Chapter 140 No Way Out

"Sister Qian, head south. There's a bottomless cliff behind the dilapidated temple we were staying in. I'll take you down!"

"Alright!"

Su Lun had anticipated he might be hunted down.

His plan was to use the terrain to shake off the pursuers.

He had the Eight-Armed Spider Spear, which ignored almost any terrain obstacle. With Qian Tiao clearing the way, he could find opportunities to break through. Occasionally using silk threads to pull Qian Tiao along, the two coordinated, and their speed was definitely not slow. Even those monsters flying in the sky would have difficulty catching up.

Just like now.

At the beginning of the fight, there was nothing wrong with this plan. Su Lun and Qian Tiao seemed to be in a perilous situation, but they actually had a high chance of escaping.

But gradually, problems arose.

This was the Land of Yellow Springs. Besides monsters, there was also the unfathomable Lord of the Land, Izanami.

That "god" obviously wouldn't let them escape so easily.

Su Lun also didn't expect that Her methods could change mountains and rivers, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to split...

The terrain had instead become an obstacle for Su Lun and Qian Tiao to escape.

......

Before long, Su Lun and Qian Tiao ran to the cliff edge they had scouted before.

The three of them had spent the night at the dilapidated temple before.

Behind the temple was an ancient pine tree, next to a simple stone table carved with a chessboard. Originally, from here, one could see the bottomless abyss.

Su Lun had long planned to go down from here, following the river to the depths and downstream. Such complex terrain would make it difficult for monsters to chase them.

But now, looking at it, hope turned into despair.

The cliff...

Had disappeared!

Replaced by a desolate mountainous area.

Looking at the vanished cliff in front of them, Su Lun and Qian Tiao's expressions turned ugly.

Although they didn't know how Izanami had done it, it didn't matter anymore.

This escape route was completely hopeless.

Even worse, in the vision shared by the black crows in the sky, the [Gates of Yellow Springs] in the sky were still continuously spewing out monsters. It was as if a hole had been torn in the sky, and black tides were surging out from all directions.

Su Lun's face was gloomy.

At this moment, he was trapped in an unprecedented mental dilemma.

He could think of any strategy, but under this "absolute control," there was no possibility of escape.

Qian Tiao glanced at him, also guessing what was happening, her expression not changing much.

The two stopped, no longer running.

They leaned against the ancient pine tree, gasping for breath.

Just now, they had been running with all their might, and their dark spiritual energy was greatly depleted. Don't let Qian Tiao's sword qi stretch hundreds of meters, and even kill several "Ghost Kings," but in fact, every move was amplified, draining almost all of her dark spiritual energy.

She was also listening to Su Lun say that there was a way out here, before she barely held on until now.

However,

Now the way out was gone.

Qian Tiao calmed her rapid breathing, not thinking about life and death matters. She discovered that Su Lun's condition was abnormal and asked, "Su Lun, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

Although Su Lun said so, an eerie glint appeared in his eyes.

He knew very well why Qian Tiao was asking.

Because the appraisal panel clearly showed several negative statuses such as [Slight Corrosion of Yellow Spring Qi], [Moderate Contamination of Demon Qi], [Severe Contamination of Ghost Qi].

Just now, Qian Tiao had been charging and killing all the way, and Su Lun had also been reaping all the way, absorbing a large amount of demon qi in a short period of time.

This demon qi was mixed with the power of faith, filthy air, negative energy... and countless other strange existences. Swallowing it whole, the body simply couldn't digest it well.

Forcibly absorbing it, the demon qi directly corroded his body and even his soul.

Su Lun's current body seemed to already be on the edge of "half-human, half-ghost."

This had already endangered his life, even worse than the previous situation of "mental mutation."

However, Su Lun had no choice.

His intuition told him that the improvement of his "Law of Death" would be the key to breaking the situation.

Now that Izanami had been determined to be uncommunicative and had also shown hostility. If he desperately didn't absorb those demon qi, even if he escaped, he couldn't think of any other way to escape this cursed space!

But now, it was still a little short...

