MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 58

Chapter 58: A Method

“I want your body.”

With just those few words, the air froze. The two faced each other, Shen Yucheng’s eyes twitching slightly. In the next moment, a burst of crimson-gold light erupted from the giant wall opposite them, deafeningly loud. The earthen wall shook violently, as if the person inside was trying to break free from their cage with brute force.

Shen Yucheng snapped back to reality, his eyelids twitching wildly, his tone serious, “Sorry, I’m not into guys like you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the crimson-gold light behind him instantly stopped.

Bai Guchen was stunned for a few seconds, then burst out laughing, his eyes slightly reddened with amusement, “Shen Yucheng, Shen Yucheng, you really are… what to do? I think I like you more and more.”

Shen Yucheng’s brow furrowed, his vigilance instantly maxed out. He knew that someone like Bai Guchen definitely had more tricks up his sleeve. Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Bai Guchen’s figure disappeared into thin air.

A playful voice suddenly echoed in his ear, “Yuchen, the world of adults doesn’t need to be so complicated. The flesh is enough to solve everything. We don’t even need to talk about feelings.”

A chill ran down Shen Yucheng’s spine. He suddenly turned around and saw Bai Guchen’s spiritual power transforming into a group of treants and stone golems. Their aura was much stronger than it had been during the competition. Each step they took made the ground tremble, and a sense of oppression swept over him.

One of the stone golems took the lead, its huge foot stomping down on Shen Yucheng. However, the Azure Scale Beast stretched out a foot, forcefully blocking it.

“Shen Yucheng,” Bai Guchen said with a cold smile, “This time, I won’t let you go.”

Standing under the protection of the Azure Scale Beast’s arm, Shen Yucheng looked up at the giant foot, his gaze icy. He should be the one saying those words.

Long before this, he had decided to find Bai Guchen and get to the bottom of the Puppet Dao. Now that the other party had delivered himself to his door, he naturally wouldn’t let this opportunity pass, saving himself the trouble of searching everywhere.

“Azure Scale Beast,” Shen Yucheng said in a deep voice, “Return to your true form.”

The Azure Scale Beast roared softly, the spiritual veins throughout its body began to pulse. The stone golem sensed the threat and tried to increase its strength, wanting to crush the Azure Scale Beast and Shen Yucheng together into the ground. However, the foot remained motionless, instead trembling slightly due to the excessive force.

Bai Guchen raised an eyebrow, then summoned more stone golems, all rushing towards the Azure Scale Beast, their feet stomping in turn, the air pressure surging, creating a sandstorm on the ground.

Fu Lingxuan was fighting the monster disciples, having killed nearly half of them, when he suddenly sensed a sudden change in the sky. Not knowing what was happening outside, he instinctively felt that he had to escape from this cage as soon as possible.

At this moment, a huge figure appeared outside the giant wall, almost blotting out the sun. Those trapped inside the wall recognized it, only Shi Wen widened his mouth in terror, “This… what is this?”

The Azure Scale Beast’s body grew larger and larger, surpassing the height of the giant wall in the blink of an eye.

Lingyi looked up, “Shen Yucheng broke through the giant wall so quickly?”

Mo Yifeng drew his long sword, the tip stained with the blood of the monster disciples, his gaze sweeping over the giant shadow of the Azure Scale Beast. He didn’t say much, just sped up his pace in eliminating the monsters.

Shen Yucheng stood at the foot of the Azure Scale Beast, the huge shadow completely enveloping him. The stone golems that had been trying to crush him had long since been shattered by the impact of the Azure Scale Beast’s return to its true form, turning into piles of rubble.

Bai Guchen’s gaze fell on the Azure Scale Beast’s enormous body, his eyes full of excitement, “So this is its true form. Compared to its appearance during the competition, it’s several times larger. Yuchen, how many secrets are you hiding?”

“Enough nonsense,” Shen Yucheng shouted coldly, tired of listening to the other party’s chatter. The Azure Scale Beast threw a punch at Bai Guchen.

Although the Azure Scale Beast’s movements were huge, they were unbelievably agile. Each attack stirred the air currents of heaven and earth. With one punch, the plants in the forest were instantly blown away, leaves flying everywhere, and dark clouds filled the sky, as if the end of the world was about to descend.

The two clashed fiercely, the wind and clouds changing with their moves. Shen Yucheng and the Azure Scale Beast joined forces, finally catching a flaw in Bai Guchen’s defenses in one attack. Shen Yucheng’s hands moved slightly, and golden threads spread out like a thousand hands, covering the sky and stabbing towards Bai Guchen.

