’Carried in her arms or on my back?’
To be honest, Su Mo didn’t really like either option.
But the thought of the rescue mission...
He was helpless.
Su Mo could only brace himself and say, "Alright, I’ll put up with the inconvenience. You can carry me on your back while you fly."
’At least it’s better than being held,’ he thought.
’If Bai Luoxue held me in her arms while flying, we’d be staring right at each other. I can’t even imagine how awkward that would be.’
’Anyone who didn’t know better might think I was her illegitimate son.’
"On... on my back?"
Bai Luoxue’s face turned impossibly red.
She was completely focused on the Martial Dao and usually maintained a cold and aloof demeanor. Forget intimate contact with a man; she barely dared to speak more than a few words to one.
Today, not only did she have to be in close contact with a man, but she also had to carry him on her back while flying.
And to top it off, this was the man she was constantly thinking about...
’If I carry him on my back, what if he starts moving around back there?’
’But how can I possibly refuse him?’
’If I don’t refuse, won’t I be... taken advantage of by him out here in the middle of nowhere?’
’It’s not proper. It’s not right.’
’If word gets out, won’t people call me a loose woman?’
At this thought, Bai Luoxue’s face grew even redder.
Su Mo urged her, "What are you letting your mind wander for? Hurry up and get me in the air. Don’t you want to save your master and the others anymore?"
"Ah..."
Bai Luoxue snapped out of her thoughts and quickly crouched, presenting her back.
Su Mo placed both hands on Bai Luoxue’s shoulders. "Okay, let’s take off."
"Go!"
The two of them transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the Bloody Mountain Range.
「Along the way.」
Bai Luoxue made a point of warning him, "Elder Su, whatever you do, don’t fidget. If we fall from a thousand meters in the air, it’ll be a disaster."
"I’m not fidgeting!"
Su Mo was puzzled.
’What’s wrong with this girl?’
’Ever since she agreed to carry me, she’s been spouting nonsense—muttering about things being ’improper’ and her being a ’loose woman.’ ’
’It’s all so confusing.’
’I don’t understand a single word!’
Su Mo asked, "Bai Luoxue, you still haven’t told me about this Evil King."
"The Evil King?"
Bai Luoxue took a deep breath and said, "That monster has a full eight thousand Evil Demon subordinates. He’s claimed the foothills of the Bloody Mountain Range as his kingdom and specifically hunts our powerful human experts."
"Eight thousand Evil Demon subordinates?"
Su Mo exclaimed in surprise.
He could understand eight thousand Demon Beasts, but eight thousand Evil Demon subordinates truly shocked him.
Bai Luoxue nodded. "What’s even more terrifying is the Evil King himself. His strength is unfathomable. My master, the master from Hua Celestial Sect, and Fairy Jinghong... even when they joined forces, they were no match for the Evil King."
"Then why did you provoke him?"
Su Mo was speechless.
Bai Luoxue explained, "We entered through a spatial rift, and our landing point was right in the Evil King’s territory. We could have left peacefully, but on our way out, we discovered a few Blood Essence Demon Fruits. We went to pick them and fell right into that monster’s trap."
The Blood Essence Demon Fruit is an item born of blood sacrifice.
It contains incredibly pure Essence Blood, which allows a Martial King to ignore bottlenecks and instantly break through to the next realm.
It’s a deadly temptation that no one can resist.
No wonder Bai Luoxue and the others fell for the trap.
BOOM!
Just then, a sky-shattering explosion suddenly erupted in the distance.
A terrifying wave of Demonic Qi washed over them.
Bai Luoxue shrieked, "The Evil King! That’s the Evil King’s aura! Ah, it’s terrifying!"
"It is indeed terrifying," Su Mo said with a nod.
Ordinary Evil Demons had no effect on Su Mo.
But the Evil King was different.
The Evil King was a top-tier Evil Demon, and the Demonic Qi emanating from him was incredibly dense. Even a Martial King Powerhouse would be scared into pissing their pants on the spot upon sensing it.
