Chapter 476: Chapter 207: The Funeral Bell for the Youth Who Defies Heaven, Fan Wubing (Supersized Arc Finale) (Part 8)

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Faster!

Faster!

Faster still!

Luo Qingyao wished she could shatter the flying sword beneath her feet, just to gain a bit more speed.

The fear in her heart had reached its pinnacle.

Because just now, she suddenly couldn’t sense her senior brother’s life force. That grand and vast vitality had turned in an instant to something akin to a corpse in a grave, dust in a dilapidated temple.

On the flying sword beside her, Yan Hui was curled up, his face frightfully pale, muttering incessantly,

"A sliver of hope... a sliver of hope..."

Finally, they arrived.

Both of them saw the Yinghe Evil Beast, and the lifeless Fan Wubing.

Luo Qingyao’s voice was desolate, "Senior Brother!" She was about to charge forward, disregarding everything, to slay the Yinghe Evil Beast.

Yan Hui used his last bit of strength to stop her, "No, don’t go!" All ten of his fingers were broken.

Luo Qingyao never understood why this fortune-teller got close to them, what exactly was his purpose.

She desperately searched through her earthquake-like emotions for a shred of reason, "The sliver of hope you mentioned, what exactly is it!"

Yan Hui trembled as he spoke:

"Every year in January, the Sea of Eternal Life hosts a grand return tide ceremony of the Immortal Jellyfish. They hail from the distant Great Wilderness Era; they are the descendants of true dragons. Although their intellect is not high, it is precisely due to this that they retain the most primitive dragon worship, and they cannot be killed! Even if consumed, life will continue to exist in a peculiar way. For thousands of years, they have never stopped summoning the true dragon. Go... tell them, the true dragon is right here...",

Luo Qingyao’s voice shook, "What should I do?"

Yet Yan Hui suddenly lost consciousness, his entire life force vanishing instantaneously, just like that he died.

It was then that Luo Qingyao realized his body was already covered with cracks.

"Hey, Yan Hui, Yan Hui!" Luo Qingyao was about to grab him.

His flesh fell off like melting snow.

Luo Qingyao desperately tried to grasp him, but she couldn’t hold even a fragment.

She was dumbfounded, utterly unable to comprehend what this person was doing.

Did he trade his own life for this sliver of hope?

But why did he do it?

Luo Qingyao looked blankly at the sea.

"Immortal Jellyfish... where are they? How do I tell them? Will I fail to grasp the sliver of hope Yan Hui exchanged his life for... Senior Brother, what do I do... what do I do? Who will tell me, what should I do!"

She racked her brains, going through all her memories.

Suddenly, she remembered something.

The senior sister once gave her senior brother a gift—a single Immortal Jellyfish.

The senior brother had eaten that jellyfish.

Yan Hui said that the Immortals could not be killed, and would exist in various ways. Even if consumed, they would exist within the body of the one who ate them.

"So... I have to try!"

Immediately, she closed her eyes, and through the Dao Marriage Shackles, she tried to sense her senior brother. She couldn’t sense his life force at all, yet in that dark corner, she felt a faint glimmer.

This glimmer, compared to her former senior brother, was not even like comparing a firefly to a bright moon.

It was so minuscule, so insignificant that without consciously searching for it, one wouldn’t notice it at all.

Luo Qingyao’s will touched this wisp of light. She suddenly realized, this was life force known as "Primordial Vitality."

Her heart instantly calmed down.

Then, she attempted to use this wisp of "Primordial Vitality" to call to the Immortals wandering the deep sea.

"Everyone, the true dragon is here..."

"Please, help me..."

What kind of call was this? Luo Qingyao couldn’t say clearly. She only knew that doing this felt right, as if the "Primordial Vitality" was indeed being guided by something.

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Beneath the deep sea, the giant turtle Bixi’s eyes shone brightly, surrounded entirely by Immortal Jellyfish. The blue glow connected as one, the jellyfish’s drifting skirts seeming to carry some ancient rhythm.

With incredible speed, Bixi traversed space after space.

Bringing those Immortals attending the return tide ceremony from afar. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Its shell had already begun to peel away, yet not as if it were entering a molting phase. As the shell fell, it exposed raw, bloody flesh.

It surged out of the sea, sending a wave, thrusting billions of Immortal Jellyfish towards Fan Wubing, who hung in the air.

The jellyfish understood nothing, only knowing they had received the call of the true dragon.

They came from the true dragon, yearning to return to the true dragon.

They didn’t even know what a true dragon was. Such life, from birth, was like this, having changed not a bit over thousands of years, preserving the most primitive life force.

They roared, moving in unison, entering the body of Fan Wubing.

Long ago, Fan Wubing had complained that the jellyfish his senior sister had gone to great lengths to catch could only provide a bit of blood?

At this moment,

[+1 point]

[+1 point]

[+1 point]

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The jellyfish frantically went wild, recklessly spreading their most primitive reverence within his body.

They revered the true dragon, their fates tied to the true dragon!

Fan Wubing’s vitality began to grow wildly.

He slowly opened his eyes, all his forgotten cultivation techniques, talents, divine techniques, were all awakened.

Yet, he couldn’t exert his strength.

Ying Huo held him tightly.

For Ying Huo’s mission was to "deprive him of his vitality."

And now, he still held a significant amount of life force, the most primordial life force. The Immortal Jellyfish continuously arrived from the return tide, drilling into his body. But even if they numbered in the trillions, even if the blood they provided couldn’t be recovered by the Heavenly Dao, each could only add 1 point.