Chapter 304: Surviving

At this moment, inside the ruined temple, three mangled corpses and one desiccated corpse were eerie and terrifying.

The corpse of Fan Yuanhai had already withered into a greyish-brown color, his skin like rotting cotton batting, with blood-red threads upon it wriggling densely like worms...

A wave of nausea rose in Duan Rong's heart; he suppressed the nausea, turned, and walked out of the ruined temple.

A Mo and Fan Yuanhai had both come here one after the other. It was evident that the Tainted Blood Remnants nearby had likely been swept clean, and he should also go over to rendezvous with them; furthermore, Duan Rong's heart was still preoccupied with the life and death of Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan.

This great chaotic battle was truly too cruel and bloody, and even for him to survive was extremely difficult; he really could not be certain whether Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan were still alive right now...

On the Official Road, Zhu Qunxiang, Lu Qingfeng, and Wang Shanshan were surrounding and attacking Dang Haihong and Xiao Nan.

Although they were three against two, both Dang Haihong and Xiao Nan had the Filthy Blood Divine Art protecting their bodies, with dense blood-red threads floating and wriggling all around them, and they were actually faintly suppressing the three of them.

Just as the three were struggling to hold on, suddenly Dang Haihong and Xiao Nan's figures retreated violently, darting directly into the wild fields beside the Official Road, and fled away...

Zhu Qunxiang was covered in sweat, panting heavily; he felt somewhat stunned in his heart—those two were clearly in the upper hand, so why did they suddenly retreat violently and leave?

But at this moment, the corner of his eye had already caught a silhouette behind him.

Zhu Qunxiang turned his head, only to see Lv Qingzhu and A Mo, who, without knowing when, were already standing silently by the roadside not far away.

It was clearly A Mo who had frightened Dang Haihong and Xiao Nan away.

It hadn't been long since that brutal and bloody scene where A Mo killed Yu Lieting in one move.

Yu Lieting's mangled-headed corpse was still sprawled not far away.

Seeing A Mo return again, and with another person following at his side, how could Dang Haihong and Xiao Nan dare to linger in the fight?

Zhu Qunxiang, Lu Qingfeng, and Wang Shanshan were all extremely exhausted, their dantian nearly depleted; if A Mo and Lv Qingzhu had arrived even a moment later, they likely would have died.

Lu Qingfeng and Wang Shanshan were both covered in sweat, panting heavily, and a trace of lingering fear appeared in their eyes.

The three of them looked at Lv Qingzhu and A Mo with grateful eyes, although the two were just standing there silently, seemingly having no intention of helping them.

But with A Mo's mountain-of-flesh stature and those brutal, bloody methods, even just standing silently behind the three was enough to deter and repel the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy had retreated and that A Mo and Lv Qingzhu were standing there, the three immediately sat cross-legged on the spot by the roadside and began to regulate their breath. Their dantian were almost depleted; if they did not regulate their breath immediately, it would easily cause damage to their dantian.

Lv Qingzhu's dantian had also been depleted, but the Pill that Duan Rong gave her to eat clearly had the effect of nourishing the dantian; now she felt a trace of coolness inside her dantian and did not need to expend effort to regulate her breath at all.

Zhu Qunxiang, Lu Qingfeng, and Wang Shanshan regulated their breath by the roadside for a while, and seeing that their dantian no longer ached faintly, they stood up.

Just at this moment, they saw Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan walking out from somewhere in the dense forest beside the Official Road.

As soon as the two left the dense forest, they saw several figures on the Official Road from afar; the distance was a bit far, and although they couldn't quite recognize them, they could vaguely distinguish that it was Zhu Qunxiang, Lu Qingfeng, and Wang Shanshan, and A Mo's small-meat-mountain-like stature could be seen from far away.

Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan were already walking slowly toward this side.

Seeing them, Zhu Qunxiang's heart eased. This battle was so dangerous that he had thought these Registered Disciples would all be dead. He hadn't expected that there would actually be survivors.

As Sect Emissaries, they had a duty to protect these Registered Disciples.

Although they had encountered an ambush by the Filthy Blood Sect this time, there was a reason for it, but if they, the Sect Emissaries, retreated safely while this batch of Registered Disciples all died...

It would inevitably lead to speculation.

Now, Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan were still alive. It was finally a good result to report.

