roccoschili Chapter 898 - 898 148 Hard to Become a Pair
Chapter 898 - 898 148 Hard to Become a Pair
898: Chapter 148 Hard to Become a Pair 898: Chapter 148 Hard to Become a Pair Back at Camel Hump Mountain, Jiang Wang had incinerated Hai Zongming to ashes with a blast of Samadhi True Fire just like this.That time, he had the prior guidance of Zhongxuan Chuliang and Xiang Qian’s sword to separate him from the Saint Tower.
This time, however, he was alone.
His opponent was Granny Bizhu, even stronger than Hai Zongming.
Yet, he still managed to create an opportunity, unleashing the fire of his strongest Divine Power in its most formidable state.
The dragon-headed cane clutched the Longing as it departed; the two were already extremely close to each other.
Under the acceleration of Chasing Wind’s Secret, it was almost as soon as Jiang Wang reached out his hand that the Samadhi True Fire was upon her.
Even with Granny Bizhu’s cultivation of the Outer Building of the Fourth Realm, there was no escape.
But at such a critical moment, her left eye, which swirled like a whirlpool, suddenly popped out entirely!
The vortex that had helped her see through the illusion of the King Shrimp Pearl was not a secret technique after all, but a power inherent to this eye!
After leaping from its socket, the eye spun around and directly faced the Samadhi True Fire summoned by Jiang Wang.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t a human eye at all.
It was clearly a greenish fish eye!
The moment this greenish fish eye collided with the Samadhi True Fire, a phantom bubble appeared above the fish eye.
It was a middle-aged literati with a gentle smile, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings, his gaze fixated on Granny Bizhu with focus and even devotion, as he bowed slightly and brought his hands together as if greeting her.
The fierce, raging Samadhi True Fire approached and the bubble image instantly dissipated.
But the overpowering, scorching flame of the Samadhi True Fire vanished without a trace.
Upon a closer look, it hadn’t disappeared.
Instead, all of the Samadhi True Fire had been absorbed into that fish eye.
Inside the greenish fish eye, there was red fire, creating a hauntingly beautiful sight.
Then, in the next moment, the entire fish eye turned to ashes, and the fire vanished with it.
“No!”
Granny Bizhu let out a scream filled with piercing grief and heart-wrenching pain.
Even though she had been trapped by a plot, and Jiang Wang’s punch had opened her Empty Gate, putting her in a life-or-death crisis, she had never reacted this way before.
But now, after narrowly escaping death, she appeared so tragic.
Since long ago, Bizhu Granny was known as such, and few knew what her name had been before.
Nobody knew why she was called Bizhu.
She lived not for herself but for that one greenish left eye!
The fish birthed from this eye is called “Flounder.”
This fish never travels alone; it always appears in pairs, a rare divine fish in the world.
A poem says—”To become flounder, why fear death; I wish to be mandarin ducks, not envying the immortals.”
To become flounder, to live and die together.
The middle-aged literati appearing within the bubble was her husband.
In their early years, they roamed the rivers and seas together, refining their Dao Techniques, witnessing the wonders of different places, living a content life.
During one adventure, they found a pair of flounder eyes—one left eye to discern the essence, one right eye to create illusions.
Together, they could connect life and death.
Because she was proficient in illusion techniques, she took the left eye, and her husband took the right eye.
It seemed like an endless stretch of good weather, every day so joyous.
Until…the accident happened.
She will always remember that day, yet also wishes to forget it forever.
To save her, her husband sacrificed his eye and died.
His body and soul completely extinguished, but before death, he left a wisp of illusion within the remaining eye—to convey mutual longing.
She replaced her own eye with the left eye.
In this way, it felt as if her husband was forever with her.
She bore the fate of two people alone, so she had to live, she had to live even better.
Why did she fight for a chance for Zhu Suyao who had nearly destroyed her Taoist Heart, securing her a precious place in the Heavenly Abode Secret Land?
It is known that for someone from Diao Hai Building to obtain a Secret Realm placement from Qi Country is not easy; it requires paying a greater price.
Because she understood too well what love could do to a person.
She knew it wasn’t that Zhu Suyao lacked the ability to cultivate, Zhu Suyao simply loved the wrong person, her devoted love misplaced.
