44: Chapter 44 Sister, why is your face a little red?

"Come over quickly!"

In the forest, Qian Shuying hid behind a tree, her voice kept very low...

"Sister... in this situation, we should head back quickly..."

Qian Duoduo wore a wry smile. He had just followed the military personnel to escort the students from his team to a relatively safe location.

But his sister refused to go back just like that no matter what... and he couldn't leave her alone here, so he had accompanied her all the way here.

The result was... a loud noise had just erupted nearby, and they had followed the direction of the sound all the way here.

Along the way, several trees were broken, the ground was churned up, and a heavy scent of blood hung in the air, which could be smelled even from this far away.

This was something that could only be achieved by a martial artist at the peak of the Source Gathering Realm, or even a higher level...

The situation tonight was already at a level they couldn't get involved in.

Qian Shuying stood in place, her brows furrowing tighter and tighter. Recalling the words Lu Cheng said yesterday, she had a bad premonition in her heart.

"You go back first." She said without looking back.

Qian Duoduo was almost on the verge of tears: "Sister, that's easy for you to say, but do you think I dare go back alone? Besides, there was just a fierce fight over there; who knows if there's anyone still lying in ambush."

Qian Shuying ignored him. With a movement of her feet, she had already dashed in the direction from which the huge commotion had just come.

Deploying her movement technique, her hem fluttered in the night wind, and she had already rushed out over ten meters.

"Damn it!"

Qian Duoduo cursed under his breath, stamped his foot, and with no other choice, had to bite the bullet and follow.

"Slow down! Wait for me!"

The two of them passed through the forest, one after the other.

The further in they went, the heavier the scent of blood became.

On the ground were pits shattered by heavy hammers, cracks caused by shockwaves from punches, and large splatters of blood on the tree trunks.

The surroundings were a mess, with traces of the battle extending all the way, and just looking at it, one could tell how intense the fight had been.

The more Qian Duoduo looked, the more alarmed he became.

"What the hell... who had such a fierce fight here?"

Qian Shuying didn't speak, her speed increasing.

Until a small clearing came into view ahead, and her footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

Qian Duoduo also stopped, then froze for a moment.

A person was lying on the ground.

It was Lu Cheng.

He was slumped against half a broken tree, his face pale, his left shoulder collapsed, and his combat uniform was soaked through with blood, yet he was still breathing, his chest rising and falling slightly.

"Damn!"

Qian Duoduo's eyes widened, his heart gave a fierce jolt, and he hurriedly rushed over.

Qian Shuying's reaction was faster.

She dashed to Lu Cheng's side in a few steps, knelt halfway, and hovered her palm before him, first checking his aura, then examining his wounds, her movements clean and efficient.

At this moment, Qian Duoduo also saw another corpse nearby.

It was a middle-aged man with a huge blood hole punched through his abdomen, a heavy hammer dropped by his hand, his eyes still open, his face remaining with the horror and unwillingness from before his death.

Qian Duoduo only glanced at it, and his back went cold.

"This person... is his aura at the Meridian Opening Realm?"

His voice had changed.

Although the person was completely dead, the residual fluctuation of Source Power was still there; there was absolutely no mistake.

Meridian Opening Realm!

Qian Duoduo looked at the corpse, then at Lu Cheng lying on the ground, his mouth opening bit by bit.

"Could it be... that Lu Cheng killed him?!?"

When he said this, he himself felt it was absurd.

A Body Refining Realm fighting to the death and killing someone in the Meridian Opening Realm?

If this were said out loud, others' first reaction would likely be to think he was crazy.

Qian Shuying did not immediately refute it.

Her gaze fell on Lu Cheng, and the more she looked, the more solemn she became.

She first pinched Lu Cheng's right wrist to feel the flow of his blood and qi, then reached out to lightly touch his left shoulder. As soon as her fingertips touched it, her brows knitted even tighter.

A comminuted fracture of the left shoulder.

The injury was very severe.

Moreover, his blood and qi were severely overdrawn, almost bottoming out, and his body was frighteningly empty. If it were a normal Body Refining Realm practitioner, they would have already had one foot in the gates of hell by now.