Su Lun felt that he still needed a lot of demon qi, perhaps to see a certain "opportunity."

But now, whether it was him or Qian Tiao, they were at the end of their rope and it was simply impossible.

What if he bet wrong?

.......

Is it over?

Yes.

It seems that's all there is to it.

When a person chooses to face death, no despair will make her afraid.

As soon as this thought arose, Qian Tiao's extremely solemn expression suddenly relaxed.

She saw the touch of mania between Su Lun's eyebrows and calmly said, "Su Lun, you've always been very calm and rational at any time before. It's also this different temperament that makes me feel... a sense of security for some reason. There's no need to blame yourself. You've already done very well."

Su Lun listened in silence.

He did blame himself.

Blaming himself for being powerless.

It was like this with Miko before, and now it was Qian Tiao.

After a pause,

Qian Tiao thought that it was the last moment of her life, and it seemed like she should say something.

She seemed to think of something again, her eyes rippling, and continued, "Miko asked me if I liked you before, and I thought not. Later, after thinking about it carefully, it's not that I don't like you, but it's not the ambiguous feeling between a man and a woman. You are very special to me. To be honest, maybe, you are the most important man in my life? Well... important enough for me to entrust my life to."

Speaking of this, she smiled sweetly, "So... although I think some of your behavior is a little boring, I didn't refuse you."

For the first time, Qian Tiao "confessed."

As she said this, a touch of tenderness appeared on her usually heroic pretty face.

Her tone was very calm and she didn't speak quickly.

But the more so,

The uncontrollable mania in Su Lun's heart, the eerie red light in his eyes became more and more suppressed.

Looking at the faint smile on Qian Tiao's face, he seemed to see Miko's last smile before.

A strong feeling of depression surged into his heart.

He knew that he was about to lose something very, very important in his life.

Qian Tiao looked at the "evil ghost tide" surging in the distance, thinking that she probably couldn't say a few more words, and said directly: "Su Lun, we definitely can't get away like this. I know that without me, you will have a chance to survive. If there is even a glimmer of hope to survive, you... must find a way to survive."

Su Lun was silently furious in his heart, he wanted to do something, but found that he was powerless.

The [Eclipse Sun Totem] on his chest was already burning hot, and the beast in his heart seemed to want to break free. He strongly suppressed his emotions, "Sister Qian, what are you talking about..."

Even if there is a real chance, how could I abandon you and survive alone?!

Qian Tiao knew his thoughts very well.

But she knew even more that her dark spiritual energy had been exhausted, and she definitely didn't have the ability to rush up again like just now.

When the monsters surrounded them, it would be their death.

A decision must be made.

She said directly: "My [Rakshasa Woman] talent also has a secret method that can 'seize the essence of all living beings'. This will be the strongest posture of my life. To die in battle is the destiny of Rakshasa Woman. In this life, there is kendo, there are friends, no regrets."

"I will try my best to create... even a sliver of a chance for you."

After a pause, she looked at Su Lun's almost ferocious expression, afraid that he would do something foolish, and added: "You are someone I can entrust my life to. Don't let my death... be worthless."

......

More or less, close combat professionals have secret methods to fight desperately. Su Lun has [Hormone Outburst], and Qian Tiao naturally has it too.

After Qian Tiao said these words, she took out a fist-sized rune box from the pocket she carried with her.

Su Lun had seen this kind of secret box before. It was once used by Mr. Mirror to seal the [Fallen Angel's Limbs].

Every member of the Mirror organization has one.

Qian Tiao took out the rune box without any hesitation, pinched a hand seal with one hand, and shouted softly: "Release!"

The runes on the secret box lit up, as if they had triggered some kind of mechanism, and the box opened.

In an instant, a tidal wave of dark spiritual energy gushed out of the box!

Looking closely, what was inside was actually two jet-black fingers.

Even if they were just fingers, a pressure that made one's scalp tingle instantly swept the scene.

Qian Tiao condensed gang qi in her hand, reached out and took out the fingers.

She glanced at them, raised her eyebrows slightly, and flicked her fingers, putting the two fingers into her mouth and swallowing them directly.

