252: In the grand palace in the sea, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi awakens.

Liu Ruoxi felt as if her entire body had fallen into an ice cellar, and her consciousness gradually blurred.

No!

She was the Yaochi Holy Maiden!

She couldn't fall here!

A wave of weakness surged into her heart. Liu Ruoxi looked into the distance, only to find Su Yun's figure becoming increasingly blurry.

Only now did she remember that the defensive trump card her Revered Master had given her was sealed within the illusory spirit hairpin.

After all, as the Yaochi Holy Maiden, she had Dao Protectors wherever she went, so she basically never needed to use defensive trump cards.

When encountering enemies far beyond her own Realm, the Dao Protectors would take action.

As for enemies around her own Realm, she could handle them herself. Over time, the defensive trump card on the illusory spirit hairpin had never been used.

When she lent it out earlier, she had completely forgotten about this.

Now, she felt immense regret.

If she had known, she wouldn't have lent out the illusory spirit hairpin just to have someone impersonate her.

“???”

“This Giant Scaled Beast King is launching a sneak attack?”

Su Yun turned his head and saw Liu Ruoxi being knocked down to the seabed. Only then did he understand why the Giant Scaled Sea Beasts surrounding him had suddenly increased in number.

It turned out the Giant Scaled Beast King intended to ambush Liu Ruoxi, so it sent a bunch of Giant Scaled Sea Beasts to surround him and draw his attention.

Because Divine Sense was restricted here, he hadn't discovered this Out-of-Body Fourth Layer Realm Giant Scaled Beast King despite fighting for so long.

At this moment, the Giant Scaled Beast King once again mobilized the surrounding Abyssal Sea water, turning it into a powerful current to finish off Liu Ruoxi directly.

“Void Roaming Art!”

“Eight Desolations Annihilation Palm!”

“Spirit Stacking Art!”

“War Immortal Art!”

“Heaven Refining Art!”

“War Spirit Body!”

Su Yun teleported behind Liu Ruoxi and caught her with one arm, stopping her fall.

Then, he began to circulate various Cultivation Techniques. The Annihilation Qi within his body flooded into his other hand, transforming into a white giant palm thousands of feet wide that struck toward the Giant Scaled Beast King.

A massive gap seemed to be blasted through the surrounding Abyssal Sea water as the powerful Power of Annihilation spread outwards, hitting the Giant Scaled Beast King in an instant and blowing it into fly ash.

The moment the Giant Scaled Beast King was killed, all the Giant Scaled Sea Beasts scattered and fled.

Su Yun circulated War Spirit Qi to cover Liu Ruoxi's body, helping her resist the incredibly heavy Abyssal Sea water, and gave her a healing elixir to temporarily suppress her injuries.

At this time, Liu Ruoxi's face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and her body was curled up, leaning weakly against Su Yun's chest.

“Could I have run into another protagonist plotline?”

Su Yun felt a sense of déjà vu, as if this were a cliché trope.

If he hadn't come to the Sunken Abyss Mystic Realm, it probably would have been Chen Hao playing the hero saving the beauty.

However, since Chen Hao had been heavily injured by him and Liu Ruoxi, he had intercepted this 'hero saving the beauty' moment.

“Truly a classic.”

Su Yun said somewhat speechlessly.

“Forget it, I better find the Undersea Grand Hall quickly!

I've only suppressed Liu Ruoxi's injuries for now. I need to find a place for her to heal, or it might get dangerous if this drags on.”

Carrying Liu Ruoxi, Su Yun flickered away into the distance, searching for the location of the palace.

Fortunately, space-type movement techniques could still be used in the Abyssal Sea, so he quickly teleported a long distance without encountering any other Yao Beasts along the way.

But it wasn't surprising; the water pressure in the Abyssal Sea was extremely powerful. Without strong defense, one couldn't survive here. The previous Giant Scaled Sea Beasts had extremely thick scales, which allowed them to move freely in the Abyssal Sea.

An incense stick's time later, a dilapidated palace appeared before Su Yun's eyes.

The palace was deep blue and thousands of feet in size.

Outside the palace, there was a massive spiritual energy barrier that isolated the Abyssal Sea water.

“This should be the Undersea Grand Hall.

Though it might also just be an ordinary palace.”

Su Yun carried Liu Ruoxi into the area where the palace was located.

Instantly, the surrounding pressure lightened significantly as the Abyssal Sea water was blocked by the spiritual energy barrier.

“This probably isn't the Undersea Grand Hall recorded in Chen Hao's life script.”

Su Yun speculated.

After all, upon entering the palace, he found the interior to be very simple.

However, there were many rooms with plenty of furniture, suggesting it was a palace where a group of Cultivators once lived.

The only thing of value here was the Formation outside that blocked the Abyssal Sea water. It seemed the person who set it up had an extremely high cultivation level, at least in the Enlightenment Realm.

“Let's heal here!”

Su Yun gently laid Liu Ruoxi flat on a table.

He suddenly felt this scene was familiar; this was probably the third time.

Then, he circulated spiritual energy to check Liu Ruoxi's injuries.

“Fortunately, Liu Ruoxi was wearing a spirit robe. The Formation on the spirit robe blocked a blow for her; although the robe shattered, it absorbed most of the damage.

So her injuries aren't particularly severe. Combined with her powerful Physique, she should recover quickly.”

Su Yun took out a healing elixir and used his spiritual energy to inject the medicinal power into Liu Ruoxi's body.

At that moment, the spirit robe on Liu Ruoxi, which was already full of cracks, suddenly fell apart. Her skin, white as jade, her towering snowy peaks, her slender waist, and her long jade-like legs were faintly visible.

“Ah, this... it really was an accident.”

Su Yun kept his eyes straight, acting as if nothing had happened, and continued to help Liu Ruoxi heal.

Liu Ruoxi's previously deathly pale face slowly turned rosy, and her chaotic aura gradually stabilized.

Her injuries were also rapidly recovering under the influence of the Immaculate Sacred Body and the healing elixir... An hour later.

Liu Ruoxi slowly opened her eyes, and what greeted her was an unfamiliar palace.

She immediately circulated spiritual energy to sense her body's condition and found that her injuries were mostly healed.

Then, she looked around and said with some confusion:

“Where is this?”

Immediately after, she sat up abruptly and found herself draped in a piece of clothing. Her original spirit robe had shattered, leaving large areas of her white skin clearly visible, revealing her graceful and well-proportioned figure.

“My spirit robe broke!”

Liu Ruoxi's face instantly turned crimson, and her whole body felt burning hot.

She grabbed the clothes draped over her to wrap her body and looked at Su Yun, stammering:

“Young Master Su, thank you for saving me!

But did you... did you see?”

Although she understood that Su Yun had no choice but to see while healing her.

She had still been seen completely by Su Yun!

Ahhh!

What should she do?

Even if she was in disguise, the body was still hers, so she had still been seen!

“See what? I was helping you heal just now and didn't notice anything else.

After the healing was done, I saw you seemed a bit cold, so I covered you with a piece of clothing.”

Su Yun said calmly.

He actually had seen it, but he didn't care. After all, he had seen plenty, so he could subconsciously ignore it.

“You... you're lying!”

Liu Ruoxi widened her eyes and spoke in a bashful tone.

She wanted to discern from Su Yun's expression whether he was lying.

But after a moment, she found Su Yun's expression was very calm, without any flaws at all.

Could it be that Su Yun really was a true gentleman and didn't notice her clothes were broken?

Or was it because she looked plain after the disguise, so Su Yun wasn't interested?