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Chapter 99 What my heart desires, though I die nine times, I will not regret (4k)

Amidst the dark clouds.

As soon as Cheng Laiyun entered, he felt a strong suction force pulling his body towards the core.

He was originally worried that without the Jade Pivot Giant Statue, he, an eighth-rank cultivator who couldn't fly, might fall down.

While I was pondering this.

He felt a chill run through his body.

The dense, almost tangible poisonous fog swarmed in, like countless tiny venomous snakes frantically burrowing into his skin.

"Hiss~"

pain.

Excruciating pain.

He gasped in pain.

But the next moment.

A warm, gentle power surged from the depths of the body, like the spring sun melting snow, instantly absorbing, breaking down, and transforming the toxins that had seeped into the body!

He could even clearly sense that his herbal body was peeling away every single characteristic of the toxin in an almost analytical way.

"Buzz~"

A warm current of energy rose from the dantian and flowed through the meridians throughout the body.

Wherever the airflow passed, the remaining poisonous fog seemed to encounter its natural enemy and dispersed!

Cheng Laiyun was stunned for a moment.

"How come a herbal body detoxifies in a way that's like getting a vaccine??"

First, absorb a small amount, analyze the components, and then generate antibodies?

He looked down at his hands and suddenly an idea struck him.

The warm current flowed towards his fingertips with his will, and then—

"puff."

A wisp of extremely faint black mist emanated from his fingertips; it was the very toxin that had just been absorbed by the Herb Body!

Cheng Laiyun's pupils constricted slightly.

He discovered that the toxin his herbal body had just inhaled—he could not only resist it, but also—

Mobilize it?

"Wow, I actually got an SSR!"

He only pondered for a moment.

His gaze pierced through layers of black mist, locking onto the faintly visible figure ahead.

Zhang Hong!!

You old geezer!

He hovered in the center of the dark clouds, his eyes closed, his body enveloped in a blue-black aura.

The blue color represents righteous energy, while the black color represents the demonic power of the snake demon. The two are intertwined and are continuously flowing into the depths of the dark clouds, providing nourishment for this rebirth.

Zhang Hong was in a very miserable state at this moment.

His body was already missing halfway—but he was still holding on.

"Die!!"

Cheng Laiyun did not hesitate at all.

He used the suction force of the dark clouds to pull himself closer to Zhang Hong, and exerted all his strength.

The fist had already smashed into Zhang Hong's chest!

"Bang!!!"

Zhang Hong, whose face was contorted in pain, suddenly opened his eyes and saw Cheng Laiyun standing in front of him.

His eyes were full of disbelief.

"You—how could you possibly—"

He then realized that Cheng Laiyun had come in to disrupt the Black Serpent's Nirvana.

He laughed heartily, then his face hardened with malice: "So what if this Nirvana is destroyed?!"

"You have to die too!!"

"This Black Cloud Poison is so potent that even a fourth-rank official would die if they came directly to it!!"

Cheng Laiyun grinned and winked: "Is that so?"

Staring at Zhang Hong, staring at the murderer who killed Wu Qiufeng, staring at the madman who plunged the entire Qingzhou City into a desperate situation.

One breath, two breaths —

Zhang Hong felt like he had waited for two long years.

But Cheng Laiyun in front of him showed no sign of surprise.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

"How is that possible?!"

"This poison—how could it possibly be effective—"

Cheng Laiyun didn't give him another chance to speak, as the power belonging to a martial arts practitioner within his body was frantically brewing.

One punch!!

Two punches!!

Three punches!!

Every punch landed on the same spot, causing Zhang Hong's forehead to cave in.

He was smashed so hard that he spat out blood.

The impact completely dissipated the azure energy within his body!

He was being sacrificed and had no chance to resist.

He could only watch helplessly as Cheng Laiyun crushed him bit by bit.

His eyes were wide open, his mouth agape, but he couldn't utter a single word.

His body fell from the dark clouds like a tattered sack.

Cheng Laiyun withdrew his fist and glanced down.

died.

dead.

This was the former ruler of Qingzhou.

He ultimately died at the hands of an unknown eighth-rank Mo cultivator!

With Zhang Hong's death.

The huge black cloud in the sky suddenly paused.

The dark clouds that had blotted out the sky and covered the entire city of Qingzhou were now shrinking rapidly, like a deflated balloon.

The offerings are gone.

Nirvana has utterly failed!

Just then.

Cheng Laiyun felt a cold gaze coming from the side.

"You dare!!!"

His voice was hoarse, filled with boundless rage!

Cheng Laiyun suddenly turned his head.

Deep within the black fog, a gigantic serpentine shadow was slowly coiling.

