Seeing Han Tian Dao instantly killed by a single strike, Lin Feng Xuan was stunned once again.
Especially now, with the rain beating down on his body, a fear and unease he had never felt before made him realize that the situation was gradually spiraling out of control.
The terror of the person in the shadows made him feel a chill down his spine.
What he could be thankful for now was that the person in the shadows hadn't attacked him immediately. Otherwise, he himself might have been the one falling right now.
At this moment, a figure exuding an ominous aura suddenly appeared before Lin Feng Xuan. With a flick of his sleeve, a black barrier blocked out the outside rain, enveloping the two of them.
"Mas—Master!"
Lin Feng Xuan looked at the aged figure beside him and couldn't help but call out.
This person was the elder with somewhat eerie features who had always been by Lin Feng Xuan's side.
He hadn't expected that this was Lin Feng Xuan's master.
"We must leave this place quickly, it's too dangerous here!"
The elder's hoarse voice emerged, as if there was a gear in his throat, his voice carrying a sense of rasping, making it somewhat grating.
"Wh—what! You… you say it's dangerous?"
Lin Feng Xuan couldn't believe his ears, thinking he had misheard.
He knew better than anyone how formidable his master was.
Before meeting his master, although he was considered the head of the household, he was ultimately just an ordinary person.
However, after receiving his master's teachings, in less than half a year, he, a mortal, could control various powerful individuals.
How terrifying were these methods?
Even the dignified leader of the Dragon Gate was toyed with by him.
But now, what was he hearing?
Trepidation!
No, it could even be described as fear.
His master, whom he considered immensely powerful and unmatched, was actually fearful.
This made it utterly unbelievable to him.
"There's no time to explain, we must leave immediately!"
The elder wasted no more words, grabbed Lin Feng Xuan's shoulder, and with dark energy swirling around him, prepared to take him away.
However, it seemed someone did not permit it.
"Both of you, I hope you will be sensible and preferably stay put."
At this moment, a voice, seemingly gentle on the surface but with an underlying coldness, pierced directly through the elder's protective barrier, impacting their eardrums and causing them pain.
There was an unmistakable tone of absolute authority in the voice!
Otherwise, the gentle rain outside the protective barrier would not have instantly intensified, carrying a sense of killing intent.
This was a warning.
"Damn it!"
The elder's heart sank. A hint of regret flickered in his cloudy, lifeless pupils.
If he had known, he wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess.
Not only had his plan fallen through, but he might even lose his life.
His gaze shifted slightly, he glanced at his good disciple, his eyes narrowed, and a peculiar gleam flashed.
At the same time, outside the protective barrier.
Ji Hong Ying was still struggling painfully on the ground, emitting a terrifying heat from within her body. Even the rain that fell on her instantly evaporated into mist.
It was too bizarre.
"What on earth is going on?"
Bai Qiu Shui, who had merged with the rain, looked at Ji Hong Ying, whose skin glowed with a crimson sheen. Her brows furrowed tightly, and her eyes were filled with worry.
Even she, at this moment, felt a lingering sense of dread when facing the power emanating from Ji Hong Ying.
"If this continues, Sister Hong Ying will die!"
Bai Qiu Shui acutely sensed that Ji Hong Ying's body temperature was still rising. If this continued, without a doubt, Ji Hong Ying would explode and die from being unable to withstand the energy within her.
But just as she was about to intervene and forcibly suppress the energy within Ji Hong Ying, a voice suddenly appeared in Bai Qiu Shui's mind.
"Qiu Shui, trust Hong Ying, she will get through this!"
This was… Ye Ming's voice.
It seemed he, who was in the shadows, had already noticed the abnormality occurring within Ji Hong Ying.
"Ye Ming, what exactly is going on? How did Sister Hong Ying become like this?"
Hearing Ye Ming's voice, Bai Qiu Shui's heart finally settled. With him present, Ji Hong Ying would most likely be alright.
However, her questions remained unanswered.
"Alas! This is a long story!"
Ye Ming sighed slightly and continued, "Now is not the time to discuss this. You can understand it as a part of my power undergoing transformation within Hong Ying's body."
"Your power… is transforming?"
Bai Qiu Shui was a little bewildered.
How could Ye Ming's power be inside her?
And why was it transforming?
…
Many questions immediately popped into her mind.
But Bai Qiu Shui also knew that now was not the time to seek answers.
"Then what do we do? Just watch?"
Bai Qiu Shui forcibly suppressed all the doubts in her heart and began to worry again.
After all, that was Ye Ming's power!
How strong Ye Ming was, it probably didn't need to be said.
The question was, could Ji Hong Ying truly endure it in her current state?
"There is no other way!"
Ye Ming said sternly, "Hong Ying is currently at a crucial stage of advancing to the Primal Origin. If we intervene to stop her, then in the future, she will only be able to stop at the Object Fusion Realm and cannot take another step forward. Such an outcome is definitely not what Hong Ying wants."
Forever stuck at the Object Fusion Realm!
"This…"
Bai Qiu Shui looked at Ji Hong Ying struggling on the brink of death, her eyes slightly reddening.
She seemed to see her past self.
Didn't she originally choose the perilous Nirvana method precisely to always stay by that man's side?
Now, such a life-and-death trial had appeared before Ji Hong Ying.
Then!
Could she get through it?
"Sister Hong Ying!"
Bai Qiu Shui clasped her hands together, praying silently.
…
Within a special space, Ye Ming stared intently at Ji Hong Ying, who exuded a terrifying fiery red aura, his fists also clenching.
Although he had long known that this moment would eventually come.
Beside him, Nangong Qian watched with slightly red eyes, praying for her sister.
Just now, through the spiritual connection with Ye Ming, she instantly understood why Ji Hong Ying had become like this.
It was because: there was a large amount of Ye Ming's vital blood within Ji Hong Ying's body.
That's right!
It was Ye Ming's vital blood.
And the reason for this blood existing in Ji Hong Ying's body could be traced back to Ye Ming's third meeting with Ji Hong Ying.
Coincidentally, that meeting was also accompanied by a downpour.
At the same time, it could be considered the beginning of their true encounter.