Chapter 276: Dashing with A Beauty on His Back (1/2)

Pei Qiqi didn’t make any rash moves. Instead, she circulated the power within her spiritual sea to examine herself.

She discovered that, after their battle against Li Langfeng, she had consumed almost all the power in her dantian’s spiritual sea.

Not only that, she had also suffered unprecedentedly serious injuries.

As a matter of fact, she had only clashed with Li Langfeng twice.

The first time had been when she had commanded two of her Ethereal Swords to pierce into Li Langfeng’s spirit beast skull. The strong backlash attack from the skull had inflicted serious damage to her internal organs.

The second clash happened when she had used her last remaining spiritual power to contend with Li Langfeng’s dark-green light beams and toxic smoke, which dealt another great blow to her already-injured body.

If Nie Tian hadn’t charged towards Li Langfeng and bombarded him relentlessly with his most explosive technique, causing him to fly backwards dozens of meters, she would have undoubtedly died under Li Langfeng’s fierce attacks.

At this time, she attempted to move and retract her arms, which were currently wrapped around Nie Tian’s neck, so that she could press her hands against Nie Tian’s broad back, putting space between her chest and Nie Tian’s back.

Her slender eyebrows furrowed as a pained expression could be seen at the corner of her blood-stained mouth.

Even the mere movement of her arms triggered her injuries and caused her to experience heart-wrenching pain.

Then, she realized that if she had put her hands between her and Nie Tian despite the pain, she would have to fight against the continuous impact from the jolting as Nie Tian dashed forward.

As slight as the impact would be, considering her current condition, she might not be able to take it.

The wisest choice would be to maintain her current position and relax her body, so that she wouldn’t put her heavily injured body under more stress.

During this period of time, she could take her time to summon her strength to adjust her breathing and stabilize her condition.

Pursing her lips, Pei Qiqi reluctantly decided not to tell Nie Tian that she had already awoken.

She kept her original position and quietly gathered her spiritual power as she narrowed her eyes and looked at Nie Tian with a measuring gaze.

Since her face was very close to Nie Tian’s, she could see sweat dripping down Nie Tian’s cheek and hear his heavy panting.

Since their bodies were stuck together, she could not only feel the sturdiness and broadness of Nie Tian’s back, but also Nie Tian’s warmth.

The Nie Tian she saw at this moment was calm and determined; not the least bit of panic could be seen in his eyes. He would occasionally frown as he seemed to be sensing something before he rapidly made a decision and altered the path he moved in.

For some reason, looking at Nie Tian, she wasn’t afraid at all, even though she knew that Li Langfeng could show up at any corner.

Eyebrows furrowed, she recalled the battle between Nie Tian and Li Langfeng and a pondering look appearing in her bright eyes.

The reason she had returned to help Nie Tian and Shi Qing was two-fold.

For one, Hua Mu had put Nie Tian in her hands, and Hua Mu had a close relationship with her master.

She had promised Hua Mu that she would take care of Nie Tian, so she definitely couldn’t return Nie Tian’s dead body to Hua Mu when he came back for him.

For another, Nie Tian had showed up and rescued her and Cai Yuan when they had been surrounded by Ma Jiu and his men and they were just about to use up their strength.

If it hadn’t been for Nie Tian, who had assassinated the Dark Moon members Ma Jiu had deployed at the perimeter of the valley, both she and Cai Yuan would have died beyond the shadow of a doubt.

Therefore, she had decided to come back and fight side by side with Nie Tian and Shi Qing, even though she had every reason to save herself.

“Hua Tian…”

Confusion filling her eyes, she fixed her gaze on Nie Tian, but couldn’t see through him, just as Nie Tian couldn’t see through her via his Heaven Eyes.

The decisiveness and shocking strength Nie Tian had displayed at the moment of life or death undoubtedly surpassed that of a normal early Heaven stage Qi warrior.

In her eyes, Nie Tian seemed to be veiled by a layer of mystery, under which numerous secrets were hiding.

At that moment, Nie Tian suddenly came to a stop.

Via his Heaven Eyes, he had detected signs of life in the region in front of him, which had been his destination.

Nie Tian had originally thought that since the region was filled with active spatial rifts, Pei Qiqi would be able to display her advantage to the fullest.

Hence, if Li Langfeng showed up after they entered that area, Pei Qiqi would be able to contend with him using her profound spatial magics.