The Weight in Her Heart Had Surpassed Life Itself
This time, there were no obstacles!
The barrier seemed to sense the dormant Ice and Fire True Spirit Mark within Lin Xia's body and the two core Divine Source Orbs, rippling out like water and actively opening a passage!
Puff--!
The sound of piercing the water's surface was so clear in the silent God-Fall Space.
Lin Xia and Ivysaur instantly plunged into the thick, scalding, and Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Spring above!
Lin Xia's body, immune to both ice and fire, made him completely unaffected by the potentially deadly spring water, as if he were walking through lukewarm water.
He had only one thought in his mind: Faster! Faster!
Lin Xia is now afraid that Bibi Dong will do something irrational!
Lin Xia unleashed the power of her newborn life with all her might, creating a vacuum-like shockwave around her body that Sheer Force pushed aside the red and white spring water!
Ivysaur followed closely behind, its Four-Colored Light Wheel trailing a beautiful ribbon of light in the water.
Rise! Rise!
The light grew brighter, the water pressure decreased... Lin Xia's divine sense had already swept upwards like a radar!
Finally--
Whoosh!!!
The center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Spring, which had been calm for who knows how long, suddenly erupted with a huge splash of water!
A small figure, enveloped in a faint red and blue aura, emerged from the water like a dragon rising from the sea, carrying a powerful life force and a trace of lingering divine pressure, and landed steadily on the shore!
Following closely behind was Ivysaur the four-colored Divine Wheel on its back. Its heavy body landed with a dull thud, causing the ground to tremble slightly.
Before Lin Xia could even regain her footing, her gaze, like the most precise arrow, instantly Lock-On onto the purple figure kneeling on the ground by the spring.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
The afterglow of the setting sun cast a sorrowful golden hue over the valley.
Bibi Dong knelt there, her magnificent purple-gold robes stained with mud and tears, and beneath her crooked crown, disheveled hair clung to her snow-white cheeks.
Her hands hung limply at her sides, her fingertips covered in dried blood and dirt—marks left from her desperate attempts to pry open the barrier.
Her body trembled slightly, her shoulders rose and fell silently, and beneath her buried face, suppressed sobs came in broken, intermittent bursts, like the final lament of a dying animal.
She was surrounded by a deathly stillness and despair that could freeze the soul, as if all the light in the world had been extinguished.
"Master... Master..."
Lin Xia's voice trembled slightly, softly, as if afraid of shattering a fragile dream, echoing in the deathly silent valley.
The sobbing abruptly stopped.
Bibi Dong's body stiffened abruptly, as if struck by an invisible Thunder Shock.
She raised her head very slowly, with an almost fearful hesitation.
Tears had already blurred her beautiful face; her eyelids were red and swollen, and her purple eyes were empty and unfocused, as if she were still immersed in boundless darkness, with only tears instinctively and blankly sliding down her cheeks.
Her gaze swept aimlessly across the water, then across the shore...
Then, like rusty gears turning with difficulty, it finally settled on that small figure standing by the spring, soaking wet but radiating vibrant life.
Time seemed to freeze once again.
Those empty, desperate purple eyes, like stagnant water tossed with stones, suddenly surged into a monstrous wave!
Disbelief, bewilderment, ecstasy, fear (fear that this is an illusion)... countless intense emotions collided and exploded wildly within it!
"Xiao... Xiao Xia...?"
A broken, hoarse, almost inaudible breath escaped from her trembling lips.
The next moment, Lin Xia moved.
Without the slightest hesitation, his small figure shot across the short distance between them like an arrow released from a bow, and he plunged headfirst into that cold and trembling embrace!
"Master! It's me! I'm back! I'm perfectly fine! Really perfectly fine!"
Lin Xia hugged Bibi Dong's slender yet stiff waist tightly, burying her face deep in Bibi Dong's clothes, which were wet with tears and smelled of dust. Her voice was choked with sobs, yet she clearly declared her presence.
The embrace was cold, carrying the chill of lingering despair.
But the warm, vibrant, and incredibly real touch of Lin Xia's body was like the hottest lava, instantly shattering the ice that had frozen everything in Bibi Dong's heart!
"Ah--!!!"
A heart-wrenching scream, yet containing boundless ecstasy and lingering fear, suddenly erupted from deep within Bibi Dong's throat!
It was no longer a suppressed sob, but a tremendous emotional outpouring of joy at something lost and found, a feeling of surviving a catastrophe!
Her hands, stained with blood and mud, clung to the small body in her arms with a strength beyond limits, like a drowning person grasping at the last piece of driftwood!
The force was so great that Lin Xia's bones made a slight cracking sound, almost merging him into his very being!
"Xiao Xia! My Xiao Xia!!"
Bibi Dong buried her face deeply in Lin Xia's neck, her scalding tears flowing like a burst dam, instantly soaking his collar and hair, burning intensely.
Her body trembled violently, not from sadness, but from a violent reaction intertwined with an overwhelming surge of joy and lingering fear.
She spoke incoherently, her voice broken and fragmented:
"You scared me to death... you really scared me to death..."
"I thought... I thought..."
"It's good that you're back... it's good that you're back..."
Every word was tinged with sobs, every tremor spoke of a mother's indescribable ecstasy and lingering fear after being pulled back from the brink of Abyss.
Lin Xia was in excruciating pain from being strangled, but she didn't dare to struggle at all. Instead, she used all her strength to hug her master's trembling body back, clumsily patting her back with her small hands, repeating the motion over and over again.
"I'm sorry, Master... I'm so sorry... I'm back, I'm really back..."
In the valley, the sunset was as red as blood.
The giant Ivysaur stood quietly guarding the side, its Four-Colored Light Wheel on its back slowly rotating, emitting a soft and sacred glow that illuminated the master and disciple who were embracing and weeping.
Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stood at a distance, watching this scene of loss and recovery, and the overflowing of emotions. Their hearts were also churning, and they were speechless with shock.
Even Poison Douluo's eyes couldn't help but become a little moist.
He knew that from this moment on, the weight of this Holy Son in His Holiness the Pope had surpassed even life itself.
And his fate, that of Dugu Bo, the Spirit Hall, and this Holy Son, was completely and firmly intertwined.
Not far away, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were already deeply shocked by this scene of surviving a calamity and their emotions overflowing.
As Poison Douluo gazed at the embracing figures, the complex emotions in his eyes ultimately transformed into a silent sigh and a sense of relief.
He gently tugged at his granddaughter, whose eyes were also red-rimmed and who was tightly covering her mouth, and gestured to her with his eyes.
Dugu Yan understood, and took one last deep look at the giant beast Ivysaur that exuded a sacred aura and the master and disciple in the center. The grandfather and grandson retreated silently, their figures quickly disappearing in the direction of the valley entrance, and walked towards the simple wooden house built by Dugu Bo, leaving this space full of tears and rebirth completely to them.
The valley fell completely silent, with only the sound of the wind, the sound of the spring, and Bibi Dong's suppressed, subtle sob deep in her throat.
Time passed slowly, the sun sank lower, and the light in the valley began to soften and become hazy.
Lin Xia felt that her master's body in her arms had finally stopped trembling violently, and the tightness in his arms had also loosened slightly, but her arms were still wrapped around him, as if he would disappear if she let go.