Chapter 916 - 852: West River Slash "Awakens

At the moment when Quan Xiaotong’s heart sank to the bottom, Han Yu had already sunk to the bottom of the water.

Jiang Xinyuan was too insidious, suddenly striking, and after the first wave of thunder, he secretly brewed another wave.

When the crackling thunder fell like a waterfall, Han Yu was about to use the technique again to leverage the power of the West River Slash to resist. But unexpectedly, Jiang Xinyuan was so deceitful that he unleashed a second wave of thunder as Han Yu was casting his technique.

This time, all the thunder truly struck Han Yu’s body. In moments, an aura different from the tribulation thunder was constantly circulating within him, even gradually extinguishing his vital essence.

Han Yu was nearly in such pain that he almost cried out. Who was he? What kind of agony had he not experienced?

Even the constant death in the Soul Realm trial couldn’t make him scream out. You can imagine the terror of this power.

The sensation of having one’s bones scraped and marrow sucked spread throughout his body, and he could even feel his bones being pierced full of holes by this force.

Now Han Yu truly felt firsthand what the power of rules was like, and he couldn’t hold on for more than a moment before he spewed large mouthfuls of fresh blood.

The instant his body plunged into the ocean, the waves exploded all around.

"Help me hold on."

With a gasp, Han Yu quickly spoke after falling into the water.

The Artifact Spirit knew that at this crucial moment, it had to listen to this fellow, or they’d both die.

Upon hearing this, it instantly rushed out of the Sea of Consciousness, seized the unfamiliar saber that had been struck into form, and immediately began to slash continuously, dispersing waves and isolating all energy.

Taking advantage of the moment, Han Yu quickly deployed Siming Myriad Imagery and hurriedly shouted, "Return!"

The Artifact Spirit quickly turned into a ray of spirit light and retreated to the Sea of Consciousness. Han Yu gritted his teeth, and with the emergence of mist, he immediately disappeared from the spot.

Carrying the Dharma Aspect, he instantaneously moved along the way, the energy within the Sea of Consciousness churning continually, and Han Yu didn’t pause for a moment.

In the void, only a faint unusual breeze continuously blew by, leaving no trace.

"Your body needs immediate attention."

The Artifact Spirit, seeing they finally got away, quickly reminded him.

The destructive force still lingered within, constantly damaging Han Yu’s body, even beyond the flesh’s ability to neutralize.

If this continues, Han Yu’s body will eventually suffer consequences.

Han Yu naturally knew this too, but just a few instances of teleportation were far from safe. To truly escape from Di Liuxin and the others meant running much farther to be truly safe.

This painful lesson also taught him not to underestimate any of the old ghosts. Who knew what methods they had that he couldn’t handle?

"No, you just lack quite a bit of strength compared to them. Otherwise, under the same rules, that guy would absolutely turn and run at the sight of you."

The Artifact Spirit sighed and advised. Han Yu’s progress had been rapid, almost absurdly so.

Escaping from the hands of these two powerhouses this time, the shame would be on them, not Han Yu.

Indeed, that was the case.

Under two consecutive waves of forbidden thunder, Han Yu’s aura suddenly disappeared.

Di Liuxin wouldn’t simply believe Han Yu was dead like that; when the Dharma Aspect fell into the water, he was dumbstruck to find—the person was gone?

Jiang Xinyuan, even more so, couldn’t believe Han Yu could be blasted to smithereens by his thunder, and for a moment, both were enraged.

After pursuing for so long, using every method, and still letting him escape?

This was not just losing face; it was a slap in the face to them.

"Pursue!"

Jiang Xinyuan, with a cold face, was about to act, but Di Liuxin, for once, shook his head sensibly.

He had suffered deeply, having experienced all of Han Yu’s strange methods.

"It’s too late."

Without discovering it first and already having let him leave their sight.

"At this moment, we don’t even know which direction he ran, or he could change locations at any time."

Di Liuxin felt helpless and miserable.

No one would believe this if told: two Great Elders of the Four Extremes Hall were played by a young kid!

Jiang Xinyuan’s face twisted, seemingly unwilling to let go.

"That brat just escaped like this; who knows what he might stir up in the future?"

The main reason he was keen on killing Han Yu was that the kid showed signs of becoming formidable, even now. If only one of them acted, they couldn’t hold him down.

He was too slippery.

His methods were equally nauseating.

Di Liuxin thought so too, appearing fatigued and powerless, but still shook his head, "You injured him this badly; he likely won’t dare come out again, right?"

...

The isolated island where the divided soul once buried the avatar, also a temporary retreat of Wang Xingzhi and the others.

Han Yu lay on the ground, gritting his teeth while the Artifact Spirit continuously measured with a large saber.

Occasionally, it would ask a question or two.

"Do you trust me or not?"

Han Yu almost aggravated his injury further, gritting his teeth, "I’ve told you so many times, I trust you, just get on with it, okay? If not, stop waving that blade around scaring people."

Amusingly, this supposedly nonexistent blade could no longer hide, no matter how Han Yu or the Artifact Spirit tried to wield it, only differing in size, its appearance clearly revealed.

