130: Yan Chen explodes, beauty fades

How much Origin Qi can a spirit stone restore? Isn't this guy joking?

Yan Chen opened his mouth and laughed, "Hahahaha! How ridiculous! Have you fallen so low that you need spirit stones to restore your Origin Qi? How pathetic! Do you want me to bestow a few Medicinal Pills upon you?"

Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "This is no ordinary spirit stone, Junior Martial Uncle. You'll know once you use it."

After watching the battle for a long time, he understood in his heart that if Shen Mingzhu's Origin Qi became exhausted in the end, he would definitely need to help her.

And the only thing he had that could restore Origin Qi was this one.

Indeed, top-grade spirit stones were extremely precious, and he was reluctant to expose it, but at this critical moment, if he continued to hide it, both he and Mei Fu would be in mortal danger!

So, to survive, he could no longer hesitate; he had to send this item out.

Hearing this, Shen Mingzhu, with a curious heart, gripped the spirit stone and absorbed its essence.

Instantly, Origin Qi poured into her body like a tide, making her previously depleted Qi Sea incredibly full!

So powerful!

What exactly is this item? It actually contains such vast Origin Qi!

Not far away, Yan Chen noticed this situation, his eyes widened to the extreme, his face full of disbelief!

A single spirit stone could restore so much Origin Qi?

Was that really a spirit stone?

He hadn't seen wrong, had he?

With the enhancement of the top-grade spirit stone, Shen Mingzhu finally had no worries. She poured all her Origin Qi into the Ice Flame Demonic Stele, making the stele's light even more brilliant.

Under her urging, the Demonic Stele's offensive suddenly intensified, quickly suppressing the opponent.

Seeing this, Yan Chen quickly took out a Medicinal Pill and swallowed it, while also increasing his efforts to activate the Blazing Sun Wheel.

"Just hold on a little longer! As long as I hold on a little longer! The Origin Qi provided by that thing will eventually run out! Then I'll win!"

He continuously prayed for the opponent's power to be exhausted, but Shen Mingzhu seemed to have been blessed with Origin Qi, remaining full of vigor. The Origin Qi she used to activate the stele not only didn't weaken but grew stronger and stronger!

Under such circumstances, he persisted for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, eventually finishing all his Medicinal Pills, his face filled with despair.

"Mingzhu! This was my fault! I beg you, for the sake of our past relationship, stop and make peace!"

Using his remaining Origin Qi to maintain the light wheel, Yan Chen lowered his stance and pleaded.

He didn't know why that spirit stone could continuously provide energy, but given the current situation, he could only lower his head and beg for mercy. Otherwise, once his Origin Qi ran out, he would surely be smashed to pieces by the Demonic Stele.

In response, Shen Mingzhu sneered, "Only now do you know to beg for mercy? It's too late!"

The opponent's insulting words earlier had already enraged her, and now that she had the chance to kill him, she naturally wouldn't let it go.

Hearing this, Yan Chen understood that he would probably not escape death today.

Thus, his entire demeanor became frenzied.

"Shen Mingzhu! If you are heartless, then don't blame me for being unjust!"

As he spoke, his aura instantly expanded, and cracks appeared on his fiery red Dao Platform, seemingly about to explode.

"Are you going to self-detonate your Dao Platform?!"

Shen Mingzhu's face paled, not expecting the opponent to make such a move!

One must know that after a Cultivator Breaks Through to the Dao Platform Realm, even if their Physical Body dies, their Soul can attach itself to the Dao Platform to survive, and then find another Physical Body for Possession in the future, with a chance of Rebirth.

However, if one self-detonates their Dao Platform, the Soul loses its anchor and will inevitably lose the chance of Rebirth!

Yan Chen understood this, yet he showed no panic, instead calmly saying, "I know the consequences of self-detonating my Dao Platform, but as things stand, even if I escape your pursuit, the Cloud Ripple Sect powerhouses outside will certainly not let me go. Rather than being humiliatedly killed by you, I might as well drag someone down with me! To be buried here with you, we can be considered a pair of doomed lovers! Hahahaha!"

As he finished speaking, he burst into laughter, and the cracks on his Dao Platform rapidly expanded, spreading like a spiderweb, having reached the final moment of self-detonation!

"Lunatic! You really are a lunatic!"

Cursing under her breath, Mei Fu stopped activating the Demonic Stele, quickly retrieved it, turned, grabbed the young man's hand, and fled towards the outside of the altar!

The self-detonation of a Dao Platform Realm powerhouse was too terrifying! Even a Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator would find it difficult to resist; her only choice was to flee!

"You can't escape! Let's die together!"

Yan Chen's frantic voice came from behind, followed by a sky-shattering explosion, and the powerful fluctuation instantly engulfed the two of them.

...

A long time later.

The fluctuations gradually dissipated.

The figures of Mei Fu and the young man reappeared.

Shen Mingzhu was seen holding the man in her arms, her face ashen, her aura extremely weak.

Lin Yuan turned around and, seeing her condition, couldn't help but say in a panic, "Junior Martial Uncle, are you alright?"

"Cough, cough, cough."

The woman coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood. Seeing the young man safe and sound, she showed a relieved expression and weakly fell backward.

"Junior Martial Uncle!"

Lin Yuan quickly helped her up, anxiously saying, "Did you become like this to protect me?"

Under Yan Chen's self-detonation, he hadn't suffered the slightest injury, which must have been because he had received her full protection throughout.

Although he was unharmed, he could clearly feel the intense power of the explosion as he was within the energy's assault!

It was truly terrifying!

Even the sword strike Yun Qiying had unleashed back then was far less terrifying than this self-detonation.

It was hard to imagine how Mei Fu had managed to endure it.

Looking at the young man's face, Shen Mingzhu said softly, "It's alright, Martial Nephew, it's just a minor injury."

Lin Yuan released his spiritual sense to examine her body and found that her internal organs were covered in cracks; she was severely wounded!

"Junior Martial Uncle, why didn't you escape by yourself?"

He bit his lower lip, his entire heart filled with guilt.

If she had abandoned him, she would surely have run much further and suffered much lighter injuries!

But now, she was in this state!

It was all to protect him that she ended up like this!

Everything was because of him.

How could Lin Yuan not feel guilty?

Shen Mingzhu whispered, "You are the future of the Cloud Ripple Sect, with infinite possibilities, while my talent is exhausted, and I can only stop at the Dao Platform Realm in this lifetime. Naturally, I should sacrifice myself to protect you."

Lin Yuan's eyes grew sore, and his voice choked with emotion, "Foolish Junior Martial Uncle, what's the point of doing this? What did you gain by sacrificing your life?"

"Contributing to the Sect, that is the meaning of my existence."

Mei Fu said, a look of reminiscence in her eyes, "When the Sect Master took me in from the streets, provided me with food, clothing, and shelter, and taught me to Cultivate, I secretly vowed then to repay the Sect's kindness to me with this life. I suppose I've achieved that now."

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Junior Martial Uncle has done so much for me, of course, you have contributed to the Sect. But I also want to ask, if the person who followed you this time wasn't me, but another man, would you still protect him?"

"This..."

Shen Mingzhu paused, her gaze flickering as she said, "Of course I would. As long as they were a Prodigy like you, I would definitely save them."

She seemed unwilling to dwell on this topic. After speaking, she raised her jade hand and removed the Ice Phoenix Jade Hairpin from her head.

Immediately, her coiled hair fell loose, and her originally dark long hair quietly turned snow-white. Coupled with her captivating, beautiful face, it gave a sense of a beauty in her twilight years.