The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

"Your Highness!" She fell to the ground with a thud, blood spurting out of her mouth, but she still refused to give up. She still looked up at Cassia and shouted earnestly.

But Cassia didn't care anymore, turned around again and rushed towards the rock wall.

Myrcella was about to start cursing. If it weren't for the fact that she and this stupid little bitch were bound together by magic, she wouldn't bother to care about her life or death.

But after all, there was a magic effect between them, so Mircella did not dare to be careless. She had to suppress her anger and abuse in her heart and called out again at the top of her lungs.

"Your Highness, please calm down!"

"Li Yin!" Cassia ignored her and just faced the stone wall and shouted loudly.

There was still no response, and Cassia's stern face trembled slightly. Just as she stretched out her hands, took a step forward, and wanted to grab the stone wall again, suddenly, a loud bang came from the rock wall above their heads.

Immediately, there was another tremor that seemed to make the whole world collapse.

Cassia was unsteady on her feet, and she stood there in a daze. Myrcella used her hands and feet to quickly crawl to her side, took the opportunity to hug her legs, and dragged her back again.

The rubble fell down and landed around them, scratching countless bloody marks on their bodies.

"Princess," Myrcella shouted again amid the rumble and rustling, "wake up."

"We must leave immediately, there is a risk of collapse here at any time!"

She thought for a while and then said:

"Even if you miss that little slave, there's no need to rush. Let's retreat first, and then send someone to dig out its body!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Cassia gritted her teeth and shouted, "He's not dead at all!"

She turned around and slapped Myrcella to the ground again, then broke free from her restraints and stepped forward again.

She swung her legs vigorously and just took the third step when suddenly, a strong gust of wind came from above her head.

She shuddered all over, but her warrior instinct prompted her not to look up. She immediately retracted the foot that had just been raised in the air, and took two steps back.

A huge rock almost brushed her nose and fell in front of her chest with a whistling sound.

"Princess!" Myrcella suddenly shouted. It was more of an instinctive scream than a call to Cassia. The big rock fell right next to her, which really scared her.

"Hurry," she said in a trembling voice, almost begging, "Let's run away..."

Cassia did not say anything. She just stood quietly in front of the stone, looking across it at the grim stone wall in the distance.

After this life-and-death experience, she became slightly more sober.

She did not shout again, but held her breath, pricked up her ears, and tried with the last bit of hope to catch a completely different sound from the rock wall in front of her amid the noise of falling sand and rocks.

But still no strange sound came from there.

Behind the grim stone wall there was total silence. The only response to her was the distant roar of a giant dragon.

Her eyes suddenly turned cold.

She took one last deep look at the huge rock wall made of rubble and gravel, then turned around and ran towards the depths of the maze without saying a word.

"Princess!" Mircella, who was still slumped on the ground, covering her face, was dumbfounded. She was still thinking about how to make this stupid princess change her mind, but she didn't expect that the other party's figure was about to disappear at the other end of the tunnel.

"Wait for me!" She quickly stood up, raised her arms to block the sand and stone fragments falling from the ceiling of the cave, and ran deep into the tunnel chasing Cassia.

"You stinky bitch," she cursed angrily in her heart at the same time, "When you want to die, you really don't want to die. But when it comes to wanting to die, even I can't compare to you!"

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"Li Yin...Li Yin..."

"Li Yin..."

There were faint and trivial cries coming to my ears, so faint and ethereal that they seemed like they would be blown away by the wind at any time.

But the sound kept repeating itself, lingering for a long time, and kept echoing in his ears.

"Li Yin...Li Yin..."

Li Yin slowly opened his eyes.

His vision was blurred, and in the center of his field of vision there was a swaying face that he could not see clearly. Li Yin only felt that the faint but repetitive calling voice seemed to come from that face.

He opened his eyes wide, trying to see the other person's face clearly.

At the same time, a sharp pain suddenly came from the left side of his body.

"Ah!" The intense pain not only made his body feel as if it were torn apart in an instant, but also "torn open" his mouth, making him scream uncontrollably.

However, at this moment, a hand suddenly touched his lips and covered his mouth tightly, forcing the scream that had just begun to emerge back into his throat along with a mouthful of blood.

“Don’t, don’t shout!” the voice trembled, “The giant dragon is still beside us.”

At first, Li Yin ignored what she said. The intense pain made his mind go blank. It took him a long time to get used to the pain and barely regain a bit of rationality from the pain that almost tore his soul apart.

So he recalled the owner of this unique, clear and soft voice.

At the same time, his blurry vision gradually became clear.

The first thing that caught my eye was Du Feiya's fair and pretty face. However, this familiar face no longer had the same lively and lively look as before, but was filled with anxiety, tension, and pressure.

"Du, Du Feiya--" He moved his lips, subconsciously wanting to call her name, but he forgot that his mouth was still tightly covered by her hand, and could only make a series of dull grunts.

"Don't, don't scream!" Du Feiya had been watching his face closely. Seeing his eyes gradually become clear and his focus regained, a hint of joy appeared on his worried face.

