Chapter 38: The Mysterious Spirit of the Heavenly Snake

  "Do you really believe in my promise?"

  Ma Qianjun's voice was frantic and unmatched, his eyes were venomous with murderous intent: "You really believe that, so you threw out all your weapons and prepared to fight me to the death?"

  "Don't believe it!" Liu Suoyun replied with great relish: "Since I was old enough to understand, I've known that the leader of the horse gang has never kept his promises, but as long as Miss Gu has a glimmer of hope for survival, I'll take a gamble!"

  "Because of that..." Liu Su Yun's voice sank: "I have never owed anyone anything, whether it be a debt of money, emotions or relationships. Even if I had to pay with my life, I would still ensure Miss Gu's safety."

  He stretched out his hand and issued a man's challenge to Ma Qianjun: "Ma, I've already thrown away my weapons. If you're still a man, put down Miss Gu and come at me. Let's settle this with our fists in a real man-to-man showdown!"

  Ma Qianjun laughed again: "You said it so well, you said it so well. Unfortunately, I am Ma Qianjun, the man who has never kept his promises, and even..."

  He hysterically roared towards the sunset: "I didn't even keep my promise to Xiaoshui, I really regret it, I really regret it... So for Xiaoshui, I'll let you know what it's like to lose your loved ones, to know what it's like to be unable to do anything to turn back the clock, I'll let you taste the feeling of having your loved ones turned into minced meat, and then I'll make you be crushed into pulp in eternal regret!"

  He has been tightly controlling Gu Yinghua, Liu Suizhen had the heart to make things difficult, but couldn't find a suitable opportunity, while Ma Qianjun made his final statement: "Miss Gu, for Xiaoshui's sake, go die..."

  Liu Suiyun was willing to sacrifice his life to protect Gu Yinghua, but now this feeling of powerlessness had brought him to the brink of collapse, and he could only watch as Ma Qianjun's palm struck Gu Yinghua with a deadly precision, leaving him once again on the edge of despair.

  "Ah!"

  He clenched his fists and jumped with all his might, charging towards Ma Qianjun. He didn't even care about his own vulnerability, his only thought was to force Ma Qianjun back. However, Ma Qianjun had long been planning this, his left hand formed a snake fist, as sly as a demon, striking towards Gu Yinghua. If Gu Yinghua was hit by this punch, not even the Yuan Ying True Person could save him.

  At this moment, a sudden change occurred. Liu Suizhen saw that the white light cocoon in front of him flashed, and Gu Yinghua's entire body was enveloped by the light cocoon. Ma Qianjun's long-planned thunderous blow directly hit the light cocoon, and under this extremely powerful impact, the light cocoon did not last for a moment before being shattered into countless fragments. However, Ma Qianjun's Snake Fist with absolute certainty was also delayed, and he secretly thought: "Not good!"

  Taking advantage of this brief moment of distraction, Liu Suiyun had already reached Ma Qianjun's side. He found that he had already crossed paths with Gu Yinghua.

  Gu Yinghua's condensed light cocoon was shattered by Ma Qianjun, but Gu Yinghua also took advantage of the residual shockwave to push himself towards Liu Suizhen. He still didn't understand how Gu Yinghua had managed to condense a light cocoon, but he felt overjoyed in his heart and threw a fake punch at Ma Qianjun before retreating backwards while protecting Gu Yinghua.

  It won't be long before there's nowhere to retreat, Gu Yinghua had already retreated to the bluestone wall of the temple, and she said in a somewhat frightened tone: "Be careful of Ma Qianjun!"

  She saw Liu Suoyun, although fully guarded, but her eyes were filled with curiosity and concern about her mobilization of spiritual power: "I don't know what's going on either, when Ma Qianjun punched earlier, I suddenly could mobilize my spiritual power... I understand now, it's because of this Tian Nu Temple."

  She had been unable to mobilize her spiritual power since entering the Temple of the Heavenly Maiden, but now her dry and withered spiritual veins were becoming warm and moist again. She felt a sense of coolness all over her body, and she could even control her spiritual power at critical moments. It was clear that this strange temple had something to do with it.

  Liu Suiyun slightly eased his mind, although he had lost the Tianlei Starfall Sword, but Gu Yinghua was able to recover a bit of combat power, and it was considered that in the desperate battle, there was still a chance of winning. Just as he thought of this, he saw a silver snake suddenly falling from the top of Gu Yinghua's head, who was leaning against the temple wall. Before Liu Suiyun could react, he heard a deafening roar, and Gu Yinghua was enveloped in electric light.

  "Heavenly Tribulation?" Liu Suizhen was shocked, the scene that Gu Yinghua is currently facing is no different from the legendary Heavenly Tribulation. How did Gu Yinghua provoke a Heavenly Tribulation?

  Liu Suiyun's actual strength had only reached the seventh stage of Qi Refining, while Heavenly Tribulation was usually reserved for Golden Dan cultivators. Gu Yinghua was merely at the Foundation Building stage, so how could she have provoked a Heavenly Tribulation?

  Just as Liu Suiyun didn't have time to think about the reason, Gu Yinghua's entire body was entwined by a lightning snake, and the oppressive air waves and thunder brought by the thunderstorm made Liu Suiyun feel an urge to escape from the Tian Nu Temple. His hair even stood on end due to the thunder, but he still swung his fist at the silver snake that was rapidly moving around Gu Yinghua without hesitation.

