Chapter 397 392: Man and Beast
"Fairy Wen," Ding Huan called out.
Fairy Wen ignored him as if she hadn't heard and quickly dashed past him.
With a sigh of resignation, Ding Huan was about to follow Fairy Wen, when the edge of his Divine Will sensed two more presences.
Ding Huan immediately concealed himself, and then he saw two figures rushing toward the direction where Fairy Wen had left.
Is someone really being hunted down?
No, these figures, they look like humans but seem not to be.
They indeed had two legs, but both had horns on their heads.
Their mouths couldn't exactly be called mouths, but rather mouthpieces, about half a foot long and looked like they were as tough as an iron shell.
Their backs had a long ridge rising, resembling a sawtooth.
They were naked, their lower bodies as fierce as wild dogs.
Without any hesitation, Ding Huan summoned his Reincarnation Spear and launched an attack.
Since Ding Huan had concealed himself just moments ago, these creatures, neither human nor dog, had failed to detect him.
Now, as Ding Huan suddenly made his move, one of them was entirely unprepared and had its head blown apart by Ding Huan, splattering dark red blood.
The other creature suddenly stopped, then reached out with its two-meter long arm to grab at Ding Huan's head.
Stronger than an Immortal Demon Insect praying mantis, but it was just a Second Level Immortal Demon Beast.
Wasn't Fairy Wen a Perfect Profound Immortal? How could she be fleeing from these creatures?
Ding Huan's Reincarnation Spear carried the rhythm of a Killing Array, its ferocious momentum sweeping through.
This creature, bound by Ding Huan's domain, had no power to resist under the assault of the Reincarnation Spear.
"Phut!" Ding Huan's spear struck the creature's abdomen, eliciting a shrill scream as it burst into a heap of colorful viscera.
As Ding Huan was about to throw a fireball, something more shocking occurred; the creature spoke in a human tongue, "How dare you kill me! The Xianze Leader will definitely flay you alive, pull out your tendons, crush your bones to dust!"
Ding Huan was stunned. Was this creature human or not?
Although the articulation was unclear, with his powerful Divine Will and hearing, Ding Huan could still make out that it was speaking human language.
"If you capture that woman and bring her back to the Xianze Leader, you still have a chance to live..."
Seeing Ding Huan hesitate, the creature shouted louder.
Ding Huan wanted to interrogate further, but turning back, he saw that Fairy Wen was already far away. He could only throw a fireball, turning the two creatures to ash.
In this swamp, danger and death lurked everywhere; Fairy Wen seemed frightened, and if she kept running haphazardly, it wouldn't be long before she lost her life.
Having killed the two creatures, Ding Huan flashed and caught up with Fairy Wen in no time.
By this time, Fairy Wen had already fallen unconscious. She lay face down in the swampy mud, with several large Demon Ants sucking on her legs.
Ding Huan brought Fairy Wen to her feet with one motion, swiped away the giant ants, and then sent a burst of flame, burning the Demon Ants to ashes.
With Fairy Wen under his arm, Ding Huan did not return to his original cultivation spot.
He pondered in his heart, what kind of creature was this Xianze Leader? Living in this swamp, it seemed he had many subordinates.
The two dog creatures under the Xianze Leader's command were Second Level Immortal Demon Beasts; it seemed likely that the Xianze Leader was a Great Immortal Demon.
Ding Huan was not afraid of Third-level Immortal Demon Beasts, but if it were a Great Immortal Demon, then it's better to get as far away as possible.
Ding Huan carried Fairy Wen, running swiftly for a day, before finally stopping in a dried-up area.
The moment he stopped, Ding Huan set up a Concealing Array, fearing that the Xianze Leader might follow.
Then he laid out a Killing Trap Array and a defensive formation.
After all the Arrays were in place, Ding Huan began to examine Fairy Wen.
Fairy Wen's situation was dire; had she not met him, she would have likely died in this swamp by now.
Her face was devoid of color, the Dao Rhythm within her was in total chaos. Furthermore, the toxin in her body had reached an extreme level, beginning to destroy her Dantian and Sea of Consciousness.
The bites from the Demon Ants were festering, and even as a Profound Immortal, she couldn't withstand it.
Even Ding Huan privately sighed that this woman was lucky to meet him; otherwise, even if a Luo Tian Immortal had come across her, it would have been too late.
Throwing out some Immortal Crystals, Ding Huan started to construct the Great Universe Technique to restore Fairy Wen's internal Daoist Rhythm and detoxify her.
Under the Great Universe Technique, it took only one Cycle for the toxins in Fairy Wen's body to be rapidly expelled.
Ding Huan's strong recovery ability was fully demonstrated under the Circulation of the Great Universe Technique.
Fairy Wen's skin returned to its original state; even the traces couldn't be found.
This was just the exterior; the chaotic Dao Rhythm within her was also being steadied and soothed by Ding Huan.
Because she had been cultivating in the Fourth Immortal Domain, the Immortal Spiritual Energy Fairy Wen used was fraught with Mottled Dao Rhythm, causing her Immortal Essence to lose purity, and the Great Dao aura around her body was also extremely mottled.
Ding Huan felt the mottled Taoist Rhythm within Fairy Wen and sighed. Being a good person through and through, he simply decided to help her out.
