Crack-
Ning Ke heard bones shatter.
"Aunt Bai!!"
He barely had time to cry out before another hand shot out of the ground, its fingers hooked into claws, and pierced straight through Bai Wanru's chest!
Bai Wanru swung the Forging Hammer, smashing the hand gripping her ankle as fast as she could. The hand that had pierced her chest flew straight back to Nan Yi, who should have been lying battered on the ground in the distance, and joined his severed wrist. Before long, the seam disappeared.
Nan Yi rose, his wounds slowly beginning to heal. He rolled his neck and said, "Humans are an inferior race, after all. As long as this city remains, as long as those humans remain, we Great Demons can draw endless flesh and blood from beneath the ground. We cannot die or be destroyed."
"And you..." He pointed at Bai Wanru and laughed. "Even if you avoided a fatal wound, how long can you last in that state?"
Blood streamed from the wound in Bai Wanru's chest. Even after she swallowed medicine to stop the bleeding, the injury was simply too severe. Despite her high cultivation, her vision darkened, and she swayed on her feet.
"Aunt Bai..." Ning Ke's eyes reddened. He slumped on the ground, gritting his teeth as despair surged into his heart.
So deep, so heavy.
It swallowed him whole.
"A Ke, don't be afraid." Hearing his cry, Bai Wanru turned back and smiled.
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and flexed her arm, showing Ning Ke her biceps. "Look. I'm perfectly fine."
Lowering her clothes, Bai Wanru raised the Forging Hammer again. Spiritual energy gathered thickly around her, and the Buddha Lotus Lamp's green light deepened until it covered the entire ground.
Dark clouds gathered overhead,