Chapter 124: Tension

  "Uh, it's just satisfactory." Luo Yu nodded, "Advancing to the Nascent Soul stage is a matter for later. For now, let's discuss the remaining eight battles. I think your ability to change at will can be put to good use. In the past, you could only change size and shape, but with the Water Spirit Root, even color can become as transparent as water. In this environment, you can disguise yourself seamlessly. Hmm, your performance today was excellent, worthy of praise. You must continue to work hard in future battles."

  "Red rice hummed twice: 'After all, you still use me as cannon fodder.'"

  Luo Yu glanced at Hong Mi and smiled wryly: "In our current situation, we could turn to ashes at any moment. If you don't want to be my cannon fodder, then let's wait for us to both become ashes together. That way, we can truly have you in me and me in you, never to be separated."

  Upon hearing this, Hong Mi couldn't help but tremble slightly, trying to shake off the nonexistent flying ash. She muttered softly: "It's just a few complaints, do you have to say it so sarcastically? Can't I just be cannon fodder if I want to? But you're not allowed to mention anything about flying ash or eternal separation again! You said before that once we ascend to the Spirit Realm, you'll set me free, but now you're going back on your word!"

  "I remember what I said, but on the premise that we get out of Tongtian Tower alive. Now, let's discuss the specific details."

  The next day, a man in white appeared, relying on Luo Yu's symbol and Hong Mi's disguise, one person and one demon successfully shattered the man, of course, getting injured and bleeding was inevitable.

  As usual, lying flat on the battlefield to heal wounds, Luo Yu glanced at the red rice that received the light rain.

  "Red rice, the current situation is somewhat different from our expectations. The strength of this man is only slightly stronger than that of the previous enemy, and it should not be the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment. From this, we can predict that in the next battle, the enemy who appears will likely also be one person."

  Luoyu's eyebrows slowly relaxed, sweeping away the gloom and sorrow of the past.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected. For the next six days, only one enemy appeared each time, and the enemy's strength increased with each battle.

  In every battle, Luo Yu and Hong Mi, these two small shrimp at the initial stage of building their foundation, brought out all their strength to fight desperately, yet still faced a precarious situation.

  There were over a dozen times when Luo Yu felt like she was going to die, but Hong Mi's vine whip always managed to arrive at the last moment and pull her back from the line of death.

  Afterwards, she had always been suspicious that Red Rice was intentional, intentionally letting her experience the fear of death to avenge her past bullying.

  Of course, she knew it was impossible. Because her and Hongmi's cultivation were far inferior to the enemy, they were being brutally suppressed by the enemy, and Hongmi was able to arrive in time to rescue her only after breaking through numerous obstacles and paying a great price. How could she dare to delay even for a moment? She feared that if she hesitated for an instant, what awaited Luoyu would be certain death.

  She also saved Hong Mi's life several times, and for the master and servant who had been together for nearly half a year, they began to have a companionate relationship rather than just a simple master-slave relationship.

  Relying on meticulous calculations, layers of traps were laid out. With the perfect disguise of red rice and the endless second-order talismans, one person and one demon finally killed all six late-stage foundation-building cultivators.

  Bathing in the rain of light, Hong Mi turned the petals towards Luo Yu's direction. At this time, Luo Yu was lying dead on the battlefield, and it was as if he had become a blood person. Extremely tragic.

  "Master, you'd better think carefully about how to fight this last battle. If we fight like before, we're dead for sure. Just now, if I hadn't sacrificed six of my vines to detonate the talisman, I'm afraid I would have been the one lying dead. Heaven has no mercy, I only grew ten vines in total, and now I only have four left. Even if I absorb the light rain and grow new vines, my strength won't be able to recover in a short time. By tomorrow, I'll at most have half of my usual strength." Red rice paused, saying with some despair and desolation: "Master, good luck with tomorrow's battle!"

  "Haven't you seen me almost bleeding to death? Not only did you not come to help, but you also poured salt on my wound. You're really arrogant as a demonic pet."

  "If you're really going to die, then do you still have the energy to send me a message?" Hong Mi didn't fall for it at all. "You'd better think of a way quickly, I don't want to die with you."

  "You're too injured, don't participate in tomorrow's battle. As for how to fight, I've already thought it through, so you don't need to worry about it, just rest and recover."

  "Hmph, as long as you don't drag me down with you, I don't care how you die."

  Hongmi was unhappy, dragging the vines and roots with a whooshing sound, walking towards the other end of the battlefield. Seeing that Luoyu didn't say a word to stop him until his death, Hongmi got really angry, shrinking down to the size of a palm with a snap, and ran far away with a rustling sound.

  Hongmi was angry, and Luoyu looked at her eyes, but the tactics for tomorrow were not yet perfected. Even if they were perfected, the possibility of success would not exceed 10%. At this moment, how could she have the mood to coax Hongmi?

  Tomorrow is the final battle, and the enemy that appears will not be just one step higher than today's enemy, but should be a strong foundation of cultivation. Such a powerful enemy, even if Hong Mi recovers her full strength tomorrow, according to their previous tactics, the possibility of defeating the enemy does not exceed 1%.

  So tactics must change, but how to change, how can we kill the enemy? How can we kill the enemy without any losses?

  Luoyu's mind was racing at high speed.

  Time passed quickly, and Luo Yu opened her eyes, stood up, picked up the futon and threw it into her usual storage bag. She then looked at Hong Mi and handed over all four of her storage bags to him, leaving only a low-grade storage bag on herself before slowly walking towards the center of the battlefield.

  At this moment, Luo Yu's heart was extremely tense, her heartbeat racing fast and slow, her fingers slightly trembling, her palms starting to sweat, she wiped the sweat off with her sleeve, and immediately patted her storage bag, taking out two stacks of second-grade high-quality explosive talismans, totaling over forty pieces.

  Hongmi rooted itself at the edge of the battlefield, stretching out a long vine to coil around the storage bag. As it watched Luoyu slowly walk towards the center of the battlefield, it vaguely understood her tactics.

  Hongmi's heart began to knot, the petals trembled uncontrollably, it understood that if Luoyu failed in this battle, she would never be able to complete the trial, and ultimately, both of them would die in this closed cage, Luoyu in front, and it behind.

  Hongmi did not dare to make a sound, nor did he dare to utter a word, for fear of disturbing Luo Yu.

  ps：

  The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the starting point has launched a series of activities such as catching carrots and distributing mooncakes. From then on, I was ridiculed by my little friends for a long time, saying that if they caught me, they would have carrot rabbits.