But in the next second, Qian Shuying's eyes shifted slightly.

No.

She perceived it very clearly.

The bit of blood and qi in Lu Cheng's body, which was about to dry up, was slowly regenerating at an extremely strange speed.

Like a well that had been completely drained, yet water was still continuously bubbling up from the deep bottom.

This kind of recovery ability had already exceeded her understanding of the Body Refining Realm.

"Just how terrifying is this physical body..."

Qian Shuying murmured in a low voice.

She had seen many geniuses... the Qian Family itself raised many martial artists, and she had also seen those seedlings in the family who were built up using medicinal liquids, secret techniques, and precious resources.

But someone like Lu Cheng, this was the first time she had seen it.

She looked at Lu Cheng carefully again.

The young man was already unconscious, with a bit of blood still on his eyelashes, his face deathly pale, and his breathing not steady, yet there was always an indescribable sense of danger about him.

Like a fierce creature suppressed in a deep pool; quiet on the surface, but harboring immense explosive power in its bones.

A thought even popped into Qian Shuying's mind: if she were to do something to him now, it would probably be very dangerous.

This feeling was baseless, yet exceptionally clear!

She stared at Lu Cheng for a few seconds, and her heartbeat actually started to speed up bit by bit.

The rhythm was chaotic, and even she herself frowned.

Qian Duoduo watched from the side with a confused face.

"Sister, why... why is your face a bit red?"

Qian Shuying didn't even lift her head, her tone instantly turning cold.

"Shut up."

Qian Duoduo immediately covered his mouth and obediently squatted to the side.

Qian Shuying took out a vial of golden medicinal liquid from her bosom, unscrewed it, and lifted Lu Cheng slightly, preparing to pour it down his throat.

For injuries of this magnitude, ordinary recovery medicine was useless.

Just at this moment, a violent fluctuation suddenly erupted from the direction of the distant battlefield.

...

On the other side.

The sword in Su Wan's hand traced a cold light.

Her state at this moment was extremely poor; her face was deathly pale without a trace of blood, and a trace of blood hung from the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were frighteningly cold, and the cold air around her had almost condensed into white mist.

That Zhou Family Meridian Opening Realm practitioner had just had his energy flow disrupted by being dragged down by the puppet and Xia Xi, and with frost spreading layer by layer under his feet, his movements slowed for an instant.

This instant was enough.

Su Wan stepped closer, her long sword thrusting straight out!

Puchi!

The sword tip pierced through the abdomen of the person opposite without any resistance.

Frost spread instantly along the sprayed blood, freezing upwards along the wound, blood vessels, and flesh, sealing half of that person's body in a layer of pale, cold frost in the blink of an eye.

The person's whole body jerked violently, his eyes widened, and just as he spat out half a mouthful of blood, his pupils began to dilate.

Then his eyes rolled back, and he completely lost his vital signs.

"Hu..."

Su Wan's hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and she could barely stand, while the frost power that had been forcefully erupted within her body was also rapidly fading.

Seeing this scene, Xia Xi's eyes lit up for a moment, then immediately turned red.

"Su Wan!"

She hurriedly rushed over to support her.

Ma Dachun immediately took out the reserved medicine for Su Wan to take, but medicine of this level couldn't keep up with Su Wan's depletion at all!

On the other side of the battlefield.

The Second Elder of the Zhou Family, who was fighting Chen Qichen, suddenly felt a chill down his back!

Another Hua Hai Realm had arrived!

He turned his head sharply and swept a glance in that direction.

At the end of his line of sight, that Zhou Family Meridian Opening Realm practitioner was already lying on the ground, his abdomen pierced through by a sword, with a large patch of frost covering his corpse.

The Second Elder of the Zhou Family's eye twitched violently.

Another one dead!

And the one who made the move was actually a youngster in the Body Refining Realm!

"Trash..."

He cursed angrily in his heart, but his movements had already faltered for a beat, and Chen Qichen seized the opportunity to slash a wound across him with his sword.

"You dare to be distracted while fighting me? You look down on me too much!"

"Damn it!"

This time, the Zhou Family had already mobilized enough manpower to capture the person!

With such a big formation, in the end, they couldn't even capture a youngster?