinement formation, encountering Xia Jiuyuan’s brilliant smile.
“It didn’t even mourn the destruction of the confinement formation for a moment. The next to arrive on the battlefield is—Thunderstrike Formation!”
Bang!
The words were followed by a lightning strike, which turned the club-wielding puppet into charcoal.
Immediately after, the Barrier on the cliff face dissipated, and the Primordial Sacred Crystal Grass shone with Seven Colors, dazzling and brilliant.
He walked forward, carefully plucked the small Spirit Plant, and placed it in his Sachet. Then, in the blink of an eye, he returned to the starting point.
And Liu Xixi had also returned!
She was covered in blood, her face contorted, panting heavily. Her blood-red eyes fixed on Xia Jiuyuan, startling him.
If it weren’t for her clothes, Xia Jiuyuan wouldn’t have recognized the ferocious being in front of him as Liu Xixi!
“You should leave quickly… I’m going to lose control…”
She uttered this hoarsely, clutching her head tightly with both hands, banging it against the ground.
What’s going on? Where is Vermillion Bird Dye? Xia Jiuyuan was confused, but he knew how to resolve this situation. The System had already provided the answer.
He took out the Ice Spirit Pill from his pocket. Although he had long suspected that this Pill was prepared for Liu Xixi, he was not sure. What if his Trial content was an Inner Demon, and this Pill was prepared by the System for himself?
With this thought, Xia Jiuyuan did not give the Ice Spirit Pill to Liu Xixi in advance. However, at this moment, it seemed there was no longer any need to hesitate.
“Xixi, eat this!”
Facing the still-rational Liu Xixi, Xia Jiuyuan chose to directly throw the Pill at her. She, without the slightest hesitation, tilted her head, caught the Seventh-Rank Ice Spirit Pill in mid-air, and gulped it down.
Xia Jiuyuan observed Liu Xixi, who was gradually calming down, and felt a chill run down his spine again.
If all the Systems could calculate everything perfectly, then what was the meaning of his own actions?
As he pondered, Liu Xixi stopped trembling. She opened her eyes. They were still blood-red, but her voice had returned to normal.
“After I picked the Vermillion Bird Dye, I don’t know why its aura quickly dissipated, so I had no choice but to swallow it directly.
The blood left by the Trial, combined with the commotion caused by the Vermillion Bird Dye within my body, led to me losing control…
You saved me, Xia Jiuyuan, thank you.”
“What are you saying?”
Xia Jiuyuan said, looking at the red System Task, which hadn’t activated yet. He walked forward and continued,
“You’re still refining the Vermillion Bird Intent within your body, right?”
Liu Xixi looked at the blood-stained Xia Jiuyuan who was gradually approaching and replied,
“Yes, with it, I should be able to balance the aura within my body, and I won’t have to worry about losing control anymore…”
As she spoke, she kept staring at the blood on Xia Jiuyuan’s body, and tempting thoughts flooded her mind.
So tempting…
So… delicious!
“No!”
Liu Xixi reacted immediately, her scream tearing through the air.
“You get out of here quickly!”
Leave? Easier said than done! To leave, he had to deal with the puppets, and it was lying in Liu Xixi’s direction!
If he ran in any other direction and accidentally entered the depths of the Forbidden Zone, he would also die!
Xia Jiuyuan’s mind raced, and without hesitation, he reached for his waist.
However, the moment Liu Xixi spoke, she lost control. Her body erupted, and with a burst of movement, the ground beneath her feet tore, leaving a small pit. In an instant, she was in front of Xia Jiuyuan.
At this moment, Xia Jiuyuan’s fingers hadn’t even touched Su. Without Su in its deployed state, he couldn’t use Time Intent at all!
Liu Xixi’s originally fair and flawless jade-like hands had now become hideous and terrifying. Her blood-red fingernails and scales, like a demon’s claws, mercilessly stabbed towards his Heart.
The stinging sensation from her Skin transmitted to his Brain, followed by the sonic boom caused by Liu Xixi—
Sonic boom?
This was a characteristic of being Non-Human. The Third-Rank Liu Xixi was doing this now, but this was not good news for Xia Jiuyuan.
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