Fairy, don't let your golden finger chase after me!

Chapter 26: The Filial Piety of the Demon Princess

Feeling Dong Mo's aura pointing straight to the sky, looking at his golden hair standing on end, and the electric current constantly swirling around his body.

Gu Ziyue stared blankly, unsure of what to say.

Although she was very reluctant to admit it, there was no doubt that the bloodline energy within Dong Mo, which shared the same origin as hers, was real.

At this moment, Gu Ziyue had only one thought in her mind: Could this guy in front of her really be her mother's affair, or her half-brother?

On the other hand, Dong Mo was completely unaware of Gu Ziyue's obsessive thoughts about filial piety and grandparental love.

At this moment, Dong Mo's entire attention was focused on the rock spirit core in front of him.

Looking around at the rocks that were floating up and about to reassemble into giant armored rock spirits.

Dong Mo clenched his fist, sensing the powerful force that had been infused into his body by the Devouring Heaven True Blood, as well as the crazy thoughts that surged into his body along with that force, constantly affecting his thoughts and nerves, making his mind extremely irritable.

Fortunately, Dong Mo's bloodline was not complete, so those bestial thoughts had a limited impact on him, and he did not go completely insane like Gu Ziyue.

Seeing that the giant armored rock spirit was about to complete its reorganization, Dong Mo immediately transmitted his voice to the Tranquil Mind Sword Technique within his body.

"Tranquility Sword Technique! Come quickly and help me!"

"If you don't help me, and I die here, there will be no one to help you improve your sword techniques and make Xiao Bai stronger!"

[Tranquil Mind Sword Technique: Hmph! Since that's how it is... I'll reluctantly help you this time.]

"The True Understanding of Tranquility: The Sword-Breaking Style!"

Dong Mo shouted, using his finger as a sword. With the combined power of the Gluttonous Blood Frenzy and the Tranquil Sword Technique, and with a perfect synchronization, an incomparably sharp sword aura burst forth from Dong Mo's fingertip.

The white sword light, as graceful as a startled swan, pierced through the core that was rebuilding in an instant. Fine cracks spread rapidly from the original gap, covering every inch of the core's surface in a flash.

Then, blinding white light suddenly seeped out from the cracks in the rock spirit core.

Upon seeing this, Dong Mo, who had been a player in his previous life, suddenly froze.

Damn... It's been so long since I've fought this thing. How could I have forgotten about the hidden mechanic that the Giant Armored Rock Spirit has a chance to self-destruct after being killed...

Realizing something was wrong, Dong Mo immediately prepared to escape the blast radius of the Giant Armor Rock Spirit Core.

After all, the self-destruction power of the Rock Spirit Core is comparable to the damage intensity of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's full-force self-destruction!

However, by the time Dong Mo tried to escape, it was already too late...

"Damn it! This is a disaster..."

As Dong Mo cursed under his breath, the rock spirit core behind him suddenly roared with a loud "boom," and violent energy instantly filled the entire maze space, with pure white light engulfing everything.

A massive shockwave, carrying debris, swept across the area like a razor, causing the air to whistle. In the distance, Gu Ziyue felt a blinding white light, as if the entire world had been stripped of its color.

Then a black dot appeared in the pure white world, like a drop of ink spreading on pure white rice paper, gradually fading the glaring paleness.

And the final scene on the battlefield then appeared before Gu Ziyue's eyes.

The core of the giant rock spirit shattered, and the rock spirit's massive body completely collapsed, turning into dust.

Dong Mo was thrown away by the shockwave of the explosion and crashed heavily to the ground. His clothes were torn to shreds, and the ends of his hair were singed by the explosion.

The broken hilt of the low-grade spirit sword he had used earlier tumbled through the air and fell beside Gu Ziyue, carried by the aftershocks of the explosion.

Gu Ziyue glanced at the sword hilt, then at Dong Mo, who lay there lifeless. Gritting her teeth, she crawled like a maggot to the sword hilt and began to bite down on the hilt, which still bore some of the remaining blade.

He pressed the Soul-Binding Lock against the blade, grinding it against his body.

Finally, with a snap, the Soul-Binding Lock broke.

Gu Ziyue stood up, holding the hilt of her sword, and slowly walked towards Dong Mo, who had fallen to the ground with his hands behind his back.

Looking at Dong Mo lying to the side, his life hanging in the balance, Gu Ziyue's feelings were quite complicated.

After all... in a sense, it was Dong Mo who just saved her from the giant rock spirit.

But the way this guy had teased her, made fun of her, tied her up like a dumpling with the Soul-Binding Lock, and even said he would bleed her—that classic blond villainous act—as well as the humiliation he and his little maid had brought her… all made Gu Ziyue grit her teeth in hatred.

