This Life's Song: The Genius Rune Master

Black ants are approaching, as are the man in the fox mask and the bird.

Lianxue's talisman brush kept moving, and she ruined one because she was in a hurry, but she continued to concentrate her mental energy and continue to carve.

The giant black ant was also trying its best to get closer, and even though its claws were corroded, it could not stop its progress.

Lianxue told Heiyu to go and rest, but Heiyu didn't move. It insisted on guarding Lianxue.

Three giant black ants appeared and gradually closed the distance between them.

Although Lianxue was drawing talismans, she could see them getting closer and closer.

Lian Xue already had four talismans beside her: a fire talisman and an ice talisman. With the last stroke, bursts of lightning streaked across the night sky, completing the final thunder talisman in one smooth motion.

Looking intently at the black ants, he thought, "They're quite fast."

"Yeah! And they're reckless, determined to eat us alive," Kuroba said helplessly.

Lianxue sighed helplessly, "Let's find a chance to escape. This is too terrifying." Though she spoke weakly, her eyes were resolute.

Hei Yu glanced at Lian Xue, "It would be great if we could really escape. Let's fight back and see if we have a chance." He couldn't help but look around.

They were now surrounded by a dense swarm of ants; there was no way to escape.

Lian Xue landed on the sword, moved to the nearest black ant, and began to attack. She first attacked the black ant's body, but the effect was minimal and instead angered it.

A long, sweeping tentacles swept across, instantly wrapping around Lian Xue's sword. She trembled, lost her balance, and fell from the blade. As she fell, Lian Xue reached up with both hands and grabbed the sword, her body swaying like a swing.

With a thought, the dagger appeared. He grabbed the blade with his right hand and the hilt with his left. Following the gap in the black ant's tentacles as it moved the sword, he slashed the dagger across, and the beard was severed in an instant.

The sword stopped spinning wildly after the tentacles were severed, and control was restored. The sword was released, and the body fell freely. The sword swiftly caught Lian Xue.

Standing on the sword, Lian Xue retreated rapidly, first creating distance before attacking.

A freezing talisman froze the black ants, and Lian Xue approached, stabbing their eyes with a dagger, getting closer and closer.

Just one more millimeter until it landed, another black ant raised its leg and attacked.

Black Feather stepped forward, and two simultaneous "poof" sounds rang out. One sound indicated that Black Feather was injured, and the other indicated that Lian Xue had attacked Black Erosion Ant Eye. Black Feather immediately weakened. Lian Xue had no time to think. She put a pill into Black Feather's mouth, put it back into her Phoenix Bracelet, and then retreated rapidly.

The black ant's eye was injured, and a line of black liquid flowed down its cheek.

The black liquid landed, hissing as it corroded the sand and gravel, creating a pit.

He glanced solemnly at the black ants that had surrounded him, then looked at his dagger. Thankfully, it hadn't been corroded; otherwise, he would have been heartbroken.

When Lian Xue threw out the Thunder Talisman, the crackling thunder exploded in the space.

In another place, the color was a deep blue, an endless expanse of blue. There was only one black figure in the entire space, and everything else was blue.

The man in black walked forward, a colorful bird perched on his shoulder, its head bobbing left and right, its eyes flashing with surprise.

The man in black had long, slender legs and long hair that reached his waist. When he turned around, a fox mask covered his face, concealing all his charm.

It turned out that it was the person and the bird who entered later.

The space they were in was blue, with no flowers, trees, or clouds, only endless water and sky.

The man and the bird walked aimlessly forward. Suddenly, they seemed to hear a sound, like a thunderclap, but it quickly returned to calm.

Shaking their heads, the man and the bird continued searching for a way out.

Far away within the Guiyuan Sect, Jingwei listened to the lecture listlessly.

No matter how the instructor explained the steps of alchemy, she remained indifferent and ignored them.

She lowered her head, propping her eyes up with one hand, and muttered to herself, "I wonder how Sister Lianxue is doing. It's so boring without her. Sigh, when will she come back?"

Everyone else in the class was taking notes diligently. Today's main teacher was a male instructor who was very gentle, which is why she dared to skip class. However, her skills in alchemy and medicine identification were still quite good.

Finally, the class bell rang, and all the students put away their notes and left.

Jingwei tidied her things, straightened her clothes, and got up to walk out the door.

Jingwei was thinking about food and didn't notice that she bumped into three people at the door. She almost fell over because she was unsteady, but luckily one of them caught her.

Another person shouted, "Are you blind? How do you walk?"

One of them looked on gently without saying a word, while the person supporting Jingwei looked reproachful, "What are you doing? The young lady didn't mean it. You're a gentleman, don't let the young lady misunderstand."

Let's put development here aside for now and return to Lianxue.

A lightning talisman was thrown out, and the flashing lightning bolts darted around like dragons.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lianxue used all her strength to run to one side with the Wind Step technique, and it looked like she was about to widen the distance between them.

Just then, a claw struck her from the side, slapping Lianxue hard. Ye Lianxue was injured on the arm and chest, and bright red blood flowed down instantly. Ignoring her wounds, she continued to run.

An attack came from the left. Lian Xue used her short stature to nimbly dodge it. Seeing that she was about to be surrounded, she retreated to the stone gate. Helpless, she once again used her sword to land on the top of the stone gate.

Blood dripped down her fingers, and Ye Lianxue looked around at the ever-increasing number of giant black ants. A sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart, and she looked on with a sense of defeat.

She didn't notice that her blood had fallen onto the dragon's head. The dragon absorbed the blood, and its eyes seemed to flash with an eerie red light before disappearing.

Just as Ye Lianxue was in a panic, the Black Corrosive Ant spat out a mouthful of venom. Seeing this, she hurriedly retreated, but a piece of her clothes was corroded, and small holes appeared in other places.

The dragon on the stone gate twisted and turned, as if it were about to come to life.

Lian Xue had no time to think about anything else. Her mind raced, trying to figure out what weapons she could use. She had a few talismans left, to save her life and only use as a last resort. Daggers had too small an attack range, and swords... well, they couldn't even cut through rocks.

Without giving Ye Lianxue a chance, the giant black ants spat out venom. Helpless, she had to fly on her sword again, but she was still stained by a mouthful of black liquid. The venom penetrated her skin, causing a stinging and burning sensation. She used her spiritual power to circulate several times to barely suppress the burning sensation, but pits still appeared on her skin.

Just as she suppressed the burning sensation on her skin, she felt intense pain inside her body. Wisps of black energy swirled and entered her bloodstream, and Ye Lianxue realized that she had been poisoned.

He wondered, could the venom of the black ants be more than just corrosive, but also highly poisonous?

No one could answer her questions. The poison spread faster and faster, and her right arm was already numb and weak. Ye Lianxue hurriedly used a dagger to cut open the flesh, watching the blood mixed with blackish-purple flow out.

At this moment, the giant dragon on the stone gate also began to move, and fragments fell down with a crackling sound.

Lianxue was terrified. She tried to control the poison while preventing a sneak attack. Now the dragon was about to come back to life. "It's like it's determined to keep me here."