270: Because you owed me in your past life.

No matter how Ai Yue attacked Jing Xi, at critical moments, a layer of Blood Armor would always appear in front of Jing Xi, protecting her.

Moreover, Jing Xi could predict the direction of Ai Yue's attacks, so she always narrowly escaped danger.

Seeing that Ai Yue could do nothing against Jing Xi, Gong Qiuqiu and Gu Xiheng stepped in to help.

Seeing them about to besiege her, Jing Xi tried to tempt them, saying, "Young General, Colonel Gong, if you two withdraw now, I won't make things difficult for you. Except for Ai Yue, I will let everyone here leave safely!"

Gong Qiuqiu and Gu Xiheng remained unmoved, continuing to attack Jing Xi in coordination with Ai Yue.

The dense attacks made Jing Xi a bit breathless. Although she was protected by the Blood Armor, she was still jolted with pain by the power being transferred through it.

Jing Xi finally managed to catch her breath, and seeing the two men's indifferent expressions, she flew into a rage out of humiliation.

"Since you refuse the kindness I've shown and don't want a way out, don't blame me for sending you all to the afterlife one by one in a moment!" Jing Xi said viciously.

Cheng Siyu and Gu Xitian, who were standing where they were, didn't go up to help. Instead, they watched Gu Xiheng anxiously. Having heard and believed Jing Xi's words, they both shouted at the two men.

"Xiheng, come back quickly."

"Brother, Brother Gong, Jing Xi will let us out! Stop fighting!"

However, Gong Qiuqiu and the other didn't respond at all, because they knew that Jing Xi's lies could not be trusted!

Seeing that Gu Xiheng and the other had no intention of stopping, Cheng Siyu stared venomously at Ai Yue, secretly blaming her in her heart.

It was this woman again; as long as it involved her, Gu Xiheng would always rush forward without hesitation.

She really deserves to die!

Cheng Siyu's venomous gaze was almost substantial, stabbing fiercely at Ai Yue.

No one knew how much time had passed, but unnoticed by anyone, the Nameless Monster's heart stopped just as the last small circle was about to crystallize.

At this moment, Jing Xi was also having a hard time, being suppressed by Ai Yue and the two others. Over time, her chest churned incessantly, and finally, unable to hold it back, she spat out a mouthful of blood, having suffered internal injuries after all.

Consequently, her dodging speed also slowed down.

Seeing that it was working, Ai Yue and the two others struck even harder.

Jing Xi's gaze turned sharp as she gripped the crescent moon pendant hanging around her neck. She had been somewhat hesitant, but feeling the burning pain in her chest and remembering that she would soon obtain the power of eternal life, she could no longer care about anything else.

With a sudden exertion of force, she pulled off the crescent moon pendant and began chanting. The crescent moon pendant slowly blurred and disappeared, followed by a mysterious and profound energy wave that poured into Jing Xi's body.

Miraculously, Jing Xi, whose face had been pale after spitting blood, became visibly ruddy, as if she had taken some divine elixir.

Ai Yue and the others were extremely surprised; Jing Xi's current state was as if she had been healed by Ai Yue's Superpower.

They stopped their attacks for a moment.

Jing Xi felt her physical state; it was incredibly good. Her body had never felt as light as it did at this moment, and she felt wonderful. However, she then felt a pang of heartache for the crescent moon pendant, as it was something she used to save her life.

The crescent moon pendant was a diagram in an Ancient Tome. When the Ancient Tome came with her ten years into the future, this diagram detached from the book and turned into a crescent moon pendant. According to the Ancient Tome's records, an energy was sealed within the pendant that could save one's life at the brink of death.

Thinking of this, Jing Xi's hatred for Ai Yue reached its peak; she wished she could eat her flesh raw.

"Ai Yue, it's all your fault! You've provoked me time and time again. You're really something. Once I achieve eternal life, you'll be the first one I deal with!" Jing Xi said hatefully.

Ai Yue sneered, "Humph, eternal life? You? After releasing the monster, spreading the zombie virus, and causing so many deaths—after all that, you still think of eternal life? I'm afraid there's no hope for you in this lifetime!"

After saying this, she gestured maliciously for Jing Xi to look towards the Crystallized Heart. Jing Xi instinctively hurried to look at the heart.

She saw her eyes widen instantly in disbelief. The crystallization of the Nameless Monster's heart had stopped at the final circle at some point. The red starlight blood in the thick surrounding blood vessels had also lost its starlight and was no longer overflowing with radiance.

"What's going on? It's impossible. Just one step left? What went wrong?" Jing Xi was extremely panicked now; she didn't understand what had gone wrong with the heart's crystallization.

Ai Yue and the others also looked at each other. Was that it? The heart stopping its crystallization—did that mean Jing Xi's plot could no longer succeed?

Jing Xi ran around the heart in a panic, like a headless fly.

She kept shouting that it was impossible—why was this happening?

"What else could it be? The energy absorbed for the heart's crystallization must have run out!" Gu Xitian said instinctively, listening to Jing Xi's mad rambling.

The next moment, Ai Yue and the others all glared at Gu Xitian. Startled by their gazes, Gu Xitian didn't realize for a moment why they were looking at her like that.

Hearing this, Jing Xi's eyes lit up instantly. She said excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes, that's it! It must be that the energy ran out. That's easy to fix; just replenish it."

As she spoke, she cast a sinister gaze toward Ai Yue and the others.

Her gaze was like a bone-chilling wind, sweeping over everyone present.

Belatedly, Gu Xitian also realized what she had done. She had provided a solution and enlightened the irrational, crazed Jing Xi.

Now, being stared at by Jing Xi's cold gaze, she was terrified, regretting for the first time that she couldn't keep her mouth shut.

"With so many of you, it's enough. Just the energy of two or three people will surely complete the heart's crystallization. Haha... Heaven truly hasn't abandoned me!" These words, spoken sinisterly by Jing Xi, made everyone's hair stand on end, simply because her appearance and tone were truly terrifying.

Jing Xi first turned her gaze toward Ai Yue, Gong Qiuqiu, and Gu Xiheng, but she quickly looked away. She knew that she was currently no match for the three of them.

So, she turned her gaze toward Cheng Siyu, Gu Xitian, and two other men from different Safety Towers standing at the cave entrance, and began to smile insidiously.

Cheng Siyu and the others felt a chill down their spines from being stared at.

"Xiheng, save us!" Seeing Jing Xi targeting them, Cheng Siyu cried out to Gu Xiheng in fear.

"Brother, I'm scared!" Cheng Siyu was so frightened she was about to cry. They didn't have the capabilities of Ai Yue and the two others; they weren't a match for Jing Xi even for a single round.

"Ai Yue, help me save them, please!" Gu Xiheng said with a tight frown before rushing toward Cheng Siyu and the others, wanting to rescue them.

But he was too slow. Jing Xi was already nearing Cheng Siyu and the others, and he was too late to save them. At this moment, he felt some despair in his heart. Was he to watch helplessly as his fiancée and his own younger sister died at Jing Xi's hands?

In the blink of an eye, Ai Yue suddenly appeared in front of Cheng Siyu and the others, intercepting Jing Xi's demonic claws just in time.

Ai Yue stood in front of them and kicked Jing Xi away.

Jing Xi shouted unwillingly, "Ai Yue! Why do you always ruin my plans!"

Ai Yue replied calmly, "Because you owe me from your past life!"