But soon, she felt his lips moving with her palm, and she couldn't help but look very nervous. She whispered again in a suppressed voice, "Don't, don't scream."

At the same time, she seemed to be afraid that she was not rigorous enough, and her soft palms exerted force again.

Li Yin was already seriously injured and barely able to breathe, and she covered him tightly, almost suffocating him.

He moved his lips vigorously, trying to break free from Du Feiya's restraints. At the same time, his eyes opened wide and bloodshot due to lack of oxygen.

This brutal and fierce look caught Du Feiya's eyes, but she misunderstood it as Li Yin being unable to control himself due to the severe pain. So, although she couldn't bear it, she had to increase her strength again and cover his mouth and nose for the sake of protecting both of them.

Du Feiya did not lie. She had indeed perfectly inherited the excellent bloodline of her father, the chief swordsman. Her strength was no less than that of any dark elf warrior. Her white palms were slender and tender like jade, but when she exerted her strength seriously, they were as strong as steel. At this moment, Li Yin was like a mad dog that loved to bite people, but had an iron cage put on its mouth. Although he struggled desperately, it was ultimately in vain.

He was not killed by the boulder, but was about to be suffocated to death by his own people. Li Yin felt helpless and almost desperate.

Just as he was considering whether to move his mouth and bite Du Feiya's palm, he suddenly remembered that he had another ability.

He endured the excruciating pain of his body being torn apart and the dizziness of suffocation, and tried hard to concentrate his mind.

"I, I won't scream, just take your hand away first."

It was Li Yin's voice. Du Feiya was stunned for a moment, looking at her palm in disbelief. Why could he still make a sound even though she was using so much strength? Was it because her strength was not enough? Thinking of this, she instinctively added more strength to her palm.

Then she suddenly realized that, first, the signal sent by the other party was that she didn't need to cover her mouth anymore. Second, this signal came directly from her heart. It was not a "sound", but a spiritual connection.

Her eyebrows lit up with joy, and the strength in her hands suddenly loosened. Li Yin took the opportunity to break free from her soft, tiger-like palms. He turned his head to the side, his chest rising and falling rapidly, and he breathed heavily.

After a long while, he turned around and looked at Du Feiya, trying to sort out the current situation.

"Princess Du Feiya," he looked at her lively face with a hint of joy on his brows, "What happened? Did we escape?"

What responded to him was a long dragon roar in the distance and the shrill scream of a dark elf.

His smile froze in an instant.

"What happened?" He asked with a sudden change of expression, while at the same time carefully recalling everything that happened before he fainted.

In his memory, he saw the huge crack on the rock mass expanding continuously, and the entire cave was about to collapse. In a hurry, without time to think, he instinctively jumped forward, and then quickly used the psychic giantization technique he learned from the priest of the Quigo barbarian tribe to enlarge his body and hold up the huge rock that was about to fall.

Yes, he clearly remembered that he had been holding on to the huge rock for a while, and at that time Du Feiya was already in front of him.

So, when he woke up and opened his eyes to see Du Feiya beside him, he instinctively thought that they were all out of danger, but now, the situation seems to be different from what he expected...?

He looked to his side. On one side was a towering rock wall that was connected to the rock mass above and reached the dome. Half of his body was pressed under the rock wall. On the other side was Du Feiya. Behind Du Feiya was a smaller pile of stones made of sand, stone and soil. Looking over the edge of the pile, he saw the vast rocky plain outside, with the corpses of dark elves lying all over the plain.

So... they didn't actually escape?

"Why are you still here?" Thinking of this, Li Yin frowned, looked at Du Feiya anxiously and even angrily.

He was not actually surprised that he could not escape. In fact, he was surprised that he was not completely buried under the stone wall. But Du Feiya... she should have escaped. In the last moment of his consciousness, he clearly remembered that she had rushed in front of him. With her agility, she should have been able to enter the tunnel smoothly. But why was she here now, still staying outside the tunnel?

In this way - a fierce pain came from the left side of his body, making his clenched teeth make a creaking sound - wasn't everything he did in vain?

The blood in his chest surged, making him extremely irritated. In order to avoid making a louder sound, he could only force himself to swallow the blood rushing up his throat.

It was the first time that Du Feiya saw him look so stern at her, and she was a little surprised. But she was quick-witted and realized it immediately. A strange warmth flowed around her body, and she couldn't help but tremble slightly. When she looked at Li Yin again, her aggrieved eyes were filled with a little more joy and emotion... and shyness, or shame.

No matter what, she did let the other party down.

"So..." She lowered her eyes, her cheeks slightly red, her lips slightly parted, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito's hum. Just as she was hesitating whether to continue, she suddenly heard Li Yin's somewhat guilty voice.

"Sorry, I didn't mean that. I--" Li Yin just realized that his tone was too impulsive and that it was unreasonable to get angry at the other party. Then he saw Du Feiya's gentle face facing him suddenly became stunned, and her eyes instantly became at a loss, pitiful, and he regretted it in his heart, so he quickly apologized.

