Chapter 81

Watching Xu Ziyyan, who had already left and disappeared in the wind and snow, Xu Lin finally left the talisman array, landing on the snow-covered ground. His heart was suspended, nervously watching the talisman array in the sky, listening to the rumbling sounds inside.

At this moment, the snow was falling even more heavily, the snow on the ground had already covered the ankles, and visibility was less than five meters.

Xu Ziyyan, who was rushing through the heavy snow, suddenly stopped and shouted to Xu Wenli and Han Yue, who were flying on their swords in the sky:

"Wait for me here!"

After saying this, Xu Ziyyan turned and rushed back.

"Ziyyan!"

Xu Wenli hurriedly shouted, but Xu Ziyyan's figure had already rushed out more than five meters and disappeared in the wind and snow. Xu Wenli and Han Yue exchanged a helpless glance and had to land, standing there to wait.

After leaving Xu Wenli and Han Yue by dozens of meters, Xu Ziyyan activated the concealment function of the snow power and instantly disappeared in the wind and snow.

At this moment, Xu Lin was standing below the talisman array, looking up at the array in the sky. The strong wind and heavy snow whistled past his ears, hitting his face, almost making him unable to open his eyes.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the wind and snow behind Xu Lin. The hand gave a thumbs up and touched Xu Lin's ear, causing Xu Lin's body to soften and fall backward.

The owner of the hand emerged from the wind and snow, it was Xu Ziyyan, who had returned. One hand held the fallen Xu Lin, the other hand took the top-grade fifth-rank talisman from Xu Lin's hand and put it in the storage bag. Then, she turned and carried Xu Lin on her back, rushing toward the direction of Zhongdu City in the wind and snow.

Soon, Xu Ziyyan returned to where Xu Wenli, Han Yue, and Xu Yundong were waiting, handed Xu Lin to Xu Wenli, and said softly:

"Take him back to the family, hurry up and go!"

After saying this, she turned and rushed back in the direction she came from, disappearing in the wind and snow in an instant.

Seeing Xu Ziyyan leave, Xu Wenli put Xu Lin on her back and shouted: "Let's go!"

Then she flew on her sword, and Han Yue also carried Xu Yundong and flew on his sword, heading toward Zhongdu City.

Xu Ziyyan returned to below the talisman array, looking up at the array in the sky. Inside the array, golden light flickered, and the rumbling sounds continued. The light of the array was rapidly dimming, and it was about to be breached.

"Here, it's only five li from Zhongdu City. As long as we can hold on for a little longer, Xu Wenli and the others will return to the family."

Thinking of this, Xu Ziyyan raised her hands and continuously cast a series of complex hand seals. Finally, she stretched out her hand toward the array in the sky, and the array, which was trapping Yang Leng and others, slowly descended and finally landed in front of Xu Ziyyan.

At this moment, Xu Ziyyan's storage bag contained only one top-grade fifth-rank talisman, which she kept for her last defense. Xu Ziyyan now wanted to delay the array a bit longer, and she was not very worried about her own safety. She still had a fifth-rank talisman, and she could also hide in the wind and snow, so it was not impossible to escape. Therefore, she returned to knock out Xu Lin and stayed here.

Xu Ziyyan extended one hand and pressed it on the main talisman of the array, continuously injecting her true essence into the talisman. Instantly, the light of the array shone again, and the array, which was about to collapse, stabilized once more.

The sounds inside the array paused for a moment, followed by angry shouts and rumbling sounds.

The light of the array dimmed again, and Xu Ziyyan had to input her true essence once more. Supporting the large array required more spiritual power than Xu Ziyyan had imagined. In just a few breaths, her true essence was almost completely depleted.

At this moment, Xu Ziyyan was inwardly cursing. When her hand touched the array, the array began to continuously absorb her true essence, making it impossible for her to stop. Her true essence was almost exhausted, but the array continued to draw from her body.

Xu Ziyyan's eyes widened, and she looked at the array in front of her with reluctance. She was very clear that in a few more breaths, her life would end here. Xu Ziyyan never thought that the array she set up would ultimately take her life.

"Crack~~"

Xu Ziyyan clearly heard a crisp sound from inside her body. Suddenly, a large amount of dense, almost liquid-like spiritual power surged from more than a dozen acupoints in her body. In an instant, it filled her meridians and her dantian. Even though the array continuously drew from her, it could not satisfy the outpouring of spiritual power.

Xu Ziyyan did not know where this spiritual power came from. She did not know why her acupoints contained such a vast amount of spiritual power. She did not know that this was the result of her three-day coma in the spirit spring on Cangmang Mountain, where the essence of the spring filled her 365 acupoints. The outpouring was just from the spiritual power in a dozen of her acupoints.

However, Xu Ziyyan did not have time to think about these things. Her body was now in extreme pain. Her true essence had almost been drained by the array, like a dried-up river. Now, her body was filled with spiritual power, like a river in flood, making Xu Ziyyan feel that she could be torn apart by the spiritual power at any moment, exploding into pieces.

The most unbearable was the mental fear and torment. Xu Ziyyan forced herself to endure the tearing pain in her mind, trying to guide the chaotic spiritual power in her body, but her weak strength could not control the vast amount of spiritual power. For a moment, the fierce spiritual power was like a wild horse and a roaring river, colliding and crashing inside Xu Ziyyan's body.

Xu Ziyyan's skin was covered with fine blood, and her eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. Her endurance had reached its limit.

At this moment, in the sky above Zhongdu City, the heavy snow suddenly changed its trajectory. Two long swords descended from the sky, and Xu Wenli, carrying Xu Lin, landed. Han Yue and Xu Yundong landed beside her.

They had to stop. As soon as they entered Zhongdu City, they felt a warning pressure from the city walls. After they landed, a group of people appeared in front of them, the city lord's guards.

At this moment, Xu Lin had already woken up and got off Xu Wenli's back. Seeing that he had already arrived in Zhongdu City, he knew that Xu Ziyyan must have knocked him out and had Xu Wenli bring him back to Zhongdu City, while she stayed in the dangerous place.

"Ziyyan is so brave. A woman, she actually stood up in such a dangerous moment! Moreover, she took the danger upon herself, telling us to return to Zhongdu City, but she quietly came back, knocked me out, and had someone bring me back safely to Zhongdu City!"

Thinking of this, Xu Lin turned and looked into the distance, through the heavy snow, as if he could see Xu Ziyyan's struggling figure. He closed his eyes in despair, feeling a pain in his heart, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth...