Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?-Chapter 685: Face Slapped!

Chapter 685: Face Slapped!

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This scene happened far too suddenly.

Everyone watched as Hua Jin the True One seemed to teleport—appearing as if to snatch the Celestial Jade Marrow, but in truth she transported it to the paws of that lion-shaped spirit beast. The creature merely twitched its claws, and Hua Jin the True One, as if deliberately colliding with it, was flung away.

The entire basin fell silent.

The purple-gold colossal lion rose its head and stood at the center, its eyes like icy, stellar flames scanning the ruined battlefield, like a sovereign inspecting shattered territory.

It had just swallowed one premium Celestial Jade Marrow, and the treasure-light flowing through its body seemed even more restrained and profound.

Every muscle-like purple-gold crystal gave off a beguiling spiritual-energy ripple.

"Ah! Her Eminence!" Wang Shouyi reacted first, his eyes bloodshot. He became a streak of light and lunged for Hua Jin the True One who was embedded in the mountainside.

Flustered, he frantically pulled out the best healing pills he had.

He no longer cared about rank or whether any Kunlun Immortal Palace disciples were watching—he pried open Hua Jin the True One's mouth and shoved them in.

Hua Jin the True One's face was ashen, her breath like a fading thread. A clear claw-shaped imprint had caved in on her chest; no one could count how many bones were shattered.

Zhang Yibai also flashed over, his brows knitted, and without hesitation produced a pill the size of a dragon's eye that radiated a warm bluish light, precisely dropping it into Hua Jin the True One's mouth.

The pill melted on contact. Its potent medicinal force instantly sealed her ruptured heart meridian; at last a hint of life returned to her pale face.

Kunlun Immortal Palace's pills were simply inferior.

Hua Jin the True One had already expended a great deal fighting Chen Niu, and now she was gravely injured.

Using Kunlun Immortal Palace's pills would probably only resurrect a vegetable.

It had to be one of his Cangyun Realm-refined pills to work.

Hua Jin the True One's injuries gradually stabilized. She forced her eyes open and locked them onto the purple-gold spirit beast at the basin's center with disbelief: "I-It's the Celestial Jade Lion! It's here! A being that possesses the highest-purity Celestial Jade Marrow… one equals… countless ore veins… undying, indestructible… endlessly…"

Every few words she coughed violently, expelling bloody froth laced with bits of entrails. "This spirit beast is extremely powerful… cough cough… even above Chen Niu and me. Senior Zhang, Elder Chen, should we withdraw first?"

Hua Jin the True One could never have imagined it.

The Celestial Jade Lion, which should only appear after the Well of Heaven opened its fifth vault, had manifested now.

There was no doubt this Celestial Jade Lion was an extraordinarily rare treasure—but only if it could be subdued.

If it could not be subdued, this spirit beast would continue devouring Celestial Jade Marrow to strengthen itself.

Eventually it would grow ever mightier, with no one benefiting from it.

However, Chen Huaian and Zhang Yibai ignored the Celestial Jade Lion's threat.

The only phrases etched into their minds were—undying, indestructible, endless!

Endless what?

Need one even ask?

Obviously top-grade spirit jade!

Chen Huaian and Zhang Yibai almost turned their heads at the same time, their gazes burning as they fixed on the purple-gold giant lion.

The earlier marrow was a resource, but this living lion in front of them was a hen that laid golden eggs!

It could form the foundation to sustain a super-sect's prosperity for ten thousand years!

"I'll test its mettle!" Chen Huaian's eyes flashed with killing light. He stepped forward and was already in midair.

Somehow the River Sinker appeared in his hand. The sword hummed; its clear, ringing chant instantly ripped through the sky.

There were no flashy moves—the sword tip pointed straight at the Celestial Jade Lion's eyelid, where purple-gold flames danced.

The blade was honed like a thread of late-autumn water, moving at extreme speed with the sharpness to pierce the void.

"Storms and waves will one day be broken through; raise the sail and cross the boundless sea!"

On high, there was a celestial voice chanting.

Hua Jin the True One tried to warn them, but she coughed and could not speak.

Anxiousness shone in her eyes—this Celestial Jade Lion's defense was simply not something their level of power could break!

Sss—!

The sword tip, the sort that could pierce mountains, accurately struck the Celestial Jade Lion's closed eyelid.

There was no metallic ringing, no tearing of flesh.

Only a dull thud so numbing it made teeth ache, like a wooden mallet striking thousand-year dark iron.

Chen Huaian's pupils constricted violently.

He felt a recoil from the sword tip as if it had hit a moving fortress.

A terrifying force rolled back along the blade, shoving him so hard that his hand cracked open; blood instantly stained the hilt.

The River Sinker emitted a grievous cry under the strain. The blade bent into a heart-stopping arc and nearly snapped on the spot! He grunted and was slammed backward by the recoil, tumbling through the air for several rotations before barely regaining control. His sword hand trembled uncontrollably.

"What tough hide!" Chen Huaian's face fell; he shook his numb arm.

He admitted his main body's cultivation was a bit weak, but it should at least break a defense, right?

After all, his sword intent was top-tier he had grasped at Great Ascension Stage.

"Hmph! Let this old man handle it!" Zhang Yibai narrowed his eyes, clearly unwilling to accept defeat.

He flashed to the lion's side, a flying sword appearing in his hand that burst with blinding crimson-gold light.

His sword technique unfurled—not the concise precision of Chen Huaian, but a dense rainlike web of blades, unmatched in sharpness.

Each strike carried a howl that cleaved space, instantly enveloping the Celestial Jade Lion's massive body.

Yin-Yang Sword Intent combined, sustaining and complementing each other: pure-yin intent was lightning-fast and relentless, pure-yang leaned on killing force, densely concentrated.

Zhang Yibai's swords had both speed and lethality!

Clang clang clang clang clang—!!!

The rapid staccato was like sudden rain on banana leaves!

Sparks flew!

Zhang Yibai poured his Void-Shattering-peak sword intent into the flying sword, slashing at the lion's purple-gold crystalline hide, forcing countless sword glints to peel off.

The sword-net dissolved.

On the Celestial Jade Lion's body, there was not a single wound—let alone even the faintest white mark!

Its purple-gold crystal skin remained smooth, streaming an icy sheen.

It didn't even bother to turn its head; it casually lifted a forepaw.

As if swatting at an annoying fly, it gave a lazy swipe toward Zhang Yibai's position.

Boom!

It didn't even make contact—just the terrifying gust from the paw-swipe.

Air compressed into a tangible purple-gold wall of force, carrying the power to grind mountains, and crashed toward Zhang Yibai.

Zhang Yibai's face changed drastically. He crossed his sword in front of his chest; the Yin-Yang sword aura around him exploded in size.

Bang—!!!

Sword aura and pressure wall collided head-on.

Zhang Yibai took the blow like a mallet. His protective sword aura flickered wildly; he was flung like a kite with its string cut, flying even farther than Chen Huaian and slamming heavily into the opposite cliff face. Rocks tumbled down, and his old face flushed.

He wasn't badly injured.

What hurt was his pride.

Ever since returning to the Earth Star and facing Ascenders, he had been crossing realms and steamrolling them. Even a Demon Immortal in peak form was, before him, mere ant-food.

The purple-gold giant lion they met today, however, was the strangest being he'd ever encountered.

The two men, dusting themselves off and steadying their forms, glanced at each other across the space. In each other's eyes they saw astonishment and… a touch of embarrassment.

Hua Jin the True One's assertion that its defense couldn't be broken—at this moment—truly came back like a fierce boomerang.

It had given both their faces a painful beating.

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