Ti passed, and the smoke cleared.
Ao Qing stared intently.
She slled a hint of blood.
The Sea Demon King is injured! Ao Qing imdiately looked over.
She saw two huge holes had been pierced through the Sea Demon King's body. Countless creatures seed to be wriggling inside them, as if dark spirits were crawling around the wounds—it was a horrifying sight.
Ao Qing was taken aback. Really injured? How could this be? The Sea Demon King's body was extrely resilient. He had been locked in the Sea Prison for hundreds of years. Even though his cultivation had been suppressed and the effects of the Primordial Mystic Heavy Water negated, his body had weakened only minimally. He shouldn't have been injured. This...
Wang Mu shook his head slightly. The gap is still too large. An injury like this can only be considered minor for the Sea Demon King. Understanding the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique, he was well aware of terrifying recuperative abilities, especially for an exotic beast of this level.
Monts later, the Sea Demon King turned around.
In the instant he turned, he transford back into that kind and benevolent-looking man, except now there were two small holes in his chest. His face was pale, but his eyes were filled with a strange excitent.
"That felt so good!"
The Sea Demon King laughed heartily. "Interesting, interesting... I haven't felt this good in a long ti! It's a pity, though. It's still not quite enough; your strength is a bit too weak."
"No, no!"
"This won't do..."
He murmured to himself and then, as if struck by an idea, his eyes brightened. "Yes, yes, that's it, that's it! Fellow Daoist, would you like to learn a technique more powerful than the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique?"
Wang Mu was startled.
"As long as you agree to one condition, I will teach it to you imdiately," the Sea Demon King said, his eyes burning with fervor as he looked at Wang Mu. "This condition is very simple: you just need to master it, then co back here and, with that fist, just strike to death—oh no!"
"Just a punch to deliver to salvation will suffice."
"How about it?"
What? Wang Mu thought. Is this Sea Demon King insane?
"Please!" The Sea Demon King clasped his hands together, just like a monk.
"Sothing more powerful than the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique?" Wang Mu asked.
"It's a Cultivation Technique I created, surpassing the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique," the Sea Demon King declared, noticing Wang Mu seed interested. He promptly tossed out a Jade Scroll. "The Divine Demon Body! Once this technique is mastered, you will be able to shatter the void, achieve ascension in broad daylight, escape the cycle of reincarnation, transcend this world, shed your demonic nature, and cross the sea of suffering..."
The Sea Demon King had not yet finished speaking.
But the Jade Scroll did not fly to Wang Mu's hand; instead, a snow-white hand appeared out of the void and snatched it away.
The Sea Demon King didn't panic at this sight. He seed to understand sothing and looked at Wang Mu, his eyes fervent, as he said, "Fellow Daoist, when the ti cos, you must master this Cultivation Technique and co here to grant salvation!"
Before Wang Mu could frown or reply, Ao Qing ca forward, spewing a stream of water light that enveloped Wang Mu, and they swiftly disappeared from the spot.
「」
When Wang Mu awoke once more, he looked up to see a sky filled with ever-changing celestial phenona. Below lay rivers and mountains, and he seed to be standing on the surface of water, as if in another world.
In the sky, the words "Bi You Palace" were faintly visible.
All signs of fatigue had vanished, and his body seed filled with strength. What kind of recovery spell was this?
Standing up, Wang Mu looked ahead.
There was only one person.
A hazy figure, misty like clouds, for so reason unwilling to show her true appearance.
"You've beco much stronger in such a short ti..." the figure spoke softly. "The Seven Emotions Sword Heart has been a trendous help to you, hasn't it?"
Wang Mu was silent. Actually, he knew she had trapped him in the Sea Prison rely to help his cultivation.
"Does Immortal Bi You keep her word?" Wang Mu simply asked.
"Of course, I do."
"Then can I leave?" Wang Mu took out the bead. The more it's like this, the less I can cultivate here. I haven't completely subdued the Sea Demon King, but I at least injured him.
"..." Immortal Bi You was silent.
"I said you have to subdue the Sea Demon King before I let you leave," Immortal Bi You said indifferently. "You've only injured him, not subdued him. If you want to truly subdue him, you would have to be able to deliver him to salvation with a single punch."
"You have not done so."
This 'subduing' evidently has another aning altogether, Wang Mu thought. Besides, she even intercepted the Cultivation Technique he offered . According to the Sea Demon King, if I don't learn the Cultivation Technique he gave , there's no way I could deliver him to salvation with one punch. She's taken it, so does that an I'll never be able to do it? That's just unreasonable!
Wang Mu turned around, intending to leave.
"Stop!" Immortal Bi You's voice was tinged with anger. "Alright, just say you will temporarily give the Emperor Spirit Pearl, and I will let you leave."
"This item was yours to begin with." Wang Mu continued walking without stopping, heading towards the gates of Bi You Palace. "It was always ant to be returned to its rightful owner, back to you. There's no such thing as 'temporarily'."
Having said this, he tossed it behind him and then strode forward.
Ahead, the gate was within reach, and it was open.
In no ti at all, Wang Mu arrived at the threshold of the palace, already able to glimpse the scene outside.
Wang Mu didn't know if Nanrong Biyou truly intended to let him go. Still, the gate was open, which suited his purpose perfectly.
Wang Mu stepped lightly over the threshold with one foot, just about to plant it on the ground outside.
Suddenly, an authoritative command ca from behind:
"Stop right there! Do you really intend to leave?"
Wang Mu's foot touched down. He only needed to lift his other foot, step out, and he would be free of this place.
At that mont, TAP, TAP, TAP... footsteps echoed from behind.
Wang Mu instinctively felt a tug at the corner of his sleeve, as if sothing had caught it.
A plaintive yet gentle voice drifted softly from behind:
"Brother Mu, do you really want to abandon your Miss You?"
The voice seeped into his ears, making Wang Mu's Sword Heart in his Sea of Consciousness tremble.
He froze, instinctively turning around.
It was as if he wasn't seeing the lofty Immortal Bi You, who suppressed the Nine Provinces and the endless seas from her high perch, but rather the Miss You who had shared hardships and faced life and death with him in the Three-Life Illusion Realm.
For so reason, his other foot felt as if it were weighed down by the Five Finger Mountain; even without a spell binding it, he just couldn't lift it…
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