295: What exactly happened?

While Bai Jun was desperately fighting in the Seal Land, Chen Heng and Luo Shuo were playing Five-in-a-Row on a granite slab.

“You’re really bad at this; you’ve lost to me sixteen times in a row.”

Chen Heng chuckled.

“I don’t believe it, I can’t even win one game!” Luo Shuo’s eyes were practically bulging out, his brain working at full speed.

A moment later, Luo Shuo’s fingers trembled as he drew an ‘X’ on the stone.

“Sorry, I won another round,”

The moment Chen Heng drew an ‘O’ on the granite, Luo Shuo immediately knew he had lost again.

“It must be this stone’s fault!”

Luo Shuo was furious, kicking the granite slab away.

“Look at you, getting angry again. Your mindset isn’t good.”

Chen Heng was already used to it; a large pile of shattered granite, broken by Luo Shuo, lay beside him.

“Come on, let’s play another round, this time I’m definitely…”

But before Luo Shuo could finish his sentence, the ground began to tremble.

“?” The two looked down at their feet in confusion.

The next moment, the entire Wuwu Mountain exploded, causing the earth to shake violently.

Luo Shuo flashed into the air, his expression solemn as he gazed at the exploding Wuwu Mountain.

“Damn it! Catch me!”

Chen Heng, on the other hand, was directly blasted away, landing hard.

“Not being able to fly is a real handicap…” Chen Heng crawled out of a pile of rocks, patted the dust off himself, and looked in the direction of the commotion.

He saw a disheveled figure, covered in blood with a caved-in chest, emerge from the smoke.

“Bai Jun?” Luo Shuo recognized the person instantly and flashed to his side.

“You… how did you end up like this?”

Bai Jun’s current appearance was exceptionally tragic; not only was his face covered in blood, but one of his eyes was missing, leaving only a dark, empty socket.

Sharp ribs protruded from beneath his skin, and Luo Shuo and Chen Heng could even see a piece of his heart that had been gouged out.

“It’s nothing…” Bai Jun still tried to act tough, but a mouthful of fresh blood spurted from his mouth.

Then, blood began to gush from all seven of his orifices.

Yes, all seven orifices.

Bai Jun fell to the ground with a thud, like a human fountain.

But even so, he still didn’t let go of the bamboo scroll in his hand.

“Hiss… that looks painful.” Luo Shuo couldn’t help but gasp, stepping forward to check on Bai Jun’s condition.

“He’s alright, his Meridians and Dantian are intact, it’s just that the internal organs in his belly have turned into a paste.”

A moment later, Luo Shuo let out a sigh of relief.

“How did he get so badly injured?” Chen Heng frowned. Why didn’t this guy call him in to help?

“Who knows? We’ll find out when he wakes up.”

Luo Shuo shrugged, slit his own wrist, and allowed his black phoenix essence blood to flow into Bai Jun’s mouth.

“Alright, now all we need to do is wait for him to wake up.”

Luo Shuo’s face was a little pale; he had released too much black phoenix essence blood and was feeling a bit overwhelmed.

As soon as his words fell, black flames ignited on Bai Jun’s body.

A shrill, inhuman scream erupted from Bai Jun’s mouth, making Chen Heng and Luo Shuo instinctively cover their ears.

“Are you… are you really not making his injuries worse with this stuff?”

Chen Heng looked at Luo Shuo with suspicion.

“You’re not taking out your frustration on Bai Jun because I beat you seventeen times in a row, are you?”

“How could that be? This is called Rebirth through fire…”

But before Luo Shuo could finish his sentence, the flames on Bai Jun’s body extinguished.

Aside from his lost eye regenerating, the remaining injuries still persisted.

“What’s going on?!” Luo Shuo’s expression changed, and he immediately knelt down to check Bai Jun’s internal condition.

“Oh no, I was careless!”

“Bai Jun’s Spiritual Qi is almost depleted, and his Meridians show signs of being scorched. He must replenish his Spiritual Qi before he can undergo Rebirth through fire.”

“Replenish Spiritual Qi, that’s easy.” Chen Heng opened his dragon skin pouch and pulled out a handful of blood and qi replenishing pills, stuffing them into Bai Jun’s mouth.

“Here, now you give him some more blood.”

“Ugh, I’m practically anemic…”

…In the darkness, Bai Jun struggled continuously, trying to break free from the surrounding restraints.

“Hiss!” A tearing pain shot through his body, and Bai Jun finally managed to open his eyes.

He saw Chen Heng and Luo Shuo placing a tree stump on his stomach and playing chess on it.

“Uh, can you move this tree stump off me first? I feel like I’m going to die…”

Bai Jun was too weak to complain right now. His body was simply too frail.

“Hey! He’s awake!” Chen Heng and Luo Shuo were startled and quickly threw the tree stump aside.

“How are you?” Luo Shuo squatted down to examine Bai Jun’s body, his brows furrowing.

“What’s going on? I’ve fed you almost a pound of black phoenix essence blood, why aren’t these injuries healing?”

“I knew it felt so painful! So it was your doing all along!” Bai Jun sat up and immediately looked at his left hand.

“Looking for this, aren’t you? Here.” Chen Heng held up the bamboo scroll in his hand, shook it, and tossed it to Bai Jun.

“How did you get these injuries anyway? Why are they so stubborn?” Luo Shuo said, preparing to release more black phoenix essence blood.

“No, no, no, I’m fine now. They’ll heal on their own in a few days.”

Bai Jun quickly scooted his butt back twice; he didn’t want to experience the feeling of Rebirth through fire again.

“My internal injuries were caused by the Five Elements Power of the Tiangang Grand Formation and the Eight Trigrams of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui.”

“I didn’t expect it; my Five Elements Divine Thunder is still not perfected. I haven’t mastered the Yin and Yang Dual Thunder and the Eight Trigrams Divine Thunder.”

“What is all this about?” Chen Heng and Luo Shuo exchanged glances; neither of them understood.

“Anyway, I’m not in any serious danger. After I absorb all these residual powers in my body, I should be able to master the Yin and Yang Divine Thunder and the Eight Trigrams Divine Thunder.”

Bai Jun shook his head and didn’t offer much explanation.

Once this topic was started, it would take a day or two to finish explaining.

“What exactly happened in there? Why are you in such a miserable state?” Finally, Chen Heng got to the point.

“I remember you’re a bit weak, but it shouldn’t have resulted in you looking like this, right?”