Chapter 152 - If I Live, Your Family Dies (1/2)

"Consider yourself ruthless enough!"

Roots of lotuses connected to Qing He beneath her feet, it was as if she was a beautiful maiden that grew on the lotus leaf. She raised her head and gaze at the lake that floated in mid-air. Her face changed drastically and all of a sudden —Shuo shuo shuo— the lotuses and lotus leaves all disappeared into the muddy silts!

"Little Brother Yue, be sure to keep your eyes open when you sleep, sister will come for your head when you are asleep~!" Qing He also disappeared into the ground as the remaining echoes of her voice crept into his ears before fading into silence.

Following which, the whole water lake suddenly plummeted down and crashed into the ground and the lotuses all disappeared.

Zhong Yue's body flickered, the Jiao Dragons soared over from all directions and entered his boy.

"Consider yourself escaping fast enough … Wah!"

Zhong Yue's face turned pale white and he spurted out a mouthful of blood. His body swayed violently, almost falling off from the dragons' back.

In the end, he was still severely wounded, the Wu Xing Wheel array formation nearly killed him, and manipulating the hundred dragons in moving the water lake had also exhausted all of his energy. How heavy was the huge lake? No lighter than the weight of a mountain. Moving it nearly crushed his internal organs!

In addition to the prowess of the Wu Xing Wheel array formation, although Zhong Yue seemed to have won the battle with ease, but in actual fact, it was he who was at the end of his rope. If Qing He had decided to fight to the bitter end, this place would most likely have been his final resting place.

Claiming that he was one of the dragon race, proficient in the ways of manipulating the water and wind, all of these were just words he had to use to scare Qing He. He only managed to survive due to the reputation of the dragon race.

"Why are the disciples of Shu Qianqiu all so knotty and bizarre?"

Zhong Yue wiped off the trickling blood with the back of his hand, although he had not engaged in a frontal combat with Qing He, but the internal injuries on his body were grievous. This lady's prowess was even stronger than the other Wu Xing Wheel experts, this outcome had really put Zhong Yue out of his wits.

"Move ... I need to move away from this place as fast as possible, although my battle with Qing He didn't last long, it was still long enough to attract the notice of the other monsters and Lang Qingyun. It won't be too long before they come rushing over!"

Zhong Yue was coughing blood, he forcibly mustered his strength and bolted away towards Gu Xia City. Although they did not exchange many attacks in the battle, it was tortuous and hard, he also felt like just laying down and letting the monsters catch up to him

Every movement he took required the utmost of effort, his muscles ached as if they were tearing themselves apart, and the pain was so intense that his heart twitched. Even his bones were crying out in pain.

The journey was long and arduous, along the way he had been exerting all of his strength as his life depended on it, there was simply no room for reprieve. Even a body made of metal was unable to bear such an immense amount of stress, and as of now, Zhong Yue was only driving his body with his unyielding and indomitable will.

Wong wong—— the sun and moon behind him emerged, shining and irradiating on his body, alleviating the injuries in his body as he ingested medicinal pills like candy to give his feeble body the meager sustenance it needed to persist in its struggle for survival.

"Xin Huo, thank you for all the torments you've put me through, and for all your unreliable moments. Now, I finally understand your good intentions and the efforts you've spent on me. " Zhong Yue's atman smiled and told Xin Huo in his psyche ocean.

Xin Huo scratched on his own head and said, "I'm gratified that you can understand it. But, am I really that unreliable?"

Zhong Yue laughed out loud which inadvertently exacerbated the injuries on his chest, causing him to pant and gasped deeply for breath like a broken wind box. He said, "You are actually quite unreliable…."

The twilight faded away and the sky became enveloped in darkness once again. Today was the first night the moon made an appearance for the whole month. The little crescent moon shone in solitude, accompanied by the blinking luminescence of the stars.

Zhong Yue traveled under the light of the elegant moon and the star spangled sky, with the wavy mountain ridge beneath him. Soon, he had reached the latter half of the journey back to Gu Xia City.

It should be the safest time by now, right?

He thought to himself,  Those that can't keep up to my speed, naturally wouldn't be able to chase up to me. While the other batch of experts should've taken the shorter route and are most likely waiting for me around Gu Xia City already.

Unbeknownst to him, he had been sleeping the whole while standing erect on the backs of the two Jiao Dragons the whole way as they were moving towards Gu Xia City. This was the marvelous aspect of the subconscious and unconscious visualization. Even in his sleep, he was still in a constant state of visualization, making the psyche-visualized Jiao Dragons continue marching forwards without deliberate command.

Not only that, the moon and sun behind him was still continuing to refine his body, mending his injuries. The tortures and torments Xin Huo had put him through were now starting to show their benefits.

His sleep was sweet and deep. It was only until midday when he started to open his eyes lazily. His body was still aching, and his psyche was still strained as if it was going to snap off. But Zhong Yue could tell that after the one day and two nights in his unconscious state, his psyche has been purified to a new level and his cultivation base had advanced dramatically!

His hundred and eighty feet tall atman had even grown a foot taller.

When he fought and struggled against the encirclement of enemies, he had unleashed all of his fighting spirit and potential. The battles within this period of time had forced the eruption of his latent potential. It was inevitable that his cultivation base would experience such a leap after that grueling and harrowing experience that many don't even get a taste of throughout the course of their life.

Sadly, this can't be compared to the effects of the jade liquid. But through this battle, my foundation has also gotten stronger and more solid than before, and I have better control over my own prowess!

He visualized the water totem carvings and washed his face, shaking off the laziness within him. The twin dragons beneath his feet then started accelerating, detouring to the Savanna Wasteland so that he would travel to the Gu Xia City from there.