Chapter 57: Ohhh~~~~

What Yellow Braised Chicken said, Lu Yuan had already understood the implications.

Indeed!

His relationship with Gu Qingwan was too special.

Gu Qingwan truly took great care of Lu Yuan.

So Lu Yuan had never felt that suffocating oppressive feeling from her.

He could sense her unfathomably deep evil nature, yet had never truly felt fear.

This special treatment meant he never had an objective, calm recognition of Gu Qingwan's true strength but she was special to Lu Yuan. To others, it was another matter.

Yellow Braised Chicken's instinctive perception wouldn't lie.

So Lu Yuan didn't hesitate, directly choosing to crush the white jade bone token. Now only Gu Qingwan could save him but he really damn well couldn't crush it!!

Still didn't break!!

Damn it!!

Why?

This... this isn't right!!

The first white jade bone token Gu Qingwan gave him, Lu Yuan crushed with just a little force!!

A ridiculous thought exploded in Lu Yuan's mind.

Could it be... could it be that last time he complained it was too fragile, so...

So Gu Qingwan specially gave him a sturdier one??

The thought just arose and Lu Yuan's cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

No way... this is way too sturdy!!!

Could Gu Qingwan have set it according to her level of strength... so it couldn't be easily crushed?!!

Unable to crush it twice, Lu Yuan's cold sweat really came pouring down instantly!

Yellow Braised Chicken who'd been staring fixedly at Lu Yuan's movements was also completely dumbfounded.

"What's going on with you!!"

"Did you call or not!!"

"You didn't lose the token, did you?!"

Yellow Braised Chicken was going crazy, completely unable to understand what expression Lu Yuan's face that was both green and white showed.

Lu Yuan didn't want to speak, couldn't speak either.

He held his breath, his back teeth nearly crushed, preparing to stake everything on a third attempt. However, there was no third chance.

A black shadow tore through the air, appearing before Lu Yuan in an instant.

The entire world seemed gripped by an invisible giant hand, forcibly pressed to pause.

Wind stopped, dust froze in mid-air, even the surging magical power in Lu Yuan's body experienced momentary stagnation.

That humanoid fierce god appeared before Lu Yuan without warning, without process, less than seven feet away.

Lu Yuan didn't even have time for any reaction.

A "hand" extended from that writhing dark outline.

Not flesh and blood, but composed of churning, living-creature-like viscous shadow.

Five twisted sharp "claws" flickered with ominous dark red luster, stabbing straight at Lu Yuan's neck.

The trajectory seemed slow but sealed off all escape routes, carrying a rule-level certain-hit meaning.

This strike was enough to pierce his throat, making him die on the spot!

But!

At the critical moment!

The fierce god's movement showed a trace of extremely unnatural trembling.

That smoothly thrusting shadow claw suddenly halted just three inches from Lu Yuan's throat, the claw tip violently trembling.

"Move for me!!"

From afar came the hunchbacked old man's hoarse, crazed roar.

He sprawled on the ground, ten fingers digging deep into soil, seven orifices seeping fresh blood, face savage as a ghost.

At the cost of burning his life, forcibly fighting for control of this terrifying creation.

Just this one breath's pause!

Lu Yuan seized the chance for life!

"Break!"

A thunder-short true word exploded from his throat.

He forcibly reversed the nearly frozen magical power, not attacking, not defending, pouring it all into his legs!

Both feet at an angle violating human joints, drove his entire body to wrench forcibly leftward and backward!

Tssss—

The shadow claw grazed past Lu Yuan's right shoulder.

No sound of metal on stone, only the teeth-aching fine sound of a hot knife cutting into fat.

A large piece of Lu Yuan's right shoulder Daoist robe vanished into thin air, the skin and flesh underneath instantly bursting.

A ghastly wound deep enough to see bone appeared, edges scorched black and rotting, emitting a deathly aura!

Intense pain struck. Lu Yuan let out a muffled groan.

Also at this moment, that white jade bone token he'd been tightly clutching flew from his hand with this violent twist!

The bone token traced a desperate parabola through the air.

Finally, caught steadily by a withered hand.

The one who caught it... was that old woman.

"I imagine this is the key to how you saved Zhao Qiao'er from the Human-Faced Two-Legged Sheep's hands?"

The old woman grabbed that bone token, her cold gaze sweeping over Lu Yuan who clutched his wound, grimacing in pain.

At this moment, everyone on Lu Yuan's side felt their hearts sink to the bottom.

Finished...

Finished!

The only hope for survival... gone!

Yellow Braised Chicken completely exploded, baring its teeth at Lu Yuan, lowering its voice to roar furiously, "What the hell have you been dawdling about!!"

"You're not actually so stupid you're afraid of karmic entanglement, are you!!"

"You're about to damn well die, what are you afraid of karma for!!"

Lu Yuan: "..."

He didn't want to say a word now.

How to explain?

Say this bone token was too hard, he used all his strength squeezing twice and got no reaction at all?

"What exactly is this thing?"

"Watching him fumble in his chest for so long."

The hunchbacked old man at the side got up from the ground. Though his complexion was pale, his expression was much more relaxed.

As for why relaxed...

Looking again at that super malevolent ghost hovering at its previous position, it seemed... already completely controlled.

Those two collapsing pitch-black vortexes quietly gazed at Lu Yuan clutching his wound with a face full of despair.

"Seems like a life-saving trigger."

The old woman held the white jade bone token up to the moonlight, examining it while coldly, slowly speaking.

"Just inject magical power and it can summon something formidable."

"Back then in Ningyuan Town, he must have relied on this to rescue Zhao Qiao'er from the Human-Faced Two-Legged Sheep's hands..."

After the hunchbacked old man finished listening, he looked at Lu Yuan sinisterly, twisting his neck as if looking at a dead man, saying coldly, "No wonder, I was wondering how this guy managed to escape with Zhao Qiao'er from the Human-Faced Two-Legged Sheep..."

"Thought he used some top-tier ritual implement..."

The old woman turned her head, the corner of her mouth hooking up a heavy sneer.

"This should be an evil spirit's trigger, right?"

"A Daoist priest, yet fooling around with evil spirits."

"What a pity. This evil spirit seems quite formidable, but you... absolutely have no chance now!!"

As her words fell, black light ignited on the old woman's hand, suddenly clenching!

Crack!

An extremely crisp shattering sound echoed through the deathly silent wasteland hill.

The white jade bone token shattered on cue.

Lu Yuan: "Ohhh~~~"

Yellow Braised Chicken: "Ohhh~~~~"

Xu Erxiao, Wang Cheng'an: "Ohhh~~~~"

Ohhh~~~~

So that's how you squeeze this thing!!

Can't just squeeze with strength, gotta use magical power to squeeze!!

Thud—

With a dumbfounded expression, Lu Yuan turned to see Yellow Braised Chicken already prostrate on the ground with all five limbs.

"What are you doing?"

Yellow Braised Chicken curled its lips, not raising its head, "What the hell else can I do, wait for the Great Immortal to come and kowtow directly!"

"You don't have to kowtow!"

Lu Yuan clutched his wound, anxious and angry. True Dragon Temple was far from here!!

Who the hell knows when she can arrive!!

Now hurry up and stall this couple. Aren't you the best at blabbing?!

Use your mouth to delay as long as possible!!

But... Lu Yuan was just about to open his mouth when he suddenly paused.

Slowly raised his head, looking toward the night sky.

Uh...

No need.

She's here.

At some unknown time, the deep night sky above everyone's heads had transformed into a viscous, downward-dripping crimson blood color.

A familiar, soul-trembling crimson figure was rapidly condensing and taking form in mid-air not far before him...