Chapter 249: Because He Is a Good Man

"Die!"

Zhuque laughed hideously and wildly, shooting toward Chen Che. The red and black mass of energy in his palm was like a devil from the netherworld, exuding a covetous aura.

Zhuque's momentum was fierce, leaving Chen Che absolutely no chance to escape.

Chen Che seemed to know this well and did not rush to turn and flee. Instead, he first suppressed the Great Red Sun Poison that was resonating and stirring within his body, then quickly formed seals with his hands and struck the ground: "Gen Earth!"

The ground trembled slightly, and cracks spread to beneath Zhuque's feet, restricting his attack for an instant.

Chen Che took this opportunity to retreat rapidly. His hands changed seals again, and seven Ghost Gate Needles floated beside him, their tips connecting to form a defensive wall in harmony with his True Qi.

Zhuque struck the defensive wall with his palm. The red and black energy mass twisted hideously like a living thing, continuously slamming against the defensive wall and emitting one dull boom after another.

The defensive wall crumbled inch by inch. Chen Che was exhausted from coping with it; one hand maintained the defensive wall while the other hand formed a seal, and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Zhen Thunder: Awakening of Insects!"

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a violent thunderbolt struck down!

"Boom!"

The explosion arrived, and the defensive wall shattered at this moment. The palm carrying the red and black energy mass passed through the defensive wall and struck Chen Che square in the chest.

"Pfft!"

Chen Che spat out a mouthful of blood, flew backward, and fell to the ground, sliding several meters away.

The dust and smoke dissipated, and the forest was a mess; the surrounding trees had all been struck into charred, withered branches by the thunder.

Zhuque was draped in a layer of flame robes, his face covered in blood; clearly, the previous strike had not been easy for him either.

"Pah!"

Zhuque spat out a mouthful of blood foam, looked at Chen Che, and sneered: "Is this all you've got? Don't worry, I'll let you reunite with your family right now."

Chen Che did not hear Zhuque's words at all. The mass of Great Red Sun Poison had violently intruded into his body from his chest, merging with the Great Red Sun Poison already inside him.

The magma-like red-hot poisonous energy spread from his chest as the center to his entire body, rapidly crawling over every meridian in his body.

That intense pain, originating from the scorching heat, radiated from the inside out, almost as if it were going to melt Chen Che's tendons, bones, and skin entirely.

Chen Che curled up on the ground. The red-hot turbid energy spread from his meridians, crawling over his cheeks like a spiderweb. He subconsciously used True Qi to resist the turbid energy, yet the turbid energy was even more overbearing and fierce than before, and coupled with the fact that Chen Che was already injured, he was completely unable to resist.

Seeing Chen Che's painful appearance, Zhuque was very smug. The flames in his palm turned into a ball: "Let me help you be even more painful!"

With a wave of his long arm, the fireball flew toward Chen Che like a cannonball.

"Whoosh—"

A bone-chilling aura rushed toward him. A slender figure descended from the sky and caught the fireball with one hand. Her fair, slender fingers closed slightly, and the scorching fireball instantly turned into an ice ball; the raging flames were frozen solid.

The ice ball fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, and the flames were extinguished along with it.

Zhuque narrowed his eyes, sizing up the woman who had suddenly appeared, and asked: "Who are you?"

The newcomer looked up, and at the same time, the clear radiance of the moonlight spilled down, just happening to illuminate her bright and beautiful face.

The person who had come was none other than Su Xiao.

"Who I am is not important. What's important is, who are you? And why do you want to kill him?"

Su Xiao asked back with a cold face.

Zhuque glanced at the frozen flame fragments on the ground, and a trace of astonishment rose in his heart.

As the saying goes, ice and fire are two different worlds, but this method of directly freezing flames was truly too overbearing!

True Qi does not inherently have special attributes, but some individuals, due to their constitution, have True Qi that possesses a specific attribute.

Such people have high cultivation talent and often reach a level unattainable by their peers at a young age, but at the same time, the price of a special constitution is that the upper limit of their cultivation is lower than that of ordinary people.

Zhuque knew very well how he had obtained his fire-attribute internal energy, so he knew very well that the ice-attribute internal energy of the woman in front of him was completely innate.

Moreover, through her move just now, it could be clearly determined that she possessed the strength of a Postnatal Grandmaster.

The gap in cultivation realm was not enough to make Zhuque wary; what he was curious about was Su Xiao's special constitution.

