Chapter 499: Surrender? (Supplementary Chapter 13)

"Run!" Wan Wan Fangling lowered her voice, shattered the ground beneath her feet, and yanked Shi Yong away in a frantic escape.

Yet all around stretched an endless desert, without a single shred of cover; where could they possibly flee?

The answer was... Wan Renshan!

"You two!!" Gu Zhang was also retreating at high speed, but he glared furiously at the couple fleeing mid-battle, "Running toward Wan Renshan is still death!

Get back here and fight!"

The couple had been in the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm for less than two months.

Their time joining the Split Mountain Gang was even shorter, not yet two weeks, so they felt little sense of loyalty.

Compared to some so-called gang, the two clearly cared far more for each other.

"Pfft!"

The white jade token hit the ground; although Gu Zhang had run dozens of meters away, this white jade token... was a Quicksand Talisman!

In an instant, a stretch of barren land transformed into a churning river of sand.

"Stand there." Jiangjiang Ruyi's icy voice cut through with piercing clarity, "Surrender and I won't kill you."

Wan Wan Fangling immediately froze in place.

The couple had fled a step earlier, and due to the direction of Jiangjiang Ruyi's attack, they happened to stand right on the bank of the wide sand river.

How could Wan Wan Fangling not know that entering the Wan Renshan region would mean a nine-in-ten chance of death?

But what choice did she have?

Entering the mountain might mean death; not entering... might also mean death!

Should she gamble her own life on whether this young woman would keep her word?

While Wan Wan Fangling here fell into hesitation, over there, Gu Zhang...

He lay within the flow direction of the sand river and had long been swallowed by the surging quicksand.

The Shanweiyi Sect indeed possessed extraordinary defensive capabilities.

The Quicksand Talisman indeed could not crush the Stone Rock Armor.

But this surging, flowing river of sand could bury all living things alive and suffocate Gu Zhang to death!

Was this not a form of dimensional strike?

I don't even need to break your defense!

I change the battlefield environment you occupy and strip away your right to breathe.

"Whoosh!!"

Suddenly, a thick wall mixed with stone and earth rose high into the air.

Such a scene was exceedingly bizarre!

If one erected a wall on flat ground, naturally there would be nothing remarkable to say.

But raising a wall of stone and earth within a churning river of quicksand?

Shan Wei Shen Fa · Mountain Stone Wall!

This technique was clearly a defensive art, yet Gu Zhang used it for escape.

Since the stone-and-earth wall stood within the river's flow, as it rose upward, the quicksand battered it into a tilt, and it looked moments away from collapsing.

Directly atop the stone-and-earth wall stood a figure bound hand and foot—Gu Zhang!

From within the quicksand river, threads of fine sand shot out like venomous snakes, coiling around his body and dragging him down relentlessly.

Their intent was nothing less than to bury Gu Zhang alive!

"Aaaah!" Covered in stone armor and unleashing his full strength, Gu Zhang forcibly tore apart the fine sand threads binding him.

Just then, another wall of stone and earth erupted from the ground.

Another Another Shanwei believer who had been swallowed burst out of the quicksand river in the same manner.

Gu Zhang hastily leaped toward the second stone-and-earth wall, cursing furiously, "Damn it, help! They are believers of Master Yu Fu, the most cold-blooded group there is!

Do you really think they'll spare you! Damn it!"

Jiangjiang Ruyi's icy voice sounded again, carrying a faint trace of mockery, "You have lost the dignity of a Jiang Jing powerhouse; I have not.

What I say, I mean."

Wan Wan Fangling and Shi Yong exchanged a glance; they neither rushed to help nor continued fleeing.

Clearly, the couple had made their decision.

Though it was a huge gamble, this was also Wan Wan Fangling's decision after careful analysis!

The Yufuyi Sect was indeed cold-hearted by nature, but this young woman had clearly arrived in this realm not long ago.

She still retained the worldly principles she held in the Mortal Realm, in Great Xia!

Therefore... it was worth the gamble!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!" On the distant battlefield, explosions rang out one after another.

Here, Jiangjiang Ruyi was hunting down two enemies.

Meanwhile, behind them, the two Another Shanwei believers whom Gu Zhang had earlier used as cannonballs and hurled outward were being ruthlessly slaughtered by four disciples of Master Yu Fu!

