"Clang clang clang!"
Chen Qianqian swung her long saber like a shrew, crazily slashing at Mu Jinyu.
Finally, after she had hacked dozens of times, Mu Jinyu's Protective Gang Qi hadn't been broken, but her saber in hand had simply shattered.
It didn't matter, though, there were many more precious sabers left on the ground. Chen Qianqian picked up another and continued to chop at Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu ultimately had to divert some of his True Yuan to heal Xiang Mantang, leaving him unable to fully block Chen Qianqian's attacks.
Otherwise, with his strength at the Peak of the Energy Transformation, Chen Qianqian could hack at him all day and still hardly harm him!
Such a pity.
"Bang!"
Accompanied by a sound like a balloon bursting, Mu Jinyu's Protective Gang Qi was finally shattered by Chen Qianqian.
Xiang Mantang, greatly alarmed, kept making wailing noises.
His wounds had largely healed by this time, but due to excessive blood loss and the secret technique applied by Mu Jinyu, he could hardly move and was unable to free himself from Mu Jinyu to block Chen Qianqian's attacks!
"Hiss!"
"Hiss!"
Chen Qianqian was so frenzied in her chopping that she failed to notice Mu Jinyu's Protective Gang Qi had been broken; she could have stabbed directly into his heart or chopped off his head with one blow.
Fear filled her heart, fearing that Mu Jinyu would stop healing Xiang Mantang and turn to deal with her, so she kept swinging her saber, fiercely chopping at Mu Jinyu's back!
Blood sprayed wildly, mixed with bits of flesh and debris.
In just a few moments, Mu Jinyu's back was punctured by Chen Qianqian's slashes, and his originally smooth back no longer had a single spot of intact skin!
Blood flowed like a fountain, and the pain of a thousand cuts continuously assaulted him, turning Mu Jinyu's face pale as paper. Yet he bore the intense pain, relying on his firm will, and he continued to channel the Life Force of the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, healing Xiang Mantang.
'No!!'
"Stop!!"
'Don't save me anymore, stop your hand!'
'Stop, please, do not harm him!!!'
Xiang Mantang watched this scene, his eyes filled with utter despair and pain, screaming internally.
Sadly, whether Mu Jinyu or Chen Qianqian, neither could hear his voice.
"Die! Die! Die!"
Chen Qianqian had fallen into a state of dire frenzy, continuously slashing her saber at Mu Jinyu.
At that moment, Xiang Mantang finally felt his weakly beating heart start to beat strongly again.
Originally, Chen Qianqian had stabbed him near the heart, and although the heart wasn't injured, the heart channels were.
Without a doctor's emergency intervention within twenty-four hours to connect the heart channels, he might have lasted a few hours, but he would still die.
Now, his severed heart channels had finally been connected back together by Mu Jinyu using the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core.
His fatal injury had finally healed!
A faint smile finally appeared on Mu Jinyu's deathly pale and completely bloodless face.
He had finally saved Xiang Mantang.
"Ahh!!!"
Xiang Mantang finally could move; seeing Chen Qianqian still slashing at Mu Jinyu, he let out an intensely pained roar!
On one side was his blood-related sister, and on the other, a brother who was his life's support; one fighting to the death with him, the other risking his life to save him. How was he to choose? Did he even have a choice?
"Hiss!"
Xiang Mantang raised a finger, and a terrifying Finger Force immediately pierced through Chen Qianqian's throat!
"Uh..."
Chen Qianqian weakly waved her long saber, unable to continue chopping. She widened her eyes in disbelief and despair, her lips twitching, emitting a series of sounds.
"Clang!"
The long sword fell to the ground.
Chen Qianqian staggered backwards, covering her throat with her hand.
Her heart was full of despair and pain!
Why had this happened, why had Xiang Mantang tried to kill her?
It shouldn't be!
She had fought with him before, but he had never tried to kill her, so why? Why was he doing this to her now?
Chen Qianqian was filled with despair and regret.
She began to regret coming to attack Xiang Mantang for a few Xuanyin Crystal Stones and eventually paying with her own life!
"Ugh..."
"Thump!"
After struggling a few times, Chen Qianqian finally fell backward and breathed her last.
Until her death, her eyes were wide open, unable to rest in peace, unable to understand why Xiang Mantang had suddenly turned against her.
"My dearest sister, why must you hurt me so!"
Xiang Mantang looked at Chen Qianqian's body, at her fallen form, and her bewildered gaze, much like the frustrated expression she had when he had easily found her during their childhood games of hide and seek.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Xiang Mantang clenched his fists tightly, his eyes revealing endless grief and despair.
Then, no longer contemplating that he had finally killed the sister he had searched for many years, he hurriedly reached out to support Mu Jinyu, whose body was also falling backward.
"Don't die, Senior Brother, don't die!!"
In a flurry, Xiang Mantang picked up the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, which had numerous cracks, supported Mu Jinyu, recalled some Cultivation Methods his master had taught him, and began to draw out the scarce Life Source Energy from the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, then gently placed it on Mu Jinyu's mangled back.
"This..."
Xiang Mantang, looking at Mu Jinyu's wounds, felt a heart full of panic and fear, didn't dare to think, and forcefully activated the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, which immediately emitted a brilliant, soft green light from his hand.
Endless vitality once again surged out from the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core.
Mu Jinyu's mangled back, under this vibrant vitality, began to develop new flesh rapidly, and the wounds swiftly healed.
"Crack!"
Xiang Mantang, seeing Mu Jinyu's injuries rapidly recovering, felt a surge of excitement, knowing that Mu Jinyu might be saved, but just then, the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core in his hand suddenly shattered!!
Mu Jinyu, in trying to save Xiang Mantang, who had almost fully entered Yama's Palace, had basically exhausted the horrifying Life Source Energy of the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core.
Xiang Mantang had killed Chen Qianqian, grabbed the heavily cracked Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, and started treating Mu Jinyu. Naturally, the Life Source Energy of the nearly depleted Ten Thousand Year Wood Core was forcefully drawn out and destroyed!
"No!!!!"
Xiang Mantang, seeing the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core collapse, felt extreme panic and let out a powerless and desperate roar!
"Ah-Xiang, there's no need... to waste energy..."
At that moment, Mu Jinyu, whose injuries had slightly improved, his eyelashes trembling, opened his eyes with a look of relief as he gazed at the revived Xiang Mantang and whispered faintly.
Regarding the situation of the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, although he had been slashed by Chen Qianqian into a blurry consciousness, he still remembered that there wasn't much left.
Knowing his condition after regaining some consciousness from the stimulation of the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, he knew his chances of living were almost impossible.
Unless Xiang Mantang could produce a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure with Life Source Energy equal to the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core.
But that was impossible.
And he couldn't hold on until they reached a nearby city for rescue!
"No!! There's still a chance!!"
Xiang Mantang's eyes were full of fear and urgency. Then, as if something occurred to him, his eyes brightened, and without hesitation, he picked up a knife from the ground, cut his own wrist, and fed his blood to Mu Jinyu.
His body, filled with boundless vitality from the Life Source Energy of the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, meant his blood still contained quite a bit of Life Source Energy. Feeding it to Mu Jinyu might give him a chance to hold on until they reached a nearby city for treatment!