"Miss, your lives are truly resilient, to have survived the uncanny! Sword Chen chuckled playfully.
At this moment, Lu Zhu knew that her tricks were spent, which was why Sword Chen dared to be so brazen. She said coldly to Sword Chen, "You abandoned us and fled earlier. What is the meaning of your return now?"
Sword Chen smirked, "Miss, don't you know what I mean?"
"Weren't you wary of me all along the way?"
Sword Chen sneered, "But now you have no chance, for your means are all exhausted. Therefore, I no longer fear you!"
At this point, Sword Chen was utterly arrogant. Once Lu Zhu's trump cards were gone, it was his turn to call the shots.
Lu Zhu's heart tightened, but she understood the gravity of the situation. "Jian Chen, you are my father's disciple, yet you now extend your sinister claws towards me. Do you do justice to him?"
"He's already dead, so don't try to pressure me with that old fool!" Sword Chen chuckled playfully. "We're all going to die anyway, so what does it matter if you fulfill me before death?"
"Never!" Lu Zhu said coldly, "I would rather die than yield to you!"
"Very well!" Sword Chen said disdainfully, "I want to see what you can do to fight me!"
Rage boiled within him. He couldn't believe Lu Zhu would refuse him even in death; it was the greatest insult to him. In the next moment, he lunged at Lu Zhu.
Lu Zhu, in a hurried defense, could only parry. However, how could she be Sword Chen's match, given the two major realms separating them? Thus, after a hundred exchanges, she was defeated. Just as she was about to take her own life, Sword Chen struck her. Collapsing weakly to the ground, Lu Zhu no longer had the strength to end herself. Tears streamed down her face helplessly.
Sword Chen sneered, "You wanted to commit suicide? You belong to me today!"
"Stop!" At this moment, Yun Fan struggled to his feet. Although he had lost all his memories, he couldn't bear to see an innocent girl violated before his eyes. Moreover, Lu Zhu had saved him. Therefore, without a second thought, he struggled to his feet and walked over.
"Hoo!" Sword Chen said mockingly, "Kid, you're about to die, and you still want to be a hero? Do you have the ability?"
"It's not up to you to decide!" Yun Fan said coldly.
"Is that so?" In the next moment, Sword Chen attacked directly, unleashing his immense power to instantly kill Yun Fan.
"No!" Lu Zhu cried out desperately, but at that very moment, Sword Chen had already reached Yun Fan.
"Die!" He unleashed a surge of power, only to find Yun Fan standing motionless.
"What's going on?" Not only Sword Chen and Lu Zhu were shocked, but Yun Fan himself was incredulous. This was a full-powered blow from the fifth realm of the Immortal King! Who could withstand such an assault?
To everyone's surprise, Yun Fan punched Sword Chen. "Pfft!" Sword Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, his soul nearly shattering.
"So strong?" Yun Fan never expected himself to be so powerful. A casual blow sent Sword Chen flying.
"Run!" Without hesitation, Sword Chen fled. That punch had robbed him of the courage to face Yun Fan.
"Pfft!" Yun Fan coughed up blood and collapsed onto the ground again.
At this moment, Lu Zhu, having somewhat recovered, rushed to support Yun Fan. "Young Master, are you alright?" she asked with concern.
Yun Fan replied, "Still alive!"
"Thank you for saving my life just now!" she said gratefully to Yun Fan. If not for him, she would have been defiled, especially in this apocalyptic age when no one else could save her.
Yun Fan said, "No need to thank me. I didn't expect this to happen either!" Not to mention others, even Yun Fan was greatly surprised.
At this point, Lu Zhu said, "Perhaps before Young Master lost his memory, he was a peerless powerhouse like my father!" After all, her father had been a supreme expert of the third realm of the Immortal Emperor in his lifetime, the foremost expert in the Purple Mansion Continent. It was only because of the resurgence of these uncanny beings that her father had died.
"I hope so," Yun Fan said. He never thought of himself as a strong person; he only knew that he could perish at any moment.
Then, Yun Fan said to Lu Zhu, "You should escape first! I no longer have the strength to flee!" For Yun Fan, every step forward was agonizing.
"No!" Lu Zhu refused, "I won't abandon you, Young Master!" With that, the former young lady stripped off her robes and bound Yun Fan to her, preparing to escape. Since they were being closely watched by the uncanny beings, she dared not even fly through the void, but had to carry Yun Fan on her back and flee forward.
