Chapter 271: Yu and I Are the Best in the World

Chapter 271: Yu Zi and I Are the Best in the World

Just as Bai Zhenzhen was staring at her phone in confusion.

A violent tremor suddenly erupted from the ground, as if a colossal beast had slammed into the earth, threatening to shake Bai Zhenzhen off her feet.

A wave of heart-pounding, hair-raising threat surged through her, causing every hair on her body to stand on end. Instinctively, her thunderous magical power erupted, transforming into arcs of lightning that enveloped her entire body.

The next moment, accompanied by a deafening roar, a fierce wind swept through, whipping Bai Zhenzhen’s long hair wildly.

She turned her head toward the source of the explosion and saw a towering apartment building, dozens of stories high, suddenly pierced by a blinding flash of fire.

In the violent explosion, the entire building crumbled and shattered in an instant, sending clouds of dust billowing into the sky… completely engulfing Bai Zhenzhen’s figure.

Amid the earthquake-like tremors, Bai Zhenzhen felt the ground beneath her feet undulating like waves.

“What… happened?”

Witnessing the entire apartment building collapse, Bai Zhenzhen’s mind seemed to go blank for a moment.

“A-Yu!”

She darted forward, intending to rush toward the collapsing building, but the next second, a second explosion erupted. A visible shockwave swept toward her.

With her muscles and magical power surging simultaneously, arcs of lightning shot skyward. Bai Zhenzhen gritted her teeth and withstood the shockwave, forcing her eyes wide open, straining to see the direction of the explosion.

As the shockwave roared past, the clouds of dust were completely swept away, revealing the apartment building now reduced to ruins.

Seeing this, Bai Zhenzhen felt her heart wrench violently, a suffocating sensation welling up from within.

Just then, two voices sounded from nearby.

A male voice said, “Scan of the ruins complete. No survivors.”

A female voice replied, “Why is the other one outside the building? Never mind, I’ll handle it. You deal with the ruins and bury them later.”

Bai Zhenzhen turned to look and saw a man and a woman slowly walking toward her.

The woman had snow-white hair, and her limbs, chest, and abdomen were composed of some jade-like magical bones, with glowing runes flickering inside.

Bai Zhenzhen’s gaze sharpened slightly. The multiple magical bones on the woman’s body alone indicated that she had been at the Foundation Establishment stage for many years.

The words spoken by the pair made Bai Zhenzhen realize instantly that the explosion was no accident—someone was targeting them.

“Hey…” Bai Zhenzhen stared intently at the two. “What did you mean by ‘no survivors’?”

The two clearly had no intention of answering.

But looking at the collapsed ruins before her, the answer seemed all too obvious.

“Yu Zi.”

“I…” Bai Zhenzhen clenched her fists, feeling as if the entire world had turned gray.

She murmured in her heart, “I had already sunk into an unfathomable darkness, but Yu Zi stayed with me and helped me climb out.”

“We’ve come so far.”

“Yu Zi, who is the best in the world to me, who lets me call him ‘dad’ every day.”

“If it weren’t for staying with me, he could have entered the Ten Thousand Laws University with his sister two years ago…”

Images of Zhang Yu flashed through Bai Zhenzhen’s mind.

Every word he had ever spoken seemed to replay in her heart.

“A-Zhen, let’s aim for the top ten universities together.”

“Since this is your spiritual root, let’s call it the Zhenzhen Spiritual Root.”

“Sis, is there really no way to take A-Zhen with us?”

“If I stay behind, do you think A-Zhen and I can get into the top ten through the normal path, just like you did?”

“We’ll still take the master’s exams, the doctoral exams, break through to the Golden Core stage, then the Nascent Soul stage, and enter the Ten Thousand Laws Sect together.”

Bai Zhenzhen’s body began to tremble. The lotus mark on her lower abdomen flickered incessantly, and the True Spiritual Root in her dantian transformed into a blue lotus, slowly unfurling.

“These three years with Yu Zi have been the happiest of my life.”

“He is the best in the world to me…”

At this moment, an intense emotion, unlike anything she had ever felt since birth, surged within Bai Zhenzhen.

An emotion that surpassed her previous desires to survive, to get into a top ten university, to obtain her Foundation Establishment certificate…

An unprecedented, extreme emotion, surpassing all her thoughts since birth, poured out of her consciousness like a floodgate opening.

“I will… kill all of you.”

Facing Bai Zhenzhen’s murderous gaze, the man and woman across from her remained indifferent.

As Foundation Establishment cultivators who had lingered at the first level for many years, even disregarding their absolute advantages in Dao heart, magical power, and magical bones, their Level 20 physical strength alone was enough to overwhelm Bai Zhenzhen, who had barely entered the Foundation Establishment stage less than a year ago.

Today, they were here for one reason: a commission from the Oasis Group.

Eliminate Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

Although the commission carried certain risks, for those who had stagnated at the first level for too long and were nearing the end of their Foundation Establishment lifespan, any opportunity to advance was worth the risk.

After all, they didn’t have many years left to live.

With a loud bang and the appearance of shockwaves, the female cultivator shot toward Bai Zhenzhen’s location.