The snake's body was as thick as a water vat, its scales were as black as ink, and its vertical pupils stared intently at him, filled with disbelief and boundless rage!

Black viper!

Nirvana was destroyed, and its body was imprisoned by demonic power, unable to move.

But its eyes were filled with resentment and malice.

It had seen everything that had just happened.

How could this insignificant ant possibly walk into its poisonous cloud alive?!

How could that damned human kill its sacrifice right before its eyes?! It ruined its rebirth!!

A Demon King realm!

So close!!

Just a little bit!!!

It opened its enormous mouth and roared silently.

hold on.

Wait a few more breaths, and it will be able to move.

When the time comes, it will tear this human to pieces, chew him into mincemeat, and make him wish he were dead!

Cheng Laiyun met those vertical pupils and suddenly smiled.

That smile, shrouded in black mist and under the giant serpent's gaze, appeared particularly chilling: "What are you looking at?"

"You bastard, you won't live either."

Cheng Laiyun knew.

At this point, someone will definitely step in.

Neither Gao Heyun nor Zhou Linghe would stand idly by after seeing Zhang Hong, their sacrificial offering, being destroyed!

He just didn't expect that a shadow would actually appear.

But—it's not a person's shadow!

Cheng Laiyun only felt a blur before his eyes when an umbrella tore through the dark clouds and descended from the sky!

"You beast!!!"

Accompanying the umbrella was a loud shout, as loud as a thunderclap!

It's a moon-scale umbrella!!

Cheng Laiyun certainly remembered his master's magical artifacts!

"Dare to touch my Mo Sect disciples?"

Although Master Xu Miao did not arrive here, her voice resounded throughout the entire Qingzhou City.

As the sound faded away.

A series of rapid, snapping sounds erupted from the mechanism!

The light surged against the wind, and three thousand six hundred silver-scale-like metal pieces shot out from the core. In the blink of an eye, a moon-white mechanical umbrella, about ten feet in diameter, frantically brewed spiritual power!

"Om one"

The Moon Scale Umbrella suddenly spun around!

Three thousand six hundred silver scales simultaneously deflected their angles, and the umbrella surface transformed into a rapidly spinning halo of light!

Each scale's edge gleamed with a sharp, cold light, cutting through the air with a piercing hiss!

The black snake's vertical pupils suddenly contracted!

It wanted to move, to escape, to resist, but it was too late.

The Moon Scale Umbrella, like a maggot clinging to a bone, spun rapidly in the air.

Like a silver full moon, it slashed straight at the black snake!

Wherever it passed, the black mist was as if it were being cut by a sharp blade, and it retreated wildly to both sides!

"hiss!!!"

The black snake hissed in terror and twisted its body desperately, trying to escape!

But the Moon Scale Umbrella was too fast.

Just as it had the thought of escaping, the silver moon was already upon it!

"boom!!!"

The edge of the umbrella slashed into the black snake's vital spot!

Wherever the blade of light passed, snake scales shattered, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and demonic power dissipated!

Before the black snake could even let out a second scream, its massive body was cleaved in two by the silver moon!

"Bang!!!"

Two pieces of snake carcass fell from the dark clouds, crashing into the river and creating towering waves!

Blood splattered, staining half the sky red.

The Moon Scale Umbrella slowly stopped spinning in mid-air. Without pausing, it quickly flew back the way it came to find Xu Miaozhen, who was rushing towards them.

Cheng Laiyun stared blankly at the scene, his jaw almost dropping.

He knew his master was awesome.

But I never expected it to be this awesome.

Two miles away, a single move instantly kills a fifth-rank demon?

Only umbrellas visible, no people in sight?!

Holy crap!

The power of the Moon Scale Umbrella is truly terrifying!

The black snake died.

Cheng Laiyun felt a green light shining in front of him.

He hurriedly looked over.

A green light shot out from the black snake's corpse and flew straight towards him!

"What the hell??"

Before he could even react, the green light had already entered his brow and disappeared.

In his sea of ​​consciousness, a new emerald green crystal appeared.

The crystal floated quietly beside the [Ancestor's Talisman], emitting a faint green light.

Cheng Laiyun was stunned for a moment.

This is... something from a black viper?

How did it get into my mind?

He tried to touch the crystal with his mind, but there was no reaction; it just hung there quietly, like a sleeping seed.

Cheng Laiyun frowned, temporarily suppressing his doubts.

Now is not the time to study this.

He suddenly realized a problem.

"I can't just go out unscathed, can I?"

The secret of supernatural powers must not be revealed—at least not so soon.

He thought about it for a moment, and then an idea struck him.

