Chapter 61: I Promise You, We Will Always Be Together

The edge of Wanren City.

Run.

After Yu Ruowei was brought out by the white wolf and crawled out from his belly, her face was pale, and only this one thought remained in her mind.

Must run quickly.

Family Head...

She had miscalculated the Family Head's strength.

And she had also miscalculated his ruthlessness.

She would die.

She would really die!! Yu Ruowei gritted her teeth and fled for her life.

She didn't hope for anything else now; she just wanted to leave quickly, find a safe place to recuperate, and rest.

However...

After circling around a few times, Yu Ruowei's face suddenly turned white.

"No, there is a formation here!"

A formation...

Her heart was in chaos.

Yu Ruowei, who was quite gifted in formations, instantly sensed that something was wrong; her eyes flickered, but when she realized what kind of grand formation this was, her face turned ashen.

It's over...

Thump! The long sword slipped from her hand.

Exhausted to the extreme, Yu Ruowei collapsed to her knees at the edge of the formation, her mind dazed and wounded.

"Is this the Protective Clan Array? Why? Why can't I find the formation points?"

"Woo!!"

The white wolf beside her became visibly anxious, constantly nudging Yu Ruowei's arm and whimpering repeatedly, like a newborn puppy.

Yu Ruowei shakily stood up, looking down at Cang Xuan with a bitter smile, feeling lost.

"Cang Xuan..."

She let out a sob.

It was like crying and laughing at the same time.

"I am going to get you killed."

"I am going to get you killed."

"It is my fault, it is my... fault."

Looking at her, she seemed vaguely insane, as if she had suffered a cultivation deviation.

The white wolf grew even more anxious.

He kept whining, urging her by nudging Yu Ruowei's lower back, his glass-like blue eyes filled with anxiety and fear.

Yu Ruowei hugged his large head and shook her head with a bitter smile.

"It's useless, stop using your innate ability; we cannot get out. If we could, we wouldn't be stuck here..."

She didn't even have time to finish her sentence.

Yu Ruowei's voice stopped abruptly, and she jerked her head toward the center of the city; as if sensing something, her face turned deathly pale in an instant!

"No, no, no! How can this be!"

She shook her head frantically, but when she saw Cang Xuan out of the corner of her eye, she snapped back to reality and immediately bit her finger.

Yet, unexpectedly, when Cang Xuan saw Yu Ruowei bite her finger and try to smear blood on him, he let out a fierce and urgent howl and retreated repeatedly, making Yu Ruowei break into a cold sweat from anxiety.

She scolded angrily: "Come here!!"

"We must dissolve the Master-Servant Contract immediately!"

"Otherwise, you won't be able to survive!"

"Come here! I will dissolve the contract, go, you must leave quickly!!!"

Even though Cang Xuan could not speak, his beautiful blue eyes still expressed a firm sentiment.

He did not want to.

And he was unwilling.

"Smack!"

Driven to desperation, Yu Ruowei slapped Cang Xuan on the head and cursed in a fit of rage.

"Are you an idiot? I was using you from the very beginning! I never once treated you as my friend; I only wanted your eyes, your half-body strength, and your lifespan. Get lost! I have found my family again now, I don't care about you at all, get lost quickly!"

"Do you think a piece of trash like you is qualified to stay by my side? You can't even recognize the road; do you think I would have been so good to you if it weren't to gain your loyalty!?"

"I have long since not wanted to be contracted with you; if you're smart, you'll let me dissolve it obediently, otherwise I will order you to self-destruct immediately!!"

Cang Xuan's intelligence was only that of a seven or eight-year-old child.

Yet he was exceptionally stubborn.

Even though Yu Ruowei said such harsh things, he only whimpered and cried, shaking his head frantically as he retreated.

Yu Ruowei gritted her teeth, intending to simply and cleanly dissolve the contract directly from her divine sense.

In her eyes, there was deep sorrow.

If she dissolved the contract with blood, she would be the one to suffer more from the backlash.

But if she dissolved the contract directly, it would be Cang Xuan who suffered the heavy blow.

But she couldn't care about that anymore.