Seeing this, Su Lun finally knew what she was doing.

She was cutting off her own retreat.

[Fallen Angels] are true god-level beings, even a finger of theirs contains energy and laws. How can a fifth-order professional bear it?

It's like a radiation source, it can slowly supply energy. But you can't eat it in one bite.

No matter what the secret method is, the ending is that Qian Tiao will undoubtedly die.

Su Lun wanted to stop her crazy suicidal behavior.

But... it was too late.

And couldn't say it.

In this situation, if they don't fight desperately, they will die.

Neither of them had a choice.

......

Qian Tiao swallowed the Fallen Angel's fingers, and her body suddenly curled up like a shrimp, and the blue veins on her forehead instantly bulged.

She seemed to be enduring great pain, gritted her teeth, and let out a low roar from her throat.

But at the same time, a violent dark spiritual energy that was exaggerated far beyond her level also surged out like an avalanche, and... it was getting more and more exaggerated!

And the second-stage Rakshasa phantom that she had almost been unable to maintain just now suddenly solidified.

Not only solidified, but the six-armed flame-haired Rakshasa phantom, which was wearing armor and holding a weapon, had eyes that flashed like lightning and was full of energy. The three tomoe thunder drums behind it radiated thunder and light, illuminating the dilapidated temple with a great purple-red glow.

As soon as this phantom appeared, an aura like a hellish demon swept over.

Qian Tiao's six arms were externally mounted, six knives in hand, and her eyes were full of ferocity. The violent dark spiritual energy surging on her body was like a flame, burning fiercely.

That violent dark spiritual energy was ten times, dozens of times higher than before!

The dark spiritual energy overflowed uncontrollably, forming waves of impact, flying gravel and bricks and tiles falling to the ground in the dilapidated temple.

However, as the price, patches of black energy patterns appeared on her skin, which were signs of physical mutation.

.......

After a few breaths, Qian Tiao seemed to have adapted to that violent energy.

She turned her head and glanced at Su Lun one last time, smiling faintly, "I'm going!"

As she said that, she stomped hard on the ground, and with a "crack," the boulder she was standing on suddenly shattered into countless pieces like a spider web.

Looking again, the phantom disintegrated.

She had transformed into a purple-red thunder dragon, rushing into the ghost tide without hesitation.

That figure wielding a sword and leaving gracefully was so proud.

Su Lun looked at her back, and there was no thought of running away for his own life at all.

"Sister Qian, since you are willing to die for me, how can I, Su Lun, be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?!"

He sneered non-stop in his heart, took out a space scroll, and instantly formed a seal, "Seal · Release!"

With a "bang," a combat mecha holding a ship-cutting sword crashed to the ground. It was naturally the [Colonel-Class Ship-Cutting 9 Type Mechanical Armor].

The mechanical armor's defense was very strong, and it would not be defeated in a short time against the general Ghost Kings.

But once this set of armor was put on, it meant that there was no possibility of escape.

After falling into a siege, the only thing to do was fight to the end.

Just because of the moment of delay for the two of them, the first batch of evil ghosts chasing after them had already attacked fiercely.

With a "crack" of metal, the helmet and main body armor closed together.

Su Lun was half a beat slower in covering the mecha on his body, but he also did not hesitate!

After the steam boiler accumulated energy, it "woo woo" emitted white smoke. When the pressure relief valve was opened, he controlled the heavy steel body like a truck and charged straight into the ghost tide.

The mechanical armor was known as the "battlefield meat grinder," how could it be an undeserved reputation?

The ship-cutting sword, several meters long, was swung like a windmill. Every swing would definitely take away dozens of low-level monsters.

No monster dared to head-on with the ship-cutting sword's special vibration technology.

Like a flesh and blood grinder, wherever Su Lun passed, there must be a ground full of broken limbs.

Even those ghost-type monsters that could ignore the steel armor and drilled into the cockpit were helpless.

Su Lun's current spiritual power was so strong that those ghost-type ghosts couldn't easily control him!

On the other hand, Qian Tiao, who had already penetrated deep into the monster group, was even more exaggerated.

