Chapter 674: I Came, I Died, I Lived Again

Chapter 674: I Came, I Died, I Lived Again

“Ooo... ooo...”

It was at this moment a tiny head crawled out of the ground. When Giggle saw that Ye Qing—still suspended in the air by the Dragon Binding Chains—wasn’t moving at all, it grew anxious and appeared on top of Ye Qing’s shoulder. Then, it gave his shirt a tug.

In the past, Ye Qing would look at Giggle, give it a sunny smile, and play with it as soon as it tugged his shirt. But this time, Ye Qing did not wake up. Forget playing with it, he wasn’t even looking at its direction.

Once, twice, thrice, and still Ye Qing did not awake. Sorrow slowly began to enter Giggle’s expression, and the loneliness welling in its eyes looked so thick it was as if it would never fade.

Back at the Celestial Spring, it had witnessed many, many people who never awoke again after they fell asleep like this.

The humans called it death. Some also called it the eternal parting.

That was how Giggle knew that it had lost a good friend.

That was how Giggle knew that it was alone once more.

“I completely forgot about this little thing due the all the excitement. Don’t let it escape. If it wasn’t for it, Innocent would’ve been fine, and our sect would not have suffered such a tribulation.”

Yue Hualong, Yun Chaoyu, Zhao Yuanrong and Yu Ningxin reappeared beside Yu Longzi.

“Don’t worry. The Dragon Subjugating Array is still functioning. There’s nowhere for it to run.”

“I’ll go and catch it then.” Yue Hualong let out a sinister laugh.

“Don’t kill it, Hualong,” Yu Longzi warned. “That little lotus Stranger is a natural Spirit Root. It is exactly what we need to secure its destiny right now.”

“Don’t worry. I promise I’ll treat it well.”

Yue Hualong let out another sinister laugh before leaping onto the Dragon Subjugating Platform and toward Giggle.

“To think that a mere livestock would have real emotions. How laughable.”

Giggle did not try to run even though Yue Hualong was right next to it. Eyes dripping with disdain, he sneered, “In that case, I’ll be sure to give your friend the best ‘treatment’ right before your eyes! Hahahaha!”

Yue Hualong laughed like a madman as he made a grab for Giggle. However, when his hand was three inches away from the little Stranger, he suddenly found himself unable to move an inch further.

Strength wise, Yu Longzi was on par with some newly ascended Grandmasters. Even so, he wasn’t confident that he could survive the Dragonslaying Blade at all. However, the young man had done what he thought was impossible.

If this Joyless Ye was a Grandmaster, he would have accepted it as a matter of course. But no, he was just a middle-stage Spirit Master.

Fine, so what if he was a middle-stage Spirit Master? His body and his actual power were on the same level as a body-tempering Half-Step Grandmaster.

That was the problem though. Joyless Ye was a body-tempering warrior. He and his ilk were supposed to possess weak spirits. In reality, his spirit was strong enough to block a blow from the Dragonslaying Blade, which meant that he was also stronger than him, a Half-Step Grandmaster who specifically cultivated the spirit.

It was such a realization that he actually questioned his sanity for a moment.

I don’t need a bloody reminder that I’m not a genius, dammit!

If he wasn’t the mountain lord, if he wasn’t in the presence of many, Yu Longzi would be cussing like a ruffian right now. Seriously.

Meanwhile, Giggle was jumping and giggling like crazy when it saw that Ye Qing had awoken. It was so happy that its eyes were narrowed into tiny slits.

Ye Qing gave it a comforting pat on the head and explained smilingly, “Sorry to worry you. I wanted to tease them a little, you know?”

“Hahaha...”

Giggle giggled again, but a second later, it seemingly recalled something and grew worried. It began jabbing a finger at the exit repeatedly.

“You want me to leave?” Ye Qing asked while petting Giggle. It was clear that the little Stranger worried for his safety and wanted him to leave while he still could.

“Seriously, you don’t need to worry about me. I am fine.”

Ye Qing consoled it, “Besides, I promised I would avenge you, didn’t I? How can I leave before I fulfill my promise to you? I’m a man of my word, and I hate leaving things unfinished.”

Having said that, Ye Qing finally looked at Yu Longzi and the others and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, if you have anything else up your sleeves, now is the time to use it.”

The Dragonrider Mountain group finally jolted back to reality and stared at the beaming young man blankly.

“Otherwise, you won’t get another chance.”