Chapter 159: Shh! Don't Speak

The night grew deeper. The three people on the mountaintop were each sitting cross-legged in meditation, and the surroundings were dead quiet.

Suddenly, a throbbing sensation rose in my heart, and I opened my eyes.

On the other side, Ling Xinyue also opened her eyes, and the two of us exchanged a glance across a considerable distance.

Then, moving in unison, we leaped into the air and drifted down to land on a large tree about a hundred meters below the peak.

A formation had been set up here. At this moment, a black humanoid bear nearly three meters tall was rampaging wildly, smashing rocks and massive trees to pieces with reckless slaps of its paws.

The black bear bared its fangs and let out a low growl, a pair of eerie golden pupils radiating a ferocious glint.

"A golden-eyed bear demon. This is a high-level spirit beast," I said in a low voice.

"It's here to settle a score with me. Previously, its mate was heavily wounded in a fight with a tiger demon, and I finished it off," Ling Xinyue said softly.

"The formation is practically destroyed. Let's get to work," I said indifferently.

"Can you choose a different word?" Ling Xinyue hummed lightly.

"Let's deal with it, then," I raised an eyebrow.

"Pervert," Ling Xinyue shot me a sideways glance.

Right at that moment, both of us charged out simultaneously, one from the left and one from the right, launching a pincer attack against the golden-eyed bear demon.

With a single sword strike, Ling Xinyue conjured thousands of swords, grand and majestic.

Meanwhile, my Bloodfiend Blade gathered countless transformations into one, with baleful aura and killing intent stacking layer upon layer. A single slash already contained a world—a bloody world.

"Roar—"

The golden-eyed bear demon let out an angry roar. The fur all over its body stood on end as a ring of demonic light formed a protective barrier. Refusing to dodge or evade, it swung both bear paws, kicking up a violent gust of demonic wind as it swiped at the two of us.

"Boom!"

Airwaves rolled outward, and the surrounding rocks and trees were instantly reduced to fine powder.

My figure dissolved into several afterimages in a split second, barely managing to dodge the bear demon's heaven-splitting claw strike. Even so, the mere graze of the shockwave sent my blood churning and my internal organs throbbing with pain, causing me to stagger slightly the moment my feet touched the ground.

Ling Xinyue landed right in front of me, her body also sliding backward step by step.

I stepped forward, pressing my palm against her back to help her dissipate the remaining impact force.

As for the golden-eyed bear demon, having taken a joint blow from both of us, it merely bore two bloody gashes on its shoulder and leg. To such a thick-skinned spirit beast with astonishing defense, wounds like these were entirely trivial.

"With defense this strong, there's no point in even fighting," I said to Ling Xinyue.

"Aren't you quite good at finding blind spots? I'll keep it occupied, and you attack its weak point," Ling Xinyue said.

"Where is its weak spot? Its asshole?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Close enough," Ling Xinyue replied.

"Then how about I keep it occupied, and you go rim it?" I rolled my eyes.

"You expect me, a woman, to do that kind of job?" Ling Xinyue raged.

"True, you don't have the right equipment for it," I grinned mischievously.

Ling Xinyue bit her lower lip, stomped hard on my foot, and then flashed forward, charging once again toward the frenzied golden-eyed bear demon.

This time, a mysterious aura seemed to emanate from Ling Xinyue. Her speed and offensive power suddenly multiplied, and her dharma avatar vaguely manifested.

"It seems this wife of mine truly has secrets," I thought to myself, while quietly circling around to the rear of the golden-eyed bear demon.

The golden-eyed bear demon barely moved during combat, relying entirely on its brutal physique and terrifying offensive power to fight head-on. Whenever it swung its bear paw, even if it missed, being grazed by the shockwave alone was enough to take a heavy toll.

The golden-eyed bear demon's rear was tightly covered by its short tail; making it voluntarily expose itself was simply out of the question. Therefore, the angle of attack became exceptionally important, and it required a little extra effort.

Just then, after dodging a continuous barrage of attacks, Ling Xinyue's hand suddenly flashed with golden light. She actually took a direct strike from the bear demon's paw head-on. Taking advantage of the bear demon's momentary sluggishness, she used a top-grade magical artifact—the Dragon-Binding Lock—to coil around it layer by layer, pouring all her strength into controlling the artifact.

"Qin Feng!" Ling Xinyue screamed.

"Coming!" I responded. Dropping low to the ground, I crawled forward at an extremely tight angle, thrusting myself upward. Gripping the Bloodfiend Blade in both hands, my body spun at high speed, transforming into a massive bloody drill that pierced diagonally upward from below into the golden-eyed bear demon's rear.

