Chapter 3402 — Going All Out
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Yu Xiaoke had not felt much at first, but after holding out for merely a minute, a fine layer of sweat broke out on her forehead. She felt her stamina and true qi being swallowed as if by a black hole, surging out of her body like a tide.
At that moment she understood how hard it was, with her present strength, to hold off these two before her. Their attack power consumed her stamina and true qi at a terrible rate.
But no matter what, Yu Xiaoke had to hold on, to buy Wei Zhao a chance to recover his strength and true qi. Otherwise, Wei Zhao was in danger now.
Watching Yu Xiaoke, Qiu Lingshan and the others were frantic inside, yet not one of them could help. They could not beat the biohumans; they could only stare helplessly.
"Sister Xiaoke, you have to hold on!" For all her usual cleverness, Shen Yushu was at her wits' end now and did not know what to do. "But I believe we'll surely turn the danger into safety."
"Mm…" Yu Xiaoke answered, so faintly it was barely audible. She was truly too weak; at this moment it was only faith that kept her going.
Wei Zhao was secretly frantic too, but there was nothing to be done. His injuries were too grave, and unleashing the eleventh form of the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm had drained a great deal of his stamina and true qi. Then had come another bout of dodging, and now his reserves were nearly exhausted. He could only hope Yu Xiaoke might hold out a little longer…
Time crept by, second by second. Sweat soaked the collar of Yu Xiaoke's garment. Her face was rather pale, and her body trembled a little. And yet—only two minutes had passed!
Still, all things considered, for someone of Yu Xiaoke's strength to hold off the attacks of two late Heaven rank adepts at once was already a remarkable miracle.
Hold on. I must hold on!
Yu Xiaoke kept reminding herself, but her ever-weakening strength left her unable to do as she wished. She could only overdraw and burn her own life to buy Wei Zhao a moment's safety.
Yu Xiaoke's spiritual resolve was mighty—before, it had been for the orphanage; now, it was for Wei Zhao. So she would hold on even if it killed her.
The people and things before her eyes grew blurrier and blurrier. Yu Xiaoke only gritted her teeth and mechanically worked the mantra of her technique. In that moment she seemed to feel her body grow light; even without exerting all her strength, she could still run the mantra…
Her thoughts suddenly returned to that gloomy ancient tomb. Yet what had happened there was, in Yu Xiaoke's memory, so beautiful and bright. The confession outside the tomb was forever branded in the depths of her heart, frozen in that one instant…
Slowly, she collapsed… (To be continued..) RT