The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 744 - 307: Young King’s Palace_2

The tightly shut eyes of Huazhu clenched her silver teeth in pain, which slightly decreased on her face.

"My rank isn’t high enough..."

Undeterred, GuaGua tried a third time after two failed attempts.

Super Purification was triggered again, and from release to end, the brief tens of seconds felt like crossing through an entire spring and autumn.

"Again!"

GuaGua performed Super Purification for the fourth time.

As it continued to cast the skill, Huazhu’s condition finally began to improve.

Her shoulders no longer trembled violently, and her curled-up body was no longer stiff, gradually relaxing.

After a while, the rapid breathing became steady, Huazhu fell asleep, silently entering dreamland.

"That was close!"

Wiping off the sweat from his brow, GuaGua heard confirmation from the big tadpole that the property panel of Little Black Hat no longer showed the negative statuses of "Soul Shudder" and "Desperate Cry."

It breathed a sigh of relief, and a sense of weakness came over it, almost as if intoxicated, it staggered and collapsed into Huazhu’s neck, burying its little head in her golden hair, revealing a rump, and sweetly fell asleep.

"Sleep, sleep, you’ve worked hard."

Ye Hanjun nudged the little one’s bottom, burying it completely in the hair.

Afterward, he adjusted Huazhu’s sleeping position and used his passive ability, Soothing, to help her sleep more deeply.

"Another unexpected disaster..."

In the dead quiet, Ye Hanjun summoned the fortune-turning pouch and peeked inside.

The energy in the pouch had increased slightly, clearly, the recent encounter had been counted as a calamity, consistent with the principle "one must have good fortune after surviving a great disaster."

He dared not sleep lightly, remaining fully on guard.

Absolute String and Mo still could not be summoned, though Goose Immortal had recovered his full combat strength and even advanced to a Small Achievement in Heavenly and Earthly Materials.

But with Huazhu and GuaGua both incapacitated, the team’s combat strength plummeted to its lowest point.

If at this time another monster attacked, perhaps only by triggering a miracle dissolution could they escape with their lives.

...

One day and one night later, GuaGua was the first to wake up.

Half a day later, Huazhu slowly sat up.

For a moment, her mind was a blank slate, as she was recalling what had happened before.

With a cheer, GuaGua jumped onto her face, wrapping its little hands around her cheeks, affectionately nuzzling her.

"Yay yay yay, Little Black Hat is awake!"

"Isn’t this Gua amazing? Even a skill beyond my rank, I can heal it if I try hard enough!"

"..."

The distracted golden vertical pupils gradually focused, and Huazhu’s face, as beautiful as flowers and jade, slowly regained its stunning brilliance.

She took the little one down, held it in the palm of her hand, and with a slight smile, breathtakingly beautiful:

"Thank you, Little GuaGua."

"No problem, no problem!"

The little one squirmed twice and jumped onto Huazhu’s shoulder, waving its little hands and calling out:

"Let’s go! A new adventure begins!"

Ye Hanjun smiled faintly and fluttered Demon Wings, leading the way out of the crevice.

Although he was always on edge, his endurance far exceeded that of ordinary people.

He also maintained more than seventy percent of his physical and mental strength, enough to start a new round of adventure.

"Huh?"

Not even a thousand meters from the hiding crevice.

Ye Hanjun discovered a sea salt cheeseflower buried in the soil; seeing the petals bloom one after another, his eyes brightened.

"It has at least four thousand five hundred years of medicinal properties, excellent for pain relief!"

He carefully picked it, then stored it in the storage ring, his mood uplifted.

In Asura’s Tomb, numerous principles set by progenitors prevailed, rendering most items brought from the outside world, whether medicines or Heavenly and Earthly Materials, ineffective.

Thus, logically, prioritizing the scavenging of resources within the tomb to increase one’s means of survival would be a strategy many clan members would first adhere to.

"Crack... Boom!!"

Before Ye Hanjun could be too pleased, the ground in front of him suddenly cracked.

His expression changed dramatically, and he flapped his wings upwards abruptly.

Before Huazhu, not more than five meters away, could react, she entwined Ye Hanjun and GuaGua, trying to use a skill to escape.

But, dammit, she failed again!

The ground shook and thunder roared.

As if to suck out their souls, black currents erupted, dragging all the rocks down with them.

"Don’t panic! This is a space fissure!"

In a crisis, Ye Hanjun grabbed one of Huazhu’s arms and the other hand grabbed GuaGua.

A sense of weightlessness permeated their organs, and after a brief dizziness, Ye Hanjun felt himself crashing into a pile of rocks, especially his head, which was pierced by some sharp material.

"Pah!"

Aegifura might not be adept at brute force, but she was still a demon of Heavenly and Earthly quality.

In a Dominant State, Ye Hanjun used his back to push the rocks behind him and burst out from the pile.

"Aiya, one problem after another, and now I’m hurt again!"

The carefree GuaGua, oblivious to the mortal danger, simply looked around with lively curiosity.

Huazhu, whom Ye Hanjun had protected with all his might, finally climbed out of the pile of rocks.

Her lower legs, arms, and cheeks all bore various lengths of scrapes, appearing quite disheveled.

But aside from that, there were no severe injuries to muscles or bones; rather, it was the small hole in Ye Hanjun’s head that continued to bleed profusely.

"Don’t move, I’ll treat you!"

GuaGua released "Instant Healing," and in a flash, the wound on Ye Hanjun’s head disappeared, without even a scar to be found.

"Little Black Hat, just bear with it for a while; when the injury gets worse, I’ll heal you all at once!"