Ouyang Xiaoleng quickly found the circular pool on the fourth floor. After reading a few passages on the stone tablet in front of the pool, he roughly guessed that Xia Qiu must have entered the pool.
He does have the two requirements on the stone tablet regarding innocent heart and pure body, but the other innate ability for Xia Qiu should refer to her ability to escape from the soul, but he does not have such ability. . So even if he enters the pool, he may not be able to see her, but just thinking about her may not make him give up the two-thirds of hope he already has.
He knew that she was still waiting for him. When they escaped from Chi Lamir, he knew the trauma she suffered, but he could not do anything for her; when he returned to the royal city, he also had so many opportunities. It could give her comfort, but she always missed it inexplicably. Thinking back to the life-saving grace of childhood, let alone mentioning it, she was always waiting silently by his side. No matter what dangers and powerful enemies she encountered, she never flinched. No matter how much pain and grievance she endured in her heart, she was the one who never left him. .
I couldn't help but lament that it seemed like I hadn't done anything for her for too long. Was it because I had become the Demon King and Fox Queen because I had such a heavy responsibility on my shoulders that I felt powerless? Was it the time when he was seriously injured that he longed for her blood at the summons of the Demon King's Crown that left him with lingering fears? Or was it because she was so beautiful that it made him doubt whether he was worthy of having her? His heart was tortured by these questions, but it also became clear because of the pain. She was always the irreplaceable one in his heart.
She was waiting for herself, so he had to go.
There was no need to make any more decisions. His body was already buried deep in the water. In the near-zero water temperature, he felt that he was constantly sinking and then suddenly floating up. Finally, a piece of light appeared in front of his eyes. The exit of the pool was there. He tried to swim toward the light.
The enraged Ape Red Demon continued to use his demon power cyclone, releasing the power that he had not used for a long time. When this power was released, hundreds of thousands of black smoke appeared on his body. arm. Those arms moved a few times in the air one by one, and various weapons appeared in his hands.
Xia Qiuyi saw that eighteen types of weapons were available, including bows, crossbows, spears, clubs, knives, swords, spears, shields, axes, axes, halberds, swords, whips, maces, hammers, forks, palladiums, and daggers. She remembered that the four-armed Yasha was already quite difficult to deal with, but this ape-red demon was obviously much more powerful than him. She looked behind her and saw that Mei Ren, who had transformed into a human form, was fighting fiercely with the undead children but still had the upper hand. Hin Ye was also standing safely in a corner, so she calmed down and decided to fight. The powerful enemies in front of them continue to face off.
The demonic cyclone of the Ape Red Demon continued to expand, forming countless whirlpools that rolled the weeds and leaves on the ground into the air. For the first time in the soul-living world, Xia Qiu felt that everything was so real. The Ape Red Demon first threw a shield horizontally with one hand, and the shield whirled rapidly towards Xia Qiu. Just as she dodged to one side, he fired an arrow at her with the bow in his hand, and she He had no choice but to hurriedly use his knife to block the arrow and hit it aside.
She just dodged his constant attacks back and forth, and gradually got closer to him. Although she knew in her heart that the plum blade in her hand might not be able to match his countless weapons, at this moment she To back down would mean risking the hinge's life.
When she finally came to the side of the Ape Red Demon, she realized even more the disparity in power between them. This feeling was something she had never experienced before. It was almost as if she had just dodged the spear he was stabbing at, and his other The sword in her hand swept forward with another roundhouse slash. As soon as she used the plum blade to fight his halberd, his huge hammer suddenly hit her suddenly, and every one of his arms was hit. It is both flexible and powerful, and although there are many in number, it can still coordinate seamlessly. Although his body is huge, he can still change his pace from left to right in a coordinated manner with his feet. The combination of offense and defense is so tight that Xia Qiu is helpless.
"Humans are humans, and they only have this little ability!" said the Ape Red Demon. Seeing that Xia Qiu was becoming increasingly unable to withstand his attacks, he became arrogant and even began to get tired of fighting with her.
When he was still alive, it was difficult to find a strong person who could compete with him. Except for a handful of big monsters like Demon King Hu Li and Blue Snake Xizhen, it was difficult for anyone to challenge him. This human girl actually It is quite difficult to be able to hold on until now without being seriously injured by him, but her strength should only go so far.
What he didn't expect was that this moment of underestimating the enemy gave Xia Qiu another opportunity. When she saw that the movements of his hands suddenly slowed down, she jumped up and turned around in the air to get behind him. Before landing, he desperately stabbed the plum blade in his hand at him, and the blade hit him right in the middle of his shoulder blade.
Although Xia Qiu's adventure was successful, the Red Ape Demon suddenly turned around and whipped out a long whip. The whip hit her left shoulder, and she was also carried away by this force and flew away. She flew a long distance in the air, and when she landed, she felt a sharp and piercing pain in her shoulder, entire left arm and body. Tears oozed out uncontrollably in an instant.
She knew that she wanted to reverse the situation too much and did not think carefully, which led to the current consequences, but it was too late to regret. When she fell to the ground and couldn't move, the Aru Red Demon also flew up. She knew that he was going to use that powerful step down move again, but she was unable to dodge.
