Chapter 74

It was almost dark outside, with only the last ray of twilight remaining. It had been over two hours since the sun had set.

But Ningning was nowhere to be seen! Suddenly, Yangdingtian felt a chill run through his body.

Could she have left? Impossible, she absolutely couldn't have left. And most importantly, given Ningning's character, if Yangdingtian hadn't come out before sunset, she would definitely have gone into the mine to look for him.

"Ningning, Ningning!" Yangdingtian shouted loudly, but there was only an echo, no response.

Could something have happened? Could she have been captured by someone?

Suddenly, Yangdingtian was filled with anxiety and regret for not coming out immediately after killing Zhao Wujie, instead of ignoring the blood gold.

"Ningning, Ningning..." Yangdingtian shouted loudly, frantically searching everywhere.

He ran through every corner of the mine, his voice hoarse from shouting.

"I should have come out earlier, I should have come out earlier," Yangdingtian blamed himself.

"Ningning..." Yangdingtian called out again, unwilling to give up.

"Xiao Tian, run, run quickly..." Suddenly, a weak voice came from the nearby forest, it was Ximen Ningning's voice.

"Ningning..." Yangdingtian ran over in surprise and asked worriedly, "Are you hurt?"

"Don't come over, run, run..." Ningning's voice was still weak, filled with urgency.

Yangdingtian immediately rushed over.

In the woods, he saw Ximen Ningning, covered in blood, extremely pale, and sitting on the ground, barely able to hold on. Around her were four people, three men and one woman, holding weapons, ready to attack her, but they were frozen in place.

Yangdingtian was surprised to find that Ximen Ningning had frozen them, using some special secret technique. He knew that Ningning's Xuan Qi was not offensive, but he didn't expect her to have such a mysterious ability.

"Run, I can't hold on much longer, they will kill you..." Ximen Ningning whispered, then spat out a mouthful of blood, her face even more terrifying.

At the moment Ximen Ningning spat blood, one of the women seemed to be freed from the restraint, her eyes turned cold, and she lunged at Ningning with a sharp sword, shouting, "Die, you wench!"

Seeing this, Yangdingtian's eyes almost burst with rage, and he burst forth with all his strength, charging madly.

"I'll kill you..." Yangdingtian, holding the Flame Feather, pounced on the black-clothed woman in mid-air.

"Looking for death!" The black-clothed woman temporarily abandoned Ningning and turned to slash at Yangdingtian.

"Don't..." Ximen Ningning screamed.

"Die..." Yangdingtian thrust his sword at the woman's face, allowing her to strike his chest.

The woman's figure suddenly darted to avoid Yangdingtian's Flame Feather.

"Freeze..." Ningning's sharp cry instantly froze the black-clothed woman.

"Thud..." Yangdingtian's Flame Feather pierced through the black-clothed woman's head, killing her instantly, as her sword struck his chest, causing intense pain and making him spit out a mouthful of blood.

At the moment Ningning froze the black-clothed woman, the other three men regained their ability to move. Two of them attacked Ximen Ningning, while the other aimed a palm strike at Yangdingtian's head.

"Freeze..." Ningning's sharp cry froze the man attacking Yangdingtian.

"Kill..." Yangdingtian's Flame Feather sliced off the man's head.

At the same time, the other two men rushed to Ningning, one wearing a yellow robe, the other with a scarred face.

"Thud!" The yellow-robed man struck Ningning's back, sending her flying several meters, spitting out blood and crashing into a tree.

The scar-faced man formed an ice blade and shot it at Ningning's abdomen.

Yangdingtian, filled with rage, charged at the scar-faced man who had injured Ningning.

"Looking for death..." The scar-faced man sneered, his sword glowing with Xuan Qi, lunging at Yangdingtian's chest.

The third move of the Pig Slaughtering Sword Technique, decapitation.

Yangdingtian's Flame Feather slashed, but not at the man's head, but at his sword.

The scar-faced man sneered, his sword filled with Xuan Qi, which couldn't be easily broken by someone with almost no Xuan Qi.

"Thud..." But the result shocked him; his sword was directly cut in half by Yangdingtian's Flame Feather.

He was both shocked and angry, and kicked Yangdingtian in the groin.

The sixth move of the Pig Slaughtering Sword Technique, severing the limbs. Yangdingtian swung his Flame Feather, aiming for the man's right leg.

The scar-faced man was startled and tried to retreat, but another ice blade shot at Yangdingtian.

"Freeze..." Ningning, who had just regained consciousness, ignored the other man's attack and used all her strength to freeze the scar-faced man.

The scar-faced man was frozen again.

Yangdingtian's Flame Feather severed his right leg, and then the seventh move, splitting in two. The Flame Feather sliced diagonally upward, cutting the scar-faced man into two pieces, causing him to bleed to death.

