Bai Zihe's face changed drastically.
Miao Yinuo, to be invaded by dark, bizarre energy?
"Buzz..."
Bai Zihe's divine sense surged out like a tide, instantly filling the surrounding space as he meticulously probed everything before him.
The next moment, he was almost spitting blood from rage!
It wasn't Miao Yinuo who was being invaded by the dark, bizarre energy.
Instead, the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu, after consuming enough dark, bizarre energy, had greatly increased its strength and then backfired on Miao Yinuo, drilling into her body!
Currently, the two were engaged in an extremely fierce struggle.
On one hand...
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu wanted to completely gain autonomy, no longer be bound by Miao Yinuo, and then roam freely, allowing the dark, bizarre energy to empower it!
On the other hand...
Miao Yinuo was desperately relying on her innate suppression of all Gu worms as the King of Gu, attempting to nip its ambitions in the bud!
However.
After devouring the dark, bizarre energy within the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart, the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu's power was immense. Miao Yinuo was no match for it and was constantly retreating.
If this continued.
The stalemate between the two would not last more than ten minutes before ending in Miao Yinuo's defeat.
"Heh..."
"You're courting death!"
A cold glint flashed in Bai Zihe's eyes.
With a flip of his hand, a golden pill appeared. It was a Golden Marrow Pill, an extra one from when he had refined it for his younger sister, Bai Ruoyi!
"Swish..."
Without hesitation, Bai Zihe directly fed the Golden Marrow Pill to Miao Yinuo.
A pure medicinal force immediately dissolved within Miao Yinuo's body, coursing through her meridians and searching for the enemy within.
Soon, the medicinal force located the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu.
Then, it converged from all directions towards the Gu worm's aura, ready to engage it in a decisive battle.
Knowing that Bai Zihe was helping her, Miao Yinuo immediately intensified her spiritual suppression of the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu.
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu felt itself caught between internal and external threats, under a double assault, and immediately sensed great danger.
Thus, it began to struggle with extreme intensity.
However...
Miao Yinuo's absolute suppression of it stemmed from her birth, and the medicinal force of the Golden Marrow Pill could also easily annihilate it.
Under the pincer attack...
The Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu had no chance at all and was quickly suppressed and killed.
"Swish..."
At the same time.
The dark, bizarre energy contained within the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu immediately erupted, preparing to rampage within Miao Yinuo's body.
But before these energies could fully disperse.
Bai Zihe's powerful true essence arrived, with the Soft Water as the primary force and the Earth Element as the secondary, forcefully expelling the dark, bizarre energy.
There was no choice.
If the dark, bizarre energy didn't want to be annihilated, it had to avoid Bai Zihe's true essence.
"Swish..."
Upon exiting, Bai Zihe unleashed a beam of azure light from his Haotian Pagoda, instantly absorbing all the dark, bizarre energy into it.
"Hoo..."
After finishing all this, Bai Zihe finally relaxed.
The situation just now had been too perilous.
If...
He had been three to five minutes later, and Miao Yinuo's control over the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu had completely vanished, she would have truly fallen into an abyss of eternal damnation.
Invaded by dark, bizarre energy and occupied by the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu...
Bai Zihe wouldn't have known how to save her!
"Big Brother Bai, thank you..."
After a while, Bai Ruoyi slowly woke up, her clear eyes filled with lingering fear and a palpable sense of relief.
If not for Bai Zihe, she would have been finished!
"It's my fault for harming you..."
Bai Zihe said with some shame, "If I hadn't let you handle the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu, and then had the Swallowing Heaven Devouring Earth Gu absorb the dark, bizarre energy..."
"This wouldn't have happened to you."
In retrospect.
It was all still Bai Zihe's doing.
Miao Yinuo didn't dwell on it, but instead asked, "Big Brother Bai, did that Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart help you? How are you doing now?"
"Yes!"
A smile appeared on Bai Zihe's face. "I have completely absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart and successfully awakened the Wood Saint Body."
"Only two more steps, and I can proceed to the next stage of cultivation!"
Indeed.
Initially, he had only awakened the Water Saint Body.
But now, he had awakened a three-element Saint Body, and the remaining two Saint Bodies were also part of his plan.
Once he awakened the Five Elements Saint Body...
Bai Zihe could begin a new path of cultivation – sensing chaos!
With this step taken, the so-called great tribulation would no longer be a sword hanging over his head, but something that could be easily resolved.
It was a matter of great importance.
"That's good!"
Miao Yinuo was also happy for Bai Zihe. "Big Brother Bai, when you become powerful in the future, you'll be able to easily defeat all your enemies."
Bai Zihe didn't linger on this.
Instead, he stepped forward and took Miao Yinuo's wrist to check her internal condition.
Miao Yinuo blushed and glanced at Bai Zihe shyly.
"Hmm..."
Bai Zihe sensed that Miao Yinuo's condition was excellent. Not only was there no sign of infection from the dark, bizarre energy, but the gold element within her body was also exceptionally active.
This Golden Marrow Pill was indeed quite potent.
"Miaomiao..."
After everything was settled, Bai Zihe said, "I've cleared out the dark, bizarre energy in Miao territory. Now I'm planning to return to Xuanyuan Palace."
"On the way, I'll pass by Tianshan Sword Sect, and I plan to visit them again. What do you think?"
Miao Yinuo had no specific destination.
However, she didn't want to go to Xuanyuan Palace. So, she told Bai Zihe, "How about this, Big Brother Bai, you go back. I want to stay in Miao territory for a while longer, and I can also go visit Suzhou and Hangzhou occasionally."
"By the way, do you know where Sister Qianxun is?"
When she was in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Miao Yinuo had the best relationship with Bai Ruoyi and Liu Qianxun.
Now that she had the strength, she wanted to "compete" with Liu Qianxun and then continue to have fun together.
After all...
Miao Yinuo was also just an eighteen-year-old girl.
"Little poison..."
Bai Zihe took out a jade slip and sent a message.
However, there was no response.
Bai Zihe didn't mind.
After all.
The little poison was fond of playing, and occasionally dealing with poisonous insects and scorpions, which was not something ordinary people enjoyed, nor could they be judged by ordinary people's standards.
"She should be at the Myriad Poisons Sect?"
Bai Zihe said casually, not entirely sure.
"Myriad Poisons Sect..."
Miao Yinuo then said, "Then, Big Brother Bai, you go back. I'll go find her for a while, and then I'll come to find you."
Bai Zihe considered.
Although the Longevity Sect had emerged, they were currently busy dealing with the dark, bizarre energy. Even if there were those with ill intentions, they likely wouldn't appear at this juncture.
Therefore, Bai Zihe handed Miao Yinuo a communication jade slip: "Miaomiao, you are now at the Integration Realm. Most people are no match for you."
"Take this with you, and let me know if anything happens."
Miao Yinuo took the communication jade slip, and then parted ways with Bai Zihe.
Bai Zihe headed straight towards the Tianshan Sword Sect's territory.