The instant the Demonic Lust Ape locked onto Yun Yun, Xiao Yan hurriedly got up and fled.
Yun Yun, however, had no choice but to remain rooted to the spot.
She knew she could no longer escape.
Had the Demonic Lust Ape not caught up to her, that would have been one thing.
But once it caught up, it would chase her to the ends of the earth until she died!
And in her haste to recover her ring, she had come out before her injuries had even healed.
Now, without her Dou Qi Wings and with her Dou Qi running dry, she clearly could not outrun the Demonic Lust Ape.
However unwilling she was, the Demonic Lust Ape was already charging at her, forcing Yun Yun to meet its attacks.
She forcibly mustered her Dou Qi, sending wave after wave of green energy crashing against the Demonic Lust Ape's iron-hard skin.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sparks flew, but her attacks left only faint white marks.
As expected of a Fourth-Order Magical Beast, its physical defenses were simply too strong!
The Demonic Lust Ape, by contrast, attacked with broad, sweeping movements and savage fury.
Each swing of its huge, fanlike hands brought a vicious gust that tore through the air, forcing Yun Yun to dodge desperately.
Her grievous injuries had yet to heal, her Dou Emperor cultivation had been sealed down to the Dou Ling level, and she had recovered only a meager trace of Dou Qi.
Every attack from the Demonic Lust Ape accelerated the depletion of what little Dou Qi she had left.
"Roar!"
The Demonic Lust Ape let out a frenzied roar, growing excited.
It could sense that the delectable female creature before it was nearly out of strength.
Yun Yun's hands began to tremble. Her stunning face was deathly pale, and her heart held nothing but endless regret and despair.
How could I have lost my head and dared to rampage through the Magical Beast Mountain Range before my grievous injuries had healed?
Am I really going to die here today, violated by this beast?
No!
If that's the alternative, I'd rather die!
She checked the Dou Qi within her again. It was almost gone!
Resolve hardened in Yun Yun's heart. If she could not escape, she would detonate her Dou Qi and take this beast down with her!
Even if I die, I will never suffer that humiliation!
Behind a towering tree more than a thousand meters away, Xiao Yan finally finished regulating his breathing.
With ample pills to support him, the Dou Qi within his body had recovered to roughly half its capacity.
Whatever happened, that was enough to protect himself.
Watching the battle between Yun Yun and the Demonic Lust Ape from afar, Xiao Yan hesitated.
That woman was clearly on the verge of collapse.
Although he had no interest whatsoever in women, he still had some humanity.
Given the Demonic Lust Ape's nature, if that woman fell into its hands, her fate would be too dreadful to imagine.
After a moment's hesitation, Xiao Yan decided to intervene.
Seeing Xiao Yan move, Yao Lao chuckled.
This was why he could accept Xiao Yan.
The brat might be cunning and unpleasant, but his nature was not bad, and he walked the righteous path.
Yet a second later, Yao Lao did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Although Xiao Yan darted forward and blocked some of the Demonic Lust Ape's attacks for Yun Yun, he did not give it his all, instead constantly weaving around it.
He kept Yun Yun from dying of exhaustion, but also left her unable to escape, her Dou Qi continually draining away for nothing.
Yun Yun had already sunk into despair. When Xiao Yan appeared, she was startled at first, thinking he had come to loot a burning house.
She was just about to guard against him when, to her surprise, Xiao Yan began blocking the Demonic Lust Ape's attacks for her.
Yun Yun relaxed inwardly, a trace of goodwill just beginning to emerge as she thought that perhaps this man was not so bad after all.
But moments later, she could not help wanting to curse him out.
His halfhearted rescue clearly amounted to standing by and watching her Dou Qi continue to drain away.
It seemed he still had no good intentions and wanted to loot a burning house!
This time, Yun Yun truly despaired.
Caught between attacks from both sides, she feared she really could not escape her doom!
With her Dou Qi nearly exhausted, Yun Yun was about to unleash her ultimate move and self-destruct in despair when Xiao Yan shouted:
"Show me what you're really capable of if you don't want to die!
As long as you can seriously injure it, I can kill it!"
Yun Yun hesitated.
She had only one last trace of Dou Qi remaining. If she used it to attack the Demonic Lust Ape, she would lose all ability to resist and fall into this little thief's hands.
Still, falling into this little thief's hands was better than falling into the Demonic Lust Ape's!
Gritting her teeth, Yun Yun unleashed the last of her Dou Qi and attacked the Demonic Lust Ape!
"Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill!"
Meanwhile, Xiao Yan circled behind the Demonic Lust Ape.
Seizing the moment when Yun Yun dealt it a grievous wound, he too roused his Dou Qi and attacked the Demonic Lust Ape!
"Eight Extremes Collapse!"
Struck by two killing moves, the Demonic Lust Ape finally could endure no more!
"Awooo-!"
The Demonic Lust Ape let out an agonized howl of utter misery, and its massive body crashed to the ground!
It worked!
Yun Yun and Xiao Yan both felt relief wash over them.
With the danger past, Yun Yun lay helplessly on the ground, gasping for breath.
Xiao Yan, however, still had strength to spare and landed calmly on the ground.
Yet at that very instant, an unforeseen change occurred!
A flicker of bitter, unwilling malice flashed through the crimson eyes of the fallen, dying Demonic Lust Ape.
It abruptly opened its huge, bloody maw and spewed a cloud of extraordinarily dense pink mist!
Carrying a strange, sweet fragrance, the mist spread like a great net, rushing straight over the utterly unprepared Yun Yun!
This is bad!
Xiao Yan's pupils abruptly contracted. He recognized it!
This was the Demonic Lust Ape's innate skill, Aphrodisiac Poison Mist!
The poison was overwhelmingly potent. Even a Dou Wang expert struck by it would struggle to escape its effects!
With no time to think, Xiao Yan unleashed Dou Qi beneath his feet and shot forward like lightning, reaching for Yun Yun to pull her out of the Aphrodisiac Poison Mist's range!
"Don't touch me!"
With her back to the Demonic Lust Ape, Yun Yun could not see the incoming Aphrodisiac Poison Mist, but she could see Xiao Yan suddenly lunging toward her with his hand outstretched!
Almost instinctively, she assumed he intended to do something sinister to her!
In that lightning-fast instant, she had no time to think either. Mustering her very last wisp of Dou Qi, she swung her palm back toward Xiao Yan's chest!
The palm strike was not weak. It was the last, tenuous trump card Yun Yun had reserved for herself.
Caught off guard, Xiao Yan could only twist around and take the strike head-on.
But it also stalled his movement.
The next second, the pink mist instantly enveloped them both.
That strange, sweet fragrance surged madly into their mouths and noses.
It's over!
Those were the only words left in Xiao Yan's mind.
After only a few breaths, he felt as though his body had been thrown into a furnace, a scorching, unholy fire abruptly surging from the depths of his dantian!
The scene before his eyes began to blur and overlap.
Beside him, Yun Yun's pale, stunning face had also taken on an unnatural crimson flush.
Her gaze grew hazy, her breathing quickened, and her soft body collapsed.
Clinging to his final shred of willpower, Xiao Yan picked Yun Yun up and returned to his cave, then completely lost control of himself.
Before darkness swallowed his consciousness, Xiao Yan could not help heaving a long sigh inwardly.
Why does this scene feel so familiar?
In my previous life, in the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, didn't my ill-fated entanglement with that woman named Nangong Wan begin just like this?
How can I change worlds and still step squarely into the exact same trap?
Heavens, are you toying with me?
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