Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

Chapter 254

You Said You Like Me in My Dream

Qiao Xue still hadn’t regained control of her powers, thereby freezing even Gui Hongyu’s ghost mist and crushing it. The ocean tides violently smashed onto shore and gradually rose higher. Everyone felt as though all of their emotions, including those they didn’t want to think about, were hauled to the surface for some inexplicable reason. The harder they tried to suppress it, the more prominent the emotions were. It was a nightmare for them as one’s mental state played a crucial role in their combat abilities.

Si Wusheng’s only emotion was burning anger, but his expression was as stiff as always. Gui Hongyu couldn’t stop her tears. Miao Yu giggled as she recalled blissful times in her life. Lunar Temple’s Zhi Zhen recited Buddhist scriptures to keep his mind clear. As an enlightened one, he was impervious to the water demon spirit lord’s ability.

The water demon spirit lord’s ability was called Erasing Emotions – the equivalent of Mu Yu’s Life and Death in the Blink of an Eye. Erasing Emotions granted the water spirit lord the ability to manipulate emotions and magnify them infinitely so that the spirit lord could kill its target. If the spirit lord fully awakened, nobody present would have had the chance to even take out their jade piece. Humans were emotional creatures at the end of the day.

“Do you human imbeciles want to die so badly?” threatened the white ape fiend king. Honestly, he was stunned upon witnessing Erasing Emotions; however, he was too weakened for the ability to be fatal.

“Qiao Xue, stop!” Mu Yu approached Qiao Xue and transferred vitality over to her. Only his wood spirit lord’s powers could suppress her. If both of them lost control, they would raze Second Heaven to the ground.

Mu Yu embraced Qiao Xue and desperately tried to suppress the water spirit lord. Waking up from her madness, Qiao Xue murmured, “Why did you help me?”

The water droplets in the air splashed on the ground. The crashing waves snapped everyone out of their fantasies.

“I can’t explain right now.” Mu Yu dragged the white ape king over and positioned himself between the white ape king and Qiao Xue. He flew with the two.

The others were confounded as to why Erasing Emotions had no impact on Mu Yu. Still, their priority was to chase the fiend king down.

“Stop!” demanded Duan Musi, spearheading the pursuit.

Mu Yu was fast. Even so, he knew the others could easily catch up considering their cultivation levels. To add, he two dead weights to carry with him.

“What do you want, you runt?! Release me!” raged the humiliated white ape fiend king.

“You sure you want to let them butcher you?” rhetorically questioned Mu Yu. Candidly, he’d be fine with abandoning the fiend king. The only reason he brought the fiend king along was in case Qiao Xue ran off to search for him.

Xiaoshuai chimed in. “Yeah, old macaque, why you trying to act toughed.”

“I swear I’ll eat you!”

Xiaoshuai pulled a zany face. “And then die from indigestion.”

Zhi Zhen, who flew on a mace, sped past Mu Yu, forcing the latter to stop. There was a tiny chance Mu Yu could defeat a Primordial Infant Realm Ninth Layer cultivator. Zhi Zhen said, “Mu Yu, you should not help evil spread.”

“Guess I don’t have a choice.” Mu Yu turned right to buy some time. He handed the jade piece and core to the fiend king and bluntly stated, “Crush the jade piece and escape with Qiao Xue. As soon as you arrive on the other side, restore your core. You should be able to escape Pill Cauldron Sect with your power. You are not to hurt anyone at Pill Cauldron Sect besides Life and Death Sect in addition to Ghost Gate.”

Since the fiend king lacked cultivation, he wasn’t added to the equation. Therefore, he and Qiao Xue could use the single jade piece.

“Who are you to order me ar-“

“I don’t know why Qiao Xue put her life on the line to save you. If you have any sense of honour, remember what I said.”

Qiao Xue weakly grabbed onto Mu Yu’s hand. “How are you going to return, then?”

“I was doomed to be stuck here from the moment I decided to help you. No sect on the other side will let me off the hook. They’ll probably have me executed for treason or something if I returned. Maybe I can figure something out using your teleportation formation.”

“Take this and go find our teleportation formation on that island.” Qiao Xue rolled up her water spirit and handed it to Mu Yu. She added, “I’ll be waiting for you.”

Mu Yu thought he heard worry in the last five words Qiao Xue uttered. Recalling the dream where she confessed to him, he smiled to himself. He waved the water spirit around and verbalised, “You know why I helped you? Because you said you like me in my dream. I’m going to give you a chance. Is this considered a token of your feelings?”

Qiao Xue jolted. She wanted to ask what Mu Yu meant, but he placed her hand in the fiend king’s and flicked spiritual energy at the fiend king’s hand holding the jade piece. A part of the atmosphere twisted and turned as they were drawn in. The two were gone in a flash of white light.

“You let the white ape fiend king escape?!” brayed Lian Tianyou, from behind.

Mu Yu calmly turned around.

Maybe it’s a good thing I let him go? Shifu sacrificed so much for humanity, yet he never got anything out of it. Let’s give Third Heaven some entertainment.