Mud and sand also flowed across the ground here.

Song Yu seized the opportunity and blasted a Another Shanwei believer sky-high!

Another Shanwei believers were truly tough!

Blast Flame Talisman after Blast Flame Talisman was thrown out, yet they still could not break through the opponent's Stone Rock Armor.

"Senior Brother!" An Sister Xian rushed over at high speed, likewise flinging out Blast Flame Talismans one after another.

"Stop, I surrender!" the man shrieked in terror, "Don't, don't keep blasting upward, don't... show mercy, I surrender!!"

Song Yu's eyes were sinister and ruthless.

Wanting to surrender now?

Too late!

When you were trying to blast me to death just now, why didn't you show any mercy?

"Boom—boom—boom!" The Explosive Flame Talismans never stopped; the sounds of explosion were incessant.

Song Yu's fingertips rapidly traced runes as he stared fixedly at his enemy.

In the distance, Wan Wan Fangling witnessed this scene, her expression shifting repeatedly.

She suddenly placed both hands beside her mouth, forming a megaphone shape, and shouted loudly: "Danger! Don't go up high! Danger!!"

This could be considered a token of allegiance.

At the very least, Wan Wan Fangling was making an effort to add weight to her chances of survival.

The problem was, Song Yu had already flown extremely high; the distance between the two parties was too great, and the explosions were so intense.

"No! Please! I beg you, I surrender! Don't go up..."

Before the man could finish speaking, a surge of energy suddenly erupted from the churning sea of clouds.

"Pfft!!"

A nearly invisible beam of energy crashed down, causing the Another Shanwei believer to explode instantly.

Truly crushed to pieces!

Only tiny droplets of blood and fragments of flesh scattered downward.

"Hmph." Song Yu let out a cold snort.

He naturally knew what would happen if one kept flying upward.

During their previous days of fleeing, one of the four team members who had been lost was chased haphazardly by a group of Golden-Winged Bats; in a desperate attempt to hide within the sea of clouds, he had flown upward with all his might.

However, before that person could drill into the clouds, he was blasted to pieces!

Even the Golden-Winged Bats pursuing from behind were blasted to death in large numbers.

"Ah!" Although An Sister Xian was mentally prepared, she still shivered in fright.

She was dozens of meters below Song Yu and lacked Song Yu's ruthlessness, so she did not dare to chase too high.

Seeing that the enemy was now dead, she immediately turned and flew downward.

The battle below was not too chaotic.

Zhang Zhang Zhenghu and Zhu Yuan were joining forces to overcome a "difficult problem."

Unlike Song Yu and his companion, Zhang Zhang Zhenghu here was using Frost Talismans.

The Mountain Rock Armor possessed extraordinary defensive power, but Frost Talismans could slip through the gaps in your rock armor and penetrate your water-flow armor.

Completely freezing your flesh and blood solid!

The Yufuyi Sect, possessing four elemental spells, was indeed somewhat strong; they could always find a way to counter their enemies.

As for why everyone wasn't using Electric Binding Talismans...

It was because the Shanweiyi Sect took no damage from lightning!

The Mountain Rock Armor on their bodies was immune to lightning.

Even without armor, as long as their feet touched the earth, they took no lightning damage!

The Shan Wei Shen Fa·Shi Zhili drew energy directly from the earth.

Lightning avoidance!

Song Yu did not join the battle below but instead flew in the direction of Jiangjiang Ruyi.

At this moment, the outcome of the battle on Jiangjiang Ruyi's side had already become clear.

Initially, Gu Zhang could still put up some resistance and was attempting to flee.

As Jiangjiang Ruyi slapped Frost Talisman after Frost Talisman onto him, Gu Zhang's body, already burdened by heavy stone armor, became increasingly stiff and slow; his situation deteriorated rapidly!

Jiangjiang Ruyi had completely started a snowball effect, leaving Gu Zhang with only death throes.

Actually, sometimes the saying "die early, transcend early" is quite correct.

Gu Zhang insisted on struggling.

Between being frozen solid and being buried alive, he chose to be buried alive while frozen.

"Heh."

Gu Zhang, covered entirely in frost, stepped on a protruding wall of stone and earth, finally emerging from the Liushahe and taking a deep gasp of air.

But he had only inhaled halfway when another Frost Talisman smashed onto the stone helmet atop his head.

