Chapter 99 I Will Not Die

The fluctuations in the Five Elements energy that Yu Sui brought as he approached brought Wen Yanghui back to his senses.

Shock was evident in his eyes. Seeing Yu Sui's five fingers transform into claws and attack his throat, he reacted quickly and blocked the attack first.

Yu Sui's attacks continued, with golden Five Elements Qi flowing around his fingertips. Both of them were protected by Five Elements Qi, and when they clashed fists and feet, the strengths and weaknesses of each other's physical skills were exposed.

Wen Yanghui reacted quickly and had more precise control over the five elements than Yu Sui.

In the Asura Hell of the Special-Grade Armor Array, Yu Sui fought his way up from the eighth to the ninth level of evil spirits, improving his swordsmanship and physical abilities through battles against the evil spirits in the array.

Every move of the demonic soldiers was a killing blow. Yu Sui's reaction speed, honed in extreme environments, prevented her from being completely powerless against a ninth-realm sorcerer like Wen Yanghui, unlike a true first-realm sorcerer.

The demons and monsters in the Asura Hell were also considered half of Yu Sui's teachers in swordsmanship and martial arts.

At this moment, Yu Sui used the attack moves of the evil spirits of the battle formation to deal with Wen Yanghui, which indirectly confirmed her guess: she could not forget the sword and martial arts techniques recorded by the Heavenly Eye and she could learn them quickly.

Wen Yanghui blocked Yu Sui's attack with his fist, surprised by the speed of her moves. He inexplicably felt the suppression from Yu Sui's martial arts, and his brows furrowed deeper.

But since Nangong Sui wanted to fight using physical techniques, he couldn't refuse. If he couldn't even beat a first-level disciple in physical techniques, Wen Yanghui would look down on himself.

When Wen Yanghui blocked the attack on his head with his fist again, his opponent used a "snake striking the upper hand" move, winding along his arm to his neck. When the fingertips left red marks on his skin, Wen Yanghui tilted his head back and used his fist to turn into a palm to knock Yu Sui back, but she had already retreated using her Wind Control Technique.

Yu Sui's triple soul control using the Heavenly Eye compensated for the shortcomings of the Divine Mechanism Technique. Wen Yanghui was completely unaware of this, assuming that Yu Sui's repeated evasion of his attacks was due to her physical skills being better than he had imagined.

Wen Yanghui felt a burning pain in his neck and couldn't help but touch it. He looked at Yu Sui, who had returned to her original position, with a gloomy expression.

When Gu Gan talked about his time in Qingyang, he inevitably mentioned Yu Sui's existence.

Wen Yanghui had heard Gu Gan talk about his time studying at the National Academy. The National Academy taught riding, archery, swordsmanship, and other skills. Even those who were not skilled in martial arts could not use the Nine Streams Techniques. Learning these skills would make them more powerful than ordinary people.

Gu Gan would also praise Yu Sui for her dedication to learning archery and horsemanship, which made her very skilled. After all, her three older brothers taught her archery, horsemanship, and swordsmanship together, and Yu Sui had also studied diligently at the National Academy.

To say that the princess of the Nangong Prince's Mansion is stupid and weak is to compare her to the geniuses of the National Academy, not to ordinary people.

Wen Yanghui disliked studying physically demanding tasks and preferred to solve problems using mechanical and other unorthodox methods.

He believed that practicing physical skills, except for those who were disciples of military strategists, was merely an excuse to make up for their lack of talent in the lower-level martial arts.

"You're more capable than I thought," Wen Yanghui said coldly. "It seems you've learned quite a bit in Taiyi these past few months."

"I'm quite curious, what makes you think you can kill me?" Yu Sui tucked her hands into her sleeves and glanced at Wen Yanghui. "Leaving aside whether this will affect your relationship with Gu Gan, you can't explain it to my master either."

"Why would I kill you?" Wen Yanghui sneered. "I only need to destroy your Five Elements Light Core, turning you back into a person of ordinary arts, or expel you from Taiyi Academy."

"You have that authority?" Yu Sui also laughed. "The Wen Yang family is a powerful family of mechanical experts. Although it is quite important to Taiyi and the six kingdoms outside, you are not the most important one in the Wen Yang family."

She watched as Wen Yanghui's face gradually darkened again, and spoke gently, yet her words were like soft needles piercing his heart: "Although I am not talented enough, I am the only heir of the Nangong Prince's Mansion. What about you? Among the three leaders of the Wenyang family, you are just one of the young masters with a more prestigious status."

