Murderous Intent in a Coma

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"They... are preparing a blood sacrifice." Su Muxue's voice was hoarse. "The Shuiyue Token is one of the keys. Without the incantations of Shui Linglong, they are forcing the Blood Pool open, which will cause a massive disturbance and might even trigger a backlash. But looking at this situation, they can no longer wait."

"We must leave this place." Chen Feng said in a low voice. "Brother Lin and Senior Sister Shui cannot hold on much longer. Staying here is just waiting for death."

"How do we leave?" Su Muxue gave a bitter smile. "The place is crawling with people from the Blood Fiend Hall. Once we are discovered..."

"Cough, cough..." Shui Linglong, who had been unconscious, suddenly coughed violently. Dark red blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, and her aura became chaotic to the extreme.

"Senior Sister Shui!" Su Muxue hurriedly supported her, channeling her true energy to stabilize her heart meridians.

But Shui Linglong's injuries were severe, and she had been struck by a strange blood fiend poison. Now that it had suddenly erupted, Su Muxue's true energy could not stop the toxin from spreading.

"The Shuiyue Token... is in my robes..." Shui Linglong struggled to open her eyes, gripping Su Muxue's hand tightly. "Use the Ice Heart Blood to activate it... it can open a path... leading to the Shuiyue Forbidden Land..."

"Senior Sister, don't talk, just hold on!" Su Muxue said urgently.

"No... listen to me..." Using her last bit of strength, Shui Linglong took a palm-sized token from her robes and shoved it into her hand.

"The path... can only send one person..." The light in her eyes faded rapidly. "Tell Master... the Blood Fiend Hall is colluding with 'The Master'... plotting against Guixu..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Shui Linglong's head slumped to the side, and she fell into a deep coma.

"Senior Sister Shui!" Su Muxue cried out in grief, but no matter how much true energy she channeled, the other woman showed no response.

She held the Shuiyue Token, looking between the unconscious Shui Linglong and Lin Ye, her heart torn by an internal struggle.

The Blood Fiend Hall was colluding with The Master to plot against Guixu... If this were to come to pass, the entire Qingyun Sect would face a catastrophe. Someone had to bring this news out.

But who should be the one to leave?

"Senior Sister Su..." Chen Feng also sensed that something was wrong, his expression complex. "Senior Sister Shui, she..."

"The Shuiyue Token can open a path to leave, but it can only send one person." Su Muxue did not hide the truth.

After a moment of silence, Chen Feng spoke slowly, his voice hoarse. "Senior Sister Su, you go. You are a disciple of Shuiyue Peak; only you can survive in the Forbidden Land and pass the message on. We will stay behind and try our best to stall them, buying time for you."

"No!" Su Muxue shook her head immediately. "We leave together, or we stay together! How could I..."

"This is not the time to be emotional." Chen Feng looked straight at her, his eyes firm. "Out of the four of us, having one survive is better than all of us dying here. The Shuiyue Token can only function in your hands. Besides, Brother Lin has strange methods; there might still be a chance for him."

Su Muxue opened her mouth, finding no words to refute him.

"There isn't much time left." Chen Feng looked outside. "The blood sacrifice could start at any moment. Once the Blood Pool takes form, we won't be able to leave even if we wanted to. Senior Sister, make a decision!"

The hand holding the Shuiyue Token trembled slightly.

"Senior Sister Su!"

"Fine." She gritted her teeth and agreed, no longer hesitating.

She bit the tip of her tongue, forcing out a drop of Ice Heart Blood, which landed on the token.

"Hum—!"

The Shuiyue Token suddenly erupted with a brilliant icy blue light. Runes intertwined in the air, condensing into a swirling vortex within the narrow rock crevice.

This movement immediately alerted those outside.

"Over there! There's an energy fluctuation!"

"Quick! They're hiding there!"

Their position was completely exposed.

"Go!" Chen Feng held his blade across the entrance of the crevice.