As for Fan Yuanhai, Zhu Qunxiang hadn't seen him at all and assumed he hadn't arrived yet.

In fact, if it weren't for A Mo sweeping through the dense forest to find Lv Qingzhu, Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan would also have been hard-pressed to escape disaster.

Zhu Qunxiang looked at the two and said, "Is it just the two of you? Did you see anyone else?"

Xiao Yu shook her head and did not answer. She and Ximen Kankan had walked all the way here without seeing Duan Rong.

Zhu Qunxiang sighed slightly. It was not bad to have two survivors.

Xiao Yu looked at Zhu Qunxiang and asked, "Did you see Duan Rong?"

Zhu Qunxiang knew that Xiao Yu and Duan Rong both came from the Yuanshun Escort Agency, so he replied, "I didn't see him."

At this time, Lu Qingfeng sighed heavily behind Zhu Qunxiang and said miserably, "We haven't seen him yet. I fear he has already met with a foul hand..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu's eyes immediately turned red.

Ximen Kankan glared with his small eyes and shot a look at Lu Qingfeng.

Just at this moment, a figure suddenly turned out from the edge of the dense forest on the other side of the Official Road.

That person walked toward this side with a staggering gait.

From far away, Xiao Yu recognized Duan Rong at a glance.

Ximen Kankan said, "It's Duan Rong."

"Mm."

Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan were both joyful in their hearts, and the two walked quickly to meet Duan Rong.

Just as Duan Rong turned out of the dense forest, he saw two figures walking quickly toward him from the Official Road; it was precisely Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan.

The three of them had all experienced the tempering of life and death this time, and meeting now, there was a feeling of being reunited in another lifetime.

Ximen Kankan jumped up, punched Duan Rong, and laughed, "I knew it, a guy like you wouldn't die so easily!"

Duan Rong suddenly stood between Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan, spread his arms, hugged one person's shoulder with each hand, and laughed emotionally, "It's really great to be able to see you both again."

Ximen Kankan's eyes turned red and he said, "You brat!"

As he said this, his expression suddenly dimmed and he said, "Shuangshuang and Jiang Qingyu are dead."

"Jiang Qingyu is dead?" Duan Rong's heart stirred, though he was not surprised.

Xia Shuangshuang and Jiang Qingyu were only at the Inner Breath Realm Small Success, considered the two with the weakest strength among their batch of Registered Disciples; it was very difficult for them to survive if their luck was even slightly poor.

Duan Rong hugged Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan tightly.

Xiao Yu suddenly struggled and slipped out.

"What are you doing?" Duan Rong pouted and looked at Xiao Yu.

The implication was, everyone survived a great disaster, and we can't even have a hug?

Xiao Yu said, "It hurts!"

Only then did Duan Rong notice that Xiao Yu's shoulder and leg were wrapped in blood-stained cloth strips.

"Are you injured?" Duan Rong asked with a look of concern.

"Just some superficial wounds, it's nothing," Xiao Yu replied in a faint voice.

In truth, Duan Rong had not hurt her at all when he held her just now; Xiao Yu's wounds were on her shoulder and leg, while the place Duan Rong had held tightly was her arm.

However, Xiao Yu had never been this close to Duan Rong before. Just now, she had smelled the scent on Duan Rong's body, her heart had begun to pound like a startled deer, her breathing had become difficult, and her face had flushed with heat, which was why she had struggled to scramble away.

Seeing that Xiao Yu was injured, Duan Rong also lowered the arm he had been holding Ximen Kankan with, looked him up and down, and said, "You brat are jumping around just fine, not a single injury!"

Ximen Kankan laughed and said, "That's right! With my hard-body cultivation, how could I possibly be injured?"

Duan Rong said, "Hard-body cultivation? I think 'flabby flesh' is more like it."

Ximen Kankan said angrily, "Are you trying to provoke me on purpose? Do you even know how to talk?"

Ximen Kankan had been looking at A Mo, whose hard-body cultivation was brutal and fierce, and he felt great admiration in his heart, so he had boasted about himself, never expecting to be snapped back at by Duan Rong.

"Who is trying to provoke you?" Duan Rong said, "I'm just kindly reminding you."

"I need your reminders? Unnecessary!"

Watching the two bicker, Xiao Yu's eyes curved into crescents as she smiled.

The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked toward the Official Road...

(End of this chapter)