World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 53 - 50th Rescue Jingyu Major Improvement!

53: 50th Chapter: Rescue Jingyu, Major Improvement!

53: 50th Chapter: Rescue Jingyu, Major Improvement!

Ye Jingyu was completely unarmed and entrapped by the monster snake, engaging in a desperate struggle with the serpent’s head barehanded.

But the fight was taking place underwater, which was entirely the monster’s territory.

Moreover, the creature’s hide was so thick and tough that when Ye Jingyu threw a punch at it, the beast barely reacted.

“Run, get out of here…” she shouted while flailing her fists.

Lanling didn’t flee.

Instead, he dashed forward, picked up Ye Jingyu’s scimitar, and yelled, “Catch the sword!”

With that, he threw the scimitar toward Ye Jingyu with all his might.

Lanling’s aim was true, and just as the scimitar was a few meters away from Ye Jingyu, she suddenly unleashed a burst of Dragon Bloodline power, attempting to catch the scimitar through the air.

Suddenly, the giant snake belched out a breath of air.

“Bang…” The breath struck the scimitar directly, sending the weapon flying dozens of meters away and into the water.

Ye Jingyu let out a cry of despair.

As a high-ranking Samurai focused on agility and spiritual power, her strength was quite limited.

She was heavily reliant on her weapons, and now, with her weapon lost to the depths, she was even less able to fight.

The serpent’s coils tightened even more, leaving Ye Jingyu barely able to breathe.

She mustered all her Dragon Bloodline energy to resist the terrible constriction of the serpent; otherwise, her bones and internal organs might have been crushed.

“Run, get out of here…” she shouted once more.

Lanling stood rooted to the spot, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, taking a deep breath and focusing his mind.

“Swoosh…” He let the arrow fly with force.

Undoubtedly, it struck the giant serpent’s head and penetrated its flesh, for the obsidian-tipped arrow was exceedingly hard and sharp.

Yet, it only sunk in less than half an inch.

The arrow’s force was too weak, and the serpent’s flesh was too resilient.

Lanling discarded his bow and now took up a bow that weighed a hundred and fifty catties.

Unleashing his Dragon Bloodline power, he bent the bow and notched another arrow, this time aiming for the serpent’s eye.

At this moment, the serpent’s head was frantically writhing and attacking Ye Jingyu, displaying no pattern to its movements, and its eyes were incredibly small.

Focusing the mind was easy, but hitting such a target was as arduous as ascending to the heavens.

“Swoosh…” After locking on, Lanling released another arrow with force.

It didn’t hit the eye, but it struck the serpent’s head again, this time penetrating an inch deep.

The giant snake howled in pain, casting a ferocious glare full of bloodthirst and brutality towards Lanling, as if vowing to tear him to pieces.

“I want you to stare at me with wide eyes…” Lanling exclaimed in surprise.

This opportunity was fleeting; the serpent was fixated on Lanling, its eyes wide open in its frenzied state.

He focused once more, aiming for its eye, and shot with determination.

“Swoosh…” At such close range, even the serpent’s tiny eye couldn’t evade Lanling’s arrow.

It hit the mark, but at the last moment, the serpent closed its eye fiercely.

The obsidian-tipped arrow pierced the eyelid and went straight through the eyeball.

“Aoo…” The serpent roared and writhed in agony, blood spurting from its eye as it thrashed wildly in the water.

It then seemed to lose all sense, surging out of the water towards the shore, intent on ripping Lanling to shreds.

At this moment, the serpent’s constriction around Ye Jingyu started to lessen.

Risking her arm being bitten off, she reached into the snake’s mouth, grabbed a sharp fang, and summoned her powerful Dragon Bloodline Energy.

“Crack…” Ye Jingyu snapped off the nearly foot-long fang, turning it into her new scimitar.

A high-ranking Samurai with a weapon in hand could become extremely powerful in an instant.

With the serpent’s fang in her grasp, Ye Jingyu stabbed wildly at the snake’s head.

“Piercing, piercing…”

In an instant, she pierced dozens of holes in the serpent, causing blood to spray wildly as it was dealt grievous wounds.

Now blinded in one eye and instinctively closing the other, it saw nothing and could only snap its jaws wildly and, guided by its senses, surged towards Lanling on the shore.

“You idiot, run!” Jingyu screamed.

Yet Lanling, ignoring the rapidly approaching giant snake, stayed put, drawing his bow and notching an arrow once more.

After taking a deep breath and holding it, he focused his mind, targeting a red spot deep in the gaping maw of the serpent.

Piercing that spot would go straight through the serpent’s brain, delivering a fatal blow.

The serpent charged furiously towards Lanling, getting closer and closer.

Concentrating with the focus technique, for one second, two seconds, three seconds…

Fully locked on, shoot!

“Swoosh…” Lanling’s arrow flew like lightning.

“Piercing…” The razor arrow soared over Ye Jingyu’s head and struck the red dot on the roof of the serpent’s gaping mouth.

The flesh there was extremely soft.

The obsidian-tipped arrow easily pierced through, sinking half a foot deep and going straight through the serpent’s brain.

Instantly, the serpent died, thrashing like a giant whip upon the ground.

Its fearsome head landed less than half a foot from Lanling, and a bare Jingyu quickly leapt to the ground just as the serpent crashed down.

