Chapter 1173: Thespian Covers the Rear

Thespian Covers the Rear

Pao Ge just allowed the young girl to hammer him, smiling blankly.

As if he remembered something, he looked up at the haggard-looking middle-aged woman behind the wheelchair. That was the young girl's Mother, whose face was also currently covered in tear stains. The gaze she cast at the group of boys was incomparably complex...

"Auntie..."

"Take her out for a walk... In the evening, let's go home and have a meal together." The young girl's Mother spoke, choked with emotion.

"Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Xiaoyu!"

After saying that, Pao Ge took over the wheelchair and pushed the young girl toward the outside of the hospital.

Seeing this scene, the boys surrounding the car immediately cheered, even more excited than Pao Ge himself. Without another word, they directly lit new firecrackers and, accompanied by the lively sounds, charged out of the hospital to clear the way!

At the same time, cheers and applause also erupted from behind the numerous windows of the hospital. Countless pairs of envious and admiring eyes looked at the youths leaving the hospital, as if reminiscing about their past selves...

On the other side of the hospital intersection, behind the busy pedestrians weaving through, a phantom-like figure in white clothes was silently floating in nothingness... His eyes were closed, like a blind person, and a smear of dazzlingly bright cinnabar on his forehead seemed to captivate the soul.

He just stood there quietly, yet the surrounding pedestrians couldn't see his existence at all. And at this moment, those tightly closed eyes were gazing in the direction Pao Ge and the others were leaving.

At the moment he saw that figure, Sun Bumian's pupils contracted abruptly!

Kongwang?!!

How could an envoy from the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path appear here?

Wait, this is...

Sun Bumian suddenly realized something and fiercely looked down at the earth beneath his feet.

"Where are we going now?" The young girl in the wheelchair looked up at Pao Ge, who was earnestly pushing her wheelchair, the corners of her eyes curving like bright moons.

"I don't know either..." Pao Ge scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Before coming, I was only thinking about finding you and didn't save money for a return ticket... Otherwise, I would have taken you back to the school to have a look. A lot of shops have opened at the school gate now, and you haven't eaten at them yet."

"The school is too far... I can't go back." The young girl's pale knuckles touched the back of Pao Ge's hand. "Besides, did you forget? Just now, my mom even said we're going back to my place for dinner tonight."

"Then should we just take a walk around Wushan?"

"Okay, it's a good opportunity for me to show you around!"

"I'll help you into the car, don't catch a cold."

"Where did you get a car from? And an Audi, too."

"A big brother got it for me. I'll introduce him to you properly in a bit..."

A few boys immediately helped open the car door. Pao Ge carefully carried the young girl from the wheelchair on his back and walked step by step toward the car.

However, the crowd didn't see that the phantom-like Kongwang in white had already silently appeared in front of the car door. Slender fingers entwined with fine chains gently pointed toward the young girl's forehead...

As Kongwang's finger approached, the only remaining life force in the young girl's body gradually dimmed, like a candle about to burn out.

"I'm a little sleepy..." The young girl lay on Pao Ge's shoulder, her eyelids slowly closing, her voice as light as a mosquito's buzz.

Pao Ge was taken aback and replied subconsciously, "Then sleep for a while after getting in the car, don't tire yourself out too much."

Whether it was Pao Ge or the other boisterous boys, none of them noticed the slightest impropriety, nor could they see Kongwang's figure... The Grim Reaper's scythe spread under the thick clouds, getting closer and closer to the young girl's forehead little by little.

Just at this moment,

An angry phantom of an Awakened Lion burning with seven-colored flames rose from the ground behind the young boy and girl!

The music of gongs and drums instantly rang out wildly. The white smoke from the exploding firecrackers surged like auspicious clouds. That Awakened Lion phantom, which was fully a dozen stories high, fiercely opened its giant mouth and abruptly roared at the phantom in white!!

Roar——!!!

Ordinary People couldn't hear this Awakened Lion's angry roar, but Kongwang, who was blocking the front of the young boy and girl, instantly changed his expression. Visible sound waves oscillated the Ghost Path death energy lingering around him, and that extended hand was also forcibly bounced back.

Auspicious Omen paving the way, even death must give way!

"Annoying mundane aura... It's you again, Sun Bumian." Kongwang spoke in a deep voice. "This girl's lifespan in the mortal world is already about to end. Even if you are an incarnation of Auspicious Omen, there's no way for you to interfere with the fate of life and death."

The Awakened Lion didn't speak, merely glaring angrily at Kongwang. Its pupils, nested with seven-colored flames, were like a brutal and ferocious beast wanting to swallow Kongwang alive... Its massive body nimbly shuttled around the young boy and girl. As the haze of death was dispersed little by little, the young girl's flame of life, which should have burned out, unexpectedly stabilized and brightened up again!

However, in the eyes of Pao Ge and the other Ordinary People, Sun Bumian, wearing the Awakened Lion Head-dress, suddenly jumped out from the firecrackers, shaking his head and swaying his body, dancing beside the two of them. It provoked the young girl, who was about to fall asleep, to wake up:

"Wow, is this the lion dance you were talking about?"

"Yeah! This is my big brother!" Pao Ge's face was full of smiles as he enthusiastically waved and interacted with Sun Bumian.

The golden light of the Auspicious Omen became increasingly dense. Kongwang only felt uncomfortable all over, so he retreated backward, his brows furrowing tightly...

"Sun Bumian, you can protect them for a moment, but can you protect them for a lifetime?" Kongwang sneered coldly. "You can't save anyone... just like back then, when you couldn't save your Master."

Hearing the last sentence, an unprecedented killing intent erupted from Sun Bumian's pupils. His angry eyes stared fixedly at Kongwang, yet the latter's figure continuously retreated, as if about to conceal himself within the crowd...

"Big Brother, this direction!"

Pao Ge, who had carried the young girl into the car, saw Sun Bumian constantly lingering on the other side of the car and couldn't help but call out.

The Audi with flashing hazard lights advanced amidst the sound of firecrackers. The fleet that had just received the bride was inching closer in the direction of "home." This bride escort was not yet completely over... But Sun Bumian was very clear that in a place beyond the reach of the naked eyes of ordinary people, Kongwang was still gazing at them, ready to make a move and harvest lives at any moment.

Sun Bumian had promised Pao Ge to ensure they would grow old together. No matter what, he couldn't let Xiaoyu die on the road of the bride escort...

But he truly lacked the means to split himself.

Just as Sun Bumian was anxious, a figure wearing a Great Crimson Theatrical Robe calmly walked out from behind him.

"I see him."

Red earrings swayed lightly in the air. Chen Ling's pupils rippled with an eerie red light.

He patted Sun Bumian's shoulder and said indifferently,

"You go lead the way, I'll cover the rear."

The Red-Clad Performer brushed past the seven-colored Awakened Lion.

Under Sun Bumian's stunned gaze, Chen Ling's figure walked into the billowing white smoke kicked up by the firecrackers... When he walked out again, the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe had already turned into a complex and mysterious red and black color, and a ferocious Nuo Mask was attached to his face!