Starting with the Sword Ancestor System: Xiao Yan, Your Harem is Mine!

214: A mangled body at the end of his road, with no chance of survival.Deep within the Earth Core Furnace, the dark red light and shadow were still twisting and flickering, but the glorious heavenly might that once filled the heavens and earth, along with the aura of finality that froze one’s Soul, had already dissipated. In its place was a deathly silence, like surviving a great calamity, and a shattered, ruined space that had been utterly ravaged.

A Seven-Colored streamer sliced through the heavy air, but its speed was far from its usual swiftness, even carrying a hint of staggering instability. Within the light, Medusa gritted her teeth, her exquisite face completely devoid of color. Fine beads of sweat constantly seeped from her forehead, yet they evaporated before they could fall due to the scorching environment surrounding her.

She carried the completely unconscious Li Ao on her back. Every time her figure flickered, the movement pulled at her internal injuries, causing a sweet metallic taste to surge in her throat, which she forcibly swallowed. Li Ao’s body lay limply on her back, his breath so faint it was almost imperceptible, like a candle flame about to be extinguished. The weight of his body now felt heavier than a mountain, pressing not only on her physically but also on her heart.

”Hold on... Li Ao, hold on for this Queen!” she whispered softly, unsure if she was commanding the man on her back or admonishing herself.

She must find a safe place quickly!

The Earth Core Furnace was absolutely not a place to linger. The commotion from the heavenly punishment that had just descended, along with the fleeting but epoch-stirring aura of the nirvana star core at the very end, must have already acted like a beacon in the night, drawing countless prying gazes. She knew not how many powerful Soul senses were currently sweeping in from all directions, searching for anomalies in this area.

She forcibly mobilized her scarce Dou Qi, pushing her speed to the current limit she could achieve, rushing toward a relatively remote area she remembered from her arrival —a region with a complex structure of underground caverns. That location might temporarily block detection, granting them precious time to recover.

However, when it rains, it pours.

Just as she was about to rush out of the core area and step into the relatively stable rock passage—

”Rumble!”

A massive section of the domed rock wall ahead, already unstable due to the previous impact of the heavenly punishment energy, suddenly collapsed! Countless flaming boulders mixed with viscous magma slammed down like meteors of doom, instantly blocking the Dao forward and kicking up a turbulent wave of scorching, violent energy that swept toward them!

Medusa’s pupils contracted. Her condition was extremely poor; normally, such an obstacle could be shattered with a wave of her hand, but now, it was a deadly threat. She forcibly twisted her direction, and her Seven-Colored Dou Qi transformed into a thin light barrier protecting her front, attempting to evade from the side.

”Bang!”

A flaming boulder several yards in diameter scraped past the edge of the light barrier. The violent impact still sent her blood and Qi churning, and the protective light barrier flickered violently, nearly dissolving. She gave a muffled groan, and her figure, carrying Li Ao, was uncontrollably sent flying backward, slamming heavily into a scorching rock wall behind her.

”Pfft—”

Unable to suppress it any longer, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, staining a tragic, vivid mark on the rock wall in front of her. She felt her vision darken, and her internal organs felt as if they had been violently displaced by intense pain.

And Li Ao on her back, suffering the shock of the impact, found his already collapsing physical condition worsened. He unconsciously let out a painful groan, and strands of fresh blood seeped out again from the cracks on the surface of his body. His life aura rapidly flickered like a candle in the wind, seeming ready to be extinguished completely the next second.

”Li Ao!” Medusa was greatly alarmed. Ignoring her own injuries, she quickly set him down and held him in her arms. Placing her fingers on his wrist pulse, what she sensed was a scene of deathly silence and chaotic ruins.