Lanling, suddenly drained of all strength, slumped to the ground.

Then, he and a bare Jingyu looked at each other, and several seconds passed before he realized he should close his eyes.

By then, he had seen everything he should and shouldn’t have.

But inside him, Yao Xing was unconcerned with Lanling’s embarrassment; it was, for the first time, ecstatic beyond measure, overcome with joy.

After the giant serpent died, the Dragon Bloodline Energy within its body slowly dissipated into the air, about to be returned to the world.

However, Yao Xing spun crazily, wildly consuming it.

After devouring for a full five minutes, it was not only Yao Xing that trembled slightly, but Lanling as well.

The feeling of crazily absorbing energy was just too exhilarating… it was even a sensation of the soul leaving the body, desiring immortal transcendence.

It was completely indescribable with words.

Only after the absorption was complete did Lanling and Yao Xing seem to immerse themselves in a kind of afterglow.

“Don’t you think you owe me an explanation?” Ye Jingyu said coldly.

Lanling instantly opened his eyes to see that Ye Jingyu had already dressed and even picked up her curved blade, which she was now holding in her hand.

He hurriedly said, “I’m sorry, I should have closed my eyes immediately.”

“Who’s talking about that?” Ye Jingyu said.

“Why didn’t you run when I called you?

Do you realize that just a moment ago, you were a hair’s breadth from losing your life?”

Lanling was taken aback, not expecting Ye Jingyu to be referring to that.

“But…

I was supposed to save you,” Lanling said.

Ye Jingyu said, “Even without my weapon, I was at a disadvantage, but not in mortal danger.

Knowing you’d give me a split-second chance, I could have broken off the giant serpent’s fangs to use as a weapon to kill it.

But you, just a touch, even a light touch, would result in a mangled body, do you understand?”

Lanling remained silent.

“Besides, what is my life worth?

Your life must be preserved; you are the sole hope of the Suo Family,” Ye Jingyu scolded.

Lanling was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, “You’re right.

But to turn and run away, I just couldn’t do it.”

Ye Jingyu’s cheeks trembled slightly; she stared deeply at Lanling for a while before saying, “Idiot.”

Then, she pulled Lanling to his feet and asked, “Do you still have the strength?”

“I’m spent,” Lanling gasped.

“Do you need something?”

He saw a terrifying bruise on Ye Jingyu’s neck.

“It’s not serious,” Ye Jingyu said.

“Come on, let’s find a safe place to camp, our hunt ends today.”

…

They set up camp beside a shallow lake.

Lanling and Ye Jingyu continued to sit in the water, with Ye Jingyu reciting the Tranquility Mantra and Lanling recovering his spiritual power.

Meanwhile, Yao Xing was helping Lanling with the refinement of his bloodline.

Lanling was extremely eager to find out how much Dragon strength he had absorbed from today’s two prey, a Blood Cloud Leopard and a Blood Horned Giant Serpent.

He asked Yao Xing, who did not tell him directly but said that he would know once the refinement was complete, making Lanling even more eager.

The Dragon Power Refinement was a lengthy process.

Refining the tendons in his arms alone took five hours, refining the bones in his arms took three hours, and finally refining the muscles took two hours.

Throughout the process, Lanling felt as if his body was on fire and about to burst.

A full ten hours passed.

When the refinement was over, Lanling opened his eyes to find the sky was already dimly lit, and Ye Jingyu was no longer in the water but in the tent.

Lanling climbed out of the water and immediately pulled a bow from his pack to test how much his arm strength had improved.

He first took a bow that weighed 130 jin, took a deep breath, and forcefully pulled it open. frёewebnoѵēl.com

No problem, and he could hold it steady for half a minute without moving.

Next, he picked up a 150-jin bow and pulled it open with force.

Again, no problem, he managed to hold it steady without moving for half a minute.

But after half a minute, it started to be challenging.

The result was out, Lanling’s arm strength was now 170 jin, a full 170 jin.

It was miraculous; the day before, just one Blood Cloud Leopard and one Blood Horned Giant Serpent had increased his arm strength by 50 jin, with just two exotic beasts.

Moreover, Lanling felt that the most important contribution was that of the Blood Horned Giant Serpent.

“Su Lun, you…” At that moment, Ye Jingyu lifted the tent fabric and saw Lanling pulling the 150-jin strong bow, stable and unmoving.

“Are you using Dragon Power?” Ye Jingyu asked.

Lanling shook his head and said, “No.”

Suddenly, Ye Jingyu’s beautiful eyes widened in shock.

The arm strength Lanling gained through last month’s practical training had increased by 60 jin, and she was already incredibly astonished.

Yet, unexpectedly, just as the second phase of the trial had begun, he had increased by another 50 jin.

By now, his arm strength was a whole 170 jin, only 130 jin away from the 300-jin target for the graduation exam.

Ye Jingyu simply couldn’t imagine how Lanling had achieved this.

“You really are a freak,” Ye Jingyu said.

Then she motioned with her hand, “Freak, come in here and give me a hand.”

“Oh.” Suppressing his excitement from the power increase, Lanling walked into the tent.

Upon entering, he was stunned.

Because Ye Jingyu was lying on the sleeping bag with her back to him, that wasn’t odd, but the key point was she wasn’t wearing anything at all.

Suddenly, Lanling’s nosebleed was almost about to burst forth.