47: Finally meet, the mercenary in the 155 fortress, right? He remembered it.

Just as the Jade Talisman's effect was about to disappear, Xiao Shen finally saw Liu Ling'er.

Liu Ling'er subconsciously turned her head when she heard the call.

The moment she saw Xiao Shen's face, her mouth slightly parted, and her eyes were filled with disbelief.

Xiao Shen?!

Xiao Shen!!

"Xiao Shen!!" A thousand words converged into his name, and Liu Ling'er's tears streamed down.

It really was Xiao Shen!

He came!

He finally came!

Liu Ling'er was first ecstatic, but after the ecstasy, she immediately realized that under the current circumstances, Xiao Shen's appearance was simply suicidal!

She didn't know that Xiao Shen had awakened a new Qi Cavity, Dragon Taming Palace; she only knew that Xiao Shen's cultivation had disappeared, and he had become the "cripple" everyone spoke of.

So she shouted, "Run! That person's strength is above mine, at least a Level 5 Martial Artist; you can't deal with him!"

Liu Ling'er was extremely flustered, but Xiao Shen did not leave as she told him to.

"A Level 5 Martial Artist? Just right to test my current strength," he murmured.

083 also noticed Xiao Shen's arrival. Liu Ling'er and the others had strange blue light on them, preventing him from attacking them, so he shifted the focus of his primal energy to Xiao Shen.

"Since you're all together, I'll kill you all!"

A sinister glint ignited in 083's eyes.

He hadn't expected Liu Ling'er's group to be so troublesome; the current situation had already exceeded his understanding.

If Liu Ling'er and her group really escaped today and brought reinforcements from the Liu family, then he would have to leave 155 Fortress and find another place.

"Ling'er, you all go first, I'll handle him." Xiao Shen stood there, like a single man guarding a pass against ten thousand.

Liu Ling'er was still very worried about him, but she knew Xiao Shen wouldn't act without reason: "Okay, then hurry and catch up!"

She didn't know how much longer Chu Feiyue's trump card could last. The top priority was for the three of them to escape the Ferocious Beast Forest first, otherwise staying here would only drag Xiao Shen down.

At this moment, Zheng Jinfeng noticed that Chu Feiyue's voice beside her was getting weaker and weaker. Worry immediately diluted her previous ecstasy. She tightly held Chu Feiyue's hand and asked, "Lao Chu, how are you? Are you too seriously injured?"

Chu Feiyue shook his head weakly: "I... I'm fine, as long as... as long as we leave the Ferocious Beast Forest... I'll be fine..."

"I'll pull you along." Zheng Jinfeng moved forward. With Xiao Shen holding off 083, they would leave the Ferocious Beast Forest even faster.

"Almost there, I see the end! As long as we get out of here, we can leave the Ferocious Beast Forest!"

Zheng Jinfeng smiled. This feeling of surviving a disaster was truly captivating.

Chu Feiyue also smiled. As long as his wife could survive, his wish would be fulfilled.

The crimson talisman he had burned earlier was bought from a black market Outside the Bastion of 153 Fortress a year ago.

The effect of this crimson talisman was to allow at least two people's defense to reach a level that even a Level 6 Martial Artist couldn't break through, while also increasing their speed, and lasting for one hour.

Such a powerful effect naturally came with a price.

And that price was the life of its user.

Chu Feiyue could feel his breathing getting weaker and weaker, and his body seemed to be losing control of his brain.

He knew that he was not far from death.

He had always been very afraid of death.

But at this moment, he was no longer afraid.

To use his death to exchange for his wife's life, and Liu Ling'er's as well, this was a very worthwhile trade.

It's just that he wouldn't be able to stay by his wife's side anymore. She would definitely have a hard time alone in the future... "Lao Chu, Lao Chu, how are you? Can you still hold on?" Zheng Jinfeng felt a profound panic in her heart, a feeling she couldn't quite describe.

It was as if something important was slipping away from her.

"I'm... fine..." Chu Feiyue kept looking at Zheng Jinfeng, wanting to see his wife more in the last moments of his life.

Time passed by minute by minute, and they got closer and closer to the exit of the Ferocious Beast Forest.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes... They were about to walk out of the Ferocious Beast Forest. Chu Feiyue felt his head getting more and more muddled, and Zheng Jinfeng's image in his mind seemed to dissipate into the air.

Was he going to die?

His eyelids were so heavy, he wanted to sleep... "We're here, we're out of the Ferocious Beast Forest!"

Zheng Jinfeng was very happy. 083 hadn't caught up, and they had successfully escaped.

"Lao Chu, do you see? We're out!"

She turned her head, wanting to share the joy of survival with Chu Feiyue, but found that Chu Feiyue had closed his eyes at some point.

Hearing his wife's voice, Chu Feiyue desperately wanted to lift his eyelids to see her face, but he couldn't open his eyes no matter what.

The sound in his ears grew weaker and weaker, weaker and weaker... "Lao Chu!"

"Lao Chu, wake up, what's wrong with you?!"

"Lao Chu, wake up!!"

"Don't leave me alone..."

...Chu Feiyue died.

083 failed to stop them from leaving the Ferocious Beast Forest. The mercenaries didn't catch up, and they were safe, but Chu Feiyue could never wake up again.

Zheng Jinfeng's face was covered in tears. Only now did she realize she had been deceived; using that crimson talisman required the sacrifice of a life, yet Chu Feiyue had told her it was fine.

"Sister-in-law..."

Liu Ling'er didn't know how to comfort her. Seeing Chu Feiyue, who would never open his eyes to see this world again, Liu Ling'er's tears also fell in a pitter-patter.

Zheng Jinfeng initially could cry out in anguish, but later, she couldn't utter a single word.

She hugged Chu Feiyue's body, just staring blankly and crying, without a word.

Liu Ling'er sent someone to call Old He. Old He, upon seeing Chu Feiyue's body, first gaped in astonishment, then reached out to check his pulse and shook his head.

No hope, he was already dead.

He hadn't expected Chu Feiyue to die so suddenly. He had thought that tonight, Chu Feiyue would also knock on his door as usual, telling him that there was good food at home and to come quickly and eat a few bites.

"How did he die?" Old He stood up and went to Liu Ling'er, asking her in a low voice.

Liu Ling'er tearfully recounted to Old He what they had just encountered.

Old He listened with a frown, then said, "I understand."

Mercenaries in 155 Fortress, huh... He remembered them... Ferocious Beast Forest, outer area.

Facing the encirclement of 083 and three other mercenaries, Xiao Shen did not retreat. He gently raised his right hand, and primal energy instantly condensed there.

When the two sides clashed, Xiao Shen's powerful primal energy immediately erupted, pushing all four opponents back.

"Pfft..."

Of the three Level 4 mercenaries, two died directly there, and one was heavily injured and couldn't get up, and even 083 was wounded.

083 shakily supported himself on a tree trunk and stood up, a look of horror appearing on his face.