Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
In the blink of an eye, Qu Qi's Doppelganger, Wu Yiyan, Zhu Wanning, and the others all retreated. Following Qu Qi's lead, the many members of the Demon Spirit Race throughout the Heavenly Spirit Race Territory also began withdrawing.
As Qu Qi and the others left, the pressure shrouding the vast expanse around them slowly dissipated.
"Yun Chang! Yun Chang!"
With tears in her eyes, Jiang Yingying flashed to Yun Chang's side. He lay on the ground, his face as pale as paper. His life aura was already undetectable, and a large bloodstain covered his chest.
"You... why were you so foolish? Why did you come over?" Agony pierced Jiang Yingying's heart. Yun Chang had taken Qu Qi's attack in her place.
If not for Yun Chang, Jiang Yingying would have been the one lying on the ground.
"I told you..."
"I would protect you..."
As he watched Jiang Yingying approach, a smile appeared on Yun Chang's pale face. But that smile suddenly froze, as though time itself had stopped at that moment, fixing it in place forever.
"Yun Chang..." Jiang Yingying cried out. She could no longer sense his life aura at all. Frantically, she gathered him into her arms, but even his body had already turned terribly cold.
"Yingying!"
With a streak of golden light, Jiang Yuanhe arrived before Jiang Yingying and Yun Chang in an instant, his life divine power burning. It had not dissipated and continued to burn. The sight of Yun Chang lying on the ground and Jiang Yingying's tear-streaked face shook him as well.
Although Jiang Yuanhe had been fighting Qu Qi's true self high in the sky, he had clearly sensed everything that happened below.
At the critical moment, Yun Chang had broken through, successfully grasping a wisp of Rule