Yu Sui didn't really want to fight Wen Yanghui.

This is the Mechanical Island, where Wen Yanghui has the home-field advantage. Although he is arrogant, he is not a weakling. Coupled with his life-or-death mentality, if he really loses his mind and goes crazy, he will not consider the consequences but will kill first and think later.

Yu Sui had already tried to summon his master, but there was indeed no response.

Wen Yanghui's appearance here tonight must have been premeditated to stop Chang Gen Saint, and his target was not her, but Mei Liangyu.

"You want to use the Prince Nangong's mansion to pressure me?" Wen Yanghui asked.

“I don’t think you can afford to offend the Nangong Prince’s Mansion. Putting aside the distant past, just talking about the recent past, if my master knew that you killed his disciple, he wouldn’t do nothing.” Yu Sui glanced in the direction of the ancient building. “Even if your father helps tonight, or even if your father personally kills my senior brother, you won’t survive if my master finds out afterwards.”

Wen Yanghui probably understood better than Chang Gensheng how much he cared about Mei Liangyu.

Killing Yu Sui might not anger Saint Chang Gen, but killing Mei Liangyu would be a different story.

“You’re right. If Mei Liangyu dies, it will indeed be difficult to handle the aftermath.” Wen Yanghui laughed and said, “But don’t think that your master is invincible. The spiritual sense of the Ghost Daoists sounds powerful, but it’s not without weaknesses. Now that the mechanical arts can stop him from entering the island, there are also ways to trap him in a certain place and prevent him from leaving. Think about it carefully. If Saint Changgen is so powerful, why was he trapped in the Ghost Dao Holy Hall for so long?”

"Let me tell you again, your master may not even care that much about Mei Liangyu."

Wen Yanghui sneered. Seeing Yu Sui's slightly surprised expression, he regained the initiative and looked at her leisurely: "The strength of Saint Changgen has been fixed as his physical body disintegrated, but the mechanical arts of this world are advancing. He brought Mei Liangyu, this bastard, to Taiyi, but for the first two years he didn't care much for her and instead left her to be raised on Mechanical Island."

Bastard?

Yu Sui raised an eyebrow slightly, as this was the first time she had heard someone address Mei Liangyu in this way.

“Mei Liangyu, relying on the indulgence of the Sage Changgen, acts arbitrarily and without regard for rules, offending many people. He always thinks he is invincible and that everyone else is useless except for himself. It is really pointless to kill such an arrogant person.”

Wen Yanghui stared at Yu Sui, a smile playing on his lips, and said in a low voice, "I'll spare the life of Saint Chang Gen's disciple, let him suffer a fate worse than death, cripple his core, and then cripple his limbs. Let's see what he can use to compete with me then."

Yu Sui listened with a sense of dejection, ultimately because Wen Yanghui was no match for him.

It seems she doesn't need to say much; this guy has already gone mad.

"Since you want to kill my senior brother, why don't you go yourself?" Yu Sui asked. "You don't even have the courage to go and see the scene?"

Wen Yanghui continued to stare at her: "Didn't you block my way?"

Yu Sui stepped aside to let him pass: "You can go now."

Wen Yanghui sneered, "You, who were so eager to curry favor with Mei Liangyu, are now simply giving up on him?"

Yu Sui also asked with a smile, "Otherwise what?"

Wen Yanghui stared at her scrutinizingly: "Do you think that by doing this I will let you leave so you can go back and report to Saint Changgen?"

Yu Sui sighed softly: "Since you say my master can't come, why are you afraid I'll go back and report? Are you afraid my master will come?"

Wen Yanghui walked forward, releasing more of the Five Elements Qi with each step: "Taiyi is not just a saint, nor is he the only saint, nor is it necessary to have a saint, but it will definitely need me, the Mechanist."

Yu Sui rolled her eyes, estimating the distance between them, and said gently, "You can go, I can wait here."

"We still have scores to settle." Wen Yanghui appeared in front of Yu Sui in an instant and launched an attack. "You don't think that eliminating me in the Dragon Slayer Cave is just a passing fancy, do you?"

Three golden talismans flew out from his sleeve and surrounded Yu Sui.

The most famous of the nine schools of Taoist arts are divided into two types: thunder magic and talismans. Thunder magic is the strongest offensive technique, while talismans are the strongest support technique, capable of both offense and defense.

