novelraw Chapter 144 : Wang Baobao Who Sacrificed Everything
Chapter 144 : Wang Baobao Who Sacrificed Everything
Chapter 144: Wang Baobao Who Sacrificed Everything
Lu Xueqi’s attack arrived in an instant. She abruptly struck out with a palm, and with a thunderous bang, the Nine Yang Protective Qi that Wang Baobao had just condensed before him shattered instantly.
At that moment, Wang Baobao only felt an overwhelming pressure crashing down upon his entire body. Then, in his terrified gaze, Lu Xueqi’s palm slammed directly into his chest.
Crack—crack—crack!
Explosive sounds rang out unceasingly as Wang Baobao’s entire body was blasted away like a cannonball.
With a loud bang, he smashed into a distant mountain ridge, instantly blasting out a massive crater in the mountainside~.
At this moment, the Mongol-Yuan Army and the people of Wudang Mountain standing on both sides watching the battle were utterly horrified by this scene.
They had originally thought that once Lu Xueqi entered the battle, it would be a completely one-sided fight.
After all, in their minds, Lu Xueqi was still young. Even if she had some strength, she should not have been that powerful. She was merely someone Zhang Sanfeng had pushed out to take the fall.
Once Wang Baobao exerted his strength, he should have been able to kill Lu Xueqi outright with a single move.
But the result before them completely exceeded everyone’s expectations. After Lu Xueqi made her move, she had actually severely injured Wang Baobao in just one strike.
At this moment, Wang Baobao, embedded deep within the rock wall of Wudang Mountain, only felt excruciating pain throughout his body.
The bones in his chest had been completely shattered, and his heart had been pierced straight through by Lu Xueqi’s strike, leaving a massive hollow hole in his chest.
Yet Wang Baobao did not die immediately. His formidable inner strength still allowed him to cling to a sliver of life.
He looked in terror at that peerlessly beautiful figure in the distance, and his mind could not help but murmur, “How could this be… how could this be… This woman who shows no fluctuations of power at all—how could she possess such strength? And just who exactly is she?”
Such thoughts surged endlessly through his mind, but as his life force drained away, his consciousness gradually became dim and muddled.
Only when he was on the verge of perishing did he suddenly remember that he possessed a System. At last, he could not help but cry out, “System, quickly restore my injuries for me! I don’t want to die!”
At that moment, the System emitted a series of crisp dinging sounds within his mind:
“Ding! Detected that the host is about to die. The system is initiating an emergency plan. There are now two options available for the host to choose from:
“One, the host dies here. The system detaches and searches for a new host;
“Two, the host sacrifices all of his subordinates, using their vast life force to restore his injuries and enhance his strength, launching a counterkill.”
After hearing the System’s prompt in his mind, Wang Baobao almost without hesitation commanded, “I choose option two! Quickly sacrifice all of my subordinates to restore my injuries and enhance my strength!”
As Wang Baobao’s words fell, streams of pitch-black mist suddenly surged forth from his body.
The moment these black mists emerged, they immediately pounced toward the Xuanming Elders and the Mongolian soldiers, as well as the Mongol-Yuan Army.
At the instant the black mist surged over, the Xuanming Elders and the others still had no idea what was happening. They stared in terror at everything on the battlefield, deeply worried about whether their own lives could be preserved.
After Wang Baobao had been defeated, there was no one left who could withstand the attacks of Zhang Sanfeng and that woman.
If the two of them joined forces and attacked their army, then this several-thousand-strong force, along with themselves, would likely be annihilated on Wudang Mountain in the blink of an eye.
Just as terror filled their hearts, the black mist instantly engulfed them.
In an instant, they only felt waves of excruciating pain surge through their entire bodies.
Finally, before the shocked gazes of the Wudang crowd, the Xuanming Elders and the Mongolian soldiers exploded with loud bangs in an instant, bursting into blossoms of bright red blood that bloomed one after another.
Immediately afterward, their flesh, blood, and vast inner strength surged in an instant toward the direction where Wang Baobao was located.
At the same time, within the Mongolian capital, among the army led by the Ruyang Prince, tens of thousands of soldiers also exploded with loud bangs in the blink of an eye.
These troops had been entrusted by the Ruyang Prince to Wang Baobao’s command and could also be considered Wang Baobao’s subordinates. In that instant, they too exploded, transforming into rivers of blood that leaped through the air toward Wudang Mountain.
