Chapter 280: Chapter 277: You’ve Come at Just the Right Time

Still, she suppressed her unease and nodded. "You don’t have to explain. I trust you."

"..."

The corner of Wu Chen’s mouth twitched. ’You trust me? But you only say that *after* I’ve babbled on with a whole explanation?’

’I’m half-tempted to use my Dragon-Snaring Palm on you, see what you believe then!’

"But there’s no time for a full explanation. You have to come with me."

Wu Chen hadn’t expected another person to be here, but now wasn’t the time to dwell on it.

For now, there were no sounds of demonic footsteps behind him. It was impossible for anyone to keep up with a Grandmaster running at full tilt, anyway.

But Wu Chen wasn’t comfortable with simply handing Sun Yuting over to Hong Ling to be taken down the mountain.

Doing so might send them both straight into a deathtrap.

So he would take them both down the mountain himself, and then come back to finish things.

Blood and Flesh Cast Armor Body! Activate!

Black mist billowed around Wu Chen as his body grew, his perspective rising higher and higher. Majestic black armor clad his form, and his face twisted into a fearsome visage.

As Hong Ling stared in terror, he unceremoniously wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her into his embrace.

For a moment, the two young women stared wide-eyed at each other, then simultaneously turned their faces away in embarrassment.

Li Langtian exclaimed, "Brilliant!"

"But... you kid... you’re in the Armor Forging Realm!?"

The old man, hidden within the mark on Hong Ling’s forehead, felt the aura emanating from Wu Chen, and his eyes flew open wide as saucers.

’He remembered seeing this disciple of his just over a month ago. Wasn’t he only in the Leakless Realm then?’

’How long has it been, and he’s already in the Armor Forging Realm?!’

’Even a Reincarnator probably couldn’t advance this fast!’

Li Langtian, sitting cross-legged in the darkness, fell into a profound silence.

’This isn’t a prodigy; he’s a downright monster!’

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—

Wu Chen had no time to pay the others any mind. With the young women in his arms, he bounded down the mountain as if on wings, not daring to stop for a second.

He didn’t even stop at the foot of the mountain, continuing on for another ten miles before finally coming to a halt.

Wu Chen set Hong Ling down, then deactivated his Blood and Flesh Cast Armor Body, reverting to his original form.

He looked at her and said, "This is as far as I can take you for now."

"I have to go back and fight. Don’t worry, I’m strong enough. They’re no match for me."

As he spoke, he handed over Sun Yuting, who was still limp and hadn’t recovered her strength:

"I’ll have to trouble you to take her and keep running. Once I’ve killed those demons, I’ll come find you."

"Okay. Be careful."

Hong Ling agreed quietly without saying much more. She knew that if Wu Chen said he could kill them, then he most certainly could.

It was always like this. This time would be no exception.

However, as she took the other woman from Wu Chen, a peculiar look crossed her face.

’What is this supposed to be!’

’Just a moment ago, there was a subtle killing intent in the glances we exchanged.’

’How did we end up in each other’s arms in the blink of an eye!’

"..."

Sun Yuting was also speechless as she looked up at the cold, distant face, feeling a little intimidated.

’I’m completely powerless to resist right now!’

But she also knew that since Wu Chen had entrusted her to this person, the young woman would never harm her.

"I’ll be back as fast as I can..."

Wu Chen offered this one last sentence, then turned and shot back toward the fog-shrouded mountain peak, intent on utterly destroying Upper Envoy Number Three.

’But with Hong Ling’s sudden appearance, he could rest much easier about what came next.’

’Besides, with her unfathomably powerful master around, he figured there wouldn’t be any major problems.’

"..."

Hong Ling didn’t dally either. Cradling Sun Yuting, she quickly ran off in the opposite direction from Wu Chen.

She knew that the most important thing now was not to be a burden to him. If the Blood Palace demons caught up to her, Wu Chen would be spread too thin, and it would only end up getting him hurt.

But then, Li Langtian, from within the mark on her brow, spoke up in a sneaky whisper:

"Little apprentice, are you so sure there’s nothing going on between my older apprentice and the girl in your arms?"

"And did you notice? You came thousands of miles to find him, and there wasn’t even a flicker of emotion on his face!"

"I trust him."

Faced with such a pointed question, Hong Ling’s expression remained placid as she replied in her mind:

’He’s different. He’s just slow to warm up.’

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