Published at 23rd of October 2020 10:17:31 AM
Chapter 84
HEART PROTECTION: CHAPTER 84
The flexible jian withdrew from her chest . Yan Hui just felt a chill and the blood in her flowing out . It made her feel really uncomfortable .
When Yan Hui raised her hand, Ling Fei thought she was trying to use magic to stem the blood flow . Ling Fei's eyes hardened . There was no way she was going to give Yan Hui a chance to recover . She once again brought the jian down . Yan Hui couldn't avoid it . She watched the jian tip come down to once again stab her, but this time an enormous wave of power came from behind before the jian reached her chest . It stopped the jian and froze Ling Fei's movement . There was no way for it to move at all .
Ling Fei screamed in frustration . She wanted to stab Yan Hui again . Her scar-covered face was malevolent .
However no matter how much magic she put behind her blow, Ling Fei couldn't move the jian anymore forward .
Ling Fei became angry: "Who is stopping me?!" She looked up and saw the dragon heart on top of the obelisk . Its flames were growing bigger . It grew hotter and hotter until the entire room was bathed in a fiery light .
The ground shook and heavily rumbled . The ceiling started to crack . Broken rock chips fell . Ling Fei didn't know what was going on . The ground swayed so much she had to step back .
Yan Hui stayed on the ground . There was no more strength in her limbs, but her stabbed heart was still beating hot . She watched Ling Fei retreat with narrowed eyes . She took the opportunity to wipe some of heart's blood in her hand, and using the last of her strength, she slapped her blood-stained palm onto the burning dragon heart .
Her blood didn't cover the heart's golden light . The heart trembled, and another rumbling sound was heard . Yan Hui just felt a strange power rush through her heart . It felt like it was crashing through her limbs and bones .
However, Ling Fei didn't care about the peculiarities around her . She only felt that she couldn't let Yan Hui come out alive . When she saw Yan Hui stand up, Ling Fei raised her jian up once again to kill Yan Hui .
Ling Fei shouted, jian going against the power of the dragon heart's flames . She chopped down at Yan Hui, but suddenly the dragon heart burst out a glaring light . It nearly blinded Ling Fei . She stopped because of the light . When the light receded, she suddenly felt a chill in her heart .
A sharp pain quickly followed .
Ling Fei looked down . Yan Hui was holding a small knife, which was stabbing into Ling Fei's chest . Blood flowed out, trailed down the knife blade, and dripped onto the floor .
"Yan Hui . . . . . . . . " Ling Fei shouted and gnashed her teeth in fury . She completely was unwilling to accept this . "You dare . . . . . . . . "
Yan Hui looked at her with cold eyes: "This is actually yours . "
With a wet sound, the knife was pulled out of Ling Fei's chest . It was like Yan Hui had run out of strength . She staggered back a step and fell to the ground .
The dragon heart's light became even brighter . More and more rocks fell from the ceiling .
Ling Fei was covered in blood . She was supporting herself up, still refusing to fall . She walked up one step and stubbornly raised her jian . She waved it at Yan Hui: "I'm going to kill you . . . . . . . . "
Ling Fei took another step forward when suddenly a large rock fell from the ceiling . It smashed onto her head, and her body crumpled . It tipped towards Yan Hui . Yan Hui had no more strength to avoid it and was pressed down under Ling Fei's body . Layers upon layers of rock rained down like they were going to be buried alive .
All the rocks that fell onto the heart were melted to ashes by the heart's flames .
Not a few moments later, the entire room collapsed with a roar!
Up on the surface, the barrier around the hall disappeared . Tian Yao, who was fighting hard against the cultivators in the sky, turned his head in distraction . He saw the hall behind him crumble into dust .
Tian Yao's chest felt scorching hot . Even thought he was far from the hall, he saw a glitter with the glow of the sun rising from the dust .
