"Buzz"—
the gate of space opened, revealing a range of shattered mountains. The land was crisscrossed with ravines, riddled with countless holes. Endless lava and floods intertwined in the ravines, steam billowed, and the whole world was filled with the stench of filth.
"How could this be?"
When he saw the world before him, Bai Zhantang let out an angry roar, his figure flickering as he charged forward.
Long Chen and the others were stunned, their sights witnessing the destruction of the world. Long Chen suspected that the dean had teleported by mistake, but hearing Bai Zhantang's furious roar, Long Chen's heart skipped a beat—he knew something had happened.
Bai Letian's expression also changed. Holding the Lingxiao Divine Sword, his figure flickered and he vanished in an instant. Looking at the Heavenly Dao runes flowing above the Nine Heavens, he knew the enemy had just left, and the dean had gone after him.
"Boss, should we ...?" Xia Chen took out the formation disk, but Long Chen shook his head and said, "
This might be a trap. Only the dean has the strength to hunt them down. If we rush to chase them, we might fall right into the enemy's trap. Let's go down and take a look first."
Long Chen led the group down into the sky, following the direction Bai Zhantang had run, passing through layers of mist, and arriving at a high mountain.
This mountain stretched for thousands of miles around was covered with hard rock, golden in color—clearly a natural mineral vein. At this moment, the mountain had been leveled, with a smooth cut as a mirror—clearly cut by a terrifying blade, and the aura of a Heavenly Saint expert still lingered on it.
Upon arriving here, Guo Ran couldn't help but gasp. As a forger, he immediately recognized the grade of immortal gold contained in this ore. This kind of ore was incredibly hard, yet it could be cut through as easily as slicing a melon. The power of the attacker was terrifying.
Long Chen and the others stepped onto the high mountain, where tens of thousands of experts dressed in academy attire had already gathered. What shocked Guo Ran and the others most was that even among the weakest cultivators, they were still at the Saint King level.
"Mother!"
Before Long Chen and the others could be shocked, Bai Shishi suddenly cried out in alarm and rushed out. Passing through the crowd, Long Chen saw Bai Shishi's mother, her face pale as gold paper, her breath as thin as silk. Long Chen was startled and hurried over to her side.
"Mother, mother, what's wrong?"
At that moment, Bai Shishi saw her mother's condition and was so frightened that she burst into tears, panicking and calling out to her mother nonstop.
Bai Zhantang and Bai Xiaole's mother each reached out a palm to tend to Bai Shishi's mother's wounds. Bai Xiaole's mother also had several wounds, her clothes stained red with fresh blood. At this moment, she couldn't care about these and focused on healing Bai Shishi's mother.
"Whew!"
Bai Shishi suddenly reached out and pressed a hand on her mother's chest. At that moment, Bai Zhantang and Bai Xiaole's mother were startled.
"Smack!"
Long Chen grabbed Bai Shishi's hand and said,
"You're emotionally charged right now, and your golden power is extremely unstable. It's not suitable for healing others."
If someone else had stopped her, Bai Shishi would have been furious. But when Long Chen said this, she immediately burst into tears. Long Chen was right—her mind was already in turmoil, and if she forced her mother to heal her wounds, it would only make her hurt worse.
Bai Shishi was both angry and anxious. She hated herself for being useless. Only her golden power could quickly stabilize her mother's injuries. But at the critical moment, she couldn't calm down and was about to lose her mind.
Long Chen took out a pill and placed it in Bai Shishi's mother's mouth. It was a supreme sacred pill, wrapped in a pill garment to block the Heavenly Dao's prying eyes.
However, at this moment, Bai Shishi's mother was gravely injured and could no longer swallow. Long Chen gave Bai Zhantang a look, and Bai Zhantang's face instantly burned with embarrassment. Finally, gritting his teeth, he kissed Bai Shishi's mother's mouth in front of everyone, using his true energy to deliver the pill into her abdomen.
"Cough...