“Ah—!!!”

A scream suddenly came from the other side of the giant wall, piercing Shen Yucheng’s heart like a needle. His mind was shaken, making it difficult to maintain his focus on the golden threads, and the spell instantly dissipated. He suddenly turned his head, his gaze anxiously scanning the giant wall.

Bai Guchen chuckled softly, “Is it finally starting?”

“What did you do!” Shen Yucheng glared angrily.

“Don’t be so fierce,” Bai Guchen said in a lazy tone, even with a hint of pleasure, “You wouldn’t obediently come with me, so I had to use some means. Each of them has been poisoned by me, seeping into their bodies through their wounds. The more they move, the faster the poison spreads.”

“Originally, I wanted to poison you too, and wait for you to surrender. But this is also good—using them to threaten you seems to be even more effective.”

Shi Wen’s scream from just now reached the giant wall, everyone heard that the poison had already been buried in their bodies, silently. But if they stopped, what awaited them was not only the onset of the poison, but even faster, the tearing of the monster disciples.

A deathly silence fell within the giant wall. Shen Yucheng gritted his teeth, his knuckles turning white from excessive force, his body trembling slightly. The smell of blood mixed with spiritual power, making the air thick and unbearable.

He flew into the air, overlooking the entire scene, his gaze locked on Shi Wen. At this time, Shi Wen’s face was pale, the poison had obviously penetrated deep into his internal organs, his steps faltering. He was trapped alone in a group of monster disciples, his movements already slow.

Shi Wen’s gaze met Shen Yucheng’s for a moment, pain flashing in his eyes, but he quickly hid it, replacing it with a forced smile. His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but his voice was drowned out by the roars of the monster disciples.

Inside the giant wall, a familiar voice came, “Yuchen-ge, we’re fine. Nascent Soul cultivators can use their power to expel the poison, as for the Golden Core cultivators, we can help them after we get out.”

These words were like a ray of light, Shen Yucheng paused slightly, “…Really?”

Before Mo Yifeng could answer, Bai Guchen’s laughter rang out, “Shen Yucheng, you believe his words? Do you really think you can easily dissolve my poison? Believe his words, and wait to see them fall one by one; believe my words, and perhaps they still have a chance to live.”

At this moment, the Azure Scale Beast suddenly let out a low roar, the ground trembled, spiritual power surged. It used the power of the earth against Bai Guchen, preparing to seal the other party’s movements. However, just as the spiritual power was about to fall, Shen Yucheng shouted, “Stop.”

Everyone inside the giant wall paused. The smile on Bai Guchen’s face couldn’t be contained. Shen Yucheng slowly walked out from under the Azure Scale Beast’s protection, his gaze locked on Bai Guchen.

Lingyi’s roar came from inside the giant wall, “Shen Yucheng! Don’t go over there! Or I’ll come out and kill you first!”

However, Shen Yucheng’s footsteps did not stop. His fingertips tightened little by little, until the pain in his palm overcame the wavering in his heart.

He knew that no matter which side he chose, someone was destined to be sacrificed. The only thing he could do was to be the one to sacrifice himself.

“Yuchen-ge!” Mo Yifeng’s voice was hoarse.

Bai Guchen smiled and pulled Shen Yucheng closer, raising his hand to conjure a spiritual power lock, tightly binding Shen Yucheng’s hands, “It should have been like this long ago—”

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yucheng interrupted, “The antidote, release their poison now.”

Bai Guchen sighed, “Alright.” He raised his hand and cut open his palm with a dagger, the blood dripping onto the ground.

Shen Yucheng frowned, “The antidote is your blood?”

Bai Guchen nodded lightly, just about to answer, but unexpectedly the ground rumbled and shook, vines rising up and instantly entangling Bai Guchen’s right foot. At the same time, a silver light sped over from Shen Yucheng’s side. He flashed, returning to the Azure Scale Beast’s side.

The Azure Scale Beast stretched the vine stained with Bai Guchen’s blood towards Shi Wen. The barrier had no effect in the face of Bai Guchen’s blood, and the vine successfully penetrated the barrier, pouring the blood into Shi Wen’s mouth.

Bai Guchen looked at his blood-stained hand, his face gloomy, and gripped his long sword, “Shen Yucheng, you tricked me?”

Shen Yucheng looked back at the sword in the other party’s hand, “Weren’t you prepared for this?”

The Azure Scale Beast’s vines continued to distribute the blood to the others, but when it reached the last giant wall, the vine suddenly stopped. Shen Yucheng’s heart tightened, sensing the abnormality through the contract, “What’s wrong?”