The three wind and thunder talismans trembled wildly, and golden light burst forth along the lines drawn on the talismans, forming a barrier that attempted to trap Yu Sui. Golden lightning bolts flew out with crackling sounds, heading straight for Yu Sui.

Wen Yanghui crushed the demonic illusion bead between his fingers again and used illusion magic on Yu Sui.

The moment the corridor reflected in Yu Sui's eyes began to distort, she reacted. The pale blue lightning snake of the Bagua Shengshu (Eight Trigrams Generation Technique) clashed with the wind and thunder summoned by the Taoist talisman. The two forces collided, and the resulting impact knocked Yu Sui back and threw her away.

Forced to retreat towards the sea on the wind, Yu Sui's eyes flickered slightly. Seeing that Wen Yanghui was truly determined to fight, she decided to go to a crowded place to make a scene. The Wen Yang family wasn't the only one with a family of mechanical experts, and surely not all members of the Wen Yang family wanted to be enemies with Saint Chang Gen and allow Wen Yanghui to kill people.

"Illusions are useless against you. Interesting." Wen Yanghui summoned wind and thunder talismans that flew to Yu Sui's side again, surrounding her. The sounds of wind and thunder rose again, giving Yu Sui no chance to retaliate and forcing her back even further.

Wen Yanghui followed closely behind, looking at Yu Sui who had landed on the sand. He stretched out his hand, and a crystal-clear nine-sided die floated in his palm, each side marked with a red number and the name of the four seasons.

This doesn't look like a good thing.

Yu Sui was unwilling to give Wen Yanghui the chance to use it, so he stepped forward in a swift movement.

Wen Yanghui admired her pursuit and was about to change terrain when he sensed the power flowing in Yu Sui's eyes. With a half-smile, he used the wind to retreat and flicked out a purple talisman in front of him.

The purple Zhaoming talisman emitted a sharp sound, summoning the Taoist Zhaoming God General.

Golden lines materialized into the form of a divine general, standing before Wen Yanghui, facing Yu Sui, about two meters tall. It was neither human nor inhuman, with majestic eyes, its body crackling with lightning, wielding thunder hammers that purified the spirit and cleansed the soul, making Wen Yanghui's mind clear and dispelling all evil.

Yu Sui suddenly stopped and gently raised his head to look at Zhaoming Shenjiang.

Wen Yanghui and Yu Sui were very close, with different lightning flashes between them. He laughed and said, "The Ghost Daoist's Heavenly Secret Technique: Spirit Absorption, is that the Heavenly Secret Technique you obtained from the Dragon Head Ye Pool? What a coincidence. This move was originally intended to deal with your senior brother, but I didn't expect to use it on you."

The high and mighty god stared intently at Yu Sui. The oppressive feeling of being looked down upon from above made Yu Sui feel insignificant. Her spirit-capturing technique was immediately shattered by the lightning strike of the god Zhaoming.

Wen Yanghui tossed the transparent nine dice into the air, and Yu Sui distanced herself, not intending to fight him there.

“You can’t escape,” Wen Yanghui said with a smile.

As Yu Sui attempted to retreat towards the ancient building, the world before her eyes was upside down. In an instant, the dark night and blue sea transformed into a sky full of flying snow. The black ground stretched into the distance, and in front of her, the snow-capped mountains were majestic, their peaks a mix of black and white, and under the refracted sunlight, they were covered with a hazy golden veil.

Wen Yanghui seemed to be standing still, with Zhaoming Divine General still standing in front of him, preventing Yu Sui from using his spirit-capturing technique on him.

Seeing the sunlit snow-capped mountains reflected in Yu Sui's eyes, Wen Yanghui raised his chin with a hint of pride: "Although I don't know how you cracked the Demon Illusion Pearl, what we see here is not an illusion. This is the underground of the Mechanized Island, and also the second layer of the Mechanized Island."

Yu Sui squinted at the sun hanging in the sky.

Creating the sun through mechanisms can be considered an extreme example of the art of mechanical manipulation.

Inside the second layer of the mechanical island, Wen Yanghui could kill Yu Sui without breaking a sweat. She posed no threat to him. He then said unhurriedly, "Mei Liangyu is on the other side of the snow mountain. If you run there now, you might still have a chance to see him one last time."

Yu Sui said calmly, "He will come to see me himself."

