After saying these words, a layer of white mist actually materialized from Xiao Xiao's small back, blocking all the gargoyle's stone spikes.
At this moment, Xiao Xiao smiled faintly at Ye Feng, her body went limp, and she instantly collapsed.
"Xiao... Xiao Xiao..."
Ye Feng's eyes were filled with shock, and then an uncontrollable rage surged in his heart.
"Damn it!"
Ye Feng gritted his teeth.
He clenched the Tang saber in his hand tightly, wanting to stand up and chop the gargoyle into pieces again.
But to Ye Feng's surprise, the Tang saber, which had been so easily manipulated in his hand, inexplicably became incredibly heavy again. He couldn't lift it, and he couldn't let go.
"Clang!"
In Ye Feng's stunned gaze, the Tang saber actually moved a distance to the side with his hand, hitting a stone.
No, it wasn't an ordinary stone. It was the Arcane Origin Stone Ye Feng had obtained earlier!
"Wh... what's going on!"
Ye Feng was full of shock.
As the Tang saber touched the Arcane Origin Stone, a shimmering halo began to appear on the surface of the stone.
The white halo flowed up the blade of the Tang saber, soon covering the entire saber.
Ye Feng looked at the blade of the Tang saber and saw that it was flashing with something like electricity, like countless tiny white lightning bolts...
The next second, Ye Feng felt a strange power surge through his arm.
Then his hand instinctively tightened its grip on the Tang saber, and with a push, he rose up and swung at the gargoyle that was cackling "Jie jie jie~"
"Crackling~!"
Instantly, a huge bolt of lightning surged from the Tang saber and lunged at the gargoyle.
"Sizzle, sizzle~"
The gargoyle's eerie, terrifying, and triumphant laughter abruptly stopped, as it was completely split by the lightning from the Tang saber's slash.
Oh, no, it was completely obliterated!
Along with the stones the gargoyle had condensed, it vanished, leaving behind a crack in the ground several meters wide and extending over ten meters.
At first glance, it looked as if a giant sword had forcefully slashed the ground...
And the space where the gargoyle had been was clean, with only irregular flashes of lightning occasionally illuminating the area... Sudan Novel Network
"The gargoyle is dead?"
At this moment, Ye Feng found that he could move the Tang saber again.
He stood up and carefully scanned his surroundings.
"Ding~ Host has defeated the gargoyle, gaining 50 usable points and 1 common spatial rift fragment~"
At this moment, the system's voice sounded.
Ye Feng had no time to pay attention to the system's prompt and quickly crouched down to check on Xiao Xiao.
"This... too tired? Fell asleep?"
After a thorough check, Ye Feng was somewhat puzzled. Then, he picked up Xiao Xiao and quickly left the area.
...
Around ten o'clock in the evening,
In Ye Feng's tent, Xiao Xiao lay quietly on the ground, while Ye Feng himself was slumped not far away, looking extremely exhausted.
"Big brother, are... are you still alive?"
Suddenly, Xiao Xiao's voice reached Ye Feng's ears.
"Ah~ Xiao Xiao, you're awake!"
Upon hearing the voice, Ye Feng immediately jolted and opened his eyes.
"Mmm!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "Big brother, this is... what happened during the day..."
Xiao Xiao glanced around the tent, seeming to have many things to say but not knowing where to start.
"This is the tent you saw during the day. I've made some modifications. The gargoyle from today is dead!"
Ye Feng poured Xiao Xiao a cup of hot water and replied.
"Gargoyle?"
Xiao Xiao looked confused.
"Oh, it's the monster that attacked us during the day~"
As he spoke, Ye Feng handed Xiao Xiao a slice of toast. "You must be hungry, have one first!~"
"Mmm, mmm!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded, a hint of light in her eyes as she looked at Ye Feng.
While Xiao Xiao was taking small bites of the toast, Ye Feng, having recovered some of his strength and spirit, directly pulled off his blood-soaked, matted, and torn t-shirt from his back.
As he pulled, the dried blood scabs also came off, and large and small wounds instantly began to ooze blood again. In some places, blood flowed out like a spring, causing Ye Feng to frown in pain.
"Big brother, how are you?"
Xiao Xiao was confused by Ye Feng's "self-harming" behavior, her small face filled with worry.
"It's nothing~"
Ye Feng shook his head and smiled slightly. "I forgot to disinfect the wound when I got back this afternoon~"
This afternoon, Ye Feng had forced himself to carry Xiao Xiao back to the camp. After a max stat boost and a fierce battle, he had hastily settled Xiao Xiao before collapsing and losing consciousness...
If Xiao Xiao hadn't spoken just now, he didn't know how much longer he would have been unconscious...
Immediately, Ye Feng took out the medical alcohol he had bought earlier, poured it onto his back wounds, and grabbed several cotton swabs to start cleaning them.
After all, these wounds were caused by the numerous sharp spikes on the gargoyle's stone blades, and they needed thorough cleaning and disinfection.
Otherwise, if they became infected and he had no anti-inflammatory medication, he wouldn't be able to treat them in time, and if it led to sepsis, he would be completely finished!
"Hiss!~"
As the alcohol entered the large and deep wounds, and he continuously scraped them with cotton swabs, Ye Feng gritted his teeth in pain, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
It took Ye Feng a full half hour to finish cleaning the wounds and re-bandage them with medical gauze.
"Hoo!~"
After finishing everything, Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief.
Then, Ye Feng took out a bucket of Kang Shuaifu instant noodles, added ham sausage, braised egg, and chicken leg, poured in hot water, and handed it to Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao, you can eat it in five minutes~"
As he spoke, Ye Feng took out his own toast, Swiss rolls, beef jerky, and braised egg, and ate them with cold mineral water.
It wasn't that Ye Feng didn't like eating hot food, but he had to minimize sweating now... otherwise, the wound might get infected~
"Big brother, you eat too~! This smells so good~!"
Five minutes later, Xiao Xiao brought the bowl of noodles filled with snacks to Ye Feng, gesturing for him to eat together.
"You eat~ I can't eat anything this hot right now, I'll sweat!"
After saying that, Ye Feng even walked out of the tent and sat by its edge to cool down.
Although it was night, the flashlight's beam was still quite bright.
And with Ye Feng's current strength, no monster could easily sneak up on him anymore!~
Although Xiao Xiao didn't quite understand why Ye Feng said he couldn't sweat, she didn't ask further.
Of course, she didn't just stay in the tent. She sat by the tent entrance, where she could see Ye Feng's position, seemingly wanting to be closer to him, and then began to eat.
"Hoo!~"
Looking at the myriad of stars twinkling in the sky, and feeling the cool breeze carrying a hint of chill in the night, Ye Feng, who had just experienced a life-or-death struggle that afternoon, suddenly felt a sense of being in a different world.
A little over a month ago, he was just an ordinary, somewhat reclusive young man. He never expected that now...
"Ding~ Detected that the host has obtained 20 common spatial rift fragments. Do you wish to expand the spatial warehouse to 2 cubic meters?"
At this moment, the system's unique mechanical voice sounded.
...