Chapter Forty-Five: Fist Named Heaven's Wound

  "Be careful!", Le Xuan shouted out loud, who was just blocked by Helian and wanted to rush forward to block Tuoba Tao's thunderous palm, but it was too late!

  "Be careful!", although Xiao Xiao had the heart to take the slap for her benefactor, she was powerless and could only watch as Tuoba Tao's massive palm struck Helian Nuo's face!

  "Be careful!!", the voice was from the onlookers, the residents of Lan Yue City still had some understanding of their city lord Ta Ba Tao's abilities. As they watched the city lord slap out this palm with no effort, some timid people closed their eyes and couldn't bear to look. More people were already starting to feel sorry for the little boy wearing beast skin.

  In the arena, Helianuo had long been unable to hear the reminders of the crowd. The nine years of forest life had already tempered his superhuman willpower. At this moment, all his senses were concentrated on Tuoba Tao in front of him. In fact, when Tuoba Tao launched that palm strike, he was already prepared. His knees slightly bent, his left foot retreated half a step, and his left hand flashed to grasp the wrist of his right hand like lightning. He suddenly released all his strength into his right fist. As Tuoba Tao's massive palm struck down towards his head, Helianuo let out a loud roar, raised his right fist in a flash, and countered!

  With a loud crash, Helian's right fist and Tuoba Tao's right palm collided violently. The onlookers only felt a strong gust of wind coming, and then their vision was blocked by the swirling dust. Some thin children were even blown back by the gust, unable to help but retreat repeatedly. More people didn't bother to pat off the dust on their bodies, opening their eyes wide to stare at the dusty circle...

  After a long time, the flying dust in the field finally dissipated. Lei Xiao and others who were anxious like fire finally saw the situation in the field clearly. They saw that He Lianuo was still standing in the field. The duel just now seemed to have caused him no great harm, but his whole body was covered with dust, looking like a dusty statue. His hands remained motionless, still holding the punching posture high above.

  On the other side, Tuoba Tao, who was still arrogant just now, has already fallen to the ground. What's even more ironic is that his falling position is right next to his son Tuoba Hong. The onlookers are shocked to see the city master lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and find that his originally majestic face has turned pale. His carefully crafted purple long shirt is covered in dust, making it impossible to see its original color. Moreover, his right arm, which had just struck Helian Nuo, no longer has any fabric covering it, and his entire white arm is stained with blood. The elbow joint is bent in the opposite direction, and a broken bone can be faintly seen. It seems that Tuoba City Master has followed in his son's footsteps and also had his bones broken by the boy wearing animal skin!

  On the other side, the residents of Langyue City were watching their city lord with concern. On this side, Lei Shuo had already cheered and rushed towards He Lian Nu, who was standing upright. He had only known that his younger partner's kung fu seemed to be very powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful that he could knock down two troublemakers one after another! Lei Shuo swung his large palm and heavily patted He Lian Nu on the shoulder, saying loudly: "Well done! If you hadn't taken action first, I would have fought them already. I didn't expect you to take them down effortlessly, haha, well done!"

  Lei Shuo's palm was heavy but didn't contain any soul power, yet it surprisingly knocked He Lian Nu off balance. Lei Shuo continued to laugh loudly without noticing, while Sang Xiao rushed over to support He Lian Nu's shoulder and whispered to Lei Shuo: "Stop laughing, hurry up and help me hold him, take advantage of the chaotic scene to leave quickly!!"

  "What's wrong, we're not...” Lei Shuo was still confused about why Sang Xiao wanted to leave in a hurry when he had the upper hand. He lowered his head to ask, but suddenly saw He Lian Nu's pale face, and he was taken aback. He immediately understood that He Lian Nu's situation was far from as optimistic as he had previously thought. Thinking of this, Lei Shuo quickly pushed Sang Xiao aside, stepped forward, and lifted He Lian Nu up with both hands. He whispered to him, "You lead the way, we'll hurry to find a safe place to treat his injuries!"

  Xiang Xiao nodded slightly and immediately led the way into the crowd, at this time most of the people in Lan Yue City were surrounding Tuoba Tao, a few noticed He Lian Nuo's escape, but were intimidated by Lei Shuo's fierce gaze, afraid to speak out, fearing that the axe behind the black-faced big man would be chopped onto their own neck.

  Xiang Xiao squeezed out of the crowd but didn't take the main road, instead choosing to walk on those secluded small paths. Before long, he left behind the streets with people and houses and arrived at a place that was extremely dirty and chaotic. Lei Shuo couldn't help but wrinkle his brow upon seeing the trash scattered all over the ground and rats running around, but Xiang Xiao in front of him still didn't show any intention of stopping. He had no choice but to follow closely behind.