For the latter half of that breath, Gu Zhang inhaled nothing but full mouthfuls of frost.

"Cough, cough! Cough... cough..."

Gu Zhang coughed violently; in a moment of carelessness, his ankle was seized again by a thin thread of sand reaching out, dragging him back into the Liushahe.

This time, it wasn't a mouth full of frost, but a mouth full of mud and sand!

Jiangjiang Ruyi stood suspended in midair, her cold eyes looking down upon the Shahe beneath her feet.

Like a deity within this realm holding power over life and death.

Another Another Shanwei disciple was also struggling bitterly in the sea of sand; he had desperately wanted to coordinate and assist Gu Zhang, but Jiangjiang Ruyi had forcibly torn them apart.

"Whoosh~"

Jiangjiang Ruyi lightly flicked two fingers on her left hand.

From within the Liushahe, a thin thread of sand whipped out, flinging the frost-covered Gu Zhang out.

Jiangjiang Ruyi swung her right hand, and Frost Talismans flew down rapidly, slapping toward Gu Zhang.

"I sur... surrender! I cough, cough... ugh!"

Gu Zhang had already lost the will to shout curses.

He cried out loudly for mercy, only to be interrupted by coughing, then dragged underground by threads of fine sand, his mouth stuffed with mud and silt.

These threads of fine sand could act autonomously against enemies, or move according to Jiangjiang Ruyi's will.

Previously, in the buffer zone of Evil Dog Village, when she accompanied Lu Ran to slay the Jiang Jing Demon Lord·Evil Dog, it was by controlling these threads of fine sand that she had dragged Lu Ran underground.

"Lady!" Song Yu rushed over swiftly.

Jiangjiang Ruyi's attitude toward enemies filled Song Yu with great satisfaction!

Previously, Jiangjiang Ruyi had spared Meng Lang Zhixuan, which had caused Song Yu some worry.

Now, seeing Jiangjiang Ruyi's combat stance, he realized he had worried unnecessarily.

It seemed Lady Luo Sister Xian's choice back then must have been a tactic to win people's hearts.

"Mm." Jiangjiang Ruyi flicked her finger.

From within the Shahe, Gu Zhang was once again coiled by threads of fine sand and flung out.

Song Yu gazed at the couple in the distance and asked for instructions: "What about those two?"

"Keep them alive; I need to question them."

Jiangjiang Ruyi spoke softly, flicking a Frost Talisman from her hand.

"No, I surr-cough, cough..." At this moment, Gu Zhang was frozen stiff, his mind muddled from suffocation and lack of oxygen.

In such a physical state, how could he possibly maintain his Mountain Stone Armor?

Covered in mud, silt, and frost, he was once again struck hard in the face by the Frost Talisman.

Thick frost spread out, freezing this flesh-and-blood body, penetrating deep into the marrow.

"Buzz!" At Jiangjiang Ruyi's waist, the Cold Night Sword suddenly shot forth, stabbing straight into the spreading mist of frost.

There was no sound of a blade entering flesh; instead, a shattering sound rang out.

It was as if an ice sculpture had been pierced and shattered apart.

Jiangjiang Ruyi pressed her thin lips together, silently gazing at the area filled with frost and snow.

In the churning Liushahe, no walls of stone and earth had erupted for quite some time; it seemed the other Another Shanwei disciple had already been buried alive to death.

This was Jiangjiang Ruyi's first time killing one of her own kind.

She waited to gauge her own inner reaction, yet she discovered...

Not a single ripple.

Had she slain so many evil demons that she had long grown accustomed to killing?

Or was it because this was a counterattack battle that she felt not a shred of guilt?

Or perhaps, ever since the day she advanced to Jiang Jing, she had stopped viewing others as human?

Who knows?

The people she truly cared about were indeed few.

Jiangjiang Ruyi remained silent until the Cold Night Sword returned to its sheath, then she ordered: "Clean up the battlefield."

Song Yu's demeanor became even more respectful; he bowed his head slightly: "Yes."

Jiangjiang Ruyi turned to gaze into the distance, her eyes fixing upon that couple.

"Gulp." Shi Yong swallowed some saliva.

High in the sky, the woman in a fluttering white skirt, cold as ice, flew over slowly.

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(End of Chapter)