"I know." Du Feiya looked at his embarrassed look, and was stunned at first, then smiled freely, her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparkling.

“I…” Immediately, her voice became a little weak, and her eyes moved away, as if she was a little embarrassed. “I should be the one to say sorry. At that time… I hesitated for a moment.”

Indeed, thinking back now, if she had sprinted at full speed, she could have gotten into the cave before the cave entrance collapsed. But that would have meant that her only good friend, the one who had given her a glimmer of hope with her body, would have been completely buried under the rocks and died alone.

It was precisely because of this that she hesitated and lost the best opportunity to escape...

However, this hesitation is not entirely without value.

She was awakened by the loud noise of the rock collapsing again. After realizing that it was too late to pass through the cave, she instinctively grabbed Li Yin, who was unable to withstand the pressure of the huge rock and whose giant technique dissipated and whose body returned to normal size, and pulled him out. This way, he was not completely buried under the rocks in the end.

Du Feiya looked at Li Yin again with a hint of genuine relief. At this moment, her excitement told her that she did not regret her previous decision.

However, her sparkling eyes dimmed unconsciously the moment they touched Li Yin's body.

Chapter 166 Division

She was not completely successful. Li Yin's body was not completely pulled out by her. Now his entire left arm, left shoulder and a small part of his chest were crushed under the newly formed rock wall. The place where his body met the rock wall collapsed and shrank shockingly. Streams of blood continued to seep out from that place, forming a pool of blood that dyed his entire body blood red. Even her kneeling legs were soaked in scarlet, in his blood... Du Feiya's legs trembled slightly. She couldn't help but want to stay away from this dead water that symbolized that Li Yin's life was slipping away bit by bit, but she couldn't bear to stay away from her dying friend.

In the midst of her struggle, she suddenly heard the intermittent voice of her best friend in great pain from deep within her heart:

"You... you have a knife?"

Du Feiya looked up in surprise and looked at her good friend.

"Knife?" She asked in a panic, her eyes trembling, "What are you going to do?"

"Don't worry about it. Come on, give me the knife." Li Yin looked impatient.

After saying this, he saw that Du Feiya hadn't moved yet, so he simply stretched out his right hand, which was still able to move, and reached directly for Du Feiya's belt.

"Quick--" He stared at the three throwing knives hanging on Du Feiya's belt and urged, "Give me your throwing knives quickly."

Du Feiya was so frightened that she retreated and sat down in a pool of blood.

"What are you going to do?" she asked in panic.

This time, Li Yin couldn't reach her. As Du Feiya moved away, he subconsciously moved his body to follow her, but he forgot that the left side of his body was still pressed under the stone wall. He immediately felt a tearing pain from that side, which made him grimace in pain and shiver.

Li Yin took a few deep breaths before turning to look at Du Feiya again. He had no choice but to patiently explain:

"Get out of trouble."

"I need to separate my body from this pile of rocks first, then we can proceed to the next step."

"Separate your body... from this pile of stones?" Du Feiya repeated Li Yin's words with a confused look on his face. Then his eyes suddenly shook as he looked at the junction of his body and the stone wall, stunned.

Is this really possible?

What he meant was that he was going to use a knife to - cut off that part of his body?

Du Feiya shuddered.

After being crushed so badly by the boulder, she thought Li Yin didn't have much time left. Now he wanted to cut off that piece directly? Without any medical assistance? Could he really survive like this?

Du Feiya was shocked and retreated because she thought Li Yin's purpose of asking her for a knife was to kill her so as not to drag her down. Now it seems that although the motives are completely different, the results - it seems that there is no difference at all?

"Cough, cough," Li Yin couldn't help coughing twice as blood welled up in his mouth. Looking at Du Feiya's shocked expression, he immediately understood her confusion, so he explained:

"I didn't have the time to explain it to you completely before. In fact, my talent is not only psychic power, my body has a very strong vitality."

"Remember those constructs we encountered earlier? In some ways, my body is more similar to them. This injury is not enough to threaten my life."

"So the most urgent thing is that we quickly restore my ability to move freely!"

Earlier in the labyrinth, he only told Du Feiya that he had psychic powers, and explained it as a natural ability that was awakened by chance. As for the mind flayer, the ghoul... he did not tell her about this series of adventures. Because the mind flayer was notorious in the dark hell, and the ghoul was an undead creature that everyone avoided.

Although he believed that his friend was pure and kind, it was still too much for her to accept the true identity of a stranger who "sipped brains" and "ate human flesh" and was pure and harmless.

When she heard that he had psychic powers, she was already slightly wary. And if she knew that this power of hers came from the Mind Flayer, it would be even more difficult to gain her trust under the circumstances at that time.

After listening to his explanation, Du Feiya became more and more stunned, with her mouth slightly open, unable to close for a long time.

For a moment, she didn't know whether she should really believe that her friend really possessed this incredible vitality, or conclude that this was just a white lie he told in order not to drag her down in his attempt to end his life.