"Squelch!"

The Bloodfiend Blade sank completely in, leaving only the hilt outside.

The golden-eyed bear demon's entire body shuddered violently. Its bear jaws widened, and for a moment, it was unable to make a sound.

A few seconds later, the golden-eyed bear demon's pair of golden eyes suddenly shot out two beams of golden light, and its demonic power surged with the fury of a tsunami.

"Boom!"

The top-grade Dragon-Binding Lock shattered into pieces. With a furious roar, the golden-eyed bear demon spun around and slammed both paws toward me.

"Boom! Boom!"

A giant crater dozens of meters wide appeared on the ground. I let out a muffled groan, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of my mouth, and my entire body was sent flying by the impact.

Right at that moment, Ling Xinyue darted forward like a shooting star, caught me in her arms, and plunged downward in a swift dive.

The next second, a blast of demonic wind from the golden-eyed bear demon swept right over our heads.

The primordial energy within Ling Xinyue's body had been thrown into disarray by the shockwave, and holding me tightly, she plummeted toward the ground.

At that moment, I was facing downward, but in the final second before impact, Ling Xinyue twisted her slender waist and somehow flipped our positions. Serving as a human cushion, she crashed heavily onto the ground with me pressing down on top of her, my entire face burying straight into her chest.

Ling Xinyue let out a muffled grunt. I rubbed my face against her chest for a moment before looking up as if just realizing the situation.

"Wife, are you alright?" I asked somewhat nervously.

"Why don't you try it and see for yourself?" Ling Xinyue retorted ungraciously.

Right then, Ling Xinyue stared past my shoulder, a look of sudden horror spreading across her face.

The golden-eyed bear demon leaped high into the air and lunged toward us with a fierce roar.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a muffled explosion echoed from inside the golden-eyed bear demon's stomach. The beast crashed heavily to the ground like a kite with a snapped string, twitched a few times, and went completely still.

"You... what did you put inside its stomach?" Ling Xinyue asked, letting out a breath of relief.

"I stuffed it with something explosive," I smiled.

A sudden silence fell between us, largely because our posture was truly somewhat unseemly. However, I was pressing down on Ling Xinyue with no intention of getting up anytime soon.

"Wife..." I licked my slightly dry lips and suddenly reached out a hand to caress Ling Xinyue's pretty face.

Her heart was beating fast. Her gaze shifted restlessly around as if she had nowhere to anchor her eyes, and she whispered softly, "You... are you still mad at me?"

"I don't think this is the right time to discuss that," I said, reaching out my other hand so that both palms cradled her face, forcing her to look straight at me.

"What... what do you want to do?" Ling Xinyue pressed her hands against my chest, trying to push me away.

Yet I found that her resolve might not have been all that strong, because the strength of her push was practically negligible.

"Shh, don't speak," I murmured in a deep voice, slowly lowering my head to press my lips against her dainty ones.

Ling Xinyue's eyes widened, her pupils darting about nervously. Her heartbeat grew faster and faster, and she could feel my scorching breath puffing against her face, making her entire body feel as though it were about to melt.

Finally, my lips touched hers, and we both trembled as if struck by an electrical current.

Ling Xinyue's eyes instinctively fluttered shut, and the two hands pressed against my chest shifted to grip my lapels tightly instead.

"Senior sister..." At that exact moment, Chunwan's loud voice rang out.

Ling Xinyue's delicate body shuddered. Reflexively bending her knees, she kicked out with all her might and sent me flying off her body.

"Ling Xinyue, are you looking for a beating?" Completely caught off guard, I sat up on the ground and yelled angrily.

Ling Xinyue got up from the ground, not daring to look at me.

"Senior sister, you guys... oh, I understand..." Chunwan blushed and let out a stealthy chuckle.

"You don't understand a damn thing!" Feeling utterly embarrassed, Ling Xinyue scolded her before walking over to the carcass of the golden-eyed bear demon.

I stood up, rubbed my stomach, and strode over to Ling Xinyue. Reaching out, I grabbed her wrist and pulled her straight into my arms, sealing her lips with a domineering kiss without a second word.

"Mmm..." Ling Xinyue never expected that I would dare to kiss her right in front of Chunwan, and she struggled frantically in fright.

Yet my mind was made up. I simply lifted her off her feet, pinned her back against a large tree, parted her teeth with my tongue, and thrust deep into her mouth.

Ling Xinyue pounded against my chest with her fists, but beneath my domineering persistence, her resistance gradually weakened until her arms wrapped around my neck of their own accord.

Chunwan stood there with her mouth wide open, wondering to herself whether she ought to cover her eyes.