Chen Mo lifted his leg and walked inside, standing on the other side of the Light Gate, beckoning Zhu Wujiang over with a finger.
"Come on over!"
"Interesting."
Zhu Wujiang chuckled lightly and leapt into the Light Gate.
The light gradually dissipated, and everything around returned to normal. The figures of the two disappeared, leaving the dense forest in tranquility once again.
"Hah—"
In no time, Ji Lianxing, who had completely lost her breath, suddenly opened her eyes, gasping for air as her chest heaved dramatically.
Her trembling fingers lightly touched her forehead, her skin smooth and even. The wound that pierced through her skull had vanished.
Yet the feeling of being on the brink of death was too real, keeping her unsettled for a long time.
Once she calmed down, she reached for her waist, retrieving a wooden human-shaped talisman from her belt, its head shattered to bits.
Earlier, Chen Mo had suddenly embraced her, secretly slipping this into her belt, which had blocked the fatal blow. Otherwise, she would likely be a corpse by now!
"That guy..."
"Does he have to make me owe him?"
Ji Lianxing tightly clutched the small wooden figure, her heart a tangled mess.
However, judging from the Demon Lord’s attitude, he probably wouldn’t harm Chen Mo, and there were tasks that Chen Mo had entrusted to her to complete. This was not the time for wild thoughts...
She forcefully rallied her spirits, swallowed a Spirit Pill, and then soared into the sky, not noticing that amidst the crushed lump of flesh, a pitch-black tar-like substance was spreading out, continuously binding and piecing together the fragments of flesh and bone...
The peculiar object "Undying Shedding" is the leftover shell of an ancient creature.
The Undying Shedding itself possesses no consciousness, but if one hides a wisp of their Divine Soul within it, they can shed their bones and be reborn, weaving a new body from scratch.
However, the process of reconstruction must not be interrupted, or it would lead to the annihilation of the Divine Soul.
Back then, after Duan Zhongmou was subdued and killed by the Princess, he was "resurrected" using this method.
"The Young Master... dead?"
"Chen Mo... Ji Lianxing..."
"Just you wait, I will surely make you— hmm?"
At this moment, an unease suddenly swept over Duan Zhongmou’s heart.
He picked up a broken eyeball with his tentacle, kneaded it, and looked up.
Only to see a black cat that had appeared before him at some point, examining the black substance with its heterochromatic eyes, unable to suppress the gulping of its saliva.
Though it was unclear what this thing was, it had an intense allure for the cat...
It looked quite delicious...
"Awooo~"
"W-wait, dead cat, stop that!"
"No—"
...
...
Tianlan Mountain.
Amidst the misty Immortal Mountain, two figures hovered in mid-air.
Zhu Wujiang glanced around, nodding approvingly: "The scenery here is indeed nice."
From the start, she had been observing Chen Mo.
To her, obtaining Dragon Qi was certainly the priority, but this "vessel" was equally important, as it, to some extent, would determine which path she should choose next.
"Even when faced with an opponent with such a large gap, he didn’t give up resisting, which shows exceptional resilience."
"Moreover, at the brink of life and death, he chose to lure the enemy away, wanting to give the chance of survival to a friend, displaying commendable character."
Zhu Wujiang looked approving, yet slightly puzzled, "But what I can’t understand is, what do you plan to do by bringing me here..."
Just as she finished speaking, something seemed to dawn on her, and her expression suddenly changed.


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