Leveling Up by Kissing My Disciple - chapter 24

Bai Yue’s trembling body startled Mu Chenxi awake.

Master is afraid. So Master… is afraid too.

Yes, how could she not be?

In each of her vivid premonitions, Master always met such a tragic end.

Mu Chenxi took a deep breath, tightened her arms, and held Bai Yue firmly in her embrace.

“Master, don’t be afraid!” Her voice was soft, but carried unwavering determination. “Tomorrow night, I’ll enter the dream again! I don’t care what that thing is-even if it’s a Spirit Transformation Stage demon, I’ll find a way to kill it in the dream!”

She could not allow herself to be afraid, nor could she give up! She had to protect Master! This was the only obsession in her heart at this moment.

Bai Yue was shaken by her Disciple’s resolute and powerful words. Only then did she realize her own loss of composure. She quickly took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the chill and trembling in her heart, and responded heavily, “Mm!”

Facing an almost invincible enemy, Master and Disciple supported each other with their willpower, refusing to be crushed by despair.

“Master, I’ll continue to heal my injuries.”

Mu Chenxi continued to hold Bai Yue tightly, closed her eyes again, and began to operate her Cultivation Method with all her strength.

At the same time, her mind raced, frantically searching for ways to quickly increase her strength.

Kissing Master…

Originally, this should have been the best method, but it had the opposite effect…

The Supreme Emotionless Sword Art she specialized in, her proudest Sword Formula, seemed so pale and powerless before the absolute suppression of the Spirit Transformation Stage.

For a moment, she truly felt helpless.

What should she do… What other way is there…

Mu Chenxi’s heart grew restless again, her just-calmed breath showing signs of disorder.

“Chenxi, calm down.”

Bai Yue sensed her Disciple’s agitation and gently stroked her back.

“The key to breaking this predicament still lies in your dream!”

“Since it can forewarn danger, it is itself a power that transcends common sense. We should make use of it, not be ruled by the fear it brings.”

Bai Yue analyzed seriously, her intense desire to survive making her mind clearer than ever.

“Master, I will continue to explore the dream in depth.”

“Tomorrow night, I’ll enter the dream beneath this moonlight. That should allow me to go deeper.”

Mu Chenxi had a new idea.

“Good.” Bai Yue nodded.

Mu Chenxi closed her eyes again. This time, she was finally able to calm her mind and focus on healing.

Bai Yue continued to ponder, racking her brain for more possible ways to break the deadlock.

But the enemy was a lofty Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator, while she herself was only at Foundation Establishment, and even Chenxi, a Nascent Soul, was powerless to resist. The gap in strength was so vast it was despairing.

Before absolute power, any trickery seemed laughable and futile.

For a whole day, Bai Yue thought hard, but found no feasible solution.

Now, that single thread of hope seemed to truly exist only in Chenxi’s unfathomable dream.

Night fell, and the moonlight was like water.

Mu Chenxi leaned in Bai Yue’s arms, adjusting her breathing, preparing to enter the dream.

This was her own request, because it allowed her to feel Master’s presence and warmth more clearly, which made her feel at ease.

Of course, Bai Yue would not refuse.

If it were any other time, such intimate posture would surely make her blush and her ears burn, but now there was no room for shyness-only the tension and anxiety of a life-and-death struggle.

Sleepiness arrived as expected. Mu Chenxi closed her eyes and let her consciousness slowly sink.
This time, when her consciousness gathered once more, the scene before her eyes was clearer than ever before!

No… it wasn’t that the scene had become clearer…

It was that her consciousness had descended!

Her consciousness had descended into her dream self!

Mu Chenxi looked down in shock, staring at her own hand.

Her hand was interlaced with another, soft and warm, the sensation so vivid and real.

The hand she was holding was her Master’s. Mu Chenxi looked up and met Bai Yue’s gaze, and the concern in Bai Yue’s eyes was just as real.

Was this… really just a dream?!

“Chenxi, are you alright?”

Bai Yue’s worried inquiry sounded by her ear, the familiar voice incomparably clear.

“I’m fine, Master, be careful!”

Mu Chenxi reacted instantly, pulling Bai Yue behind her. Her Nascent Soul Stage Spiritual Sense spread out in an instant, probing the surroundings.

Above!

Mu Chenxi jerked her head up, only to see a pitch-black rift silently torn open in the sky where the full moon hung high.

The ferocious figure of the Fire Demon slowly emerged from within.

It looked down from above, grinning wickedly at the two below.

A terrifying Spirit Transformation Stage pressure crashed down!

Mu Chenxi felt the Spiritual Qi in her body stagnate, her body heavy as if filled with lead.

Behind her, Bai Yue let out a muffled groan, slumping softly against her back, cold sweat beading on her forehead.

“Damn it!”

Mu Chenxi forcibly activated the stagnant Spiritual Qi within her, clenching her teeth.

With a thought, she summoned her longsword from her Storage Bag. The sword shot through the air, unleashing the strongest strike she could muster at that moment!

Yet, it was far from enough.

The Fire Demon opened its mouth in disdain, casually spitting out a crimson fireball.

The blazing fireball seemed ordinary, but the moment it touched Mu Chenxi’s sword, it exploded with a thunderous roar!

The sword’s light was instantly extinguished, blasted away like scrap metal, embedding itself crookedly in the distant ground, all its spirituality lost.

It was just a casual strike, yet it destroyed her sword.

Mu Chenxi’s pupils contracted violently, and a sense of despair surged once more.

“An ant dares to strike back?”

The Fire Demon’s shrill, grating voice rang out, full of contempt for her overestimation of herself.

“Very well, let me show you what true despair is.”

Before the words had even faded, the Fire Demon moved!

It left only an afterimage in the air, moving so fast that even Mu Chenxi couldn’t lock onto it!

The next second, a scorching presence appeared behind her.

On its abdomen, the twisted lion-faced human mouth opened wide, spewing forth a mouthful of blood-red Demonic Flame!

The moment the Fire Demon vanished, Bai Yue seemed to sense what was coming.

A look of resolve flashed in her eyes. Using all her strength, she shoved Mu Chenxi away!

As for herself, she was instantly engulfed by the crimson flames.

“Chenxi, run!”

“Run!”

Mu Chenxi stumbled from the push. When she turned back, she saw the scene that filled her with despair.

She watched helplessly as Bai Yue struggled within the flames, Bai Yue’s desperate cries echoing endlessly in her mind.

“No!”

She charged forward without hesitation, frantically unleashing the potential of her Mysterious Ice Body, pouring out all her Spiritual Power in an attempt to extinguish the Demonic Flame on her Master.

“Don’t…”

That was the last sound Bai Yue made, and the last sound Mu Chenxi heard.

After that, her world was swallowed by endless crimson and unbearable pain.

Huff-! Huff-!

Mu Chenxi’s eyes snapped open. She gasped for breath, her chest heaving violently, her whole body drenched in cold sweat.