Kong Yirou had not expected Long Aotian's demands of her to amount to only this.
Then again, with her in this state, what was there left to expect from her?
Kong Yirou nodded.
Song Qinglin was moved to tears.
At a time like this, he was still thinking of saving me!?
Long Aotian said, "There isn't much I can do. Leave this one to me. Take Song Qinglin and get farther away. Once I deal with things here, I'll come meet up with you. Unless there's truly no other choice, don't give up on your companions, all right?"
Kong Yirou burst into tears. "All right! Be careful. You... you have to survive and come find me."
Long Aotian smiled gently. "Not to brag, but I've already killed who knows how many monsters like this. They're a bit troublesome, sure, but not enough to take my life."
Long Aotian gripped Kong Yirou's shoulders, and a surge of King's Aura flowed into her body.
It was strange. Kong Yirou felt as if all the restraints on her body were lifted at once.
Her dantian stopped trembling and spasming; her hands and feet stopped shaking too. Even her breathing steadied a great deal.
She took a deep breath, suddenly remembered something, and pulled out a medicinal pill. "Great Heaven Returning Pill. Hurry and take it."
Long Aotian smiled. "Already did. Take him and head southwest."
Kong Yirou supported Song Qinglin, who asked, "Brother Aotian, are you really going to be all right?"
"Yeah," Long Aotian said. "King's Aura is a Heavenly Counter to them. Here, I'm their Natural Enemy. I'm the one at the top of the food chain in this place. Go."
Kong Yirou supported Song Qinglin, turned around, and began to flee.
The freak tilted his head. "Damn King's Aura! Aren't