Chapter 960: Rescue! (3/2, Extra Chapter for 'Ruichi Tianxia')

You Sisi saw this scene and struggled frantically, but the branch piercing her chest had fused with her flesh and skin; a strange sensation came from her heart, as if something inside her body was flowing out along the branch and merging into the Spirit Tree.

A powerful sense of weakness surged through her, and for an instant, her consciousness slipped into daze.

At that very moment, something within her body seemed to react instinctively, suddenly erupting in a cock's crow!

It wasn't loud, only exploding at her ear, yet it jolted You Sisi awake, instantly restoring her awareness!

Looking down again, Niu Niu and the others were indeed slumped unconscious, unresponsive no matter how much she shouted.

This branch has the ability to rob one of the power to resist!

You Sisi had regained consciousness solely thanks to her bloodline power, though she had no idea how this bloodline power had been activated…

She had developed her bloodline power to an extremely low degree, knowing almost nothing about it.

In this dire situation, You Sisi could only hope someone else would come to rescue her.

At this moment, the thunderous black clouds above had dissipated; looking downward, the massive crash from the collapse of Yuansuan Kezhan had drawn the attention of several Qing Si squads, the closest of which was the team led by You Xingchen!

You Sisi's heart leapt with excitement, and she shouted for help—but her voice reached below as if blocked by an invisible barrier, unheard by those below.

And when You Sisi saw the Spirit Tree slowly shifting, and Jing Yan and the others below being passively slammed into the tall building as if existing in two different dimensions, passing through each other, she instantly understood: they were now imprisoned by the Spirit Tree, existing in a peculiar state.

Under normal circumstances, not even touching it was possible—let alone seeing this Spirit Tree!

Only… only during that instant when the Black Cloud thunder cracked above could she possibly emerge alongside the Spirit Tree, visible to the world!

It seems she must save herself!

You Sisi struggled desperately; as she struggled, the branch reacted in turn, and her consciousness was immediately assaulted again—yet at the same time, some force within her was stimulated, and the cock's crow sounded once more!

But unlike before, this time the branch paused, as if locking onto this fiercely resisting target, and began violently draining You Sisi's strength.

This frail body of hers could not withstand such torment; in the blink of an eye, she visibly withered away, her limbs subtly shrinking, as if everything within her body was being sucked out by the branch, her consciousness growing hazy.

And in this desperate plight, only the cock's crow beside her ear grew louder and louder!

Gogogogo!!

The cock's crow echoed through the heavens!

The air around her twisted violently for an instant—a spherical ripple over a meter wide burst outward as if tearing through space!

In the next instant, Sisi's figure suddenly materialized midair, visible to all who had looked up at the cock's crow!

"Sisi?!"

"How is she in the air?"

"What's with the branch in her chest?!"

Everyone could see only that spherical space over a meter wide, and only You Sisi's condition—and in the next instant, You Sisi seemed to have exhausted her strength, slowly closing her eyes; the spherical space that had expanded because of her instantly withered and shrank, and her figure vanished from everyone's sight.

And at that very moment, a thunderous roar suddenly rang out!

"Lord Han, now is the time!!"

Accompanying the roar was a dark shadow leaping upward.

In the blink of an eye, the shadow had nearly reached You Sisi's front.

But the closing space had already shrunk to the size of a keyhole, revealing only half the branch still protruding.

"Break… NOW!!"

At that moment, black blood erupted from the shadow's body!

Black blood rained down wildly, while the shadow teleported the final distance, driving a sword straight into the half-exposed branch!

A moment of stillness.

Boom!!

Wave-like lines exploded outward from the shadow in dense clusters, forming a space over ten meters wide—within it, a corner of the Spirit Tree came into everyone's view.

The rows of human bodies hanging from the branches had withered to half a meter tall, their features erased, their forms reduced to fruit-sized lumps.

Only those hanging from thinner branches remained relatively intact, though all were unconscious.

"Lord Han, hurry! Your body won't hold out much longer on this drug's power!"

Master Qiankun shouted from the rooftop, recalling the moment the kezhan had collapsed.

In that instant, when Lord Han shattered the kezhan to give others a chance to escape, Master Qiankun had surged upward against the shockwave and plunged a golden needle into Lord Han's spine!

The golden needle was from Qianyao Palace!

He had kept it since leaving Qianyao Palace, never imagining he'd use it now—but this experimental subject was simply too precious; he couldn't bear to let him die!

And Lord Han, whose brow had been pierced through by the branch, whose consciousness had been on the verge of fading, suddenly surged with power; in the shockwave, he violently broke free from the branch's grip, used Origin Power to snap the branch in his brow, and retreated backward, dragging Master Qiankun behind him.

Before he could regain his bearings, the others had already been snatched away by An Dong'er'er, and with the thunder's crash, not even a shadow remained.

They had searched desperately, which led them to this moment.

Thanks to You Sisi's cock's crow, they'd found their opening—otherwise, they'd have had to wait for the next thunderclap to see if they could find An Dong'er'er; generally, by then, everyone would likely be dead.

So it was truly fortunate they arrived in time!

"We're counting on you, Lord Han!"

As if hearing Master Qiankun's thoughts, Lord Han began to dance with his sword, slashing wildly.

His sword shadows were impenetrable, as if tearing through all things—but when they struck the Spirit Tree's branches, they only rang out with sharp clangs, spraying blinding sparks.

Feeling the surrounding space rapidly shrinking, Lord Han's expression darkened—he realized he must change tactics.

And at that moment, Lord Han noticed: the branch beneath You Sisi had developed countless fine wounds merely from the residual force of his strikes, while the branch piercing You Sisi remained as hard as steel, utterly unresponsive.

"The drug's unleashed power only lets me reach about seventy or eighty percent of my Rain Grade Peak strength… and this drug's power is draining rapidly!"

His inner voice told him he must save everyone.

But his reason made him spin around and slash violently at the branch beneath You Sisi!

That branch held everyone except You Sisi!

(End of Chapter)