Dance Of The Phoenix
168. Swallowed by Darkness

The power used to open up space and time was too draining. Gu Yuena was too pale at the moment. He arrived at the Phoenix Region closest to the Hell Region, and aided the phoenixes to go to the palace and recuperate.

However, Gu Yuena was sure the situation would not go smoothly. He was too limp and had vomited blood several times. His strength was completely exhausted this time.

"Leave me!" Gu Yuena asked all the Phoenixes to leave.

On the other hand, Huang Jiu who had arrived and wanted to report should also resign after hearing Gu Yuena's orders. He was shocked to see Gu Yuena's unstable condition. His strength was drained to dry and his body was so weak that it could not stand up properly. His face was also like an undead.

Gu Yuena bit her lips, then limped towards her room. He took off his clothes, then looked at his back from the mirror.

The back that was supposed to be smooth and snow-white now had terrible burns. The still-wet blood flowed along with the black energy that stopped the regeneration.

A very terrible wound.

Gu Yuena had no other way to cure him other than by taking out the spiritual imprint of the Soul Bat. When pulled by that powerful pull, he was almost devoured. What he felt when devoured was an overwhelming burning feeling on his back all the way to his soul. If Yang Xinyuan did not pull it, she would die.

Just to escape from Yang Xinyuan, Gu Yuena used the most extreme means to show how much Gu Yuena wanted to run away from the man and show her hatred. Yang Xinyuan must have felt toyed with and extremely angry at this moment.

Gu Yuena did not care anymore. He wore clean clothes and sat down a lotus to recover his spiritual strength. If he recovered his strength, he could purify the dark energy on his back and treat his own injuries.

Currently, Xiao Bai could only help out a little. He couldn't carelessly go against Gu Yuena's body and only gave her treatment in small injuries.

As the dark energy finished being purified after a few hours of feeling an immense pain, Gu Yuena was finally able to feel relieved. Xiao Bai healed the rest of his wounds. Although the wound on the back was too big and would be painful during the healing process, Gu Yuena did not stop Xiao Bai from taking care of her.

The pain is worse than death. Gu Yuena held him back as hard as she could and gritted her teeth.

Xiao Bai grew even more worried, so did Xiao Hei. He performed faster healing so that the pain would not haunt Gu Yuena for too long. However, something is troubling.

While clearing Gu Yuena's back from her injuries, she discovered a strange pattern that glowed with green.

"Miss, is this the mark that the Queen of Linghun Palace left behind?" asked Xiao Bai.

Gu Yuena looked back to see the look behind her in the mirror. But before he could see, his head felt hit by something hard and piled up. His nerves felt forced and slowly crushed.

"Miss!"

"Shut up there!" Gu Yuena stopped Xiao Bai and Xia Hei. He doesn't want to hurt them. He felt something dangerous approaching so that his body felt out of his control. Do not let the two cats get hurt because of it.

Gu Yuena moved away while holding her aching head. His gaze was puzzled as he walked away from Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei. He hit things several times until they fell, but he did not stop his steps to get away.

When the pain on his nerves reached a peak that Gu Yuena could not hold back, his body grew limp and collapsed onto the floor. He groans sickly.

The shadow of death continued to swirl in his head. It was a nightmare. He continued to see the death of the people as his entire gaze turned dark and silent. He saw only one thing, death.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

Bai Youzhe arrived at the Ruler's Palace after quite a long journey at the border. He was unable to sense Gu Yuena's existence in the Mitian Plains, so searched the Underworld.

Gu Yuena was hard to track. So the thing he thought about where Gu Yuena went was the Underworld. Starting from the Palace of the Rulers. However, the palace people said that they did not see Gu Yuena coming.

Bai Youzhe was getting more anxious. He could not think of how Gu Yuena met the original Yang Xinyuan and was injured by it. He must find Gu Yuena immediately!

Su Churan and Yun Qiao also followed to the Underworld, along with Vale. This was the first time Yun Qiao and Vale had gone to the Underworld and felt dazed for a moment.

