The little girl in red looked at Ning Beichen, her black eyes strangely vanishing to reveal empty sockets, as if she had become someone else entirely. Perhaps she wasn't human at all.
What was ominous was called ominous precisely because it was unknown, evil, and thus called ominous.
"You're so meddlesome, I'm going to kill you!"
The little girl in red roared at Ning Beichen, her body then began to grow. In a short while, the little girl in red had transformed into a giant girl, easily ten stories tall.
Following the giant little girl in red, she stomped towards Ning Beichen and Linglong, as if stepping on two ants.
Ning Beichen frowned.
He didn't have time to use his sword techniques and immediately grabbed Linglong's hand, dodging the girl's stomp.
With a thunderous roar!
The giant foot descended, like the collapse of heaven and earth.
The surroundings trembled as if an earthquake had occurred, and a massive footprint appeared on the ground.
Ning Beichen had never encountered such a situation before.
He and Linglong were like two tiny ants before this little girl in red.
"Linglong, get away."
Ning Beichen flicked his arm, flinging Linglong away, and then swiftly approached the girl's giant foot, punching it.
However, the little girl in red glanced at Ning Beichen with disdain, kicked her leg, and sent him flying.
Ning Beichen tumbled through the air several times before landing, somewhat astonished by the girl's strength.
But fortunately, although the little girl in red had become a giant with infinite strength, her massive size was also a disadvantage, making her less agile and difficult to hit Ning Beichen.
With a rumble.
The little girl in red punched down at Ning Beichen, her fist covering the sky.
To Ning Beichen,
This fist was like a missile from the real world, impacting the ground and creating a small mushroom cloud.
Such power made Ning Beichen, a mortal transcender, feel a sense of dread.
"You can't escape, this is my world!"
The little girl in red's voice was deafening, and a single breath was like a hurricane, scattering everything around.
Ning Beichen dodged nimbly. So far, he hadn't used the Songshan Sword Art or the bronze ancient sword, relying solely on his own abilities.
At this moment.
The little girl in red's fist smashed down at Ning Beichen again, like a giant millstone descending from the sky.
But this time, Ning Beichen didn't dodge. He unleashed all his strength, his waist and stance unified, his feet pushing off the ground. He met the descending fist with a punch.
To an outsider, Ning Beichen would appear to be throwing an egg against a rock.
But was that truly the case?
With a tremendous boom.
The fist landed, creating a large crater on the ground, yet the little girl let out a furious roar.
A gaping wound was now visible on her fist, bleeding profusely.
Ning Beichen, having passed through her fist, ascended into the air, leveling with the little girl. He delivered a whip kick, which snapped like a chain of lightning, savagely striking the girl's face.
The little girl in red's face, struck by the whip kick, bore a red scar. Enraged, she wildly flailed her arms in the air, trying to swat the annoying fly.
However, Ning Beichen was as fast as lightning, while the girl's body was simply too enormous. The consequence of such size was slow speed, making it nearly impossible for her to hit Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen seemed to be toying with her, occasionally delivering a whip kick. Although these kicks weren't fatal, each blow inflicted immense pain.
"Die, die, die..."
The enraged little girl opened her cavernous, blood-drinking mouth and inhaled towards Ning Beichen, like a vacuum cleaner, sucking everything within a hundred-meter radius into her maw.
Ning Beichen was no exception and was directly sucked into her stomach.
"You're courting death!"
Ning Beichen snorted coldly, wasting no more time. He drew the bronze ancient sword from his hand.
An ear-splitting scream echoed.
Countless drops of blood erupted from the little girl's body.
Following this, countless cracks appeared on the girl's colossal frame. After a short while, her body suddenly shattered into four pieces and collapsed.
Ning Beichen flew out from the girl's disintegrating body and landed beside Linglong in the distance.
However, the little girl was not yet dead. Her head bizarrely rolled towards Ning Beichen, seeming intent on a mutual destruction.
But Ning Beichen wouldn't give her another chance. He flickered forward and struck the girl's head with the bronze ancient sword.
With a crack!
The little girl's head also split open. Then, a dark shadow flew out from within her head, clawing and leaping at Ning Beichen in mid-air, as if cursing him, or perhaps expressing her unwillingness to yield.
Ning Beichen waved his arm again. The sword energy from the bronze ancient sword fell upon the shadow. The shadow struggled for a moment before being completely annihilated by the sword energy.
As the shadow vanished, the surrounding space began to collapse. Before Ning Beichen and Linglong could react, they were each pulled away by an unseen force.
After a bout of dizziness and disorientation, Ning Beichen opened his eyes to find himself back in his own body, lying on the small bed beside Linglong. Liu Yilin was looking at him with concern.
"Linglong..."
Ning Beichen called out immediately.
At this moment, Linglong's body stirred. Soon after, she also opened her eyes, looking bewildered.
"Ning Beichen, Ning Beichen..."
"I'm here, I'm right here."
Ning Beichen replied instantly.
"Are we alive or dead now?"
Linglong asked hazily.
"Of course, we're alive."
Ning Beichen said with great joy upon seeing Linglong awake.
Linglong's current state was entirely his fault. If Linglong didn't wake up, Ning Beichen would never have peace.
"I, why am I so stiff?"
Linglong moved, finding her limbs incredibly rigid, making it difficult even to turn over.
"Don't worry, you've been asleep for several months. You've just woken up and need some time to adapt."
Ning Beichen told her.
"I've been asleep for so long?"
Linglong was astonished. In her memory, it hadn't been that long.
Ning Beichen recounted everything that had happened before and after her sleep. Only then did Linglong gradually accept the reality.
"Ning Beichen, you saved me again. I don't know how to thank you."
A few days later, Linglong said gratefully to Ning Beichen.
"There's no need for formalities. The reason you ended up like this is also because of me. Seeing you well now, you have no idea how happy I am."
Ning Beichen pushed Linglong in a wheelchair outside to bask in the sun.