Chapter 20: The Flame That Burns Out

  The blue light on the Lingyun sword gradually mixed with red, until the sword was completely surrounded by red light. At that moment, Tang Xiaoya shouted loudly as he cut down a monster rushing towards him and rushed towards the other end of the stone bridge.

  He rushed to the other end of the stone bridge. Almost at the same time, all the monsters waiting on the shore swarmed towards him. Luosiqi only had time to stretch out his hand and shout: "Tang Xiaoxia!" Tang Xiaoxia was already surrounded by those monsters!

  However, the part of the monster that was cut in two by the red sword light suddenly burst into flames as it fell through the air! The two severed pieces of the monster that fell to the ground no longer grew back into two identical things, but instead twisted a few times before turning into a pile of ash.

  Constant slaughter, constantly turning into ashes, the red light on Tang Xiaoxia's body grew stronger and stronger. Luo Siqi could even see that his eyes had turned fiery red through the gaps in the surrounding monsters!

  The intense killing intent filled the entire cave, and when this killing intent was full, Luo Siqi felt extremely oppressive. At this moment, Tang Xiaoxia suddenly let out a loud shout, and saw him forcefully slashing his sword towards the empty space, and the dazzling red light made Luo Siqi unable to see anything.

  She instinctively closed her eyes, feeling a slight stinging sensation in her eyes, and the entire cave seemed to be filled with a heat wave brought by the high temperature. When the light dimmed down, she opened her eyes to look at Tang Xiaoxiao, only to see that he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, with his right hand propping up his sword and his head lowered, his long hair covering his expression. His surroundings were filled with gray ash emitting black smoke, and he looked so weak that if it weren't for the Lingyun Sword supporting his body, he might have already fallen down.

  Luosi didn't know why Tang Xiaxia suddenly became like this, the murderous aura he emitted just now was terrifying, and his weak appearance now made people feel pity.

  She ran past the stone bridge to help Tang Xiaoxia, asking if he was okay, just as she was about to run down from the stone bridge. Suddenly, another strange creature jumped out of the water at the point where the bridge met the shore. The creature should have been on the shore originally, but in the flash of red light, it rolled into the lake and escaped its fate of being turned to ashes. At this time, the red light had dissipated, and when Luosiqi approached, it suddenly jumped out of the water and attacked!

  It jumped very high, its entire body flying straight towards Rosicky in mid-air, and Rosicky could clearly see it rushing towards her own body, suddenly indenting in the middle as if trying to wrap itself around her.

  The eerie scene frightened Rosy so much that she forgot the sword in her hand, her mouth opened wide in terror as she stared at the monster rapidly approaching, yet her body seemed to be frozen in place.

  "Ah——" With a hoarse shout, a red light flew rapidly towards the monster that was pouncing on Luosiqi, and Luosiqi just stood there, seeing that the red light was actually the Lingyun Sword in Tang Xiaoxia's hand!

  Lingyun Sword inserted the monster into the lake, and the monster let out a strange and mournful cry, splashing water flowers all over the sky. Luosi Qi turned her body to let the water flowers spill on her back. The surface of the water gradually calmed down, and Tang Xiaoxia, who had thrown his sword, finally fell face down to the ground with a thud, falling into a coma.

  Luosiqi rushed over, and no more monsters came out to stop her. The cave was quiet, with only the ashes on the ground proving that a life-and-death battle had just taken place here. She helped Tang Xiaoya up, placing his head on her thigh, and gently patted his face with her palm, calling out his name.

  No matter how he was called, he did not wake up.

  Luosiqi cried anxiously, and her tears fell one by one onto Tang Xiaoxia's face, which was covered with a layer of gray ash from the monster. The tears on Tang Xiaoxia's face emitted a white glow, which reignited Luosiqi's hope. Last time in the village, she had suddenly gained an inexplicable ability to defeat the enemy after being injured and shedding blood and tears.

  She was full of hope that the tear water emitting white light could wake Tang Xiaoxia up, and the fact really changed as she expected. Tang Xiaoxia slowly opened her eyes, Luosiqi happily wiped away tears with her right hand and said: "I didn't expect it to be effective!" However, after Tang Xiaoxia slowly opened her eyes, she only said one sentence to her: "Last time I was saved by you, this time we are even!" After finishing speaking, she closed her eyes again. Luosiqi was frightened and shook him with both hands, but no matter how hard she shook, he couldn't wake up.

  Luosi understood that the time Tang Xiaoxia mentioned saving him was when they were in a precarious situation in the village, and she had frozen Wu Xi into an ice sculpture to rescue them. At that time, he had clearly stood in front of her to protect her, yet still felt resentful because he had relied on her strength in the end.

  Luosi thought about it and didn't know whether to be angry or feel warm, the tears that had just stopped flowing again, she scolded while shaking her head: "Tang Xiaoxia what do you mean? What two clean? You rotten shrimp, stop showing off your masculinity here!"

  Luosi continued to scold and shake, until she was tired of scolding and shaking, but Tang Xiaohai still didn't wake up. Her gaze inadvertently fell on the Pi Xue sword placed beside her, and suddenly thought that when she froze Wu Xi into an ice sculpture in the village, it wasn't just because of tears, but also because she shed her own blood!

  It hurts to cut oneself with a sword, and Luosiqi has been afraid of pain since she was a child. Even when she got sick and had injections, she resisted for a long time before giving in. But now she can't care about that anymore, she wants Tang Xiaoxia to wake up! She wants Tang Xiaoxia to wake up immediately!

  She slowly drew the sword out of its scabbard, and the Frost Sword emitted a faint white glow. She focused her gaze on her snow-white left arm, which was trembling with tension and fear of pain.

  She silently scolded herself for being useless, gritted her teeth, and was about to cut with the sword. "Stop!" Just as the sword was about to touch her left arm, a voice suddenly came from afar. Luosi stopped the sword in her hand because she heard that the voice was actually Qing Yuansu's!

  Qing Yuanzi walked over quickly, looked around at the ashes, and asked Luosi Qi what was going on. Luosi Qi told Qing Yuanzi everything that had just happened. Qing Yuanzi listened seriously to Luosi Qi's words, then turned his gaze back to the stone tablet in the center of the lake, asking her: "Didn't you go with Wu Xiang to rescue Wu Xi and Wu Shang? How did you suddenly appear here?"

  Luosi wanted to explain it to him, but what she was most worried about now was Tang Xiaoxia's life safety, so she said to Qing Yuansi: "There are too many things in this, you'd better think of a way to save him quickly!"

  "Look at me, I'm just curious, come back to the ground with me quickly and get back to my room so I can take a good look."

  Qing Yuanzi was getting old, and Luosi Qi was a girl, so they couldn't let the servants and maids know about the secret. Qing Yuanzi suggested that the two of them carry Tang Xiaoxia out, but walking like this would be too slow. Luosi Qi worried that delaying for too long would affect the rescue, so she insisted on carrying Tang Xiaoxia out herself.

  Although Tang Xiaoxia was just a slightly weak high school student, such weight was still heavy for Luosi Qi. She felt the pressure on her back was so heavy, but she still persevered and urged Qing Yuanzi to walk faster in front of her.