Chapter 197: The Death Fruit

Ye Xuan’s face changed, then directly transformed into human form, and then, like a lightning bolt, rushed towards the three-legged Golden Crow.

As he charged forward, Ye Xuan’s hands wielded the Hammer of the Thunder God, venom appeared on his body, with the venom’s surface covered by the Great Power Heavenly Dragon, and golden light shimmering all around.

“Three heads and six arms!”

With these words, the already powerful Ye Xuan underwent another transformation, changing from his normal form to a three-headed, six-armed form. Although slightly smaller in size compared to the Golden Crow, his momentum was no less.

However, the Golden Crow was covered in golden light all around, making it look like a sun.

Ye Xuan chose to engage in close combat, first needing to break through this layer of golden light. Upon entering the golden light range, Ye Xuan immediately felt uncomfortable.

Even with the venom and the blessing of the Great Power Heavenly Dragon, his speed inevitably slowed down.

The temperature around him had already reached tens of thousands of degrees, the venom covering Ye Xuan’s body was restlessly flowing, very uncomfortable.

With Ye Xuan’s physique, he felt like his whole body was burning up, his throat feeling like it was on fire, very uncomfortable.

However, since he had already charged in, how could he return empty-handed?

He advanced at full speed, passing through the range of golden light for thousands of meters, finally approaching the Golden Crow’s main body.

But as the saying goes, “A good beginning makes a good ending.” The thousands of meters within the Golden Crow’s domain had consumed too much of Ye Xuan’s energy, making it difficult for him to even exert half of his strength.

When he swung the Hammer of the Thunder God towards the three-legged Golden Crow, one of the Golden Crow’s claws fiercely struck back.

The collision between the exhausted Ye Xuan and the imposing three-legged Golden Crow was no match, and he was directly sent flying.

Su Mengli watched this scene, her face changing drastically. She controlled the Red Lotus, predicting where Ye Xuan would land and caught him.

The blow from the Golden Crow shattered Ye Xuan’s defense, and the high temperature within the Golden Crow’s domain made his whole body hot, emitting black smoke from his mouth, turning his entire body red.

Ye Xuan spat out a mouthful of purple blood, his blood boiling hot, clearly injured.

Immediately, he said, “Mengli, let’s escape quickly, we can’t beat this thing.”

However, at this moment, Ye Xuan saw that everything around him had turned golden. The three-legged Golden Crow had expanded its Golden Crow domain, enveloping both Ye Xuan and Su Mengli within it.

Su Mengli’s Red Lotus released a red light shield, protecting the two of them within it. However, with the Golden Crow’s golden light blocking their escape, it was not easy for them to flee.

In the eyes of the three-legged Golden Crow, a hint of mockery appeared as it stared at Ye Xuan and Su Mengli.

These two human origins were very much to its liking. Swallowing these two humans would further enhance its essence.

Once it digested its reserves and fully grew, perhaps from then on, the entire earth would face two suns every day!

Su Mengli, at this moment, controlled the Flame Red Lotus, wanting to leave this place.

However, with the Golden Crow’s golden light domain surrounding them, her Red Lotus was like sinking in mud, moving at a snail’s pace, making it impossible to escape.

At this moment, Ye Xuan looked at Su Mengli and said, “Mengli, do you trust me?”

Su Mengli looked at Ye Xuan and said, “I trust you, no matter when, I always trust you.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan said, “Okay, do you remember that Death Fruit? Give it to me, I will fight this Golden Crow! Don’t worry, I won’t die. With you by my side, how could I bear to die?”

Hearing this, Su Mengli smiled and said, “Your talent is only SS-class. Even if you use the Death Fruit and increase your development class to eighty percent, you may not necessarily be a match for this Golden Crow. Why don’t I do it instead?”

Su Mengli’s talent was SSS-class. If she used the Death Fruit, her development class could increase to sixty percent, equivalent to an SS-class development class of one hundred and eight, naturally surpassing Ye Xuan’s strength.

However, Ye Xuan was not sure if the effect of this dog curse could immunize the Death Fruit.

The dog talisman could immunize against suicide or being killed, both ways of dying due to various injuries.

The Death Fruit, when consumed, would increase one’s abilities by fifty percent for half an hour, followed by certain death after half an hour.

Ye Xuan was not sure how high the class of this so-called certain death was. If it was higher than the dog curse, Su Mengli would be in great danger.

There were four possibilities if Su Mengli consumed the Death Fruit.

The best result would naturally be the dog curse immunizing against the side effects of the Death Fruit, directly reviving her without any consequences.

The second possibility was if both were at the same class but did not cancel each other out, the situation would be very bad.

The dog curse would revive Su Mengli, but the Death Fruit would kill her, causing a continuous cycle of revival and death for Su Mengli.

The third possibility was if both were at the same class and canceled each other out, the dog curse and the Death Fruit would both be nullified, Su Mengli would not die, but the dog curse would disappear.

The final possibility was if the class of the Death Fruit was higher than that of the dog curse, the dog talisman would not take effect, and Su Mengli would die.

Thinking about this, Ye Xuan asked, “System, can the dog curse immunize against the Death Fruit?”

The system responded, “This system has not encountered it before, so I am not sure.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan wanted to curse, but at this moment, Su Mengli took out the Death Fruit and held it in her hand.

Su Mengli’s face changed, saying, “Mengli, let me do it!”

A smile appeared on Su Mengli’s face as she said, “You have always been protecting me. It’s my turn to protect you.”

“But…”

Su Mengli covered Ye Xuan’s mouth with her hand, telling him not to speak, while she herself took a bite of the Death Fruit.

The Death Fruit was very bitter, causing tears to flow from Su Mengli’s eyes.

She was not crying because of the bitterness of the Death Fruit, nor was she crying out of fear of death.

She was afraid that if something happened to her, she would not be able to accompany Ye Xuan in the future…

Ye Xuan watched Su Mengli crying, his eyes turning red. He had originally wanted to tell Mengli about the effect of the dog curse.

But now, he couldn’t be sure if the dog curse would be effective against the Death Fruit. How could he speak and give her hope, only to disappoint her later?

Thirty seconds later, Su Mengli had finished eating all of the Death Fruit. Her hair and eyes turned deep red in an instant, her whole demeanor changed.

The physical Red Lotus they were riding on, originally only two to three meters in diameter, suddenly expanded more than ten times, turning into a huge red lotus.

Su Mengli gently looked at Ye Xuan, then the lotus petals closed, protecting Ye Xuan within, while Su Mengli looked towards the three-legged Golden Crow.

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