At this moment, Yun Fan felt extremely uncomfortable. As the saying goes, men and women should not touch each other intimately. He was in great distress. Of course, Lu Zhu's face was also flushed. Never having been so close to a man, she was also unaccustomed to this situation.
However, unexpectedly, they encountered no uncanny beings along the way, and didn't even sense their presence. What was going on? Lu Zhu found it all very strange. But the urgent matter was to reach the edge of the Purple Mansion Continent, as her father had instructed, and to find a way out from the periphery, to have even a sliver of a chance to escape.
"Damn it, damn it!" At this moment, Sword Chen was furious. He couldn't believe the prize had slipped through his fingers. He also never imagined that the sickly Yun Fan possessed such terrifying strength. A single blow, just one, had nearly sent him to his death. He was deeply wary of Yun Fan's power. If it weren't for Yun Fan, he wouldn't have ended up in such a predicament. Now, he no longer dared to think of killing Yun Fan and possessing Lu Zhu. He feared being killed by Yun Fan with another single blow. He had narrowly escaped death before, but he knew that if he suffered another strike, he would surely die. The most important thing now was to escape; nothing was more critical than survival.
Unexpectedly, at this very moment, he was surrounded by uncanny beings. "Not good!" Sword Chen's expression changed instantly. Yun Fan might not fear the uncanny, but he certainly did! In front of them, he was nothing but a delicacy. As the uncanny energy enveloped him, Sword Chen despaired.
However, a figure emerged from the uncanny aura. Upon seeing this figure, Sword Chen was utterly shocked. "Master!" Yes, the person before him was Lu Zhu's father, the Prefect, though he was no longer the original Prefect. In essence, he was just a shell. The true Prefect's soul had been annihilated, replaced by the very culprit that had infected the entire Purple Mansion Continent. This was a being from the second echelon of the uncanny, Da Xu Tian, second only to the Nine Ancestors among the uncanny race.
At his peak, Da Xu Tian possessed the ultimate combat power of the third realm of the Immortal Emperor. However, after being defeated by Jun Wu Hen and fleeing to the Purple Mansion Continent, he had been in hibernation. Only after the power of the Zhan Tian Clan completely vanished did he dare to use the uncanny to repair his body. After ten thousand years of repair, the Zhan Tian power within him had dissipated, but his overall strength was no longer at its peak. He had devoured all the living beings on the Purple Mansion Continent and had now recovered to the first realm of the Immortal Emperor.
However, he knew that a treasure, the Heart of the Purple Mansion, still existed on the Purple Mansion Continent. If he could refine it, he would regain his ultimate combat power. Then, he would break out of the Purple Mansion Continent and conquer the universe. With the Zhan Tian Clan gone, there was no one in the entire universe that his uncanny race feared. Although the masters of the universe were powerful, they were not the nemesis of the uncanny. As long as their numerous second-echelon uncanny beings attacked together, even the masters of the universe would perish.
At this moment, Da Xu Tian grabbed Sword Chen. Though Sword Chen was terrified, becoming a puppet of the uncanny was a good alternative. While he would lose his own thoughts, he could at least survive. However, Da Xu Tian gave him no chance to live and directly devoured his soul.
"Ah!" After a scream, Sword Chen's soul shattered. Just as Da Xu Tian was about to devour Sword Chen's body, he discovered traces of Zhan Tian power on Sword Chen's body. Terrified, Da Xu Tian immediately destroyed Sword Chen's body.
"Could he be a descendant of the Zhan Tian Clan?" After careful observation, Da Xu Tian realized that this Zhan Tian power did not originate from Sword Chen's own body. It seemed someone had injured Sword Chen, and the Zhan Tian power had landed on him. Though it was very little, Da Xu Tian quickly detected the anomaly.
"I can't believe the Zhan Tian Clan still exists in this era!" Da Xu Tian roared. After the disappearance of the Nine Ancestors, they were the main force of the uncanny race, and they absolutely would not allow the Zhan Tian Clan to survive in this universe. This universe did not belong to the masters of the universe; it belonged to their uncanny race. Thus, in his rage, he immediately searched Sword Chen's memories and discovered that Sword Chen had previously been injured by a sickly young man. It seemed that this sickly young man might be a descendant of the Zhan Tian Clan. Upon realizing this, Da Xu Tian became even more unsettled. Anything related to the Zhan Tian Clan must perish.
