I Pick up a Lost Godhood

Chapter 325 - 309: Silly Girl

With the resilience of his Five Elements Body, he would have pulled through even if Ma Tian’Er hadn’t intervened, suffering only superficial injuries at worst. However, the experience was certainly unpleasant. Fire Poison Body Refining was truly agonizing.

Although Wang Meng’s will was resolute, discomfort was still discomfort. But then, the Fire Poison suddenly weakened considerably. The feeling of leeches burrowing into his flesh eased, and Wang Meng couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

A blush crept onto Ma Tian’Er’s face as she bit her lip. Seeing the pained expression on Wang Meng’s face finally relax, a faint smile graced her own. Suddenly, her own pain didn’t seem so bad.

The Fire Poison’s craving for Wood Element Elemental Power was clearly much stronger. It gradually transferred from Wang Meng’s body to Ma Tian’Er’s. Before long, Ma Tian’Er’s world started to spin, and she passed out.

The Fire Poison was far more damaging to a Wood Element constitution than to Wang Meng, and the pain it inflicted was much more intense.

Wang Meng circulated his Five Elements Technique, gradually gaining the upper hand and refining the Fire Poison within his body. With this, he had completed one-fifth of the third stage of his Five Elements Technique.

After a long while, Wang Meng’s body suddenly shuddered. A red light erupted from him, only to immediately retract back into his body. After this repeated several times, Wang Meng opened his eyes.

He gasped for air, feeling an incredible sense of relief wash over his entire body. ’What a close call,’ he thought. ’A true blessing in disguise.’ The later stages of the Five Elements Technique were progressively harder to master, and Wang Meng had estimated it would take him at least a year for this step. Yet, he had barely been cultivating and he’d already completed the Fire Jade Technique, finding his breakthrough. He now understood the trick to his cultivation. By following the sequence of the Five Elements, the rest of the process would be twice as effective with half the effort.

Suddenly, he felt something pressing down on him.

The delicate and alluring Ma Tian’Er was lying on top of him. Startled, Wang Meng quickly propped her up. The moment his hands touched her, he knew something was wrong.

’Damn it, this silly girl. Was this really necessary?!’

One look at Ma Tian’Er’s condition and Wang Meng knew what had happened. ’This girl is really foolish to a fault. Who with a Wood Element constitution would draw Fire Poison into their own body?’

Inside Ma Tian’Er’s body, her Wood Element Elemental Power was desperately fighting off the invading Fire Poison. But the Fire Poison could devour the Wood Element Elemental Power to grow stronger, and Ma Tian’Er’s own power was steadily losing ground.

Wang Meng didn’t dare to delay. He sat Ma Tian’Er upright and circulated his Five Elements Technique, sending a steady stream of his Elemental Power into her. Although he possessed a Five Elements Body, his Wood of the Five Elements was certainly not as alluring to the Fire Poison as Ma Tian’Er’s pure constitution. Using the same trick to lure the poison to himself wouldn’t work. He could only use the Water of the Five Elements to douse the flames and help her resist.

"Tian’Er, stay strong! Work with me!"

Wang Meng’s voice echoed in Ma Tian’Er’s Sea of Heart. Though her body was unconscious, the Sea of Heart was the domain of the soul. Ma Tian’Er’s body trembled slightly as she regained a sliver of consciousness.

Ma Tian’Er’s first sensation was their intimate contact. It had been one thing when Wang Meng was unconscious, but now he was the one taking the initiative. Her head began to spin all over again.

Wang Meng was also a little baffled. A moment ago, Ma Tian’Er’s body had been resisting automatically. Why had his call thrown everything into chaos? His Elemental Power was external, after all; it couldn’t replace her own body’s defenses. He had no choice but to keep calling out to her.

"Tian’Er! Tian’Er! Calm down! Try to guide the Fire Poison over to me!"

Still lost in the sensation of their close contact, Ma Tian’Er finally jolted to her senses and quickly focused her Heart Spirit.

Wang Meng was extremely worried. A Fire Poison invading a Wood Element body was very tricky to handle, and this particular poison was growing with ferocious momentum.

Unlike Wang Meng’s grave anxiety, Tian’Er was in pain, but she could feel his concern. ’This is the happiest I’ve ever been,’ she thought. Pain, life, death—none of it mattered to her. She just wanted time to stop forever in this very moment.

Wang Meng quickly found the knack. Using the Water Jade Technique to directly eliminate the Fire Poison was ineffective. However, using the Water Jade Technique to nourish Ma Tian’Er’s Elemental Power produced an unexpected, and perfectly compatible, result. Ma Tian’Er felt a surge of vitality.

It wasn’t just simple nourishment. Their hearts were already connected through mutual trust. As Water generates Wood in the cycle of the Five Elements, the process was as natural as a fish returning to water. With Wang Meng’s resolute will and Ma Tian’Er’s newfound fearlessness, the Fire Poison was left with no opening to exploit.

With the situation stabilized, Wang Meng began to unleash the true power of his Five Elements Technique. He used the Water Jade Technique to shield Ma Tian’Er’s Sea of Fate, while the Earth Jade Technique converted his Elemental Power’s attribute to the Earth of the Five Elements, splitting it into two fronts to quarantine the Fire Poison.

Divide and encircle!

Ma Tian’Er’s Elemental Power gradually regained its footing. This was only possible due to the might of Wang Meng’s Five Elements Technique, which leveraged the generating and overcoming cycles of the Five Elements to their fullest extent. Otherwise, a Fire Poison invasion into a Wood Element body would have been a guaranteed critical injury.

After more than a full ancient hour, Wang Meng finally managed to corner the Fire Poison, compressing it into a small section of her Sea of Fate. Both of them were drenched in sweat.

Even Wang Meng couldn’t completely expel the Fire Poison from Ma Tian’Er’s body. For now, all he could do was suppress it and figure out another solution.

They both opened their eyes. Ma Tian’Er blinked her large eyes, a sweet smile gracing her lips. "Thank you."

"You foolish girl! What were you thinking? You have a Wood Element constitution, yet you drew the Fire Poison to yourself! Do you have a death wish?!"

Wang Meng couldn’t help but rage, "I told you I was fine, and I meant it!"

His words came out like a rapid-fire barrage.

Ma Tian’Er was stunned by his outburst; she had never heard Wang Meng raise his voice like that.

"Brother Wang... I..."

Seeing Tian’Er’s pitiful expression, Wang Meng immediately felt a pang of regret. ’I’m being a real bastard,’ he thought. ’She only did it to save me.’

He sighed. "Tian’Er, you’ve known me for a long time. I’m hard to kill, and I’m not afraid of anything. If something like this ever happens again, you absolutely cannot do something so foolish. We were lucky this time. Otherwise, you might have..."