"Go! Don't worry about me!"
After killing the Peacock King, Bai Yu froze briefly, then suddenly looked anxiously at the Bamboo Puppet before him.
"Stop playing the hero."
Just then, a figure silently appeared beside Bai Yu, then pulled the stopper from the gourd in his hand with a pop.
"Get in, quick."
"T-T aiping?!"
Bai Yu looked stunned.
Indeed, the newcomer was Xu Taiping.
But after drawing his bow twice in succession, Xu Taiping was already extremely weak.
"Taiping, take this brat and go. I'll stop this sword strike."
Fairy Lingyue, who possessed the Bamboo Puppet, tossed the saber in her hand to Xu Taiping, then stepped on empty air and leaped up, throwing a punch at the sword descending overhead.
"Hurry."
Xu Taiping urged Bai Yu.
"But I..."
"You want to use your death to leave your father with nothing more to worry about, is that it?"
Before Bai Yu could finish, Xu Taiping interrupted him.
Then, for the first time, he used the Soul Contract to command him:
"Get in. Without my permission, you're not allowed to die, even if your father tells you to!"
The moment he finished speaking, Xu Taiping forcibly drew Bai Yu into the gourd.
Bai Yu still wanted to struggle, but then he heard Xu Taiping say:
"Have you ever thought about how you're the only family Uncle White Rainbow has left in this world? If you're gone too, what meaning would his revenge have?"
Xu Taiping knew very well what it felt like to be utterly alone after losing one's family.
Inside the gourd, Bai Yu finally stopped struggling after hearing those words.
"Trying to escape? It won't be that easy!"
Just then, a fierce streak of sword light tore through the air, thrusting straight at Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping turned