Chapter 42: I Desire Immortal Ascension (XI)
Liu Sheng drifted in a daze for an unknown period in the darkness, then suddenly heard She Chan’s ethereal voice coming from above the abyss.
“Su Jin! Su Jin! Wake up quickly!”
Liu Sheng’s consciousness rapidly withdrew from the dark abyss, and she slowly opened her eyes.
“Phew, you’re finally awake.” Seeing Liu Sheng regain consciousness, She Chan let out a long sigh, then asked doubtfully, “But why were you keeping your eyes closed?”
Beside her, Jiang Tao lay on the ground, his body trembling violently, eyes rolling back, and frothing at the mouth, muttering incoherently, clearly in a state of delirium.
At this moment, a cold, snake-like voice sounded from the side: “Do it, Senior Brother, let’s not waste any more time.”
Liu Sheng looked over abruptly, realizing it was You Yingcai, who was sitting cross-legged not far away, speaking. He should have been caught in the tian yan stone illusion as well, but he was unusually clear-headed, as if he had never participated in the enlightenment.
He slowly stood up and retreated, his head slightly bowed, his long hair hanging over his forehead, obscuring his expression. Only a sinister and cunning smile could be seen at the corners of his mouth in the shadows.
While Liu Sheng was still looking on in confusion, a tall figure blocked her view.
Then, as a cold glint flashed in that person’s hand, Jiang Tao let out a muffled groan of pain.
Before Liu Sheng and She Chan could react, they saw Jiang Tao trembling, clutching his abdomen as he collapsed to the ground. A large gash had opened on his stomach, and a large gush of blood and intestines spilled out from his abdomen. Even with his hands covering it, it was futile; he was clearly beyond saving.
Zhang Tinglin heartlessly pulled away, holding a blood-stained dagger in his hand, blood dripping from its tip.
Having dealt with one male, Zhang Tinglin’s fierce gaze turned to Liu Sheng. Liu Sheng looked much healthier than She Chan, likely due to consistently eating meat zhi, so her physical condition must be better.
Liu Sheng reacted instantly, raising a hand to summon “Mama.”
However, Little Tentacle did not appear.
She couldn’t sense Little Tentacle’s presence!
In that split second of emptiness, Liu Sheng had already missed her chance.
Zhang Tinglin, like a leopard, burst forth with astonishing speed, pouncing in front of Liu Sheng. The cold, gleaming dagger in his hand instantly cut through the air, slicing through the silence like lightning.
Zhang Tinglin’s speed was too fast; he was clearly a trained fighter.
But Liu Sheng’s heart tightened. Faced with Zhang Tinglin’s sudden attack, she only had time to push She Chan aside, roll on the ground, and dodge with extreme agility. The sharp dagger, originally aimed at her chest, plunged into her right arm, creating a large gash.
Liu Sheng clutched her right arm, her entire face contorted in pain.
Zhang Tinglin, with a sinister expression, pulled out the dagger and struck again.
Liu Sheng also had a dagger, but her right arm was injured, so she could only continue to roll and dodge.
A cold flash passed, Liu Sheng crouched down, clutching her bleeding right arm, hiding behind the tian yan stone. The dagger just barely grazed over her head, several strands of her hair being cut off.
Just at this critical moment, She Chan’s voice came like a heaven-sent salvation: “Put down your knife, or I’ll kill your Junior Brother!”
The tense atmosphere between Liu Sheng and Zhang Tinglin was instantly torn apart, and everyone’s gaze turned to She Chan.
She Chan had instantly flown to You Yingcai, who had retreated to the edge of the square, and subdued him with a series of moves. One hand tightly gripped You Yingcai’s hands, while the other held a sharp small knife close to his vulnerable throat.
It turned out that She Chan, who seemed the weakest, also possessed martial arts skills, though she specialized in agility. In a head-on confrontation, she, who had been hungry for a long time and lived from hand to mouth, would certainly not be able to defeat Zhang Tinglin.