This immediately caused a great commotion within the Mongol-Yuan Army. Some of the Mongol-Yuan soldiers and generals even believed this to be a warning from the heavens, and they knelt down one after another, praying for heaven’s forgiveness.
After being nourished by the flesh and blood of countless subordinates from Wudang Mountain, the massive hole in Wang Baobao’s chest rapidly recovered.
In just a short while, all of his injuries were fully restored, and his aura began to expand rapidly.
Witnessing the Mongol-Yuan Army exploding one after another, the many Wudang disciples and Zhang Sanfeng and the others all changed expression drastically.
With such a situation appearing, Zhang Sanfeng and the others immediately realized that it was very likely the System at work. They could not help but cast solemn gazes toward Wang Baobao’s direction,
because they discovered that all of the flowing blood was converging toward where Wang Baobao stood.
At this moment, under Lu Xueqi’s gaze, after absorbing that flesh and blood, Wang Baobao actually recovered from his injuries in an instant.
Then he flashed forward, his entire body radiating a terrifying might that suppressed the whole heaven and earth.
Under his pressure, even Lu Xueqi sensed that there was actually a kind of spacetime distortion around Wang Baobao’s body.
Seeing this, Lu Xueqi immediately understood that Wang Baobao’s strength had likely reached the limits of this world, about to touch its ultimate boundary, which was what caused this phenomenon.
At this moment, Zhang Sanfeng and the others, looking at Wang Baobao who had appeared once again, all wore grave expressions.
Xiong Ba slightly sensed Wang Baobao’s aura and could not help but say, “At present, this Wang Baobao’s strength has already surpassed this old man.”
After hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded solemnly. “Wang Baobao’s current strength is indeed terrifying beyond compare. For us to defeat him now will likely be quite difficult.”
Huang Rong, however, said calmly, “With Sister Xueqi here, even if Wang Baobao has increased his strength, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Xiaolongnü calmly nodded in agreement with Huang Rong’s words.
As for Wang Yuyan, although she had obtained the inheritance of the Mysterious Woman of the Nine Heavens, followed Huang Rong’s suggestion to sell the inheritance to the chat group, and relied on the countless martial arts manuals of Mandala Manor to enhance her strength, due to her lack of combat experience, she could not tell who was superior or inferior between Wang Baobao and Lu Xueqi.
Wang Baobao intoxicated himself in sensing his own strength. Then he stared sinisterly at Lu Xueqi and cursed coldly, “You stinking woman, I almost died by your hands just now. Damn it! I will definitely kill you!”
He no longer wasted words with Lu Xueqi. With a flash of his body, he charged straight at her, wanting her to taste the terror he had felt when he was on the brink of death.
Lu Xueqi looked at Wang Baobao attacking, yet her expression showed no change at all. She did not even seem to have any intention of counterattacking.
Seeing this, Wang Baobao was slightly stunned and secretly thought, Could it be that this woman has been intimidated by my terrifying might? Has she realized she is no match for me and already given up resisting?
Although such a thought flashed through his mind, the movements of his hands did not slow in the slightest. He suddenly threw a fierce punch toward Lu Xueqi’s chest, wanting her to experience the agony of a heart exploding.
However, just as his fist was about to strike Lu Xueqi, a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of her lips.
The next moment, under Wang Baobao’s utterly shocked gaze, his fist actually passed straight through Lu Xueqi, as if she were nothing more than an afterimage.
Just as Wang Baobao was bewildered, an overwhelming force struck from behind him. With a bang, Wang Baobao was blasted away once more.
This time, due to his enhanced strength, although he was injured, he was not on the brink of death as before.
After Wang Baobao was sent flying, Lu Xueqi’s figure remained exactly as before, standing calmly in the same spot, as if she had never moved at all.
Wang Baobao stared at Lu Xueqi in terror, completely unable to understand how she had done what she just did.
When he attacked toward Lu Xueqi, her aura and presence seemed to vanish entirely; yet after his attack passed through, Lu Xueqi’s counterattack followed him like a shadow.
Meanwhile, Zhang Sanfeng and the others watching from the side saw everything clearly.
At the instant Wang Baobao attacked, Lu Xueqi hid her true body within spacetime, leaving behind only an afterimage.
That was why Wang Baobao’s attack pierced through the illusion, and why Lu Xueqi emerged from a spacetime rift at the very moment his attack passed through, striking him in a single blow and injuring him again.