She was somewhat distressed. Having never received any formal combat training, she was completely helpless against Cruz's fierce attacks. Moreover, time was running out.
She only needed to use her spiritual power to open his abdomen and take out the thing inside, but she couldn't even get close to him, let alone open his belly.
She had no choice but to use her spiritual power to hover in the air, keeping herself out of his reach for the time being. She was thinking about how to control Cruz when suddenly her spiritual power started to fail.
She began to fall. And Bruce swung his hammer violently towards the spot where she was falling.
She closed her eyes tightly. However, the pain she had expected didn't come. Tentatively, she opened her eyes and saw Qing Sui holding her and slowly landing on the ground.
"Girl, how come you almost lost your life just half a moment after we left?" Qing Sui said with a gentle smile as he looked at her. Seeing the beautiful face suddenly approaching, her face flushed. She pushed Qing Sui away and stepped back: "Who knew the spiritual power would suddenly disappear? Elders, why did you suddenly show up?"
"Well... we have a contract. We can sense if you're in life - threatening danger."
"Oh." When she turned back to look at Cruz still struggling with the vines, there was a hint of apology in her eyes.
"Sorry, I failed to save you. I've made you suffer all this time."
"However, his attack gave us a chance."
Yong Shanling looked at her in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"Previously, he didn't attack you, so we couldn't do anything to him. But now that he has endangered your life, we can eliminate him once and for all. This doesn't violate the contract, and we can also take out the thing in his body."
"Really... Why do you value the contract so much? Is there something special about it?"
Qing Sui was silent for a while. Looking at Cruz still fighting, he slowly said, "There's a punishment. It will make you feel excruciating pain."
Then he looked at Yong Shanling and asked with a gentle smile, "So, Master of the contract, can we start the fight?"
She nodded. In just a few seconds, the originally weak vines suddenly wrapped around Cruz's hands and feet. One of the vines turned into a huge knife, quickly, brutally, and accurately cutting open Cruz's abdomen.
"Aaaaaaah." His shrill scream echoed in the air. Then Cruz fainted.
The vines took out a seed the size of a cactus ball from his abdomen and brought it in front of Qing Sui.
With a wave of his hand, Qing Sui made the seed turn into dust and disappear: "There are no fewer heresies in this world than in our time. This sad world still hasn't changed at all..."
"Sister, I didn't find anyone."
The young girl suddenly appeared in front of the two, looking a bit disappointed as she lowered her head. Then she looked at the person on the floor. Cruz had already lost his ferocious were - wolf appearance.
The wound on his abdomen had also disappeared. His face was deathly pale, and his originally golden hair had turned black all of a sudden. Qing Yuan walked over and kicked him, but Cruz still didn't move.
"Yuan'er, don't be rude." Qing Sui thought her action was a bit improper.
"Okay." As soon as Qing Yuan finished speaking, a basin of water was poured on Cruz's face.
"Cough, cough, cough." Cruz, who was still in a deep sleep, was awakened by the icy water. The moment he opened his eyes, Qing Sui and Qing Yuan returned to the talisman at the same time.
"Our time is up today. You can handle the rest by yourself."
"See you later, little one."
After they finished speaking, the talisman in Yong Shanling's hand disappeared again. Cruz looked at her standing stupidly at the door and complained, "Why aren't you coming to help me up? Ouch, my head hurts so much. What happened to me?"
Yong Shanling helped him up. Seeing her silent, Cruz smiled.
"What's wrong? Why so gloomy?"
"Sorry, I've always been a burden to you... Maybe if you stay away from me, you won't suffer so much."
She let go of his hand as soon as she saw Cruz standing up.
"Hahaha." He couldn't help laughing when he heard her words.
"What's so funny..." She still kept her head down and didn't look at Cruz.
Then she felt a sharp pain in her head. Cruz gave her a slap on the head. The pain made her want to fight back.
"Humph, you dare to hit me! I'll hit you back!"
"Hahaha, this is the real you, Yong Shanling."
"You were being so emotional just now. It made me a bit uncomfortable."
Yong Shanling looked up into his eyes: "Do you really... not hate me?"
Cruz thought for a while and put his arm around her shoulder: "What are you talking about? We're friends. Since I'm willing to do these things with you, I'll surely bear the consequences myself."
"Hehe, as a reward, you can introduce some girls to me."
Yong Shanling seemed to remember something and nodded seriously: "Just right. I know two beautiful sisters. I can introduce them to you."
The two sisters soaking in the hot spring suddenly shivered for no reason. They felt as if they had been sold.
"Ling'er!"
"It's Uncle Shu." Hearing the voice, Yong Shanling quickly ran towards the door. Seeing the three people at the door, she felt relieved.
"Ye Lin, where did you go just now? You disappeared on the way. You really scared me."
Ye Lin was a bit happy to see her worried about him. So she cared about him...
"I don't know what happened. I didn't see you when I walked forward, so I had to return to the living room along the original path."
"But it's good that you're okay. Let's go quickly."
"Ye Sen, just open a portal." Mu Yijie put his arm around Ye Sen's shoulder casually and gave the order.
Ye Sen pushed his hand away: "I'm not your servant. Walk this short distance by yourself."
Mu Yijie shrugged. His eyes drifted past Ye Lin, with a hint of cunning in them.
"Just now Ling'er and Cruz were a bit injured. Forget it, let's just walk."
Hearing this, Ye Lin quickly ran in front of Ye Sen, looking extremely nervous: "Brother, open the teleportation array quickly. They're injured. It won't be good if we delay."
"Brother? Brother? Brother?"
Ye Sen looked at Mu Yijie who was secretly laughing, his face dark. His expression seemed to say, "You win."
Yong Shanling looked at him in confusion: "Uncle Shu, I'm not..."
Mu Yijie covered her mouth all of a sudden and said with a smile, "The battle just now has consumed a lot of energy. So it's necessary to rest. If those demons appear again on our way back, we may not have the energy to deal with them."
She thought his words made sense and highly agreed with him. But in Ye Sen's eyes, it was like a big bad wolf coaxing Little Red Riding Hood.
In the end, Ye Sen still used the teleportation array. A group of people returned to the seaside. It was already pitch - black outside.