Chapter 201: Why Are You Calling Me? I Didn’t Tamper With Anything
Disturbed by Ming Zhaoshuang, the two people remembered the important matter.
The two Void Refining Stage cultivators were severely struck by thunder, and coupled with the surrounding flames as an ignition, they were repeatedly burned and had turned into charcoal.
Qin Feilong said, “The Huan Bird is too busy to bother with us now. We can wait until the two of them are both severely injured after fighting the Huan Bird, and then we can take the opportunity to strike.”
Xie Yanning initially had the same thought, but after hearing Ming Zhaoshuang’s words, she said, “With our strength, even if they are killed by the Huan Bird, we may not necessarily be able to defeat the Huan Bird.”
Ming Zhaoshuang nodded, “So we can only save them!”
Saying this, Ming Zhaoshuang controlled her sword, and Xie Yanning followed. The two said to Qin Feilong, “Senior Brother Qin, you go to the foot of the mountain first. You will be of great use later!”
In an instant, the two arrived in front of the two Late Void Refinement cultivators.
Upon seeing them, the two couldn’t help but cry out, “Help! Heroine, help! We will surely reward you handsomely!”
Upon hearing the promise of a great reward, Ming Zhaoshuang’s eyes curved, “You want to be saved? Ten thousand demon stones each.”
For cultivators in the Late Void Refinement stage, while ten thousand demon stones is a lot, they generally wouldn’t be short of it.
After all, an Earth Rank commission alone could yield three thousand demon stones.
So the two exchanged a glance and immediately replied, “Heroine, save us!”
Xie Yanning glanced sideways at Ming Zhaoshuang and couldn’t help but sigh, “When you saved me, why didn’t you ask for spirit stones?”
Ming Zhaoshuang coughed lightly, “It can’t be helped, who told you to be Xie Yanning? If you were someone else, I wouldn’t have even looked.”
That was true, she had originally planned to leave.
But when she discovered that Xie Yanning was one of the people fighting, her heart sank.
Since the two agreed, Xie Yanning no longer hesitated and sped towards the Huan Bird. Pure blazing fire struck the Huan Bird from above.
Meanwhile, Ming Zhaoshuang smiled at the two:
“Go to the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain and wait for me! Give me the demon stones!”
The young man named Yan Ao immediately recalled his long sword from the Huan Bird and controlled his sword to fly to the side of the young man named Wen Ye.
Seeing that the other person was still standing there foolishly, he immediately pulled him and shouted, “You idiot, why aren’t you leaving!”
Wen Ye said, “She… is Human Race…”
Yan Ao couldn’t be bothered with such things, “Who cares what race she is, as long as she saved us!”
Hurry up and escape!
Xie Yanning’s sudden attack naturally also attracted the attention of the Huan Bird. The latter let out a long cry and immediately sent a torrent of heavenly thunder towards Xie Yanning!
At the same time, it spread its wings, and massive, scorching flames rushed towards her!
Not good!
Ming Zhaoshuang’s heart sounded an alarm, and she arrived beside Xie Yanning like a vigorous, flying willow catkin.
Spiritual power condensed, the Fushuang Sword emerged, a sword of frost.
She expended all her Ice Element spiritual power to resist the summoned heavenly thunder, forming a thick, hard ice wall in front of them, enveloping them!
But even though ice counters lightning, her cultivation was still too low!
That was thunder summoned by a Heaven Rank demonic beast in the Integration Mid Stage; how could a mere Nascent Soul cultivator possibly resist it.
Ming Zhaoshuang held her sword, her spiritual power surging, but as the thunder approached, she couldn’t help but spit out blood.
This… thunder power is truly too great.
With her spiritual power, even with the attribute advantage, it was still far from enough to resist such powerful thunder.
Not to mention that this place was filled with flames, and the temperature was too high, which was simply not suitable for her Ice Spirit Root to perform!
Ice counters lightning, but fire also counters ice.
In this environment, her ice layer would only become thinner and thinner, or even unable to protect her and Xie Yanning at all.
The pain of shattered meridians came, and Ming Zhaoshuang directly called out for help: “System!”
Before she could finish these two words, the Frost Imperial Sword beneath her feet seemed to move on its own, its sword light sharp, and it was no less inferior to the torrent of heavenly thunder.
In fact, it was even three parts superior.
The System mumbled, “Why are you calling me? I didn’t do anything.”
