Chapter Thirty-Four: Oblivious to Death

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī's sword tip moved slightly and the two people instinctively retreated backwards, but suddenly their feet were tangled by something and they both fell to the ground.

  Zhang YuFan cursed and wanted to see the outcome, but unexpectedly, not looking was better than looking. His whole body's hair stood on end. Since it was a person's remains, most of the flesh was gone, and even the bones were left with only a few roots. However, his head was intact, and his facial expression was extremely distorted, making one imagine that he must have experienced unbearable pain before death. On top of his head, there was a walnut-sized hole, and on his hair, there was something yellow stuck to it. Apparently, the direct cause of his death was being drained of brain fluid by some kind of mutated beast demon. What made him even more unacceptable was that his own foot was stepping on his abdomen, with rotten flesh and bloodstains falling off in chunks from his heel. His chest churned, as if something was about to come up and spit out.

  Suddenly, Jinpinger roared: "What are you still dazed about!" With one hand grasping his shoulder, she swiftly flung him forward. The Water Moon Master's treasured sword let out a whistling sound as it cleaved through the air, but upon seeing the remnants of the person in front of her, her brow furrowed. Yet at this moment, her mind was filled with hatred, and all she could think about was personally killing her arch-nemesis, Wan Jianyi. Her body sprang forward, rapidly retreating a full ten feet away.

  "Wife, go! The old witch Huo is after me, it has nothing to do with you. If you don't leave, we'll both die here!" Zhang Yufan shouted, his instincts telling him that his body was at its limit, and he panted heavily.

  "Cut it out!" Jin Ping'er glanced at him disdainfully, grabbing Zhang Yu Fan's shoulder and continuing to run while angrily saying: "Do you think I'm someone who can be easily fooled? I saved you not for any other reason but because you once saved my life. If it weren't for you, I would have fallen into the clutches of the evil dragon long ago. When I saw you fall into that dark water in Nanjiang and didn't come up, do you know how much regret I felt? In this world, there are only three people who have shown me kindness: my mistress, Xiao Huan, and you. One of them is already gone, if you die too, do you want me to live with guilt for the rest of my life?"

  Zhang Yufan was shocked by the words, he had always thought that Jin Ping'er was a person who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and in times of crisis, she would only abandon others without hesitation. Wasn't Qinglong an example? But the Jin Ping'er in front of him made him look at her with new eyes. Shuiguet Dashi was such a powerful figure, yet he had fought against her for over a dozen rounds to protect himself and her. At this moment, she must have been seriously injured, her face pale and almost bloodless.

  "Great!" Zhang Yufan's voice was a little hoarse, the word "wife" was completely his joke to her, he vowed that if he could still get out alive, he would never tease her like this again.

  Jin Ping'er listened to Zhang Yu Fan's sudden change of heart, and the words were filled with endless emotion. Her face flushed as she said: "Is that so? I can't be your wife because you're just a fake, in my heart there's only Gui Li, no place for you. However, I still quite like it when you call me Miao Miao. If we both can't escape the clutches of Shui Yue this old witch, I hope that before we die, I can still hear you call me Miao Miao once more!"

  Zhang Yu Fan fell silent for a moment, looking at this woman with a hint of seductiveness, and suddenly felt a wave of sorrow in his heart. Is it really going to end like this? We're all still young, is life going to be lost because of a misunderstanding?

  He thought that in front of him, a vast expanse of wilderness suddenly appeared, and this time there was not even a place to hide. If Master Water Moon led the Thunder Sword to attack, they would have no choice but to die.

  Suddenly, a shrill howl came from the front, and the sound was like a tiger's roar coming out of an old iron bucket. "What kind of ghost thing is this?" Zhang Yufan cursed loudly.

  Only to see in the waist-high weeds, more than a dozen green-faced and fang-like beasts appeared one after another, with a height of about ten feet, holding human limbs in their hands. The poor people had already dispersed and run away. It must be that the unfortunate cultivator from the righteous path fell into their evil clutches. As soon as they saw someone coming towards them, they let out a long howl and rushed over like madmen.

  Behind her, the Water Moon, in front of her, a beast demon. Jin Ping'er's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly as she said, "Get down and hide yourself!" Her body burst forth with purple awns, and purple knife awns flashed and danced as she fought alongside two beast demons.

  Although the beast demons were ferocious, Jin Ping'er's skills were more than enough to deal with them. In the blink of an eye, she saw that all three beast demons had been killed by her, their throats cut. Although it was a bit ruthless and brutal, as Jin Ping'er said, killing was killing, there was no difference. The cunning and ruthless methods of the He Huan Sect were revealed one by one at this time.

  After the bloody slaughter in front, Shuixiaozi had already caught up from behind. Seeing that Jinpinger was fighting with more than a dozen ferocious beast demons and Zhang Xiaofan was nowhere to be seen, he felt annoyed in his heart. With a wave of his hand, the precious sword shot out seven light circles, which entered the bodies of the beast demons one by one, causing seven of them to die instantly.

  Jin Bier saw the situation and was greatly shocked. Qingyun was indeed a master, hiding dragons and tigers, and Shuixue, a female cultivator, had gone through fierce battles and intense bombardments along the way, yet still possessed such astonishing power. She didn't know how many more years of cultivation it would take for her to reach this level.

  "Zhang Xiaofan, get out here!" shouted Shuǐ Yuè, her voice echoing across the landscape.

  Zhang Yufan hid in the dark and muttered to himself: "Only fools go out, but you didn't call me, why should I die for someone else!"

  In a flash, more than ten beast demons fell to the ground and died. Only Jinping'er and Shuǐ Yuè Dàshī were left among the wild grasses.