Once awakened, there was still a future.
Why did she believe Jiang Wang genuinely wanted to save Zhu Bijing and placed heavy bets on it?
Because she believed in love, she knew that love existed in this world.
But now, even her last attachment was gone.
The last vestige of illusion left by her husband within the flounder’s left eye saved her one final time.
This was truly farewell forever.
That’s why she was in agony, an agony so profound she wished not to live!
The pain in her heart far outweighed the pain on her body.
“Damn it!
Damn it!
You should die!” she roared!
But a fiercely bright light was coming at her face, almost blinding her remaining right eye.
The white talisman paper representing the fierce light talisman had not yet burned out, and another Raging Jiao talisman was torn open.
Roar!
The ferocious Jiao Dragon wrapped around Granny Bizhu tightly.
Mountain Suppressing talisman, Mystical Ice talisman, Explosive Flame talisman, Blood Burning talisman…
Granny Bizhu mourned the loss of her forever-lost flounder eye, but Jiang Wang did not hesitate in the slightest.
When the Samadhi True Fire strike missed, he did not hesitate to take out a stack of talismans, using them one by one, literally throwing Prime Stones at his opponent like crazy.
Those things were precious, but being alive gave him the possibility to pay off debts.
The relentless barrage of attacks instantly submerged Granny Bizhu.
For a moment, the explosion of multicolored flames thundered loudly.
The protective starlight that drew from distant stars couldn’t stand a chance!
It collapsed before even half a breath had passed.
“I’ll have you dead!”
Amidst the tumultuous bombardment of spells, Granny Bizhu’s spiteful voice still clearly came through.
Sluggishness, heaviness, blood burning, eye stinging, limbs stiffening…
With the immeasurable effects of the spells layered on her, Granny Bizhu still struggled to emit a piercing scream.
Whoosh!
Something pierced through the chaotic flow of spells.
In his rapid retreat, Jiang Wang caught a glimpse of a multicolored fish, and a strong sense of alarm surged within him.
The fish was already before him, ramming into his abdomen!
That fish was of five colors.
Red, black, yellow, green, blue, a kiss from this fish meant certain death.
In such a perilous moment, Granny Bizhu chose to counterattack first rather than protect herself.
Crack.
The Seven Mysteries armor that Zhongxuan Sheng used for protection was directly bitten through, leaving a tear.
The fish of five colors then collided with a layer of golden light.
That was the Golden Body talisman that Jiang Wang had torn open beforehand!
Although the five-colored fish immediately bit through the golden light, Jiang Wang had already reacted, raising his palm like a blade and slashing down on its body.
The five-colored fish was only three fingers long and two fingers wide, looking like it could be pinched to death with ease.
However, Jiang Wang’s palm blade infused with Path Origin merely managed to slash it away.
Jiang Wang didn’t pursue the five-colored fish; instead, he immediately tore open another Golden Body talisman and plunged into the still-lingering spell flames.
With a Heart Shattering punch, he struck the frantically struggling Granny Bizhu squarely in the chest.
Puh!
As Granny Bizhu spat out blood, Jiang Wang delivered another strike with his left hand, a Palm Blade to the throat, shattering her windpipe on impact.
With a backhand hook around her neck, he delivered a high knee smash, sending her entire body flying into the air.
His hands spread wide, his fists filled with Path Origin, he relentlessly hammered down like a tempest.
He kept striking until Granny Bizhu’s body, which had lost control, floated in the air for a full thirty breaths!
All five internal organs were shattered, and all five Internal Mansion chambers of Tongtian Palace were destroyed.
The Starlight Holy Tower in the distant sky had also lost its connection in the process.
The surging spells, though only the afterwaves remained, shattered the golden light protecting Jiang Wang and nearly turned the Seven Mysteries armor into tattered strips.
Jiang Wang was taking the damage head-on, not giving Granny Bizhu any chance to catch her breath, and it was with his bare fists that he managed to beat her to death!
Only then did the five-colored fish shoot back from afar.
A bloody hand grabbed the crystal fish tank, flipped it over with a snap of the wrist, and contained it within.
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“To die for intimate love, I would not envy immortals pair.” — Lu Zhaolin, “Ancient Longing of Chang’an”