Seeing Xu Yinian lost consciousness and fell to the ground, Yu Huai's expression changed, and he stumbled towards the center of the square. He walked too fast, and when he came to Xu Yinian's side, the wound on his body was torn open again, gushing out again. blood.
Yu Huai squatted down, and the serious injury on his back made him half-kneel on the ground at once. He stretched out his fleshy fingers to probe his nose and neck one by one, making sure that Xu Yinian was breathing smoothly and the carotid artery was still beating steadily, and then he relaxed slightly. Take a breath.
Nan Zhi followed behind him, seeing this, she said anxiously: "Boss, I have informed Mr. Hua to bring the mermaid from the castle, and he will be cured soon. You now..."
Her eyes swept over Yu Huai's scarred body. The severe wear and tear had greatly reduced the self-healing ability of the ghost clan, and several wounds with deep bone visible were still shocking. Deep worry appeared on Nan Zhi's face.
"How long will it take for Huahengjing to arrive?"
Nan Zhi's ears were wrapped with golden flower tendrils, and a subtle voice came from the flower tendrils. She replied: "The map elf said that they have arrived at Baishi Avenue, and there are still ten minutes at most."
Yu Huai nodded: "Help me take care of him."
After speaking, he slowly got up and walked towards Yu Shuo step by step. Nan Zhi couldn't help but said, "You're hurt so badly, it's best not to..."
Yu Huai waved his hand, and went straight to Yu Shuo. The latter's charred body was lifeless, but when Yu Huai stopped, Yu Shuo's fingers moved slightly.
Gradually, Yu Shuo's chest began to tremble slightly. His whole body was annihilated into ashes in the strong light, leaving only a scorched and damaged skeleton. A hoarse and terrifying laugh came from the burned body.
Yu Huai's expression remained unchanged, it was not surprising that Yu Shuo did not die completely.
"...If it's not the sun... what are you guys...!" Yu Shuo said confusedly, "You want to kill me with this ability?... Ha...!"
He didn't match his words, but his harsh and weird laughter never stopped, and he still harbored extremely strong malice towards everything. Yu Huai looked at Yu Shuo coldly, he waved his hand, a small shadow rose from the ground, blocking the sunlight that was about to shine on Yu Shuo.
Seeing this, Yu Shuo pushed forward even more and said with a strange smile: "You are such a good boy... What's the matter, are you reluctant to let me disappear?"
A dark purple spirit body appeared beside Yu Huai. The appearance of that spirit body is the same as most spirit bodies, but it gives people a completely different feeling. It hovers quietly in mid-air, and Yu Shuo's weird laugh stops abruptly. He seems to realize something, and is silent. staring at it.
"You are still useful," Yu Huai said in a cold tone with a trace of deep hatred in his eyes, "I will use your soul to reincarnate her."
The blue formation gradually took shape under Yu Shuo's feet, the soft and beautiful color was like the surface of the sea illuminated by the sun, and there seemed to be streamers flickering in the formation. Although it has a gentle and beautiful appearance, this formation has an evil effect-soul sacrifice. The Soul Sacrifice Array does not require a physical body, and only acts between two souls. The person who accepts the sacrifice enters reincarnation, and the sacrificed object will be completely dissipated, and will never be reborn forever.
Yu Shuo was stunned for a moment, then reacted by cursing crazily, seeing Yu Huai unmoved and activated the formation, he even said indiscriminately: "What? You killed your mother yourself, and now you want to kill me!? …”
The sea-like blue light lingers on Yu Shuo's body, Yu Huai looks expressionlessly at Yu Shuo's body being covered by the light of the sacrificial array, and finally looks at the dark purple spirit body belonging to Xuan Tan. The nightmarish picture from five years ago slowly emerged in my mind again.
In that blood-soaked town, the monsters who covered their faces after nightfall lit torches, and he and several other young ghosts were tightly bound under the ancient tree by formations and chains. Not far away, the lights were bright as day, and he watched Xuan Tan being peeled and scraped again and again, her hands and feet were pierced by spikes, and she was crucified to death on a cross.
Yu Huai's eyes were about to split open, and he was about to lose his mind. The violent struggle caused him to be injured by the restraint formation, and his whole body was dripping with blood. Also at this time, a weak but gentle and firm female voice sounded in his heart: "A Huai, listen to me."
He raised his head abruptly, and met Xuan Tan's eyes through the crowd.
When he was very young, Xuan Tan, as the head of the family, had a lot of affairs. In order to talk to him more, Xuan Tan used blood as a bond to form a special communication spell on him and himself. After so many years, he had already He is no longer a child, but the communication spell between the two has never been broken.
"I don't have much strength. It's hard to activate the communication spell. It won't last long. Listen to me first."
