Chapter 94: Chapter 87: Four Leave, Three Return
A silver long spindle rose from Mo Fenghua’s hand, instantly blocking the power of the Talisman, but when he looked down again, he found that Yao Jingfeng had already vanished.
Only a Flying Boat breaking through the sky could still be seen above the distant dense forest.
Seeing the speed of this Flying Boat, a gleam of excitement flashed in his eyes.
Good stuff!
I want it!
With this thought, he leaped into the air, and the silver long spindle immediately transformed into a Flying Boat, following closely as it chased after Ji Yuan.
"Old... old fourth, this is my last Water Bomb. Put me down, you escape."
At this moment, Yao Jingfeng was no longer as high-spirited as before, and was even speaking while coughing up blood.
Ji Yuan accepted the Water Bomb from his hand but did not put him down. Instead, he turned to glance back.
A streak of silver light was rapidly approaching.
’Damn it!’
’How can this guy’s Flying Boat be so fast too!’
Ji Yuan glanced down at the Thunder Falcon Boat. He had not yet activated the Thunder Falcon Essence within. Once activated... he was confident he could throw off the pursuing Demon Cultivator.
But to do so would mean abandoning Du Wanyi and Luo Tian to their deaths.
Yet under the current circumstances, there was no other choice. He had to save at least one of them first.
With a thought, Ji Yuan activated the Thunder Falcon Essence within the Flying Boat.
In an instant, the entire boat was enveloped in a purple light, and it paused slightly.
Just as Mo Fenghua thought he was about to catch up, he saw the Flying Boat suddenly accelerate, vanishing from his sight at a speed he couldn’t match.
Seeing this, he had no choice but to stop his Flying Boat and watch as the figure disappeared into the distance.
"Oh well, let them run, let’s deal with these two first."
With this thought, he turned his Flying Boat and returned to the dense forest.
"Old fourth, your Flying Boat..."
Although heavily injured, Yao Jingfeng had swallowed a handful of Elixirs to temporarily suppress his injuries. But in his current state... even if he recovered, he feared his foundation would be damaged.
Ji Yuan said nothing, swallowing a few Elixirs to restore Spiritual Qi, while continuing to drive the Flying Boat forward.
After about a stick of incense time had passed, as they approached the edge of Cloud Rain Marsh, he finally slowed the boat and glanced back in the direction they came from.
They were now too far from the battlefield, and he couldn’t make out what was happening over there.
But returning now was out of the question... Ji Yuan found a reed marsh on the lakeside, lowered the Dharma Ship, and landed in it.
Yao Jingfeng saw his intention, struggled to rise from the Flying Boat, and upon moving, spat out a mouthful of blood, now mixed with bits of his internal organs.
"Old fourth, you should just leave. This whole affair, Du Wanyi and I have really dragged you down."
Yao Jingfeng wheezed as he spoke.
"Life and death are fated, big brother, don’t speak such nonsense."
Ji Yuan glanced around, finally applying a Middle Grade Protective Talisman on Yao Jingfeng, "Wait here, I’m going back to help second sister and third brother."
"Old fourth, you..."
Yao Jingfeng did not expect that at this moment, Ji Yuan still refused to abandon them, his heart could not help but be moved... He rued his earlier suspicion that Ji Yuan would leave them.
But just as Ji Yuan’s Flying Boat ascended, a brilliant sphere of light suddenly lit up in the direction they came from, in the valley of the battlefield.
The light ball covered half the valley.
A massive explosion followed soon after, even from this distance, the sound made Ji Yuan’s heart uneasy.
This was like a landslide.
As the light ball faded, Ji Yuan watched in shock as half the mountain collapsed.
"Luo Tian!"
Though Yao Jingfeng couldn’t see from where he lay, hearing the sound, he guessed the scenario... Water Bombs, however many Water Bombs exploded for such an effect.
Ji Yuan took a deep breath, "I’ll go check."
With that, the Thunder Falcon Boat shot into the sky again.
Moments later, Ji Yuan returned to the battlefield, now devoid of any figures, not even shadows.
The large expanse of dense forest had vanished, replaced by ruins and broken trees.
Ji Yuan searched on the Flying Boat for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, but did not find Luo Tian’s figure, nor the silhouettes of the three Demon Cultivators, only a heavily damaged silver Flying Boat lodged in some branches.
A severed hand gripped tightly onto a Storage Bag on the boat.
Ji Yuan took the Flying Boat and Storage Bag for himself, burning the severed hand with a Fireball.
After searching for another two sticks of incense time, he finally found Du Wanyi, lying unconscious in a creek outside the forest.
Ji Yuan rescued her, placing her in the Flying Boat, and upon looking up, noticed the sky was already lightening with dawn.
The sun began to rise.
In his heart, Ji Yuan felt no joy at surviving this ordeal, only awe towards this world... The path of Cultivation was indeed as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
No one is immortal, and no one can foresee what the future holds.
Luo Tian, who mastered the manufacture of Water Bombs, likely never expected to die by them, nor did the Qi Cultivation tenth-level Demon Cultivator think he would fall to a ninth-level Cultivator.
The road to eternal life is long.
A single thought to live, a single thought to die.
The path of life and death leads to eternal life.
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