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī glared at Jīn Píng ér, saying: "If you can tell me where Zhāng Xiǎo Fán is, I'll let you off the hook!"

  Jin Ping'er smiled and said, "Water Moon old witch, don't think that I, Jin Ping'er, am a coward who fears death. Even if I knew where he was, I wouldn't tell you, for he once saved my life!"

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī coldly laughed and said: "It seems that you, this demonic cult's demon, still know how to repay kindness. However, no matter what, you are still a demon. Even if you don't speak, I can still find him!"

  "Then why ask me!" As Jin Ping'er finished speaking, the Zi Mang blade slashed out, and a purple glow whizzed up countless weeds, rushing straight towards Shui Yue Dashi.

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī flew across, his body swaying as he stopped in mid-air. He wielded his sword towards the sky and silently chanted: "Nine Heavenly Xuan Ye, transform into divine lightning, majestic heavenly power, with my sword I shall guide it!" It was indeed the Divine Lightning Sword Decree.

  The thunder rumbles at the edge of the sky, the angry clouds roll in, unstoppable.

  Jin Ping'er was shocked, every single person from the Qingyun Gate was proud of their divine lightning swordsmanship, and this move was even more formidable when executed by Master Shuiyue. Escape? It's already too late, not to mention that there's also Zhang Yufan on the other side of the bushes. Who made me owe him a favor? Even if I die, I can only fight back with all my might. Thinking this, the purple aura around her gradually grew stronger, and she vowed to fight Master Shuiyue to the end with all her strength and blood.

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī's divine lightning sword technique was even more fierce than Lù Xuě Qí's, and its application was more agile. The long sword pointed to the crazy thunder, destroying the sky and earth, pouring down towards Jīn Píng ér with all his might.

  Jin Ping'er's body was filled with a surge of spiritual energy, her purple hair standing on end as if defying the heavens. Her small body seemed to be about to defy gravity and rise into the air. Suddenly, Zhang YuFan let out a loud shout "Don't!" and rushed over to grab Jin Ping'er, holding her back against his chest. Jin Ping'er was shocked and let out a cry of surprise as she felt the force beneath her feet propel them both upwards, shooting towards the sky.

  "Jin Bier was shocked and asked: 'What are you doing?'"

  Zhang Yu Fan shouted: "Miao Miao, how can a man let a woman face it alone!"

  Jin Ping'er was stunned, and the lightning-like sword only saw that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder had struck Zhang Yu Fan's back. The surrounding flames instantly surrounded the two people, and Zhang Yu Fan let out a muffled groan, spitting out blood that stained Jin Ping'er's yellow clothes red. In the brief moment when the two people were suspended in mid-air, Shui Yue Master's sword had already followed up and was about to pierce Zhang Yu Fan's back. How could Jin Ping'er allow her to hurt Zhang Yu Fan again? She hugged his body and turned around, and the sharp sword pierced through Zhang Yu Fan's armpit and into Jin Ping'er's chest, just a few inches away. The two people fell down together.

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī half-way through the air, sheathed his sword. After that one strike, his great anger gradually subsided, his brow furrowed as if he had sensed something.

  Just as the two people were about to crash to their deaths, a white shadow suddenly flashed out from the slanting stab and easily caught them.

  "Could it be Xue Qi?" Master Shui Yue's heart flashed with a hint of anger, but quickly subsided. The person in front of him was not Xue Qi, but a twenty-year-old woman standing on the grass tip, wearing all-white clothes, with a pale face, cherry lips, and a flirtatious look between her eyebrows - it was Xiao Bai.

  She looked at the Water Moon Master, who was standing in mid-air with a deep scowl on his face, and sneered: "Hey, I'm telling you, Water Moon, you're already so old, why are you using such heavy-handed tactics on these two young ones? And to think you even used the Divine Thunder Sword Technique!"

  Shuǐ Yuè was shocked and furious, his anger which had just subsided suddenly surged up again. He shouted: "Who are you?"

  Xiao Bai smiled as if there was no worry in her life, and jokingly said: "You care who I am? Anyway, you want to lay hands on him, I won't agree!" After finishing speaking, she put down the two people in her hand, stepped up into the air, stood in a slightly higher half-empty space, and said: "I'm not going to bother with you, but today I really want to see how powerful your Thunder Sword is."

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī was enraged, the long sword in his hand drew a Taiji diagram on his chest, it was actually the Taiji Xuán Qīng Dao. A powerful and rigid energy shot towards Xiao Bai, who smiled faintly and took out a small mirror from his bosom. With a flick of his wrist, he sent out a white light, and the Taiji Xuán Qīng Dao's light circle instantly disappeared within the white light.

  Xiao Bai laughed and said: "Bring it on, whatever you've got!"

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī was shocked, what kind of magical treasure did this woman have in her hand that could silently dissolve the Taiji Xuanqing Dao matrix he had cast with his seven successful strokes? At such a young age, she already possessed such mastery. He shouted loudly: "Who are you, I won't kill nameless ghosts under my sword!"

  Xiao Bai's face sank and he said, "I am neither a demon nor a righteous person, I am just myself, I belong to the Xiao Bai sect. The person you want to kill is just a cook under my command, you can kill him if you want, but Xiaozhu Peak will have to take care of me eating from now on!"

  Shuǐ Yuè Dà Shī listened, it's not the right way, it's the devil's way, what's this little white way, the words are already sarcastic, a loud shout, driving the sword to the sky, the thunder rumbled in the distant sky, the dark clouds rolled, the heavenly power is unmatched.