Chapter 479

Chapter 479: Chaos in Space
Within the space rift, darkness, silence, and lurking dangers abounded.
However, the unconscious Zhang Mu had no idea of his current situation. He completely lost consciousness and was in a daze.
His spirit was drained, and his body was full of wounds.
It was a miracle that he still had a slight chance of survival in this state.
But Zhang Mu’s good luck could only go so far.
A strong wind suddenly blew, and a chaotic spatial flow was heading towards Zhang Mu.
If touched by it, nothing would be left behind.
Fortunately, the speed of the spatial flow was not very fast, and it was not specifically targeting Zhang Mu. However, he happened to be in its path.
Despite the approaching chaotic spatial flow mixed with the strong wind, Zhang Mu showed no signs of waking up and remained unaware of the impending danger.
His injuries were too severe.
Grave Bloodfourth-rank had immense power, and his original level exceeded fifth-rank. Just one attack from him could easily kill someone as strong as Zhang Mu at the third-rank initial level.
If Yuan Rui’s Soul Phoenix hadn’t been awakened to block the most powerful and sharp forces by the King of Warhorses using its most original light; if it wasn’t for Zhang Mu’s mental shield being the strongest defense ability among psychic awakening abilities; now, Zhang Mu doesn’t even have the qualification to block the fourth-rank spatial power for Yuan Rui.
Zhang Mu didn’t have intuition, but there was a conscious life inside him.
Blood Lotus!
It has been trying to awaken Zhang Mu ever since he fell unconscious, but it has been in vain. His consciousness is now enveloped in chaos, and even Blood Lotus, which is symbiotically connected to him, can’t transmit its voice.
There’s no way.
Realizing that there’s no hope in waking Zhang Mu up, Blood Lotus extended from Zhang Mu’s left arm, staring at the approaching spatial turbulence.
Fortunately, Blood Lotus and Zhang Mu have a symbiotic relationship, so it doesn’t need to obey Zhang Mu’s will to act. Otherwise, in this situation, it would have the intention but be powerless.
Blood Lotus acted cautiously, afraid to make any large movements, for fear of further damaging Zhang Mu’s fragile body.
It tried to cautiously extend one of its branches towards the swirling energy not far away, very careful because its instinct warned it of danger.
The swirling energy in front of it seemed like a fierce ancient beast waking up from its slumber, radiating power without anger!
The closer it got, Blood Lotus felt a hint of confusion, surprisingly sensing a familiar power on top of it.
Its intelligence was functioning normally, but there was no time to think too much. If it sensed a little longer, it would be amazed to discover that this energy was also inside it.
It was the power of the Bottle Gourd’s annihilation!
Yes, the space inside the Bottle Gourd was self-contained, where it decomposed the blood of mutated creatures into the purest energy.
Although the Bottle Gourd had already merged with it, they were somewhat independent. They had reached some agreement during the assimilation, allowing Blood Lotus to borrow its power, depending on each other, yet also being separate. So, Blood Lotus didn’t react at first.
The branch of Blood Lotus disintegrated in an instant when it touched the raging power of the swirling energy.
It was suddenly in pain and quickly retreated back near Zhang Mu’s body.
The Blood Lotus didn’t know that it was attracting attention from the spatial chaos due to sharing a similar energy. If it wasn’t for this connection, it would have turned into ashes along with Zhang Mu a long time ago.
The power of space is fierce and unstable, even those who control it dare not claim to have full control over it.
Space, existing alongside time, is the supreme rule of the world!
Although the energy wasn’t detected, the spatial chaos was originally moving towards Zhang Mu’s location. Even if it wasn’t attracted, it was slowly shifting towards him.
Time was passing by second by second, with the spatial chaos getting closer to Zhang Mu by the last bit!
However, the Blood Lotus was helpless. Surrounded by emptiness, it had no place to borrow strength and escape. It could only float there, feeling extremely anxious but could do nothing but watch as the danger approached closer and closer.
At this critical moment, something unusual happened inside the Blood Lotus’ body.
The Bottle Gourd appeared from within the Blood Lotus. Usually, it silently shared blood energy within the Blood Lotus, but now it sensed the danger of life and death.
It was now interdependent with the Blood Lotus, and if there was no response, it would also perish.
Bottle Gourd opened its two gourd mouths and started releasing its powerful energy. It was willing to fight to the end, even if it might not win.
But just as Blood Lotus and Bottle Gourd were prepared to resist the chaotic spatial attack, the steady advancing spatial turbulence suddenly paused, seeming to hesitate.
It sensed the spatial annihilation aura released from Bottle Gourd. Before, it had not noticed because the power carried by Blood Lotus was too weak to attract its attention. However, the original power released by Bottle Gourd finally made it aware.
After pausing for a few seconds, the spatial turbulence actually brushed past Zhang Mu’s position and left!
It actually turned and left!
Yes, it mistook the aura released by Bottle Gourd for its own kind!
Narrowly escaped death!
Zhang Mu and Blood Lotus survived!
However, despite this, the passage of spatial turbulence completely disrupted the calmness of Zhang Mu and the others’ location. Zhang Mu was even directly blasted out of the spatial crack!
The Blood Lotus tried its best to open the Blood Vine cage protecting Zhang Mu’s fragile body, but it was once again attacked by the forces of space while crossing the rift, causing the surface of the Blood Vine cage to continue to deteriorate.
“Thud!”
Outside Ordos City, hundreds of meters below the flowing sands, a rift in space opened, and a dark figure fell heavily into it.
It was Zhang Mu, wrapped in the Blood Vine cage!
The surface of the Blood Vine cage was now worn down to just a thin layer, but luckily, he managed to escape from the rift.
The Blood Lotus itself was now very weak, and with the underground river raging, it could not grip any surrounding objects.
Several attempts were made, but because the protruding rocks had become fragile due to the river’s erosion, they could not withstand Zhang Mu’s weight and the force of the water. Losing grip, the unconscious Zhang Mu was swept away by the underground river without any defenses.
The Blood Lotus continued to protect Zhang Mu with the Blood Vine cage, but after all the troubles, Zhang Mu’s condition worsened, with his breath weakening and his body functions declining.
Zhang Mu’s body was like a leaky bucket, with his life force constantly draining away and unable to heal itself.
When all hope was lost, it was the moment when Zhang Mu completely faded away.
Zhang Mu is about to die.
If Zhang Mu dies, it cannot survive alone.
Blood Lotus seemed to be struggling greatly. The only way to save Zhang Mu was something it couldn’t do with its current wisdom.
Because the cost of that way is itself.
Feeling the protected Zhang Mu, Blood Lotus’s will finally made its decision.
It started to release its Wood Source into Zhang Mu’s body, forcefully reviving Zhang Mu with the powerful wood element, barely maintaining his fading life.
After doing all this, Blood Lotus’s will suddenly began to disintegrate.
Consciousness slowly blurred, its final look was Zhang Mu’s frowning face.
Then, completely disappeared from this world.
It sacrificed its own will, merged its body completely with Zhang Mu, sealing up the broken parts of Zhang Mu’s body, saving his life.
Zhang Mu’s body is still weak, unable to regain consciousness.
Drifting for a long time, not knowing where he drifted to, Zhang Mu sank heavily to the bottom of the water.
After some time, a timid vine quietly emerged from Zhang Mu’s arm, silently guarding him.
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