Jiang Hao was dead!
He wasn't bitten by Gargoyle Rats. He committed suicide.
To protect Jiang Qiling, he was bitten by Gargoyle Rats. When he knew he couldn't stand the poison, he exploded his Soul Pond and died.
The six bodies were all poisoned. Two of them were killed by Jiang Hao and the other four died by exploding their Soul Ponds.
They would rather self-detonate than become rat-men, turning into walking corpses and harming their own people.
Jiang Qiling did make a move. It was just that she had used too many Bloodline Skills and her soul was too weak. Jiang Hao didn't allow her to do it.
Jiang Hao had been carrying Jiang Qiling. To protect her from being bitten by the Gargoyle Rats, he took a hit for her. In the end, he died from the poison and his Soul Pond exploded.
Jiang Qiling was sad. Her grandpa spoiled her since she was a kid. This time, when she sneaked into the Iron-armored Ship, her grandpa didn't send her back. He let her do whatever she wanted along the way.
Little did he know that Jiang Hao died at the Gargoyle Mountain because of Jiang Qiling.
Jiang Qiling blamed herself. Her sorrow and guilt didn't seem to be fake.
Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and rain poured down. A beautiful lady holding a dead body and crying into the sky was breathtaking.
Lu Li rushed over in silence. Little White released its qi and energy to suppress the Gargoyle Rats. Seeing that the Gargoyle Rats didn't attack, Jiang Yan and the others looked at Lu Li in surprise.
Jiang Qiling didn't pay much attention to Lu Li when she saw the group of people coming over.
Instead, when she noticed that Lu Li had suppressed the Gargoyle Rats so easily, she glared at Lu Li and shouted, "Why didn't you come earlier? If you had, my grandpa wouldn't have died."
"Saving you is a favor. Not saving you is my duty!"
Lu Li coldly used Jiang Qiling's words. Then he felt sorry for her so he explained, "Lady Qi, we heard your voices and came over. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to find you.
The dead are gone. My condolences, Lady Qi. "
Lu Li winked at Jiang Yan who understood. He rushed over and knocked Jiang Qiling out with a karate chop.
Jiang Qiling was not in her right mind. Now that she was agitated, she would commit suicide if he didn't knock her out.
All the bodies were collected and put into the Interspatial Ring to be buried.
There was no air circulation in the spatial ring, so the corpse would not decompose so quickly.
Under Whitey's deterrence, the Gargoyle Rat could no longer move. The group quickly retreated and found a place to rest.
After chatting with Jiang Yan for a while, Lu Li learned that the other Noble Lord Realm warrior, Jiang Ming, could not be contacted at the moment because he was covering the rear. Lu Li was afraid that … Jiang Ming was also in danger.
A warrior of the Eternal Realm next to Jiang Yan vaguely raised a question — if Lu Li could suppress the Gargoyle Rats, why didn't he do anything in the valley?
If they had suppressed it within the valley, there wouldn't have been so many casualties.
"Little White was not in the valley at that time."
Lu Li threw him a casual glance and explained. Yu Huashen and Ming Yu's eyes turned cold.
Jiang Yan reprimanded repeatedly. That person hurriedly apologized.
Lu Li, on the other hand, didn't mind. So many people had died this time, but he didn't feel guilty.
The Iron-armored Ship did not belong to him. Instead, they paid the Xuan Crystals. The Pavilion of Delicacy had the responsibility and obligation to protect them.
He was not a god, and he had no responsibility or obligation to protect everyone.
So many people were dying in the world every second. How many could he protect? How many could he save?
The rain kept pouring. They sat in the rain for an entire night in silence. The rain stopped at dawn.
It was late in the morning. After Lu Li and the others had some food, they set off to look for the survivors.
Jiang Qiling was still in a coma. What happened last night must have been a big blow to her. Her mind must have been damaged so she could not wake up.
After a day, Lu Li and the others had found nearly 100 people. There were less than 200 people in the team in total.