"I can't make it through tonight, but if I just die like this, it doesn't make any sense." Xuan Tan said word by word, "Kill me, take away my abilities, and live well."
Few people know that the abilities of the ghost clan can be inherited. If a ghost clan is killed by another ghost clan willingly, the spirit body of the deceased will be inherited by the other ghost clan. Except for the previous patriarchs and their cronies, this is a little-known secret among the ghost clan.
Xuan Tan cultivated Yu Huai as his heir, and told him this secret when he was an adult.
"No..." Yu Huai didn't even think about it, and refused with a trembling voice, "Will you be reincarnated. There must be other ways, I can't do this...!"
"There is no other way. If there is one person who can survive, it must be you." Xuan Tan said softly, "I will not resist your attack when I cut off the communication. The riot broke through the restraints. Flee to the north, which is the direction where their guards are weakest. Find Nan Zhi after going out, and she will do her best to help you."
"If you don't want to be ruthless...then take revenge for your mother—for the ghost clan! Take away my power, and one day, everyone who appeared in this small town tonight will pay with their blood!"
After Xuan Tan finished speaking, he cut off the communication, and Yu Huai trembled all over, looking at the banshee tied to the cross. Xuan Tan's face was covered with blood, but he seemed to notice his gaze, and smiled weakly.
Yu Huai clenched her teeth, clenched her fingers tightly into a fist, and pinched the blood out of her palm. He tried his best to restrain the grief and despair, and secretly mobilized the spirit body with the remaining demon power—
Invisible power penetrated Xuan Tan's chest in an instant, and the surrounding monsters were stunned for a moment, and then burst into cheers: After three days, they finally killed the patriarch of the ghosts!
In the corner, the expressions of Qi Luo and another masked monster changed slightly. They were the first to look under the tree. In the next moment, the violent violence of demon power made everyone turn their heads, and dark purple light shot up into the sky, enveloping Yu Huai.
Qi Luo seemed to want to go forward, but the masked monster stretched out his hand to stop Qi Luo. He stared at the tree, with unexpected excitement and joy in his eyes.
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Yu Shuo's cursing interrupted Yu Huai's thoughts, and brought him back to reality: "... Tell me the truth, you are actually very happy that she died, so many abilities, all of which are for nothing... There is no such thing as... It's easier than this!... Ha ha... Don't dare to admit it!... Stop! Damn it, stop it!!"
Yu Shuo's scorched black body was completely enveloped by more and more bright rays of light, as if a sea tide was engulfing people. The unbearable curse gradually became indistinct, his body melted into dust, and in the grand light, the dust finally disappeared—
Yu Shuo's soul was completely absorbed by the sacrificial formation, and the azure blue formation turned into a deep and quiet dark blue, and the streamer light on it became more and more dazzling, as if stardust had fallen into the deep sea. Gradually, all the light in the formation turned towards the dark purple Her spiritual body gathered and wrapped her gently within it. Xuan Tan's spiritual body gradually became transparent, and gradually broke free from the shackles of the ghost clan on the soul, and re-entered the normal cycle of life and death.
"Thank you for everything you gave me." Yu Huai said softly, "Goodbye."
He quietly watched Xuan Tan leave, and the five-year nightmare finally came to an end at this moment.
The soul sacrifice formation completed its mission and turned into bits and pieces of dust. Yu Shuo disappeared completely, and the control of Freeport returned to Yu Huai's hands. Using the array used up Yu Huai's last demonic power. When the entire array dissipated completely and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, he forced himself to lift the access restriction of Freeport with the last bit of strength left.
As early as when Yu Shuo fell, the control of Freeport returned to Yu Huai's hands again. After doing all this, Yu Huai's tense nerves finally had a chance to breathe, he couldn't hold on any longer, and fell heavily to the ground.
In the haze, a green canopy of trees covering the sky and the sun was reflected in his sight. At some point, a towering giant tree appeared in the dilapidated Obsidian Square without warning, and its intertwined branches plunged into the gravel, as if it had stood here for tens of thousands of years.
Layers of pale pink flowers bloom in the wind, one cluster after another, like new snow accumulated on the branches.
This is... World Tree.
Yu Huai slightly opened his eyes, trying to see more clearly, but he really didn't have the strength.
The last picture in the field of vision is the light pink petals falling from the top of the tree. It rotates lightly, as if aimlessly, but moves slowly in a certain direction firmly, like a person chasing the sun in spring. elf.
Medical headquarters.
It was raining continuously outside the window, and the wet red maple swayed in the breeze. The rare sun and rain made the air fresh and humid, and soft light shone into the ward from the glass windows.