So She Chan was very clever. She realized that You Yingcai was the dominant one of the two, and he seemed much weaker than her, so it was better to capture the leader first.
She threatened Zhang Tinglin, her eyes filled with determination and warning, as the small knife drew a shallow line of blood on You Yingcai’s neck.
You Yingcai’s head was bowed, his smile becoming even more eerie in the shadows. He quietly observed everything unfolding before him, like a bystander, as if the small knife wasn’t pressed against his neck.
Zhang Tinglin stopped, his eyes hesitant, his hand itching to move.
Liu Sheng seized this opportunity, retreating backward while keeping a close eye on Zhang Tinglin, her heart pounding.
Suddenly, You Yingcai let out a soft chuckle, a surprisingly loud sound in the frozen standoff.
“Senior Brother, why aren’t you moving? Stop playing,” You Yingcai said indifferently.
Then She Chan cried out in pain, and the small knife in her hand clattered to the ground. A hairpin was deeply embedded in her right hand.
Liu Sheng didn’t know how You Yingcai did it, but clearly, She Chan had underestimated You Yingcai.
Then You Yingcai picked up the small knife from the ground and ruthlessly stabbed She Chan.
You Yingcai’s words also signaled Zhang Tinglin, who once again transformed into an attacking arrow, charging directly at Liu Sheng. This time, his dagger carried a fatal gleam, fiercely stabbing towards Liu Sheng…
Liu Sheng fell to the ground, seeing She Chan collapse in a pool of blood, the small knife still falling, blood splattering, accompanied by You Yingcai’s clear laughter…
Liu Sheng vaguely heard Zhang Tinglin’s voice: “Now the blood of three people should be enough. That… it was said that only by soaking it with the fresh blood of someone who has connected with the tian yan stone can the characters appear…”
“Wait, it seems…”
Finally, there were endless screams…
…
“Su Jin! Su Jin! Wake up quickly!”
Liu Sheng heard She Chan’s voice, and her consciousness rapidly withdrew from the dark abyss, but she did not fully retract her consciousness into her body; instead, she extended it outward to “survey” her surroundings.
She Chan anxiously shook Liu Sheng’s body, her expression genuinely concerned.
Jiang Tao trembled on the ground, his mouth opening and closing, mumbling incomprehensible words.
Everything was exactly as she had just seen it.
And Zhang Tinglin was waking You Yingcai, his peripheral vision constantly darting towards Liu Sheng, his eyes filled with undisguised ruthlessness. You Yingcai also slowly woke up, feigning exhaustion, leaning on Zhang Tinglin for support, and seizing the opportunity to look up and exchange a glance with Zhang Tinglin, as if ready to erupt at any moment.
This must be what the female Instructor called “Divine Sense.”
With her Divine Sense extended, everyone’s expressions and actions were fully observed, completely matching the situation she had just witnessed in the abyss.
Liu Sheng didn’t know why the tian yan stone had such an effect, and it seemed only she had triggered it.
It was probably her meditation method that had once again proven effective.
She guessed that perhaps this tian yan stone had some kind of precognitive or deductive ability. Of course, she thought the latter was more likely. The ability to foresee could disrupt Karma, which was too Heaven-Defying, and not only shouldn’t appear in this Immortal Ascension preschool, but shouldn’t even appear in the human world.
Perhaps the moment they entered the square, everyone lost themselves when looking at the tian yan stone, inadvertently dropping all their pretenses and masks. The power within the tian yan stone captured everyone’s intentions, constantly calculating and deducing, and her invested Divine Sense happened to capture it.
No wonder this tian yan stone was called the “tian yan stone.”
Liu Sheng slowly stood up, smiled at She Chan, indicating that she was fine, then turned to Zhang Tinglin and You Yingcai.
The Dao has fifty, Heaven-deduces forty-nine, and humanity escapes one.
No matter how thorough the calculation, as long as human thought exists, there will always be variables.
Liu Sheng, who now had some understanding of computer science, deeply appreciated this.
Since Liu Sheng already knew the outcome of the deduction, let her be that variable now.
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