At the same time, the ice blade struck Yangdingtian's thigh, making him feel numb and unable to move.

Of the four enemies, three were killed by Yangdingtian, leaving only the yellow-robed man.

Just as Yangdingtian killed the scar-faced man, the yellow-robed man, who was the leader and the strongest, struck Ningning from behind.

"Ah..." Ningning, caught off guard, cried out, her body flying toward Yangdingtian, spitting blood on his face.

Yangdingtian quickly caught Ningning and threw his Flame Feather at the last enemy.

The yellow-robed man, the leader of the group, caught the Flame Feather in mid-air and said, "The Flame Feather of the Xuantian Phoenix, a true treasure, I just destroyed my weapon, thank you!"

Yangdingtian, holding Ningning's body, rolled to the ground. Ningning was unconscious, her face pale, and her eyes closed. Yangdingtian used his last strength to take a Miao Ling Pill and put it in Ningning's mouth.

The yellow-robed man, holding the Flame Feather, walked over and looked at Ningning's alluring body, his eyes filled with lust. "What a seductive body, I'll enjoy it before I kill you."

Then he looked at Yangdingtian and said, "But you, I'll kill first."

Yangdingtian's body was already poisoned, paralyzed, and unable to move.

The yellow-robed man, holding the Flame Feather, approached step by step, and finally, he thrust it at Yangdingtian's head.

"Wait..." Yangdingtian said, "I have a sixth-grade Beast Soul Pill."

The yellow-robed man paused and said, "Thank you for telling me, but I can still get it after I kill you."

Then he thrust the Flame Feather down.

"Wait..." Yangdingtian said, "I have 450,000-year-old Blood Gold, buried in a place, I can give it to you!"

The yellow-robed man's eyes lit up with greed, looking at Ximen Ningning and reaching for her clothes. "Alright, tell me where the Blood Gold is, or I'll tear off her clothes and rape her in front of you."

To speak was death! Not to speak, Yangdingtian didn't want the man to touch Ximen Ningning.

"It's in the abandoned mine," Yangdingtian said, "but 450,000-year-old Blood Gold is just a small part, there's more inside, and only I know the way."

"Is that so?" The yellow-robed man said, "Thank you, I won't kill this woman yet, but I'll strip her and have some fun!"

The yellow-robed man's hand reached for Ningning's chest.

Yangdingtian's eyes almost burst with rage, and the paralysis and cold poison in his body suddenly disappeared.

"Ah..." Yangdingtian roared, spreading his limbs and pouncing on the scar-faced man.

Caught off guard, the scar-faced man was directly pounced on, and Yangdingtian punched his temple.

"Looking for death!" The scar-faced man, enraged, punched Yangdingtian's head.

"Freeze..." At this critical moment, a force seemed to wake Ningning, who used her last bit of Xuan Qi to freeze the man.

"Thud!" Yangdingtian punched the man's head and snatched the Flame Feather from his hand.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Yangdingtian quickly cut the man's limbs, and finally, the Flame Feather pierced his lower abdomen.

"Ah..." The yellow-robed man screamed, his body trembling violently, and his Xuan Qi in the Dantian area gushing out.

The yellow-robed man rapidly aged, his muscles quickly withering.

"Hmm..." Ningning, almost exhausted, moaned and fainted again.

"Who sent you to kill us?" Yangdingtian asked sternly.

"Go to hell..." The yellow-robed man tried to bite Yangdingtian.

Yangdingtian grabbed a dagger from the ground and stabbed the yellow-robed man's eye.

"Ah..." The yellow-robed man screamed.

"Who sent you to kill us?" Yangdingtian asked again.

"Go to hell..." The yellow-robed man roared.

Yangdingtian stabbed the man's groin.

"Ah..." The man screamed in agony.

"Who sent you to kill us?" Yangdingtian asked coldly, "Tell me, and I'll give you a quick death."

"Lord Qin, Lord Qin..." The yellow-robed man trembled and said weakly.

"Qin Shaobai? I will tear you to pieces!" Yangdingtian shouted, then stabbed the yellow-robed man's throat.

Blood spurted out, and the yellow-robed man's body convulsed a few times before dying.

After killing the yellow-robed man, Yangdingtian quickly picked up Ximen Ningning, feeling her weak breath, completely unconscious.

"Master, help me, how can I save Ningning?" Yangdingtian quickly woke up Dongfang Niemie.

Dongfang Niemie said, "Child, don't panic. She was poisoned by a cold poison. For others, it might be incurable, but for you, it's different. You have the Nine Yang Xuan Pulse, so your blood can almost cure any cold poison. Just a few drops of your blood will do."

After hearing this, Yangdingtian immediately cut his wrist, and the blood flowed directly onto Ximen Ningning's lips.

The hot blood flowed into Ningning's mouth, down her throat, and spread through her body.