MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 81

Chapter 81: I Missed You

The stone giant swung its massive hand down, instantly leveling the wooden hut. The dust kicked up by the palm rolled in the moonlight, but not a single drop of blood seeped out.

“Hmm?” The stone giant frowned, looking in confusion at the gradually dissipating smoke.

There, inside a semi-circular golden barrier, the disciples were hiding, unharmed in the slightest.

They raised their heads and looked at the golden barrier, and at Shen Yucheng standing in front of them, unable to hide the surprise on their faces. Looking against the light, his figure was like a deity descending to save them.

Shi Zhong was stunned, muttering, “Senior Yi…”

The stone giant was enraged by this scene. Its arm tensed as it struck with all its might again, trying to shatter the barrier. However, no matter how it attacked, the result remained unchanged.

Shen Yucheng spoke calmly, leaving these words: “If anything changes, deal with it yourselves.” With a leap, he soared into the sky. The contract heart in his body heated up intensely. Following his will, a behemoth burst forth into the air before the eyes of everyone. Its size was enough to rival the stone giant.

Shen Yucheng stood on the back of the Azure Scaled Beast, overlooking Yining Village. He gently stroked the giant beast’s back, “Been waiting a long time, haven’t you? It’s been a while since you’ve been out.”

“You know it?”

Shen Yucheng paused slightly, thinking that after not summoning the Azure Scaled Beast for so many years, it had learned to speak. But the next moment, he saw Yan Quanye appear beside him at some point.

“…” Shen Yucheng gave him a helpless glance, “You can’t fight, what are you doing out here?”

Yan Quanye crossed his arms, embarrassed and angry, “I’m here to complain on behalf of the Azure Scaled Beast, who can’t speak! Heaven knows what kind of Tang Sanzang reincarnation you’ve become these past few years, going out of your way to avoid stepping on bugs.”

Shen Yucheng frowned, “Is it that exaggerated?”

The two of them bickered, forgetting about the enemy beside them, leaving the stone giant to stand aside. The stone giant didn’t have much patience either. It raised its hand and slammed a palm down hard on the Azure Scaled Beast’s body. The intense shockwaves spread in all directions, causing even the houses in the village to collapse.

The disciples in the barrier held their breaths. The power of this palm was not to be underestimated. They couldn’t help but sweat for Yi Chen. However, the next moment, their mouths almost dropped to the ground.

The stone giant’s fist was about to hit the Azure Scaled Beast, but it stopped an inch away at the last moment. From the side, there was a layer of invisible barrier blocking the fist and the giant beast’s body.

Yan Quanye’s lips curved into a smile, “After all these years, your skills haven’t dulled?”

Shen Yucheng’s expression was indifferent, his arms crossed. “Of course. Contracted beasts improve as my cultivation level increases. Now, it should be the only Nascent Soul stage spirit beast in the cultivation world.”

A halo formed into a barrier in front of the Azure Scaled Beast. When the stone giant touched it, it was instantly repelled, its entire body flying backward. Subsequently, the stones on its body gradually weathered and peeled off as if they had been eroded by the years. One arm shattered directly.

Yan Quanye raised his eyebrows in surprise, “Has the probability of triggering time reversal increased too?”

The situation before them was becoming more and more favorable, but Shen Yucheng didn’t relax his vigilance. He had originally thought that when the stone giant was pushed to this point, Bai Guchen should have appeared long ago. However, there was still no sign of him.

What exactly was he planning?

An ominous premonition arose, and the next moment it was as if his thoughts were being confirmed. White mist rose out of nowhere, surrounding the Azure Scaled Beast. Shen Yucheng immediately gave the order. The Azure Scaled Beast swiped its claws, tearing the mist apart. However, when their vision cleared, an unexpected scene appeared before their eyes.

Inside the barrier, the disciples’ faces turned pale instantly, their eyes trembling, “No way…”

Dozens of towering stone giants appeared out of nowhere in front of them.

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At this time, another group of disciples who had gone to the forest noticed the changes in the village and immediately returned. When they entered the village, they only saw silence all around. The doors of every household were open, but the houses were empty.

Li Juemu’s face was gloomy. “What’s going on? Where did everyone go? And what was that tremor just now?”

“Look over there!” A disciple pointed to the sky.

The others followed the direction and were shocked to find dozens of stone giants standing tall in the village, terrifying to the extreme.

When had the disciples ever seen such a scene? They were all shocked by the powerful spiritual pressure. On the other side, they also saw the Azure Scaled Beast, “… There’s one over here too!”

“The giant beasts are fighting!”

Everyone gasped, staring intently at the battlefield. Li Juemu and Nie Yue were even more stunned, losing their ability to speak. They stared blankly at the Azure Scaled Beast, their faces shocked, their brows twitching wildly. After a moment, they swallowed and managed to say, “It… How could it be here…”

Li Juemu wanted to ask Mo Yifeng what exactly was happening. Wasn’t this spirit beast supposed to belong to Shen Yucheng?

However, when he turned his head, Mo Yifeng’s figure had already disappeared.

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They had been able to easily suppress the stone giants, but now, the advantage in numbers had completely shifted to the enemy. Dozens of stone giants punched down. Even though the Azure Scaled Beast had time reversal, it was beginning to struggle.