The cultivators in the sky were also astonished by the scene . They saw the golden spark fly out of the collapsed hall and streak toward Tian Yao . They didn't clearly understand what they saw, so they didn't try to stop the light . Some cultivators even thought the light was one of Guang Han Sect's secret treasures . When the light slammed onto Tian Yao's body, some even cheered . But almost immediately, they realized something was wrong and fell silent . . . . . . . .
Because that dragon demon didn't disappear when the light struck him . It was the light that disappeared . . . . . . .
His chest which had been icy cold for 20 years finally started to warm up . The sound of his heart beat was heard once again . Warm blood flowed through his limbs, warming up his body from the inside out .
However, Tian Yao wasn't very excited about regaining his dragon heart . He really wasn't moved by it . He looked back again . There was no one nor nothing emerging out from the ruined hall .
"Yan Hui . . . . . . . . " He murmured those two words . Tian Yao didn't care about those hostile hundred cultivators in the sky . With a turn of his head, he started walking towards the ruins .
After finding his dragon heart, he could feel all living things . However with with his sharpened senses, Tian Yao could only faintly sense Yan Hui's weak aura .
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It was buried beneath those layers of rock . . . . . . . . . .
Tian Yao knew Yan Hui had a strong-minded temper, knew she had a care-free attitude . He could imagine with Ling Fei out for her life and her needing to break the seal and retrieve the dragon heart, Yan Hui perhaps would . . . . . . . . . fight to the death .
And he once again hadn't helped her at all . Once again didn't save her .
Clearly, Yan Hui was betting her life, but he . . . . . . . . .
He had just gotten back his heart, but the first emotions he felt were chaotic and extremely painful .
Tian Yao bent down, and for a period of time, he actually forgot he could again use most of the magic he once used . He started to use his hands to dig through the rubble . Then, Tian Yao finally realized that it would take years to did through this by hand . That's when Tian Yao used his magic to burst revolving flames into being . The flames created air currents that blew into enormous gusts of wind . Dirt, stone, and brick, everything was swept into the sky .
The cultivators in the sky were in disbelief by the sight . The additional cultivators brought in as back-up asked Meng Yun: "What does the dragon demon what?"
Meng Yun wrinkled her forehead: "It doesn't matter what he wants . Stop him!"
When she said those words, the Killing Demon formation in the sky started to wildly fluctuate . The snow came down so hard it blurred the view . The winds created by the revolving flames gradually lessened, and the debris it picked up fell back down . There seemed to be a fire in Tian Yao's eyes that burned red-hot .
"Whoever stops me will die . "
Tian Yao tilted his head with red pupils like flames . The aura around his body stirred, and the foot-high snow that covered the ground everywhere melted into water . Gurgling water flowed to low points in the ground . Guang Han Sect's cultivators in the sky still didn't stop the formation .
Tian Yao continued to press on with his magic . The dragon heart he regained violently throbbed in his chest . A fire burned deep in his black eyes .
Immediately the world froze . The falling snow stopped . The white clouds stopped . In this stillness, an invisible heatwave carried over broiling temperatures to the cultivators . It immediately collided with the formation formed by the hundreds of cultivators .
Every cultivator part of the formation felt burning pain all over their body . A few cultivators wanted to play tough, but very quickly their skin started to burst into blisters from that invisible heatwave . In the end, some cultivators couldn't handle the power of the heat . They fainted on the spot; all that was heard was a "thud" .
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Guang Han Sect's Demon Killing Formation broke in response . The hundreds of cultivators creating the formation fell from the sky like shreds of white paper .
The other cultivators didn't make a narrow escape . All of the cultivators, aside from the few select head cultivators, had blistered skin and shrieked in pain .
Meng Yun and the other top cultivators were all shocked by the sight .
