"My wife!"
That piercing, wretched scream from Yang Qin not only distracted Guo Ding, whose killing intent had surged, but also gave Lu Mingyue a chance to save herself.
Boom!
The Water Mirror Shield finally stabilized, blocking Meng Hai, who had not yet been dragged into the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, and breaking apart the killing blow Guo Ding had gathered.
Bang!
Splash!
The next moment, the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin closed, and the Water Mirror Shield collapsed into a curtain of water that fell to the ground.
"Hah... hah... hah..."
Having walked to the gates of death and back, Meng Hai stared at the tightly shut black coffin, endless grief welling up in his heart.
He knew those three relatives of his, both his juniors and his disciples, must be dead.
Just like his third and fifth disciples, they had been reduced to piles of dry bones!
Rage surged to the heavens within him. He no longer feared death and wished he could tear Guo Ding to pieces.
But he knew even more clearly that, as a mere mortal, no matter how accomplished his martial arts were, he would probably be dragged into that black coffin and reduced to a skeleton before he could even get near that evil cultivator!
"Miss Lu, get out of here!"
Those thoughts flashed through Meng Hai's mind. He turned, reached Lu Mingyue in a few bounds, then slung her over his shoulder and ran to a fine horse.
"Get up!"
"Neigh!"
Meng Hai had raised this horse, and it had been with him for over a decade. Since it was an old horse, despite its instinctive fear, it still stood up as Meng Hai tugged at it.
"Miss Lu, head straight east, and you'll reach Taiping City in three days!"
Meng Hai spoke to Lu Mingyue very quickly, then turned and charged back. Along the way, he scooped up his five disciples' iron staffs, gripped them like spears, and hurled them at Guo Ding one after another.
At that very moment, Guo Ding was looking up at Yang Qin high in the sky, her body pierced by golden swords of Origin Power.
He could not understand. The two of them clearly had the same cultivation, and his wife even commanded an evil art like the Netherworld Yin Soldiers, allowing her to overwhelm opponents of the same realm with numbers. How could that brat surnamed Bai have killed her so quickly?
"Run... now!"
Yang Qin had not expected it either, but she could clearly feel her life rapidly draining away. Seeing Meng Hai on the ground hurling iron staffs at Guo Ding, she mustered her last ounce of strength to shout, then conjured a wall of wind in front of Guo Ding.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
All five iron staffs were stopped by that wall of wind. Despair and fury filled Meng Hai's heart, and he made to throw himself bodily at Guo Ding.
"No! My wife!"
Having watched Yang Qin die before his very eyes, still thinking of protecting him in her final moments, Guo Ding was now beyond furious. He beckoned toward the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin from afar, and the black coffin flew into the air.
Meng Hai's charging footsteps stopped dead.
Although he was so furious that he wished he could devour Guo Ding alive, his body still felt an instinctive fear. The three skeletons that had fallen from the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, in particular, left him rooted to the spot, unable to take even a single step forward.
"You damned little bastard! You killed my wife! I want you dead!"
At this moment, Guo Ding clearly paid Meng Hai no mind. He had eyes only for Bai Zishan, his bloodshot gaze filled with hatred as he activated the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, intending to drag Bai Zishan inside and kill him.
"No..."
And, of course, Bai Zishan fell victim to it instantly.
Having just killed Yang Qin, he seemed utterly powerless to resist and immediately plunged toward the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin.
"Brother Bai!"
Seeing this, Lu Mingyue could not help crying out in alarm, wanting to cast a spell to save him.
But!
The spells she had cast in succession had already pushed her beyond her limit. Now she had barely any Origin Power left in her body and could not even fly. How could she possibly cast a spell to stop Guo Ding?
"You killed my wife... you killed my wife... I'll kill you..."
Guo Ding stared fixedly at Bai Zishan with crimson eyes, looking as though he wanted to eat him alive, yet there was likewise not the slightest fluctuation of Origin Power coming from his body.
-The repeated exchanges of spells, especially unleashing a deadly move like the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, had long since exhausted his Origin Power.
His cultivation was only at the Qi Refining Stage, Fifth Level. This final strike was only possible because, after witnessing Yang Qin's death, his towering rage had allowed him to forcibly squeeze enough Origin Power from his body to activate the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin.
As a result, even Guo Ding's perception had weakened.
So much so that he saw only Bai Zishan being dragged toward him by the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, failing to notice a streak of azure light circle around and appear behind him when Bai Zishan came within a hundred feet.
Squelch!
A ring of blood abruptly spurted from Guo Ding's neck. Then his body swayed, his head fell from his neck, and his body toppled forward.
Boom!
The Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, which had been locked onto Bai Zishan, abruptly burst into a cloud of black mist filled with yin baleful intent the instant Guo Ding died, then gradually dissipated.
Thud!
Like a kite with its string severed, Bai Zishan's body dropped to the ground and rolled several times before finally stopping.
"Brother Bai!"
Lu Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to help Bai Zishan up from the ground.
Though it took time to describe, only three breaths had passed from when Meng Hai helped her toward the horse to when Bai Zishan turned the tables and killed Guo Ding.
Only when Lu Mingyue had helped Bai Zishan sit up did Meng Hai's legs go weak, and he collapsed onto the ground, looking toward the two of them with lingering terror in his eyes.
"Brother Bai, are you all right?"
Lu Mingyue picked up a waterskin, pulled out the stopper, and brought it to Bai Zishan's lips.
If she had harbored some wariness toward Bai Zishan before, fighting side by side tonight had given her more trust in him and brought her closer to him.
The line between life and death was the truest test of human nature!
Bai Zishan had first awakened her, then killed Yang Qin single-handedly, and finally turned the tables and killed Guo Ding as well.
Were the couple's corpses not lying on the ground right now, Lu Mingyue would scarcely have believed she had actually survived!
-At this very moment, Lu Mingyue did not realize that, had Bai Zishan and his two companions not happened to appear outside the Evergreen Escort Agency, she would never have left the pass with the three of them to save money.
"I-I'm fine... I've just exhausted my cultivation!"
Bai Zishan's face was pale, his manner still somewhat reserved, and his eyes were filled with lingering fear. Looking thoroughly frightened, he took a great gulp of cold water from the waterskin.
"Brother Bai, I truly have no way to repay you for saving my life..."
Lu Mingyue spoke with utter sincerity. What she did not know was that the young man before her would never have let her die here.
What an innocent little girl.
A peculiar look flickered deep in Bai Zishan's eyes, but none of it showed on his face as he gazed sorrowfully at the bones on the ground.
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