At the same time, facing the surging flames, Xie Yanning showed no fear. The long sword in her hand was blood-stained, like the seven-star cold light in the night sky, proudly spreading across the world.
Xie Yanning chuckled lightly, “I am the master, fire is my tool!”
Flames were her domain!
Or perhaps, the Qingyan Sword Qi swept out, and with a single sword strike towards the Huan Bird’s wings, it scattered specks of flying sparks!
Logically, Qingyan should not be able to contend with the Huan Bird without flames, but upon touching the Huan Bird’s wings, it instantly suppressed all the flames it used, even controlling the layers of flame to rise and surge towards the Huan Bird, burning it in patches.
Strangely, these flames should not have harmed the Huan Bird.
After all, the Huan Bird was born from fire and came from fire; ordinary flames could not harm it.
Yet, these flames that flowed upstream burned it until it cried out in pain and anguish, fanning the surging flames.
But with its cries, waves of thunder followed, striking towards Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning!
No matter how spirited the Frost Imperial Sword was, it was simply impossible to protect the two amidst such dense lightning.
A massive bolt of lightning appeared above Ming Zhaoshuang’s head, inescapable.
It’s over, her strength was still not enough!
Xie Yanning only had time to pull up Ming Zhaoshuang, who couldn’t fly due to the Frost Imperial Sword moving on its own, and quickly set up a protective shield for Ming Zhaoshuang.
She raised her sword to the sky, bearing most of the damage from this lightning strike.
The lightning exploded, with fireworks like fire trees and silver flowers. Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning coincidentally spat out a mouthful of blood.
The System screamed, “My god, take it easy! If you weren’t an Innate Lightning Spirit Root, you would be dead right now, do you know that! This thunder power is so potent, it’s simply not something you can resist!”
Ming Zhaoshuang gasped and coughed a few more times, her blood falling into the flames below.
It hurt so much.
This kind of thunder power was more powerful than any lightning tribulation she had experienced before.
More than half of it was borne by Xie Yanning.
Ming Zhaoshuang raised her eyes and looked at Xie Yanning. The latter’s expression was normal, with no signs of injury or pain.
Only her brow was slightly furrowed, as if in pain.
Ming Zhaoshuang, on the other hand, felt her whole body numb and burning, her skin seemingly about to split open.
Her fingers were still trembling.
As the System said, if she were not an Innate Lightning Spirit Root, with her Nascent Soul stage cultivation, she would likely have perished here.
But now, precisely because she was an Innate Lightning Spirit Root, she felt as if something within her was awakening amidst these lightning strikes and growing rapidly.
Ming Zhaoshuang then panted slightly, exploring that thunderous power.
She felt that this was her newfound strength.
Xie Yanning’s cultivation was much higher than hers. Although she was also injured by the lightning, much of it had been weakened by Ming Zhaoshuang’s ice layer.
Especially at this moment, she didn’t have time to tend to her own wounds, so she held Ming Zhaoshuang and stood in the vast sky, holding Qingyan, cutting open her palm, and letting her blood drip down.
All her spiritual power was also poured into the long sword.
Purest and cleanest Fire Element spiritual power swept out, and the sparks of Jingyan Ridge rushed towards Xie Yanning.
Xie Yanning’s colorful robes rustled in the vast sky.
The boundless flames beneath her feet were like crashing ocean waves, or like countless people kneeling in submission.
Xie Yanning held her sword in one hand, her entire body seeming to be scorched by the flames. The spiritual flow of the fire element overflowed from her fingertips to her sword tip.
And all the surrounding flames awaited her command.
Innate Fire Spirit Root, the natural co-owner of flames, in the flames, no one could defeat her, no one could refuse to submit to her.
“Fire clouds scatter across the sky, turning it red; today, I will whip the scarlet dragon!”
With a command, a sword was unleashed.
The flames above Jingyan Ridge boiled and surged towards the Huan Bird like an avalanche, emitting dazzling flames.
The Huan Bird let out a long cry, and several bolts of lightning struck towards the two, erupting with dazzling white lightning.
At the same time, it was also scorched by the myriad fires driven by Xie Yanning, letting out cries of pain and agony on this land where it should have lived.
It wanted to flap its wings and strike at the two with fiery light.
But in the end, it was controlled by the fireworks and could only watch as Xie Yanning dragged Ming Zhaoshuang away from Jingyan Ridge.
