"Qi Manyao?"
Tian Suanzi exclaimed, his eyes nearly popping out. He turned to look, finding Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu, Wan Liuchuan, Liu Yuxin, and Yuan Jun, all of whom knew Qi Manyao, wearing identical expressions.
Everyone from the Lei Feng Realm knew about the relationship between Wan Lei and Qi Manyao.
Especially Tian Suanzi, they had known each other since they were in that small Qishan County.
When Wan Lei had just begun his cultivation.
He had practically watched Wan Lei and Qi Manyao grow up together. They were the best of companions, and he knew better than anyone else the depth of Qi Manyao's feelings for Wan Lei.
It could be said, no, Tian Suanzi dared to assert that without Fang Xiaoyu's appearance, Wan Lei and Qi Manyao being together was a done deal.
Later, Tian Suanzi felt a pang of regret for Qi Manyao and even went to comfort her.
He knew how stubborn she was.
Then came what everyone knew: Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were gravely injured and near death in the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm. It was Qi Manyao, disregarding her own life, who rushed into the secret realm with medicine. Under the pursuit and encirclement of the Huo family, she was heavily wounded and died, her soul transforming into念力 (nianli - thought power/devotion power) to deliver the medicine into Wan Lei's mouth.
Without Qi Manyao's sacrifice, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu would have died, and the Lei Feng Realm would have been annihilated under the iron hooves of the demon race.
It could be said that Qi Manyao indirectly saved a universe.
Sacrificing herself alone.
Just when Tian Suanzi thought he would never see this remarkable woman, who harbored great righteousness, again in his life, he was now seeing her on this unfamiliar battlefield of the Bitter Sea.
Her appearance was exactly the same as before; there was no mistaking her.
She had grown stronger, wielding lightning in her hands, and no demon was her match.
She stood atop a colossal dragon, cleaving through the demon ranks, coming to save Wan Lei, just as she had gone alone to the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm years ago.
She was so graceful, so fearless.
"Wow— this sister is so amazing."
Bao Bao watched Qi Manyao charging forward, his large eyes shining.
"Coming with the dragon race, are they from Base Number Sixteen?"
Wan Qianxin mused, stroking his chin, and glanced at Wan Lei.
Wan Lei now looked like an idiot.
His eyes were fixed on that one figure; he could no longer hear anyone else speaking.
*Slap!*
Fang Xiaoyu was the first to snap back to reality. She swatted the back of Wan Lei's head.
"What are you staring at? Quickly put away the Creation Divine Disk and prepare to charge out with the reinforcement troops."
Hit on the back of the head, Wan Lei came back to his senses. He pointed at Qi Manyao and said to Fang Xiaoyu in astonishment,
"That's Qi Manyao."
"I know, I see her, I'm not blind. We're on a battlefield right now, and your lapse of attention would have been enough for the demons to kill you a hundred times.
Fight quickly. Once we break through, you'll have time for you two to catch up."
Fang Xiaoyu snorted coldly and turned to fight the demons, but the moment she turned, tears of joy welled up in her eyes.
She was resurrected, she had returned.
Fang Xiaoyu's words left the four youngsters a bit bewildered. What was going on? Weren't Fang Xiaoyu and Wan Lei a couple? How did it become that he and the strange woman were a couple?
Wan Lei, having regained his composure, immediately ordered everyone to pack up their defenses and then put away the Creation Divine Disk himself, waiting for the reinforcements to arrive to escort them out.
Afterward, he wanted to ask properly how Qi Manyao had been resurrected.
Wan Lei, having calmed down, sensed that something was amiss. It must have been the Immortal Venerable who did it, but the Immortal Venerable hadn't told him.
That scoundrel Immortal Venerable tricked me again!
She had clearly been resurrected, yet she still asked me for five million merit points. Have you no shame?
At this moment, Qi Manyao and the white colossal dragon had already reached the spatial blockade.
"Ao Lie, use your Wind Blade Evasion technique, let's break through and pick them up."
Qi Manyao leaned forward slightly, gripping the white dragon's mane, her gaze fixed intently ahead.
"Alright."
The white colossal dragon roared, its speed suddenly increasing. Its form was as swift as lightning, and it flashed into the spatial blockade.
"Man Yao Yao!!!"
Wan Lei waved towards Qi Manyao. Qi Manyao gave him a cold glance, then turned to look elsewhere, charging at the demons.
But her coldness only lasted for two seconds. After she turned around, her large eyes still gleamed with tears, and a faint smile touched her lips.
She simply didn't want Wan Lei to see her lose composure, didn't want to lose face in front of him, and be ridiculed by him.
She didn't want to admit that she missed him dearly.
The towering hero, riding a white dragon, descended from the heavens, saving the beautiful Wan from her plight.
"Brothers, let's go, charge out with the white dragon!"
Wan Lei shouted joyfully and prepared to charge forward.
Suddenly, the space around them began to shake violently, and the area of the spatial blockade became distorted.
Everyone was thrown about by the squeezing spatial forces, unsure of what was happening.
Light appeared all around, shooting straight into the sky.
Wan Lei observed carefully, his face greatly changed, and he exclaimed,
"It's a teleportation, they're going to teleport us away!"
The lower-tier demon god laughed heartily.
"Hahahaha, that's right, it's a teleportation. Did you really think I had the demon army charge to the death merely to reduce casualties?
Did you really think we set up the spatial blockade only because we were afraid you would escape?
What a joke.
With the experience of last time, we all know how troublesome you are. Why bother catching these hedgehogs ourselves?
What we publicly announced as a spatial blockade was, in fact, us setting up a teleportation array all along, directly transporting you to the Demon Lord's presence. This time, you won't escape no matter what!"
Perhaps because their plan was successful, the commander was too proud and couldn't help but reveal their entire strategy, wanting to savor the enemy's wonderful expressions upon realizing they had fallen into a trap.
"Hurry, escape!"
Wan Lei had no time for him to gloat. He immediately called out to everyone, urging them to rush out together.
"Everyone, get onto Ao Lie's back, let it use its Wind Blade Evasion technique to take everyone out."
Qi Manyao, leading the white colossal dragon, flew towards them.
This was the best method. After all, if everyone charged out together, some would be faster and some slower, requiring Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu to combine their efforts to hold the line. But this way, the speed would be too slow, and the demons would certainly not allow them to leave one by one like this.
This white dragon named Ao Lie was at the Immeasurable Realm cultivation, its physical body was strong, capable of enduring and fighting, and it also possessed the Wind Blade Evasion technique. With it carrying everyone, they could charge out together.
"Quickly go!"
The group moved very quickly, as no one wanted to visit the Demon Lord in that negative plane.
Moreover, as prisoners, falling into the hands of the demons, who knew what kind of inhumane torture they would endure? They would surely wish they were dead.