Darkmoon City, northeast block.
The newly built magistrate's residence was finally completed, and it could be regarded as Chen Rui's real home in Dark Moon, but Athena did not have the slightest joy of moving to a new house, and just looked at Chen Rui lying on the bed quietly.
A month has passed, even if it is a demon race, it is difficult to support it without eating or drinking, but Chen Rui, a human being, just fell into a coma for a month, and the evil Gu cast on Isabella's body was overwhelmed by the power of the soul early in the morning. And shattered.
There are no such things as drips in the Demon Realm, but there are some similar methods. For example, the tentacles stuck in Chen Rui's body are derived from some kind of blood-sucking Demon Realm plants. It becomes bloodletting, and becomes an "infusion set" that provides nutrients to maintain life.
According to Pagliu, as long as the nutrients of the demonic plants are continuously provided, Chen Rui can sleep for thousands or even ten thousand years until he wakes up.
Thousands of years? Athena is not a dragon, if she really wants to sleep for such a long time, it is very likely that her life will end before he wakes up.
Athena didn't think much of it, because she was Athena.
This man is by my side, even if I can't utter a word or wake up from a deep sleep, as long as I can stay by my side, it is a kind of happiness; even if my life can't last until I see his gentle smile, as long as I can stay by my side, staring at That sleeping face is enough.
Neither he nor I are alone. Athena suddenly showed a strange smile. If one day his soul leaves this world, then he is still not alone.
Delia beside her wanted to persuade her friend who stayed by the bed all day long, but when she saw this smile, she finally stopped talking. Everyone has their own attachments, and she understood Athena very well.
In the newly-built sheriff's house, Pagliu and Lomon still drink and play chess every day. Occasionally, Lomon will say something like "That guy can't die, and he can still do harm for thousands of years", but the atmosphere is more intense. It was much duller before. Pagliu's words were obviously reduced, and he was more focused on drinking. It stands to reason that the time limit for the power of the Grand Master "Transformation Star" that Chen Rui originally expected should have come, but for some reason, there has been no movement yet.
Xia in the palace was also in a heavy heart. She didn't have the mentality of Athena. To be precise, she couldn't stay by the side of the man who needed protection the most all day like Athena. She still has the entire territory, and the oath she made in front of her dying father. She must abandon some things and maintain an iceberg-like indifference and calmness. But people around her could feel it. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess often appeared restless, and sometimes even showed out-of-control anger. It seemed that the imperial capital's sanctions really made this Highness feel uneasy.
Only Old Gauss, who watched Xi Ya grow up, saw some clues, the eldest princess was upset.
In contrast, the other princess of Dark Moon is unexpectedly strong. The little loli seems to have grown up a lot at once. The business of Princess Square has not been decadent at all because of this, and the branch store that was originally planned was successful. opened for operation.
Alice firmly believes in one thing, her brother will definitely wake up! Because he promised to help Alice make a more beautiful big cake for her birthday next year!
In fact, little Lori did not completely forget the drunken incident that day, and she also selectively remembered some key sentences, which is worthy of the Lucifer royal family with many "supernatural powers".
However, Chen Rui's current situation is not very good.
Shura's voice sounded: "The last scene was quite obscene. In your dark inner world, there is such a strong desire. Everything is something that you have had thoughts or impressions in your heart, not only from this plane, but also from other planes. A world, even women in movies or fantasies, have been possessed by you countless times, isn't this wonderful feeling? In fact, it's not my illusion, but your own real inner reaction!"
Chen Rui didn't say anything, but just stared at Shura fiercely, with murderous intent flashing in his bloodshot red eyes.
"Want to kill me?" Shura grinned: "Power comes from desire. Driven by various desires, your power is already very strong. I don't think I am an opponent, so why don't you dare to do it?"
"Want me to sink further?" Chen Rui gritted his teeth and said, "These dark illusions are nothing more than trying to break my fighting spirit. I will not be moved by your words. I will persist until the end and destroy you."
"Don't you understand?" Shura sighed, "I am actually you. The desires in the bottom of the heart are endless. The so-called demons are born of everyone's desires, just like the seven royal families of the demon world. Common names, arrogance, lust, greed, rage... These things, which are called the seven original sins in another world, originally existed in everyone's heart, you can't kill me."
Chen Rui yelled, and slashed away with the Poyuan Saber, Shura floated away, but his arm was still cut off by the aftermath of the saber energy, and he said with a long smile: "Even if the so-called cultivators, cultivators , the same cannot avoid the emergence of inner demons. So what if you want to refine your mind, the more you refine your mind, the more you will feel the dark side in your heart! You kill me just to escape from these unchangeable dark sides. Every time you kill me, you The strength of your body will increase by one point, and it will sink by one point!"
Chen Rui suppressed the violent murderous aura in his heart: "Shut up! I will never give up resisting! Even if you are a demon emperor-level soul, you will eventually be wiped out one day!"
