Chapter 994: Chapter 38 Protector_2

    Blossom, then begin to wither.

    Abnormalities started from the location of her shoulder blades; at first, large beads of sweat oozed out, gradually turning into a damp patch.

    At this point, it seemed relatively normal, but Yan Yu soon noticed that her back was subtly deforming.

    It was the flesh that melted first, like a slight deformation of a snowman under the sun, collapsing more and more severely over time, revealing the faintly visible, bent contour of her spine.

    The spine also bent increasingly severely, like a water-absorbing paper roll burdened by weight. Yan Yu’s gaze shifted slightly upwards, only to see that her skull had completely lost the appearance of facial features, the pale bone was exposed, sending shivers down one’s spine.

    To be honest, if Yan Yu had to choose, he would rather face a fiercer heavenly tribulation than play “I am an ice cream” like the witch.

    Anna’s head finally detached from her torso and fell into the mushy flesh below. Her beautiful blonde hair also fell out from the scalp one by one, like withering, scattering straw, which seemed somewhat pitiful to watch.

    If it wasn’t for fear of affecting her Crossing Tribulation, Yan Yu really wanted to take one as a keepsake.

    Anna finally melted completely, even the golden hair dissolving into the flesh and blood. Then, like fungi spreading on a blanket, these remains began to creep at a snail’s pace and eventually formed a round meatball.

    Yan Yu inconspicuously took out his smartphone, silenced it, turned off the camera, and took a picture of Meatball Anna as a memento.

    Then he scanned the meatball with his Divine Sense.

    The meatball was made up of numerous cells, connected by countless extremely pure Magic Power, growing into a shape reminiscent of tree branches. The closer to the center, the more dense the Magic Power became; the central energy density was extremely high, comparable to a Golden Core in a cultivator’s Dantian, likely the residence of Anna’s spirit.

    The melting of the previous body seemed to have greatly harmed Anna’s spirit, and thus the luminescence in the center of the meatball moved extremely slowly, as if licking its own wounds.

    Yan Yu had no clue when she would start rebuilding her body and differentiating organs, so he simply took out his phone to play with it.

    Damn, this godforsaken place can’t even receive satellite network signals! Such an oversight!

    Fortunately, Yan Yu had made other preparations. Considering that Anna liked role-playing during their fight yesterday, he had also recorded some scenario-based interesting videos, such as a convenience store manager catching a thief, a prosecutor interrogating mortals, a nurse caring for a patient, and so on. It was an ideal time to enjoy these, and he would thoroughly delete them before returning to Lu Country.

    Since the meatball had no eyes or ears, there was no worry that playing videos here would affect her Crossing Tribulation. After enjoying the videos for a while, Yan Yu found his own acting surprisingly brilliant, while Anna’s acting talent was much worse. When playing the villain, she just sneered with a heehee; when playing the victim, she just whimpered, please no, all monotonous and boring stereotypes!

    Only her face and figure were worth a look… Sigh, never mind.

    After reviewing and shattering each video one by one, Yan Yu scanned the meatball again with his Divine Sense, and finally noticed that Anna was starting to stir.

    The first thing to condense was a heart.

    The human heart depends on the contraction of the cardiac muscle to generate pressure, using valves to ensure the one-way flow of blood. The witch’s new body was made of pure Magic Power, so the condensed heart was smaller, but the muscles were stronger, and the valve structure seemed flawless at first glance. As for finer details, the Divine Sense couldn’t scan them; one could only trust in the will of the Magic Power itself.

    It took about 20 minutes to form this condensed heart, which then began to beat vigorously, pumping tissue fluid and Magic Power strongly to the surrounding meatball.

    Yan Yu heaved a slight sigh of relief, but suddenly heard a dull thud from above.

    Although the sound was very faint, with his keen senses and hearing as a seasoned Mortal Warrior, how could he fail to discern that someone was right above at the ground level? Most likely, it was someone triggering a trap set by Anna there.

    Someone really found this place!

