When speaking the last word 'death,' the expression of the Heavenly Blood Worm had gone utterly mad, simultaneously reaching out a hand to seize the culprit responsible for all of this.

"Ling'er... haven't you forgiven me yet..."

Bai Yue remained incredibly calm, his gaze full of pity as he looked at the person before him, with no intention of dodging.

The next moment, the blood-colored claw halted in the air, and two streams of clear tears flowed down Shangguan Jingling's face.

"Husband..."

A gentle call echoed, like a leaf boat amidst stormy waves, ready to be engulfed by the sea at any moment.

Bai Yue's face broke into a smile.

He opened his arms to embrace the woman in front of him.

This was the love of his life, the person he was willing to give everything to protect.

This embrace was especially forceful.

As if trying to strongly hold onto all the beauty and memories, to hold onto their untouchable future.

At this moment, Bai Yue desperately wished that time could stop, allowing him and his wife to continue embracing like this forever.

However, everything was just a bubble in a beautiful fantasy, ready to burst in an instant.

"Husband... how I wish to see the moon over the Li River with you once more..."

Shangguan Jingling's eyes were full of reluctance.

Soon after, the last trace of radiance began to fade away, with a bloody tinge slowly congealing within.

"Ling'er, I'm sorry..."

With pain, Bai Yue closed his eyes, a pair of tears slipping from the corners.

His hands, long since burned by flames, trembled as they drew out the short dagger from his waist...

The next moment, a piercing scream erupted from Shangguan Jingling's mouth.

Immediately, the blood energy transformed into a sharp blade, penetrating Bai Yue's body, blasting him dozens of meters away.

"Roar!!!"

The Heavenly Blood Worm looked at the dagger pierced into its heart, its face surging with ominous, bloody energy, and its whole being soared into the sky, as an endless blood sea gathered around it.

"Ant! Do you think you can kill me like this?! Ridiculous! Ridiculous!!"

"Now, you have completely enraged me! I will have your entire city buried with you!!!"

"Everyone, must die!!!!"

"Pfft!"

The members of the Personal Guards all spat fresh blood and collapsed in a weakened state.

Many were killed instantly, having their heart pulses shattered by its furious roar just now.

"Boom!!"

The blood sea surged, turning into waves that swept in all directions.

Wherever it passed, houses and brick walls collapsed instantly, and all turned into blood water, merging into that terrifying scarlet ocean.

Pei Laoliu used the last bit of his spiritual power to support the shield.

He and the few surviving members of the City Guard Army were like wild grass in the wind and rain, tottering and about to fall.

"Lord Sword Immortal! You must go quickly! Don't worry about us! Just hope that one day, Lord Sword Immortal can bring this information to others!"

Ye Lin shouted while holding Bai Yue's body.

Pei Laoliu glanced down and then around at the scene of the blood sea's tumult, gritting his teeth, he began to mobilize the Qi-Blood within him, preparing to activate the Essence Blood Escape Technique.

"Jiu Jiu~"

However, at that very moment, a crisp and ethereal voice suddenly emerged next to everyone's ears.

Like a call piercing through a nightmare, everyone instinctively lifted their heads, looking in the direction from which the sound came.

They saw a tiny figure emitting blue light crossing the terrifying blood-colored giant wave, slowly floating towards their position.

The melting blood water had no effect when touching it, the figure passed through as if it was merely a phantom.

"Jiu Jiu~"

The blue figure saw the people below, let out a joyful shout, and then accelerated towards them.

"That, what is that... a little fox...?"

Ye Lin murmured weakly to himself.

He was now almost at his limit and knew that for him and the others, this situation was sure death.

Therefore, even when confronted with such an atypical scene, he did not become too excited.

"Jiu Jiu!!"

Pei Laoliu was suddenly stunned for a moment, then his face immediately filled with joy.

He never expected that distant Jiu Jiu from Tianyuan Mountain would appear here!

Earlier, he had returned to Tianyuan Sect once and asked Ni Yang where Jiu Jiu was.