"Xia Qiu!"
When she was desperate, a familiar voice sounded, evoking boundless longing. A silver light passed through all the darkness and turned into a warm hand to grab her. She was suddenly pulled back from the state of soul separation by this hand.
Her eyes were still hazy with those gray-blue eyes, and she thought she had returned to the morning when she met his eyes when she was six years old, but she soon realized that she was still in the same place more than a hundred years ago. Qingyang City in front of the city.
In addition to Ouyang Xiaoleng, Heye and his wife were also looking at her anxiously. After hesitating for a few seconds, she suddenly shouted: "Hinges!" Then she gritted her teeth and groaned because of a sharp pain coming from her left shoulder. Although the injury will not bleed or leave scars in the real world, there will be a sense of pain from the nerves. This pain is no less than the injury in the real world. If the injury in the soul-living world is too Severe, and most likely unable to wake up.
Heye was still sleeping on his little bed. No matter how much Xia Qiu called, there was no response. She knew without guessing that he should still be trapped in the soul-living world, and had probably been harmed by the red ape demon. When she thought of this, she knew that she Must go back immediately.
In the past, because she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Xia Qiu wasn't sure that it was actually the Saru Red Demon that caused the ghost, but now she had to admit this fact. She didn't know how to tell the Heyin couple that it was their former hero who brutally took away the lives of the children of the Demon Spirit Tribe, and that their son could be killed by him at any time at this moment.
"Heye...has he already?" Heyin's wife was distraught and couldn't help but choke up when she thought that bad luck had finally befallen her little son.
"No, he is safe for the time being. I will explain the truth of the whole matter to you later. Now I must return to the soul-living world to save Heye!" After Xia Qiu said that, he endured the pain and smiled at Ouyang Xiaoleng. Thinking that he would enter that pool regardless of the consequences, there must be help from God to send him to her at this moment, and to be able to see him, she felt that her body was instantly filled with courage. and strength.
"Is there any way to introduce me to the world of soul separation?" Ouyang Xiaoleng thought in his mind after finally chasing Xia Qiu to Qingyang City more than a hundred years ago, but in the end he still had to let her fight alone. , which made him very upset.
"It is only possible when both people have the ability to escape from the soul. Immortal Yuhe once led me into the state of soul separation before, but I am not sure that I can do it. If it fails, then you will wait here. Just stick with me, I will definitely come back!" Xia Qiu said, extending a hand to Ouyang Xiaoleng for him to hold, then looked at Heyin and his wife and said firmly, "Don't worry, I will definitely bring Heye. Come back!"
The Heyin couple nodded at her, their eyes full of trust. They also held each other's hands tightly, praying that their son could successfully escape the bad luck of Kiyakure and live in good health.
Xia Qiu took a deep breath, closed her eyes and kept imagining what the hinges looked like, trying to get herself into a state of soul separation. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the place where she had been injured by the Red Ape Demon. Ouyang Xiaoleng was still beside her, but the undead souls of the Red Ape Demon and the children controlled by him had disappeared.
"Mei Ren!" Xia Qiu called out Mei Ren to communicate with her in her heart.
"Yes, my master!" Mei Ren quickly responded to her.
"Tell me where the hinges are?" Xia Qiu asked.
"After you disappeared, I continued to fight with the undead. When the Ape Red Demon took the opportunity to catch him, he escaped. I don't know where he is hiding now. At the moment, the Ape Red Demon is looking everywhere. he!"
After hearing Mei Ren's answer, Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng exchanged glances, and then planned to look for He Ye. She asked again: "Do you know which direction he escaped?"
"It should be towards the herb field!"
"Herb field..." Xia Qiu muttered silently, wondering if Heye would go to the edge of the herb field to look for Jiuyan because he couldn't find him.
She then led Ouyang Xiaoleng and ran towards the edge of the herb field. From a distance, she saw the huge body of the Ape Red Demon standing next to the small tree, and under the small tree He Ye was waving the hand in his hand. The stick tried to drive him away.
Xia Qiu suddenly disappeared just now. Heye was filled with fear. He didn't know what to do for a moment. He suddenly thought of his friend Jiuyan and ran towards the herb field.
Although the Ape Red Demon was stabbed by Xia Qiu, it did not cause much damage to him. He recovered in place after a while and chased Heye away. When he found the edge of the herb field, he saw Heye standing under the tree. As soon as he saw him coming, he waved the stick in his hand tremblingly.
How could that little wooden stick stop the Red Ape Demon? He rushed straight towards him. Just as he was about to spit out a tube from his mouth to suck him in, he was stuck on his face by the spider silk that suddenly shot from the tree. It turned out to be the tree. The big spider with nine eyes on it wants to protect the hinge.
He swung the stick at the spider web hard and knocked Jiuyan to the ground. Jiuyan struggled for a while and then stopped moving. Heye thought that his friend had been killed by a monster, and he was so angry that he actually wanted to fight the big monster in front of him, Saru Chimo. Fortunately, when his life was in danger, Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng finally found him.