Chapter 899 - 839: Narrow Paths for Enemies

Chapter 899: Chapter 839: Narrow Paths for Enemies

Using Demonic Qi as a tether, Jiang Yuebai dragged Shen Mingjing and Lu Nanzhi along; the three of them activated various defensive methods and passed together through the halo at the center of the Fallen Demon Abyss.

After a flash of blinding light, they landed, wind and sand lashing at their faces. In their ears howled a wind like ghosts wailing and wolves crying, and the chill in the air made Jiang Yuebai shiver involuntarily.

She took off her mask and rubbed her eyes, seeing a barren gobi wasteland where not even a blade of grass grew, desolate and dead.

The ground was covered in black sand and fragments of white bones, with ruined walls buried in the black sand. Overhead, thick, oppressive clouds pressed low, and only a thin line remained on the distant horizon, bleeding out a blood-red afterglow of the setting sun.

Beams of light fell straight down from the sky, like a rain of light, sprinkling over various parts of the wasteland, gradually turning the silent wasteland noisy.

They had been prepared to be separated as soon as they entered, yet Jiang Yuebai found Lu Nanzhi and Shen Mingjing still beside her.

"Brother, have we returned to the Demon Realm? This place really feels like the Demon Realm." Jiang Yuebai quietly asked Shen Mingjing.

Lu Nanzhi summoned the Ice Soul Sword; a chill surged from her as she swept her gaze around.

Shen Mingjing had no idea what was going on either; he could only signal for the three of them to keep moving forward and probe as they went.

After a few steps, they vaguely sensed some movement in the surrounding black mist, but before they could investigate, the figures in those spots—whether human, monster, or Demon, they couldn’t tell—fled one after another, unwilling to start a conflict when they had just entered and the situation was unclear.

Jiang Yuebai was a little anxious. Heaven knew how she’d been starving during this period, and how hard it was to endure.

Suddenly, the black mist ahead surged, as if someone was striding quickly toward them. Jiang Yuebai immediately raised a finger toward Lu Nanzhi and Shen Mingjing, making a shushing gesture.

Jiang Yuebai stepped back, her body slightly crouched. After waiting a moment, she stomped the ground and shot up, her body trailing a string of afterimages. From behind the afterimages burst six arms, all six palms striking forward at the person about to emerge.

The Palm Wind blew away the black mist, revealing three people in front of them. Lu Nanzhi’s pupils trembled; those three were none other than Shi Yuming, Pei Shengyue, and Jiangg Ling’er!

"Little Bai!"

Lu Nanzhi cried out in a lost voice. Shen Mingjing narrowed his eyes and stopped; Jiang Yuebai’s Palm Wind, however, did not slow in the slightest, crashing down on the three people without mercy.

"Immovable as a Mountain!"

Before Shi Yuming could see who it was, he sensed danger, instinctively stepped forward, and shook his arms; the Mountain Dharma exploded from his body.

Bang bang bang!

The storm-like palms pounded crazily on the Mountain Dharma; Shi Yuming opened his eyes in shock as his Mountain Dharma began to crack from within.

When Jiang Yuebai’s final palm slammed down, the riddled-with-cracks Mountain Dharma shattered with a boom. Shi Yuming was blasted back by the rebound, staggering as he retreated, eyes wide with disbelief.

Behind him, Pei Shengyue and Jiangg Ling’er also stood rooted in shock, watching the white-clothed, white-haired girl with awe-inspiring Immortal Qi descend from midair. The six arms behind her turned back into white hair that streamed in the wind.

The girl lifted those clear, bright eyes, carrying a bit of that familiar arrogance and slyness, planted her hands on her hips, and looked at Shi Yuming.

"Big guy, you’re pretty tough. You actually took that many of my palms without a scratch. Name yourself!"

Behind her, Lu Nanzhi was just about to move when Shen Mingjing raised an arm to block her. His face was shrouded by a layer of Demonic Qi, obscuring his features and expression.

"Jiang Yuebai!"

Pei Shengyue shouted Jiang Yuebai’s name in utter shock, quickly walking to stand in front of Shi Yuming. Jiangg Ling’er followed, a Great Healing Technique already charged and ready in her hand.

Jiang Yuebai frowned and glanced back at Lu Nanzhi. "You guys know me too? Are you with her?"

"Lu Nanzhi?!"

Seeing Lu Nanzhi as well, the three of them were even more astonished.

Lu Nanzhi’s brows knit tightly together, her gaze flickering darkly toward Shen Mingjing at her side.

The three of them then turned their heads in unison to look at Shen Mingjing. Seeing the Demonic Qi covering his face, Pei Shengyue immediately understood that he was the Demon Clan member who had coerced Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi.

This was the very Shen Mingjing Shen Huaxi had warned them over and over about before they entered, telling them to be extremely careful.

"You don’t remember us?" Pei Shengyue stared at Jiang Yuebai, asking cautiously.

Shi Yuming had never imagined they’d reunite with Jiang Yuebai like this. Looking at her now, he couldn’t help the sourness in his heart; his eyes grew hot and wet.