However, Ni Yang also expressed that she didn't know, only said she had no idea where it had run off to play.

In Master Liu's view, although Jiu Jiu looks quite weak, according to Zhang Xiaoman, it does possess combat power.

However, earlier he was in a hurry to come over and couldn't find it, so he decided to leave it be.

What he didn't know was that actually, when he first summoned Da Hei and Little White, Jiu Jiu, having lost its small companions, turned its approach towards him.

Though Jiu Jiu can fly, its speed wasn't fast at all.

Compared to Master Liu's Sword Control Technique, it could only be considered "floating."

Thus, after a long "floating" journey, Jiu Jiu finally drifted to Master Liu's side, leading to the scene that's happening now.

"Jiu Jiu~"

The little fox plopped onto Master Liu's head, craning its neck to gaze around, seemingly curious about the scenery of the sky-blood sea here.

"Jiu Jiu! Quick! That guy over there is very dangerous! Is there any way you can take us away from here!"

Pei Laoliu hurriedly asked aloud.

He knew this little creature could understand human speech.

But he hadn't engraved the language of the creature, so he couldn't understand what its "Jiu Jiu Jiu Jiu" cries were meant to convey.

"Jiu Jiu! Jiu Jiu!"

The little fox chattered on for a while and then tugged at Master Liu's hair, lying down motionless afterward.

Pei Laoliu was at a loss.

How can this thing be so unreliable?

Could it be that Zhang Xiaoman's claim of its combat power was just idle talk?

He suddenly felt that the flicker of hope that had arisen just now had fallen back into deep despair.

However, at this moment, the Blood Silkworm Demon in the sky saw that the few down below were still alive, bitterly enduring, seemingly growing impatient.

It swung its arm, and a blood-colored claw formed, roaring as it clawed toward Master Liu.

"Jiu!!"

Feeling the danger suddenly, Jiu Jiu bristled instantly.

A blue shield opened from its body, enveloping Master Liu's spiritual power shield, wrapping everyone inside it.

The next moment, the blood claw struck the blue shield, causing only slight shockwaves before disappearing.

The Heavenly Blood Worm saw this scene, frowned unconsciously, a fierce gleam flashing in its eyes, as it gathered dozens of blood claws to launch.

"Jiu Jiu! Jiu Jiu! Jiu Jiu!"

Jiu Jiu had already jumped onto Master Liu's shoulder by now.

It was grabbing his beard with one hand, pointing at the Blood Silkworm Demon in the sky with the other, incessantly making some noise.

But the old man hadn't imprinted the corresponding language, thus couldn't understand its words, only looking at it helplessly.

However, from Jiu Jiu's demeanor, he could roughly tell that this little creature seemed to be saying:

"Quickly fight back, hit it!!"

But Master Liu didn't have any spare spiritual power to strike now; the previous shield had consumed the last of his spiritual power.

"Jiu Jiu! Jiu!!"

Jiu Jiu squeaked a few more times, until its shield began to waver under the continuous assault of blood claws, and then puffed up its cheeks, flying discontentedly from Master Liu's shoulder.

"Are you going to..."

Seeing this, Pei Laoliu wanted to say something.

The next second, a terrifying aura suddenly emanated from above.

Squelching his words back into his throat, his facial expression transformed into one of utter shock.

Just ahead, Jiu Jiu's small blue figure suddenly radiated dazzling light.

And then, within this radiance, it rapidly expanded, ultimately transforming into a giant demon fox about ten meters high.

The demon fox had nine tails almost thirty meters long, its entire body shrouded in blue flames.

Its neck was slender, its posture like a spiritual immortal.

Standing against the wind, the surrounding blood sea parted, any approaching instantly evaporated without a trace.

"Ahn!!!"

Unlike its previous cooing "Jiu Jiu" cries, the transformed nine-tailed fox's majestic call was soul-stirring, causing the Blood Silkworm Demon in the sky to sway.

"No... Impossible!!"

Seeing the nine-tailed fox below, the expression on the face of the Heavenly Blood Worm finally changed, becoming extremely frightened.

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