Chapter 163 (1/2)

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163 – Phecda is Damaged

It probably hasn't been long since she lost consciousness.

The moment the la.s.s regained consciousness, she suddenly expelled air.

Gurgle gurgle — bubbles came out of her mouth and filled the dark field of vision.

Where's Xihe? When she regained consciousness, the first thing Xue Qilin did was to look for Xihe.

Probably, the moment they entered the water, the two were separated by the impact, which is why she can't find Xihe within her scope of vision in the water.

The lungs ache a little. Perhaps some water got in, or there isn't enough oxygen.

Xue Qilin waved her arms and lags laboriously and swam to the surface. To be honest, she doesn't know is there is a surface — it's too dark. She can only blindly swim upwards.

“Wu–!”

After rus.h.i.+ng out of the water, Xue Qilin coughed violently and vomited the water that invaded her body.

“Cough… hrrr–”

Xue Qilin gasped heavily and chaotically.

In order to pacify her breathing, she took a deep breath, and then exhaled.

“Xihe! If you hear me, respond!”

Xue Qilin grabbed a rock protruding from the water. While struggling with the current, which is more turbulent than expected, she turned around and searched for Xihe.

However, it is very dark here, lowering visibility to an extreme.

At this time, Xue Qilin suddenly found —

“What's going on here…?”

She wrinkled her nose.

The concentration of spiritual qi here is astonis.h.i.+ngly high. The density of spiritual qi is so high that it nearly emits light, and even interferes with Xue Qilin's perception.

In the outside world, spiritual qi is in a state of flux, and its concentration is rather low. It's completely different from true qi stored inside martial pract.i.tioners. Although it occasionally gathers in places due to natural factors, it is not common, and it is almost impossible to naturally gather enough spiritual qi to interfere with perception and naturally emit light.

However, this is not the time to look into this.

She dragged her tired body to climb the rock. Consequently, the la.s.s found out that it is not a lone rock, but a small part of land protruding out.

It's a sh.o.r.e! Xue Qilin is overjoyed.

The fingers of her right hand are trembling, and acute pain is circulating through her hand. She can't put any weight on the hand. She has no choice but to use her left hand to climb up to the sh.o.r.e.

Eroded by water for a long period of time, the rocks are sharp and slippery. After paying with a few scratches, she barely managed to got ash.o.r.e.

“Ha… ha… ha… ha…”

Xue Qilin is lying on the sh.o.r.e and gasping for air.

The la.s.s feels very tired, as if most of her strength was washed away by the water. Her body is aching — especially the right hand. It is probably broken. If she could, she would love to lie on the ground and go to sleep.

However, Xihe is still missing.

“Xihe! Where are you?”

Xue Qilin sat up and shouted loudly.

Only echoes responded her.

Has she pa.s.sed out? Xue Qilin feels uneasy.

Grandmasters are very powerful, but they are no G.o.ds. They cannot live without the basic elements necessary for survival of living being, namely food, water, and oxygen. This is more so true fro Heaven Realm masters.

If Xihe really lost consciousness and doesn't regain it in time, then even though she's a Heaven Realm master, she won't be able to escape the fate of drowning.

Thankfully, Xue Qilin's worry is superfluous.

Splosh –!

The sound of something rus.h.i.+ng out of the water rang not far away.

Xue Qilin immediately turned to look in the direction of the sound.

In the dark, faint silver light gleamed hazily. Xue Qilin also heard faint coughing mixed in with the eardrum-shaking noise of flowing water.

“Xihe, is it you?”

No response.

Just as Xue Qilin was about to call again, something wrapped around Xue Qilin's waist. She looked down and found that it is a tail of Xihe's. Then, Xihe's voice followed.

“– help me, I have no strength.”

“Oh, okay!”

Xue Qilin grabbed Xihe's tail and pulled her up.

Xihe is heavier than expected. Is it because the water is pus.h.i.+ng her? Xue Qilin guessed. But soon, she found out that she guessed wrong.

“Ah?”

Xue Qilin discovered that one of the Heaven Demon girl's tails is wrapped around something. When the thing got on the sh.o.r.e, it sc.r.a.ped against the land's rocks and made sharp, metallic noise. It should be a big piece of metal.

“Despite the state you are in, you still picked up some weird thing?”

The girl coughed violently, unable to answer. Upon seeing this, Xue Qilin reached out to comfort her. After finally finis.h.i.+ng coughing, Xihe turned her head to look at Xue Qilin, and helplessness emerged in the purple eyes.

“What are you calling a weird thing? It's your sword…”

My sword? Xue Qilin promptly lifted her left index finger.

A small flame immediately appeared on the fingertip, and then slowly left her finger and floated above Xue Qilin's head.

Relying on the faint light, she fixed her gaze on the thing lying beside Xihe.

The dim light it reflects gives off a deep impression.

Indeed, that thing is Empyrean Universe.

Xue Qilin quickly pulled Empyrean Universe towards her and inspected its damage. The thick sword body has a palm-shaped depression. It is difficult to imagine that such a st.u.r.dy sword would be damaged like this. Xue Qilin can only sigh — a Grandmaster's reputation really isn't in vain.

“Wretched Asura'er, scoundrel from the Western Regions, G.o.dd.a.m.n you! You harmed my sword!”

Profanities escaped Xue Qilin's red lips.

Then, she wrinkled her face and stroked the sword body.