Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start
Chapter 182: Desperate Lovebirds

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Desperate Lovebirds

In just one minute, Xiao Zhan successfully reached the edge of the cliff waterfall.

But at the same time, Huang Jun’s Spirit Manipulation Technique arrived in front of him, its speed as fast as a flash of sword light, instantly striking the Death Demon Scythe.

A sharp clang.

The Death Demon Scythe trembled, Xiao Zhan’s hand throbbed intensely with pain. The force of the blow knocked the Death Demon Scythe away. Then it continued forward, striking Xiao Zhan’s waist, leaving a chilling wound.

Xiao Zhan’s body spasmed suddenly, an intense pain overwhelmed him, causing him to involuntarily groan.

But he gritted his teeth, he couldn’t care less about the injury at this moment, compared to the threat of death, it was nothing.

Ignoring everything behind him, he exerted all his strength and leaped from the cliff waterfall.

His body plummeted, the feeling of weightlessness causing panic, but at this moment he felt a slight relief. At least, he had temporarily escaped Huang Jun’s pursuit.

At the edge of the waterfall, Huang Jun watched Xiao Zhan jump down, his face still filled with rage.

Just now, his Sword Light Flash had been intended to sever Xiao Zhan’s spine, completely incapacitating him.

But unexpectedly, at the crucial moment, Xiao Zhan had burst forth with speed, forcibly changing the targeted location. The attack deviated and struck his waist instead, giving him a slim chance of survival.

Glancing at the bottom of the waterfall, he chose not to pursue in the same manner and dared not to.

The cliff was bottomless, and vapor around the waterfall obscured the view below.

He was unclear about the height of the waterfall or the depth of the pool below it.

Thus, even though he was a Fifth Grade Spirit Master, he dared not make any rash decisions in these circumstances.

Yet he didn’t believe that Xiao Zhan could just die like this; if he dared to jump, then he must have hopes that compelled him to take the leap.

At that moment, Huang Fei arrived at his side and took a breath of cold air after looking down.

"Uncle, from such a great height, Xiao Zhan must surely be dead, right?"

"Alive, I need to see the person; dead, I need to see the body," Huang Jun said solemnly with a somber expression.

Feeling the pain in his chest, Huang Jun knew very clearly not to take a person like Xiao Zhan lightly.

A slightest negligence might just be the key to Xiao Zhan’s rebirth from Nirvana.

"Go search for him!"

"Go search? How do we even start searching?" Huang Fei looked again at the height, it was at least six or seven hundred meters, even if there is water below, one would crash to death.

"Stop the nonsense. If I tell you to go, you go!"

Huang Jun snapped angrily.

Seeing Huang Fei’s pitiful demeanor infuriated him.

Compared to Xiao Zhan, it was like heaven and earth.

If not for his SSS-level talent, he probably would’ve been useless by now.

"Okay... alright."

Huang Fei reluctantly agreed, he was rather afraid of Huang Jun, he dared not disobey his words.

Even though he believed that Xiao Zhan was surely dead, especially since he had been hit by Huang Jun’s strike before falling,

but due to Huang Jun’s authority, he could only go and search.

...

Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan’s figure was falling rapidly.

The pain from his wound was agonizing, but his expression was calm at that moment.

His Perception Skill kept releasing at a very high frequency, sensing the environment around him. Data flowed into his mind, and a scene formed in his mind.

Just then, he abruptly swung the Demon Scythe in his hand.

The Demon Scythe plunged into the waterfall, clinking against a rock.

However, the force of the rapid descent immediately caused the Demon Scythe and the rock to detach, and his body continued to fall downward.

Yet, Xiao Zhan’s eyes remained calm, for all this was within his calculations. Although the rock hadn’t been securely caught, the brief contact allowed him to exert a force.

With the reaction of this force, his body shifted a few inches to the left.

Though it was only a few inches, by the principle of parabolas, his deviation would increase as he continued to descend.

After falling several tens of meters, with a swish, his body collided with a crooked-neck tree sticking out.

The tree wasn’t very large, and after hitting it, he almost didn’t stop at all but continued to fall. However, it greatly slowed down his falling speed.

Simultaneously, Xiao Zhan used the tree to push off again, adjusting his position one more time, just in time to meet another crooked-neck tree a few tens of meters below.

This tree was even larger. Although Xiao Zhan still didn’t stop after hitting it, his falling speed was greatly cushioned once more.

These two successive cushions, although increasing the severity of Xiao Zhan’s wounds, undoubtedly gave him a greater chance of survival.

Finally, under the cushioning of another crooked-neck tree, Xiao Zhan plunged with a splash into the pool below the waterfall.

Sharp rocks filled the pool; choosing the wrong spot could shatter him instantly. But luckily, Xiao Zhan had known the situation beforehand and fell into a safe spot.

After the triple cushioning, he didn’t feel much shock.

After crawling out of the water, he didn’t dare to linger. After a brief treatment of his wounds, he continued his escape.

He was still able to maintain his Battle Spirit Form now, but once the form dissipated, and his period of weakness came, he would be vulnerable.

In the Demon Beast Forest, the danger came not only from Huang Fei, but also from demon beasts!

Dragging his injured body, Xiao Zhan sprinted through the forest at full speed, his Battle Spirit Form making him like a ghostly shadow, leaving no traces on the ground.

This comforted Xiao Zhan for the moment, as without traces, it would be very hard for Huang Fei and the others to discern the direction of his escape.

However, this comfort did not last long.

For just minutes later, too soon, Xiao Zhan’s Battle Spirit Form involuntarily dissolved, and a strong sense of weakness overwhelmed him, leaving him feeling utterly drained and like a car running out of fuel, abruptly stopping.

Xiao Zhan’s face was pale as tin foil; he looked behind, no one was chasing, but he felt far from safe.

He tried to mobilize his Spirit Manipulation Energy inside his body, but found it hollow and empty, and the forced mobilization instead caused tearing pain in his meridians.

At the same time, without the sustaining power of Spirit Manipulation Energy, the wound at his waist burst open again, blood spurting out, quickly staining a large area red.

The exhaustion compounded his pain, and Xiao Zhan desperately wanted to lie down and rest.

But he couldn’t, this place was not safe; stopping meant death.

Ye Youlong had also transformed into human form, their powers being interconnected; without his power, she could not maintain her Artifact Spirit Form either.

She looked just as awful as Xiao Zhan, her hair disheveled, a trickle of blood running from the corner of her mouth.

Having borne the brunt of Huang Jun’s Sword Light Flash, she was in agony, feeling a suffocating pain in her organs, hardly any easier than Xiao Zhan.

Nevertheless, she came to Xiao Zhan’s side, slung his arm over her shoulder, supporting Xiao Zhan with one hand, the other pressing on his wound, as they trudged forward together.

"Wife, this time I’m afraid we’ve become true outlaw lovers,"

Xiao Zhan said with a bitter smile.

He frantically scanned his surroundings with his Perception, but the surroundings were eerily empty, no place to hide at all.

"I don’t want to be lovers," Ye Youlong said, looking straight ahead.