CBGC - ch124.2

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Before Bai Lu could finish her sentence, Su Lijiang is already striking out with his sword. Bai Lu uses the Beauty Scroll to block the attack, resulting in a loud clang. The Beauty Scroll remains unscathed, but it leaves a gap on Su Lijiang's flying sword.

He is originally a member of the Celestial race and has cultivated in an environment with abundant spiritual energy in the Heart of the Divine Tree. His journey through Tribulation Transcendence and Ascension didn't take too long, but this period of time is too short for him to forge a sword that truly belongs to him.

Su Lijiang's flying sword is one he obtained in the Luminous Moon Sect after Gu Fengyang had forcibly taken over his body. It is a high-level flying sword, but it is still very far from an Immortal sword. If it wasn’t Su Lijiang holding it, the blade would not just have a single chink, it would have broken into pieces.

"Mister, your flying sword is lacking. If you allow this servant to attend to you, I will surely prepare the most formidable flying sword for you." Bai Lu no longer needs to use her spiritual energy at this moment. She is slowly recovering her strength and buying time. Whatever attack the opponent will use, she can simply block it with the Beauty Scroll.

Su Tingyun is starting to feel anxious. She was just planning to use the Divine Tree branches and the Heavenly Fire to entangle and burn the Beauty Scroll. However, maybe due to incinerating that demonic being, the Heavenly Fire within her has almost completely subsided, with only a faint spark remaining. If not for that lingering flicker, she would have thought that the Heavenly Fire has been extinguished.

As for the Kunlun Divine Tree branches, they are no longer on Big Bai. Back in the Immortal Palace, Big Bai had already given all its the branches to burn the demonic Su Moxuan.

At present, it is impossible for her to directly attack Zhang Zhizi. He is completely wrapped within the Beauty Scroll, securely hidden. Moreover, her sword can’t even split the Beauty Scroll open.

"Perish the thought. My master is the chosen one, destined by fate. How can you small-minded people think you can kill him so easily?" Bai Lu calmly waves her feather fan. While her expression remains composed, she feels a hint of nervousness. Her beautiful eyes scans Su Tingyun and Su Lijiang, occasionally concealing her smile behind the fan.

The two of them are flanking her, making it difficult for her to escape. Additionally, Bai Lu is worried that the Heavenly Fire would suddenly appear. Although for some reason, the other party isn't using it.

"Young master, these people have great aptitudes and high cultivation. They have smoothly advanced on their cultivation journey without experiencing the hardships you've endured. Yet, they refuse to give you a way out."

Caught in a predicament, Bai Lu doesn’t forget to provoke Zhang Zhizi.

Low roars come out of Zhang Zhizi’s throat, resembling a beast that has lost its mind.

At this moment, Su Tingyun can’t worry about much else. With a thought, she calls out the weakened Heavenly Fire and directly invokes it, propelling it onto the Beauty Scroll.

Bai Lu suddenly bursts into laughter, "So it turns out that the Heavenly Fire is nearly extinguished. Since you've revealed your hand, I have nothing to fear." While this small amount of Heavenly Fire can cause damage to the Beauty Scroll, it won’t be lethal. She can endure the pain of the Heavenly Fire and forcibly eliminate Su Tingyun.

After speaking, Bai Lu's body floats in the air. With a flick of her hand, the feather fan spins rapidly, and countless white feathers transform into numerous sharp blades, shooting out in all directions.

However, the instant she floats out, Su Lijiang raises his hand, and countless branches of the Kunlun Divine Tree flows out from his palm, completely binding the entire scroll and Zhang Zhizi within it.

While the flames of the Heavenly Fire are weak, with the presence of the Kunlun Divine Tree branches, the flames instantly grow larger. Bai Lu, who’s been floating in the air, seems to be forcibly dragged back into the scroll by a tremendous force. She screams in horror, "The Kunlun Divine Tree has acknowledged you as its master!"

The branches tighten more and more, as if attempting to strangle them alive.

Bai Lu's figure gradually turns faint, slowly merging into the scroll. Zhang Zhizi's body is covered in blood, staining the entire painting red.

Why, why is it always like this?

Why is it so unfair? Each time, he’s given endless hope, only for it to be forcefully yanked away. He obtained the Beauty Scroll and thought that he could finally dominate over everyone. He saw Li Xinmei and thought that he could exact revenge and imprison her within the scroll for his pleasure. However, no matter what he does, he keeps failing in the end.

Why?

Zhang Zhizi lets out a low roar from his throat, and at that moment, a woman's voice softly repeats his words.

"Why?"

"Why trap me here, why take my body, why..."

"Get out!"

Upon hearing the woman's voice, Bai Lu is momentarily stunned. She never expected that the Seventh Sister, who’s supposed to be the last one to awaken in the Beauty Scroll, would gain consciousness ahead of schedule. This is an unprecedented occurrence.

At the same moment, Su Tingyun's body suddenly experiences an intense surge of rejection. There's excruciating pain in her soul, and her face instantly turns pale as paper. The weakness of her consciousness causes the Heavenly Fire, which relies on her primordial spirit, to die out in an instant. Although the flames on the Scroll do not diminish, without the support of the owner's primordial spirit, the fire poses no threat.

Bai Lu once again charges out of the scroll, waving her fan and triggering a waterfall from the nearby mountains, which crashes directly onto the scroll.

Su Tingyun can’t even feel pain in any finger, and her spiritual energy can’t circulate. She plummets downward while Su Lijiang swoops on his sword, intending to use the branches of the Divine Tree to prevent her from falling into the sea. But at that moment, Big Bai suddenly enlarges and swallows Xi Guang's body whole.

The powerful repelling force has already caused Su Tingyun to lose consciousness earlier. Otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen directly from the sky.

And at this moment, a gloomy female voice comes from within the scroll, "Give it back to me!"

Su Lijiang makes a backhand thrust with his sword, and this time, the position his flying sword strikes is the small hole that has just been burned in the scroll.

"Ahhh!"