Light Fortress
Chapter 620 - 155: Open the Umbrella_3

Chapter 620: Chapter 155: Open the Umbrella_3

His vision was blurred.

Shen Li’s voice was hoarse, and he murmured in confusion, "Brother... Zou?"

The response was a very light "bang".

A head wrapped in a damaged crane robe was tossed over.

Zou He’s head had been severed at the neck.

On the snow, it rolled, marking a dry, crimson streak of blood.

Xu Yan’s hands were covered in fresh blood.

He walked out of the wind and snow, saying softly, "Your brother is right here."

Shen Li’s complexion turned ashen.

"How... could this... be possible..."

He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

Brother Zou’s strength was that of the Deep Sea Tenth Layer... a fourth-stage Transcendent.

"Nothing is impossible."

Xu Yan let out a long breath, visibly tired from killing Zou He, and a delicate, long chain slipped from his hanging fingers, with a small token tied at the end.

Shen Li was bewildered.

He could barely make out the image on that token.

It was a bunch of grapes entwined with vines.

If he remembered correctly... this was the sign of the Wine God’s seat from the Source Tower...

Wait a second.

The Wine God’s sign?

A terrible suspicion arose in Shen Li’s mind.

The explosion in Qingzhong... the entry of the five great families into the tomb... the super large Disaster Realm... the massacre...

All the previous confusions seemed to find their answer at the sight of the "Wine God’s Divine Throne Token" in Xu Yan’s hand.

Shen Li muttered, "You are... an apostle of the Wine God..."

Xu Yan just smiled.

He made no comment on it.

However, the apostle’s token tightly held in his hand already explained everything.

"Killing Zou He was a bit of a struggle..."

Xu Yan stood still, speaking with slight regret, "Facing a High Order Transcendent stronger than me, I could only use the ’token,’ which really harms the body... and it’s not elegant, for the token’s power is too great and hard to control perfectly. Therefore... your brother died in great agony."

He smiled again.

"But... you don’t have to worry, I won’t need to use the token to kill you."

A wisp of a ghostly flame ignited in Xu Yan’s palm.

He said calmly, "So, you won’t suffer."

"Boom—"

A tiny dark flame suddenly swelled against the blizzard.

Xu Yan flicked his wrist gently.

And Shen Li’s vision was filled with the intense light of the flames.

He roared as he stood up, trying to reach out his arm to bravely withstand Xu Yan’s strike.

But after exhausting all his strength, even the condensation of the Iron Eater ended in failure!

The familiar immense spiritual power pressed down directly...

Countless bright lights forced him to close his eyes.

There was a faint "rip".

A slight sound of the wind and snow being cut through.

Shen Li had an illusion; he felt as if the wind around him slowed down, and the hot, scorching snow that was about to hit him was blocked by something—

As for the boundless expanse of light, it cast a shadow.

He struggled to open his eyes.

A woman’s silhouette, bright as the moon and radiant as thousands of lumens, descended right in front of him.

Like a deity.

She opened an umbrella.

At the tip of the umbrella, black fire vibrated.

Two flames collided—

The pale snowfield was as if cleaved by a knife!!!

Xu Yan furrowed his brows, having never anticipated that someone would fall from the sky to block his final attack... He vaguely sensed danger coming from the direction of the large umbrella, and the moment he evaded to the side, an unnervingly scorching high temperature surged forth, smashing a snow mountain into dust!

"What kind of lethal power is this?!"

Xu Yan’s expression changed abruptly.

In just an instant!

An entire snow mountain had been shattered to pieces!

His "counterfeit Chi Huo" was downright incapable of withstanding the Black Fire shot from the tip of the umbrella!

It was... an immediate collapse!

...

...

Above the Snowfield, the Great Cold winds that were sweeping across.

Became unbearably scorching hot.

The fiery wind, swirling among the ice shards and snow dregs, returned to silence after mere seconds.

Xu Yan maintained his dodging stance, one hand pressed against the ground, as he raised his head and squinted towards the distance.

The firestorm dissipated.

"The person" opposite retracted the large umbrella.

Revealed a flawless face... Xu Yan was struck dumb.

So was Shen Li.

"Are you alright?" Chu Ling asked softly, her head tilted slightly, concern in her voice.

"I’m fine..."

Shen Li had never seen such a stunning woman before.

He rubbed his buzzing head and asked subconsciously, "Have I met you before?"

Chu Ling smiled and replied, "I have met you."

Ah?

Shen Li was stupefied and began to rack his brains.

But even after nearly breaking his wooden head, he couldn’t grasp the true meaning of those words.

However, the standoff on the Snowfield didn’t last long.

"Are you the second inheritor of the Divination Skill?"

Countless hot ice shards pelted Xu Yan’s face, melting into water; he extended a palm and gently wiped his cheek to ensure his appearance remained fundamentally tidy, before finally speaking softly.

Xu Yan narrowed his eyes, scrutinized carefully, and then smiled with praise, "Your Excellency is indeed as the portrait depicted... A beauty beyond this world."

Upon hearing this, Shen Li had an epiphany.

Rubbing his head, he muttered somewhat embarrassedly, "So it’s sister-in-law..."

The second Divination Inheritor?

That made sense then, since the Divination Inheritor knows everything, it was only natural that she knew him.

This voice, of course, did not escape Chu Ling’s keen hearing.

Her expression turned slightly strange for a second, before returning to calm.

Chu Ling removed the small black flower from between her hair strands.

That previous strike had exhausted the "Flame Demon Umbrella’s" self-accumulated Extraordinary Essence within the Divine Temple Mountain Boundary.

Although the killing power was considerable, the energy source was limited.

Deep Sea’s calculations told her that to repel the man before her... she could not hold back, so she used up all the Extraordinary Essence that had been accumulated inside the umbrella in just one strike.

From here on out, to open the umbrella again, there would be a different "price" to pay.

She lowered her head and transmitted to Shen Li, "How is the recovery of your body progressing?"

Little Iron Man, upon hearing the Spiritual Guidance inside his head, turned solemn.

He clenched his fists.

Thanks to Brother Zou’s treatment.

His physical injuries... had greatly improved.

What did he need to coordinate with next?

Shen Li raised his head, his gaze resolute.

"Then..."

Chu Ling softly transmitted, "I’m going to open the umbrella again."

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(PS: 1, First, to offer everyone a dose of reassurance, today there will be a minimum update of 10,000 words. 2, To complain a bit, because the nucleic acid test took too long to become effective, I was forced to stay another night. This Chapter was written while squatting in the station, TAT it’s really tough!)