Volume 8, Chapter 39 – Ran Away?

The battle was still continuing.

And as the fight dragged on, it grew increasingly intense. However, the point that had previously made Tianyin feel deeply uneasy seemed to gradually turn into reality as time passed…

Yes.

Although the Abyssal Lord herself never said it out loud, during the battle, Tianyin could very clearly feel it. The Abyssal Lord’s combat power seemed to be growing stronger and stronger…

Yes, this was not an illusion. This… seemed to be the truth.

“…”

Because of the nature of her current state, Tianyin did not want to say much. But driven by instinct, Tianyin already understood that the upcoming battle had become a meaningless struggle.

At this moment, Tianyin, free from any emotional disturbance, could think about the problem before her with the utmost rationality. And relying on her calmest judgment, the conclusion she arrived at was to find a way to end the battle.

If the battle could not be ended as soon as possible… then as it continued, the Abyssal Lord’s strength would only grow stronger and stronger. And by that point, she might truly die at the Abyssal Lord’s hands…

Therefore, holding onto the thought of ending the fight quickly, Tianyin’s subsequent attacks pushed her strength to the absolute limit. She aimed to defeat the Abyssal Lord in the shortest possible time.

“Oh? I didn’t expect that you, as a vessel, could actually notice it?”

Tianyin’s abnormal behavior was something the Abyssal Lord, as her enemy, personally experienced. So at the very first moment, the Abyssal Lord realized that Tianyin had perceived her secret.

That’s right, just as Tianyin had sensed…

“Hahahahahahahaha. So what if you felt it? That’s right, possessing the power of the Abyss, I only grow stronger as the battle goes on. Your Gluttony may devour my power, but at best, it only replenishes the strength and stamina you lose during combat. But for me, in battle, I will only keep getting stronger! Hahahahahahahaha…”

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“Xiaoyin…”

Tianyin had remained expressionless and silent the whole time. However, after hearing the Abyssal Lord’s words, Xiaobingxue, who was not in Tianyin’s state of having no desires, was deeply shocked.

But compared to shock, what surged more strongly in Xiaobingxue’s heart was worry.

“It’s fine.”

Tianyin looked at Xiaobingxue, whose face showed a trace of concern, and shook her head expressionlessly.

“Right now, I haven’t been defeated yet…”

Looking at Tianyin’s indifferent attitude, to be honest, for Xiaobingxue, who had always believed she understood Tianyin, the Tianyin before her felt extremely unfamiliar.

And this version of Tianyin made Xiaobingxue feel, in an instant, that the Tianyin in front of her was not Tianyin at all…

“Hahaha, well said! Now’s not the time to give up yet, little one!”

However, just as Xiaobingxue hesitated to speak, a deep and heavy voice suddenly resounded through heaven and earth.

Immediately after, massive lightning descended from the sky. As it illuminated the entire world, it carried an overwhelming might and surged toward the Abyssal Lord’s direction!

“Shorty!”

Because her attention had been focused on Tianyin, neither Tianyin nor the Abyssal Lord reacted in time to this sudden bolt of lightning.

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And precisely because the attack was so sudden, the Abyssal Lord was struck head-on by that lightning…

The moment she was hit, the Abyssal Lord’s figure was forcibly slammed down by the tremendous power. In almost the blink of an eye, she was pinned straight into the ground by the lightning!

Boom—

At the instant the falling Abyssal Lord collided with the ground, the earth instantly turned into nothingness. After the dust settled, a gigantic crater with a diameter of several thousand meters appeared in Tianyin’s field of vision.

“…”

To be honest, Tianyin had not expected the Abyssal Lord to be beaten so badly.

Coming back to her senses, Tianyin then noticed that not far in front of her, a short yet extremely familiar figure had appeared.

“Fortress Emperor?”

“Hahaha, it’s me, little one. So, I arrived just in time, right?”

Seeing Tianyin regain her senses, the Fortress Emperor narrowed his eyes and laughed heartily.

“Thank you.”

“Hahaha, what’s there to thank? Speaking of which, you’re still half my disciple, aren’t you? How could I, as your master, stand by and watch when my disciple is in trouble? Besides, I’ve been dealing with the Abyssal Lord for tens of thousands of years. To me, she’s also a mortal enemy.”

As he said this, the Fortress Emperor looked down toward the massive crater below.

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However, after gazing at it, his thick eyebrows suddenly knitted tightly together.

“Huh, she’s gone…”

“? “

Expressionless, Tianyin also looked toward the deep pit. And within her sight, at the center of the gigantic crater several thousand meters wide created by the Fortress Emperor’s strike, the Abyssal Lord, who should have been lying there, had truly vanished all of a sudden…

“She ran away?”

At this moment, Xiaobingxue voiced her doubt.

Of course, out of caution, Tianyin also began to sense the Abyssal Lord’s presence in the surroundings. And after sensing for several seconds, Tianyin reached the same conclusion as Xiaobingxue.

That was… the Abyssal Lord had been beaten by the Fortress Emperor and fled?

What was going on? Wasn’t the Abyssal Lord supposed to grow stronger the more she fought? Wasn’t she someone who could even withstand the rule of death head-on?

Then why did she choose to run away immediately after taking a single strike from the Fortress Emperor? So what exactly had happened?

“Hmph. She runs the moment she encounters me. That fellow is really crafty!”

Looking at the place where the Abyssal Lord had disappeared, the Fortress Emperor wore a face full of disdain.

“Why would she run?”

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However, compared to the Fortress Emperor’s naturally revealed contempt, Tianyin, relying on rational thought, felt puzzled.

“Why did she run? Hahaha, little one, actually this is because my abilities counter hers quite well. After all, I control lightning and fire. These two powers naturally restrain the power on that fellow… although she can also repair the damage I cause her, that still requires a certain amount of time.”

“So that’s how it is?”

Now that Xiaobingxue had regained her original personality, compared to her previously blank reactions, she was much more emotionally expressive at this moment.

And after hearing the Fortress Emperor’s explanation, Xiaobingxue let out a surprised exclamation.

“So the Abyssal Lord was injured by your attack just now, Great Emperor? And her injuries couldn’t be repaired immediately?”

“Hahaha, that’s right.”

The Fortress Emperor laughed proudly.

But right after that, as he looked at Xiaobingxue, his expression suddenly became serious.

“Wait a second, you… why do you have the aura of the undead on you?”

“Eh?”

The atmosphere suddenly seemed to grow tense.