Compared to cultivating oneself, people with special constitutions could better help others cultivate!

If he could absorb Su Xiao's True Qi, it would be of great benefit to his own cultivation, and his status within the Alliance would advance even further!

"My business with Chen Che has nothing to do with you. Anyway, he is about to die, but I am quite interested in you right now!"

Zhuque narrowed his eyes, staring at his prey like a dangerous wild beast.

"With me here, he will not die!"

Su Xiao let out a cold snort, bit her lip, leaned down, and kissed Chen Che's mouth, using her tongue to roll the icy blood and send it into Chen Che's mouth.

In an instant!

A burst of cold energy flowed through Chen Che's entire body, as if he were in the middle of a thousand-year-old iceberg. The manic scorching heat within his body was forced to restrain its edge in the face of this natural enemy, sealed into the darkest corner.

Zhuque's expression froze. Guessing something, he roared in a rage: "Bastard!"

Zhuque rushed over urgently. Su Xiao placed her hands on Chen Che's chest, pushed with force, and then turned to meet Zhuque's attack.

"Boom!"

The two quickly turned into two arcs of light, unfolding a fierce chase and entanglement.

Under Su Xiao's push, Chen Che drifted to a secluded corner not far away. He quickly sat cross-legged and circulated his True Qi. Seven Ghost Gate Needles flew in from all directions and inserted themselves into his Acupoints, assisting the circulation of his True Qi.

Zhuque and Su Xiao leaped onto the treetops, looking at each other from a distance.

Su Xiao was draped in armor made of ice. Her long hair was as silver-white as a glacier under the wrapping of her Cold Ice True Qi, and a calm and firm light flickered in her eyes.

She waved her hand lightly, and the moisture in the air rapidly condensed into sharp ice blades. They rotated in the air like a flock of falcons searching for a target.

Zhuque was dressed in a battle robe woven from flames. His skin shimmered with a crimson luster in the firelight, and wild flames burned in his eyes.

He took a deep breath, and the surrounding air seemed to be ignited. Tongues of fire spewed from his mouth, forming fire dragons that circled in the air, searching for an opportunity to attack.

"Who exactly are you? Why do you want to help him?"

Zhuque had been observing Chen Che, so he knew very well that there was no one with a special constitution like Su Xiao by his side.

And it seemed that it was not just Cold Ice True Qi; her blood also seemed to have other uses.

"Who I am is not important. As for why I want to help him..."

Su Xiao glanced at Chen Che as he adjusted his breath, a hint of a smile appearing at the corners of her eyes, "Because he is a good man."

Zhuque looked grim: "Then you shall both die together!"

The figures of the two flashed simultaneously.

In the blink of an eye, the powers of ice and fire intertwined, forming a spectacular scene.

Ice blades and fire dragons collided in the air, producing brilliant sparks and steam.

White cold energy rose around Su Xiao, and she used the power of ice to create a frozen domain, attempting to trap Zhuque within it.

Zhuque sneered disdainfully, the might of his internal energy flames surging to the heavens, melting the frozen domain in an instant!

Su Xiao furrowed her delicate brows and pinched a seal with both hands, summoning a massive iceberg in an attempt to crush Zhuque's surging flames with the force of Mount Tai.

"How can a Postnatal Grandmaster shake a Pre-Heaven Earth Master?! Overestimating your own strength!"

Zhuque let out a loud roar, his internal energy flames scattering and flying everywhere, summoning a sea of fire that boiled and steamed the might of the iceberg.

The moment their powers made contact, a massive explosion occurred, and the powers of ice and fire reached a balance at this moment.

In the end, Zhuque used the high temperature of the flames to evaporate the base of the iceberg, causing it to lose its balance and collapse.

Su Xiao gritted her teeth and went all out, attempting to stabilize the iceberg with the power of ice, but the flames manifested from True Qi were too scorching, and her efforts were ultimately in vain.

The iceberg melted, and Su Xiao spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, her already fair and pretty face becoming even paler.

"You are mine!"

Zhuque shot out rapidly from the sea of fire, extending a flaming palm to grab at Su Xiao.

Su Xiao clutched her chest; even facing death in the next second, her expression remained as cold as frost, calm and composed.

"Whoosh!"

A sound of breaking through the air exploded in their ears.

Zhuque widened his eyes and froze in place; his palm was only two centimeters away from Su Xiao's delicate neck, but his wrist had been gripped by another large hand.