10 Last Fight

"One of them involves us to share our bodies with each other..." Ning Fan explained before he was interrupted.

"You, are you trying to take advantage of the situation, you must have had your eyes on me this whole time, to take advantage of the situation you might say our bodies must..." Yu Lin blushed while letting her imagination run wild.

"I'll be an extension of your body so you can use my Qi and the technique will consider us as one being, "Two as One"." Ning Fan continued.

Ning Fan was struggling under the pressure and paid no heed to her rambling. Yu Lin's face became bright red with embarrassment, she thought since the situation took such a drastic turn Ning Fan would show his true colors and do what he pleased out of desperation.

This was common when one was facing an inevitable death, they'd want to fulfill any last desire and if there was a beauty next to them it would be lust. Having heard of stories from the knights about how humans reacted in different situation warning her never to fall into these situations for whatever reason, she thought Ning Fan was about to behave the same way as in the stories.

"The technique is complicated and you'll be trusting me with your life, the technique only requires touch, so I want you to give me your hand..."Ning Fan paused before smilingly reassuring her." and if you die I'll die together with you."

Ning Fan could only rely on her since he still hasn't reached the Nascent realm. The only thing he could do was match his energies frequency with her's.

Yu Lin's face was completely red that it reached her ears the moment Ning Fan paused. She would've refused it immediately if it was anyone else, but she didn't because she didn't want to ruin their partnership in this situation and instead wondered what to say almost agreeing causing her heart to beat frantically.

Yu Lin is young and easily tempered but that doesn't mean she doesn't have any other emotions. Although she said she would never marry anyone, she knew fate never worked as she wanted and she might be forced to give herself away.

As someone who is of age and heard many stories about relationships between men and women. She wasn't ready to accept such an embarrassing fate, but she wondered if she might get things easy if it was someone she knew and it was just marriage in name. If she was unlucky she might lose her free spirit and it would deviate her cultivation. If she accepted a proposal from her own mouth she felt as though she was consenting to any future actions.

Yu Lin zoned out most of the conversation, and when she heard the rest she felt as this situation was turning her irrational. She doesn't normally think this way but confronting death is affecting her and thinking about what her relatives told her. She was constantly told one day she would give her hand in marriage to a handsome young noble that will face any difficulties with her and survive through any challenge from her mother.

Ning Fan saw Yu Lin's face red and wondered if she was angry. Ning Fan understood that she feels upset having to rely on others, and right now they had no choice to cooperate.

Ning Fan felt a gentle and delicate hand slide through his fingers tightly gripping him.

"I wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for you so if I die, you can use this..." As Yu Lin was handing him a book her hand was stopped midway.

"I said there's only two outcomes we either live together or we die together not just me." Ning Fan said solemnly.

Yu Lin felt a ripple in her heart by Ning Fan's selfless actions. Yu Lin no longer doubted Ning Fan anymore after seeing him act noble even during death.

"They say good men die young, but they didn't describe the unique individuals that reached greatness because of their selfless heart, I feel Ning Fan is one of those people." Yu Lin thought.

Yu Lin smiled "I guess that means we won't die, if we were meant to die we would've died a long time ago."

Ning Fan nodded and drew the two Martial techniques she would need to learn.

Ning Fan remembered one word siphon, this was the one of the words his sister was able to decipher from a book they stole from the boss's in the Underworld in Earth. There was also a branch technique, "Two as One". From what his sister deciphered, if learned one can use a different energy source to act as an extension as their own, but there was one word his sister mentioned "exact", Yue deducted that the energy source has to have exactly the same characteristics as the main bodies energy.

Adjusting to what he learned now, if not exact it could cause a backlash and damage the main bodies internal organs and possibly die.

The second technique was another book his sister deciphered "Repulsion Armor", it seems this creator's policy was, "offence is the best defense" it uses Qi in an intricate way to convert it into potential energy and release it as kinetic energy and act as an armor.

Ning Fan gave a brief explanation to Yu Lin while drawing the Martial Techniques, as soon as he finished he fully focused on matching her Qi fluctuations, her breathing rhythm, etc. Ning Fan was lucky these techniques only involved the Qi in ones body, if it involved manipulation and condensation of energy outside the body his situation would be predictable.

[Three kilowatt-hour, seven kilowatt-hour, four kilowatt-hour...] Yu Lin's Qi fluctuations.

[four kilowatt-hour, seven kilowatt-hour, three kilowatt-hour...] Ning Fan's Qi fluctuations.

Ning Fan asked the System to display their fluctuations so he can match her's. Ning Fan found this more challenging than expected and they had to hurry and learn their roles in less than thirty seconds.

Ning Fan planned to consume a numerous amount of pellets that he received from Yu Lin, when he started focusing on matching his Qi fluctuations she gave him a considerable amount of pills so that he can supply himself with as much energy as possible to at least last an hour, the problem was he had to consume them before he started.

When Ning Fan cultivated the technique to remove dregs there was a bonus that the more he cultivated it the more resistant his body is to dregs so he named this "Pure body", since his body is purified from dregs, but Ning Fan hasn't cultivated it for that long and he doesn't know if his body will withstand this.

Ning Fan didn't worry about the chaotic energy since his endurance and tolerance had a qualitative leap since he came here.

