The Frail Guide Who Devoured an Entire Pollution Zone

Even though she could still guide Shen Yan while he was in his berserk state, the level of difficulty would naturally be much higher than doing it now. However, to put Lu Jingyu’s mind at ease, she simply nodded. Lu Jingyu gave her a few more words of caution before hurrying back to regroup with his team.

The moment he left, Xu Qingsui noticed that the golden barrier enveloping Shen Yan had already begun to crack. Sure enough, with her current Spiritual Ability, she couldn’t maintain the shield for very long. To seize this final window of opportunity, Xu Qingsui grabbed Shen Yan and immediately began the guiding process.

Her theory about being able to assimilate attributes had already been confirmed. This time, upon entering Shen Yan’s Spiritual World, Xu Qingsui enveloped her entire body in the Fire Attribute.

Shen Yan’s Spiritual World was already in complete ruins. The entire realm was flooded with magma, the air reeking of sulfur and smoke. Allowing her body to soak in the magma, Xu Qingsui assimilated the attribute while searching for places where Shen Yan might be hiding. With the Fire Attribute protecting her, it felt just like she was soaking in a hot spring.

But just as she lowered her guard, something in the magma suddenly wrapped around her ankle. Startled, Xu Qingsui immediately tried to shake it off. However, after several struggles, the thing around her ankle only constricted tighter. A forceful pull tugged at her ankle, attempting to drag her deep into the magma. Although she was enjoying this magma bath right now, if her entire body was dragged under, she might survive for a short while, but prolonged exposure would surely drown her in the molten rock.

The pulling force grew stronger and stronger. She had to find a way to break free. When her hand accidentally brushed against her waist, her expression firmed with resolve. She took a deep breath and plunged headfirst into the magma.

The moment she dove in, she drew the Crimson Chain from her waist. Beneath the crimson magma, Xu Qingsui saw two stone-like chains wrapped tightly around her ankles. These stone chains seemed to be alive, persistently yanking at her, trying to drag her into the fiery depths.

Upon seeing the very thing that wanted her dead, Xu Qingsui’s eyes turned cold, and she instantly swung the Crimson Chain at it. The Crimson Chain could slice through iron as if it were mud, let alone mere stone chains. It swept through them like a hot knife through butter, severing them in an instant. The severed stone chains seemed to lose their vitality, dissolving into a puddle of muddy water and sinking to the bottom of the magma.

Xu Qingsui stared into the depths. “Could Shen Yan be hiding down there this time?” she wondered.

Just as she hesitated over whether to dive deeper and investigate, two more stone chains abruptly shot out from behind her, lunging at her body and binding her tightly. Perhaps wary of the Crimson Chain after the previous encounter, one of the stone chains specifically bound her arms tightly to her torso, preventing her from using the weapon again.

Once they had her restrained, the stone chains dragged her rapidly toward the deepest part of the magma. Xu Qingsui furrowed her brow, attempting to use the Crimson Chain once more. But with her wrists bound, merely holding onto the weapon without dropping it was already the limit of her abilities.

As she was pulled deeper and deeper, her reserved air began to run out. Even though she was submerged in scalding magma, her body paradoxically felt colder and colder. “Am I really going to die here this time?” she thought.

Driven by the stone chains, she soon saw the bottom. To her surprise, the bottom of the magma lake was an incredibly smooth platform, emitting faint specks of fluorescent light. By this time, Xu Qingsui’s lungs were completely empty. As she landed on the platform, she felt entirely hopeless, waiting for the suffocating sensation to overtake her.

However, the anticipated agony never arrived. It was then that she realized she could breathe perfectly fine here, despite being at the bottom of the magma. At the same time, the stone chains binding her automatically unraveled. Slithering across the ground like snakes, they quickly disappeared from her sight. She paused, stunned. The stone chains apparently didn’t want to hurt her; they simply wanted to bring her here.

Realizing something, Xu Qingsui quickly scanned her surroundings. Although the stone chains were agile enough to bring her here, they were inanimate objects in the end. Whatever wanted to bring her here must be a living creature. In Shen Yan’s Spiritual World, aside from herself as an intruder, the only living creature would be Shen Yan’s spirit body. She searched around and eventually found a cave hidden in a corner.

Without a second thought, Xu Qingsui walked straight toward it. Upon stepping inside, she saw the ground littered with shattered pieces of stone chains. One end of each chain was fixed to the cave walls, as if they had once imprisoned something here. But in the end, that something had managed to escape, leaving behind nothing but broken chains. She faintly guessed what had happened, yet even more perplexing questions surged in her mind.

CLANK, CLANK, CLANK!

Suddenly, a noise echoed from deep within the cave. Only then did Xu Qingsui notice that there was an inner chamber. The sound continued to ring out, and Xu Qingsui immediately followed it.

As she entered the inner chamber, several stone chains thicker than her arms appeared before her. The stone chains were shaking ceaselessly, colliding against each other and producing a loud clanking sound. Something must be pulling them for the stone chains to move like that. She followed the chains and finally spotted a winged Flying Dragon bound tightly in a corner.

It was Shen Yan’s spirit body!

Seeing this, Xu Qingsui confirmed her theory: this was a prison Shen Yan had built to restrain himself from going berserk. However, it wasn’t hard to see that the results were less than ideal.

Noticing Xu Qingsui’s arrival, the Flying Dragon looked at her and suddenly let out a sorrowful, mournful wail. Feeling the grief emanating from the Flying Dragon, a wave of ache washed over Xu Qingsui’s heart. Shen Yan had constantly been trying to find ways to change his condition. Aside from researching medications, his spirit body was also fighting hard, attempting to construct a cage that could trap him when he lost control. He had already worked so hard, yet all it brought him was endless suffering.

Her heart aching, Xu Qingsui quickly walked up to the Flying Dragon. Due to its uncontrollable struggling, the stone chains had rubbed its skin raw and bloody. It curled up in the corner and gazed at Xu Qingsui, tears of blood actually streaming from the corners of its eyes.

Seeing the bloody tears, Xu Qingsui’s pupils trembled. She immediately lunged forward and embraced the Flying Dragon in her arms.

“You’ve worked so hard. I’m sorry I’m late!”

Xu Qingsui murmured softly. Spiritual Power radiated from her and blanketed the Flying Dragon. Beneath the soothing layer of Spiritual Power, its bloody and mangled wounds slowly began to heal.

“There, there, everything is fine now. Get some good sleep! Leave the rest to me; I’ll find a way to help you fix this.”

The Flying Dragon rested its head on Xu Qingsui’s shoulder and slowly closed its eyes. But perhaps lacking a sense of security, it abruptly snapped them open just as it was about to drift off. Only after confirming that Xu Qingsui was still by its side did it finally close its eyes again.

Xu Qingsui gently stroked the Flying Dragon’s head. Not until it fell into a deep sleep did she summon the Golden Octopus.

“System, is there any way to solve Shen Yan’s problem?”