Chapter 83: Gu Yusheng Actually Extends a Helping Hand

Now! Shi Ran abruptly drew her Ice Stream Sword and stabbed at the grey‑robed person, but the grey‑robed person reacted extremely quickly, his form retreating like a ghost, and at the same time he pressed a mechanism, dozens of red needles shot out again.

Shi Ran gave a faint smile, shot out a cluster of flames, then leaned back; the red needles whizzed past her chest, one even tearing a hole in her front garment. She lowered herself as far as possible, yet used the Ice Stream Sword as a support, exerted a little force, and sprang back.

The flames chased the grey‑robed person for a short distance; I don't know what trick he used, but when Shi Ran saw him again, he was still unharmed, standing on a flat metal object like a UFO, slowly floating up into midair.

"Looks like you've learned a thing or two!" the grey‑robed person shook his head regretfully: "You cherish your life so much, I can't bear to kill you!"

"Pah! The outcome's undecided, don't get too pleased with yourself!" Shi Ran also flew on her sword to the grey‑robed person's height, her hands fluttering as she chanted: "With my spirit, myriad swords return to the sect, heavens' wind and snow, turn cold into sword—go!"

Behind Shi Ran rose myriad ice crystals forming sharp swords, which finally coalesced into a gigantic ice sword shooting toward the grey‑robed person at extreme speed!

This was the ultimate killing move Shi Ran learned from an ancient book in the Floating Dream Sect; she wouldn't even use it against a true opponent! But the originally confident Shi Ran's expression gradually changed.

Only see that giant sword racing forward, yet it stopped just an inch before the grey‑robed person; the grey‑robed person snorted coldly, flicked a finger, and the giant sword actually cracked inch by inch, finally shattering into ice crystals swallowed by the wind and snow.

He's actually this strong; Shi Ran involuntarily retreated—how can we fight this? Does she have to call for her master to save her?

"You can't kill me, and your master won't come to save you either!" the grey‑robed person said leisurely, standing on the UFO yet pressing step by step: "You Tong ran off; he's busy cleaning up the mess!"

"It's you pulling the strings!" Shi Ran almost instantly realized: "Actually you don't need to press me so hard; I've been afflicted with the Red Silk Entanglement, my days are numbered—why waste this effort to kill me?"

"Because you must die as soon as possible!" the grey‑robed person again aimed the Violent Rain Pear Blossom Needles at Shi Ran: "Not even a moment later is allowed!"

Before his words finished, he pulled the trigger; myriad pear blossom needles surged forth like the finest rain, flashing a pressing cold light in the wind and snow! Shi Ran dodged ninety percent, but this time the distance was too close, the needles too many—she simply couldn't avoid them all; seeing the remaining ten percent already before her eyes, Shi Ran shut her eyes tightly in fright.

At the critical moment, a cyan‑white sword light descended from the heavens, forming a natural barrier before her. The silver needles struck the sword light and fell one after another; Shi Ran opened her eyes in surprise, only to see a familiar figure treading through the snow not far away—it was Gu Yusheng.

Gu Yusheng's face was ashen, his clothes disheveled, yet he held a long sword, standing firmly on the snow‑capped peak. Chasing Moon Sword Qi swirled around him, blowing the black hair scattered on his forehead into flight, revealing eyes like cold stars; he looked at Shi Ran and asked: "Where are my senior brothers?"

Shi Ran's mind went blank for a moment; she hadn't expected—hadn't expected that the male lead would one day rescue her. She suddenly recalled a line from a movie: "My beloved is a peerless hero, he will step on seven‑colored auspicious clouds…"

Hold it, hold it, hold it! Shi Ran hurriedly shook her head to dispel the line from her mind: "My senior brothers are fine; I came out looking for food, didn't expect to find none, and instead ran into this asshole!"

Gu Yusheng......

Grey‑robed person: "No, why are you cursing people? Wrong, that's not the point!" The point is, he turned to Gu Yusheng: "How are you here? Where are Mei Ruoxue and Xiao Muyu?"

Gu Yusheng's sword‑sharp gaze instantly locked onto the grey‑robed person; how does he know my senior brothers and A Xue are in trouble? It seems he's the mastermind! Damn it! Anyone who harms A Xue deserves to die!

Gu Yusheng didn't answer; he merely lifted his sword tip slightly, and a sword qi burst forth, tearing through the air. The grey‑robed person hastily dodged—he hadn't expected Gu Yusheng to suddenly attack; the male lead he writes can be lecherous, can be suave and affectionate, can be worldly and indifferent, but he can't go crazy!

The grey‑robed person cursed under his breath while dodging, but he didn't expect Gu Yusheng's first strike to miss, then he swung another sword—this time the sword qi lifted the grey‑robed person's hood, revealing a youthful, excessively young face, looking about seventeen or eighteen, with a strange metal lens over his left eye, the lens flashing a faint blue light.

"Damn it!" the grey‑robed person muttered lowly; he could target anyone in this book, but the male and female leads are fated—he dare not touch them at all. Now his only plan is to flee; the grey‑robed person suddenly smiled at Shi Ran, threw a sphere onto the ground, a blinding white light exploded, accompanied by a booming bang, and thick smoke instantly spread.

Shi Ran instinctively closed her eyes; when she opened them again, the grey‑robed person had vanished without a trace, leaving only a string of hurried footprints in the snow stretching into the distance.

He ran! Shi Ran was about to chase him on her sword when Gu Yusheng suddenly appeared and grabbed her wrist; he sighed, rarely speaking gently: "Shi Ran! Don't chase!"

Why?" Shi Ran didn't understand: "That grey‑robed person is obviously afraid of you! Let's press the attack and see what he's really up to!" The excited Shi Ran apparently forgot the disaster the grey‑robed person's identity brought her—she is a world‑hopper, that is, a Soul Snatcher of the cultivation world; if discovered, she would be expelled from the spirit realm, her immortal bones severed, left to fend for herself.

But she isn't thinking of those things now; she simply wants to exterminate the grey‑robed person, lest he harbor thoughts of destroying her—this is a hidden danger, and Shi Ran greatly dislikes leaving hidden dangers.

Gu Yusheng shook his head; it's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't—those two swords just now exhausted all his spiritual power, and now......

Gu Yusheng spat a mouthful of fresh blood with a wow, leaving a blood imprint in the snow, quite beautiful, like A Xue's blushing cheeks, A Xue....

Gu Yusheng's mind went blank; he fell from the Chasing Moon Sword, startling Shi Ran, who hurriedly ordered Red Pupil to catch him!

Red Pupil rose to the occasion; fortunately its hide is thick, catching a person alone took little effort,

"Gu Yusheng! Hey! Gu Yusheng!" Shi Ran also hastily landed on Red Pupil's back, swinging left and right, slapping Gu Yusheng several times: "Can't you wake up? If you don't, I'll just toss you here!"

Gu Yusheng felt as if his body were being crushed inch by inch then pieced back together, pain so intense he wanted to die, especially his face—when the wind blew it burned hot; he struggled, half‑opening one eye, forcing himself to say: "Save senior sister! She...." Before he finished, he fainted again; this time, no matter how hard Shi Ran struck, Gu Yusheng never woke up.

This really is—Shi Ran sighed at the utterly transformed Gu Yusheng; the more she didn't want to meet him, the more she did—fate, why is it so cruel?