After twenty-five seconds Yu Lin nodded her head signalling she understood. Under normal circumstances it would've taken a while to understand but under the pressure of death her comprehension skills heightened.

Ning Fan managed to just barely match his Qi fluctuations with her's the next second. Ning Fan quickly consumed the pills. Yu Lin quickly used the Martial Technique "Two as one".

Ning Fan felt considerable pain in his meridian's, but his Qi fluctuations didn't change and continued to follow her pace. The dregs in his body seeped out of his body and into his clothes, luckily for Ning Fan although his "Pure Body" couldn't outpace the dreg accumulation it was enough that it wouldn't cause his performance to be affected during their syncronized state.

Yu Lin then used the second Martial Technique she learned "Repulsion Armor". She equally distributed the outward force between them, but only to the point where they won't die. They needed to conserve as much energy so they could last through the tribulation, so they still experienced a considerable amount of pain.

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At the same time,

"H-how is this possible, they were supposed to die yet they survived, you did boost the difficulty, you not cheating me right" The enchantress asked.

The middle-aged man smiled, "I would never even a fifth rite of the Nascent would be crushed under this pressure just watch they seem to have used their hidden card but it must have it's limit I'll raise the pressure if you doubt me"

The enchantress nodded, while shifting her gaze between the two red balls of meat and Ning Fan's screen.

"Such strength must have a limit it most likely can't resist pressure that even a first rite of the Ming realm would be forced go all out" the middle-aged man said.

Ning Fan and Yu Lin seemed as if they were about to be crushed, before the middle-aged man could see what would happen next he turned off the screen.

"It's better to respect them by not witnessing their gruesome death and remembering their glory, it is a shame this was their limit" the middle-aged man shook his head.

The enchantress smirked, "Seems your curiosity got the best of you and now they will die, seems I won't be going anywhere now, why would you think someone who just barely broke into the Nascent realm and another at the Metamorphosis realm would be able to survive such pressure, now they will die you fell into my trap Super Grandpa now they will die, your pretty dumb for being so strong" the enchantress laughed knowingly that she would cause two more deaths.

"Their deaths have no significance anyways if they die it's inevitable, I'll just wait another twenty years" the middle-aged man cared nothing for the innocent lives he takes.

The enchantress rolled her eyes knowing that her Super Grandpa was trying to play it cool.

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Meanwhile,

"System what's going on why did the pressure drastically increase" asked Ning Fan.

[The master of the Formation personally used his soul to communicate leaving some ripples while increasing the pressure] System replied.

Ning Fan cursed, he suspected the owner never intended for them to survive from the beginning. Ning Fan's conclusion was that this was the owners ruse to passively slaughter all the geniuses from the factions. This would explain the exhorbitant reward, it must have been bait.

Ning Fan put himself in his shoes. If he knows it's impossible for the other party to survive, and is insignificant, unnoticeable, weak stranger he wouldn't watch this trivial person's death and deal with more relevant issues.

After reassuring himself he continued focusing on the pressing issue.

Yu Lin drew the same conclusion although she didn't sense any faint ripple, the sudden change was enough for her to understand someone must've intervened.

Yu Lin increased her output and Ning Fan matched her pace, forcibly resisting the crushing pressure of the owner.

After eight minutes Ning Fan was almost out of Qi, Yu Lin's situation was no different. Every second started to feel like an hour. They were reaching their limit. If it wasn't that the "Repulsion Armor" possessed some of the gravitational pressure's similarities and canceled each other out they would have died long ago.

TEN!

"Is this it, will I die here" Ning Fan questioned.

NINE!

"My energies close to running out." Ning Fan reminded himself.

EIGHT!

"I guess that means we won't die, if we were meant to die we would've died a long time ago." Yu Lin's words ringed in his head.

SEVEN!

"We won't die" Ning Fan internally screamed.

SIX!

"Did I ever mentally lose to myself back on Earth, so why would I give up before the fight even finished" Ning Fan's will kept flaring.

FIVE!

FOUR!

THREE!

"Come O~~~~n" Ning Fan will didn't waver.

TWO!

"This isn't the end, I still haven't found my sister" Ning Fan brought up.

ONE!

BOOM!

The ground around them was blown apart to peices causing a crater.

"W-we survived" Ning Fan and Yu Lin laughed cheerfully together.

Right before their energy was about to reach it's limit the pressure disappeared. The time compared the other tribulations was shorter. They speculated that after they recovered their body would boister unimaginable strength and their internal organs would be as sturdy as someone in the Ming realm as well as other benefits.

Just as they were celebrating they heard rumbling coming from the ground. They looked around and noticed that four humanoid Golem's were formed flanking all four sides.

"The situation does not seem good, but since this challenge requires combat this might be the last trial" Ning Fan predicted since this tribulation is significantly different than the rest.

"We barely have enough energy to stand, we can't face then head on" Yu Lin reminded.

"We can't just stand still and do nothing, let's fight one last time" Ning Fan smiled at Yu Lin.

Yu Lin smiled back and nodded, "If this is my last fight, I'm glad it was with you"

After she finished speaking the Golems sprinted towards them speeding at two-hundred feet per second, but judging from their reckless running, causing small craters, their explosive leg strength is comparable to that of the second rite of the Nascent realm.