Su Muxue did not hesitate, picking up the unconscious Shui Linglong and stepping into the vortex.

"Hum!" With a flash of blue light, their figures were swallowed whole.

"Stop her! Don't let her run!"

"Boom!"

The vines were torn apart violently. Several Blood Fiend Hall disciples rushed in, just in time to see the vortex dissipating.

"You're courting death!" The leader roared, slashing his blade toward Chen Feng.

"Clang!" Sparks flew everywhere. Chen Feng was sent stumbling back, but he still blocked the entrance firmly.

"Kill him! Catch that brat!"

More Blood Fiend Hall disciples swarmed in, and the blade light instantly engulfed Chen Feng.

He roared, fighting to the death, and several wounds appeared on his body in an instant.

"Pfft—"

A long sword pierced through his chest.

Chen Feng's body stiffened. He looked down at the sword tip protruding from his chest, the confusion in his eyes fading, leaving only a trace of relief.

"Brother Lin... in the next life... let's fight side by side again..."

Before he could finish, the light in his eyes vanished, and his body slowly collapsed.

"Chen Feng--!!!"

A shrill, sorrowful cry from Su Muxue echoed from deep within the vortex, and as the spatial fluctuations dissipated, the passage vanished completely.

Lin Ye lay quietly on the ground, completely unaware of the tragedy surrounding him.

"The Vice Hall Master has ordered: bring him back dead or alive! The brat is still breathing, tie him up and take him!" the leader sneered viciously.

Two subordinates immediately pulled out specialized chains and stepped forward, intending to bind Lin Ye.

The moment their fingers touched Lin Ye--

Lin Ye, who had been motionless, felt his body tremble slightly.

An invisible force field slowly unfurled, centered on him, covering only a three-foot radius around his body.

The two Blood Fiend Hall disciples froze mid-action, the sneers on their faces solidifying as extreme terror erupted in their eyes; their bodies fell straight to the ground, blood streaming from their seven orifices.

"What?!"

The leader's expression changed drastically, and he retreated several steps in horror, staring at the two corpses in disbelief.

"Monster!" his voice trembled.

A heavily injured, unconscious person had silently killed two experts at the mid-stage of the True Qi Realm.

"Vice Hall Master! There is something strange here!" the leader dared not approach, shouting toward the outside.

"Useless trash! You can't even take down a half-dead man!"

Xue Li swept his gaze over, landing on the invisible force field surrounding Lin Ye, his eyes filled with uncertainty.

"Good! Good! He is truly not simple!" Xue Li licked his lips, "No wonder he could kill so many of my men and fight his way out of the camp! This brat must be hiding a huge secret! This strange force field... could it be some kind of lost, special constitution?"

"Vice Hall Master, what should we do now?" an elder asked in a deep voice, his eyes filled with wariness as he looked at Lin Ye.

"Bring him back! Use the Soul Refining Lock to bind him and take him to the Blood Pool!" a madness flashed in Xue Li's eyes, "The blood sacrifice still lacks high-quality offerings and souls! This brat, combined with the soul of Shui Linglong, will be enough to fully activate the Blood Pool and summon more of The Master's power to descend!"

"Yes!"

Four disciples holding the Soul Refining Lock approached Lin Ye cautiously.

They dared not touch him directly, instead throwing the Soul Refining Locks from a distance, aiming to coil them around Lin Ye's body.

Lin Ye's body vibrated more violently, and the strange patterns on his skin began to glow.

"Boom--!"

A force field filled with a desire for consumption instantly spread throughout the rock crevice, expanding outward.

The moment the force field erupted, the blood-colored runes on the surface of the four Soul Refining Locks shattered instantly, and the chains crumbled into pieces like rotten wood.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

They were all sent flying back, slamming into the rock walls, and were already on the verge of death upon hitting the ground.

"What?!" Xue Li's pupils constricted: this strange force field could instantly destroy magical artifacts and severely injure cultivators?