Chapter 488 The Thin Line of Life and Death

"Forehead!"

Everything happened so fast, in a split second. Liu Xunyi, who was caught off guard, suddenly felt his abdomen sink, as if he had been punched, and then a piercing pain instantly spread throughout his body, making him pale with fear, and at the same time he let out a cry of shock and regret.

"you……"

With grim features, Liu Xunyi endured the pain in his abdomen, slowly lowered his head, and looked at Ren Wuya's right hand in disbelief, which was deeply buried in a mess of flesh and blood.

"If you hadn't pretended in front of me, how could I have fallen for Luo Tianjin's scheme?"

At this moment, Ren Wuya's face was no longer weak and kind, but full of gloomy murderous intent and heart-pounding anger. He pressed his forehead against Liu Xunyi's, stared into each other's eyes, and said viciously, "If it weren't for you, how could I have ended up like this? Liu Xunyi, even if I die today, I will take you with me!"

Before he finished speaking, Ren Wuya inserted five fingers into Liu Xunyi's lower abdomen and suddenly grabbed it. Liu Xunyi suddenly felt a chill in her abdomen, followed by a heart-wrenching pain that made her body tremble, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath of cold air. At the same time, beads of sweat were already covering her forehead.

"Liu Xunyi, don't you feel guilty? Then die to atone for your sins!"

Seeing that Liu Xunyi was in so much pain and his breath was getting weaker, Ren Wuya laughed wildly. At the same time, his right hand penetrated deeper into Liu Xunyi's abdomen, causing her body to spasm again.

As Ren Wuya continued to provoke him madly, the dazed Liu Xunyi, with the little bit of rationality left, reached his right hand towards his arms.

After a frantic search, Liu Xunyi finally pulled out the jade bottle. Before Ren Wuya noticed, he had made up his mind, clenched his right hand, and instantly crushed the jade bottle.

"Crack!"

Just as Ren Wuya heard the unusual noise and wanted to find out what was going on, Liu Xunyi suddenly shouted angrily and threw the powder in his hand into the bathtub without hesitation.

In an instant, porcelain fragments mixed with rotten meat and bone powder poured into the mercury.

"laugh!"

A sharp, piercing sound suddenly rang out from the bathtub, like a kettle about to boil dry, which made people feel upset and anxious.

At the same time, a layer of white foam suddenly appeared in the calm bathtub at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Anywhere the foam came into contact with dried up and shrank instantly. Even a bathtub made of pure jade would turn black like charcoal, let alone Ren Wuya's flesh and blood?
"what is this!"

Ren Wuya's eyes changed, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart. But before he could say anything, a sharp pain that penetrated deep into his bones suddenly spread throughout his body, causing him to scream like a pig being slaughtered.

When the panic-stricken Ren Wuya looked down in horror, he saw that his body, which was soaked in mercury, was rotting and dissolving bit by bit.

Hair, skin, flesh, bones, wherever they come into contact with the Rotting Meat and Bone Dissolving Powder, they will be riddled with holes and dissolve rapidly.

"How dare you, you bastard, use such a despicable and shameless act to murder me!"

Ren Wuya was in so much pain that he thrust his right hand forward. With a soft "puff" sound, five bloody fingers suddenly appeared from Liu Xunyi's lower back, causing him to stare. An irresistible feeling of weakness quickly invaded his mind. At this point, Liu Xunyi's mind became increasingly confused.

When Ren Wuya struggled desperately to get up from the bathtub, he was shocked to find that his legs had already dissolved completely, leaving only a pool of pus and blood mixed with broken bones.

"what!"

As his body continued to dissolve, Ren Wuya fell deeper and deeper. The pain became more and more intense, and his inhuman wails were endless.

At this moment, he was like a live fish soaked in boiling water, struggling desperately, tumbling and rolling, but ultimately unable to escape the inevitable fate of death.

"Let's die together!"

Gradually, knowing that there was no hope of escape, Ren Wuya fell completely into madness and turned into a demon.