Yan Quanye saw the change in the situation, and his expression was no longer relaxed.

Shen Yucheng glanced back at the disciples below. The villagers were trapped and unable to move by his golden silk, while the disciples were in the barrier. Now, he had also summoned the Azure Scaled Beast. If he used magical treasures again, it might be a bit dangerous.

Although his strange physique meant that he had deep spiritual power, over the years, he had gradually realized that as his cultivation level increased, he could control the flow of spiritual power with his own will. Therefore, he no longer needed to release spiritual power every day to maintain stability like he did in the past.

But this also meant that he couldn’t use spiritual power blindly as he had before.

Suddenly, the stone giants’ attack direction changed abruptly, and they swung their heavy fists towards the villagers!

Shen Yucheng’s heart tightened. He acted faster than he thought, instantly unfurling Puppet Shadow Remnant Mirror. The huge mirror stood in front of the villagers, absorbing the punch and reflecting it back, smashing the stone giant into pieces.

Yan Quanye watched the battle and realized that the entire battlefield was almost entirely supported by Shen Yucheng alone. He couldn’t help but frown and shout, “Hey, Shen Yucheng! I know you have a lot of spiritual power, but aren’t you being too reckless…”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Shen Yucheng gasping for breath, nosebleeds streaming down his chin, unstoppable like a broken faucet. Yan Quanye was shocked and hurriedly rushed forward, “Hey! This is too serious! Your body can’t handle it!”

Shen Yucheng pushed him away, casually wiping away the blood, his voice still calm. “Give me some more time.”

Even so, when he raised his eyes, his vision was blurred, his head felt heavy, and he almost couldn’t stand, staggering involuntarily.

Was it because he hadn’t had a real battle in too long… How could he feel dizzy after using so little spiritual power?

Just then, the stone giant that had been severely injured by the Azure Scaled Beast suddenly launched a final attack, slamming down hard on the ground! The earth shook, and the mountains crumbled! The Azure Scaled Beast lost its footing, and Shen Yucheng swayed with it.

“Ahhhh!!!!”

The disciples’ screams came from below. Shen Yucheng’s heart tightened, and he immediately looked over, only to see that the ground had been smashed into deep pits and cracks by the stone giants. Even the ground inside the barrier was not spared.

Several disciples fell directly into the cracks. The remaining disciples desperately grabbed their arms, but because they had left in such a hurry, they didn’t have their swords with them and couldn’t use external force to escape.

The cracks were getting bigger and bigger. Shen Yucheng gritted his teeth. The distance was too far. He didn’t have time to think. He jumped off the Azure Scaled Beast’s back, pinched his fingers, and dispelled the barrier. Golden threads flew out instantly, pulling the disciples up in one fell swoop!

However, in that instant, Shen Yucheng’s attention was completely focused on the disciples. He didn’t notice at all that there was a giant fist smashing towards him from the right!

By the time he reacted, it was too late to dodge.

So, this was the purpose of creating the cracks in the ground.

In his mind, Bai Guchen’s voice rang out with a smile, “If you didn’t care about those disciples, how could you have fallen into my trap?”

Shen Yucheng closed his eyes, quietly waiting for the heavy punch to fall.

However, the next second, a warm aura suddenly enveloped him. Several sword energies burst forth, and the sound of swords being drawn could be heard. Shen Yucheng didn’t even need to open his eyes to imagine the sword shadows flying in the air.

“Tell me, are you Yi Chen, or Shen Yucheng?”

A low, steady voice came from his chest. Shen Yucheng’s heart trembled violently. He almost didn’t dare to imagine who was holding him tightly in his arms at this moment…

He could feel the person hugging him tightening his arms, as if suppressing some emotion, he didn’t know if it was nervous or afraid.

He slowly raised his head, meeting Mo Yifeng’s deep eyes. The moment their eyes met, Shen Yucheng understood that he had been exposed.

But thinking about how much spiritual power he had used just now, it was impossible not to be discovered.

But before he could speak, Bai Guchen’s voice rang out again, with a smile, “The actors are all here. Shen Yucheng, I’ll let you see what this cultivation world did to me thousands of years ago—”

As soon as the voice fell, darkness instantly surrounded the two of them. A powerful suction force suddenly struck, as if they were being dragged directly into the ground. All of their spiritual power was useless in the face of this force, and they could only fall downwards at high speed.

Shen Yucheng looked down, countless black holes opening, as if they were going to devour everything.

“Are you afraid?”

Mo Yifeng’s voice was low and calm, without a trace of emotion.

Shen Yucheng lowered his head. If he were alone, he might be a little anxious. But now, he was unusually calm, so calm that it was strange, even his tone was as indifferent as the other party’s, “Are you the one who’s afraid?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a muffled laugh.

“Yucheng ge…”

A soft murmur came to his ear, and Shen Yucheng’s heart beat violently faster.

Mo Yifeng held him tightly, as if afraid he wouldn’t hear clearly. His voice was low and gentle, “I missed you.”

The hug grew tighter and tighter, his voice repeating in his ear, “I really… missed you so much.”