The toxins he had just absorbed began to erode his body as he focused his thoughts.

The skin began to darken.

The lips started to turn purple.

His breathing began to weaken.

feasible!!

Cheng Laiyun grinned.

Only he himself knew that these toxins were only raging on the surface and could not harm his foundation at all.

He nodded in satisfaction, then closed his eyes and plummeted straight down.

Beyond the dark clouds.

Gao Heyun stared intently at the dissipating dark cloud, her phoenix eyes filled with an unprecedented tension.

Behind her, Zhou Linghe, covered in blood, stood on the driftwood, also gazing in that direction.

suddenly.

A figure descended from the sky!

Gao Heyun's pupils suddenly contracted!

That's Cheng Laiyun!

His entire body turned black, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he fell straight into the river like a broken piece of porcelain!

"Cheng Laiyun!"

Without any hesitation, Gao Heyun took a step forward and leaped into the air.

He even used his supernatural powers!

"Chirp!!"

Teleporting into the air.

He caught Cheng Laiyun steadily and held him in his arms.

She only felt a cold sensation when she touched it.

Cheng Laiyun's body was as cold as ice.

Gao Heyun lowered her head, looking at his darkened face, his tightly closed eyes, and his breathing, which was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.

Her fingers trembled slightly.

"Cheng Laiyun," she called out.

no respond.

"Cheng Laiyun!" she called out again, her voice louder than before, carrying a hint of urgency that she herself was unaware of.

Cheng Laiyun's eyelashes suddenly trembled twice.

He "struggled" to open his eyes and looked at the stunningly beautiful face so close to his.

From this angle, Gao Heyun's appearance appears even more perfect and flawless.

"My lord—cough cough—"

Cheng Laiyun's voice was extremely weak and broken as he said, "I alone can save the entire city—"

Gao Heyun stared intently at him, her phoenix eyes filled with a complex emotion she had never shown before: "Was it worth it?"

Cheng Laiyun lay in her arms, his body blackened and bleeding from his seven orifices, yet he grinned and smiled.

That smile was so weak it was almost invisible, yet so stubborn it was impossible to look away.

With his last ounce of strength, he said haltingly, "What my heart desires—though I die nine times—I will not regret it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his eyes and completely lost consciousness.

Gao Heyun's arm suddenly tightened; she clung tightly to Cheng Laiyun.

He froze on the spot.

The words Cheng Laiyun had just said echoed in my ears.

What my heart desires, though I die nine times, I will not regret.

a long time.

She lowered her head, buried her face in his hair, and whispered, so softly that only she could hear, "Fool—"

He lay quietly in her arms, like a sleeping child.

Gao Heyun pursed her lips and remained silent.

She just stared at him blankly.

A mere eighth-rank ink cultivator —

Just then, a figure of celestial blue descended from the sky.

Xu Miaozhen landed beside her, her gaze falling on the darkened face, her pupils suddenly contracting.

"Supervisor Gao, what's going on?"

Her voice was calm, so calm that no emotion could be detected.

Gao Heyun kept her head bowed deeply.

Those phoenix eyes seemed to have lost their sparkle.

She did not answer.

He stood quietly by the Qujiang River, looking at the face in his arms.

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Zhou Linghe, standing to the side, took a deep breath and slowly said, "After Cheng Laiyun learned that the black snake would destroy the entire Qingzhou City and poison hundreds of thousands of people after its successful rebirth, he rushed directly towards the black cloud."

His voice was hoarse and low, filled with deep remorse.

"I—didn't even react."

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

Xu Miaozhen stood there, motionless.

Her gaze fell on that darkened face, on those tightly closed eyes, on that barely perceptible breathing.

a long time.

She slowly raised her hand and placed it on Cheng Laiyun's chest.

A gentle spiritual energy entered his body.

The toxins seemed to automatically protect their owner, directly repelling her spiritual power.

this----

Xu Miaozhen remained motionless.

Only fists, clenched together.

A sharp cry pierced the night: "Cheng Laiyun!!!"

Xu Jiayin flew from afar on her flying torch and landed unsteadily beside Gao Heyun.

When she saw Cheng Laiyun's darkened face, she was struck dumb, frozen in place as if by lightning.

"No—impossible—"

She murmured, reaching out to touch his face, but her hand trembled so badly that she couldn't reach it.

"Cheng Laiyun—wake up—open your eyes and look at me—"

Her mind went blank.

Her voice was choked with sobs, her vision was obstructed by something, and everything in front of her was blurry: "Didn't you say you would protect me? Get up and protect me!"

"Get up!!"

She screamed her heart out, knelt on the ground, grabbed Cheng Laiyun's hand, and cried like a child.