The aura of this place was different from the Mitian Plains.

At the sight of Bai Youzhe rushing out of the Ruler Palace, Su Churan suddenly felt a bad premonition.

Something that would make Bai Youzhe panic and lose her rationality was only Gu Yuena. Did something bad happen to Gu Yuena?

No wonder. Previously Gu Yuena was crazed for a moment and simply disappeared. Who wouldn't worry?

Bai Youzhe left without saying a word. He disappeared in the sky and was not seen again. Su Churan could not follow because she thought maybe Bai Youzhe knew where Gu Yuena was.

Although he was worried, he could not help much. It made him feel helpless.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

Snippet after trailer flashed in the darkness. There was nothing he could see but blinking fragments of memories. A memory where life feels perfect and simple, but chaotic once a black figure appears and takes everything away.

Tears and tragic cries kept on flashing before his eyes. All of those events drew Gu Yuena back to the past and repeatedly experienced the exact feeling she had once felt.

Loss, hatred, and death ....

"Do you want revenge?"

That faint-sounding phrase overshadowed his hearing. Gu Yuena was silent as she bowed, amidst the scorching sun as well as the rubble full of dust. Texas was very hot at the time.

His red eyes were empty and indistinct. His gray pupils were not stirring. It lost its life-filled red color.

Being in his worst memories completely tormented his mind. He could not see his original place was his room at Phoenix— Palace but he could see the scenery of a modern city that had just become a ruin and snatched away all his hopes.

Gu Yuena shook, but did not say anything. The words the woman spoke continued to sound in her ears like a nightmare. He didn't hate the woman, but he really didn't like her. Li Hua used that phrase to haunt Gu Yuena and stir up her trauma.

"No ... no ....." Gu Yuena whispered in a trembling tone. He hugged his knees tightly and biting his lips held a painful feeling in his heart and head.

The mark on his shoulder had been triggered by Yang Xinyuan, causing the nightmare illusion of Li Hua to invade his brain and torture him to no end.

It had been two hours since Gu Yuena was filled with nightmares without being able to wake up. He wants to wake up, but doesn't know how. No one heard him scream as loud as possible.

What's he supposed to do?

At the same time, Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai cried out in panic at all times, but could do nothing. They had called Huang Jiu for help, but Huang Jiu could not wake Gu Yuena who was lying in a coma on the bed.

These two hours are bad for them, until the next hour and the day will change. Gu Yuena was still not awake. Sometimes he would move like surprise, then his body became violently trembling and in pain. That alone was enough to cause panic.

At the moment when the three panicked without being able to do anything, a black figure slipped from the window and showed his inhuman form. Huang Jiu was wary on one side, before finally realizing the figure that came was not the enemy. He was none other than Bai Youzhe.

Ignoring Huang Jiu's vigilance, Bai Youzhe directly walked towards Gu Yuena with a frown. He sat down next to Gu Yuena, trying to stay as calm as possible and not doing anything reckless in panic.

It seemed like he knew what happened to Gu Yuena.

Bai Youzhe used soul force to control Gu Yuena's uncontrollable soul force, then stimulated her consciousness from having an accident while trying to wake her up from a nightmare.

"Nana, hang on."

Gu Yuena's body was already engulfed in pitch-black energy. Bai Youzhe could not pull out the mark that Li Hua had given her, could only temporarily seal it and restore Gu Yuena's consciousness.

Bai Youzhe tried to remain calm. He had a few times of chaos in his mind, which made his soul power less stable. If it continued like this, he could hurt Gu Yuena. That was why Bai Youzhe closed her eyes, not wanting to look at Gu Yuena for a while to keep her heart calm and be able to seal Li Hua's nightmare magic without hurting her.

Suppressing nightmare magic requires a lot of power in order to shrink its effects. It also requires Gu Yuena's own help to fight her nightmare.