Adding to this, the fact that this guy possessed the same Taotie bloodline as her, and that he was likely her half-brother, filled her with curiosity about the blond-haired man in front of her.

Given Gu Ziyue's vengeful and grateful nature, in the past, when she encountered similar situations, she would simply repay kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge.

But this guy seems to be related to her in some way, making it difficult for Gu Ziyue to take action against him...

So... what should we do with this guy?

To kill or to keep...?

Gu Ziyue walked to Dong Mo's side, her face full of conflict as she gripped the hilt of her sword tightly.

Just then, Dong Mo, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly spoke to Gu Ziyue.

"Oh? What's wrong? Your Highness, a princess of the demon race, do you intend to repay kindness with enmity and kill your own savior?"

Gu Ziyue was startled and stared down at Dong Mo, who was sitting up from the ground with a wicked grin on his face, her expression full of shock.

This guy in front of me just took such a violent explosion at close range, and before that, he even used the power of the Taotie True Blood. How is he still able to talk to me so clearly?

Hiss... Just what kind of monster is this guy? Could it be that his bloodline level is higher than mine?

The reason why Dong Mo was still able to be full of energy and talk to Gu Ziyue beside him was entirely due to the Devouring Heaven True Blood in his body!

When the Rock Spirit Core exploded, if it weren't for the Devouring Heaven True Blood absorbing some of the explosion's energy, Dong Mo would probably be meeting his great-grandmother by now.

The Devouring Heaven True Blood, having eaten and drunk its fill, is now fast asleep inside the system.

At the same time, Dong Mo's strength also temporarily dropped back to the Qi Refining stage level because he activated the Blood Frenzy.

Seeing that Dong Mo was safe and sound, Gu Ziyue's anger flared up instantly.

"Hmph! Whose savior are you? Can't you be reasonable for once?"

"The reason I was in danger just now was entirely your fault! If you hadn't bound me with the Soul-Binding Lock, I wouldn't have been teleported to this godforsaken place, and I wouldn't have encountered that dangerous monster!"

"Hey...who's being unreasonable between us?"

Dong Mo sat up and brushed the stone dust off his body.

"Just now you were acting like a madman, attacking me and my maid indiscriminately. If I hadn't stopped the rampaging power within you in time, you would still be running rampant and causing destruction throughout the maze."

"And you almost killed me, yet I didn't hold it against you; instead, I repaid evil with kindness and saved you!"

"And now you're complaining about me? This is truly a case of the farmer and the snake, the Mr. Dongguo and the wolf..."

Upon hearing Dong Mo's words, Gu Ziyue, who was about to retort, was instantly stunned.

The rampaging mad blood within him was actually suppressed by this blond bastard? Thinking of this, and recalling the scene before when he tried to forcibly activate his bloodline, his power was completely suppressed by the other party...

And the astonishing fact that the other party was still able to remain conscious after using the power of Taotie.

Gu Ziyue vaguely felt that the other party's control over bloodlines far surpassed her own, and became increasingly convinced that the other party was likely her brother.

Seeing that Gu Ziyue remained silent for a long time, Dong Mo assumed that she had been rendered speechless by his rebuttal, so he stood up and made a suggestion to Gu Ziyue.

"Since our strength has been temporarily damaged, falling back to the Qi Refining stage, why don't we form an alliance?"

"After all, with our current strength, it's clear that we can't get out of this maze by fighting alone."

Gu Ziyue snapped out of her reverie and nodded, then raised her chin and added, "An alliance is fine, but you'll have to follow my orders from now on! Let me be the captain!"

As Gu Ziyue spoke, she secretly plotted how to establish her authority in front of Dong Mo and let her long-lost blond "brother" know how powerful his older sister was!

"Hmm... okay, okay, captain it is."

Dong Mo readily agreed to Gu Ziyue's request.

Because he knew very well that Gu Ziyue was not intelligent enough to be the team leader, and besides, she didn't have a map.

So in the end, she still had to follow her own orders. Her so-called captaincy was just a hollow title.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the other end of the passage.

"Young Master! Are you alright?"

Xiao Bai appeared at the corner, carrying the Purple Nether Sword. He had obviously heard the sounds of the battle that had just taken place here and had traveled across most of the maze to find it.

Almost the instant Xiao Bai arrived at the scene, the familiar chat window of the Purple Nether Sword appeared on Dong Mo's system panel.

[Purple Nether Sword: Master! Are you alright? I was so scared just now! I almost thought I'd never see you again...]

[Tranquil Mind Sword Technique: Hmph, flattery.]