The Sky Poison Pearl
Sorry I'm Late

“Let me send you out. Your friend, and the one Phoenix Clan that you have accosted are currently facing a major crisis, and only you can save them now.

As the voice of the Phoenix Spirit faded, the pair of huge golden eyes disappeared in the darkness, and the space before Yun Che's eyes immediately distorted ...

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When the seal formation had been temporarily opened, Lan Xueruo rushed out at her fastest speed, and understood the situation outside clearly in one glance. With his jade sword unsheathed, he instantly charged towards the frontmost group of black demons. The seal behind him also quickly reactivated as soon as he exited the cave.

The black demon chief did not exist, and the other three people with the power of the True Realm – Black tiger, Black Demon, and Black Wolf – seemed to be non-existent as well; this was undoubtedly the best situation for Lan Xueruo.

“The woman is out... Quick! Quickly tell the Chairman!”

Seeing Lan Xueruo rushing out, the nearby troops were also unprepared. Even before they had a chance to act and stop him, all the weapons in their hands were put away by Lan Xueruo, he could easily kill several of them with a single sword attack. However, in his heart, there was never any thought of killing people.

The tent that stored food was right in front of him, and Lan Xueruo instantly found it with a single glance. Pointing out his jade sword, his body swiftly sped forward and broke through an army of a dozen or so people. He reached the tent in less than a moment before swiftly removing the spatial ring that was on his left hand.

However, at this moment, two dangerous gusts of strong wind suddenly came from both sides. The vice-chairman of the Black Tiger and Black Wolf simultaneously jumped out from the back of the tent while laughing sinisterly; two Wolf-Fanged Pebs swung towards Lan Xueruo from both sides, and forced her to retreat quickly. Behind him, the Vice Chairman of the black demon also jumped out of nowhere. The three of them prepared their Wolf-Faced Bludgeons, surrounded Lan Xueruo, and laughed with incomparable obscenity.

“I knew you'd do something like this. Tsk tsk, we have been waiting for you for a long time.” The Black Wolf licked the corner of his lips and looked at Lan Xueruo with a gaze full of obscenity.

"This woman is actually beautiful in such a way that she really deserves to die." Looking at Lan Xueruo up close for the first time, the Black Tiger's saliva had already started flowing out uncontrollably.

“What are you spouting rubbish for! Let's go get him first. This beauty may be young, but her strength is not weaker than the Chairman; you have to be a little much careful!”

Amidst the low shout, three wolf-finged Mace swung towards Lan Xueruo from three different angles. Lan Xueruo revealed a bitter smile. Even though his strength seemed to be unaffected, in fact, under the old hunger, anxiety, and sadness, his body became extremely weak and unstable. Therefore, he could barely bring out half of his strength; not even to the point of being able to detect where the three were hiding.

Under normal circumstances, he could still deal with these three True Realm first-rankers himself, but in his current state, it was almost impossible for him to escape, let alone defeat them.

Swinging his jade sword and releasing his energy, he countered the attacks from the three with a single sword attack. However, in doing so, he nearly lost his balance from retreating. Gritting his teeth, the golden gleam in his eyes slightly wavered as he consolidated all of his energy. He did not try to continue the fight but jumped before somersaulting in midair, with the intention of escaping their siege. However, the three of them seemed to have guessed his actions long ago. Black Devil with cold laugh: “Want to run? Hehe, since you've come out, don't think that you can just go back. Heaven's Thundering Attack!”.

The Black Demon leaped right after him and ruthlessly swung his drum towards Lan Xueruo in midair. Lan Xueruo used her sword to block the attack, only stumbling as she landed. At this moment, a wild and loud laughter sounded from behind his back: “Hahahaha! Nice work! Just incredible! I have indeed not waited in vain for this past month; the beauty has delivered herself to the doorstep, Hahahaha!”

This voice made Lan Xueruo's heart suddenly shiver, as this was clearly the voice of the Black Demon.

As the sound faded, a loud gust of wind suddenly came from behind him. Lan Xueruo had nowhere to dodge, there was not even enough time to swing her sword; she could only forcefully intercept it with a swing of her hand.

Poof!!

Having run out of energy, while also in a condition of being attacked secretly, how could Lan Xueruo currently withstand a blow from the Black Demon from behind her. His delicate and fragile body was instantly blown away by the wind, and traces of blood slowly flowed into the corner of his mouth.

Lan Xueruo stood on the ground, her eyes icy cold, but her heart was instead overwhelmed with sadness: I would never think that my body was noble, she said, will be forced into an almost desperate state by a group of substandard criminals. He did not say a word; after placing his jade sword in front of his body, he prepared for the final life and death struggle.

"Tsk, hard-to-break nuts." The Black Demon squeezed his chin with his fingers, smiling increasingly dangerously as he moved closer and closer to Lan Xueruo: “It looks like you won't obey unless I drop you. 

All the groups of black demons around him let out waves of lewd laughter. The Black Demon also took a big step forward, and horizontally swung the Wolf-Fanged Bludgeon towards Lan Xueruo.

Clangs!

Clangs!

THE CLANG!!

Lan Xueruo gnashed her teeth and blocked the attack of the Black Demon with all her strength. The first punch, he took a step back; and for the second, his right arm felt a wave of numbness, almost making it fall; as for the third punch, he was instantly thrown to the ground, and the jade sword in his hand was also thrown away.

"Hehehehe," Black Demon threw the Wolf-finged Mace behind him and rubbed his hands together as he walked towards the fallen Lan Xueruo. Amidst his lewd laughter, he grabbed it with one hand.

Wusssssh........

It was at this moment that a loud, ear-piercing phoenix cry echoed near their ears, and made their ears buzz for a moment. The entire body of the black demon also froze, and stopped its movements. Even before he had time to react, he saw a huge flame suddenly break through the cave seal; it charged straight at them while carrying a heat wave.

That flaming figure was like a miniature phoenix that spread its wings and danced in the wind!

Wait a minute... Phoe... Phoenix?

Everyone's eyes immediately stared wide open with their mouths agape. While this "Phoenix", after breaking through the seal formation, flew down towards Lan Xueruo's position like a comet falling at extreme speed.

Boom!!!!

The phoenix crashed into the ground, triggering an explosion that was over fifty meters in diameter.

The Black Demon, Black Tiger, Black Demon, Black Wolf and all the Black Demon Groups nearby were all blown away by the waves of flames, and nearly lost consciousness before frantically rolling on the ground while shouting as they tried to extinguish the flames that were burning their bodies.

The Black Demon had been thrown several tens of meters back. He stood up with great difficulty before using all his strength to slap the flames on his body, and roared wildly: “WHO! WHO'S THIS!!"

As he shouted, his eyes suddenly opened wide, because as the red light from the flames slowly faded, he found countless corpses lying before his eyes. Within the radius of the explosion that was blazing just now, everyone below the fifth level of the Nascent Realm had died on the spot. Some bodies had been shattered into pieces, died without any body parts intact, while some bodies were still burning ferociously, and slowly became charred corpses that were too terrifying to be seen.

As the red glow from the flames slowly faded, at the core of the explosion, Yun Che hugged Lan Xueruo's waist and hugged her weak body with the most gentle movements. His body was also covered in a layer of faint red flames, yet it did not cause the slightest burn on Lan Xueruo's body or clothes. As he looked at his deathly pale face and the trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, he sharply felt a faint feeling coming from his body, Yun Che's heart throbbing in pain as he softly said: "Senior Brother, sorry, I'm late…"