The boy on the hospital bed was breathing slowly, half of his face was wrapped in a bandage, and the exposed skin was morbidly pale due to unhealed injuries. But even so, it is not difficult to see his outstanding appearance. The lines of the brow bone and the bridge of the nose are smooth and beautiful, and the thick eyelashes like crow feathers cast a small fan-shaped shadow under the eyes.
Mother Xu looked at Xu Yinian on the hospital bed with some worry. It has been half a month since the accident at Freeport. After Yuan Mu received the news from Yu Huai, he tried all means and was unable to storm into Freeport, so he had to cooperate with the General Administration of Demon Elimination to prepare for various situations. As soon as the barrier was opened, the headquarters' brigade of exorcists and medical doctors rushed into the free port immediately.
Although all the undead were annihilated into ashes in the sun, countless monster races also lost their lives in this catastrophe. What is even more astonishing is that the instigator of all this is Yu Shuo, the former patriarch of the Ghost Clan who has been dead for many years in the public perception.
The change in Freeport caused an uproar in the two worlds, and the truth that surfaced shocked everyone even more.
In order to facilitate follow-up treatment, after the mermaids in Freeport took care of the fatal injuries for all the wounded, they transferred all the wounded who were still in a coma to the medical headquarters. Xu's mother rushed to the medical headquarters to accompany her after receiving the news. The medical doctor said that Xu Yinian had consumed a lot of powers in the battle, causing serious damage to his body, and his life was hanging by a thread during the treatment. Fortunately, there was a mermaid family who assisted him, so he saved his life.
Logically speaking, Xu Yinian should wake up in the next day or two, but he hasn't woken up for a long time.
Thinking of this, Mother Xu gently held his cool hand.
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Xu Yinian's consciousness seemed to be trapped in a gray mist, and countless pictures flew past his mind, the eerie smile of the skeleton, the puppet line connected to the heart, and a jumping golden electric light pierced the darkness , the sun's brilliance descended from the sky.
Xu Yinian stretched out his hand, subconsciously wanting to catch the light shining in the darkness, but it was too far away, and it was hard to reach anyway, so he could only stretch his hand higher and higher, and the feeling of weightlessness under his feet suddenly came—
Xu Yinian opened his eyes at once, and saw the familiar white wall of the medical headquarters. He gasped heavily, his throat extremely dry. Someone quickly patted his back and brought a cup of warm water with a straw to his lips.
The warm water flowed through his dry throat, and Xu Yinian gradually recovered from his burning thirst. Mother Xu said worriedly: "What's wrong? Is there something uncomfortable?"
Xu Yinian shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and when he spoke, his voice was hoarse: "Mom? Why are you here..." He suddenly thought of something, and asked anxiously: "... Where is Yu Huai? How is he?"
After the consciousness came back, everything that happened in Freeport gradually became clear. He still remembered that Yu Huai controlled Yu Shuo with the puppet string that penetrated the heart at the cost of burning his life, which gave him a chance to defeat Yu Shuo.
Before Xu's mother could answer, Xu Yinian was about to pull out the infusion needle and stand up. She quickly stopped her son's flustered movements: "What are you doing? You still want to go out and find someone in this state?"
But Xu Yinian didn't care so much, and grabbed Xu's mother's sleeve with his moving hand: "He was hurt more than me... What happened to him? Don't hide it from me."
Xu Yinian spoke intermittently, but Xu's mother shook her head with a smile and said softly, "Don't worry, Yu Huai is fine."
Hearing this, Xu Yinian lost his strength. Seeing that he had calmed down and gradually let go of his hand, Xu's mother continued: "He woke up two days earlier than you, and the doctor has allowed him to walk around at will. He has visited you several times. .It's you, you dare to move me in this way..."
Before the words fell, there was a knock on the door from outside.
Xu's mother stopped talking, and glanced at the wall clock on the wall: "Look, isn't it here?"
The doorknob turned around, and someone pushed the door in from the outside. The man's gaze first turned to Xu Yinian who was on the hospital bed, seeing that he had woken up, with obvious joy on his face, then he nodded to Xu's mother and said, "Auntie."
Mother Xu greeted him naturally, took Yu Huai's arm lightly, and brought him to sit beside the hospital bed: "I don't ask anyone to follow you, what if I fall down."
It was rare for Yu Huai to behave obediently: "It's okay, the doctor also asked me to try to walk by myself."
From the moment Yu Huai entered the room, Xu Yinian's full attention was on that one person, and he didn't realize that his mother's intimate attitude towards Yu Huai had gone beyond the scope of treating her son's friend.
"Xiao Nian was asking about your situation as soon as he woke up. It's just right, you can talk to yourself." Xu's mother smiled, "I'll go to the medical doctor in charge of Xiao Nian to determine some follow-up recuperation plans."