Wen Yanghui was somewhat surprised by the unexpected answer, but he just smiled indifferently: "Since you don't want to go, then you don't have to go."

The nine dice in his palm spun slowly. Wen Yanghui stretched out his other hand and lightly pressed on a certain number: "I want to see how many hits you can withstand from the strongest weapon built by the four great mechanical families, the Golden Crow Crimson Arrow."

The number Wen Yanghui pressed was one.

In his view, one arrow would be enough.

Before Wen Yanghui finished speaking, Yu Sui had already mobilized all the five elements in his body to protect himself, but when Wen Yanghui placed his hand on the nine dice, he had already released the Golden Crow Red Arrow.

Yu Sui thought it would shoot out from the sun hanging in the sky, but he failed to see the golden crow reflected on the ground behind him. Without any warning, danger suddenly descended. The long golden bird dragged its long tail like arrow feathers, and its clear and melodious cry brought with it an unavoidable killing intent.

The Golden Crow's crimson arrow was unstoppable, piercing Yu Sui's chest from the front before even the Heavenly Eye could react, crushing all of Yu Sui's defenses the instant it struck. Like a flying arrow from the sky, the immense impact shattered the ground, sending Yu Sui flying and pinning him to his death beneath the snow-capped mountain.

The light core, which condensed her five elements of energy, emitted a crisp cracking sound. Yu Sui, in excruciating pain, had no time to react and briefly fainted.

The cry of the golden crow and the red arrow made Mei Liangyu, who was confronting Sui Tianjun on the other side of the snow mountain, frown and turn around to look.

Yu Sui's chest was stained with a large patch of blood, her breathing was weak, and a black dot appeared in the strange fire deep in her consciousness, approaching from afar.

Wen Yanghui instantly appeared at the foot of the snow mountain, looking with satisfaction at Yu Sui's near-death state after losing the Five Elements Light Core.

The Golden Crow Crimson Arrow, the most powerful weapon on the Mechanical Island, is a deadly weapon that even saints cannot avoid. It is impossible that it could not even kill a minor sorcerer of the first realm.

Wen Yanghui used the Golden Crow Red Arrow for two reasons: to show off and to be on guard.

Since Yu Sui can break illusions, who knows what other tricks she has up her sleeve? Just in case, we'll use our strongest weapon, which is unlikely to fail.

Wen Yanghui even considered taking Yu Sui to see Mei Liangyu, but then he thought, why should they see each other one last time?

It would have been better to have Mei Liangyu beg me in a humble manner in the past.

Although Wen Yanghui didn't think Mei Liangyu cared that much about Yu Sui, he thought it was a good idea, so he didn't bring Yu Sui along.

The thought of tormenting Mei Liangyu soon filled him with barely suppressed excitement.

Wen Yanghui was not afraid at all.

With his uncle Sui Tianjun accompanying them, even if their father discovers the affair, his uncle will help, as will their mother, and their father...

I am his biological son, what is Mei Liangyu?

Even if a father favors Mei Liangyu, would he kill his own son?

Wen Yanghui used his Wind Control Technique to rush towards the opposite side of the snow mountain.

The north wind was biting down the mountain, making Yu Sui's body even colder. Blood flowed onto the ground and seeped into the black soil.

The strange flames flickered, and the fire spirit orb connected with the other world destroyers. Yu Sui heard that voice again:

"Aren't you going to die a little too quickly?" The man's tone was grim and menacing. "If it's another slow slicing, I really will burn this world down for you to see."

The androgynous voice then said, "I can already feel the pain."

Xue Mushi, who was lying in bed preparing to fall asleep, suddenly sat up and picked up the Listening Wind Ruler to send a message to Yu Sui.

Yu Sui frowned, unable to open her eyes, and was slightly startled when she heard that familiar yet unfamiliar voice.

Am I going to die?

Yu Sui could feel her life force draining away. The fear and oppression brought to her by the Golden Crow Red Arrow had not completely dissipated. The feeling of utter helplessness brought by that immense power was unforgettable.

"What the hell is this?" the new young man shouted irritably, his angry shout like a blow to Yu Sui's head, making her more aware of her situation.

The man sneered, "Ha! Another idiot."

The hot-tempered youth cursed rudely, "You're the fucking idiot! I'm already exhausted enough from being targeted by this strange fire, what the hell are you doing now?"

