Help Me!

Gritting his teeth against the headache, Jin Xuanzi ignored the shadow that had already spread to his calves. He raised his right palm and slammed it directly against his chest.

Bang!

At the dull impact, the Jingyang Family's guest elder seemed perfectly fine, as if he had just done something utterly trivial.

But Wu Envoy, who had been reaching forward with one arm, seemed to sense something. He quickly twisted around, forcibly changing his position.

Whoosh!

He shifted half a zhang to the side, abandoning his attack.

Drip!

Drip!

The next moment, a golden fissure appeared on the man's forehead. It abruptly widened and crawled downward, soon splitting him in two.

"You?" Wu Envoy looked somewhat incredulous. His body then exploded with a bang into countless black fragments.

Pfft!

Jin Xuanzi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His chest was now translucent, completely devoid of flesh and blood.

Blowing up the enemy behind him hadn't come without a cost.

He had finally used his trump card.

"But..." Jin Xuanzi looked around at the surrounding shadows and murmured, his face full of regret.

His enemy still had another trick up his sleeve. He hadn't truly killed him; he would reappear from one of those shadows.

Hoo.

He discreetly drew in a breath and rallied his spirits. The shadow that had spread to his waist and pinned him in place shattered once more, and he continued trying to escape.

But then—

His head suddenly swam. The pain he had accumulated vanished all at once, replaced by a tenderness like warm water enveloping him, and an exhaustion that made him want to sleep forever.

Jin Xuanzi's eyes grew dazed, his eyelids drooping as if they would close completely and send him into a deep slumber at any moment.

"Moonlight, bright above the