    The Eclipse Queen from the previous life had successfully crossed the heavenly tribulation, and there had been no mention of any accidents (and more likely, Lu Country hadn’t found out), so Yan Yu supposed that it was going to be a close call with no real danger—yet the sudden emergency at this moment was still a shock.

    The next organ that the flesh sphere reconstructed was the lungs. Humans need lungs to exchange gases with the external environment, and witches were originally no exception. After reconstructing their bodies, witches no longer relied on oxygen for energy, so their lungs were used to absorb magic power from the air.

    Yan Yu’s Divine Sense meticulously scanned the organ, the lung lobes, bronchi… all structures differentiated normally, and there appeared to be no problems.

    Once again, the sounds of battle came from above, this time much denser than before, indicating that the enemy had not been killed in the previous traps and was still stubbornly advancing towards the center of the room. Sёar?h the N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Several possibilities flashed through Yan Yu’s mind: spies from the Witch’s Group? Unsettled faction members? Or a foreign power with ulterior motives?

    Regardless, as a Golden Core Cultivator himself, if he still let these insignificant figures disturb Anna’s Crossing Tribulation, he might as well retire and live in seclusion.

    Yan Yu stood up from where he was, took out the Defensive Treasure Taiqing Yuan Qi Smoke, and quickly sealed the space around Anna tightly without touching the central flesh sphere.

    No matter how many attacks, once they fell into the Taiqing Yuan Qi Smoke, they would be delayed or even blocked, buying Yan Yu plenty of time to act—the heavenly tribulation had also proven the worth of this Magic Treasure.

    Next, he took out the Liangyi Micro Dust Sword, ready to activate the Sword Array at any moment.

    The Liangyi Microdust Sword Qi was instantaneously deployed, able to ignore spatial distances and instantly teleport to the target, serving as the best method for quick kills of a large number of enemies.

    Afterward, Yan Yu flicked his sleeve and summoned Puppet Azhen.

    As soon as Azhen appeared, without a word, she left the tribulation room, went out to the corridor, and stood guard.

    Yan Yu needed to focus on Anna’s body reconstruction process with his Divine Sense, so he couldn’t afford to be distracted by scanning and monitoring outside. But Puppet Ah Zhen possessed her own will and harbored a fragment of Yan Yu’s Divine Consciousness Residence, thus making her ideal for standing guard outside.

    After completing these three steps, Yan Yu continued to observe the flesh sphere. As the complex structure of the bronchi was differentiated, the trachea was quickly reconstructed and connected to the top of the flesh sphere.

    That’s where the head should be next.

    But the head is the most delicate part, and the soul must be moved to the brain after condensation. Also, because normal visual and auditory functions would be restored after the brain is completely reconstructed, it makes a person more susceptible to external disturbances; hence, Anna boldly postponed this step to the end.

    Any external dangers before that would have to be dealt with by Yan Yu. Just as Anna had previously said, she had almost absolute confidence that Yan Yu would protect her well.

    Compared to a certain Enchantress, who suspect this and that all day, look at Anna! Although her bosom isn’t as big, her heart is much more expansive!

    Having condensed the heart and lung functions, the flesh sphere next began to congeal the liver and kidneys, the organs responsible for detoxification, and they also ensured the purity of the magic power, so there was no room for negligence.

    Yan Yu’s Divine Sense continuously scanned the flesh sphere and found that although the reconstruction speed had slowed down, it was still accurate and stable, which eased his mind.

    Suddenly, a violent explosion came from directly above, causing the entire room to tremble.

    Clearly, the group on the surface had used some kind of powerful means!

    Yan Yu quickly scanned Anna again and indeed found that her reconstruction process had stopped, as if she were hesitating—it was evident she had no sense of the outside world at this moment and could only judge from the vibrations that something must have happened outside.

    “Don’t be afraid.” Yan Yu reacted very quickly, immediately realizing that Anna was disturbed by the external environment, “I’ve got this, focus on your tribulation!”