GBP Chapter 308 Survival
Chapter 308 Survival
At that moment, a figure rushed forward, raising her right hand high to meet the flying arrow. Her hand was strong; the instant the arrow touched her palm, she clenched it tightly.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock!"
Blood flowed from his fingertips, but the arrow in his hand remained motionless.
Xie Wanning stared nervously at the person in front of her, her mind blank, and cried out worriedly, "Sister, your hand..."
"Crack!"
Xie Wanxun snapped the arrow in her hand in two, demonic energy emanating from it. She said nonchalantly, "It's nothing. It's just that the person just now was very suspicious."
Her face turned cold, and she shouted, "Bring him here, Xuanjian."
The man holding the bow and arrow walked over with a gloomy expression, his back pointed at by the Xuan Sword.
Xie Wanning stepped forward and ripped off his mask, but froze in place: "How come it's you?"
"Lin Jingquan?" Xie Wanxun looked at the demon in front of her, raising an eyebrow slightly: "How did you become a demon?"
Lin Jingquan looked at Xie Wanning and said through gritted teeth, "Then we have to thank Xie Wanning for this."
"Me?" Xie Wanning asked, puzzled.
Suddenly, Lin Jingquan's eyes turned cold, and he rushed towards Xie Wanning in an instant.
He flicked his wrist, and dozens of explosive talismans flew around him, each one about to explode. He revealed a cruel smile: "Die!"
"boom!"
The explosion was deafening, like thunder, and thick smoke instantly engulfed everything around it.
Lin Jing was severely injured and collapsed to the ground with a thud. He had been prepared to die with his attack.
However, after the thick smoke cleared and everything calmed down, he slowly opened his eyes and found the two people in front of him standing in the same spot, completely unharmed except for some dust on their bodies.
"It seems the power isn't enough." Xie Wanning's golden eyes were dazzling, and a thick wall of ice formed around her, exuding a bone-chilling cold. Her light blue hair ribbon danced in the wind.
Xie Wanxun sat atop the Xuan Sword, her legs swinging casually, five clusters of ghostly fire swirling around her. She glanced at Lin Jingquan and asked, "Can we have a proper talk now?"
Lin Jingquan took a deep breath. His upturned lips suddenly froze, turning sharply to the side in a bitter and absurd arc. A short, sharp laugh escaped from his throat, as if mocking something, or perhaps a helpless compromise with the absurdity of the world.
"Xie Wanning, since you have such abilities, why couldn't you protect my brother? And Senior Sister Qiao, she's just a medical cultivator, she shouldn't have gone to the Upper God Realm. Xie Wanning, why couldn't they all come back, but you did?" Lin Jingquan asked, enunciating each word clearly, his eyes fixed on Xie Wanning.
Xie Wanning was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer Lin Jingquan's question.
Yes, it was she who took it upon herself to lead everyone to the realm of gods, only to leave herself alive while the others were killed by Fusang.
She watched as everyone died before her eyes, powerless to do anything about it.
That memory gnawed at her like a deadly poison; Xie Wanning's body stiffened, and her hands trembled uncontrollably.
Xie Wanxun grasped Xie Wanning's hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
Xie Wanxun looked at Lin Jingquan and asked, "Lin Jingquan, it wasn't Wan Ning who killed Ji Yun and Qiao Qingzi; she was also a victim. If she could, how could she allow Fusang to harm everyone?"
"Is that so? Xie Wanning, you took my brother to the God Realm, and now you're all safe and sound. Also, is it because you insisted on ascending that you angered the Heavenly Dao, which is why divine fire was sent down?" Lin Jingquan shouted with heartbreaking grief.
"That's just your side of the story. This divine fire was sent down by Fusang to destroy the cultivation world."
"Demon Lord, you don't need to hide anything. It's because of the demon race's uprising that Qingyun Sect is in such a terrible state." Lin Jingquan stared fiercely at Xie Wanxun.