Their first reaction was, how could they ambush anyone in the future?

It was better when unseen, stabbing unnoticed.

Of course, that wasn’t the most important now. The most important thing was to stab oneself first.

"To quickly destroy that rule power, it must be worn down by rule power."

The Artifact Spirit reluctantly wielded the small knife, never daring to strike.

Because it needed rule power, they couldn’t determine whether stabbing this blade in would affect Han Yu.

The plundering of the West River Slash was more fearsome than Han Yu’s inner power. If it went wrong, it would be a big problem.

"Just stab it, if there’s an issue I’ll shout to stop."

He naturally trusted the Artifact Spirit, this was merely its worst-case prediction. Ideally, their close connection would prevent the West River Slash from damaging his body.

This was the best-case scenario.

But it required a gamble on luck.

At this thought, both sighed and cursed.

"I hate relying on luck the most."

No other reason, Han Yu is a jinx.

Even the Artifact Spirit felt like a misfortune spirit.

"Let’s just do it!"

But in the end, Han Yu decided to take a gamble.

Even if something really went wrong, it wasn’t hopeless.

Because the West River Slash had never killed anyone yet.

"Here I go!"

The Artifact Spirit also collected its emotions, and the next moment, gritting its teeth, it suddenly struck, stabbing at the spot it sensed.

Poof!

A dull sound was heard, especially with that strange feeling, making the Artifact Spirit’s face change dramatically.

Han Yu turned around in surprise, looking at the other party with a very puzzled expression.

A small knife was firmly lodged beside Han Yu’s kidney, blood gushing out!

As both the person and the spirit looked at each other, the Artifact Spirit couldn’t help but pull the knife out again and reached out to touch the blade.

The small hand passed through it.

It was shapeless, lacking any real substance!

It couldn’t help but stab into another spot.

Poof!

Another dull sound.

At this moment, it looked as if it had seen a ghost, with a particularly horrified expression.

"Could you spare a moment for an explanation?"

Han Yu’s expression was rather strange, did the Artifact Spirit want to kill him? That was impossible, whenever he was in trouble, it was more anxious than anyone else.

If he had to choose between Ping and the Artifact Spirit, he wouldn’t hesitate to choose the Artifact Spirit.

Just as the Artifact Spirit said, the two of them were on the same team.

So even after being stabbed twice, Han Yu still didn’t question the Artifact Spirit first; instead, he doubted its ability.

The Artifact Spirit, with a horrified look, hurriedly said, "Do you believe it, my knife seems to have seen a ghost."

Clearly a shadow before stabbing, but when it went in, it suddenly turned real.

Wasn’t this a rip-off?

"Shouldn’t you first consider if anything could easily stab me?"

Han Yu sighed helplessly, wasn’t this supposed to be the strangest thing?

This damned knife, if it stabbed into his chest, wouldn’t he be off to find Zhishou for tea?

The Artifact Spirit also realized, quickly ran to a tree nearby, and sliced it with the knife.

In the blink of an eye, the whole tree didn’t just fall but was deprived of all life, turning into a pile of dust scattered by the wind.

This scene startled even the Artifact Spirit.

"Damn!"

The Artifact Spirit cursed and then suddenly looked excited.

It started waving the knife in front of Han Yu, making particularly animated motions.

Han Yu watched the knife swinging around in front of him, nervously shrinking his head, quickly stopping it, "Don’t you dare wave that knife at me."

Obviously, the West River Slash had a problem.

But the Artifact Spirit was overjoyed, leaping with joy.

"It seems like my rule got struck by that damn thunder, and now it’s like..."

For a moment, it couldn’t find the right words, scratching its head in frustration, pacing back and forth.

Suddenly, its eyes lit up, it thought of a word.

"It’s like waking up, yes, my rule seems to have woken up."

If it were in the past, it probably wouldn’t have said something like this.

But now comparing before and after, the ability was obviously enhanced, wasn’t it just like waking up?

Just with that one slice’s ability, any random cultivator could achieve that level of destructive power.

But from the perspective of rules, the West River Slash’s plundering ability had greatly increased.

This was what made it happiest.

"Seems like we’ve turned the misfortune into a blessing!"

The Artifact Spirit laughed so hard that its back teeth were showing, while Han Yu felt a toothache.

"What about me?"

The power inside him still had plenty left, West River Slash didn’t evolve earlier or later, why did it have to upgrade now?

This really caused him trouble.

"Haven’t you noticed?"

The Artifact Spirit suddenly became cheerful again.

Pointing at Han Yu’s wound, it explained.

"Apart from the normal injury, the West River Slash didn’t plunder anything from you."

This was equally important.

It indicated that this rule belonged not only to it but also Han Yu.

However, the Artifact Spirit didn’t mind this at all; it didn’t care in the slightest.

"This means we truly are partners."

Yes, that was what mattered to it.

Han Yu was quite touched, then helplessly pointed at himself.

"What do you think I should do?"

The Artifact Spirit thought for a moment and whispered.

"Maybe you could endure it for a while, and it won’t hurt anymore..."