Life and Death Crisis

In the pitch-black night sky, a stunningly beautiful woman in a qipao, with a curvaceous figure, walked through the void.

With every step she took, a phantom, ethereal blue lotus bloomed beneath her feet, covering a thousand meters with a single stride.

Before she arrived, the lotus did. A phantom blue lotus rose from beneath Lu Siye's feet, repelling all the extreme cold corpse energy emanating from the zombie strongman.

Lu Siye trembled, shattering the frost on his body. He guided the corpse energy that had invaded his body to his Dantian, suppressing and absorbing it with his internal energy.

All of this took only a few breaths, and the woman had already arrived beside Lu Siye.

"Shorty, you from the Net want to make a move on someone from my Town Demon Suppression Division. Have you considered the consequences?" Shangguan Qingxue held her long sword, looking at the person from the Net with an arrogant expression.

Lu Siye looked at Shangguan Qingxue beside him. Her aura, within his perception, was much stronger than the shorty in front of him.

"More than twelve hundred years ago, there was a prominent sect in Jiuzhou called the Azure Lotus Sect. The sect's most famous martial art was a movement technique, a lightness skill called 'Heavenly Lotus Step.'

When the 'Heavenly Lotus Step' is mastered, one can step and create lotuses, walking in the void as if on solid ground.

The Town Demon Suppression Division has existed for over a thousand years, so it's likely that such a peerless lightness skill is recorded."

The shorty on the strongman's shoulder looked at the suddenly appearing Shangguan Qingxue and said calmly, without any fear in his eyes.

"So what if it is?" Shangguan Qingxue frowned, her expression showing no idea what he was talking about.

"You're using the Heavenly Lotus Step, merely to impersonate a Day Wanderer Envoy's ability to traverse the void, to scare me off so you can save your Town Demon Suppression Division person." The shorty suddenly leaned forward, his eyes fixed on Shangguan Qingxue.

Shangguan Qingxue remained standing in place, seemingly unaffected by his words.

"Heh! You're quite the actor, but your pupils just contracted involuntarily for a moment, and your body tensed unnaturally. You're definitely not a Day Wanderer Envoy." The shorty slowly sat back, his tone noticeably more relaxed.

"You tricked me!" Shangguan Qingxue knew she had been deceived, a trace of anger appearing on her beautiful face, her terrifying aura immediately receding.

The shorty was right; she had indeed intended to scare him off, which was why she had forcefully boosted her aura to rush over.

"You're at most at the third realm of a Night Wanderer Envoy. Although your strength is comparable to mine, that courageous little fellow beside you probably can't defeat my precious zombie!" The shorty leaned on the zombie's head, looking like he had them cornered.

Lu Siye looked solemn. The shorty was right; he indeed might not be able to defeat that zombie.

"Little brother, I'll hold them off with all my might. You go to the nearest Town Demon Suppression Division branch for reinforcements as quickly as possible."

Shangguan Qingxue moved to Lu Siye's side, her voice wrapped in True Qi, entering his ears.

Lu Siye hadn't learned the technique of True Qi transmission. Unable to speak easily, he could only turn his head to look at her, conveying his meaning with his eyes.

What about you?

"But remember, if you don't return within twenty minutes, then prepare to collect my corpse!" Shangguan Qingxue seemed to understand Lu Siye's gaze and transmitted to him again.

Although unwilling, Lu Siye understood that he had only reached the Night Wanderer Envoy realm through one cultivation technique, while his other techniques were still at the Night Patrol Envoy realm. His strength was not comparable to other veteran Night Wanderer Envoys, and staying would only be a burden.

Having figured out the crucial point, Lu Siye took a deep breath, looking at Shangguan Qingxue with determination, as if to say, Wait for me to bring back reinforcements.

"Want to leave? Did you ask me first?" The shorty somehow discovered their intention.

He suddenly roared, leaping from the zombie's shoulder and lunging at Shangguan Qingxue, while the strongman zombie rapidly advanced towards Lu Siye.

Shangguan Qingxue lifted her long legs, ignoring the incoming palm strike. Ethereal blue True Qi covered her toes, and she fiercely kicked towards his chest, displaying a decisive willingness to trade injuries.

Facing a sure victory, the shorty naturally didn't want to get hurt. At the critical moment, he retracted his hands and blocked her kick.

