# 922
Chapter 923: Desperate Survival
Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
"I know, lately I've been too impatient. I'm too eager to let you know that I like you, too eager to make you like me... This might be troubling you." Jialan lowered her head, the deep blue hanfu already stained with a large patch of blood. She murmured softly,
"But... I really don't have much time left."
Lin Qiye frowned, before he could figure out what Jialan meant by those words, a deafening explosion rang out!
BOOM—!!
The [Immortal] barrier flickering around the carriage had reached its limit. Under Ame-no-Murakumo's thrust, it shattered into countless fragments of white light, scattering back into Jialan's body. At the same time, the terrifying aftermath instantly crushed the carriage and exploded outward!
Lin Qiye grabbed Jialan's hand and half-drew the [White Slash] at his waist!
Both of their figures slipped into the void simultaneously.
In the black and white world, Lin Qiye carried the extremely weak Jialan on his back, rushing toward the Gate of Guidance at maximum speed. But Ame-no-Murakumo behind them was like it had eyes—it immediately turned its blade and stabbed toward where they were.
Although after being blocked by the Immortal carriage, Ame-no-Murakumo had slowed down considerably, it was still far faster than Lin Qiye's speed. The blade radiating cold, murderous light pierced through the void, directly slicing a corner of the void where [White Slash] resided.
Even the void itself could be cleaved by Ame-no-Murakumo.
The surrounding void collapsed. Lin Qiye's face paled as he gritted his teeth and pushed his speed to the absolute limit, racing toward the Gate of Guidance right in front of them!
Yet the distance between Ame-no-Murakumo and him continued to shrink rapidly.
Almost there! Almost there!
Just a little more, and they'd pass through that door!
Feeling the killing intent from behind, Lin Qiye's eyes turned blood red. A resolve rose in his heart as he frantically reached into his chest and pulled out a medal. He flicked it gently, and a silver needle弹了出来.
He took a deep breath, about to thrust the Ghost God Piercer into his body, when a hand reached from behind him and tightly gripped his wrist.
"Qiye..."
Jialan's weak voice came from behind Lin Qiye. She smiled faintly, "I'm still alive, so you can't die... You can't ignore me from now on, and,
Next time,
I want to hear you tell me yourself... that you like me.
Okay?"
Lin Qiye's thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
He widened his mouth. Through the howling wind, he almost roared, "Jialan, what are you doing?!"
A gentle smile appeared on Jialan's pale little face.
She didn't answer.
She simply gently leaned close to Lin Qiye's ear,
somewhat playful, somewhat weak, and let out a sound:
"—Woof."
Shattered white light burst forth from within Jialan, flooding into Lin Qiye's back.
This was the residual [Immortal] power that hadn't yet reformed after the carriage's destruction. Compared to before, perhaps less than a third remained, but it still possessed extremely strong defensive power.
Jialan had gone back on her word.
Feeling the [Immortal] power stored within his body, a raging fury ignited in Lin Qiye's heart. In his perception, that world-destroying Ame-no-Murakumo tore through the sky, its blade arriving instantly behind him!
"What kind of joke is this?!" Lin Qiye howled furiously through the wind, his eyes already blood-red.
Jialan had already given up her [Immortal] once to save him. He absolutely could not let this happen a second time.
He, Lin Qiye, was a man—the captain of [Nightfall] Squad!
No matter what happened, he should never be the one protected by Jialan.
Without the slightest hesitation, he reached back and grabbed Jialan's wrist, pulling her from his back into his embrace, shielding her body with his own. Then he用力一踏in the Gate of Guidance!
His body vaulted into the air!
At that moment, the peerless blade stabbed into his back. Terrifying destructive force surged forth!
The [Immortal] power Jialan left in his body frantically resisted Ame-no-Murakumo's strike, but [Immortal] that had already shattered once could not fully block it. The blade still pierced through the skin and flesh of Lin Qiye's back, heading straight for his heart!
Gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain, Lin Qiye let out a low roar. All his spiritual power erupted, and a golden domain expanded outward from his center!
[Mortal Divine Realm]!
Since [Immortal] could not block Ame-no-Murakumo's strike, then the only means Lin Qiye had left was a miracle...
He was going to create a miracle that would let both of them survive.
As Lin Qiye's spiritual power flooded in, the domain around them grew increasingly radiant with golden light. Under some mysterious force, the blade tip about to pierce his heart slightly deflected. It grazed Lin Qiye's heart and pierced through his chest!
The corner of Ame-no-Murakumo drenched in his blood pierced into Jialan's body. She grunted, pale嘴角渗出缕缕鲜血.
This strike also missed both their vitals.
It wasn't until then that the kinetic energy contained within Ame-no-Murakumo finally dissipated. Lin Qiye and Jialan's bodies, pierced through by the blade, drifted out of the Gate of Guidance's gap from inertia. They floated down, falling toward the mist-shrouded sea outside.
Suddenly, as if some mysterious force was pulling it, the sword body slowly withdrew from Jialan and Lin Qiye's bodies, wanting to fly back into Takamagahara.
As the blade left Lin Qiye's body, large amounts of blood flowed down his skin. Lin Qiye's eyes turned red. He stared死死的 at the blood-red sky beyond the Gate of Guidance. Endless不甘与怒火 surged within his heart!
He didn't know where the strength came from, but he let out a low roar and猛地伸出右手, gripping the Ame-no-Murakumo's handle tightly as it was about to fly away!
In his crimson eyes, a mad gleam flickered!
You want to use this sword to kill me?
Sorry, I survived.
So... your sword isn't going back either!
As if sensing the resistance of Ame-no-Murakumo, Susanoo deep within Takamagahara was slightly stunned. Then he stretched out his right hand and用力一扯!
An incomparable force came from Ame-no-Murakumo, dragging Lin Qiye's body at high speed toward the closing gap of the Gate of Guidance!
Unfortunately, it was still a step too late.
With a low rumbling boom, the Gate of Guidance standing on the sea level, reaching to the heavens, completely closed. It completely sealed off the outside world from the internal blood-red world, and the mysterious pulling force断了.
Lin Qiye's right hand tightly gripped the Ame-no-Murakumo, his left arm cradling the unconscious Jialan. He fell from mid-air toward the stormy ocean below.