  The feeling of being electrocuted was unbearable, and Liu Suoyun only felt that his whole body had become numb. But this calamity came quickly and went quickly, and the power was smaller than Liu Suoyun's most optimistic estimate. Soon, Liu Suoyun saw Gu Yinghua winking at him.

  Thank goodness! As long as Miss Gu is fine, Liu Suizhen felt that his whole body had relaxed, but his brain was racing at high speed.

  This calamity came silently, but its power was extremely small, perhaps it should be called "mini heavenly calamity" or "miniature heavenly calamity". This should be related to Gu Yinghua's previous strange and wonderful encounter. Perhaps Gu Yinghua couldn't mobilize even a single thread of spiritual energy, which is her own adjustment and protection against the laws of heaven and earth.

  Gu Yinghua grasped Liu Suizhen's hand again, and they leaned against the wall shoulder to shoulder. Gu Yinghua sobbed and said: "Even if we arrive in Yuanzhou, we can only go our separate ways. But for this next journey, I still want to walk with you, take good care of yourself, it's not worth your sacrifice!"

  "I don't owe anyone..."

  Liu Suiyun's words were cut off as Gu Yinghua pressed her jade finger against his lips: "She's not worth risking your life for..."

  Since Gu Yinghua retreated, Ma Qianjun has not taken advantage of the victory to pursue. Now he looks at Gu Yinghua and Liu Suoyun leaning against the wall in a very sorry state, his eyes already filled with endless jealousy: "Xiaoshui, I'll take revenge for you... You adulterous couple, I'll send you to hell! I changed my mind, Liu Suoyun, I will smash you into the wall and turn you into mush in front of Miss Gu, hahaha..."

  Gu Yinghua was the first to bear the brunt of the mini-disaster just now, and she was slightly injured. Her originally pale face is now flushed with a delicate red glow. She struggled to support herself against the wall to prevent herself from falling to the ground, her breathing rapid. Upon hearing Ma Qianjun's words, she said softly: "Servant, go! Take good care of yourself!"

  Gu Yinghua smiled and said, "At least I still want you to send me together to Yuanzhou! Don't worry, these thunderbolts and lightning can still be endured."

  When she finished, Gu Yinghua winked at Liu Suizhen with a playful expression and once again lightly touched her forehead with the tip of her finger. Liu Suizhen only felt a warmth spreading from his forehead throughout his body, but he didn't have time to savor the benefits of Gu Yinghua's touch as Ma Qianjun launched a sudden attack.

  "Bang!"

  Liu followed the cloud with a loud shout of anger, stepped forward with arrow steps, and his fists were full of strength. He had already engaged in close combat with Ma Qianjun!

  Ma Qianjun's hands were like a spiritual snake swallowing food, mysterious and unparalleled. The power stored in his Snake Fist was astonishingly extreme. As soon as Liu Suizhen touched his hand, he felt the sensation of a tiger's mouth bursting open, and his whole body involuntarily retreated backward!

  Although it is only a super-downsized version of the Thunderbolt realm, and it was performed by Ma Qianjun, a warrior in the Yuanlong realm, Liu Suiyun, who was at the forefront, understood why warriors returned to the pure force-winning realm after the steel-boned realm that could hurt people from a distance.

  It was as if the power had reached a limit, and it became so terrifying that every impact, every confrontation, was an extreme ordeal for both body and soul. Liu Suizhen felt as if his skeleton was being disassembled by Ma Qianjun, his tiger's mouth was blurred with blood and flesh, almost losing all feeling, his whole body's energy was churning, to the point where he could hardly stand still.

  It's just a hard-won victory, every breath of air inhaled has a scorching taste, Liu Suizhen finally understands why there are martial artists at the Wan Jun level who can even directly blast a cultivator of the same rank to death with one blow, it's really because this power is too terrifying, too difficult to confront head-on!

  He had originally thought that he might be able to turn the situation around by using a few magic spells, but now he found that under Ma Qianjun's swift and fierce attack, he didn't have any time to use magic spells at all. He was completely relying on his intuition to fight against Ma Qianjun.

  His mouth was filled with fresh blood, and his whole body felt dizzy, but he still moved forward. He didn't even wait to steady himself before charging back at Ma Qianjun, his left hand gathering all his strength to strike at Ma's snake fist!

  Because behind him is Gu Yinghua!

  "Looking for death!" Ma Qianjun didn't expect Liu Suoyun to advance instead of retreating, and actually wanted to have a decisive battle with himself in the middle area of the Tian Nu Temple. The snake fist was so agile that it brought a gust of wind that made Liu Suoyun feel suffocated: "I'll smash you into meat paste!"

  Fists clashed in the air once again, a fusion of blood, flesh, bone and soul in the crucible. Ma Qianjun's snake fist, as powerful as a thousand troops, struck head-on against Liu Suizhen time and again, but he incredulously found that Liu Suizhen was an unstoppable giant, spewing out mouthfuls of fresh blood, yet this man who could hardly stand up persisted in a way that defied all logic.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Ma Qianjun finally lost confidence, his display of the Thunderbolt Sutra was not without cost. Although he had an advantage in this aspect and could burst out with so many punches at the level of Yu Long's boundary, now he also felt that it was difficult to continue. He took two steps back: "Liu Suoyun, watch my Tian She Xuan Ling hand turn you into a meat paste!"

  Liu Suiyun was already covered in blood, and even those closest to him couldn't recognize him now. Yet he spat out a mouthful of blood and laughed, saying: "Ma Qianjun, for Miss Gu's sake, I won't die before you!"