Chapter 423: A Cluster of Memories (1/2)

Chapter 423: A Cluster of Memories

The moment Nie Tian’s seven Heaven Eyes had entered her soul, she had recognized that it was him.

Back then, she had been confined by the mountains of corpses and seas of blood created by the Phantasms’ magics. Trapped in endless illusions, she had been at the most desperate moment of her life.

Even her black phoenix had failed to burst through the barriers of illusions and rescue her soul shadow after she called upon it.

Drowned by surging waves of negative emotions, she had felt bleak and terrified.

She had thought that her soul shadow was going to be gnawed away. She would have become a bloodthirsty, empty shell like the local Qi warriors, and eventually become another Specter added to the army of Specters over the lake.

As a matter of fact, there had been nothing she could do to turn the situation around.

Occasionally, she had gathered all of her psychic power to restore a moment of clarity to her mind. However, what she had seen was Cao Qiushui, Qian Xin, and the others pointing their swords at her.

The way they had looked at her was as if they had been looking at a Specter, which had made her deeply disheartened.

Even though her subordinates had gathered around her, every one of them, except Han Mu, had guarded themselves against her, as if they had been facing a formidable foe.

Upon seeing such a scene, every bit of courage she had left to fight the evil in her mind had been extinguished.

Just as she had been on the verge of giving up, seven spots of bright starlight had suddenly appeared over her soul sea.

They had carried Nie Tian’s soul aura, and their divine light instantly lit up her cold, fearful soul.

Nie Tian’s appearance had given her hope again. She had braced herself and gone all-out to fight the mountains of corpses and seas of blood that had been eating her sanity away.

Eventually, the seven bright spots had shone with a dazzling light that could purge every bit of filth in this world, and eliminated every last bit of the illusions that had been afflicting her.

She had been saved.

Therefore, she knew better than anyone what Nie Tian had done for her, and her feelings about it were the most heartfelt.

As she looked at Nie Tian after recovering a clear mind, her state of mind was different from before.

“I can’t believe that this guy is the one who pulled me out and saved me from the Phantasms’ magics when I had lost all hope...” Dong Li thought to herself with an incomparably complicated expression on her face, as if she had forgotten the situation they were in.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, was still sitting with his eyes closed. Since he had consumed a large amount of soul power, he was focused on recuperating, and ignored her gaze.

Seeing that Dong Li had recovered a sound mind, Cao Qiushui and Qian Xin smiled wordlessly, looking rather shamefaced.

Meanwhile, their gazes followed Dong Li’s to Nie Tian as they discussed among themselves.

“It’s simply unbelievable that this man somehow brought Dong Li back from the verge of losing her senses. He’s only at the Heaven stage. What in the world made him capable of doing that?”

“Why did Han Mu and Qin Yan turn to him instead of anyone else at that critical moment?”

“Who is he exactly?”

Deeply amazed, Cao Qiushui and Qian Xin also wracked their minds for answers.

Gu Haofeng finally struggled free from his subordinates. He scooted over to her and said, “I’m glad that you’re fine.”

At that moment, Qin Yan also walked to her side. “Li,” she said, “I hope you won’t hate us. No one knew what you would do once you lost your senses. It’s great that you’re okay now. I think it’s better that you let bygones be bygones. We still need to work together to figure out a way to turn the situation around.”

Considering that she had also pleaded for Nie Tian to help her, Dong Li nodded at her with a fairly pleasant expression on her face and said, “It’s just that I didn’t expect they would do this... But don’t worry. I’m fine. I know what’s at stake here.”

With a sigh, Qin Yan looked off at the battles taking place above the lake and said to Dong Li, “I knew you would be able to make quick adjustments. Their situation is getting more and more unfavorable. Those four Phantasms are wearing our seniors down with their army of Specters, and the four of them haven’t gone all-out yet.

“Uncle Dong must have noticed when you fell unconscious and were carried back by your black phoenix, yet he didn’t rush back here at the first possible moment, which means he is most likely trapped and can’t free his hands to help you.

“If this goes on, they’ll soon run out of spiritual power dealing with the Specters, and the Phantasms will be able to kill them without breaking a sweat.

“Not only that, but they’re Worldly realm experts. Once they die, and their discarnate souls transform into Specters, then...”