Chapter 19

In the midst of cherry blossom petals dancing in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of the promise written inside.

Countless wind spirits surged out of the cave like a volcanic eruption or a flood, rushing towards Bai Cangdong and his companions. Although they were all baron-level wind spirits, their sheer numbers were overwhelming.

Bai Cangdong and his companions all turned pale. Out of the six of them, one had fainted, and the other four had almost no fighting power left. Only Li Xiangfei, who had just been promoted to viscount, still had the ability to fight.

The wind spirits moved slowly, but Li Xifeng and the others, who were already exhausted, had no strength to flee. In the blink of an eye, they were overwhelmed by the flood of wind spirits.

A strong golden light burst from Li Xiangfei's body, forming a protective shield that enveloped Bai Cangdong and the others.

The wind spirits collided with the golden light, their translucent bodies partially dispersing. Despite this, they continued to charge at the shield without fear of death.

The viscount-level divine light was very powerful, but unfortunately, Li Xiangfei had just been promoted to viscount, and her divine light was still in its initial stage. With the overwhelming number of wind spirits, each one charging at the shield without fear, Li Xiangfei struggled to maintain it.

"Miss Xiangfei, you should go. We are beyond saving," Li Xifeng sighed, seeing Li Xiangfei gritting her teeth to hold the shield.

"You came for me, how can I leave you behind? If we must die, let's die together," Li Xiangfei said resolutely.

Although death was imminent, Li Xifeng and the others were moved by her words.

Luo Ge shouted, "With Miss Xiangfei's words, we will die without regret. Miss Xiangfei, you should go. Don't make this futile sacrifice. In the future, you can kill these wind spirits to avenge us."

"I will never abandon you," Li Xiangfei's eyes flashed with pain, but she quickly became determined.

At this moment, Bai Cangdong took out the Jade Essence Pill and swallowed it without hesitation. He felt a warm current spread through his body, and his strength returned.

"Old Bai, you're okay..." Li Xifeng looked at the strong Bai Cangdong in surprise.

Li Xiangfei was also delighted, "Bai Cangdong, let's fight our way out together."

Bai Cangdong shook his head and ignored Li Xiangfei, dashing into the wind spirits like an arrow from a bow, quickly disappearing from sight.

"You..." Li Xiangfei was so angry she couldn't speak.

Bai Cangdong couldn't care less about Li Xiangfei's thoughts. He knew that even if he and Li Xiangfei worked together, they couldn't possibly escape with Li Xifeng and the others. They would all die in the end.

The only way to save them was to break out of Li Feng Island and seek help from the Silver Knight. Only then would Li Xifeng and the others have a chance to survive.

After leaving Li Xiangfei and the others' sight, Bai Cangdong immediately summoned the Lingluo Sword and began a frenzied slaughter, cutting through the wind spirits. The wind spirits, being undead, had different vital points from humans and even different from the Skull Crushers. With no time to test their vital points, Bai Cangdong used all his strength with each strike, hoping to carve a bloody path and quickly return to the ship to seek help from the Silver Knight.

A single wind spirit was no threat to a baron, but countless wind spirits gathered together were a different story. Each wind spirit released a small wind blade, which Bai Cangdong could easily destroy. However, when dozens or hundreds of wind blades came at him at once, without his divine light, even with his divine sword skills, he couldn't block them all.

After barely rushing out for less than five miles, Bai Cangdong's White Wolf Armor was tattered and bloody, almost turning his pure white armor red.

"This way, it's impossible to survive and break out of Li Feng Island," Bai Cangdong noticed that more wind spirits were surging out of the cave, spreading in all directions.

The Blade Step was almost useless in the flood of wind spirits. To weave through the gaps, there had to be gaps to weave through. Now, the wind spirits were so numerous that the only way out was to force a bloody path.

"The island has undergone a change; the Silver Knight should have noticed it," Bai Cangdong looked towards the direction of the ship, but saw only countless wind spirits.

Boom!

A red-black light column shot into the sky, and Bai Cangdong's face turned green.

"The Undead Altar has appeared!" Bai Cangdong exclaimed. With the current number of wind spirits on Li Feng Island, the appearance of the Undead Altar meant certain death for everyone, with no hope of survival. Seeking help from the Silver Knight had become a laughable dream. Even if the Baron of Doulun came, it would be impossible to breach the Undead Altar's area.

Seeing the red-black light envelop the sky and the wind spirits becoming increasingly frenzied, their white translucent bodies turning crimson, Bai Cangdong steeled his resolve and charged towards the location of the Undead Altar.

The viscount-level wind spirits had been killed, and the wind spirits surging out of the cave were all baron-level. If there were no other viscount-level undead, the only guardians of the Eternal Crystal would be these baron-level wind spirits.