However, with Gu Yuena's mentally chaotic, it would be difficult for her to get up. The various kinds of painful memories continued to hit him all the way to the deepest abyss and were swallowed up by the darkness.

Gu Yuena was filled with fear. He just sat quietly down bowed while enduring the emotional turmoil that affected his mentality. Until finally the white figure approached her, only then did Gu Yuena release the void in her eyes.

Her irises were still gray, but she could see everything in the nightmare including the figure that came into her life. It was a small, jade-white creature with four pairs of tiny legs. His eyes were dark blue and looked at Gu Yuena with a complicated reaction.

Gu Yuena was silent for a while when she saw him. He touched the little creature's head, whereas the creature let in happily and enjoyed the gentle swab of Gu Yuena's hand.

Gu Yuena involuntarily smiled. "It turns out you've come."

However, Gu Yuena's smile turned into nothingness once the small figure was drawn into the air unexpectedly. He seemed to be sucked into something strong in the sky, but had no idea what drew him.

Gu Yuena stood up and anxiously grabbed him, but the small figure flew very high. While Gu Yuena lost her ability to fly and was very frightened as the little creature flew higher and higher until it was invisible.

Gu Yuena was unable to say anything, let alone call out to him. His neck was suffocating. He was frightened once again and became dazed.

"No ... don't go ...."

His legs felt limp once again as if his world was completely shattered. He sat back and looked at her with a blank look.

At the same time, Bai Youzhe spewed out a mouthful of blood. He entered into Gu Yuena's nightmare as Xiao Lin to awaken Gu Yuena's spirit, but the nightmare magic was too powerful and took it out forcibly. He almost succeeded!

The nightmare magic had been sealed, but Gu Yuena experienced total destruction that made her unable to awaken. Although he had already calmed down, no longer shaking, he was still trapped and had yet to wake up.

Bai Youzhe was speechless when she saw Gu Yuena's condition there. Gu Yuena did not cry, but her eyes looked empty in the absence of life. He did not have the spirit like Gu Yuena he knew.

"Mrs ...." Bai Youzhe could not help any further and hugged Gu Yuena with mixed feelings. He hugged Gu Yuena very tightly, as if he would leave if released.

The two exist in their respective worlds, although in reality they are together and very close. It hurts more than any other breakup.

"Nana, wakeup. I'd do anything for you. Even if you want my life, I will give it to you without asking. I'm not gonna bother you. I won't stop you even if you do something crazy. I will never punish you, nor will I let you go as you please. As long as you stay alive and happy, I won't interfere."

Bai Youzhe could not help the turmoil in her heart. He felt that he would truly lose Gu Yuena despite being in his arms. Being trapped in a nightmare for good is like death. Bai Youzhe would do everything she could to keep Gu Yuena from dying. He could not see Gu Yuena dead!

He no longer cared how Gu Yuena looked at him and the world. He did not care about what Gu Yuena would do dangerously or not. If it was a danger, he would bear everything. He only cared about Gu Yuena's safety and happiness.

In this world, no one was more important than Gu Yuena. Bai Youzhe could not live without him.

If the nightmare could be moved, Bai Youzhe would bear it so Gu Yuena would be fine. He no longer looked like the ruler of a world, but rather a fragile man that his partner had left behind.

Inside the room, no one dared to disturb the two. Huang Jiu was pulled away by Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei. The three of them had yet to tell the other phoenix. Given Gu Yuena's temperament, the woman would not let others know of her condition. That's why he kicked everyone out.

They did not dare to think about what had really happened. Gu Yuena looked very calm and empty with her eyes closed and a pale and cold look. No one dared to think about what happened.

Even Bai Youzhe who was usually calm and easy to identify everything, did not want to think about the worst thing in her life.

Gu Yuena is alive! He was just waiting for her to come and take her out of the nightmare. Bai Youzhe believed that.

But already a few days had passed, he was still in the same position as if the time passed was only a few hours.

Gu Yuena was still soundly asleep.