After all, this woman wasn't so bad; she had taken the initiative to assist him several times.
In situations where neither knew the other, her actions in offering reminders showed considerable kindness.
Fairy Wen was now unconscious, so Ding Huan took the opportunity to include her meridians and even her Sea of Consciousness into his Taoist Circulation.
One by one, the mottled rhythms of the Dao were stripped from Fairy Wen's body, causing her cultivation level to slowly drop.
Although Fairy Wen was in a comatose state, Ding Huan could clearly feel her whole body trembling and even tears falling from the corners of her eyes.
Ding Huan simply ignored it; he was not doing anything wrong.
There were many who longed for his assistance, and yet he often couldn't be bothered to help them.
An hour later, Ding Huan stopped the process of stripping away the Dao Rhythms.
With the mottled Daoist Rhythms stripped away, the Dao Rhythms within Fairy Wen's body were now exceptionally pure.
Although her cultivation had dropped to the early stages of a Profound Immortal, her potential had increased by several times over. To cultivate back to Perfect Profound Immortal, all she needed was some Immortal Crystals.
Ding Huan was certain that if it weren't for meeting him today, Fairy Wen, if she hadn't died, could at most have reached the level of a Da Yi Immortal in the future.
It was absolutely impossible for her to enter a higher realm; it wasn't because Fairy Wen's aptitude was lacking, but because the Immortal Spiritual Energy she had cultivated and absorbed was of poor quality.
Glancing at the nearly naked Fairy Wen, his gaze landed on her muddy and coated firmness, halting his impulse to clean her up and change her clothes.
He had seen naked women before; even if Fairy Wen was beautiful, the current situation held no appeal.
Ding Huan worried that if he helped her clean up, he might end up thanklessly encountering someone unreasonable.
Even though Ding Huan knew that Fairy Wen was probably not that sort of woman, he still felt it was better for her to handle these things when she woke up.
Turning his head away, Ding Huan began to ponder about the two monsters and Lord Xianze.
Could they possibly pursue him to this location?
If that monster was a third-level Immortal Demon Beast, it might indeed follow him here.
The fact that the monster could speak human language, however, was what surprised Ding Huan.
He searched through all his memories and found no recollection of such an Immortal Demon Beast. This creature felt more like a hybrid person to him.
Wen Zhixi faintly perceived that she was being held in someone's arms, and even felt someone doing something to her; she could even sense the changes in her Sea of Consciousness and meridians.
But her consciousness remained cloudy; she struggled to wake up, but couldn't.
Desperation surged in her heart; she was well aware of her predicament.
During her flight, two orc-like beings were chasing her, whose hideous appearance made her scalp tingle and goosebumps cover her body.
Knowing that running wildly through the Billions of Void Swamps was a suicidal act, she had no choice but to run desperately because of the fear that made her feel sick to her stomach.
What surprised her was that after such a terrifying subconscious ordeal, she began to feel increasingly at ease, and even her condition seemed to improve.
The first thing she thought of when she opened her eyes was the Xianze Leader.
However, when she saw Ding Huan's back, she breathed a sigh of relief; this was not an orc.
She didn't even dare to use her Divine Will to disturb Ding Huan, realizing that she was nearly naked, she quickly cast a Concealing Prohibition and performed the Clear Water Technique on herself dozens of times.
Only after washing each pore over and over again, and changing into a clean set of clothes, did she feel slightly relieved.
What she was grateful for was that her body had not been violated...
Wait.
Wen Zhixi immediately sensed something was wrong with her body; her cultivation had dropped from Perfect Profound Immortal to early-stage Profound Immortal, yet her perception of the Tao was clearer than before.
Not to mention, despite her decreased cultivation, her sensitivity to Immortal Essence became even more responsive.
That is, although her cultivation had fallen, her combat strength and potential had increased.
The toxins in her body were completely gone, and even the dangerous energy that had nearly led her astray was resolved.
Removing the prohibition, Wen Zhixi bowed to Ding Huan, "Thank you for saving my life, Brother Ding. Without your help, Wen Zhixi would have died in the swamp by now..."
Wen Zhixi's words abruptly halted as Ding Huan turned around, and to her surprise, she recognized him.
Ding Huan had already known that Wen Zhixi had awakened, and responded with a smile upon turning, "Fairy Wen need not be polite, I just happened to pass by and lent a hand. Speaking of which, I have yet to thank Fairy Wen for the warning a few years ago."
He too hadn't expected the woman before him to be the top-ranked Array Master on the Ascension Arena leaderboard. It was only after she introduced herself that he remembered.
"You're Ding Huan?" Wen Zhixi exclaimed in shock.
Ding Huan nodded, "Indeed, it is this Ding. I also did not expect Fairy Wen to come to the Billions of Void Swamps."
Wen Zhixi let out a long sigh, "I'm really lucky to have met Brother Ding, otherwise, I might have lived a fate worse than death.
I must also thank Brother Ding for stripping away the mottled Dao Rhythms from my body, otherwise, I could have stagnated for the rest of my life."
"You knew?" Ding Huan looked at her surprised.
He had not expected Wen Zhixi to know that the cultivation she absorbed from the Fourth Immortal Domain contained too much mottled Dao Rhythm.
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