However.

It was too late after all. Before her contract could be undone, a black shadow came from the center of the city toward this place, leaping a hundred zhang at a time, dust flying as it landed.

In just a few breaths, that figure seemed to have locked onto its position and landed heavily toward her side.

When Yu Ruowei saw the true form of this black shadow clearly, the blood drained from her lips in an instant, and she trembled in fear.

Zhu Yan...

She naturally knew that this was the most murderous Fierce Beast by Lu Ren's side.

Yu Ruowei even felt her legs shaking, but after glancing at that silly wolf, she still suppressed her fear and stepped forward.

"I, I am willing to plead guilty, please let Cang Xuan go..."

She did not even have time to finish her words.

Stimulated by the thick killing intent on the Zhu Yan, the white wolf, though terrified, still blocked directly in front of Yu Ruowei.

"Awoo!"

Seeing this.

Yu Ruowei's expression changed drastically.

"No!"

The tawny eyes of the Fierce Beast were like jammed gears as they turned toward the white wolf; seeing that tiny figure, there was a moment of apparent confusion.

Then...

"Bang!"

The giant ape's palm was suddenly raised high and smashed down onto the head of the white wolf, which was already weak from using its innate ability.

"No!!!"

A tiny flower of blood splashed open.

The ground was covered in minced meat.

Fragments of broken internal organs splattered all over Yu Ruowei's face.

She stared blankly at the flesh squeezed out from between the Zhu Yan's fingers, clearly able to feel that her contract had been severed.

Master-Servant Contract.

If the servant dies, the master suffers no injury.

Yet, Yu Ruowei's body began to tremble.

A wave of dizziness washed over her.

"Woo-woo—"

"Oh my, you won't eat it, you're so stupid, what breed of little wolf are you? Why do you look like a little puppy?"

"Hahaha, stop licking, stop licking, I know I was wrong."

"Little stupid dog, where did you catch that pheasant? Let's get this straight, I'm not very good at cooking."

"Your name is Cang Xuan? What a good name, silly dog, I only begged for half a piece of cake to share with you, why were you so bold as to form a contract with me?"

"So stupid, when I run out of money, I'll sell you off somewhere. Oh, alright, alright, don't cry, I was just joking."

"It's fine, we don't need other people's Spirit Pills. When I have money, I'll buy a bottle just to throw it away."

"Cang Xuan, we will always be together."

"Mm, I promise you."

"..."

"Ah... ah!!!" A broken, shrill scream erupted from Yu Ruowei's throat.

Her eyes turned blood-red, and she lunged forward violently.

"Give him back to me, give Cang Xuan back to me!"

Terrifying, ghastly hatred burst from her throat; her hoarse, fierce voice was mingled with the cold wind.

She was like a monster composed entirely of evil thoughts and hatred.

She drew her Spirit Sword and struck without any technique, wailing in pain like a mother beast that had lost her cub, left only with the instinct of grief and despair.

But how could she possibly be a match for the Zhu Yan?

The blood-stained claws grabbed her body, tearing it in two from top to bottom as if it were dried-out chicken meat, tossing the two halves of her fading life onto the ground without mercy, and then stepping heavily to crush half of her torso.

Large mouthfuls of blood welled up in Yu Ruowei's mouth, and a pitch-black world enveloped her.

She seemed to be free.

But she still clung to her desire, moving her scarred arms, trembling as she gathered the little bit of flesh and blood she could touch into her palm.

It hurts so much.

So cruel.

So sad.

Cang Xuan, Cang Xuan...

Wanren City, Family Head, brother, Cang Xuan... everything gradually disappeared before her eyes, her soul detached from her body and fell toward a dark, sweet dream.

Splat! The Zhu Yan crushed Yu Ruowei's skull without hesitation.

The last trace of life vanished.

He roared toward the sky, beat his chest with both fists, and then leaped toward the center of the city.

A long time passed.

Or perhaps it hadn't been long at all.

Jade-white bare feet landed on the blood-stained ground, and a hint of confusion mixed with a light chuckle rang out.

"Huh... how interesting."

(End of chapter)