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At this moment, Yun Fan and Lu Zhu had arrived at the edge of the Purple Mansion Continent, but unfortunately, it was completely sealed off by uncanny beings. To Lu Zhu's astonishment, she passed through the uncanny energy without any ill effect. She had personally witnessed that being enveloped by the uncanny energy would lead to infection, with no exceptions. Therefore, she became increasingly certain that her immunity was related to Yun Fan.
At this point, she asked Yun Fan, "Young Master, are you feeling any better?"
"Much better!" Yun Fan replied truthfully. He could now walk on his own, indicating that his physical recovery was quite optimistic.
Then, Lu Zhu said to Yun Fan, "Young Master, our path ahead is blocked!"
"Don't worry!" Yun Fan reassured her. "After enduring so much hardship and still being alive, it means even the heavens do not wish for us to perish!"
"Mm-hmm!" Lu Zhu was not discouraged. Instead, she said to Yun Fan, "Young Master, since this path is blocked, let's take a risk!"
"How so?" Yun Fan asked curiously.
"To the Purple Mansion!" Lu Zhu said, "Within the Purple Mansion, there is a teleportation array that can leave the Purple Mansion Continent! This is our only chance!" Although returning carried the risk of infection, she found that as long as Yun Fan was present, she was unharmed!
"Alright!" Yun Fan said, "But it will have to wait until tomorrow. I'm very tired!"
"Mm-hmm!" Lu Zhu nodded.
That night, after Yun Fan fell asleep, whether due to the Zhan Tian power repairing his body and soul, he felt a sharp pain, followed by uncontrollable chills, making his condition appear very grim. Seeing this, Lu Zhu did not hesitate. She shed her clothes and used her own body to warm Yun Fan. After a long while, Yun Fan recovered and then immediately passed out. Lu Zhu quickly put her clothes back on, as it would be bad if Yun Fan saw her.
The next day, Yun Fan awoke. This time, he had recovered better, for he discovered that he could gradually unleash a unique power. He didn't know that this unique power was the Zhan Tian power. Even Lu Zhu felt that this unique power was very formidable, but she was destined not to know that this power could counter the uncanny.
After resting for a while, the two turned back. However, on their return journey, they found no uncanny energy whatsoever. They didn't know that these uncanny energies were actually being absorbed and converted by the Zhan Tian power within Yun Fan to repair his body. It was just that after losing his memory, Yun Fan was like a blank slate, completely unaware of what was happening. In essence, the Zhan Tian power was being forced to work.
A few days later, they arrived at the place where they had been intercepted by uncanny beings. Lu Zhu's maids had been turned into puppets and rushed towards them. Just as Lu Zhu was about to deal with these maids herself, she discovered that the power within Yun Fan had automatically radiated outwards. In the next moment, the four maids collapsed to the ground. While Lu Zhu and Yun Fan were both bewildered, they noticed the four maids quietly waking up.
"Miss!" They excitedly approached Lu Zhu. But Lu Zhu said coldly, "Don't come near us!"
"Miss, we're alright now!" The four maids quickly explained their situation to Lu Zhu. Lu Zhu was stunned. She had never imagined that infected puppets could regain consciousness. It was completely beyond her expectations. Even Yun Fan looked incredulous.
"Thank you, Young Master!" The four maids quickly expressed their gratitude to Yun Fan.
"Thank me for what?" Yun Fan asked, utterly confused. They replied, "Young Master's power dispersed the uncanny and saved us just now!"
"What?" Both Yun Fan and Lu Zhu were dumbfounded. They never expected his power to have such an effect. It had to be said, this was even more uncanny than the uncanny.
Seeing the maids' eyes sparkling, Lu Zhu quickly said, "What are you waiting for? Hurry and take care of Young Master!"
"Yes!" The four maids nodded. Even they didn't understand why the gentle and refined young lady was angry with them. However, among the four maids, there were intelligent women. They quickly promised, "Miss, rest assured, we are merely grateful to Young Master and would not dare to harbor any improper thoughts towards him!" In fact, even if they had such thoughts, it would be impossible! Although they were beautiful, they were by no means top-tier beauties. Lu Zhu, on the other hand, was truly a top-tier beauty. It was a pity that Lu Zhu was too weak, otherwise, she would definitely have a place among the top ten beauties in the universe.