Run!

They had come today for one purpose: to take Bibi Dong's life!

Chen Xing lowered his head and looked at the woman in his arms.

He found her looking as though she had resigned herself to her fate, her brows slightly furrowed and her eyes faintly reddened as she stared at the bare wall.

Clearly, when Guang Ling nocked his final arrow, Bibi Dong had also realized what these people intended.

"Big brother!"

"Today, I'll avenge you!"

The instant those words fell!

The Ice Arrow shot out, rapidly growing larger in Chen Xing's field of vision.

At the same time, a scalding tear slipped down, stark against the woman's icy skin, and fell into the young man's palm.

Even with death approaching, Bibi Dong had not uttered a single word of surrender.

Perhaps she truly feared losing Chen Xing. Perhaps she feared being unable to avenge herself. Perhaps she feared death, too...

But all of it seemed about to come to nothing!

Only...

Teacher... why wouldn't you let me go...?

Perhaps if you'd just sent me away, things would have ended differently.

Was it really only for the Golden Light Orb?

[First Soul Skill: Xuewu... Blazing Sun!]

A raw, desperate roar exploded beside the woman's ear.

The next second, countless flurries of ice and snow appeared out of thin air around them.

Unlike the Ice Arrow that ate away at their bodies, these snowflakes were more like countless sprites.

As they danced, they formed a veil that blocked everyone's sight.

"Teacher!"

"Run!"

That roar jolted Bibi Dong awake. Her eyes met the young man's, only to find that his appearance had already changed completely.

Ice crystals coated his once purple-gold tousled hair, and a trace of pale blue had entered his eyes.

At the same time, she could clearly feel the frozen soul power within her beginning to thaw, little by little.

"This..."

"What's happening?"

Before Bibi Dong could react, the enormous crystalline arrow pierced straight through the young man's chest, pinning him firmly to the ground.

At that same instant, an orb of golden light floated out of his palm and sank into her body.

Her frozen soul power instantly began flowing again.

As the sensation of regaining control over her martial soul returned, Bibi Dong finally regained her ability to think.

"This..."

"Chen Xing..."

"Are you saving me?"

I'd treated this brat so cruelly before. I'd hated him so much...

Then why was he the one making me feel chosen, trusted?

Bibi Dong lowered her head to look at the young man, only to find that the entire crystalline arrow had pierced through him.

Boundless fury flooded her mind in an instant. Her Rakshasa divine power could no longer be restrained, surging outward like towering waves.

"Guang Ling!"

"I'll kill you!"

[Death Spider Emperor: Martial Soul Possession]

Black had stained the woman's purple eyes. Clearly, she had already lost all reason.

[Eighth Soul Skill: Spider Emperor...]

"Run... away..."

The young man's murmur reached her ears, making her tremble.

A wisp of golden light emerged at the corner of Bibi Dong's eye, and she looked down at him.

Chen Xing's breathing was already as faint as a thread.

"You can't beat them..."

"I know, I know!"

"Don't speak anymore!"

"I'll get you out of here right now..."

Bibi Dong tried to lift Chen Xing into her arms, only to find that the arrow had pinned him fast to the ground.

Forcing him up would only tear his entire chest apart.

"Hold on. I'll find a healing Soul Master right away."

"They... want to kill you..."

"Run..."

With that final word, the young man no longer had the strength to speak. He could only look at her with pleading eyes.

Pleading with her to run...

The wind and snow around them were about to dissipate, and Chen Xing closed his eyes.

Endless despair spread through the woman's heart, growing wild.

Run!

I have to get out!

Hot tears slipped down her cheeks and splashed against Chen Xing's face.

[Death Spider Emperor: Martial Soul Possession]