God Slayer

"If something happens to you, I..." Zhu Zhuqing gave a miserable smile; at this moment, she had already resolved herself to die.

No matter how terrifying the talent and combat ability Mu Qian displayed, she did not believe he could escape unscathed in this situation, let alone kill his opponent.

That thick darkness not only obscured Zhu Zhuqing's vision but also clouded her longing for the future.

Zhu Zhuqing kept changing her position, attempting to see the situation clearly within the gloom.

If something happened to Mu Qian, rather than being dragged back to endure that hellish torture, it would be better to let this place become their burial ground.

At least the environment was beautiful; at night, one could still see the sky full of brilliant starlight...

"Zhuqing, look out!"

Suddenly, Mu Qian's urgent and furious voice came from mid-air.

Zhu Zhuqing felt a surge of joy; this meant Mu Qian was still safe for the moment.

But immediately after, a sensation that made her scalp tingle came from behind.

"Something's wrong!" Zhu Zhuqing reacted instantly. Having maintained her Martial Soul Possession the entire time, her body instinctively darted to one side.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a violent roar, the forest was instantly shrouded in thick smoke generated by the explosion.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was one of horror. Her attention had been entirely on the old man from the Offering Hall and Mu Qian, and she had actually overlooked that there were pursuers behind her!

Mu Qian was the same; he had thought he had shaken off that Earth King, but he hadn't expected the creature to catch up during a gap in the battle.

Within the thick smoke, a terrifying soul power fluctuation was still gathering.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was resolute. Relying on her body's instincts to dodge that one attack had been her limit.

She didn't even have a second soul ring yet; how could the massive gap in cultivation allow her to dodge another attack?

Within the domain, Mu Qian's eyes were splitting with rage. He had already recognized that what was currently gathering was the Earth King's innate skill: Magma Earth-Splitting Strike.

If he allowed the opponent to unleash it, with that eighty-thousand-year cultivation, there was absolutely no possibility of Zhu Zhuqing surviving.

He had brought her out of Star Luo City—was this to be the ending?

No, Mu Qian would not accept this!

"First Soul Skill... God Slayer!"

At this very moment, Mu Qian could no longer worry about finishing off the old man from the Offering Hall.

Having been hit by his strongest mental attack, the old man's soul had already suffered heavy damage, and his threat was currently less than that of the Earth King below.

Besides, he had no choice.

As the thick smoke dissipated, the figure of the Earth King was exposed to their sight.

Those small eyes were filled with fury, seeing only Zhu Zhuqing in front of it.

It wasn't just Mu Qian; to the beast, it also hated this female human who had ruined its plans twice.

"Beast! Die for me!"

Mu Qian roared, his intense anxiety making it impossible for him to remain calm.

Below, Zhu Zhuqing looked at Mu Qian's anxious appearance, and a look of relief spread across her lips.

Even while facing the Earth King's attack, her gaze never left the boy's face.

Looking at that panicked and helpless expression, Zhu Zhuqing suddenly felt that even if she died like this, it was worth having walked through this world once.

I just hope I don't drag him down with me... This was the only thought in her heart now.

Is he actually a user of Twin Martial Souls? And he even possesses a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Your future is destined to be vast. I wonder if, in the future, you will still remember that there was once a girl like me who passed through your life...

At the same time, she didn't know why she felt an extremely intimate sensation; that purple-black energy felt very comfortable, and she had a strong urge to reach out and touch it.

"Ah!"

Mu Qian let out a furious shout. The soul power in his body surged wildly, and in almost an instant, it was sucked dry.

The purple-black energy in his hands instantly expanded and reorganized, condensing into his right hand.

An incomparable, terrifying pressure instantly spread through the air. His broad Dragon Wings extended from his back once more, and mysterious runes flickered with a pitch-black, ink-like luster.

The light in the space began to dissipate rapidly, and the entire sky turned gloomy. Even though it was midday, it felt as if it were night.

"Roar!" A fierce dragon's roar resounded through the sky, as if the bloodline pressure from an ancient, primordial era instantly shrouded the Earth King.

The thick purple-black energy continued to converge, finally solidifying into shape.

A black long spear appeared in Mu Qian's hand. The tip of the spear was a majestic, streamlined shape, like the sharpest blade in the world. The joints of the spear shaft had the color of purple crystal, yet there were no traces of any connections.

At this moment, Mu Qian's short, jet-black hair underwent a change, and his Dragon Wings—originally radiating a cyan-gold sacred light—were dyed a mysterious purple-black.

His gaze held a deathly coldness, like a demon god descended from the heavens.

Yet, in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, he was so intimate and majestic.

"Go to hell! You beast!"

Mu Qian held the spear high, carving a purple-black arc through the air. He twisted his body to accumulate power to the limit and violently hurled it at the Earth King.

This simple movement unleashed a might sufficient to trigger phenomena that defied the heavens and earth; in that instant, it was as if the sun and moon lost their luster, the mountains and rivers inverted, and the world entered a countdown.

At the same time, it seemed to have exhausted all of Mu Qian's soul power.

The Dragon Wings behind him could no longer sustain his flight, and his body swayed before plummeting toward the ground.

"Mu Qian!" Zhu Zhuqing felt a surge of panic and sprinted at full speed toward his landing spot.

Just as she caught Mu Qian's body, the purple-black spear struck the Earth King below with a power capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth.

"BOOM!"

In that moment, there was no more light in the world, only the roar that seemed to pierce through time and space...

Soon, the world seemed to have been pressed with a pause button, falling into a deathly silence where even the sound of a scream could not be heard.

Time had frozen in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, her crystalline pupils trembling slightly as they reflected that handsome yet weary face.

The darkness and cold of the world seemed irrelevant to her; she gently caressed the boy's face, and in their world, all external things vanished, leaving only each other.

A long while later, the world returned to calm.

A clearing with a diameter of several hundred meters appeared before them, devoid of grass or any trace of life.

The Earth King that had been there before was gone, and in the wake of that terrifying energy storm, not even a soul ring remained.

"Why are you so foolish..." Seeing how weak Mu Qian was, Zhu Zhuqing could no longer control her emotions.

Tears flowed down her smooth cheeks, dripping onto the back of Mu Qian's hand, bringing with them an unusual coolness.

Mu Qian smiled, reaching out to brush across her face and wipe away the tears that seemed to be flowing like a broken dam.

His fingertips glided over the girl's face, feeling as if he were stroking warm, polished mutton-fat jade—silky yet resilient.

That sensation made him loath to pull his hand away.

"I haven't fulfilled my promise to help you obtain a thousand-year soul ring yet, so how could I bear to let anything happen to you?"

"Is saving me just about fulfilling a promise?" Zhu Zhuqing asked softly.

Even though her heart felt warm, for some reason, she felt a faint sense of panic.