When Xue Mushi heard these people speak, he counted them and his eyelids twitched. This time, the one who died was... Nangong Sui?

"Don't argue yet," the androgynous voice said. "When a world destroyer dies, a fire orb will appear to empathize with the death."

The young man shouted angrily, "This strange fire is so unpredictable! Who's going to die? Who are you all? How did you die? I just finished a fight and survived, so why should you die? You're not allowed to die!"

The carefree man chuckled: "You all possess extraordinary fire and still dare to roam around outside. Why don't you learn from me and go back to the deep mountains and forests and stay there obediently?"

Xue Mushi had just gotten out of bed and was about to open the door when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Unable to bear it, he knelt down and heard the wind chime fall to the ground with a crisp sound.

A chill ran down his spine, and he stared in disbelief.

In her confused state, Yu Sui heard the voices of the World Destroyers discussing things, sometimes near, sometimes far. In her daze, she saw scenes from her life in Qingyang: she had come to the capital of Qingyang from Luoshan and lived there for eighteen years.

When she was a child, Madam Su and Nangong Ming would bend down to speak to her. It wasn't until she was found to be a person of the "Ping Shu" (a type of magic) that she began to look up at the two of them.

Images of her brothers arguing with Gu Gan flashed by. On every sleepless night, tormented by the strange fire, she counted the rocks and flowers in the palace and stared blankly at the night view outside the window.

At the banquet at Zhongli's house, she saw Zhongli Que, who had the same hairstyle as her.

The sparrow by the pond said, "I will protect you too."

Together with Zhong Lique, they escaped by scaling the wall of a banquet hall they disliked.

They threw the gold leaf into Old Yan's begging bowl.

Watch as Gu Gan left Qingyang for Taiyi.

Nangong Ming asked her to bring the Di constellation Libra to Taiyi.

I've heard that people have a revolving lantern of their lives before they die, and Yu Sui thought that must be now.

She witnessed death from her birth, and the shortest yet most vivid memory she had was of Mei Liangyu standing alone on the beach an hour earlier, and the moment he turned and walked toward her.

During Yu Sui's conversation with Mei Liangyu, she realized that her senior brother would not reveal any information about the strange fire, and only then did she briefly feel lucky.

She was unfortunate from the moment she was born into this world.

Now that we've finally become lucky, why must we die now?

Why should we?

Why should I have to die when I feel like I'm becoming lucky?

Yu Sui twitched her fingertips slightly, and with her last bit of strength, she mobilized all the light cores that could be generated in that day. Apart from the two light cores she left on Wen Yanghui, the remaining hundreds of light cores quickly fused together in the strange fire and re-condensed into new five-element light cores.

The five elements dispersed to the limbs and bones, attempting to stop the loss of life force.

Yu Sui could feel that she was being "watched".

A gaze from the heavenly eye.

"This pain in the chest probably means your light core has been shattered," the nonchalant man analyzed. "You're going to die anyway without any finishing blows. Pretty quick. Congratulations on your first experience of death empathy. It won't be too painful."

The hot-tempered young man said, "My whole body is in excruciating pain right now."

The woman, unable to distinguish between male and female, said, "You won't stay silent until you die, will you?"

A brief silence fell over the depths of the Destroyers' consciousness, after which they heard a soft female voice say, "I will not die."

The excruciating pain from the wound in my chest is gradually fading away.

Xue Mushi reached out and covered his chest, looking down to see beads of sweat sliding down his jawline. He felt a sense of relief, yet also a profound sense of bewilderment.

Golden Five Elements Qi ignited around Yu Sui, and her Heavenly Eye, focused on her wound, stopped the loss of Five Elements Qi.

The north wind and flying snow made the figure who stood up from the foot of the snow mountain appear extremely small, but she stood stubbornly in the wind and snow, swaying precariously, yet firmly standing.

Yu Sui looked up at the sun hanging in the wind and snow, her blood-stained lips twitching slightly, and she whispered again, "I will not die, and neither will you."

In the desolate mountains north of the Xuan Gu Continent, a white-clad man carrying a medicine basket and squatting beside a medicinal field paused in his herb-gathering, his expression thoughtful.

On the banks of a rural stream, a man holding a sword looked up and gazed into the distance.

The girl who emerged from the river called out to him, "Daddy!"

The young man, covered in wounds, lay on the ground at the foot of the cliff, gazing at the stars in the sky.

[Author's Note]

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!