His right hand tightly clasped Liu Xunyi's waist, and then he pulled back violently, trying to drag the dying Liu Xunyi into the bathtub, to rot with him in the hell of endless suffering, and dissolve into pus and blood.

The instinct for survival boosted Liu Xunyi's spirit. He used up his last bit of strength and held the edge of the bathtub with both hands. He and Ren Wuya held on in a stalemate between life and death.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise overhead. Tiles and bricks were shattered, gravel flew everywhere, and a hole appeared in the roof. Cool rain fell on Liu Xunyi, instantly clearing his dazed mind.

Immediately afterwards, a white shadow flew down like a dragon in the rain and landed beside Liu Xunyi in the blink of an eye.

"Let go!"

A roar that was both familiar and unfamiliar made Liu Xunyi's eyes change, and he subconsciously loosened his hands that were pressed against the edge of the bathtub.

At the same time, a silver light fell from the sky like thunder and lightning, and it flashed and fell between the bathtub and Liu Xunyi's body.

With a crisp "click" sound, the man chopped off Ren Wuya's right arm with a single blow, causing Ren Wuya, who was caught off guard, to fall backwards and be quickly submerged in the horrible mercury filled with white foam.

Liu Xunyi's feet were unstable, his body leaned backward, and he lay on his side next to the messy bathtub with a painful expression.

"His head..."

"rest assured!"

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to remind him, the man in white smiled playfully, swung his right arm, and slashed with the knife, quickly chopping off Ren Wuya's head.

The tip of the knife was inserted into Ren Wuya's eye socket, where he died with his eyes open. He was lifted high out of the bathtub, and then thrown away casually. A bloody head rolled in front of Liu Xunyi with a "rumble".

"hiss!"

It sounds slow, but in reality it happened in the blink of an eye. So when Liu Xunyi got Ren Wuya's head, he couldn't even see who rescued him in times of crisis.
"Liu Xunyi, you look smart and clever, not like a fool. How could you not see that Ren Wuya, this old fox, is smiling but hiding a knife? You actually believed his sweet words and almost lost your life?"

With a burst of teasing laughter, the man in white sheathed his sword and slowly turned around. It was only at this moment that Liu Xunyi saw the face of the person who came, and it was Wu Shuang.

"I thought that when a dying man is about to die, his words would be kind. But I didn't expect Ren Wuya... to be so vicious." Liu Xunyi was so ashamed and angry. It was clear that Ren Wuya was dead, and he had no place to vent his anger. He could only shake his head and smile bitterly, "The mansion master is right. I underestimated the unpredictable human heart and the dangers of the world..."

"Don't move yet!"

Looking at Liu Xunyi, whose face was pale and who was seriously injured, Wu Shuang couldn't help but frown. He stepped forward quickly and tapped on his body several times to seal his acupoints.

"Bear it!"

With a word of instruction, Wu Shuang carefully pried open and peeled off Ren Wuya's five fingers that were deeply embedded in his flesh and bones. Waves of severe pain, one after another, continued to assault Liu Xunyi's mind, until the pain reached the extreme and he became numb, and his consciousness became more and more blurred.

Wu Shuang held down Liu Xunyi's trembling body with one hand, and with the other hand he straightened his five fingers completely. Then, with a fierce look in his eyes, he pulled them out suddenly. With a light "puff" sound, Ren Wuya's right hand, along with half of his forearm, instantly escaped from Liu Xunyi's body.

"Forehead!"

The sudden severe pain woke the drowsy Liu Xunyi up instantly, and a low and hoarse cry came out of his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I'm not a doctor, so my technique may be a little awkward!"

Looking at Liu Xunyi who was sweating profusely and beating his chest in pain, Wu Shuang pretended to be guilty and said with a pout: "But it's good this way. It will hurt a little so that you can remember it. Hehe..."

"Brother Wu, this is not a 'pain point'..." Liu Xunyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and complained weakly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you don't know medical skills? In fact, I can hold on and go back. I'll take the Ma Fei Tang and then treat it..."

"Eh!" Wu Shuang waved his hands nonchalantly, "A man should be upright and strong, how can you use numbing soup to relieve such a small pain? When Guan Yu was having his bones scraped to treat his injury, he didn't even say a word?"