She was killing in all directions, and no one dared to stop her.

After devouring the [Fingers], there was no need to worry about dark spiritual energy at all.

In the area where she was, lightning and thunder rumbled in the sky for several miles, and sword qi carrying the sword intent of "Thunder Hell" was slashed down one after another, and thousands of thunderbolts blasted from the sky to the ground.

The "rumbling sound" was deafening, and Qian Tiao, with six arms and six knives, slashed out patches of lightning storms in the monster group.

Below the "Ghost King," almost no ghosts were her enemy in one knife.

Above the Ghost King, few dared to touch her edge.

Wherever she passed, corpses were everywhere, full of the stench of ghostly blood and broken limbs...

After [Onimaru Hyakume] was bloodthirsty, its power was even greater. At this moment, this demon knife unleashed the true power of the Hell Dao Demon Soldier.

The two hacked and slashed all the way, charging forward.

But even if they were so猛, the two of them were like two drops of cold water dripping into a hot oil pan. Even if it caused a boiling and violent reaction, how could they extinguish this pot of hot oil?

Not only did the monsters not decrease, but they became more and more numerous.

Su Lun had already been blinded by the killing.

He was still absorbing the demon qi and ghost qi from the corpses of those monsters regardless of the consequences...

He wanted to seize the last chance to turn the tables.

He could clearly feel that the feeling in his heart was getting clearer and clearer, but it was still a bit short.

But it looked like he had no chance to see the truth of this cursed space world.

There were too many monsters.

......

"Clang", "Clang", "Clang"...

The defensive baffle on the combat mecha made a piercing crisp sound, and the runes and coating layers were being rapidly consumed.

Su Lun knew that he couldn't hold on for long.

The same was true for Qian Tiao.

Although it looked fierce and unmatched, her body could collapse at any time under the overload of this level of dark spiritual energy.

Even if almost no monsters dared to head-on with her, she couldn't help but spit out blood every time she slashed out a "Thunder Hell".

The muscles and meridians of the body simply couldn't bear such a terrifying surge of energy.

Moreover, probably because of Izanami's reason, those monsters rushed into the Thunder Hell like moths to a flame, even if they knew they would die if they went up.

They didn't give Qian Tiao a chance to breathe at all.

Su Lun looked at the figure fighting in the monster group, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

How despairing it was to watch someone who was very important to him die in front of his eyes, and he was powerless.

Black Crow was sharing his vision in the corner, and he saw Izanami in the sky, full of mockery.

It was not easy for Yellow Springs to be so lively, this "god" seemed to be watching a big show.

As for those ghosts?

No matter how many died, She didn't move at all.

......

Qian Tiao also knew her current state very well.

At this moment, her last communication came from the communicator: "Su Lun, I just had an epiphany and it seems that I can break through the third stage of [Rakshasa Woman]. I can probably create a little opportunity for you. I don't want you to see me dying in embarrassment. You must find a chance to live..."

This was a farewell.

Her tone was gentler than ever.

There was no hysteria, as if she was stating a very ordinary thing.

It was like the dying words of an old friend.

When Su Lun heard this, he suddenly woke up, who had already been blinded by the killing.

Looking at the figure standing with a sword not far away, his eyes moistened.

Just as this communication fell, the [Bodhi Seed] hanging on Qian Tiao's waist shattered into powder with a crisp sound.

A dark golden Buddha light poured into the Rakshasa phantom lingering behind her.

Su Lun knew that this was the wisp of "high-level divinity" contained in the Bodhi Seed.

In an instant, the Rakshasa phantom changed from virtual to real, as if cast in pure gold.

Its appearance was solemn, its eyebrows were furrowed and its eyes were angry, one side was a Buddha statue and the other was a demon statue.

Rakshasa Golden Body!

When Su Lun saw this, his heart was greatly shaken.

Qian Tiao had an epiphany before her death and broke through the third stage of Rakshasa Woman!

At this moment, the world was surging.

Qian Tiao pointed her sword at the sky, laughed unrestrainedly, and shouted: "Izanami, do you dare to take a knife from me!"