The moment the kiss fell, a pure white light illuminated Zhang Ye's body.
It was as if something had returned.
His eyelids fluttered, and under Hainowei's expectant gaze, he opened his eyes.
The instant he saw Hainowei, Zhang Ye bolted upright, exclaiming in shock, “Hainowei, did... did you die too?!”
Looking at Zhang Ye's stunned expression, Hainowei couldn't help but burst into a laugh, but as she laughed, tears welled up and spilled over once more.
She threw her arms around Zhang Ye's neck, throwing herself into his embrace.
“You're back... That's all that matters, you're back...”
Zhang Ye looked at Hainowei in his arms, then took in the devastation surrounding them, finally realizing what had happened.
“I'm not dead?”
“Indeed, you are not dead,” Ella said as she floated over. “She merged her origin clone into your body, bringing you back from the brink of death.”
Hearing this, Zhang Ye looked down at Hainowei with boundless gentleness in his eyes.
“You gave me your origin, so what about you?” Zhang Ye asked. He could clearly sense that Hainowei's presence had grown weak, her mana fluctuations dropping below Saint-tier, and the legs she had previously manifested had turned back into a fish tail.
Hainowei rested her head against his chest, shaking her head lightly. “I'm fine. It's just an origin clone. As long as you could come back...”
Zhang Ye offered a gentle smile.
He could feel his heart beating like the surging ocean, brimming with boundless vitality. In particular, he felt a strange surge of power settling within him, making him feel... that his kidneys were full of vigor!
Among the five internal organs, the kidneys corresponded to water. Hainowei merging her origin into Zhang Ye's body was like giving his kidneys a massive, supercharged tonic.
In short, it was incredibly potent.
His stamina was maxed out!
Don't misunderstand—this was referring to Zhang Ye's physical stamina. Hainowei's origin had boosted his physical constitution by several tiers, making his stamina recovery extraordinarily fast. As a result, he had become a man of supreme endurance!
This was every man's dream!
Zhang Ye couldn't help but feel immense gratitude toward Hainowei.
“Thank you!” Zhang Ye said sincerely.
Hainowei shook her head softly without speaking, but her watery eyes conveyed everything left unsaid.
She tilted her face up with an exquisitely beautiful smile, her blushing cheeks making her look even more adorable.
However, a moment later, her expression shifted to utter astonishment as she pointed beneath Zhang Ye. “Ye, there's a snake under you!”
“A snake?” Zhang Ye froze. He looked down, and his face instantly flushed beet red.
His school uniform had long been disintegrated by that golden beam, so at this moment... he was stark naked.
Zhang Ye burned with embarrassment. Then, he saw Hainowei condense an orb of water in her small hand and reach toward his lower half. “I'll help you chase it away...”
Zhang Ye: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ!!!
Zhang Ye hastily used Blink to put distance between them. He then scrambled to pull out 【Sunshine Knight】 from his spatial ring and put it on, a look of lingering dread on his face.
If you chase that away... my bloodline ends here...
Hainowei tilted her head, looking at Zhang Ye. “That snake...”
“That wasn't a snake...” Zhang Ye broke into a cold sweat. Has this girl lived for a million years without basic common sense?
“Then what is it?” Hainowei asked, her face filled with curiosity.
“Uh... that's the second male lead,” Zhang Ye said.
“The second male lead?” Hainowei grew even more confused.
Seeing that she was about to ask more, Zhang Ye hurriedly cut her off. “Alright, children shouldn't ask so many questions. Let me get us out of here before more people from the Holy See chase us down. I really don't want to die a second time.”
Hainowei immediately nodded with a serious look upon hearing that.
Suddenly, Zhang Ye paused slightly, his eyes softening completely.
He sensed Gujiu's call.
Through their mental connection, Zhang Ye spoke gently.
“Don't cry, Gujiu. Big Brother is fine now. Don't cry, okay?”
“Alright, Big Brother promises you, nothing bad will happen. Don't worry.”
“Mhm, Big Brother loves Gujiu too. There's no need to worry.”
“Big Brother still has things to do. When I get back, I'll make something delicious for you.”
Cutting off the connection, Zhang Ye let out a long breath. He then opened a spatial gate and pulled Hainowei inside. After traveling over a thousand li away, the two arrived in a forest, allowing Zhang Ye to finally breathe a bit easier.
“Does losing that origin affect you in any way?” Zhang Ye asked Hainowei.