"Forget it! Forget it!" Liu Xunyi wiped the sweat off his face with one hand and covered his bleeding abdomen with the other hand, saying gratefully, "I'm so grateful for saving my life."

"That's not necessary!" Wu Shuang said absentmindedly, "Yesterday you were afraid that I would fall off the cliff, so you saved my life. Today I will save your life, and we are even. We don't owe each other anything."

At this moment, Liu Xunyi had neither the mind nor the energy to argue with Wu Shuang, so he just smiled slightly as a response.

"Don't be so foolish next time." Wu Shuang straightened his face and sneered, "When you are in the martial arts world, being soft-hearted will only lead to mistakes. Besides, Ren Wuya has no relatives or friends with you, so why can't you do it? If you acted decisively, why would you have made things worse?"

"Brother Wu taught me that when a person is about to die, his words may not be kind." Liu Xunyi looked at the pool of pus and blood in the bathtub and muttered to himself, "This time, I have learned my lesson."

At this point, Liu Xunyi seemed to suddenly remember something and asked suspiciously, "Brother Wu, why are you here?"

"Yun Jianping was injured, and I wanted to go and visit her, but unexpectedly I ran into Yan Bugui on the way. Seeing her hiding and acting furtively, I became curious and followed her all the way here."

"What?" Liu Xunyi's face changed, and he asked in surprise, "You said... Fourth Master Yan is here too?"

"She has been hiding nearby." Wu Shuang looked at Liu Xunyi with a half-smile, and said meaningfully, "Every move of you and Ren Wuya is clear to Yan Bugui."

"hiss!"

Looking at Wu Shuang's secretive smile, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt his heart sink. After thinking for a moment, an indescribable sense of desolation instantly filled his heart.

"It turns out that the Palace Master has always been suspicious of me, so he sent Fourth Master Yan to follow me secretly..."

"You are not unhappy, but Luo Tianjin's actions are not wrong either." Wu Shuang smiled calmly, patted Liu Xunyi's shoulder gently, and said jokingly, "When you are in the arena, you have no choice. You have your bottom line, and Luo Tianjin has his own principles."

"I……"

"what?"

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to answer, Wu Shuang's face suddenly changed, and then he looked at a piece of blue silk soft armor hanging on the hanger next to him with surprise, and hesitantly asked: "Could it be... it is the legendary blue silk armor?"

"It is invulnerable to swords and guns, and is immune to water and fire." Liu Xunyi was stunned and answered subconsciously, "It is exactly this thing. Could it be that Brother Wu is also interested in it..."

"It's mine!"

Before Liu Xunyi finished speaking, Wu Shuang suddenly sucked in the air and immediately wrapped the Qingsi Armor in his arms. He ignored Liu Xunyi's surprised look and said proudly: "I got a treasure, which is worth my hard work tonight."

"This……"

"Don't be greedy, or I'll kill you to silence you." Wu Shuang threatened fiercely, then smiled jokingly, "Ren Wuya is dead, and the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace is in danger. But the Qingsi Armor is innocent, so instead of letting it be buried with him, it's better to find a new owner for it."

"But it is..."

"Ren Wuya is dead, and the wild geese will soon return. It's time for me to go."

After saying that, Wu Shuang's feet lightened and he flew onto the roof.

"Where are you going?" Liu Xunyi was stunned and asked quickly, "Brother Wu, when will we meet again?"

"If we are destined to meet, we will meet even if we are thousands of miles apart. If we are not destined to meet, we will not even meet even if we are face to face. Haha..."

Accompanied by a hearty laugh, Wu Shuang quickly disappeared into the rainy night.

Liu Xunyi picked up Ren Wuya's head with difficulty, and then looked up at the hole in the roof. He let the wind and rain blow on him, but his eyes were dull, as if he was in a trance.

"Although the four walls of a house can protect me from wind and rain, they also restrict my freedom. I wonder... when I can break a hole in the roof like Brother Wu did? Break free from the shackles and come and go as I please..."

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(End of this chapter)