Imperial Cultivation-Chapter 957 - 953: Execution
Song Lianshuang saw him gradually struggling, so she stopped talking.
The tree hollow had a faint scent of pine resin mixed with her own refreshing fragrance.
The surroundings quieted down.
She glanced at Leng Tieya and saw that he had completely closed his eyes. His breathing became steady, as if he had fallen asleep.
He was propelling the Heavenly Demon Body Technique, entering a strange state that could quickly heal the body.
She thought for a moment, then floated out of the tree hollow.
She realized that the golden feathered birds were chasing Leng Tieya, not her.
They hadn’t even come into contact with her, so naturally, they wouldn’t hunt her down.
Therefore, as long as Leng Tieya’s form wasn’t revealed, the golden feathered birds wouldn’t pursue.
Despite this, she remained cautious, lightly and agilely flying out more than ten meters, ducking behind a leafy tree, and peeking through the leaves to survey the sky.
The sky showed no sign of those two golden feathered birds, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief.
Just as she exhaled, she inhaled sharply.
Two small black spots appeared in the sky. Focusing her gaze, she recognized them as the golden feathered birds.
She was alarmed: Did they manage to escape the cave so quickly and catch up? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
These two golden feathered birds were incredibly troublesome. It was lucky Brother Leng was clever enough to think of using the Treasure Sword to dig a tunnel and escape.
Otherwise, they would have met their end under the claws of the golden feathered birds by now.
The two golden feathered birds kept circling in the sky, refusing to give up.
She held her breath and focused through an hour, still seeing no signs of them leaving, and dared not rashly move for fear of drawing their attention to the tree hollow.
She understood that these two golden feathered birds had incredibly sharp eyes; a single move on her part would catch their notice.
The sky darkened with twilight.
The two birds continued circling in the sunset, showing no intent to leave.
Growing impatient, she thought it over and floated further away, hiding beneath leaves.
She wanted to test the two golden feathered birds’ response, to see if they recognized her.
She immediately noticed one golden feathered bird beginning to dive down.
Its momentum was impressive, increasing in speed, coming straight for her.
Her face changed slightly, and she flickered her body, starting to circle through the woods.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
As the golden feathered bird dove into the forest, branches shattered wherever it passed, sturdy ancient trees seemed like paper in front of its slender wings.
As its wings swept through, ancient trees were effortlessly severed in two, without hindrance.
She intended to use the ancient trees for shielding and defense, but her plan fell through.
Luckily, it somewhat slowed the golden feathered bird’s speed.
She ran desperately in circles ahead.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Amid the muffled sounds, she glanced back to see eyes bursting with sharp brilliance, and the blackened long beak getting ever closer.
Leng Tieya shook his head and sighed inside the tree hollow.
Could he just watch her be killed by the golden feathered bird?
Or should he risk it to save her?
Her identity was crucial, being the second young lady of the Song Family, a more eminent presence than the Leng Family and also a top-tier family in Zhongyun City.
If he aspired to access the core secrets of the Demon Clan, he couldn’t merely remain the third son of the Leng Family.
The third son of the Leng Family wasn’t favored and thus couldn’t access many secrets, nor was he qualified to hear about them.
With these thoughts, Leng Tieya gritted his teeth and opened his eyes.
A Light Gate appeared in the woods on the other side of the mountain, and Chu Liezhao emerged.
He tossed out a Little Black Stone Seal and then stepped back into the Light Gate, disappearing.
A Flying Knife carried the Little Black Stone Seal around the other side of the mountain, drilling into the tree hollow,
Leng Tieya caught the Little Black Stone Seal, operating Demon Yuan and refining the Soul Suppressing Seal according to a unique mental method.
"Sister Song, lure them over!" Leng Tieya’s voice resonated in her heart.
Song Lianshuang was startled, realizing she hadn’t run very far at all.
She had been circling around, not too far from the tree hollow.
"Lure it over!" Leng Tieya’s voice resonated again within her heart.
This was enabled by the Heavenly Demon Soul Pearl, allowing them to communicate without shouting.
"Brother Leng..."
"I have a plan now. If you delay any longer, you’ll die!"