Shangguan Qingxue used the momentum from the kick to soar into the air, unleashing a crescent-shaped azure sword energy towards the strongman zombie.

The strongman zombie roared, instinctively crossing its arms to block the sword energy.

Zombies were naturally tough, and the strongman zombie was not injured by this hastily executed sword energy, only being sent flying by the immense force.

The shorty, realizing her intention, attacked again during the moment she was unable to defend herself.

"Go!" Shangguan Qingxue shouted.

Lu Siye channeled all his Blood Essence into the Blazing Blood Blade, unleashing his full strength and throwing it towards the shorty who was about to attack Shangguan Qingxue.

The immense force caused the Blazing Blood Blade to spin rapidly in the air, transforming into a giant crimson wheel that instantly reached the shorty.

He didn't look to see the result of the strike but decisively turned and ran.

'Sister Qingxue, consider this my life debt to you today!'

The moment he turned his head, Lu Siye secretly vowed in his heart that if anything happened to Shangguan Qingxue, he would one day bloodbath the Net to repay this life.

The shorty didn't dare to be careless when facing Lu Siye's strike. Although the latter was only at the first realm of a Night Wanderer Envoy, one should use their full strength even when dealing with a rabbit.

He didn't want to be a brainless villain in a novel who underestimated the protagonist and was then severely injured, although he didn't consider the fleeing Lu Siye to be a protagonist.

He gave up the opportunity to heavily injure Shangguan Qingxue and, seizing the moment, struck the body of the Blazing Blood Blade with a palm.

Clang!

A crisp metallic clash exploded in the air.

The moment his palm touched the Blazing Blood Blade, the shorty's expression changed. A tremendous force transmitted from his hand, sending him flying.

The Blazing Blood Blade was also knocked away by the immense force. After slicing through two old trees, it plunged straight into the ground.

"Such great force. Fortunately, I'm always cautious." Upon landing, the shorty squinted in the direction Lu Siye had fled, his hand trembling uncontrollably.

Ignoring the fleeing Lu Siye, the shorty looked at Shangguan Qingxue, who was attacking again, and covered his hands with dark True Qi, directly meeting her.

At the same time, the strongman zombie, which had been sent flying, also charged over from a distance, forming a pincer attack on her.

Dong!

Shangguan Qingxue stomped her foot down, and a wave of deep blue rippled outward from beneath her feet. As the ripples passed the dwarf and the zombie, both of their movements instantly faltered.

The dwarf's expression changed. He felt as if he had stepped into a swamp, the resistance around him increasing dramatically.

Shangguan Qingxue naturally wouldn't let such a great opportunity pass. Majestic True Qi was injected into her long sword, and a waterfall-like massive sword energy surged towards the dwarf.

The dwarf let out a cold snort, extending both palms. Pitch-black True Qi transformed into a giant ghostly hand that reached out towards the sword energy.

The sword energy and the ghostly hand collided, annihilating each other in mid-air.

At the same time, the hulking zombie, relying on its immense strength, broke free from the restraint and punched Shangguan Qingxue's face.

Shangguan Qingxue blocked with her sword, but she had underestimated the power of the hulking zombie's punch. The immense force sent her flying backward, crashing heavily into a tree trunk with a pained groan.

Leaning against the tree trunk, Shangguan Qingxue looked at the dwarf and the zombie before her with a grave expression. The arm holding her long sword trembled involuntarily.

She had, after all, underestimated her opponents. The strength of this zombie was already very close to the realm of a high-level Fierce Ghost.

Seeing the attacking ghostly claws and the massive fists, Shangguan Qingxue took a deep breath and held her long sword upright in front of her.

Deep blue ripples instantly spread, and the surrounding moisture rose. A giant cyan-blue lotus bloomed from the ground, enveloping her.

The ghostly claws and fists struck the lotus the moment it closed, and a recoil force came from the lotus, sending both of them flying.

On the lotus, however, only ripples appeared, with no sign of it being broken.

Inside the lotus, Shangguan Qingxue's face turned pale as the True Qi in her body was rapidly depleted.

"I hope this Heavenly Lotus Body Shield can hold out until reinforcements arrive." She took out a pill from her bosom and swallowed it, her nearly depleted True Qi rapidly recovering.