Turning back, Chen Cheng took Kappa and Scorpion Lady and fled a thousand miles, leaving the ruins behind for Thorn Ridge.
Only after they stopped did Chen Cheng look at Kappa.
Now that he looked closely, he could see a palm-shaped dent in Kappa's toad belly, and a matching hole in his Snow Toad Garment.
The Snow Toad Garment was a treasure. Scorpion Lady and She Li had struck it with their weapons before without raising the slightest ripple.
But now it had been pierced outright. That alone showed how formidable the person who had attacked Kappa was.
"Young Master, please put this child down. I can circulate my power and heal myself."
Kappa had nearly lost half his life this time. Chen Cheng could hardly imagine how powerful someone had to be to injure him so badly.
Chen Cheng set Kappa down, then moved behind him.
"I'll help you."
Chen Cheng enveloped him in his Divine Kingdom. The Life Laws within it began to turn, and a vast Magic Array surrounded Kappa to help heal his wounds.
Kappa sat cross-legged and drew the Demon Core from his abdomen. It held the essence of all his power, as well as his Dao Fruit.
On closer inspection, the Demon Core was not as solid as Chen Cheng's Golden Elixir. It could only be called a Void Elixir.
The Demon Core hovered above his head, absorbing the vitality Chen Cheng guided into it and beginning to mend the wound in his abdomen.
Scorpion Lady watched from the side, her eyes full of envy.
She could see that Kappa's Void Elixir protected his Dao Fruit within it. That was far more sophisticated than the way she and others kept their Dao Fruit inside their bodies.
Kappa might be gravely wounded, but his Dao