「At the foot of a nearby mountain.」
A group of people had deployed an Array and were huddled inside, trembling uncontrollably.
They were all covered in blood.
They were in utter despair.
Outside the Array, an army of several thousand Evil Demons had gathered and was relentlessly attacking it.
BOOM! BOOM!
Hearing the explosions rocking the Array, the group inside grew even more desperate, their eyes filling with the color of dead ash.
If this continued, they would die here sooner or later.
One person said in despair, "Do you all think Bai Luoxue has found reinforcements yet?"
"She should have by now, right?"
"The Demon Venerable Burial Ground is fully open now, and it’s teeming with our human experts. Bai Luoxue is bound to run into someone willing to help."
"I wouldn’t be so sure."
"This is the Evil King’s territory. Even a Late Stage Martial King wouldn’t dare to tread here lightly. Besides, who would be kind enough to risk their life to save us?"
"So you’re saying we can only wait here to die?"
"Sigh..."
Although they were unwilling to admit it, their current situation was no different from waiting to die.
A beautiful woman said, blaming herself, "If I hadn’t insisted on picking those Blood Essence Demon Fruits, we wouldn’t have ended up in this situation. It’s all my fault for being too greedy."
"Lady Shen, you can’t be blamed for this. I was also tempted by those Blood Essence Demon Fruits and wanted to pick them," the burly, silver-haired man beside her said.
"It’s my fault too. I also wanted the Blood Essence Demon Fruits," Fairy Jinghong chimed in, taking responsibility.
Hua Celestial Sect gave a bitter smile. "Elder Shen, Master, Fairy Jinghong, the three of you should stop blaming yourselves. We need to focus on finding a way to escape."
"Find a way to escape?"
The silver-haired man snorted coldly. "Hmph, easy for you to say. If there was a way, I would’ve already dragged your troublemaking ass out of here. This is all your damn fault! Instead of staying and cultivating properly at our Great Demon Sect, you just had to run off to this godforsaken place for ’experience’ and to see your damn Elder Su."
"Elder Su isn’t ’damn’!" Hua Celestial Sect retorted, his face flushing red.
The silver-haired man roared, "You little beast! You dare talk back to your master? Watch me beat your ass raw and refine you into a Demon Puppet!"
With that, the silver-haired man moved to teach Hua Celestial Sect a lesson.
"Wait!"
The beautiful woman stopped him. "Fellow Daoist Lu, were you also coming to see this Elder Su?"
"You too?" the silver-haired man asked in surprise.
Lady Shen sighed. "It’s all because of that girl, Luoxue. After the Holy Spirit Competition, she became utterly infatuated, constantly clamoring about seeing some ’Elder Su.’ She even fell gravely ill over it. I couldn’t bear to see her suffer, so I took the risk of coming here, but who knew... Sigh..."
"What?"
The silver-haired man was dumbfounded.
Bai Luoxue was the princess of the Luoxue Kingdom! She had even awakened the Cold Ice Spiritual Body and was publicly acknowledged as one of the strongest geniuses in the Northern Profound Domain.
For such a monstrously talented genius to be completely infatuated with someone?
Just as the silver-haired man was reeling from his shock, Fairy Jinghong, who was beside them, suddenly murmured, "So, it turns out I’m not the only one who dreams of meeting Elder Su."
"Don’t tell me... you’re also here to see this Elder Su?"
The silver-haired man and Lady Shen turned to look at Fairy Jinghong at the same time.
"Well..."
Fairy Jinghong nodded, her face blushing.
Ever since meeting Su Mo last time, she had dreamed of seeing him again. She had even snuck away to find him without informing her family’s elders.
Now, both the silver-haired man and Lady Shen were completely stunned.
’Just who in the world is this Elder Su?’
’It’s not just Hua Celestial Sect and Bai Luoxue. Even the long-famous Fairy Jinghong is head-over-heels for him, completely infatuated.’
The silver-haired man cursed out loud, "Fuck! What kind of love potion did that bastard Su feed all of you?"
He just couldn’t figure it out.