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Just Wanting to Live Well but Surpassing the Protagonist – 43 Maybe
The lion eagle’s head was pierced by the seal’s attack, but it didn’t die immediately. After all, it was a being close to the Demon King realm. If it hadn’t been for the gravity suppression, causing the wound to bleed continuously and causing excruciating pain, it would have pretended to be dead.
“Damn, I should have just bought a Spirit Transformation initial artifact and killed it instantly.” Helplessly, Ye Yong could only pay for his own misjudgment and reluctantly used the seal’s last attack.
Three Nascent Soul late stage attacks were needed to truly kill a late stage monster. Monsters were tenacious beings, far more so than humans.
With the mentality of not wanting to waste anything and at least getting something back, Ye Yong put its corpse into his storage bag, then bought a cheap flying artifact, and reluctantly spent a few thousand reversal points to set up an artifact that could fool even a demon king, and threw Nan Ji onto it.
After feeding him a Xing Dan, Nan Ji opened his eyes and wanted to speak, but Ye Yong spoke first, “As soon as you get out, immediately notify the sect that there is a Demon King Late Stage Demon Beast here. I saw it with my own eyes. Let them send a Void Refinement expert over. Don’t say anything else. Do you understand?”
Ye Yong noticed a group of demon beasts crazily rushing towards a certain direction in the distance. He knew that what he had least wanted to happen had happened—Liang Xiaorou’s immortal body had been exposed.
“Understood.” Nan Ji responded in a daze, “What about that lion eagle?”
Ye Yong didn’t reply. He activated his flying spiritual tool and carried Nan Ji towards the exit.
“Then next…” Now that someone had already delivered the message, Ye Yong looked towards the direction where the demon beasts were gathering, his expression solemn.
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This secret realm had a special formation. Human cultivators could hardly sense the existence of the demonic aura unless the demon beasts got too close. However, Liang Xiaorou could sense them from a great distance away. After all, the demonic aura was so strong that it was hard not to sense it.
At first, she didn’t notice it like ordinary cultivators. It was when a group of demon beasts targeted them, setting up bait to lure them deeper into the secret realm, that her immortal body subconsciously detected danger and warned her. she began to sense it. Unfortunately, that was the first time she had established a connection with her immortal body. Apart from the headache, she didn’t know what was happening.
Now that she understood, it was too late.
Although her new body and new powers gave her the confidence that she could kill monsters beyond her level, she couldn’t help but feel despair as she watched the demon beasts rushing in from all directions and sensed that there were still more demon beasts on their way.
Undoubtedly, this body was very powerful, but it would also bring disaster.
Growing up, Liang Xiaorou had never known that she had such an ability. Now, she also understood why such an ability would be sealed and suppressed. She didn’t blame her master for not telling her in advance.
“Why did you come back?” Liang Xiaorou asked, cutting down a group of golden core demon beasts that had charged at her.
The once powerful golden core or even nascent soul demon beasts were as fragile as melon skins under the influence of her immortal aura.
She looked back at Qin Shimeng.
“This matter started because of me. If I were to leave just like that, I would definitely develop a heart demon and karmic hindrance. Moreover, the remaining magic tools can only carry one person to escape. If I stay with Senior Sister Liang, we might be able to hold on until reinforcements from the sect arrive.”
This was the first time Qin Shimeng had observed Liang Xiaorou in this state up close. She was no longer petite and cute. At this moment, she was like a real fairy. Her eyes held no trace of mortal colors. Her immortal aura was ethereal , and everything about her was so transcendent.
“This matter is not your fault. We all had our own needs when we agreed to come to the secret realm together. Di Yuanhang and the others’ greed led us into the villains’ encirclement. And my concealing my immortal body led to the current situation.” A hint of helplessness appeared on Liang Xiaorou’s lips. “It’s my fault for being too arrogant. Most of the magic tools I brought are for offense. I only have two for defense and one for escape, and its speed is not as fast as yours. I’m sorry for making you face such a certain death situation with me.”