"Devil emperor level? Do you think I'm just a humble thing derived from Groven's soul consciousness?" Shura sneered disdainfully: "What is a devil emperor, just an ant! The power I possess is enough for you to rule the entire plane in the future! Whether it’s the Demon Realm or the ground world, you must surrender and tremble under your feet! Strength determines everything! At that time, you can marry any woman and as many women as you want!”
Shura's words surprised Chen Rui: "What on earth are you?"
"I don't know either. I was originally just a sliver of energy that was about to disappear. I gained strength and consciousness from your dark inner world and became what you understand as a demon."
Imminent energy? What exactly is that? Chen Rui was puzzled for a while: Shura said this, and he also felt strange. The previous Shura didn't seem to have this independent consciousness. This "before" seemed to be... before going to Youye Wetland
"It doesn't make any sense to explore my origin now. You only need to know one thing. As long as you give up resistance, choose to merge with me, and obey the heart of darkness covered by the so-called light, you will gain supremacy over the entire life Really strong will and strength!"
Shura's voice was suddenly full of powerful temptation, "You can at least gain the power of a demigod, and you can also have the opportunity to become a god. As long as you become a god, you can bestow eternal life on the woman you love and your partners, and you can also be free. Be free and live whatever life you want.”
Demi god? God? Chen Rui felt that his breathing was a bit heavy, and he walked towards Shura involuntarily. When Shura showed a smug smile, suddenly the light of the knife passed by, and his whole body was split in two from the top to the crotch.
"I won't believe you!"
"You still have such a firm will until now. You are indeed the one I chose." The two pieces of Shura let out a horrifying double laugh: "Unfortunately, as long as the darkness in your heart exists, I will never be able to be truly killed. Good!" Look straight at your heart, you can't escape forever, when one day, you can no longer escape... "
Before the words were finished, they were already wiped out.
Chen Rui returned to the void again, looking extremely tired, what Shura said just now still rang in his ears, as long as the darkness in your heart exists, I will never be truly killed.
Perhaps the heart demon is right, the more you refine your mind, the more you will feel the dark side in your heart, and beheading is more of an escape. Accepting fusion and obeying the heart of darkness will lead to loss of self, and killing the demons will also lead to sinking step by step, what should we do
Time flies like water, and another month has passed.
In the past two months, Darkmoon City has changed a lot. Thanks to the efforts of the eldest princess Xia and the "help" of the Mellon family, although the food aid in Chiyou Territory has decreased to a certain extent, the people of Dark Moon were most worried about a large-scale famine but it did not happen. It seems that following the eldest princess is still right .
The night market in Dark Moon City is already on the right track and is extremely popular. Many families are beginning to covet this piece of fat. According to Chen Rui's previous plan, Xi Ya divided the night market in Dark Moon City into two parts, east and west, for centralized operation and management. The original desolate and abandoned scene was swept away, and merchants began to renovate their stores and move in. Even the business along the way was also stimulated. The number of merchants traveling to and from Dark Moon on the West Road is gradually increasing, but the number is still quite sporadic. Generally speaking, it is a good start.
Under such circumstances of being sanctioned by the imperial capital, the business tax has doubled.
Several months of special training has given the guard army led by Athena a completely new look. The trembling appearance is completely different from the previous lazy army. Theft and illegal incidents are also gradually decreasing. In contrast, the arena is more lively than before, and it has become a place for many people to vent their excess energy and strong fighting spirit.
It is impossible for the emperor not to know about these very gratifying changes for An Yue. According to Chen Rui's plan, a key move should be formally implemented. However, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. The instigator had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't calculate that he himself would sleep like this for two months.
Chen Rui is still asleep. If it wasn't for the blood-sucking plant transformed by Pagliu, he might have died due to exhaustion of energy. However, he is not much different from death now, and the breath of life is even weaker, and he will be annihilated at any time danger.
In fact, his consciousness was indeed fading away.
Asura.
It was still that Shura, but there was not one, but tens of thousands, and they surrounded Chen Rui, who was out of breath, from all directions.
"I have to praise you for being able to fight this far. It's just that no matter how tough you are, no matter how smart you are, you can't escape the world of your heart. Now, you can't escape at last!" Shura laughed: "You will soon To become one of us, as long as I integrate your last consciousness, then my soul will be perfect, and everything about you will belong to me!"
Shura didn't kill in vain, each time he and Shura's strength grew, after countless times of beheading. The opponent began to undergo a terrible evolution, and actually mastered the power of the clone, and then the number and power of the clone increased almost infinitely, and they could devour his consciousness through attacks.
After a series of hard battles, now only this last bit of consciousness is left, but it has fallen into heavy siege.
There is no doubt that this is a dead end.
"These days, I've been thinking about one thing." Chen Rui sighed when he saw the Shuras approaching step by step: "Since I have reached this point, let me use my last heart to find the answer."
