Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 381 - 216: Jiang Wan Awakens! (Two-in-One Mega - )_2

Chapter 381: Chapter 216: Jiang Wan Awakens! (Two-in-One Mega Chapter)_2

In that instant, the sword’s radiance in her hand surged.

Accompanied by a crisp bursting sound, the force of the sword, pouring like a torrent, suddenly hammered on the skeleton’s body.

In a flash, stone chips flew about, and the skeleton was struck back step by step, the clacking of its bones echoing through the dark tunnel.

The two women took the opportunity to flee the passage.

Now, the traps in the corridor were gone, posing no threat.

When the two women returned to the hall and saw the key fallen on the ground, they were about to pick it up when an extremely cold air current suddenly swept over them.

To their surprise, the skeleton had somehow regained vitality, its movements fast as lightning, instantly appearing before them. Its withered arms swung, bringing gusts of strong wind that easily sent the two women flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

The previous attack had not inflicted any damage on it.

The eerie glint in the skeleton’s eye sockets focused on the two women, emanating a majesty that brooked no trespass.

Swish, swish, swish!

Qu Hongling brandished her small sword.

The Phoenix Slaying Sword sped in front of the skeleton and split midair, turning into dozens of small swords flickering with silver light like a swarm of butterflies or a sky filled with stars, attacking the skeleton without leaving any gaps.

The small swords weaved back and forth, flipping up and down, creating a series of crisp clashing sounds, the silent skeletal body stumbling back continuously.

"Grab the key!"

Qu Hongling gritted her teeth as she propelled the flying sword, speaking to Ran Qingchen.

Ran Qingchen lunged to grab it.

However, just as her fingertips were about to touch the key, the skeleton, struck heavily by the flying swords, twisted its shape in the air eerily, moving instantly like a ghostly shadow in front of Ran Qingchen.

"Be careful!"

Qu Hongling’s beautiful face changed abruptly, and she quickly mobilized her flying sword to attack.

The desiccated leg bones kicked hard, powerfully aiming for the astonished woman.

Ran Qingchen was horrified, her pupils dilating as she reflexively raised her long sword to block the unexpected blow.

Amidst the muffled impact, Ran Qingchen flew backward like a kite with its string cut and ultimately crashed heavily to the ground, a hint of deep red spilling from the corner of her mouth.

The skeleton’s form sprang up like a spring, ready to stomp down heavily on the prone Ran Qingchen!

In a critical moment, a graceful figure like a phoenix rising from the flames swept in swiftly from the side, shielding in front of Ran Qingchen.

Qu Hongling’s hands quickly formed a seal.

A surge of turbulent spiritual power gathered, forming a shimmering red light barrier in front of her, radiating intense warmth.

Boom!

The red light barrier collided with the skeleton’s foot bone, unleashing a brilliant light and a deafening roar that made the ground tremble and dust fly.

Qu Hongling couldn’t help but spew out a mouthful of fresh blood.

With the powerful recoil, the skeleton was sent flying back, its legs shattering in an instant, scattering bone fragments everywhere, half of its skeleton lay motionless on the ground as the ghostly fires in the skull slowly extinguished.

"Are you alright?"

Ran Qingchen, stunned, quickly supported the staggering young woman.

At this moment, Qu Hongling’s complexion was pale to the extreme, resembling the first snow of winter with not a hint of life’s warm color, exuding a heart-wrenching fragile beauty.

Qu Hongling weakly shook her head, "Go get the key."

Ran Qingchen’s eyes showed complexity as she silently supported the young woman to the throne, picked up the key, and found the hole they had used before.

"You’ve saved me again."

Ran Qingchen gently inserted the key into the hole, her heart filled with guilt.

Logically speaking, her cultivation was higher than the other’s, yet she had not given her all in the fight, hesitating when she could have possibly beaten the skeleton had she gone all out.

Qu Hongling managed a tired smile, "If I don’t save you, how can I leave by myself?"

Click—

A sound of a mechanism turning came from beneath the throne, followed by another door appearing behind the seat.

"This should be the exit now, right?"

Qu Hongling murmured.

Suddenly, the previously still half-skeletal frame sat up unexpectedly, its eyes reigniting with ghostly flames, its scattered legs reassembling.

"No way."

The two women stared in disbelief. This thing wouldn’t die?

"Hurry up and go!"

Ran Qingchen quickly recovered from the shock, embracing the swaying Qu Hongling and rushing into the stone door that had been unlocked with the key.

Once inside, Ran Qingchen’s attention was caught by an inconspicuous button on the door frame. Without thinking too much, almost instinctively, she pressed it hard.

Suddenly, the stone door closed at an even faster pace.

In the moment it shut, heavy pounding sounds came from the stone door.

Although the door shook under the skeleton’s violent impacts, it did not show any signs of damage.

Their hearts pounding like drums, they breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

They had finally blocked it.

Ran Qingchen turned around and saw quite a different sight — another stone chamber was revealed before her eyes.

The chamber was spacious and quiet, with only a solitary statue standing in the center, bathed in dim, unclear light, radiating a majestic and mysterious air that seemed removed from the secular world.

The statue was of a woman with a snake’s tail for a body, her face cold and noble.

Her upper body was bare, with smooth lines. The lower half transformed into a coiling serpent’s tail, its scales glistening with a sharp luster under the faint light, conveying a sacredness that was inviolable.

"It doesn’t seem to be the exit after all,"

Ran Qingchen said with disappointment.

Qu Hongling was equally disheartened and said with a wry smile, "Maybe we really can’t get out."

"You rest for a while. I’ll look for any mechanisms."

Ran Qingchen carefully helped Qu Hongling sit on a relatively flat stone nearby and began to look carefully around the stone chamber.