Soon Bai Shishi's mother started coughing violently. With each cough, a large amount of black gas was sprayed from her mouth and nose. Long Chen hurriedly pulled Bai Shishi away to avoid her.
The black mist sprayed onto the ground, and the golden ore on the ground immediately hissed as the black mist corroded honeycomb-like tiny holes.
"My god, what is this? That terrifying? Guo Ran exclaimed, this black mist could actually corrode ore—even a sacred weapon would be melted by it.
Bai Shishi's mother coughed up seven mouthfuls of black breath. At first, the black breath was like ink, extremely foul-smelling, but gradually faded, and Bai Shishi's mother's face finally regained a trace of color.
Bai Shishi's mother scanned the surroundings with dim eyes in confusion. When she saw Bai Shishi, her eyes clearly brightened: "Shishi..."
"Mom, I'm here, Mom, I'm sorry..." Bai Shishi hugged her mother and burst into tears.
For as long as she could remember, she had never seen her mother injured, not even a superficial wound. In her heart, her mother was her idol, the undefeated goddess of war.
Now, seeing her mother gravely injured and near death, her mind went blank, her thoughts were in chaos, and she couldn't even calm down.
Bai Shishi's mother affectionately stroked her cheek, her pale face showing a kind smile:
"Silly child, why apologize? Come, let me see you. After so long since I last saw you, I miss you and your brother so much. At
this moment, Bai Xiaole also arrived, kneeling before Bai Shishi's mother. Tears welled up in his eyes as he gritted his teeth and said,
"Madam, tell me, who did this? I want to avenge you."
Seeing Bai Xiaole's gritted teeth, Bai Shishi's mother smiled and said, "My Xiaole has grown up, and you all have grown up. It's wonderful!" Cough, cough, cough..."
After saying this, Bai Shishi's mother started coughing violently again. Long Chen hurriedly asked Bai Xiaole to make room for him and took out another pill.
"I'm fine now, so don't waste this peerless pill." Bai Shishi's mother saw the pill and hurriedly waved her hand.
Previously, Bai Shishi's mother had been seriously injured, almost on her deathbed, but it was Long Chen's pill that pulled her back from the brink of death.
Although she was seriously injured, she knew that the pill Long Chen gave her was truly a treasure. One pill could directly suppress her injuries.
Although she had never seen a supreme sacred pill, she already suspected that the one Long Chen had taken for her was a legendary being; otherwise, she couldn't have such immense power.
So when Long Chen wanted to give her another pill, she refused outright. This pill was so precious, almost like another life, and she didn't want to waste it.
"What you say, give it to Mother for use. How could there be such a thing as waste? After all, mother-in-law is still a mother! Long Chen chuckled, his face calm and his heart steady.
When Long Chen said this, Bai Shishi's pretty face instantly flushed red. This guy really has a thick skin.
"Ahem,"
Bai Zhantang was a bit annoyed beside him. He cleared his throat twice. He hadn't agreed to this yet, so what was this guy trying to do?
"Sir, are you feeling unwell?" Long Chen asked deliberately.
Long Chen deliberately dropped the word "person" from "father-in-law," which sounded extremely comical, and Guo Ran and the others almost burst out laughingand Bai Zhantang's face instantly darkened.
"Good, I appreciate your filial piety!" Bai Shishi's mother smiled slightly, reached out to take the pill, and swallowed it.
After swallowing the pill, Bai Shishi's mother immediately felt a surge of energy. The wounds inside her body were visibly healing, and her vitality was rapidly recovering. Looking at Long Chen, Bai Shishi's mother shook her head and sighed:
"You child, ...."
In fact, after swallowing the first supreme sacred pill, Bai Shishi's mother was already fine. She only needed half a month of resting to recover about seventy to eighty percent. Bai Shishi's mother was deeply concerned about the pill.
"It's nothing, after all, it's my own property. If I run out, I can refine it."
Long Chen signaled that it was fine, then said seriously, "
What exactly happened here?"