novelraw Chapter 145 : Surging Blood River
Chapter 145 : Surging Blood River
Chapter 145: Surging Blood River
After being injured once again, Wang Baobao was struck with extreme terror. He rapidly darted away, his figure retreating at full speed, and in the blink of an eye he had fled far away, completely distancing himself from Lu Xueqi.
He stared at Lu Xueqi with an ugly expression and demanded harshly, “What did you just do?”
Lu Xueqi let out a cold laugh upon hearing this. “What did I just do? Why should I tell you?”
As her words fell, her figure flashed and instantly vanished from where she stood.
Wang Baobao’s expression changed in alarm. He hurriedly looked around in all directions, trying to find Lu Xueqi’s trace, but no matter how he searched, he found nothing.
Just as panic filled his heart, a sudden disturbance came from behind him.
Wang Baobao’s expression drastically changed. He abruptly turned around, only to see Lu Xueqi’s figure appear behind him once more, her fist already smashing toward him.
Wang Baobao hurriedly raised both hands to block. With a loud “bang,” his strength proved far inferior to Lu Xueqi’s, and he was blasted away again, sent flying “407” meters.
This time, Lu Xueqi did not give him any chance to land and steady himself.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of Wang Baobao again, kicking him upward again and again like a leather ball, sending him continuously into the sky.
In an instant, a bizarre scene unfolded—high above the heavens, Lu Xueqi’s figure descended again and again like an illusion, while Wang Baobao tumbled endlessly through the air, never able to touch the ground.
At this moment, Wang Baobao only felt excruciating pain throughout his body. His bones felt as if they were about to shatter completely, and he could not muster even a shred of strength.
Once Lu Xueqi had “played” enough, she delivered a final kick that sent him flying away.
Wang Baobao slammed heavily onto the plaza outside the Wudang main hall, smashing out a massive deep crater.
At this point, Wang Baobao’s consciousness was blurred. The intense pain made it impossible for him to move even a little, and he clearly knew that this time, he was likely doomed.
Moreover, all of his subordinates had already been sacrificed, leaving him with no remaining trump cards. This filled him with boundless fear.
Using all his remaining strength, he turned his head and looked toward the peerlessly beautiful figure in the sky. Yet at this moment, in his eyes, that figure no longer possessed any beauty at all, but instead resembled a demon.
What he had just experienced was like a nightmare, deeply seared into his mind.
Relying on his final sliver of consciousness, Wang Baobao recalled Lu Xueqi’s attacks and muttered, “So it was spacetime techniques after all…”
With her formidable strength, Lu Xueqi clearly heard his murmur and knew that Wang Baobao had guessed that she was using the power of spacetime.
However, she did not care.
In that earlier battle, she had not exerted her full strength at all. She merely wanted to toy with Wang Baobao before killing him, which was why he had managed to last so long. Had she used her full power, Wang Baobao would have long since perished.
Now that Wang Baobao was already severely injured, Lu Xueqi immediately lost interest. She turned her head and said to Zhang Sanfeng, “True Master Zhang, this Wang Baobao has already been heavily injured by me. As for what comes next, I’ll leave it to you.”
Zhang Sanfeng looked at her with gratitude. “Many thanks to Fairy Lu for taking action.”
Lu Xueqi waved her hand. “No need for that. We’re all group members—helping each other is only natural.”
After speaking, with a light-hearted mood, her figure flashed and appeared in front of Zhang Sanfeng and the others, preparing to hand over the follow-up matters to him.
Seeing this, Zhang Sanfeng no longer hesitated and quickly walked toward Wang Baobao.
Looking at Wang Baobao lying half-dead within the pit, there was not the slightest hint of pity in his eyes. Instead, a dense killing intent surged forth.
This Wang Baobao was originally a Mongol, ruthless in his actions and responsible for slaughtering many martial artists.
Although Zhang Sanfeng did not hold much affection for certain members of the martial world, many more Han experts had indeed died at Wang Baobao’s hands.
Zhang Sanfeng walked to Wang Baobao’s front and said coldly, “Wang Baobao, the outcome you face today is entirely due to your brutal nature. Today, you shall fall here.”
With that, Zhang Sanfeng suddenly circulated his inner energy, preparing to strike with a palm to directly kill Wang Baobao.
Yet at that moment, Wang Baobao seemed to sense something. With a weak breath, he laughed and muttered, “Zhang Sanfeng, killing me won’t be that simple.”
As soon as his words fell, an alarmed cry suddenly rang out beside Zhang Sanfeng’s ear. “True Master Zhang, be careful!”
Zhang Sanfeng’s expression changed slightly, and almost instinctively he flashed away from Wang Baobao’s location.
In that very instant, an extremely dense blood river suddenly descended from the heavens, surging toward Wang Baobao lying in the pit.
After receiving the empowerment of this vast blood energy, the injuries on Wang Baobao’s body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his aura grew increasingly surging and terrifying.
Lu Xueqi gazed at the massive blood river in the sky, inhaling the dense stench of blood, and her brows lightly furrowed.
“How many living beings had to be plundered to produce such qi and blood?” she thought to herself, estimating that it was at least tens of thousands…
Thinking of this, Lu Xueqi felt even greater disgust toward Wang Baobao.
She clearly remembered that when Wang Baobao was previously injured, he had already sacrificed all of his subordinates. Now that another blood river had appeared, it meant he had once again sacrificed even more people.
Although these people were all Mongols, and the more were sacrificed the more beneficial it was for their side, Lu Xueqi still detested Wang Baobao’s cruelty in treating even his own people in such a manner.
The vast blood river enveloped Wang Baobao. In an instant, his hair, pupils, and even his brows were all dyed a blood-red color.
Seeing this, Lu Yu cried out in shock, “It’s another blood river! With such an enormous blood river, just how many living beings had to be sacrificed to produce it?”
Xiao Yan nodded in agreement. “Yes, this Wang Baobao is truly cruel. These blood rivers were most likely formed by sacrificing his subordinates. Judging by the energy of this blood river, at least tens of thousands!”
Zhang Sanfeng’s expression turned grave. “This is bad! Wang Baobao has once again sacrificed tens of thousands of living beings to recover his injuries and boost his strength. His power will likely rise again—things may become dangerous for us next.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yan, Xiong Ba, and the others also grew solemn, and they all turned their gazes toward Lu Xueqi.
They knew very well that their own strength was far inferior to Wang Baobao in his current state, and they could only place their hopes on Lu Xueqi.
Unable to hold back, Huang Rong asked, “Sister Lu, with this sudden change from Wang Baobao, are you confident you can deal with him?”
Lu Xueqi turned her head, her gaze resolute. “Don’t worry. Just leave it to me.”
Huang Rong immediately felt at ease upon hearing this.
In her heart, Lu Xueqi had always been invincible. No matter how dangerous the situation had been in the past, as long as Lu Xueqi took action, she was always able to turn danger into safety.
A short while later, the blood mass enveloping Wang Baobao finally dispersed.
High in the sky stood a figure emanating terrifying blood qi from head to toe, with blood-red hair and pupils.
This figure looked down coldly at Lu Xueqi and the others, his eyes filled with icy indifference, as if gazing upon ants.
Lu Xueqi narrowed her eyes slightly, sensing that Wang Baobao’s aura had already changed.
The arrogance and conceit that once filled his eyes were gone, replaced instead by an extreme coldness.
However, after carefully sensing him, Lu Xueqi discovered that Wang Baobao’s soul had not been completely cleansed by the System like Qi Hao had been before.
She guessed that his emotions had merely been suppressed by the System.