  After a long time, Sang Xiao finally stopped at a relatively cleaner place outside and turned to Lei Shuo: "The city is all within the Taoba family's sphere of influence. No matter where we hide, we will be found soon. Only this place has been used by the people as a garbage dump for years, and almost no one comes here normally. We can temporarily hide here for a while, and when Brother Lei's injury gets better, it won't be too late to make plans." After that, he helped Lei Shuo put He Lian Nu on the broken grass mat on the ground, told him not to move around casually, and then left alone without knowing what to do.

  That little wolf and Ball Ball had been following Leishen closely, but now they ran to Helian's side, carefully touching him with their paws, as if trying to wake up their companion. Leishen saw this and felt a pang in his heart, then walked to Helian's front, squatted down, pulled out the Tianlang dagger from his waist, carefully cut off the beast skin on Helian's right arm, and began to examine his injuries.

  At this sight, even the normally calm and collected Lei Xiao couldn't help but let out a low cry of alarm. He saw that Helian Nu's originally somewhat slender right arm had now swollen to several times its normal size, with the stretched skin looking extremely thin, as if it was on the verge of bursting at any moment. The blood vessels visible beneath the skin were an eerie green color. Lei Xiao carefully reached out a finger to touch the skin on Helian Nu's right arm, his movements extremely cautious, but even in his unconscious state, Helian Nu still let out a pained cry. Lei Xiao hastily withdrew his hand and stood up, looking at his heavily injured companion with a helpless expression as he paced back and forth in circles.

  Just as Lei Xiao was at a loss for what to do about He Lian's injury, the small wolf beside him suddenly seemed to think of something and hastily picked up the Xuan Gui that had been inseparable from it and gently placed it on He Lian's right arm. As soon as the Jiu Bao Xuan Gui came into contact with He Lian's skin, it underwent a transformation, instantly radiating dazzling seven-colored light from its originally black body. This seven-colored light enveloped He Lian's entire right arm in an instant, with the seven colors flashing alternately, looking magnificent and mysterious.

  Lei Xiao, who was pacing back and forth, saw the little wolf put a gray, fluffy turtle on Helian Nuo's heavily injured right arm. Just as he was about to step forward to stop it, he was suddenly startled by the seven-colored light emanating from the turtle's body and stopped in his tracks. The aura of this seven-colored light was indeed not small, and even Lei Xiao, who was known for his fearlessness, did not dare to approach recklessly. He could only watch anxiously from a distance, but before long, Helian Nuo's complexion began to improve under the illumination of the seven-colored light. Lei Xiao finally let out a sigh of relief, found a clean corner in the distance, sat down, and vigilantly watched Helian Nuo's condition, ready to rush forward at any moment if there was even the slightest change, determined to protect Helian Nuo with his life.

  After a long time, the seven-colored light on Helian's right arm slowly faded away. Xiao Lang took a look at the turtle's mission and quickly took it away, and he also took the ball to play with peace of mind. Lei Shuo, who was nervous and anxious, rushed over to check Helian's injuries, but was surprised to find that Helian's severely injured right arm had completely disappeared without any trace of injury, almost returning to its original weak and pale state. His originally pale face had also regained its rosy complexion, and his breathing was extremely calm and smooth, clearly out of danger.

  "This is...", Lei Xiao looked at the black turtle beside Xiaolang with a surprised expression, but he really couldn't see what was special about it. If he hadn't seen the astonishing change on He Lian's body with his own eyes, he probably wouldn't have believed that this unremarkable turtle had completely healed its partner's terrifying injury just now.

  Lei Shuo was just about to ask Xiao Lang to lend him the black turtle for a closer look, when Sang Xiao, who had been out for a long time, happened to return, carrying a large pile of things in her hands, including pots, bowls, and other kitchen utensils. Seeing Lei Shuo staring at Xiao Lang, Sang Xiao, panting with exhaustion, called out: "What are you still standing there for? Come help me put these things away!"

  Lei Shuo heard the words and finally came back to his senses, turned his head to see Sang Xiao's sweaty appearance, hurriedly ran up to him, took over the things in Sang Xiao's hand and lifted them to He Lian Nuo's side. Sang Xiao didn't even have time to wipe off his sweat, quickly started setting up a fire on the ground, and immediately hung an extremely tattered iron pot over the fire to boil some water.

  Lei Shuo looked at himself, unable to help in any way, and asked boredly: "Hey, Sang Xiao, you're really amazing. Where did you get all these pots and pans from?"

  Xiang Xiao carefully added firewood to the bonfire, and replied faintly: "Nothing, they were all found on the garbage mountain outside. Those rich people often throw away things that can still be used, so I picked them up, washed them and brought them back. They may look tattered, but we've been relying on them for meals these past few days!"

  Lei Shuo nodded upon hearing this, and in his heart, he felt a bit more affinity for Sang Xiao. As an orphan himself, he naturally knew that the life of being alone without parents required not only perseverance but also luck - the luck to survive. Now, he and Sang Xiao, two children who had survived by luck, were brought together, wasn't this also a kind of fate?