94: Chapter 94 He even left me a child?!

"Damn! This old bastard!"

"Just you wait for me!"

Su Mo stuffed a handful of Medicinal Pills into his mouth and charged into the pillar of fire without looking back.

The old woman who had been standing beside Liu Hongyan suddenly took a step forward, arriving behind Su Mo. The fire-red crutch in her hand moved with a speed that belied its slow appearance, thrusting straight at Su Mo's heart!

"Clang!"

Suddenly, a vest flew out from Su Mo's chest, transforming into the appearance of Hua Rumeng, blocking the crutch.

"Young Master, goodbye."

The Spirit Treasure bellyband on Hua Rumeng's chest began to brew a terrifying power.

Granny Jiu's figure faltered, and a look of shock appeared on her wrinkled old face:

"Self-destructing a Spirit Treasure!"

She retreated rapidly, and with a casual wave, she unleashed a barely perceptible speck of green light that vanished into Su Mo's back in the blink of an eye.

Hua Rumeng was in the middle of brewing the self-destruction; her Divine Soul was tightly connected to the Spirit Treasure, and she was unable to divert her attention. Even though she noticed Granny Jiu's action, she could not stop it and could only watch helplessly.

"Self-destructing a Spirit Treasure?"

Hearing the old bastard's exclamation, Su Mo was slightly stunned, then roared:

"What self-destruct?! Get back here!"

Su Mo waved his large hand, tightly grasping Hua Rumeng's Divine Soul, and yanked her back, leaving the Spirit Treasure bellyband in place.

Hua Rumeng's face showed astonishment, and before she could react, she was stuffed into Su Mo's Sea of Consciousness.

"Su Mo, after the Spirit Treasure self-destructs, my object of dependence will disappear, and my Divine Soul will slowly dissipate."

"Why did you pull me back..."

Su Mo roared in his mind:

"Why are you being such a sissy? I'm running for my life here! Stop talking and making me lose focus!"

Hua Rumeng's natal Spirit Treasure, the Charm Bone Melting Immortal Bellyband, was a High Grade Spirit Treasure. It had an entire Law of Lust refined into it, and the power of its self-destruction was enough to severely injure a Late Stage Void Refining Cultivator.

Even without Hua Rumeng's activation, the Spirit Treasure bellyband was like a bomb with a lit fuse; it could not be stopped.

"Saintess! Go!"

Granny Jiu grabbed Liu Hongyan and fled rapidly into the distance.

Just after they left, the energy in the bellyband had brewed to its peak—

"Boom!!"

A blinding white light instantly engulfed a radius of several thousand feet. After a deafening roar, the world fell into a deathly silence.

When the light dissipated, the original lake had vanished, replaced by a massive crater ten thousand meters in diameter, along with a teleportation array at the bottom of the crater.

The remaining few Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators hadn't managed to retreat in time and had already been reduced to powder.

After a while, Liu Hongyan returned with the old woman. At a glance, she saw the cross-region teleportation array in the deep crater.

"Granny Jiu..."

The old woman saw the worry in her eyes and, after coughing up a mouthful of blood, said indifferently:

"Rest assured, Saintess. That Divine Soul will soon dissipate after losing the life-bound natal Spirit Treasure. As for that Nascent Soul Cultivator..."

"Cough, cough... The wisp of Burning Soul Sacred Fire I struck into his body should have erupted by now."

Hearing this, a flash of surprise crossed Liu Hongyan's eyes.

The Burning Soul Sacred Fire was one of the four great sacred fires of the Sacred Fire Sect. It only harmed the Divine Soul and did not damage the Physical Body. Even if one only touched a tiny bit, it would stick like a maggot on a bone, burning the Primordial Spirit away until the Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

Liu Hongyan chuckled:

"Giggle, that is excellent."

Granny Jiu suddenly reminded her:

"Cough, cough... Saintess, do not forget that your wedding date with the Saint of our sect is approaching..."

Before she could finish, Liu Hongyan interrupted:

"Rest assured, Granny, This servant has long been prepared~"

Meanwhile, in the City Lord's Mansion treasury.

A white light flashed on the cross-region teleportation array, and Su Mo's figure appeared on the stone platform, falling to the ground with a "thud."

At this moment, Su Mo's face was pale, his brows tightly furrowed. Looking inward at his Dantian, he discovered a green flame burning his Nascent Soul. The pain that penetrated deep into his bones made his body tremble uncontrollably, and his consciousness began to blur.

"Burning Soul... Sacred Fire!"

In Su Mo's Sea of Consciousness, Hua Rumeng squeezed out these words.

She was stomping her feet in anxiety within Su Mo's Sea of Consciousness, but there was nothing she could do. Her own Divine Soul had already begun to dissipate; she might even depart before Su Mo.

Just at this moment, a soft call suddenly reached Su Mo's ears.

"Husband?"