Before Xu's mother left, she closed the door of the ward intimately. After Yu Huai sat down, she squeezed Xu Yinian's hand. Only then did Xu Yinian realize that his hands were covered with bandages.
"How are you?" Xu Yinian couldn't get up, so he could only imitate Yu Huai and hold his hand, "I used the puppet string to restrain Yu Shuo, didn't it have a big impact?"
Yu Huai carefully avoided the wound and rubbed the soft hair on the back of his head. Knowing what he was worried about, he deliberately said foolishly: "Don't worry about it, I'm a ghost."
Xu Yinian knew that he meant nothing serious when he said that, and coupled with Yu Huai's sloppy tone, he couldn't help but be amused by him: "For a moment, I thought this time it was going to be over."
Yu Huai joked along with his words: "It's not just you who think so, Xie Qihan even thought about how to write his suicide note."
"Really?" Xu Yinian's wound hurts when he smiled, but he still couldn't stop, "What about you, what were you thinking at that time?"
While rubbing his chest for Xu Yinian, Yu Huai recalled: "At that time, I didn't seem to have time to think about these things. I kept thinking about how to deal with him." Before Xu Yinian could speak, Yu Huai said again: "Finally When that lightning bolt came down, I knew we had won."
"It's a pity that there will be no more in the future. The golden ones are so handsome..." Recalling the golden arcs jumping from his fingertips, Xu Yinian still couldn't get enough of it. While speaking, his eyes accidentally passed over Yu Huai's neck, and the bloody scars had already healed as ever.
It was also a serious injury, but Yu Huai's injury was even more serious than his. Although Yu Huai's chest was still wrapped with bandages, he was able to move freely.
There are indeed great differences between human beings and monster races... Xu Yinian couldn't hold back and let his thoughts diverge infinitely.
Yu Huai was very sensitive to Xu Yinian's emotional changes, and immediately asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Xu Yinian was interrupted by his sudden question, recalling some inexplicable thoughts in his mind just now, his face became a little hot. He hesitated for a moment, met the familiar dark purple eyes, and whispered: "I was thinking, the lifespan of the ghost race is so long, although I am a demon exorcist, but..."
"Indeed." Yu Huai took over the conversation and discussed with him seemingly seriously, "Human life is so short, what should we do in the future?"
Xu Yinian couldn't answer, and the ward fell into silence for a while. Yu Huai's slender and strong arms embraced his shoulders, and the heat of his breath fell on Xu Yinian's ears: "Give you half of my life, do you think it's okay?"
Xu Yinian suddenly opened his eyes wide: "What are you talking about!?"
Yu Huai finally couldn't help laughing: "Fool, don't you know? Once the marriage contract of the ghost clan is formed, our lifespan will be shared, and we will never be separated again."
Xu Yinian came to his senses and murmured: "Isn't that very unfair to you...why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you knew it a long time ago." Yu Huai said innocently, "And we are both married, and it is too sad to talk about fairness and unfairness."
Xu Yinian glared at him, all he knew about the ghost clan marriage contract was from Tang Fina, it was impossible for the other party to be so kind and tell him all the details. Xu Yinian was afraid that there was something missing: "Is there anything else I don't know?"
"Abilities are shared, and it cannot be released until death... There is nothing else." Yu Huai was not surprised to see him, knowing that he should understand these things. Yu Huai hugged Xu Yinian's shoulders tightly, lowered his head and met his eyes, his expression gradually became solemn.
"Although you have a longer life, you still have to watch your relatives and friends grow old, sick and die. You will experience more parting than ordinary people." Yu Huai said softly, "Do you regret it?"
Xu Yinian didn't answer right away, he seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while he said, "To be honest, I'm a little uncomfortable knowing this all of a sudden."
Xu Yinian saw that Yu Huai was silent and his dark eyes were full of his own image, knowing that he was actually a little nervous, he changed the subject and half-jokingly said: "But no matter how you look at it, you are the one who suffers, If this kind of thing happens to many people, they will wake up from their dreams."
Yu Huai looked at him noncommittally, but didn't answer. Xu Yinian restrained his joking expression, and his tone gradually became serious: "Besides, the lifespan of the ghost clan is too long, longer than that of ordinary monsters. I'm afraid you will be lonely."
He couldn't imagine that if hundreds of years later, not only he left, but also Nan Zhi, Yuan Mu, Hua Hengjing, Xie Qihan... everyone Yu Huai knew gradually stepped into reincarnation, and he was the only one still staying in the world, what would it be like? Such a long feeling.
As the last ghost clan in the world, Yu Huai is obviously lonely than many people.
Xu Yinian gently held Yu Huai's bandaged hand: "I'm very happy to be with you all the time."