"...Alright." Song Lianshuang gritted her teeth and agreed.
Seeing it close in, witnessing the cold heartlessness in its eyes, despair and helplessness sprung up inside her.
Amid such circumstances, Leng Tieya’s calm and steady demeanor was like a lifeline thrown to a drowning person for her.
She continued circling, narrowly avoiding a peck, suddenly accelerating, closing in on the tree hollow.
"Don’t let it see me," Leng Tieya’s voice sounded, just get close enough.
"Mm." Leng Tieya’s calm and steady voice settled her heart.
She made a turn several dozen yards away from the tree hollow to avoid letting the golden feathered bird see Leng Tieya.
"Ah!"
Song Lianshuang suddenly cried out in pain.
Her fragrant shoulder ultimately failed to dodge the golden feathered bird’s peck.
The golden feathered bird suddenly paused.
Just as it rejoiced, its vision went black, knowing nothing more.
It plummeted straight down like a kite with a broken string.
"Wham!"
"Boom!"
It shattered two ancient trees before crashing heavily into the grassy ground.
Like a hunk of iron hitting the earth.
Song Lianshuang hurriedly turned to check her left shoulder.
Her creamy skin had a gaping opening, revealing stark white bone beneath.
Blood had already soaked down to her slender waist.
She glared angrily at the unmoving golden feathered bird on the ground and looked up at the other diving in.
She didn’t dodge or evade, glaring fiercely back at the cold, ruthless eyes of that golden feathered bird.
The golden feathered bird’s spirited, dazzling gaze suddenly blurred, then turned vacant before dimming and going out.
"Boom!"
Two ancient trees shattered into splinters.
Amidst the flying debris, this golden feathered bird crashed heavily to the ground.
Sinking deep into the earth, only its feathers remained visible.
Leng Tieya’s face appeared at the tree hollow’s entrance, pale and weak, yet bearing a smile.
Song Lianshuang widened her bright eyes in surprise, looking between the two golden feathered birds and Leng Tieya.
Leng Tieya smiled, "Now it’s over to you."
Then he closed his eyes and remained motionless.
"Brother Leng!"
"Brother Leng?!"
Song Lianshuang floated over to the tree hollow, seeing Leng Tieya completely still, seemingly in a coma.
She dared not shake Leng Tieya, avoiding disturbing his focus on healing.
But she was truly curious about what had happened.
How had the two invincible and impregnable golden feathered birds ended up like this?
Still full of curiosity and gratitude, she examined the two golden feathered bird corpses.
No external injuries were visible.
Then she understood it was a Spiritual Attack, immediately guessing it must have been a Demon Artifact.
It seemed she hadn’t heard of Leng Tieya possessing any Demon Artifact; after all, he was merely the third son of the Leng Family.
The eldest son had died, and the second son, highly favored, was the de facto heir.
With the Leng Family’s resources, even if they had a Demon Artifact, they would have only one.
This Demon Artifact should be in the hands of the current Family Head or, if not, then the second son.
As the unfavored third son, he couldn’t possibly have this Demon Artifact.
Otherwise, there’d be no need to risk stealing this artifact to gain entry into the Great Heavenly Demon Palace.
...
Leng Tieya opened his eyes an hour later, his expression weary, his breath weak.
"Brother Leng, you saved me."
"I saved myself."
"Regardless, you saved me. How did you kill them?"
"Here, this." Leng Tieya pulled out the Little Black Stone Seal from his bosom and tossed it to her.
"This is...?"
"Soul Suppressing Seal," Leng Tieya replied, "robbed from someone else."
"That Soul Suppressing Seal is a Meng Family Demon Artifact!" Song Lianshuang’s face changed slightly.
Leng Tieya chuckled, "Its power is indeed extraordinary, otherwise, it couldn’t kill them."
Song Lianshuang said, "Don’t take it out, don’t let others see it...Better not to use it again, the Meng Family may have a way to track it."
Leng Tieya shook his head, "We’ll see."
Song Lianshuang persistently advised, "It’s not worth taking this risk."
The Meng Family is on par with her own Song Family, not someone the Leng Family can afford to provoke.
