Chapter 76: Don't Get Close to Her

A strange, sticky, icy spiritual force, like a poisonous snake, swiftly drilled deep into Yuan Yao's sea of consciousness and began to rampage wildly.

Yuan Yao felt a heart-rending, lung-splitting pain assault her, as if countless steel needles were simultaneously stabbing into her mind.

She clenched her lips, endured the pain, shut her eyes tight, and mustered all her spiritual power to resist it.

The opponent's spiritual power, however, was like a colossal beast, suddenly suppressing her spiritual power bit by bit, trying to crush it!

Yuan Yao dared not relax in the slightest, gritting her teeth, holding her breath and focusing, constantly defending against this spiritual force.

As time passed, Yuan Yao felt her head about to explode, the pain unbearable. That sticky, icy spiritual force grew even more fierce, not only surging wildly in her sea of consciousness but also trying to leave a spiritual imprint.

At that moment, Yuan Yao was completely unaware; if this spiritual force succeeded, she would inevitably become the opponent's vassal and slave.

"What's wrong with you?!"

Seeing Yuan Yao's pallid face and a fine layer of sweat beading on her forehead, trickling down her cheeks, Qiu Xingwen instantly realized she might be in danger.

Just as he was about to step forward and approach Yuan Yao——

"Don't get close to her." A youth's voice came from behind.

Qiu Xingwen's expression changed; he turned his head and saw that the boy who had been sitting with eyes closed had, at some point, opened his eyes.

"You… you…" Qiu Xingwen stammered from fear, "Do you know what's happened to her?"

The orange-clad youth glanced coldly at Qiu Xingwen, without answering his question.

"Brother, will Elder Sister Yuan be in danger?" Gu Zhaozhao looked at the orange-clad youth and asked anxiously.

The orange-clad youth's gaze fell on the little one, "... Yes."

Gu Zhaozhao stepped forward, palms together, tears welling, pleading: "Brother, can you help Elder Sister Yuan?"

The orange-clad youth frowned slightly.

Had I known, I wouldn't have spoken.

Kids are troublesome, elders are troublesome, people are even more troublesome.

The orange-clad youth closed his eyes again.

"Brother?" Gu Zhaozhao called out softly.

At that moment, while Yuan Yao was resisting that sticky, icy spiritual force, she suddenly sensed another unfamiliar spiritual power trying to intrude into her sea of consciousness.

This made Yuan Yao instantly bristle!

——Get out, all of you!

From within her sea of consciousness came a booming ""; in an instant, that sticky spiritual force was shaken loose, and the other unfamiliar spiritual power was also bounced away.

Yuan Yao went limp all over, nearly collapsing to the ground; she opened her eyes, her eyeballs filled with red bloodstreaks, looking extremely horrifying.

"Elder Sister Yuan!" Gu Zhaozhao rushed over, trying to steady her with her small hands; upon seeing Yuan Yao's pale face and blood-red eyes, her heart tightened and her little face filled with worry.

"Are you alright?" Qiu Xingwen crouched beside her, asking anxiously.

Yuan Yao's vision gradually blurred, her head grew heavier, her consciousness more muddled, and she felt like falling asleep.

But she couldn't sleep!

Once she slept, her spiritual power would dissipate, and her consciousness would become as muddled as Gu Zhaozhao's originally was.

She bit hard on the tip of her tongue, a bloody taste spreading in her mouth.

Trembling, she took out a Third-grade Awakening Spirit Pill from her storage space and quickly swallowed it.

Immediately afterward, she sat cross-legged on the ground, first calming the chaotic spiritual power in her sea of consciousness, then slowly repairing it.

Gu Zhaozhao wanted to say something, but seeing Qiu Xingwen shake his head at her.

Gu Zhaozhao closed her mouth, her eyes filled with worry as she gazed at Yuan Yao.

At the same time, the orange-clad youth opened his eyes again, looking toward Yuan Yao, slightly narrowing his eyes.

He hadn't expected her to actually block that spiritual power and send it back……

At this moment, although Yuan Yao had taken the Awakening Spirit Pill, her head still felt like it would split.

Her sea of consciousness had been ravaged like a ruin, utterly chaotic.

She did her best to calm that chaotic spiritual power.

Moments later, Gu Zhaozhao saw blood flowing from Yuan Yao's nose, her face tense as she looked at Qiu Xingwen, pleading with her eyes.

"Your Elder Sister Yuan will surely pull through!" Qiu Xingwen said, but he thought Yuan Yao might end up like others, "courting death."

Those people were also seeking a way, wanting to leave this place.

But in the end, they either died, became mentally disordered, or were dragged away by a mysterious force.

"She definitely can!" Gu Zhaozhao nodded vigorously, then took out a handkerchief from her bosom and gently wiped Yuan Yao's nosebleed.

After Yuan Yao had calmed the chaotic spiritual power, she actually found that her spiritual power seemed… to have grown stronger.

No, it was that her sea of consciousness space seemed to have expanded.

The opponent's sticky spiritual power was strong enough to tear her sea of consciousness apart, and precisely this pressure caused her sea of consciousness to rip, then re‑'glue' back together.

This discovery brought many thoughts to Yuan Yao's mind.

The strength or weakness of spiritual power affects the size of the sea of consciousness.

Conversely, the larger the sea of consciousness, the higher the spiritual power's intensity.

After Yuan Yao realized this, a crazy idea suddenly popped into her head.

——She wanted to use the opponent's spiritual power to expand her own sea of consciousness, thereby letting her spiritual power increase accordingly.

Isn't this a way to cultivate spiritual power?!

Yuan Yao's heart instantly leapt with joy.

She suddenly opened her eyes, those beautiful large eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Elder Sister Yuan……"

Yuan Yao reached out and touched her cheek, "Zhaozhao, no matter what happens later, don't be afraid."

She lifted her head, looking at Qiu Xingwen: "You first take Zhaozhao and retreat to the side."

"Can you really do it?" Qiu Xingwen saw she wasn't giving up, still wanting to 'court death', couldn't help asking.

Yuan Yao smiled, "Can!"

As long as I can become stronger, nothing is impossible!

After Qiu Xingwen took Gu Zhaozhao to the side, he saw Yuan Yao start staring at the door.

Soon, Yuan Yao closed her eyes.

Immediately after, Yuan Yao's complexion turned pale bit by bit, cold sweat pouring out.

It seemed she was enduring great pain.

Qiu Xingwen furrowed his brows slightly, he truly didn't understand what she was tormenting herself with.

In Yuan Yao's sea of consciousness.

That sticky, icy cold spiritual power surged again, rampaging wildly within the sea of consciousness space, ravaging.

And Yuan Yao focused her spiritual power to resist the opponent's spiritual power.

——Let's fight it out!

She recalled that the young Nie Lie senior had once taught her a mantra for spiritual power.

Heaven and earth unite, myriad qi's origin!

A thought of divine might, all things become clear!

Break!

Boom—

The sea of consciousness space transmitted a blast sound, while the opponent's spiritual power was severely affected, instinctively recoiling.

And at that very moment, Yuan Yao bled from her seven orifices, she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Yuan elder sister!" Gu Zhaozhao's face changed in shock.

But saw Yuan Yao wave her hand without turning back, as if saying: I'm fine.

Yuan Yao felt dizzy and head swollen, the meridians inside her body faintly boiling.

Her whole body felt hot, she felt like she was about to explode.