Chapter 33 A Close Call, The Soul Oath Begins
They had only run a few steps when Rongxing pulled her up on his sword.
“The higher one’s cultivation level in the Sea of Time, the deeper it is suppressed. The Buddha’s Sumeru Domain cannot last long. We must hurry.” Rong Xing explained quickly: “Finding the array eye is only one aspect. More importantly, we must fulfill Song Ran’s long-cherished wish. Otherwise, even if we stop the Blessing Lamp, the Sea of Time will still exist.”
Upon hearing this, Ao Bai, who was perched on Hua Li's head, said, "His obsession is enough to terrify the entire city. If that's the case, then everything we've done will have been in vain."
Rong Xing looked down: "Why is your cat meowing so much? Hold on tight and speed up!"
They arrived at the city lord's mansion in the blink of an eye. The two jumped off their swords and were immediately shaken apart by the surrounding barrier.
The entire city lord's mansion was surrounded by Song Ran's wood spirit root, forming an impregnable fortress.
Rongxing gripped his sword tightly. "Huali, use your cards, let's break through together."
However, before the two could break through the barrier together, a curved blade descended from the sky, cleaving the barrier in two like cutting vegetables. Tuowu sheathed the blade, turned and left without even looking at the two of them.
With his nonchalant air of leaving without a trace, if it weren't for his earlier intention to kill her at Mingyue Pavilion, Huali would have thought he was a living saint.
Rongxing was equally bewildered by this bizarre move: "What's going on with this guy?" He looked at Huali with confusion, "Weren't we mortal enemies in the last cycle? Does he have a twin brother?"
Huali gave him a loving look.
First came Tang Wanwan, then Rong Xing; the destruction of the cultivation world is just around the corner.
"Whatever the situation, let's go in first." After marking Rongxing as a potential customer selling health products for the elderly, Huali rushed into the barrier and ran towards the back mountain.
Along the way, the purple violets on the ground were stained with dark red blood, and a huge magic circle spread out from Song Ran as the center.
If you look closely, you will find that it is exactly the same as the dozens of small magic arrays on the God-Blessing Lamp.
Countless red threads pierced through Song Ran's body, suspending him in mid-air in a sacrificial posture. Crimson blood flowed along the red threads, seeping into the ground and extending throughout the entire city of Chenliu.
Even Ao Bai gasped, "What a ruthless person! He actually used his own flesh and blood to supply such a powerful magic array. How much blood does he have in his body? He's made full preparations to ensure his own annihilation."
No wonder he could make the blessing lamp spontaneously combust without getting close to it; it was all thanks to these densely intersecting red lines.
Seeing the two people chasing after him, Song Ran remained completely calm.
“When I planned all this three years ago, I foresaw this outcome. By the time you showed up, the contents of the letter were no longer relevant.”
Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth onto the grass as he moved his lips.
Everything in Chenliu City has become ruins, but every blade of grass and every tree in the City Lord's Mansion is real, representing his deepest obsession.
He looked at Huali: "Speaking of which, I should thank you. Everyone in the Sea of Time is passively accepting death, but you are different."
"Your appearance has accelerated the flow of the Sea of Time, bringing this long process to an end through your thirteen deaths."
Seemingly remembering something, Song Ran looked towards the North Garden, "Even the most powerful person will have their cultivation suppressed by the Sea of Time if they have an obsession in their heart. Fate is cruel. Who would have thought that in the end, it would be a mere mortal girl who could see through it... Hah."
Suddenly, Song Ran's expression changed, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. He quickly took out a brownish-red pill from his sleeve and swallowed it.
The next second, Karin clearly saw that his exposed neck and hands had red veins bulging due to the sudden appearance of enormous spiritual power.
"What does this mean? Did he know we were coming all along?"
That's why he tried so hard to keep them when they first met, and why he remained calm and composed when Karin overheard him talking to the mysterious person? Was it all because he knew?
Is it true or not? What about all her previous efforts?
Is this considered a pre-defined process for NPCs?
Rong Xing cursed, "Don't listen to his nonsense! Even our High Priest of the Astrological Platform couldn't do it, how could someone with only a wood elemental root possibly guess it!"
Huali looked at Songran suspiciously, but he just smiled slightly and said, "I certainly can't, but there are others who can."
Song Ran formed a hand seal, "Endless Wood, Emptiness!"
Within the Sumeru Realm, the earth began to shake, cracks appeared in the ground, and the bones buried deep there twisted and writhed.
Then, petals began to fall from the sky, water flowed gently, day turned into night, and the blessing lamps burned.
"Damn it! He took the forbidden drug Blood River Reversal Pill! This medicine is made from the combined blood and qi of ten thousand people on the battlefield, and it can increase spiritual power threefold!" Rong Xing jumped up and down in panic. "I can't believe I'm going to die here on my very first training trip... Ugh..."
Before he could finish speaking, Rong Xing was already hanging upside down in the air by red lines that emerged from beneath his feet. The red lines seemed to have a life of their own, rapidly absorbing the spiritual energy from his body.
Rongxing bit his finger and drew a talisman in the air. A starlight array unfolded behind him, cutting the red thread cleanly. He rolled on the ground and when he got up, he had become an old man with a wrinkled face and gray hair.
Hua Li was horrified, "Rong Xing...you..."
Rongxing stared blankly at her hands, then suddenly remembered something and grabbed Huali's arm. "I know! I know!"
Song Ran, who was fighting against the Buddhist disciple who was manipulating the Sumeru space, immediately unleashed a cold ray of light, which struck Rong Xing squarely. At the same time, this slight oversight turned the night back into day.
Hua Li ran over and helped Rong Xing up. He vomited a mouthful of blood mixed with his internal organs. "I understand... Before, because the cycle wasn't completed, Song Ran could use these red threads to randomly light the Blessing Lamp. But because you brought the cycle forward, he has to complete the last one at the center of the array."
“If we cut these threads, the blessing lamp will not explode, and those people will still have a chance to be reincarnated.”
So that's how it is. No wonder Songran reacted so strongly after hearing about the key point of the formation at the wonton stall.
Hua Li put Rong Xing down. "Leave the rest to me. Ao Bai, you watch over Rong Xing. As soon as he closes his eyes, scratch his philtrum with your claws. Make sure he has a breath left."
Rongxing: "......"
Ao Bai: "Meow!" Alright, you living Yama.
Before she could even notice the subtle exchange between the person and the cat, Huali tossed out her earth-type card: "Jizo Entanglement, go!"
This time, Song Ran was clearly prepared. He gathered his five fingers together and grabbed upwards. Before the earth dragon could fly out, it was bound by the red thread and turned into dust.
Huali flew backwards on the spot, her arm bent into a strange arc, the excruciating pain almost making her faint.
His right arm was completely severed, and his only remaining hand was entangled and hanging in the air.
It was a one-sided, crushing defeat.
“Huali, I didn’t want to kill you. Every moment I spent with you reminded me of all the little things I did with Rongniang.” Songran pressed the red thread into Huali’s flesh, and blood flowed down. “She also liked to drink Spring Water Begonia, and she would help me cook and wash vegetables. She would gently take care of a flower even if her skirt was covered in dust.”
"But my long-cherished wish is about to be fulfilled, and I have no other choice."
The violet flower floated in the air, swirling and gathering to transform into a forearm-length sword. Just as it pierced through Huali's body, a powerful soul oath array suddenly erupted from the jade pendant on her chest.
Wen Jin, who had been watching the two fight like snipe and clam, suddenly looked up, his eyes still icy, before he was pulled into the magic circle.
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