Chi Yu stood beside the blood pool, her hands tightly clasped together. Her gaze shifted back and forth as Gu Yuan moved. Maybe it was just my illusion, but it seemed that her emotions were also influenced by my nervousness, and her heart was pounding wildly.
The blood pool churned. The locking hooks seemed to have eyes as they swooshed through the air in arcs, aiming straight for Gu Yuan's chest. Although Gu Yuan had lost half of his magical power, that half was still no small matter. It completely outmatched the celestial beings above.
The chain hooks swayed back and forth in the blood pool. Gu Yuan shuttled through the chains, his figure flickering in and out of sight, yet still managing to dodge them nimbly.
"Gu Yuan, you must be careful!" I followed Chi Yu's gaze and watched Gu Yuan on the other side of the blood pool, praying non - stop.
"Prince Yuan, be careful..."
Just as Gu Yuan crossed the blood pool and his feet had barely touched the ground,
The chains in the blood pool were like countless venomous snakes writhing in the shallow water, churning the blood in the pool and splashing countless blood droplets that gathered beside the pool.
The blood on the shore gathered into countless blood skeletons, which then lunged towards Gu Yuan.
Suddenly, the entire mysterious well was filled with a "clicking" sound, the noise of bone frames colliding.
Seeing this, Gu Yuan immediately turned around, but it was too late. A group of blood skeletons brandishing chain hooks swarmed forward. These monsters were completely irrational, piling on top of each other like a small mountain and burying Gu Yuan beneath them.
"Prince Yuan..." Chi Yu's eyes were filled with horror. She took a step forward, wanting to rush over, but the skeletons in the blood pool holding chain hooks had already spotted her.
The blood pool roiled, and another group of blood skeletons climbed out of it. Dark red light shone from the empty eye sockets of their gloomy white bones, from which blood dripped.
Who would have thought that in the territory of the Celestial Court, there would be such an evil place? It was no different from hell.
The red light in the blood skeletons' eyes flickered, and they let out a chilling sigh: "Ha~~"
They were clearly being controlled by someone, for they had no consciousness. The blood skeletons shook their chain hooks and slowly advanced towards Chi Yu.
Chi Yu showed no fear. Her purple eyes flashed with anger. Just as the blood skeletons were about to get close to her, she simply tapped her finger in the air. Instantly, a faint red halo enveloped the blood skeletons. As the halo circulated, countless black - red ringed snakes as thick as fingers burrowed into the gaps between the skeletons' bones.
As Chi Yu uttered a single word, "Break!"
The blood skeletons were instantly shattered into a pile of bones and fell to the ground.
Not only the blood skeletons around Chi Yu, but also the mountain of skeletons on Gu Yuan's side fell apart and rolled everywhere.
Chi Yu spun around, leaped over the blood pool in one go, and rushed to Gu Yuan to pull the bones off him.
"Prince Yuan... Are you okay?"
At this sight, I was a bit dazed. From the way she had used the black - red ringed snakes to break the blood skeletons just now, I knew that Chi Yu was definitely not the innocent, healing - only little rabbit I had thought she was.
Her abilities were astonishing, no less than Gu Yuan's. I had been so stupid. An artifact spirit that could absorb half of Xi Nv and Gu Yuan's magical power could never be just a simple little rabbit.
"Prince Yuan, are you alright?" Chi Yu's once deep purple eyes gradually faded, returning to her big, black - and - white eyes.
Tears welled up in her eyes. With a worried face, she helped Gu Yuan up.
Gu Yuan raised his hand to dust off the dirt on his body and replied seriously,
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Seeing that Gu Yuan was okay, Chi Yu immediately hugged his waist, her voice trembling with sobs, "You scared me to death. I thought you..."
Seeing Chi Yu crying, Gu Yuan raised his hand and ruffled her hair, saying, "Don't worry, I'm okay. Did you deal with these blood skeletons?"
Chi Yu looked down at the scattered skeletons and replied, "Yes. I will never allow anyone to hurt you."
Gu Yuan pulled Chi Yu out of his embrace and asked her with a puzzled look on his face, "Who on earth are you?"
Chi Yu hadn't yet recovered from her grief. With a wronged look on her face, she looked extremely pitiful.
"I'm Chi Yu. Don't you recognize me, Prince Yuan?"
Gu Yuan's eyes flickered. He stared into Chi Yu's eyes and didn't look away for a long time.
"Chi Yu, you know that's not what I'm asking."
Chi Yu didn't dare to meet Gu Yuan's gaze. She subconsciously lowered her head and was silent for a while. Just as she was about to gather the courage to speak,
"Quickly go in and check. The Heavenly Emperor has decreed that Xue Liangyin has disrupted the Celestial Court and his crimes are unforgivable. He actually secretly set up a blood pool under the mysterious well of the Purple Star Palace..."
The voices of a group of celestial officials came from inside the mysterious well as they descended to check the situation.
Chi Yu was on high alert. She immediately grabbed Gu Yuan's hand and passed through the opposite wall.
It turned out that what seemed to be a wall was actually an illusion. After entering the wall, a cave appeared in front of them.
Chi Yu led Gu Yuan running all the way through the cave until they saw a faint light in the distance. Then she stopped.
"I came in from here before," Chi Yu pointed upwards and whispered.
"Where is this?"
Chi Yu thought for a moment and didn't answer directly. Instead, she kept him in suspense.
"You'll know when you go up."
Chi Yu lifted her foot and was about to walk up when Gu Yuan grabbed her wrist tightly and asked seriously, "Chi Yu, I've always regarded you as my family. Just because I don't ask certain questions doesn't mean I don't want to know."
Although Gu Yuan didn't say it directly, it was quite clear. He wanted to know Chi Yu's origin, who she really was.
Chi Yu tugged at her wrist, trying to break free from Gu Yuan's grasp, but Gu Yuan showed no sign of letting go.
There was no room for delay on this matter.
"Prince Yuan, I've already shown you my true form. Have you forgotten?"
Gu Yuan frowned, not understanding what she meant.
Chi Yu raised her eyes and shifted her charming gaze to Gu Yuan's waist.
Gu Yuan followed her gaze and saw the sachet, the sachet that I had given to him.
"I'm the artifact spirit. This is my true form. It's always been by your side."
Gu Yuan pulled the sachet from his waist. There was still doubt on his face, and he clearly didn't quite believe it.
As an onlooker, I knew better than anyone that Chi Yu was not the sachet. The sachet was given to me by Xi Nv when I possessed her body.
I still clearly remembered that Xi Nv had told me at that time that no matter who asked about my identity, I should tell them that I was the sachet, just an ordinary artifact spirit.
However, Chi Yu seemed to be aware of all this. Even when Gu Yuan asked about her identity, she chose to avoid answering.
Gu Yuan pinched the sachet in his hand. His black eyes were cold, seemingly dissatisfied with this answer.
"Prince Yuan, stop talking. Go up and take a look. You might be even more surprised."