Chapter 953 Chapter 15: This is her atonement
The fire burning in Xia Lingyue's eyes gradually began to turn black, and every swing of her blade was accompanied by scarlet flames.
Cut off the black arms that kept emerging from the dark earth one by one.
However, these arms seemed to be the despair constantly gushing out from an endless abyss.
Each destruction was only temporary, and more arms immediately stretched out from the cracks in the ground.
They twisted, struggled, and even began to grow deformed bodies, as if mocking the girl's powerlessness.
The existence of these monsters is not just to block Xia Lingyue's progress, but more like an invisible expulsion, a denial of Xia Lingyue's existence.
They didn't hurt her, but they were more cruel than any attack because they silently told her that everything she did was in vain.
She couldn't take anyone away, nor could she get anything back.
The huge strange tree with a human face began to become more and more weird after swallowing Mengmeng.
It smiled, but that smile was extremely twisted.
The dry and wrinkled skin emitted a suffocating black light, as if it was the source of evil, constantly devouring the surrounding black mucus and arms.
Li Lingsheng's voice rang in Xia Lingyue's ears. He caressed his sister, but there was no emotion in his voice: "It's breaking down everything about Sister Mengmeng."
Xia Lingyue's body shook slightly, but her eyes became more determined, and the girl pushed her brother away.
"If you don't want to help, get away from me!"
She didn't need to be reminded, she had only one thought in her mind, and that was to rescue Sister Mengmeng from the clutches of this strange tree.
Behind her, a pair of small wings suddenly spread out. They flapped violently in the wind, carrying her body into the sky, and then swooped down towards the strange tree like a meteor.
"Give her back to me! Monster!!"
Xia Lingyue's roar echoed in the night sky, and her blade shone with scarlet flames under the dark sky. She had only one target, and that was the core of the strange tree.
However, just as she was about to touch the strange tree, a thick branch suddenly stretched out from the darkness, and it hit Xia Lingyue with the force of thunder.
She screamed, her body drew an arc in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground with a dull sound.
Xia Lingyue was lying on the ground, but she immediately turned over and stood up.
The face of the giant tree laughed at her.
It was as if mocking her helplessness.
"Laugh, I like to laugh."
Xia Lingyue threw away the long sword, and the long sword instantly turned into scarlet fragments in mid-air.
"I'll make you stop laughing."
"Sister... Dad said you can't use that black flame."
Li Lingsheng walked over, and the black arms naturally began to fade away, but they still surrounded the two of them, preventing them from getting close to the giant tree.
"Li Lingsheng, I've never begged anyone in my life. I can sense that this thing is afraid of you."
Xia Lingyue turned her head slightly to look at Li Lingsheng. Her forehead and left eye were now stained red with blood.
But the girl seemed to be unaware of the pain and she stared at her brother intently.
"Sister, please bring Sister Mengmeng back."
"...Sister, you've always said that Sister Mengmeng was plotting something bad against Dad, and that the person you hate the most is Sister Mengmeng."
"I hate her, and it has nothing to do with whether she should die here."
“I don’t quite understand…”
Li Lingsheng was in great pain and didn't know what to do.
This was not like the previous time when he broke the window to save Zhong Ke, because Zhong Ke wanted to survive.
Her desire was so strong that Li Lingsheng saved her.
If she fell from the roof in despair, Li Lingsheng might just watch her die.
That's the case now.
However, now, Sister Mengmeng's choice has plunged him into deep conflict.
She chose to give up everything to atone for her sins. Her eyes no longer showed a desire for life, but a determination to die.
Li Lingsheng felt a sharp pain in his heart. He didn't know whether he should interfere when a person voluntarily walked towards death.
At this moment, the shaking of the earth intensified again.
The branches and leaves of the strange tree began to grow wildly, but the new branches and leaves were not vibrant green, but pitch black eroded by darkness.
These branches twisted and entangled like tentacles in a nightmare, tightly wrapping around the monster's body.
"It's too late..." There was despair in Li Lingsheng's voice. He looked at the giant tree and felt powerless.
He knew that Sister Mengmeng had been digested by the tree. She no longer existed and everything had been swallowed by the tree.
At this moment, the monster suddenly opened its mouth
Then a girl's body was entangled by tree roots and slowly lifted out of his mouth.
Sister Mengmeng's body no longer belongs to her.
Her hair was as white as a waterfall, and her skin was covered with ancient runes. She was no longer the gentle little nightmare demon.
Instead, he became the master of a clan, an existence shrouded in nightmares.
She did everything she said, returned to her roots, fell into the abyss, and her life had found its home.
