As the Myriad Splendor Divine Ability took effect on Jiang Wang, helping him escape a certain death…

On Crescent Moon Isle, in a certain tea house…

Xu Xiangqian, who was pestering Zhao Wuyan with conversation, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell backward.

Zhao Wuyan supported him with one hand, maintaining a distance even while saving him: “Junior Brother Xu, what’s wrong?”

Zi Shu also looked at him with a worried expression. Although she didn’t think this high-foreheaded guy was a good match for her Senior Sister, she had found him to be not a bad person after spending so many days together. Especially since he was good friends with Jiang Wang…

Xu Xiangqian’s face was pale, his once full and vigorous aura suddenly weakened.

After Zhao Wuyan channeled some gentle Dao essence into him, he slowly opened his eyes and said with difficulty, “Quick, I’m not going to make it.”

“Before I die,” he looked at Zhao Wuyan mournfully, “can you… say you… love me?”

Zi Shu couldn’t help but roll her eyes and sat back down. *What’s with suddenly saying he won’t make it? He’s definitely acting!*

She thought she had seen through Xu Xiangqian’s trick, and while she also felt that he had put in a lot of effort to make himself look like this, she also had a sense of intellectual superiority.

*He can’t even fool me, how can he fool my Senior Sister?* she thought to herself.

As expected, Zhao Wuyan slowly released her hand, laid Xu Xiangqian on the ground, then reached out and smoothed over his eyes, closing his eyelids.

She said softly, “Then rest in peace.”

Just as she was about to get up, her hand was suddenly grabbed.

That large, knobby hand, not befitting a scholar, held her tightly with little strength.

Annoyed, she was about to shake it off, but remembering the state of this rascal’s body, she couldn’t help but disperse her true essence.

Although she didn’t know what had happened, Xu Xiangqian was truly seriously injured now, and perhaps couldn’t withstand even a small portion of her strength.

Xu Xiangqian, of course, knew what had happened and was well aware of his physical condition. Though his injuries were serious, his life wasn’t in danger.

Originally, he was very worried about his friend. Because the Myriad Splendor Divine Ability was triggered, it meant that Jiang Wang had encountered a life-or-death crisis in the Lost Realm.

However, he also knew that worrying was useless. They, as friends, had done all they could. Jiang Wang was sentenced to the Lost Realm by True Monarch Wei Xun of Fishing Sea Tower himself, and it was expressly forbidden for anyone to help him. Unless another True Monarch powerhouse stepped forward, no one could help him. Everything depended on Jiang Wang himself.

More importantly, the moment Zhao Wuyan held him up, he forgot everything…

What Jiang Wang, what Lost Realm, what friends, what Myriad Splendor, even his own injuries…

All he could feel was his shoulder being supported by a soft, warm hand.

That hand was so tender, so soft…

*Senior Sister Zhao really cares about me! She’s just too reserved and doesn’t usually show it. Look at her now, the truth is revealed!*

He thought to himself, delighted.

*If I had known this, I wouldn’t have waited until today to get injured!*

Seizing this opportunity, he immediately confessed his feelings. He even mustered up the courage to grab Senior Sister Zhao’s small hand.

She didn’t reject him!

At this moment, Xu Xiangqian wanted to cry, to shed tears. It was too difficult…

It wasn’t like he hadn’t held a girl’s hand before. Back when he was “collecting folklore,” what luxurious brothels hadn’t he been to? He had bummed food, drinks, and fun all over the world, what kind of sights hadn’t he seen?

But those ordinary women, how could they compare to Senior Sister Zhao!

Just holding her little hand, he was about to faint from happiness.

“If I could be in your arms…” Xu Xiangqian said dreamily, his eyes blurred, “I would surely rest in peace.”

Immediately, he felt a round pill being stuffed into his mouth. It melted upon entry, turning into a warm current that flowed through his limbs.

His first thought was, *Senior Sister Zhao loves me so much, she’s using such a precious pill to heal me.*

Then he heard Senior Sister Zhao’s voice… *Why does it sound so cold?*

“Alright, you won’t die!”

Xu Xiangqian felt a tremendous force coming from the small hand he was holding, not only blasting his hand away, but also sending his whole body flying, high into the air, and crashing down hard.

He smashed a tea table to pieces.

Zhao Wuyan’s face was as cold as frost. She thought that even if it meant wasting a Five Constant Pill, she had to teach him a lesson. This kid should be able to sober up a bit.

But she saw Xu Xiangqian clambering up from the ground, baring his teeth, slapping his butt, and running back to Zhao Wuyan, looking at her with bright eyes, and saying affectionately, “Senior Sister Zhao, you saved me!”

“From now on, this dog’s life of mine is yours! If you tell me to go east, I will never go west. I will depend on you for life and death, and never abandon you… Eh! Where are you going, Senior Sister? Wait for me! Slow down, take care of this wounded man!”

Jiang Wang stood quietly on the battlefield where the fighting had just ended, watching the last head roll.

The famed sword, Longing Thoughts, returned to its sheath on its own.

The five-colored fish didn’t know where it came from, floating in front of Jiang Wang listlessly, extremely dispirited.

Jiang Wang turned his hand over and took out the Dusk Cloud Jar, collecting the meritorious five-colored fish, then took out the wound medicine given by Chong Xuansheng and swallowed a few pills.

In the battle just now, he actually didn’t have much energy left at the end.

That’s why he didn’t attack the six-winged sea clan member closest to him, but instead chose the female sea clan member with fingernails like daggers.

Because the six-winged sea clan member was too strong, he didn’t have the confidence to kill him with one blow. And the female sea clan member with fingernails like daggers was protecting herself with wood-attribute spells, which his Decaying Wood Decision happened to be able to break. He could quickly resolve it with a surprise attack, making her the best target to establish his authority.

Carrying the momentum of killing five sea clan members in a row, he was able to influence the six-winged sea clan member’s choice with the Forked Path Divine Ability, causing him to flee and disintegrating the morale of these sea clan members.

As for the Capturing Dragon Cord, it was a casual arrangement he had made during the battle earlier. If the other party hadn’t been completely scared off, he would use this treasure obtained from Hai Zongming to assist him, and muster his remaining strength to kill another one. He didn’t believe they still wouldn’t be afraid.

Since they had all started to run away, he would use this Capturing Dragon Cord to show those sea clan members that he still had the strength to kill! Frightening them so they wouldn’t dare to turn back!

So he completely ignored the handsome sea clan member’s begging for mercy. Once the other party regained his strength and broke free from the Capturing Dragon Cord, it might be him who died.

Jiang Wang put away the Dusk Cloud Jar, and slowly picked up the bone spurs. This was definitely a good thing to make Restriction Origin Array Plates, more valuable than Restriction Water Talismans. Then he pulled out the handsome sea clan member’s twin blades from his ribs, and cut off the female sea clan member’s dagger-like fingernails one by one…

This slow-moving young man, picking up the battlefield, lowered his head and bent his waist, like a miser, not missing any valuable thing.

He looked tired, weak, without the slightest air of a powerhouse.

Who would have known that just now, he had completed an achievement that could be called a miracle. At the level of the Divine Ability Inner Mansion, he fought nine commander-level sea clan members, eight initial-level and one intermediate-level, and won!

He killed six and forced three to flee!

But who would have known that just now, he… was almost exhausted!

It was a true life-and-death situation, yet he used his wisdom and courage to fight his way to dawn.