Between Life and Death

[As Gui Mei's brow furrowed tighter and tighter, the ominous feeling in Bibi Dong's heart grew stronger.]

["Elder Gui..."]

["How is Su Chen... exactly?"]

[As she spoke, Bibi Dong's hands trembled lightly.]

[Beside her, Liu Erlong instinctively held her breath.]

[If Su Chen had not forcibly interrupted the fusion skill just now, Bibi Dong would certainly have been seriously injured, and Liu Erlong herself would not have fared well either.]

[In her eyes, everything before them had happened because of her.]

[At that thought, Liu Erlong's nails dug deeply into her palms.]

[Facing the anxious gazes of the two women, Gui Mei fell silent for a moment before finally speaking slowly.]

["His condition is very bad."]

[Those four short words made Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong's faces turn even paler.]

[Gui Mei lowered his head to look at Su Chen, who sat cross-legged with his eyes shut, his voice low.]

["Just now, while the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was operating at full power, he forcibly severed the Soul Power circuit."]

["At that instant, the berserk force produced by the fusion rebounded directly into his body."]

["Now, the Soul Power within him is in chaos, battering his limbs, bones, organs, and innards."]

["If it were an ordinary Soul Master, he would likely have died on the spot already."]

[Upon hearing that, Bibi Dong's eyes immediately reddened.]

["Elder Gui, you must have a solution, right? You're a Title Douluo!"]

[Gui Mei's brow, however, furrowed even more deeply.]

["If he were an ordinary Soul Master, I would naturally have a way."]

["As long as I sent my Soul Power into his body, guided his original Soul Power into circulation again, and supplemented it with a healing Soul Master, there would be a strong chance of saving him."]

["But Su Chen is different."]

["His cultivation system is different. According to him, what he cultivates is Natural Soul Power."]

["So if I intervene rashly, I will only cause the already chaotic Natural Soul Power in his body to completely lose control."]

["At that point..."]

Outside the Sky Screen.

Seeing this scene, Yu Xiaogang was first stunned. Then, the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed.

He had waited and hoped for so long. At last, Su Chen was about to die.

"Good!"

"Excellent!"

"Wasn't he arrogant? Wasn't he capable?"

"He actually dared to forcibly sever his Soul Power while the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was running. He deserved it!"

Yu Xiaogang cheered repeatedly in his heart.

But unlike Yu Xiaogang's delight, the hearts of more viewers rose to their throats.

Most people admired Su Chen. After all, the talent and ability he had displayed on his journey thus far had already won over countless viewers.

Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi let out a soft sigh.

"Such a genius would be far too pitiful if he truly fell here."

At Shrek Academy, Tang San's brow was tightly furrowed.

He still wanted to learn from Su Chen's cultivation method!

At the same time, an especially conspicuous comment suddenly appeared across the Sky Screen.

[Di Tian]: Fool!

[Di Tian]: For the sake of a woman, he actually disregarded his own life and death.

In Di Tian's eyes, love and romance were nothing but fleeting clouds. Only becoming stronger was the truth.

As soon as those comments appeared, female Soul Masters quickly could not help but argue back.

[Dugu Yan]: In that situation, who could possibly stand by and watch Bibi Dong suffer such grievous injuries?

[Ning Rongrong]: If Su Chen had truly done nothing, that would have been cold-blooded!

[Huo Wu]: Before this, I thought Su Chen was a scumbag who took advantage of Bibi Dong's feelings and only knew how to cultivate.

[Huo Wu]: But now, it seems that isn't the case.

[Huo Wu]: At the very least, that instinctive action just now shows that he still cares about Bibi Dong in his heart.

Seeing those comments, Bibi Dong, within the Pope's Palace, could not help but tremble inwardly.

Su Chen on the Sky Screen had even been willing to disregard his own safety for her sake.

If it had been Yu Xiaogang...

Memories of the past surfaced in her mind. In those memories, whenever Yu Xiaogang faced Qian Xunji, he always seemed timid and submissive. Even when he was ultimately driven out of Spirit City, he had not dared to say a single extra word.

At that moment, a faint trace of doubt arose in Bibi Dong's heart.

"Was Xiao Gang truly worth my never forgetting him?"

Yet that trace of doubt was swiftly drowned by the Rakshasa Evil Thought.

At the same time, the scene on the Sky Screen continued.

[After hearing Gui Mei's words, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong's expressions changed almost at the same time.]

[Bibi Dong's eyes reddened even more.]

[She was truly afraid.]

[She was afraid that Su Chen would die right before her eyes.]

[If she had not insisted on testing the Golden Sacred Dragon's combat strength.]

[If she had not gotten carried away and provoked Liu Erlong into fighting in earnest.]

[Su Chen would never have ended up like this.]

["It's all my fault..."]

[Bibi Dong bit her lip hard, her voice hoarse.]

["If it weren't for me, things would never have turned out this way."]

[Hearing this, Liu Erlong felt a painful tightness in her chest.]

[She wanted to say something, but when the words reached her lips, she could not utter a single one.]

[Seeing this, Gui Mei knew that this was not the time to let the two women continue blaming themselves, and he immediately spoke in a deep voice.]

["I'll go find a healing Soul Master."]

["Until I return, the two of you must guard him well."]

["No one must be allowed to disturb him."]

[At his words, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong both nodded heavily.]

["Alright!"]

[Seeing the two women agree, Gui Mei did not delay further and vanished from where he stood in an instant.]

[Meanwhile, Su Chen had already shut out everything in the outside world.]

[All his focus had sunk into his body.]

[Within him, the Natural Soul Power that had originally circulated continuously according to the Soul-Shattering Foundation Building Method had completely run out of control, crashing madly through his meridians.]

[Every collision felt as though blades were viciously scraping through his flesh.]

[If it had been anyone else, their consciousness would likely have collapsed by now.]

[But Su Chen did not.]

[The closer he came to the brink of life and death, the more focused his mind became.]

[Unknowingly, Su Chen felt as though he had entered a strange state.]

[His consciousness seemed to suddenly rise to a higher vantage point, from which it began to overlook his own body.]

[At that moment, Su Chen felt an unprecedented clarity in his control over his body.]

[Skin, flesh, bones, meridians, organs, blood, and Soul Power.]

[Everything was within his control.]

[He could even clearly see where every wisp of turbulent Natural Soul Power within him collided, where it accumulated, and where it fell out of balance.]

[At that moment, he understood where the shackle that had constrained him all this time lay: the instability of Natural Soul Power.]

[This caused both his simulated Martial Souls and the Soul Skills he released to be exceedingly insubstantial, leaving him able to rely only on the stacking of countless Soul Skills for his combat strength.]

[And how could he change this situation?]

[Su Chen had already found the answer in the Soul Power fusion just now.]