And now, her body has become a carrier for feeding countless nightmare monsters. Her body will give birth to new members of the tribe, and the visions of all the tribe members will be realized in this body.
This is Mengmeng's atonement, her choice, her sacrifice.
"That's...her choice."
Li Lingsheng's eyes were moist, and his heart felt an indescribable pain at this moment.
He felt his heart beating erratically, as if in protest, as if in mourning.
He didn't understand why his heart still beat so discordantly after Sister Mengmeng chose this path.
Isn't this what she wanted...
"Since you have chosen this path."
Li Lingsheng's voice was low and trembling.
"Then why does my heart keep making this discordant beeping sound..."
Do you still have some residual consciousness that wants to tell me, tell the world... tell you everything you know.
The Nightmare Lord slowly opened his eyes.
Her entire pupil was pitch black, as if it were a bottomless abyss.
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At the same time, at Li Muhan and Xia Yue’s home.
"Ah~ open your mouth~"
"Sir, please allow me to say one last thing...Ah! Ah! What! You stuffed something into my mouth~"
"My special sweet and sour octopus, is it delicious?"
"Ah! Ah! This octopus! Why does it have nine legs?! Holy crap! It's still alive! Gulp gulp gulp."
Before he could finish his words, Xia Yue covered Li Muhan's mouth.
"Swallow it! Sweetheart! This is a special product sent to me by the Blood Moon Church. They say it can prolong life and strengthen the body. It's a good thing!"
"ha......"
Li Muhan could even feel the ghost thing he had just swallowed still crawling up his throat.
Gurgle gurgle gurgle.
So he quickly asked Xia Yue to give him a sip of water.
"Well, dear..." Xia Yue sat astride Li Muhan and raised her hand to untie her hairband.
She was looking at Li Muhan with her hair disheveled.
"Sister River God, does it look good?"
"It looks great! It looks great! I just said it a hundred times!!"
At this moment, Li Muhan was tied to a chair and only his head could move.
"No! Your rope! What's going on?! This rope... looks so familiar?! What's going on!?"
"Don't move. I borrowed this from someone..." Xia Yue grabbed the other end of the rope and said with a weird smile on her face.
"The golden rope, do you remember?"
"Fuck... Why did you borrow all the money from Yuehuang City?! Who did you borrow it from?!"
"When I went to your workplace to visit Yan Yu today, she said that this thing had been temporarily taken over by Tianhai City. It seemed that something had happened at the Yuehuang City Special Management Bureau. Well...how did she put it? It seemed that some birdmen from the sky came down and took all the treasures back."
"Ah?" Li Muhan was stunned and asked quickly.
"What's going on? In the sky? Who?"
"Hey! Don't change the subject! I'm asking you! Is the River God beautiful?"
"...Beautiful, that's so beautiful."
"Humph... I never thought that the crybaby back then was actually you... If I had known you were a pervert who had been watching others bathe since childhood, I would have drowned you."
Li Muhan wanted to cry but had no tears. He didn't see anything at that time.
Besides, what good person would bathe in the river in the middle of the night?
"That's right, that's right. It's because you're so beautiful. Even though I was just a child at the time, I was attracted to you! I swore right then and there! I must marry this River Po, ah bah, no, it was Sister River Goddess. Look, my dream has come true now! I even had Sister River Goddess give birth to two children for me!"
"Hmph... You're in luck. Eat up this plate of octopus."
Whose octopus has nine legs?! And this thing is alive! It's moving! Holy crap! It's opening its mouth, and what are those serrations?! Can I survive eating this?!
Just when Li Muhan was completely desperate, suddenly, there was a noise coming from Li Lingsheng's room.
"Wife! Wife! Our son is back!!"
"Don't bluff me, I didn't notice them coming back. Hurry and eat."
"No, seriously, there's movement in Lingsheng's room!"
Xia Yue turned her head and took a look.
Sure enough, there was not only movement, but also a golden light coming out of the room.
"...Don't move here. I'll go take a look."
Xia Yue put the plate on Li Muhan's head.
"That's great. If the dishes are broken when I come back, I have other specialties here."
After saying that, Xia Yue got off Li Muhan's legs and walked towards Li Lingsheng's room.
"Lingsheng, why didn't you tell me you were back? What are you doing? You're acting like you're being consecrated."
Xia Yue walked to the door of Li Lingsheng's room while speaking.
Because I sprayed insecticide today.
So all the room doors were open.
Then Xia Yue saw the head of Li Lingsheng's bed.
The branch contained in the glass bottle is now emitting a dazzling golden light.
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