Hainowei nodded. “Without that origin, the recovery rate of my main body and clones will slow down. But it's fine; this was just one of my origin clones, so the impact isn't too great. Given some time, my main body's origin will recover on its own.”
Hearing this, Zhang Ye breathed a sigh of relief. However, his gaze suddenly sharpened as he sensed something strange about this forest.
While other forests were lush and green, the branches and leaves here were withered and yellowed, as if their life force had been sucked dry, leaving the place thoroughly lifeless.
Furthermore, within Zhang Ye's perception, there were hardly any living creatures within a radius of over ten kilometers.
Moreover, Zhang Ye picked up a distinct aura.
A demon presence.
Are there Demon Realm creatures here?
Although the only Demon Realm creatures Zhang Ye had encountered so far were Gujiu and Tei Tei—who were both adorable—Tei Tei's offspring had already shown him just how brutal and terrifying Demon Realm creatures could be. Thus, Zhang Ye immediately heightened his vigilance.
After waking up, not only were his injuries completely healed, but thanks to the power of the Water Spirit Origin clone, his physical constitution had also significantly strengthened. He was now just one step away from Tier Ten Newly Advanced, confident that a little more training would allow him to break through.
Zhang Ye looked around; this place gave him an uncomfortable feeling.
Just where did I teleport to?
Out of caution, Zhang Ye decided it was best to leave first. After all, the protective power on him was gone, and Parallel Guardian was destroyed as well.
Moreover, because Hainowei had given her origin clone to Zhang Ye, her own power had been weakened to Tier Nine. Her combat strength was currently diminished, and she no longer had the means to communicate with her main body to draw upon greater power.
If they encountered a powerful creature right now, it would be extremely dangerous.
However, just as Zhang Ye was about to leave with Hainowei, a terrifying surge of energy suddenly appeared in his perception, approaching at an extraordinary speed.
The aura radiated by that presence made Zhang Ye's brow twitch.
It was an extremely dense dark presence, intertwined with lingering Demon Realm aura.
Compared to dark energy, Demon Realm energy was far more terrifying. Dark energy could simply be dark-attribute mana, but Demon Realm energy could only come from the Demon Realm itself. This meant that the entity possessed some connection to the Demon Realm.
In that case, it definitely wasn't anything good!
In his eyes, the Demon Realm was likely a terrifying realm akin to hell, filled with death and tyranny.
Without hesitation, Zhang Ye immediately opened a spatial gate, intending to grab Hainowei and retreat.
However, the moment the spatial gate materialized, space violently trembled. The gate turned from blue to red and rapidly snapped shut. Zhang Ye scrambled backward in a flash, narrowly avoiding having his head sliced off by the collapsing spatial gate.
Instantly, Zhang Ye's expression darkened.
They can interfere with space?!
That means the opponent is either a Saint-tier above Five-star, or a space-attribute mage!
At the enemy's speed, a distance of ten kilometers wouldn't take long to cross. Knowing things were looking grim, Zhang Ye immediately conjured chains to bind Hainowei's slender waist and secured her onto his back.
“Hold on tight!” Zhang Ye said.
Hainowei immediately wrapped her arms tightly around Zhang Ye's waist, resting her cheek against his broad back, her face filled with bliss.
|ू>ω<)~
Blazing white flames exploded beneath Zhang Ye's feet as the two shot into the sky, their speed soaring exponentially.
Moving faster and faster, their speed eventually matched that of the approaching presence!
That entity was over ten kilometers away, but just as Zhang Ye could perceive him, he could naturally perceive Zhang Ye as well. He was instantly taken aback.
A Tier Nine has such terrifying speed?!
Keep in mind, I am a Four-star Saint-tier!
Yet in the next instant, a cold sneer broke out on his face.
Comparing mobility with a space user?
A pitch-black spatial gate opened before him. He charged right in, and when he reappeared, he was already standing directly in front of Zhang Ye!
Seeing the newcomer, Zhang Ye instinctively cast an analysis, and his heart sank to the very bottom.
【Danila Beckman: Four-star Saint-tier. Possesses powerful spatial mana fluctuations within his body, but it has been converted by dark power, granting him the dark attribute!】
【Dark Power: Originates from the same source as demonized power, hailing from the Demon Realm!】
Leona had once mentioned that the Dark Demon Cult was closely connected to the Demon Realm. On the chest of the black robe worn by the man in front of him was an emblem resembling a black hole.
Zhang Ye had read about it in the literature.
That was the emblem of the Dark Demon Cult!
This guy was a Dark Demon Cultist!
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