No matter how much the baron-level wind spirits mutated, they were still baron-level. Like the Skull Crushers, although they became ferocious after mutation, they lacked the Undead Light and were still within Bai Cangdong's range to kill.

"The only way to survive now is to charge up the altar and shatter the Eternal Crystal," Bai Cangdong, ignoring his injuries, held the Lingluo Sword in one hand and summoned the pure white Knight's Great Sword in the other, swinging them wildly as he charged towards the Undead Altar.

In the past, when Bai Cangdong practiced the Pain Blade Technique with the pure white Knight's Great Sword, due to his lack of strength, he couldn't use it with one hand for long periods, so he alternated between his left and right hands, giving him the ability to use the Pain Blade Technique with both hands.

Bai Cangdong had never tried using both hands for the Pain Blade Technique before, but now, under duress, using both hands unexpectedly increased his combat power.

However, the pure white Knight's Great Sword was incredibly heavy, while the Lingluo Sword was light as a feather. Controlling both was difficult, and at first, Bai Cangdong made frequent mistakes, increasing his injuries. But as time passed, under the pressure of intense combat and the threat of death, his dual-sword coordination improved, and his mistakes decreased. In the flood of mutated wind spirits, he actually carved out a bloody path and reached the Undead Altar.

"There really are no viscount-level undead guarding it!" Seeing only some mutated baron-level wind spirits on the altar, Bai Cangdong was almost ecstatic.

Without hesitation, he charged up the altar with his dual swords, and even the mutated wind spirits couldn't stop him for a moment.

Bang!

This wasn't the first time Bai Cangdong had shattered the Eternal Crystal, and he felt no special sensation, but he saw a transparent, colorless crystal plate fall from the broken Eternal Crystal.

Bai Cangdong only saw the words "Wind Spirit" written on it, and without time to examine it, he grabbed it and quickly ran down the altar, watching as the altar disappeared in the distorted space.

With the Undead Altar gone, the wind spirits returned to normal, but their large numbers still posed a significant threat. Bai Cangdong, who had just used all his strength to reach the Undead Altar, now felt his strength rapidly draining, and the continuous bleeding from his injuries made him even weaker.

Bai Cangdong had no choice but to rely on his will to survive, charging towards the ship, his consciousness beginning to blur.

At the cave entrance, Li Xiangfei was almost out of divine light. As a newly promoted viscount, her divine light was already weak, and maintaining such a large shield to protect several people was a miracle in itself.

"Am I going to die? Perhaps dying now is a form of relief!" The light on Li Xiangfei's body flickered and broke, and she closed her eyes quietly.

Boom!

A silver light like a giant sword descended from the sky, instantly killing hundreds of wind spirits. The figure of the Silver Knight appeared, quickly rushing to the exhausted Li Xiangfei.

"Your subordinate failed to protect you, and I deserve the death penalty. Please punish me, Miss," the Silver Knight knelt before Li Xiangfei.

"Uncle Silver, don't be like that," Li Xiangfei quickly helped the Silver Knight up.

"Miss, we can't stay here. The Li Feng wind is about to blow, and we must leave quickly," the Silver Knight said solemnly.

"Yes, we must leave immediately," Li Xiangfei emphasized the word "we" and then helped Li Xifeng and the others.

The Silver Knight nodded inwardly, "Miss, please rest assured. Your subordinate will ensure your and their safe departure from Li Feng Island."

The Silver Knight's divine light was incredibly powerful, and with a wave of his hand, he could kill hundreds of wind spirits. The wind spirits dared not approach him, and even with a comatose Li Yan and the weakened Li Xifeng and others, their speed was still very fast.

"Wait a moment," halfway through, the Silver Knight suddenly stopped, leaping a few times to a cave entrance and carrying someone out.

"Ah, it's Old Bai. Is he still alive?" Li Xifeng saw Bai Cangdong covered in blood, with almost no intact parts, and asked in shock.

"He's not dead. This kid has a strong will to live. Despite his injuries, none of them are fatal. If I hadn't heard the sound of him falling and rescued him, he would have been torn apart by the wind spirits. However, with such injuries, it will take at least a year or two to recover," the Silver Knight said.

"Hmph, a despicable person who abandons his friends deserves to die," Li Xiangfei said coldly.

"Miss, what happened?" the Silver Knight frowned.

"Old Bai must have gone to seek help from the Silver Knight, which is why he left first. Miss Xiangfei, don't misunderstand," Li Xifeng said before Li Xiangfei could speak.

Seeing Li Xifeng's words, Li Xiangfei didn't say much more. Under the protection of the Silver Knight, they safely returned to the ship.

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(End of the chapter)