The encirclement of the Asuras gradually narrowed, and Chen Rui's mood became calm. He suddenly thought of a movie "The Matrix: Matrix Revolutions" he had watched before. The "virus" Smith that could replicate infinitely was just like the Shura in front of him. Almost, if he is really the protagonist, then... Halo, hurry up and show up.
Success or failure is a bet!
In the early morning, in the room, the tired Athena suddenly felt a strange aura, and her hazy eyes suddenly opened. With her current strength at the peak of the Demon King, she can naturally feel that the aura on Chen Rui's body was originally weak. The vitality has reached the brink of collapse.
"Pagliu!" Athena's heart tightened suddenly, and she rang out in a crying voice: "Come on!"
A gust of wind blew by, and Pagliu had already appeared in the room. With the sharpness of Dulong's gaze, he could tell at a glance that Chen Rui's situation was not good: "How could this be?"
Originally, he still had some preparations in case Chen Rui tried to activate his original consciousness again after he lost himself. Unexpectedly, the situation was earlier than imagined, and his life was about to end. It was too late to redeem it.
Athena shook her head desperately: "I don't know, it just happened suddenly, please save him!"
Dulong used the secret method several times in a row but couldn't save Chen Rui's life that was about to collapse, so he couldn't help but smiled wryly: "It's over..."
The two are in a symbiotic contract. If Chen Rui dies, Pagliu will definitely not be able to survive.
In the consciousness space, the empty space turned back to the long-lost stellar galaxy, beautiful and peaceful, thousands of Shuras suspended in the void, laughing in unison, and now finally completely occupied Chen Rui's consciousness, this body and those strange powers are all It belongs to him!
The strange thing is that Shura can't use his consciousness to go to the Star God Temple, nor can he feel the real power contained in the galaxy.
"Why!" Countless Shuras asked loudly and neatly, "All of this should belong to me!"
After a while, the answer sounded: "Because, you haven't really defeated me yet."
In the void, a familiar figure gradually condensed into shape.
"Chen Rui! You haven't been annihilated!" Shura's voice was full of surprise. Seeing Chen Rui's blood-red eyes, he immediately recovered, "Your consciousness is running out. As long as you fuse with you in this place, then I will become the real master of the super system!"
"It's too late, because I've already understood." The blood red in Chen Rui's eyes gradually faded, and returned to the previous clarity, "You are about to fail!"
Shura sneered disdainfully: "Big words!"
"Actually, what you said before was correct. You magnified the darkness in my inner world. The more I practiced, the more I felt the dark side of myself. I felt fear out of instinct, so I was running away, so despite beheading again and again You, you can always be resurrected and strengthened endlessly."
Shura shouted loudly: "That's right, you still can't defeat me! Stop doing meaningless resistance!"
Saying that, thousands of Asuras released Aurora Bombs in unison, attacking Chen Rui like hailstones from all directions, but they passed through him unscathed.
"Now I can really look at my heart. Your attack will only increase my strength." Chen Rui shook his head: "A person has desire from birth, and desire has been burning life until the end. Desire is also The driving force for the advancement of civilization, even the powerful and the saints, also have desires. Just like the difference between day and night, people have a dark side and a positive side. As long as you can control your will and your persistence, then the flame of desire will ignite. The effect will be forging and refining, not burning and sinking."
Thousands of Shura roared and surrounded him, wanting to merge with Chen Rui, but their bodies could only pass through Chen Rui's body, and every time they passed through Chen Rui's body, Shura's body would melt as quickly as if it touched a high-temperature flame, screaming again and again .
At this time, Chen Rui's palm showed a faint brilliance, and he chopped it down with all his strength.
Not to Shura, but to himself!
Under the broken yuan knife, the bloodstains on Chen Rui's eyebrows gradually expanded.
At the same time, Wanqian Shura let out a cry of pain, more exaggerated cracks appeared on the top of his head, and a faint light came out, howling: "How is it possible! Even if you commit suicide, you may hurt me!"
"The power of the heart is infinite. As long as you have persistence, you can override everything." Chen Rui ignored the more and more blood flowing from the top of his head. Controlled by my will, this is not suicide, it is called killing! To be precise, this is the real training of the mind!"
Shura shouted in panic: "No! Impossible! I will not be truly wiped out! As long as your heart..."
Amidst the screams, a large amount of white light burst out from the body of Wanqian Shura, which began to crack inch by inch, and finally turned into particles, completely shattered and disappeared without a trace.
Chen Rui's body began to thin and collapse, but his eyes remained firm. As Shura hadn't finished, as long as the darkness in his heart still exists, Shura will recover one day. But Chen Rui firmly believed that he could hold the knife in his hand with persistence and cut off the demons in his heart again.
The body has been completely annihilated, turning into a pool of ashes.
At this time, on the star transformation progress meter of the Star God Temple, the experience value has climbed to 100%, and there was a clear "ding dong" notification sound.
The same 100% is also the experience value in the status bar.
The soon-to-be-disappeared ashes burst into flames.
black flames.