Bai Cha leaped flexibly through the sea of blood with Shi Ruolan, striking the base of the formation with her palm. Her palm gushed with blood, and with that one hit, the formation patterns were dyed red. The sea of blood hesitated for a moment, seemingly fearful as if encountering a more formidable overlord.
"Master," Lucifer wanted to help, but Bai Cha stopped him.
"Don't do anything unnecessary," Bai Cha said lightly. "Continue."
Yan Ziqing had quickly repaired the formation. With Bai Cha's push from below, the formation's ascent speed increased severalfold. Everyone was overjoyed, only Lucifer, looking at Bai Cha's pale face, had a bad premonition.
"Can you still use your strength?" Bai Cha asked Shi Ruolan as she looked down. "Protect yourself and remember to hold your breath later."
Shi Ruolan nodded obediently. In reality, she didn't need to protect herself. The moment Bai Cha jumped down and caught her, holding her tightly, she had already protected her with her own power.
Lucifer knelt on the formation. The formation was semi-transparent, and he could clearly see Bai Cha's eyes. He still wanted to jump down, at least he didn't want to be protected under her wings.
A cold hand rested on his shoulder. Lucifer turned and saw Cang Liu's calm gaze.
Cang Liu was truly beautiful, but unlike Meng Qinghuan, there was no feminine charm. Her beauty was like the deep sea, profound and enchanting with an exotic allure.
Cang Liu coughed lightly, his expression somewhat cold. "Don't make things difficult for her."
Lucifer stared at Cang Liu. Cang Liu usually said little, but Lucifer felt a strong sense of crisis.
Mo Ziye, that young brat, had initially given Lucifer a sense of crisis, but later, after some events between Mo Ziye and Bai Cha, Lucifer's sense of crisis had lessened. However, Cang Liu, despite having a very low presence, still made Lucifer feel danger.
It was the feeling of being easily replaced. Even though Cang Liu didn't compete or snatch, Lucifer still felt that if he disappeared, the first to replace him wouldn't be Meng Qinghuan, Xiang Nan, Li Rong, or even Mo Ziye, but Cang Liu.
"I know." Lucifer clenched his fists. Even so, he had to admit that Cang Liu was right. He was a cold and rational demon dragon, yet in front of Bai Cha, he often became emotional and lost his rhythm.
Bai Cha couldn't hear what Cang Liu said to Lucifer, but seeing Lucifer get up to help, she felt relieved. Sometimes, Bai Cha wished Lucifer could be more independent instead of being her shadow.
Black, blue, and gold – three long dragons coiled and rose, transforming into a light screen to protect the people in the formation. Almost simultaneously, the sea of blood beneath them surged back like a frenzy, like a typhoon sweeping the ocean, with waves reaching the sky. The color of the sea of blood gradually deepened, as if sensing fear.
It seemed to feel the collapsing body as these humans left, filled with anger and despair.
The formation was shaken precariously. Even an undeveloped, malformed world bubble was the power of an entire world. Lucifer and the others' faces turned pale.
Bai Cha's expression remained unchanged. She made a lifting gesture with her right hand and pushed hard, actually propelling the formation and everyone within it towards the world's dome.
The barrier supported by Lucifer and the others was extremely solid. When it hit the dome, it cracked it open. Lucifer's eyes sharpened, and with a flash of black light, he transformed into a giant dragon. His claws grasped the formation disk, and with a swing of his massive dragon wings, he directly led everyone out.
As soon as they escaped the world bubble, everyone was stunned by the scene before them. After emerging from this world bubble, they had not returned to their original timeline but had entered another, much larger world.
From their perspective, the deformed world bubble they had just left was like a fetus held within the world they were currently in, like the yolk of an egg. They were now in the "shell," and the previous world was the "yolk."
This was actually a pair of twin world bubbles!
The "yolk" had now been pierced. The bloody water had turned into a viscous black oil, and after being broken, the entire world seemed to have lost its sentience, becoming shattered. The vast, black, oil-like seawater poured down, mixing into this larger world.
"Where's Xiao Bai!" Mo Ziye suddenly exclaimed.
Everyone looked down and indeed, Bai Cha was nowhere to be seen. They then remembered the sudden acceleration of the formation beneath their feet. They hadn't paid attention at the time, but now, it was likely that Bai Cha had pushed it hard from below.
"Stay put!" Lucifer grabbed Mo Ziye's shoulder, pressing the young man who was about to rush out of the formation back. "We haven't found a stable foothold yet. If you rush out now, you'll only be a hindrance, young Master Mo."
"But, Xiao Bai will be in danger!" Mo Ziye's face turned red with anxiety, and he glared at Lucifer.
"What can you change?" Cang Liu stood by with his sword, frowning slightly. "If you rush out now, everyone will be distracted trying to save you. Things that Miss can't solve, ten of you are useless."
Mo Ziye immediately faltered. He knew that even with Michael, he couldn't stand on this black oil. If they couldn't find a stable foothold, it was obviously suicide, let alone finding someone.
Now, let's return to Bai Cha and Shi Ruolan.
Bai Cha had long anticipated that the world bubble's final counterattack would be extraordinary, but the black liquid still exceeded her expectations. A surge of waves scattered her and Shi Ruolan.
Fortunately, Bai Cha promptly used her power to protect Shi Ruolan, otherwise, Shi Ruolan would have been sent to the heavens instantly.
This was a world without color, where everything was black and white.
The sky, sun, and beach were all gray, with no living creatures. The black seawater ebbed and flowed rhythmically on the beach, its gentle appearance bearing no relation to the furious tsunami just moments ago.