After such a long time, there were probably not many people left who could survive.
They continued to camp at night. At midnight, Jiang Qiling finally woke up. Luckily, she didn't make a scene. She just asked some questions and then hugged her knees and cried silently. She fell asleep again after crying for two hours.
The next day, they continued to wander around and found more than a dozen people. They did run into many poisoned rat men and bones.
There were also many corpses that had turned into skeletons. Who knew if Jiang Ming's body was among them …
After nightfall, Lu Li found a small valley and decided to set up camp here.
Those that couldn't be found for two days must be dead. It was pointless to go out with a group of people.
Lu Li began to cultivate and consume Soul Crystals. Yu Huashen wandered around nearby to collect Purple Xuan Crystals and Soul Crystals.
Ming Yu stayed by Lu Li's side to protect him. Little White didn't go out.
Yu Huashen gave Lu Li more than 3000 Soul Crystals. Lu Li consumed hundreds of them. He had more than 4000 Soul Crystals on him, enough for him to cultivate for a long time.
The eruption of the caves of ghosts had weakened. That being said, the Gargoyle Mountain was too large and the gravity was still horrifying.
It was not realistic to leave the Gargoyle Mountain on foot. The Gargoyle Mountain was a huge mountain. It would take an Iron-armored Ship half a month to fly at full speed.
For the next few days, Jiang Yan would go out by himself from time to time, trying to find more survivors or Jiang Ming.
Sometimes, he would look for Jiang Ming, but every time, he would return dejectedly. There was no one alive outside.
Less than 200 of the more than 1000 were left. Jiang Hao was dead and less than 60 Eternal Realm escorts of the Pavilion of Delicacy survived. It was a tragic event.
Jiang Qiling behaved herself these days. She stayed in her tent, not making any noise or seeing anyone. Lu Li didn't have the mood to mind her. He focused on consuming Soul Crystals.
On the fifth day, Lu Li suddenly opened his eyes. There was a glint of surprise in his eyes.
The Silver Dragon Bloodline had been absorbing the white energy from the Soul Crystals and some of the demon's memory had been transferred to him.
More importantly, the memory contained all the demon's understanding of the "Mirror Image Profound Meaning", including the memory of integrating Apparition.
Lu Li was overjoyed. Profound Meaning was something that could only be understood but not explained. Since he had the complete memory of the demon, it would be more likely for him to learn this Profound Meaning.
Lu Li had figured it out. Without understanding the Mirror Image Profound Meaning, it would be hard for him to release this skill.
He had been consuming Soul Crystals just for this moment. He didn't expect that the Silver Dragon Bloodline would really transfer the demon's memory.
Lu Li didn't care about anything else. He began to study the demon's memory at once and tried to integrate it with his Apparition Skill so that he could release that skill.
However …
He had only been cultivating for half a day when he heard some hurried footsteps outside. Then an escort of the Pavilion of Delicacy shouted from outside the tent, "Young Master Lu, Lady Qi has committed suicide. Third Commander wants you to go over."
"Committed suicide?"
Lu Li opened his eyes. He felt helpless. He got up and walked out after some thoughts.
He followed the escort to Jiang Qiling's tent. A group of people had already gathered there.
Lu Li walked into Jiang Qiling's tent. Her face was pale. The vein on her wrist was cut open and put into a jar. The jar contained Bloody Rose. The jar was filled with blood and it was overflowing …
Jiang Qiling didn't pass out. Her eyes were unfocused, like a person who had lost her soul.
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PS: The result of the illegal arbitration of the South Sea is out. This is too much.
For the first time, the war is so close to us. When the day comes when Dragon Emperor of Annihilation stops updating, the old demon will go to the frontline with a butcher's knife.
If the war really broke out, the old demon would support the war to the end even if he had to go bankrupt.
We love peace, but the descendants of the Huaxia are not afraid of war and they are willing to die.