“I will not give up hope until the very end.”
Liang Xiaorou smiled. She wouldn’t say anything demoralizing like ‘If you could sense how many demon beasts are gathering, you wouldn’t be so naive’. She would only use her actions to express her determination to fight for a chance of survival .
Liang Xiaorou took the initiative to attack, killing the demon beasts that sent out golden cores while she hid behind, draining her nascent soul demon beasts.
Qin Shimeng activated her magic tool, constantly bombarding the demon beasts that wanted to sneak attack Liang Xiaorou from behind.
The demon beasts’ attention was all on Liang Xiaorou, so Qin Shimeng was relatively safe for the time being. However, it was hard to say what would happen when they swarmed over and the space for movement was reduced.
Don’t look at how fierce Liang Xiaorou was fighting now. With one sword strike, a group of demon beasts would die or be injured. However, the demon beasts she killed were only a small portion of those that had gathered. The immortal energy in her body was constantly being consumed and could not be replenished.
This was a hopeless dead end.
The space for movement became smaller and smaller. Finally, Qin Shimeng and Liang Xiaorou were completely back to back, surrounded by densely packed demon beasts.
“Immortal body, immortal blood, immortal flesh.” Some demon beasts with low intelligence but the ability to speak rushed over and crashed into the defensive barrier that Qin Shimeng had set up.
Qin Shimeng had set up six defensive barriers, and two of them were quickly broken through.
“Do you regret staying now?” Liang Xiaorou panted, feeling that she was losing her strength. Perhaps it was because her body, which had never been in contact with this kind of power before, was overloaded.
“I don’t regret it. In the past, I definitely wouldn’t have had anything to be attached to. However, now…” Qin Shimeng thought of Ye Yong. She wondered where he was now, whether his journey in the secret realm had gone smoothly, and what opportunities he had obtained. If there really was a next life, would she be able to meet him again?
“It’s normal to have attachments. It proves that you still have the will to live.” Liang Xiaorou took a deep breath and forced herself to cheer up. “I will use all my strength to clear a path for you. You take my magic tool and escape. With luck, you should be able to get away.”
With that, she stuffed a small flying boat into Qin Shimeng’s hand. “There are fewer demon beasts gathering in that direction. Be sure to follow me closely.”
Without waiting for Qin Shimeng to speak, she continued, “This is your only chance. You must escape alive. Don’t let me down.”
With that, Liang Xiaorou charged towards a certain direction with her sword.
Although the demon beasts were approaching step by step, they still had some fear towards Liang Xiaorou, who was emitting a sharp immortal aura. Not to mention, she was filled with killing intent. Soon, the demon beasts dodged her one after another. that didn’t dodge were killed by her sword, forcibly creating an opening in the weak spot of the encirclement.
“Now!” Seeing that the exit had been opened, Liang Xiaorou returned to the encirclement. If she had left with Qin Shimeng, everything would have been in vain. All she could do now was to continue attracting the attention of the demon beasts and create a chance of survival for Qin Shimeng.
Qin Shimeng poured the remaining spiritual power into the small flying boat, which quickly transformed into a tool that could carry people. She looked back at Liang Xiaorou and saw that she had completely lost her immortal power and was falling to the ground. She watched as The demon beasts swarmed over her and fought each other, biting wildly, just to get a taste of the immortal body.
Qin Shimeng gritted her teeth, took out the last sword talisman, and threw it at the demon beasts. She then drove the flying boat back in and caught the falling Liang Xiaorou.
“Are you crazy…” Liang Xiaorou’s voice was very weak, and she could hardly open her eyes. Although she didn’t have any visible injuries, her body functions had been consumed too much, and it was still possible for her to die.
“Maybe.” Qin Shimeng helped her sit down. “Anyway, we might not be able to escape. It’s better to find a companion to go to the Yellow Springs together.”