69novels Chapter 1543: So Many People Sacrificed to Save Others
Chapter 1543: So Many People Sacrificed to Save Others
"Huayue!" Han Yan’s heart skipped a beat."We must first withstand this celestial might and enable Liu Guang to refine that Qilin Core as soon as possible, otherwise we’re all doomed sooner or later," Huayue resolutely said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he drew out the Demon-breaking Spear again. The sharp tip sliced across his chest, oozing fresh red blood. His face turned gruesome, but his aura kept rising.
Simultaneously, a more massive force gathered from his body into the Little Auspicious Beast.
Seeing this, Zirong and the others didn’t stop him; instead, their eyes lit up.
Huayue was right—only by helping Liu Guang resist the celestial might and refining the Qilin Core quickly could they hope to survive; otherwise, it’s better to gamble with everything they’ve got.
Amidst the loud cries, beams of blood-flames flickered, burning like fire. Zirong and the others also performed the Blood Sacrifice Technique, not forgetting to strike the sword technique to forcibly boost their power.
Watching their actions, Zhuang Ping’an and others felt a stir in their hearts. Although they didn’t have a Sword Pet, unable to connect their Life Contract Chain directly to the Little Auspicious Beast and thus share Han Yan’s pressure, they could still perform the Blood Sacrifice Technique.
Through burning vitality, they could perform a similar sacrifice technique, sharing vitality with Han Yan. It just took an additional step and wasted more vitality.
In the urgency of the moment, they couldn’t afford to consider that.
Without hesitation or doubt, Zhuang Ping’an and others also simultaneously performed the Blood Sacrifice Technique. Sheets of blood-red light flames burned fiercely, tightly linking Han Yan and them, while also connecting them closely to the Little Auspicious Beast.
Although their powers varied, let’s not forget they were descendants of the Guardian of the Gods with awakened bloodlines, possessing cultivation potential and life far beyond the average. Most importantly, there were many of them.
The vitality of over a hundred descendants of the Guardian of the Gods gathered on Han Yan, flowing into the Little Auspicious Beast. Even though there was considerable wastage due to the Blood Sacrifice Technique, it was still massive.
Not only did the pressure on Han Yan and Huayue and the others greatly reduce, making their faces look much better, even the Little Auspicious Beast exuded multicolored auspicious light, as if treading on clouds.
With their desperate help, the Little Auspicious Beast finally resisted the overpowering celestial might and began rapidly refining that Qilin Core. As the pure Qilin Divine Power gradually merged into its entire body, its form became even more majestic and magnificent, increasingly resembling an Aolai Divine Beast and yet also possessing the unique grace of the Qilin Clan.
Han Yan looked at the Little Auspicious Beast expectantly. Knowing the Qilin Clan was the imperial family among the Beast Clan, extremely noble, and the Little Auspicious Beast, as the Kirin Young Master, naturally had purer blood than other Qilins. Although the exact nature of Aolai was unknown, even the Qilin Clan willingly served it as a master, so it must have been a rare primordial variant. The Little Auspicious Beast had both Aolai and Qilin blood; once the Qilin Blood Essence restored, how powerful could it become, how transcendent?
Lost in hopeful daydreams, a thunderclap suddenly echoed from the sky, and a huge lightning bolt fell from the heavens, seemingly piercing a big hole in the boundless firmament.
"No way, did I really jinx it?" Han Yan muttered, feeling her scalp tingle.
Legend has it that whether human or beast, if one’s natural talent was too transcendent, it could invoke celestial jealousy—celestial jealousy at geniuses and great beauty means dying from illness or accident; if truly too transcendental, even directly struck dead by a heavenly thunder.
Of course, legends are ultimately legends—each year, many are struck dead by lightning, but few are geniuses or beauties. Han Yan always treated it as a joke. But now, as she witnessed the lightning bolt falling straight toward the Little Auspicious Beast, she realized legends might not be false.
Yet, the heavenly thunder comes neither early nor late, but precisely when she mentioned "transcendent," leaving Lady Mu to suspect she might also have the potential for being a jinx.
To help the Little Auspicious Beast resist celestial might, Han Yan and the others exhausted themselves, naturally unable to help it withstand this heavenly thunder. Of course, if even the Little Auspicious Beast’s body couldn’t resist, they’d only be throwing themselves to death.
"Boom!" A loud sound rang out as the thunderbolt already struck the Little Auspicious Beast.
The majestic and awe-inspiring figure trembled violently, and Han Yan and others simultaneously spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"What terrifying heavenly thunder’s might!" Han Yan felt her heart sink.
Luckily, the Life Chain had already connected the hundred-plus descendants of the Guardian of the Gods with the Little Auspicious Beast and Jue Dang, making them jointly bear this heavenly thunder’s might. Otherwise, even the Divine Beast Body of the Little Auspicious Beast couldn’t possibly withstand it.
Before Han Yan and others could wipe away the blood on their mouths, another thunderbolt struck the Little Auspicious Beast amid the rumbling sounds.
This time, not only Han Yan and others, but even Jue Dang spewed a mouthful of blood, and the Little Auspicious Beast itself trembled all over, its recently healed wounds once again split open, pouring blood.
Yet, the heavenly thunder didn’t end. When the third thunderbolt appeared once more above Nine Heavens, not only Han Yan and others, but even Jue Dang’s faces changed entirely.
"Yanran!" Han Yan shouted, simultaneously drawing the Cold Sky Sword, and charged toward the lightning bolt in the sky.
Having seen the might of the previous two heavenly thunders, Han Yan knew that even if they risked their lives, they absolutely couldn’t help the Little Auspicious Beast withstand this lightning bolt. Should the beast die from this thunder, the group, if not dead, would surely be severely injured, potentially losing their cultivation entirely.
Ultimately, Zhuang Ping’an and others just met the Little Auspicious Beast for the first time, sacrificing their lifespan performing the Blood Sacrifice Technique for her sake, she couldn’t harm them.
Only by blocking that heavenly thunder for the Little Auspicious Beast, buying time for it to completely refine the Qilin Core, could she possibly save it, and save everyone else.
But at this moment, Han Yan’s internal organs were trembling, and her meridians showed signs of tearing, unable to exert her strongest power. Only Ye Yanran’s Heavenly Rain Divine Healing Technique could quickly heal her injuries.
"Heavenly Rain Divine Healing!" Ye Yanran chanted that ancient spell once more and performed the Heavenly Rain Divine Healing Technique.
Huayue, Zirong, and others simultaneously struck a sword technique, using the power of five Magic Artifacts to boost Han Yan’s strength.
Han Yan’s graceful figure soared upward, her aura continuously elevating. In just a moment, she reached the Sword Saint Realm again.
However, the faces of Zhuang Ping’an and others no longer showed their usual admiration but were full of anxiety.
Though the Sword Saint was powerful, how could it compare to the vast celestial might? The previous two heavenly thunders weren’t directly aimed at them, but they still felt the destructive power within.