Xiao Yurou had arrived by Su Mo's side at some unknown time. Her broad palm pressed tightly against his forehead, feeling the scorching temperature.

"Husband, what's wrong with you?!"

Hearing Xiao Yurou's cry, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes and smiled slightly:

"It's nothing, just sustained a minor injury. Help me to the seclusion room to rest for a while, and I'll be fine..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Mo felt his body lighten. When he opened his eyes again, he was already lying on a broad back.

Xiao Yurou was rushing toward the seclusion room at the fastest speed possible while keeping as steady as she could. She sent a voice transmission to Xiao Duanjiang while grabbing a pile of High Grade Medicinal Pills from the storage shelf in the treasury.

"Husband, don't sleep!"

Her face was full of anxiety, her voice trembling, and tears seemed to be shimmering in the corners of her eyes.

Su Mo was not sleeping; his consciousness was entirely focused on his Dantian.

The green flame had already burned to the base of the Nascent Soul's thighs. Su Mo tried to drive a massive amount of spiritual power to extinguish the flame, but it only made it burn more fiercely.

"Damn it! What is this thing?!"

"Burning Soul Sacred Fire, one of the four great sacred fires of the Sacred Fire Sect. Once it touches you, it will burn until you are Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering."

Hua Rumeng's eyes were grave. Her Soul had become extremely faint, and specks of blue light were drifting out from her Divine Soul.

"So, there's no saving me, right..."

Hua Rumeng remained silent, just watching Su Mo quietly. She didn't want to admit it, but that was the reality.

Seeing this, Su Mo was no longer nervous; instead, he smiled relaxedly:

"Sister Hua, do you still have the strength for Possession now?"

Hearing this, Hua Rumeng looked at Su Mo in astonishment.

"What are you trying to do?!"

"We're both in this state now. I'm definitely beyond saving, but you only lost your object of dependence. If you possess me, you should still be able to live."

Hua Rumeng's Divine Soul began to tremble violently:

"Bullshit! I'd rather have my Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering than..."

Before she could finish, Su Mo shouted sternly:

"Damn it! You're pushing your luck, aren't you! This is my body, and I make the decisions. I said I'm giving it to you, so I'm giving it to you!"

"Do you want this body of mine, which I worked so hard to survive the Lightning Tribulation in, to rot and stink?!"

"Possess me!"

Hua Rumeng was stunned by the shout, then tears shimmered in her eyes:

"Su Mo... you bastard..."

Before she could finish, Su Mo drove the spiritual power in his body to make the flames burn even more fiercely.

Outside, Su Mo had been placed on the cold jade bed in the seclusion room.

Xiao Yurou watched nervously as Xiao Duanjiang examined Su Mo's injuries.

After a few breaths, Xiao Duanjiang let out a long sigh.

"You brat, you've only been out for such a short while, how did your Nascent Soul get injured?!"

He silently took out a jade bottle from his storage ring; only one Medicinal Pill remained, rattling inside.

"Brat, I must have owed you in my past life. My entire bottle of Soul Recovery Pills has been squandered by you!"

Although he was full of complaints, he cleanly and efficiently fed the last Soul Recovery Pill into Su Mo's mouth and dissolved it with his spiritual power.

Su Mo felt the movement outside and couldn't help but grin:

"Yo, my father-in-Law is actually quite decent. When I ascend to the supreme heights in the future, I'll definitely save a spot for you by my side."

He transferred all the medicinal power of the Soul Recovery Pill into Hua Rumeng's Divine Soul, making her Divine Soul solidify a bit more.

"Stubborn mule, hurry up and possess me!"

"Next time we meet, I'll definitely give you a good beating..."

Along with Su Mo's final words, his last trace of Nascent Soul was burned away, and the Burning Soul Sacred Fire in his Dantian extinguished after having nothing left to burn.

"Su... Mo..."

Hua Rumeng's tears fell like rain. The Burning Soul Sacred Fire would burn the Soul until it was Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering; how could there be a next time...

After a long while, 'Su Mo' slowly opened his eyes.

Xiao Yurou, who had been closely monitoring Su Mo's state, rushed forward.

"Hus... band..."

But she only saw tears constantly overflowing from 'Su Mo's' eyes, and an aura that felt foreign to Xiao Yurou emanated from his body.

"You are not... Su Mo?!"

Xiao Yurou trembled and stepped back half a step, her eyes filled with disbelief.

'Su Mo' slowly looked up, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying:

"Girl... that brat, in order to save me... has already..."

Before she could finish, Hua Rumeng suddenly felt a palpitation from the exoskeleton.

She probed with her Divine Sense and saw something; her crying expression suddenly changed to astonishment, followed immediately by wild joy.

"He's not dead! Su Mo is not dead!"

"He even left me a seed!"

The artifact spirit inside the exoskeleton was connected to Su Mo's Divine Soul; since the artifact spirit was still alive, it proved that Su Mo was not dead.

Although she didn't know what was going on, he was definitely not dead!