He remembered that the demons were initially quite well-behaved. But later, they went berserk and wreaked havoc on the Qingyun Sect. When he was attacked by the demons and fell unconscious, he awoke to find the entire Qingyun Sect in ruins.
"Xie Wanning, you defy the heavens. Xie Wanxun, you brought wolves into the house. You are both scourges, sinners, and I will kill you."
"Clap!"
Xie Wanxun knocked Lin Jingquan unconscious with a single slap, and said in a gloomy voice, "Nonsense."
But Xie Wanning's face was deathly pale, and her body was trembling involuntarily.
"Do you trust me?" Xie Wanxun asked in a low voice without turning around.
She felt uneasy, genuinely afraid that Xie Wanning would believe Lin Jingquan's words instead of hers.
"I believe you, sister." Xie Wanning stood up.
Xie Wanxun breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Lin Jingquan by the back of his collar, and said, "Follow me."
Although Xie Wanning was puzzled, she didn't say much and obediently followed.
The two arrived at the core of the Heavenly Pivot Gathering Spirit Array, only to find many mortals settling down there.
As soon as Xie Wanning stepped into the center of the magic array, she felt the rich spiritual energy. Compared to other places where spiritual energy was depleted, the rich spiritual energy in the array was like a tangible mist, visibly surging and flowing. Every inch of air was filled with spiritual energy, and between the strands, there were shimmering fragments of spiritual light, just like stars in the night sky falling to earth.
Xie Wanning reached out to touch it, and wherever her fingertips touched, spiritual energy flowed and swirled like a stream. Her palm warmed slightly as the spiritual energy pulsed and resonated, as if she could grasp this endless spiritual energy with just a gentle squeeze.
"What's going on?" Xie Wanning asked, puzzled, a strange unease rising in her heart.
These spiritual energies seemed to have a sense of familiarity; as soon as Xie Wanning stepped in, the spiritual energy surged into her body, soothing her anxious heart.
"Big sister!" A little girl saw Xie Wanxun and ran over happily. It was the little girl whom Xie Wanxun had saved earlier.
Her mother followed her, and a smile appeared on her face when she saw Xie Wanxun.
Xie Wanxun extinguished the ghostly flames around him and bent down to pat the little girl's head.
The little girl reached out her hand, and Xie Wanxun smiled helplessly and picked her up.
"Sister, who is she?"
“An’an, this is the little girl I knew before. This is her mother, Madam Wu,” Xie Wanxun introduced.
When Madam Wu raised her hand to greet Xie Wanning, she suddenly took a step back.
"Mrs. Wu, what's wrong?" Xie Wanning asked, puzzled.
Madam Wu looked at Xie Wanning and asked cautiously, "Are you from the divine realm? What brings you here?"
Mrs. Wu's body was tense, as if she was very nervous.
The mortals who saw Xie Wanning's golden eyes retreated like a receding tide.
The divine fire outside the protective barrier roared and ignited the forests, scorching the land. Once prosperous towns and villages with wisps of smoke rising from their chimneys were reduced to ruins under the onslaught of the divine fire. People who lost their homes faced flames filling the sky, but were powerless to do anything about it.
Those who survived the divine fire could not escape the disaster; their world seemed forever shrouded in gloom. Some were alone, others were wounded, and their nights were filled with nightmares and cold. The people they once believed in destroyed their homes, took away their loved ones, and left them alone in this world.
Looking at the fear and rejection in people's eyes, Xie Wanning understood the situation.
Her golden eyes signify that she is from the realm of gods, which is why people fear her.
But she entered the realm of gods to change the fate of the cultivation world, to change her own fate, and to protect the people of the cultivation world.
Now she has become someone everyone fears, which is a huge loss for her!
"I didn't mean to do anything. If I've scared you, I'll leave now." Xie Wanning forced a smile, but her heart was full of bitterness.
She turned to leave, but someone grabbed her arm.
"Don't you want to know why cultivators and demons died?"