This viscous black seawater was poisonous. Bai Cha only managed to protect her vital areas, while the rest of her skin was covered by the black seawater, tenaciously eroding her flesh.
Bai Cha condensed a dagger and cleanly dug out the seawater along with her flesh.
Since everything would be restored upon returning to the real world, like a rollback, Bai Cha wasn't too concerned about her injuries. It was just that her belt was still with Xiang Nan, and she had forgotten to get it back, so she couldn't give herself a painkiller shot in time.
Bai Cha searched the beach. This world seemed to be enveloped by a desolate, deathly aura, vast and highly corrosive, making it difficult to breathe.
She soon found the unconscious Shi Ruolan. Fortunately, Shi Ruolan was unharmed. The power of blood had protected her well. She was probably just dizzy from being tossed around in the sea or had bumped into something. Bai Cha administered emergency treatment, and soon Shi Ruolan woke up.
As soon as she woke up, Shi Ruolan flinched backward in fright, but not because of the eerie environment, but because of Bai Cha.
At this moment, Bai Cha's flesh was pockmarked, and the gouged-out flesh was still oozing blood. Seeing Shi Ruolan awake, Bai Cha tapped the hard gray sand beneath her to remind her, "Don't walk forward, the seawater is poisonous."
"Ah, okay!" Shi Ruolan quickly nodded obediently and sat down carefully next to Bai Cha.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Shi Ruolan shrunk behind Bai Cha, secretly observing the girl who had just saved her. Perhaps Bai Cha herself didn't know that she had long been privately named the campus beauty by Jun Yao.
Only she, even in a black tight-fitting outfit amidst a gray landscape, was breathtakingly beautiful.
"Why did you save me?" Shi Ruolan lowered her head, a little scared. She had heard about Bai Cha's decisive and ruthless approach to handling matters, and she had seen Bai Cha's blood-stained appearance. But she couldn't understand why Bai Cha had saved her. "Back during the Winter Olympics, it was still my family that caused trouble for you."
Bai Cha closed her eyes to recover her strength and replied casually, as if it were nothing, "One thing at a time, it has nothing to do with you."
What a rational person. Shi Ruolan had never believed that anyone could be truly selfless, but now there was such a person right in front of her.
After a while, Bai Cha stood up, seemingly relieved. "Do you still have strength?"
"Yes, yes," Shi Ruolan nodded obediently.
Actually, this question was unnecessary. She had been protected the entire time and had hardly expended any energy. And moving forward, she wouldn't expend much energy either.
After all, she had only contracted a mediocre B-rank dragon, and Bai Cha would definitely have to carry her.
"Your ability is not strong, why did you come?" Bai Cha put one arm around Shi Ruolan's waist, surrounded by blood, and leaped into the sky.
"My parents told me to come." Shi Ruolan hugged Bai Cha's waist tightly, feeling a unique sense of security, and even spoke more. "To survive in the family, I must become stronger. So they thought I had to try my luck no matter what."
Ordinary people have ordinary troubles, and large families also have their difficulties. Every family has its own scripture that is hard to recite. In order to stay and not be abandoned, children from large families have to start competing and working hard at the age when others are playing with mud, and this applies even to Shi Ruolan, the only girl in the Shi family.
They moved so fast that Bai Cha found Lucifer and the others, and this group led by Lucifer still hadn't found a suitable foothold.
It wasn't because they were inefficient, but because the formation was divided into two factions.
One faction insisted on finding a foothold to search for Bai Cha.
The other faction insisted on leaving immediately, believing that the black seawater was too dangerous, and Bai Cha, along with a burden, would certainly not survive, so it would be better for them to leave directly.
Shadow's stance was very clear, and Meng Qinghuan clasped her hands together, her smile as gentle as a Bodhisattva descending to earth, but her words were very stern.
"Those who want to leave can leave now. Why do you have to ask us to leave with you?" Meng Qinghuan's voice was very gentle, but the mockery was extremely strong. "It's quite natural for you to expect us to carry you. If you want to rely on us outside, it's better not to speak so much."
"We have no obligation to take you away." Xiang Nan's expression was also not good. "Are you still maintaining neutrality, Principal Gu?"
Gu Zitan, who was suddenly addressed, was a little confused. He pointed to his seat and looked at Xiang Nan, completely bewildered. "No, aren't I sitting on your side?"
I'm on your team.
Xiang Nan: "..."
You haven't said a word throughout, just staring blankly. Who knows which side you're on.
"Sigh, what can I say, selfishness also has its limits, right? Truly ungrateful people are really disgusting." Gu Zitan touched his belly fat and pouted.
The crowd fell silent. Mo Ziye and his group felt pleased. Su Qing poked Gu Mingze beside him, a little surprised. "Hey, Mingze, your brother can speak human language?"
Gu Mingze rubbed his face, a little helpless. "He just can't speak human language to me..."
Gu Mingze and Su Qing spoke quite loudly. Gu Zitan's ears were not deaf. Upon hearing this, his expression stiffened. Even the few pounds of fat on his face seemed to stiffen. Unable to retort, he could only sit there sulkily.
"What's wrong?" A familiar voice suddenly rang out. Meng Qinghuan's eyes lit up, and she turned around, pouncing like a husky, but was intercepted by Lucifer halfway, who grabbed her by the collar and flung her behind him.
"Lucifer! You've gone too far! You're stopping me from getting close to Xiao Bai!" Meng Qinghuan protested indignantly.
"Close what? Be serious, Master." Yun He coughed lightly, a little helpless. "Don't you see Miss Bai is injured?"