<h4>Chapter 989: Perilous Situation</h4>


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    Actually, they felt quiteforted and ted when they saw that Chu Liuyue had persisted for quite some time in the beginning. However, it was… too long now!


    This instead made them worried again.


    Jian Fengchi nced at Tuan Zi by the side, a faint sharp light shing across his ice-cold eyes. He then leaned against the rock at the side andughed lightly. “Don’t worry. She won’t let herself die so easily.”


    Back when Shangguan Wan and Jiang Yucheng coborated to harm her, she chose to burn herself andmit suicide. But in the end, she still came back as a different person… How would she be so easily handled?


    “We should just take this time to digest all the force we absorbed previously! This way, she won’t pull the distance between us so greatly. If not…” Jian Fengchi raised his brows slightly.


    Even though he didn’t finish his sentence, his meaning was clear.


    Yuwen Jinghong nced at him doubtfully. “A-are you sure? This force has a holy strength within it after all…”


    “A maniac will be a maniac everywhere they go.” Jian Fengchi decisively threw this sentence behind as he gazed at the thin figure on the distant main mountain deeply before closing his eyes and allowing his surrounding force to move.


    Seeing him in such a state, the remaining few people exchanged nces. They also could only calm themselves down and start to cultivate like Jian Fengchi.


    No matter what, it would be very advantageous if they could strengthen themselves.


    …


    The few people temporarily forced themselves to calm down, but the others around Ancient Phoenix Mountain didn’t feel so at ease. Originally, they thought that Shangguan Yue wouldn’tst for long and would quickly be thrown off. But for some reason, she persisted for such a long time!


    From far away, the endless golden rays of light surrounded Jun Jiuqing and Shangguan Yue respectively, each forming two centers.


    Even though the scale andmotion on Shangguan Yue’s side couldn’t bepared to Jun Jiuqing, it was much stronger than in the beginning, and it was still expanding!


    Not only did she not look weak, but she even seemed like she was catching up with him!


    “How did that happen?” Many people looked at this scene and had the same doubt.


    …


    At this point, Chu Liuyue didn’t know about the outsiders’ reactions at all. This was because all her energy and focus were ced on regting her body’s force.


    A cultivator’s body was like a container, which could contain varying amounts of force ording to one’s abilities.


    Chu Liuyue was now a peak stage-six warrior, and she was definitely considered one of the best among other cultivators of the same level. With her Dijing Yuan meridian, she was also stronger than other people of the same level in terms of physical strength.


    This allowed her to have higher resilience and tolerance when enduring this ferocious force, which is why she could exceed Yuwen Jinghong and the rest’s expectations and hold on until now.


    But even if so, she was still a peak stage-six warrior at the end of the day, and she was still weaker!


    She only dared to fight with Jun Jiuqing because the water droplet in her dantian could limitlessly contain all this force! But at the same time, she was also facing a stern limitation: Even if that water droplet could absorb all of this force, her body might not be able topletely tolerate the force’s impact and nourishment again and again!


    In actual fact, her body started hurting not long after she began.


    By this point, an hour had passed. Her pain wasn’t reduced and instead became even more excruciating!


    She could even feel the force bing sharp knives when it rushed into her limbs, harshly scraping across her meat and tendons!


    The others were a distance away, so they couldn’t see that her clothes were slowly being stained with drops of blood. Even the spot below her body had a pool of blood!


    …


    Compared to Chu Liuyue, Jun Jiuqing was undoubtedly in a much better condition. Not only was he one cultivation level stronger than Chu Liuyue, but he also had the Beiming royal family’s blood. Hence, he could be the perfect person at the perfect ce at the perfect time!


    Even now, he was still hanging in midair and didn’t fall due to the terrifying force!


    His capabilities and determination could be clearly seen!


    His surrounding aura started strengthening as time passed.


    Of course, he could also clearly feel that a small portion of the force that should’ve all belonged to him was being directed out since it was absorbed by someone else.


    He originally thought that it would end very quickly, but he didn’t expect it not to stop even after so long. Hence, Jun Jiuqing looked down and nced at her.


    With this nce, he clearly saw Chu Liuyue sitting cross-legged while she was covered in blood!


    Harshness shed across his eyes as he moved his figure andnded around Chu Liuyue. “Do you have a death wish?”


    His face was sinisterly cold, and his voice as chilling as ice. “You don’t even want your life just to beat me?”


    “You’re overthinking. I’m not risking so much just to beat you!” Chu Liuyue chuckled lowly.?<i>It’s for that scarce bit of consciousness left in the holy force! Since it feels that I pose a threat, I will show it what that means!?</i>


    Jun Jiuqing’s eyes became increasingly red as if they were drenched in blood! Then, he coldly sneered. “You want to fight with me based on your current abilities?”


    Chu Liuyue gradually turned her head to nce at him while smiling, but the bright red bloodstain at the corner of her mouth made this smile look more stubborn and persistent. “Based on myself… can’t I?”


    Her voice was very light, but her tone was as arrogant as usual. It was as if there was nothing she couldn’t do in this world.


    Jun Jiuqing stood with one hand behind his back as he gradually clenched his fists in his sleeves. He could roughly guess that she wanted to elevate her strength as soon as possible, but this was too risky.


    <i>What exactly gave her the confidence??</i>Jun Jiuqing scanned her pale face with his gaze as heughed with unknown meaning. However, his eyes didn’t have much smiling intent. “Since you want to fight… I’ll make you losepletely!”


    Then, his surrounding force moved, and his cultivation level was elevated once again!


    The endless golden force in the surroundings all went toward him, and the golden vortex above Chu Liuyue’s head became smaller!


    The force surrounding her started going toward Jun Jiuqing at an observable speed.


    …


    “Stage-nine warrior!” Detecting thismotion, Jian Fengchi widened his eyes and looked over, his expression slightly solemn.?<i>It’s no wonder Jun Jiuqing is always so arrogant in Beiming since his talent and capabilities are indeed top-notch. Besides, the key is that this might not even be his true ability!?</i>


    Seeing all the force starting to move toward him, Chu Liuyue looked extra helpless.


    This was a battle that one could foresee the oue with one nce!


    “How is that Jun Jiuqing so strong?” Mu Hongyu couldn’t help but stand up and had an anxious expression.


    “Actually, it’s not a loss for Her Majesty to lose now. After all, she has absorbed quite a bit of the force from before. As long as she can safelye back, everything—Her Majesty!” Before Yuwen Jinghong could finish talking, he suddenly widened his eyes in shock!


    He saw an arrow suddenly fling out of the golden light at the mountain peak. It went straight for Chu Liuyue!