Mesmerizing Ghost Doctor

Chapter 5231: Know

“You’re asking for death!”

The divine soul flew into a rage, slamming a palm toward Xiao Junyan. Xiao Junyan, who had been about to step forward to catch Yun Qi, couldn’t dodge in time. He took the full force of the strike as he was sent flying several metres away, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

“Pfft!”

At this moment, the soul fragment seemed less concerned with possessing a body. Instead, it gathered immense power once more, striking at Xiao Junyan with a vengeance, as if venting fury.

“You’re all worthless trash!”

Watching that lethal strike descend upon the gravely wounded Xiao Junyan, Yue’er’s heart clenched. Her eyes narrowed as she cried out in alarm.

“Big Brother Xiao!”

Without a second thought, she lunged forward. In that instant, only one thought occupied her mind: he must not die because of her!

As for her own fate? She had no time to consider it.

“Thud!”

“Pfft!”

The palm strike, packed with immense force, slammed into Yun Qi’s body. In that instant, even Xiao Junyan, pinned beneath her, could distinctly hear the sound of bones snapping and tendons tearing.

“Nooooooooooooo!”

Blood spilled from his mouth as his cry of alarm gradually faded. Even with Yun Qi shielding him from the fatal blow, its sheer force left him, pinned beneath her, unable to escape its impact.

Already gravely wounded, this strike compounded his injuries. Though not fatal, it left him barely clinging to life.

Yue’er gazed at him, her lips twitching into a pale, faint smile. ” Big… Big Brother Xiao, let me… protect you this once…” Her voice trailed off, broken and faint, and she lost consciousness.

“Hahahahahaha…”

The soul laughed wildly, its laughter tinged with hatred. “Wretched bones! All of you are wretched bones!” As it spoke, glancing at Yue’er’s body, a strange, almost tender pain flickered across its face.

“Such a fine body, and it’s been damaged… It’s alright. Once I’ve taken possession and left this place, I’ll simply find another body.” She murmured, sensing her soul gradually dissipating. Paying no heed to Xiao Junyan, who was still barely alive, she swiftly transformed into a halo of light and shot into Yue’er’s brow.

“Little Qi… Little Qi…” Xiao Junyan himself was barely clinging to life. Forcing himself upright, he retrieved a medicinal pill from his spatial ring and tremblingly stuffed it into Yue’er’s mouth.

“Stay alive! You must stay alive!” he murmured. The panic and terror gripping him in that moment were beyond anyone’s comprehension.

Unbeknownst to him, within the same spatial realm, Shen Shiqi and the others found themselves isolated, just as Yun Qi had been before. Trapped there, they tried every possible method to escape but failed, forced to watch helplessly as this scene unfolded.

Almost the instant Yue’er lost consciousness, within Yunxiao Mountain, the Azure Emperor, who had been meditating with eyes closed, opened his own. His expression turned as cold as frost. This time, however, he could only sense that something had happened to Yun Qi—he couldn’t discern her condition, as if his senses had been completely severed.

At the same moment, Feng Jiu and Xuanyuan Mo Ze, who were wandering in a certain place, had been laughing and joking just a moment before. Their expressions changed abruptly.

“Yue’er is in trouble!”

Even though they weren’t physically beside the three children, if any of them faced life-or-death crises, the two would sense it immediately.

And at this moment, that sensation was overwhelmingly intense.

Without a moment’s hesitation, the two rushed back, intending to check on Yunxiao Mountain first.

Yet, what the soul seeking to possess Yunqi hadn’t anticipated was that the moment it entered Yun Qi’s sea of consciousness, escape became impossible…