Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 638 - 318: The Reappearance of Luoxue’s Heart Demon!_2

Chapter 638: Chapter 318: The Reappearance of Luoxue’s Heart Demon!_2

The latter’s head shattered, splashing red and white all over the ground.

Jiang Shouzhong wiped the bloodstains off his hands, walked to Qu Hongling’s side, squatted down, and gently cleaned the blood from the corner of the girl’s mouth, expressing his regret, "I’m sorry, I came late."

Qu Hongling’s eyes brimmed with tears as she threw herself into the man’s arms, clinging tightly to him as if afraid it was all an illusion.

Compared to the first time she saw her lover with a mix of surprise and guilt, this time she was truly overjoyed because she clearly saw the affection and love in the man’s eyes, just as it had been back in Anhe Village.

"Jiang, you’re not holding a grudge against me anymore, are you?"

The girl asked in a muffled voice.

Jiang Shouzhong gently patted the girl’s shoulder but didn’t speak.

Dugu Luoxue ignored the affectionate couple, walked over to Wang Luoyan’s corpse, and gently lifted her hand.

The Demon Core slowly fell into the woman’s palm.

Dugu Luoxue observed it carefully, feeling the the chilling aura emanating from the Demon Core, and a hint of doubt crossed her mind.

Strange, this Demon Core is completely different from ordinary ones.

She also retrieved from Wang Luoyan’s body a secret manual containing the teachings of the Wanxiang Senluo Great Skill, crammed with dense annotations by Wang Luoyan himself.

Without going into details, it was evident that Wang Luoyan had indeed poured a lot of effort into researching the Wanxiang Senluo Great Skill.

Dugu Luoxue handed the Demon Core and the secret manual of the Wanxiang Senluo Great Skill to Jiang Shouzhong, "Here, for you."

"Why give it to me?" Jiang Shouzhong was puzzled.

"If you don’t want it, just throw it away."

Dugu Luoxue spoke casually, turning to gaze at the Heavenly Tribulation Divine Armor in the lava lake.

"Why refuse a gift?"

Jiang Shouzhong pocketed both the Demon Core and the secret manual, eyeing the Heavenly Tribulation Divine Armor, and licked his lips, "So this is the heavenly tribulation, huh? I never thought it would be hidden in a place like this—no wonder Huoyun Mountain has been searching for so many years without success."

"Jiang, let me try to get it for you," Qu Hongling offered as she moved forward.

However, Dugu Luoxue stopped her with an outstretched hand, "Don’t go over there. That’s earth fire, no living thing can approach it."

Dugu Luoxue then addressed Jiang Shouzhong, "Try to sense it; maybe it will come to you on its own."

Jiang Shouzhong nodded and fixed his gaze intently on the Divine Armor.

Qu Hongling’s beautiful eyes wandered, curiously examining the ethereal and detached Confucian female master, opened her mouth as if to ask something, but hesitated and ultimately remained silent.

After a long while, Jiang Shouzhong shook his head helplessly, "No use, Master, there’s no response."

"Perhaps, you need to fetch it yourself," Dugu Luoxue mused.

"Fetch it myself?"

Jiang Shouzhong looked at the boiling lava, winced, "Master, are you sure I can make it over?"

Dugu Luoxue walked to the edge of the lava lake, where she gently bit her fingertip, squeezing out a drop of blood, and slowly dropped it into the lava. In an instant, a wave of coldness blanketed the surface of the lava.

Dugu Luoxue squatted down and directly dipped her jade hand into it.

As the cultivation technique circulated, the coldness grew more intense, and a thin layer of frost began to form on the surface of the lava, forcibly suppressing the surrounding heat.

Snowflakes fell densely.

Beads of sweat the size of peas appeared on the woman’s forehead, and her face grew pale.

She gritted her teeth and persevered, and as the coldness spread to the front of the Divine Armor, she turned her head and called out to Jiang Shouzhong, "Go now!"

Jiang Shouzhong snapped out of his daze and hurried towards the Heavenly Tribulation Divine Armor.

With the lava suppressed by the coldness, it could no longer harm him. Jiang Shouzhong easily approached the Divine Armor only to find that it was enveloped by a thin barrier.

Jiang Shouzhong held his breath and tentatively reached out his hand, passing through the barrier.

At the moment his fingertips touched the Divine Armor, it suddenly emitted countless brown threads. These threads, like living entities, pierced his skin.

The intense pain nearly caused Jiang Shouzhong to faint on the spot.

Jiang Shouzhong gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead; the brown threads unraveled the Divine Armor like yarn and then burrowed one by one into his body.

What was even more painful for him was the lava liquid, surrounded by the coldness, began rushing towards him—as if chasing its kin, following the threads bit by bit into the man’s skin.

Jiang Shouzhong let out a scream of agony.

"Jiang!"

Qu Hongling’s expression changed drastically as she lunged towards Jiang Shouzhong.

But before the girl could get close, she was blasted away by a tremendous force erupting from the man’s body, slamming heavily onto the ground and passing out on the spot.

Dugu Luoxue waved her hand, sending Qu Hongling to safety.

A trickle of crimson blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, the excessive use of her powers causing her blood to boil within, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Dugu Luoxue gently withdrew her hand.

As the coldness faded, Jiang Shouzhong’s pain intensified, and his split skin was scalded into curls.

Dugu Luoxue struggled internally.

If she continued to suppress it for him, her body would be severely injured.

But looking at the suffering man, Dugu Luoxue hesitated for a moment, and in the end, she sighed helplessly, spreading her fingers apart and forcefully circulating her internal energy, summoning again her nearly shattered Daoist School.

Snow swirled through the air, and the powerful force of the Daoist School brought Jiang Shouzhong a familiar cool sensation.

The intense torment lessened considerably at that moment.

As Jiang Shouzhong’s body began to adapt, aided by the previous generation’s Ancestor’s help in tempering his bones, his flesh, initially eroded and burnt by the lava, miraculously began to regenerate.

It was as if someone had shattered his original body and was recreating a new one upon the foundation of Dao bones.

If one looked closely, they would see that golden liquid was also flowing through Jiang Shouzhong’s veins, similar to flowing lava, containing a heart-thumping energy.

Although Jiang Shouzhong escaped the predicament, it was Dugu Luoxue who suffered.