So pitiful. Losing her memory was bad enough, but she was even being forced to strike at her former friends. How much pain and torment must she be suffering inside? It was just too pitiful.

Jiang Yuebai snorted. "Why should I remember you three ugly, short, dumb oafs? I’m not Human Clan!"

Ugly, short, dumb oafs?!

The three—Shi Yuming, Jiangg Ling’er, and Pei Shengyue—were all stunned, instinctively glancing at each other.

Shi Yuming was the dumb one; the shortest was Jiangg Ling’er; as for the ugly one...

"You!"

Pei Shengyue almost couldn’t stop herself from drawing her blade, but suddenly recalled what Immortal Monarch Fatian had said; her anger vanished in an instant.

Jiang Yuebai, a proud genius of the righteous path, was now wreathed in Demonic Qi and... had lost her memory.

Compared to the hardships Jiang Yuebai had gone through, being called ugly was nothing. If she still cared about such trivial things at a time like this, she’d truly be a scoundrel!

Pei Shengyue forcibly suppressed the ache and sympathy in her heart for Jiang Yuebai, quickly sending a sound-transmission to Shi Yuming and Jiangg Ling’er, telling them to back off first.

Jiang Yuebai had just shattered even Shi Yuming’s Immovable as a Mountain; she was clearly stronger than she’d been at the Qingyun Conference. Even the three of them together might not be her match—and behind her stood Lu Nanzhi and the Demon Clan’s Shen Mingjing.

The key was that this black-hearted fellow had lost her memory; if things went badly, she might really kill them. That would make it even harder to clean up later. When Jiang Yuebai recovered her memories, she would be wracked with guilt, giving rise to a Heart Demon.

She had already gone from Dao to Demon, and that was hard enough. They couldn’t add to her Heart Demon burden.

In a flash of thought, Pei Shengyue drew the Horse-Cutting Saber from her back and charged forward with aggressive momentum.

"Jiang Yuebai, I thought you were dead, so the grudges of you colluding with the Demon Clan were written off. Since we’ve run into you again today, I, Pei Shengyue, even if I die here, will rid the Human Clan of a scourge like you. Take this!"

Pei Shengyue’s aura surged in an instant to its peak; the White Tiger Dharma flickered over her body, ten thousand points of Golden Light gathering on her blade as she raised it and swung.

Overwhelmed by Pei Shengyue’s aura, Jiang Yuebai cautiously retreated, preparing to defend.

Just then, Jiangg Ling’er behind Pei Shengyue suddenly hurled a smoke bomb, and she and Shi Yuming turned and ran.

Pei Shengyue also didn’t hesitate, dragging the Horse-Cutting Saber as she shot away through the smoke bomb like a lone rider.

She used some unknown Magic Treasure and vanished in an instant; there was no way to even give chase.

Never in her life had Pei Shengyue felt so proud to run away as she did now. For the sake of the hero who endured humiliation for the Human Clan, this tiny sacrifice was nothing!

Seeing this, Jiang Yuebai froze on the spot, full of question marks.

The wind howled; the air was deathly still.

"Didn’t she say she’d die here? How can she lie—no, lie to a Demon?!" Jiang Yuebai cursed aloud in anger.

Sure enough, Brother had been right: the Human Clan were all treacherous, untrustworthy types.

The Demonic Qi on Shen Mingjing’s face dispersed; his eyes were deep, his thoughts unreadable.

Seeing this, Lu Nanzhi said to Shen Mingjing, "You should have been at the Qingyun Conference as well. They were never Little Bai’s match to begin with. A wise man bows to circumstances."

"Keep moving," Shen Mingjing said in a low voice.

The three of them continued on. There was nothing around to use as a point of reference; it was all the same wasteland.

After only a few steps, the wasteland suddenly whipped up a wind; sand filled the sky, thunder and lightning boomed overhead—but very soon, everything calmed again.

"What is this place, anyway? So weird."

Rubbing her eyes, Jiang Yuebai failed to notice the brief haze that passed through Lu Nanzhi and Shen Mingjing’s gazes.

Just then, the black mist ahead surged again; it seemed someone was approaching once more.

Jiang Yuebai repeated her earlier tactic, stomping the ground and leaping up again, eight arms, eight palms striking in unison.

"Immovable as a Mountain!"

Bang bang bang!

Shi Yuming staggered back; Jiang Yuebai stood there dumbfounded—it was those same three people again.

"Jiang Yuebai?"

Pei Shengyue reacted just as before; seeing Lu Nanzhi behind her, she was startled again.

"Lu Nanzhi?!"

Pei Shengyue withdrew her gaze, then, cautiously, looked back at Jiang Yuebai.

"You don’t remember us?"

"Hold on, hold on!"

Jiang Yuebai raised a hand and backed up, her head a mess.

"Didn’t you just say those exact words? Brother, Lu Nanzhi, didn’t we already run into them just now?"

Pei Shengyue frowned in confusion; Lu Nanzhi and Shen Mingjing also couldn’t make sense of what Jiang Yuebai was saying.

For them, this was the first encounter!