Chapter 150 - 93: The Demon Monarch Brings a Great Disaster, the Worried Saintess Saves Her Good Boy

Chapter 150: Chapter 93: The Demon Monarch Brings a Great Disaster, the Worried Saintess Saves Her Good Boy

A faint smile played on Kan Luotang’s lips. "The One-Day Flower-Blooming Gu is exceptionally rare. A living Sub-Insect, even one that has committed a great sin, still has a chance to become a Mother Gu. But a dead Sub-Insect... is just a dead insect."

Sub-Insect: "..."

Kan Luotang seemed completely unconcerned with its reply. She simply sat cross-legged beside Zhao Ci, took out a needle and thread, and began stitching up his worst wounds.

Suddenly, for a brief moment, she felt Zhao Ci shudder violently.

Although he quickly stilled himself, she was so close that she could clearly feel his agony.

Without a change in expression, she probed his body, and what she found sent a tidal wave of shock through her.

’Fractured bones and ruptured tendons!’

’What is happening?’

’Could this be the price for frequently using those lethal moves earlier?’

She looked at Zhao Ci. His expression was serene; he had even used his True Qi to seal every pore, preventing any sweat from seeping out.

Outwardly, he looked no different than before.

But the pain he was enduring...

Kan Luotang dared not even imagine it. She felt an urge to cry, but she couldn’t show the slightest hint of distress. She just kept a calm expression as she continued to stitch Zhao Ci’s wounds.

Meanwhile, Zhao Ci was in so much pain he felt like his soul was about to fly out of his body.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn had passed.

The Body Suppressing Talisman had forcibly kept his muscles and bones from disintegrating under the immense strain, but now the consequences of his actions were coming back to him several times over.

He felt as if cracks were spreading across every single one of his bones.

His tendons felt as though they had been boiled in water for seven days and seven nights. Although they looked intact on the outside, they were already on the verge of dissolving and collapsing.

The dizziness from his blood loss also washed over him in waves, like a tsunami.

Several times, he almost passed out.

Yet all he could do was bite the tip of his tongue, forcing himself to appear perfectly normal.

...

「Outside the giant eye.」

Gu Xiangzhu’s expression was calm as she stood in a standoff with Huangfu Song, looking as if she had the utmost confidence in Zhao Ci.

But in truth, she was burning with anxiety.

She could clearly sense that Zhao Ci was at the end of his rope. His life force was steadily draining away, yet he still hadn’t crushed the warm jade!

’I already reminded him through our soul resonance!’

’But he refuses to crush the warm jade and release the Soul Mist, no matter what!’

’That damn brat!’

’How am I supposed to help you if you keep this up?’

Huangfu Song’s expression was grave. He watched Gu Xiangzhu with suspicion and uncertainty, wondering where she got her confidence from.

’Does Zhao Ci really have the strength to kill a hundred men?’

And yet, he had destroyed the Mother Gu.

He had completely lost control over the situation inside.

For a moment, he was truly at a loss.

But after a moment’s stalemate, he suddenly laughed. "If you’re so confident, why use your soul resonance? What, did you pour your heart out for this outsider and give him the warm jade, only for him to not trust you in the slightest? He won’t even dare to crush it?"

A derisive smile touched the corners of Gu Xiangzhu’s mouth. "What? Are you so certain that a few mere puppets could force him to crush the warm jade?"

Huangfu Song: "???"

Reason told him that this woman was bluffing.

Those men were all hand-picked by him. Even Xiang Tiange, before breaking through to the Physical Body Realm, would have had no more than a thirty percent chance of survival.

He had already learned that Zhao Ci’s Flesh Soul was strong, but he had yet to break through to the Muscle Strengthening Stage, and his spearmanship was still at a basic level.

Even with Gu Xiangzhu’s soul resonance, his odds of winning couldn’t be more than fifty percent.

But...

’Why is this woman so confident?’

Gu Xiangzhu’s expression was serene, but in reality, her head was about to split open.

’Confident, my ass!’

’That damn brat!’

’He actually dares to ignore me?’

A violent rage surged within her as Huangfu Song’s earlier words—"he doesn’t trust you in the slightest"—repeated in her mind.

’This brat isn’t crushing the jade... could it be he really hasn’t trusted me from the very beginning?’

’Was my judgment of him completely wrong?’

’Stop!’

’Now is not the time to be thinking about this.’

Gu Xiangzhu steadied herself and continued to sense the Soul Mist within the warm jade.

And then... she was stunned speechless.

The brat’s physical condition had taken a nosedive and was now on the verge of complete collapse.

In his state, even a passing beggar could probably kick him to death.

But he... still hadn’t chosen to crush the warm jade!

Rage filled her heart.

But thankfully, the brat had stabilized on the brink of collapse. For a long while, nothing went wrong.

And while the surrounding hostility was still strong, it had lost its aggression.

She didn’t know what had happened inside.

But it seemed that Zhao Ci was temporarily safe.

The heart that had been dangling in her throat finally settled.

It was time to bluff.

A small smile lifted the corners of Gu Xiangzhu’s lips. "What’s the matter? Is Guardian Song afraid?"

Huangfu Song: "..."

Confidence doesn’t appear from nowhere, nor does it vanish into thin air.

It only transfers from one person to another.

He was getting agitated. "The outcome is still undecided. Isn’t it a bit early to celebrate?"

Gu Xiangzhu said coolly, "If you say it’s undecided, then it’s undecided. But, Guardian Song, there is one thing I’m curious about."

Huangfu Song raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

A cold light glinted in Gu Xiangzhu’s eyes. "You’ve been awfully arrogant this time. Who, exactly, gave you the nerve?"

She knew Huangfu Song all too well. Although he had never been on good terms with her, he rarely started direct conflicts.

Because nearly half of the Demon Sect’s financial lifelines were in her hands.

None of the four great Dharma Protectors dared to offend her lightly, because if they did, no one would be paying them.

That was why, in the beginning, she had dared to so easily give up competing for the position of Chief Dharma Protector.

But she never expected that Huangfu Song would still make a move.

He had walked right into a dangerous position.

And was even trying to snatch away her interests.