"I'm afraid we are all no match for the dragon demon . Fighting here today isn't a good idea!" When one of the head cultivators said that, Meng Yun only nodded . "We'll retreat to San Chong Mountain for now . They have a lot of cultivator forces keeping guard . "
Naturally, some of the cultivators there weren't in accord . Tian Yao, who was still down on the ground, heard their words . The aura around Tian Yao's body stirred once again . The heat immediately rocketed up . It made the cultivators, who were still staying in place, retreat back . The miles of snow on Guang Han Mountain disappeared .
Meng Yun confusedly crawled to her feet . It was like she was confused where the heatwave knocked her to . She heard Tian Yao's dark voice which sounded like it was coming from a far distance: "Tell Su Ying . " As he spoke, Meng Yun couldn't help breaking out into a cold sweat . "The debt she owes Tian Yao 20 years ago will be collected by him . "
No other voice followed . Meng Yun cast Propelling Sword Technique, determined a rough direction, and immediately fled .
The base of Guang Han Sect finally quieted down . There were no more noisy screams of cultivators disturbing the area .
Tian Yao stood on the ruins . With a wave of his hand, the ruins of the hall turned to ash . Underneath the ash was collapsed rock and dirt .
Tian Yao couldn't confirm how deep Yan Hui was buried . At least with the revolving flames' winds, he could clean up the sand and stones . Finally, Tian Yao caught a whiff of blood . It wasn't anyone's blood . It was Yan Hui's blood .
He was happy he found Yan Hui's whereabouts, but then his heart twisted . It felt like being stabbed by a sharp needle .
There was no time to think about anything else . He bent down and used his hand to move the rocks and dirt away, layer by layer . Finally, he saw clothes underneath . Tian Yao hurriedly scraped away all the rocks . What he saw was Ling Fei on top of Yan Hui, crushing her .
When Tian Yao saw this, his vision went dark . He had still harbored a hope that Ling Fei didn't find Yan Hui . Maybe Yan Hui broke the seal before Ling Fei found her . Maybe the hall's collapse was due to Yan Hui breaking the dragon heart's seal .
But now he saw this before his eyes . This meant Yan Hui suffered so much before breaking the dragon heart's seal .
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Tian Yao didn't even want to touch Ling Fei's corpse . He used his revolving flames to flip Ling Fei out of the earth and tossed her aside . The flames dug into the dirt and covered up the body .
Finally, Tian Yao saw Yan Hui who had been buried underneath . When he saw how she looked, his throat choked . He felt sick at heart, hurt and sour pain . Panicked emotions overflowed .
The wound on Yan Hui's chest still hadn't clot . Blood still seeped out . It wasn't a minor wound . Her breathing almost couldn't be seen . . . . . . . . .
Tian Yao placed his hand on Yan Hui's chest and sent magic in . He could clearly feel the temperature of her heart and the heart protection scale . With the heart protection scale, he could sense a hidden power in Yan Hui's heart . . . . . . . . .
Tian Yao's eyes rested on Yan Hui's chest for just a moment before immediately moving them away .
Magic poured into Yan Hui's heart . The flowing blood quickly clot . However, the injuries to her flesh wasn't something Tian Yao's magic could heal .
His hand left her chest . Yan Hui coughed and opened her eyes . The look in her eyes were misty, but they cleared when she saw Tian Yao's face . Yan Hui coughed and choked out the dust in the throat . She suddenly laughed, voice somewhat hoarse:
"I did it, Tian Yao . "
Emotions bubbled up in Tian Yao's throat and blocked it up . He silently looked at Yan Hui for a long time: "Yes . "
Yan Hui smiled, eyes crinkling . Even though the corner of her mouth was still stained with blood, it couldn't mar her bright and beautiful smile: "All thanks to me, eh?"
Tian Yao picked Yan Hui up from the pile of dirt and rock . He didn't let go . He cradled her head with one of his hands, resting it against his neck: "Yes . " He said,
"All thanks to you . "
Thanks to this world for having Yan Hui .
Regaining his heart finally made him understand what it meant to lose one's head with fear, what it meant to feel a rush, what it meant to lose something and find it again .