Chapter 1008: On Top of the City Walls
If one looked carefully, it was actually possible to clearly see that Chen Chao's hands, feet, neck, and even cheeks were covered in tiny cracks.
Some resembled spiderwebs, but they looked even more like porcelain on the verge of shattering.
Blood continued to flow nonstop from the corner of Chen Chao's mouth. He could no longer remain standing steadily and had no choice but to lean against Xie Nandu beside him as he said with some difficulty, "Being able to make it back here this time truly wasn't easy."
Over all these past years, whenever Chen Chao faced Xie Nandu, he had always shared only good news and never bad. No matter how terrible his circumstances were, he would never tell her, so as to avoid making her worry.
But this time, Chen Chao's injuries were indeed more severe than at any other point in the past.
At the boundary between life and death, he truly had already reached that very edge.
"His cultivation realm is too high. The gap between us was too great. It was a battle I could never have won in the first place. But there was no other choice. Some things have to be done even at the cost of your life."
Blood kept flowing from the corner of Chen Chao's mouth. Frowning, Xie Nandu took out a fresh handkerchief and wiped it away for him.
"The Demon Emperor isn't naturally suspicious by nature, but weighing gains and losses. I knew what he feared most, which is why I had to risk my life to lure him deep into the desolate north, all the way to the banks of the Onan River. If not for that, the moment I stopped anywhere else, I would've immediately suffered his thunderous strike."