The Azure Scale Beast lowered its head, signaling him to look at the end of the vine. Only the bloodstains on it was used up, and the person behind that giant wall was Mo Yifeng.

“Oh dear,” Bai Guchen said with gloating in his tone, “It just so happens that your beloved didn’t get the antidote, what should we do now?”

Mo Yifeng saw the vine stop inside the giant wall and had already guessed the situation. He said outwards, “Yuchen-ge, I’m really fine. Focus on dealing with that bastard! If you fall into his hands, then I’ll really be in trouble.”

Bai Guchen sneered, “How laughable. This poison was created by me, if it’s not resolved in a day, it’ll pierce your heart and bones. It lasts from a day to a lifetime. Mo Yifeng, you must be in a lot of pain right now, right?”

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yucheng had already attacked at lightning speed. Bai Guchen dodged sideways, “What? For the sake of saving your lover, you’re so impulsive that you’re not even using your spirit beast?”

Shen Yucheng’s hands were still bound by the spiritual power lock, but his movements were fierce, each strike carrying a sense of determination, even at the cost of exhausting his spiritual power. Just as the two were clashing, shouts came from afar, “The disciples with low cultivation levels have been evacuated! We’re back to support you! The elders are behind us, they’ll be here soon!”

Shen Yucheng raised his eyes and scanned the approaching disciples, at least fifty of them, and had already made calculations in his mind. He looked down at his dwindling spiritual power, and golden threads spread out from his fingertips, attaching to those disciples.

In the next moment, the light in those disciples’ eyes faded.

Bai Guchen was stunned for a second, then laughed loudly, “Shen Yucheng, have you gone mad? Controlling these little toys to deal with me?”

However, Shen Yucheng’s expression was stern, with no hint of jest. Bai Guchen narrowed his eyes, his smile fading, “I won’t hold back.”

The disciples rushed towards Bai Guchen indiscriminately. Bai Guchen didn’t take it seriously, flashed his figure, and a blade of light swept across, aiming straight for a disciple’s throat. However, at the moment the blade fell, his attack only hit a wooden root.

The Azure Scale Beast’s vines had already protected the disciples one by one, sending them back to safety.

Shen Yucheng, “I won’t let anyone be sacrificed.”

Bai Guchen’s face was as gloomy as water, “You can try.”

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An incense stick later, the two sides were still at a stalemate. Bai Guchen’s clothes were slightly disheveled, but he hadn’t suffered much damage, while Shen Yucheng was already running out of spiritual power, his breath erratic. However, at this time, a voice broke the stalemate, “What’s the situation?”

In the distance, two or three elders appeared in sight. This voice shattered Shen Yucheng’s Puppet Grand Art, and the disciples collapsed to the ground together, as if they had lost the control of the threads.

Shen Yucheng watched the elders come to the rescue, but they always stood not far away, Shen Yucheng couldn’t help but be puzzled. Bai Guchen sneered, “It’s useless. I’ve already set up a barrier, cultivators above the Nascent Soul level can’t enter. They can’t get in.”

Shen Yucheng wasn’t surprised. This person could use a barrier like the giant wall, he could definitely set up other barriers to block the outside world.

He briefly explained the situation to the elders via sound transmission, and the elders told him to hold on for a moment, they would find a way to break the barrier. However, in the current situation, no one could say for sure how long Shen Yucheng could hold on.

With Bai Guchen’s strength, the other party could completely and effortlessly take him away by force. However, the other party didn’t do so. Instead, he chose this series of superfluous actions.

What exactly did he want to see from this?

At this time, Yan Quanye suddenly pointed to Li Yuan’s giant wall, his voice urgent, “Shen Yucheng, look, there’s blood on that barrier.”

Following his finger, sure enough, on the barrier, a pool of blood was slowly floating, gradually seeping into the interior of the barrier.

His heart was shaken—

Only Bai Guchen’s blood wouldn’t be repelled by the barrier.

Perhaps it was too chaotic when commanding the disciples to attack just now, he hadn’t noticed this.

However, the existence of the blood silently revealed a fact, this giant wall could already be freely entered and exited.

Shen Yucheng floated up, Li Yuan was lying on the ground, the monster disciples around him had been completely cleared out. His eyes were closed, his expression calm, his chest rising and falling slightly, obviously exhausted and unconscious.

He lowered his head and stared at Li Yuan, his eyes complex.

After a moment, he pursed his lips—

He thought of a method.