But the next moment, her expression changed drastically. As phantom images of blue lotuses unfolded behind Bai Zhenzhen, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to go out of control, surging wildly toward Bai Zhenzhen. Even the two peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, the man and the woman, couldn’t gather the slightest trace of spiritual energy at this moment.

The female cultivator screamed inwardly, “This… could it be a Divine Spiritual Root?!”

The Divine Spiritual Root, surpassing Human, Earth, and Heaven Spiritual Roots, was strictly controlled by the top ten sects and absolutely forbidden to appear among the populace. Many cultivators referred to it as a military-grade power.

In the general understanding of cultivators, at the same cultivation level, unless one also possessed military-grade power, the chance of victory was zero.

Gritting her teeth, the female cultivator channeled all her magical power. “Attack with everything! Kill her together!”

In her view, Bai Zhenzhen had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage far too recently. If the two of them joined forces, they might still have a chance.

But the next moment, she noticed the male cultivator flash and disappear into the night sky, fleeing outright.

“Damn it!”

As she hesitated for a fraction of a second, torn between fleeing or fighting, Bai Zhenzhen’s figure dissipated into the air like a wisp of smoke.

The next moment, flashes of thunderous sword light streaked through the air, slashing fiercely toward the female cultivator’s body.

Dodging several thunderous sword strikes in a row, the female cultivator’s expression grew increasingly grim.

She couldn’t sense her opponent, couldn’t make contact, and even her wide-ranging counterattacks seemed to miss entirely.

It was as if her opponent existed in a different space—only able to attack her, while she couldn’t land a single blow in return.

“Divine Spiritual Root…” The female cultivator’s expression grew more and more troubled. After just a few seconds of combat, the thought of retreat had already taken root in her mind.

But just then, pillars of light descended from the sky, encircling the area within a thousand meters like a prison.

…

Over ten minutes later.

As rescue vehicles arrived one after another, the ruins were gradually excavated, and bodies were carried out one by one.

The man in charge of the on-site rescue glanced at the Starfire Adept beside him and cautiously said, "Adept, please accept my condolences."

The Starfire Adept replied calmly, "Do you think he’s dead?"

After eight months of guidance, the Starfire Adept dared say that aside from Zhang Yu himself, he was the one who understood Zhang Yu’s body best in this world. Better than any of Zhang Yu’s past teachers or classmates, better even than Bai Zhenzhen or Yu Xinghan.

He believed that a body with such extraordinary resilience and terrifying regenerative power would not die so easily.

Hearing the Starfire Adept’s question, the man was momentarily stunned. Looking at the ruins before him, he thought to himself, "How could he possibly survive this?"

"Even if he’s alive, he’s likely crippled. Who knows how much it’ll cost to treat him? His potential in the path of immortality is surely ruined."

"Alas, to encounter such a thing just one month before the college entrance exams."

At this thought, the man’s face was filled with sorrow.

Just then, the Starfire Adept took a step forward. In the next moment, a surge of martial energy erupted, instantly peeling back layer after layer of the ruins, revealing numerous bodies within.

The Starfire Adept walked into the wreckage and, moments later, emerged carrying a bloodied, mangled human form.

Voices murmured around them: "Is that Zhang Yu?"

"What a pity."

At that moment, the Starfire Adept spoke calmly, "He’s not dead yet. Call the doctors."

Looking at Zhang Yu before him, the Starfire Adept, with his profound understanding of martial arts techniques, narrowed his eyes slightly and quickly reached a conclusion. He thought to himself, "Is this the feigned death state of the Eternal Spring and Autumn Meditation?"

"This kid really pushed this body-refining technique to level 20… and it’s only been eight months since he obtained it?"

At the same time, though he hadn’t examined the other’s body in detail, the Starfire Adept could faintly sense an unyielding will within Zhang Yu—like a blazing ember, conveying a fierce desire to survive.

He thought to himself, "It seems that under this crisis, Zhang Yu has made another breakthrough in his mental cultivation. Even with his body severely injured and his consciousness unclear, having entered the feigned death state of the Eternal Spring and Autumn Meditation, he can still maintain the operation of his mental cultivation technique, as if by instinct."

"This is yet another level beyond his previous ability to divide his focus and sustain the technique at all times."

Thus, under the puzzled, strange, and bewildered gazes of the crowd, several doctors approached Zhang Yu at the Starfire Adept’s command.

"Multiple comminuted fractures throughout the body, spinal fracture and dislocation…"

"Over eighty percent of the surface muscles severely crushed."

"Traumatic brain injury…"

"Renal failure…"

"But…"

Initially, they too believed Zhang Yu showed no signs of life. However, after a thorough examination, the doctors’ faces gradually revealed astonishment.

"It seems… he really is still alive."

"Try administering medication."

"The wounds are closing on their own."

"The medication is taking effect remarkably quickly…"

"What astonishing vitality."

Under the astonished gazes of the doctors, the wounds on Zhang Yu’s body soon began to heal. Strands of flesh and blood, as if guided by their own will, actively closed and intertwined, accelerating the recovery of his injuries.

(End of Chapter)