Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 413 - 405: NPC in the Game

The landing site was in a remote, unpopulated mountain, and it was a great fortune that it didn’t fall on a city, except for the innocent plants and animals caught in the aftermath.

In the depths of the crater, the two glowing orbs each emitted a faint, shimmering glow.

It suggested that the unknown objects that descended from the heavens had not been destroyed in the fierce storm.

If anyone were present, they would surely think some mystical treasure had appeared.

When the other unknown glowing orb collided, the system exhausted all its energy.

At the moment its consciousness faded, a million grass mud horses galloped through its heart. It and the host had worked hard for so long, only for a sudden spatial magnetic storm to reduce them to dust, all efforts in vain.

It fell into slumber with intense reluctance and anger.

However, after its consciousness disappeared, it didn’t notice that the Jade Buddha hanging around Cheng Xiaoxiao’s neck, after being stained with enough of Cheng Xiaoxiao’s fresh blood, suddenly flew up, emitting a radiant glow.

It kept flashing, growing brighter, and then, in the fall at the speed of light, formed a transparent protective shield.

Bringing the other unknown glowing body to the ground freely, colliding violently with the earth.

Cheng Xiaoxiao immediately fainted.

After she fell into a deep sleep, the space transmitter, having exhausted its energy, automatically returned to her body.

If not for the Jade Buddha’s protective shield, the space transmitter would have probably been destroyed by now.

The dusty mist gradually dispersed.

It revealed the bottom of the crater, still smoking, due to the intense friction.

Snowflakes danced, spiraling downward, with exposed rocks crackling sharply.

As time passed, the bottom of the crater gradually returned to silence.

It was unclear how many hours had passed when the glowing orb from beyond the sky began to crack, like a Thunder Pearl, with its shimmering halo growing weaker and nearly unseen.

Finally, amidst the cracking sound, it completely disintegrated.

A faint shadow floated out from the center.

The tall shadow moved its stiff body, as if struck by lightning, taking a long time to regain composure.

Why did he only have a soul body left?

Wasn’t it just a trial for ascension?

With his cultivation talent and tempered mind, he shouldn’t have been in such a sorry state.

Recalling the situation at the time, the final eighty-first streak of heavenly thunder, a purple lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, came crashing down without giving a moment to breathe.

This... a scene that never should have appeared.

His throat rolled, his voice dry, his heart tumultuous, hundreds of years of dedicated cultivation ruined in an instant.

If by this point he still didn’t realize he was betrayed, he would have wasted a whole life of cultivation.

But the people in the Cangnan Realm who could influence the tribulation lightning during ascension could be counted on one finger.

Though he had speculated the target, he still felt bewildered.

How could it come to this...!

As he carefully perceived, a chill rose from his feet to his head; this place had no spiritual energy.

Feeling his soul body growing weaker, a bitter smile appeared in the man’s radiant eyes.

So that’s his aim?

To let him perish in an otherworldly land, his soul unaware of home, crossing the river of forgetfulness in gloomy obscurity.

Unfortunately, if that person thought he would be disappointed, eh?

He suddenly noticed a shallow breathing sound beside him.

It was an unconscious ordinary woman.

Although the woman had no spiritual energy-infused magical treasures, she had two Crystal Pendants imbued with Chaos Qi, one of which housed an Ancient Little Beast sleeping soundly.

With a slight flick of his fingers, the sleeping Xiao Li at home was suddenly grasped by the scruff of the neck and lifted up.

Xiao Li woke up in an instant.

Who was so bored as to pull it out, not knowing that disturbing one’s peaceful dream was as immoral as digging up someone’s ancestral grave?

It frantically waved its limbs, emitting squeaky, squeaky cries.

Extremely angry.

It couldn’t help but want to attack.

But after carefully sensing the offender’s cultivation, it was immediately scared into shivering.

The squeaky cries turned mournful, filled with fear and unease.

Wuwu, where did this full-level human come from?

Isn’t there no spiritual energy here?

What’s going on?

How is this person’s cultivation so high?

Squeak! Squeak!

’Master, master, come save your little one, your little one is about to be beaten to death.’

"You’re the pet of this person."

The man’s clear voice rang out.

Unexpectedly, in this world without spiritual energy, there appeared a Divine Beast Wind Fox.

And this Crystal Pendant, unlike anything from this world.

It seems it would be worthwhile to wake up the owner and ask a few questions.

The man still held Xiao Li in one hand, while forming a Dharma Seal with the other. Before long, a soft, gentle light emerged from his fingertips, slowly drawing into Cheng Xiaoxiao’s brow center.

Soon after, Cheng Xiaoxiao gradually awoke.

Her entire body felt as if it had fallen apart, causing her to grimace in pain.

It took quite some time before she managed a breath.

Yet she felt a stream of warm current lingering within her body, preventing her almost collapsed form from disintegrating.

She faintly opened her blurred eyes.

Amidst her blurry vision, she seemed to see a faint figure standing ahead.

As she gradually regained consciousness and her mind cleared?

She screamed in her mind, ’Qiqi, Qiqi.’

She remembered before fainting, the spinning skies, how Qiqi mentioned a spatial magnetic storm, and it was exerting all its energy to maintain the space transmitter from being torn to pieces by the external magnetic storm, preventing her within it from being shredded to minced flesh.

"Is the lady calling for it?"

A crisp, clear male voice sounded.

Cheng Xiaoxiao focused her eyes, gazing firmly forward.

The man emanated holiness, donned in a brilliant azure robe with exquisite cloud and brocade patterns, light and flowing.

As if an Immortal had descended into the mortal realm, upon closer inspection, his picturesque face淡薄疏冷, clearly ahead, yet seeming distant as if across clouds. Crane-like bearing, fair, translucent skin, smooth and lustrous, eyebrows slanting like distant ink strokes, autumn-water sharp eyes, deep and limpid.

Gently pursed thin,淡薄 lips, his face a blend of softness and hardness, neither too much nor too little, just right, what a picture of celestial beauty.

A beauty utterly indescribable in words.

Had she already died?

Had she met an Immortal?

Otherwise, where on earth could one find someone so stunning?

Wasn’t she supposed to report to King Yama down below if she had died?

Her thoughts drifted far, snapped back in an instant, no, her Xiao Li was still in the other’s hand.

Sneakily pinched herself.

Ouch, quite painful, it seems not a dream, and she hadn’t died either.

"Uh, this Immortal, no, this handsome man, could you let go of my pet first?"

Originally intending to call him Immortal, but that felt like an insult, so she changed her words.

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s question successfully led him to think that the ’Qiqi’ she referred to was the small beast in his hands.

He released the hold on the scruff of the small beast’s neck with his index finger and thumb.

The small beast swiftly leapt into Cheng Xiaoxiao’s arms, squeaking loudly, nervously twirling around, as if complaining, yet seemingly fearing something.

"Xiao Li, be good, don’t be afraid."

Cheng Xiaoxiao steadily observed the picturesque face in front of her, noticing the halo around him growing dimmer.

With an awkward smile, she asked, "You aren’t an NPC from a game, are you?"