A monument to those who died for their principles.
Ye Bai had always been curious about what was attracting him to move forward.
When he saw the monument, it was as if he knew the answer, yet he always felt that he had missed something.
Ye Bai's gaze swept back and forth across the stone tablet, trying to find something.
"Huh."
"This is?"
Ye Bai looked up at the upper left of the stone tablet, where a poem was engraved, surrounded by messages.
To be precise, it's three-quarters of the poem:
I will protect our land with my own flesh and blood.
Even as a corpse, the soul cannot find peace.
Slay demons and monsters with a single sword.
...
There was still a little space left at the end, indicating that a sentence was missing.
This poem is very strange.
The first two lines are written in regular script, with strong strokes and a hidden sharpness.
The third line takes a sudden turn in style, switching to cursive script, which is unrestrained, flamboyant, and sharp.
"If I'm not mistaken, these three lines of poetry were left by three supreme experts?"
Ye Bai frowned, feeling that something was off.
Clearly, the third sentence must have been left by [无痕].
Ke Wuhen was clearly the second strongest, while Xiaoyao was the third.
"It was indeed left by the strongest beings, but not three, but two."
Ying Jiu looked at the stone tablet, filled with emotion.
"The nightmare left behind the first two sentences, and the traceless left behind the third sentence."
The fourth line should have been written by Xiaoyao.
As she spoke, Ying Jiu glanced at it out of the corner of her eye.
The white cloud above the blue sky remained unmoved.
"hiss--"
Ye Bai rubbed his hands together, eager to try, and said, "You know I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, right?"
Shadow Nine: I just found out.
"Look at this perfectly good poem, it's so sad that it's missing a single line."
"You want to complete the poem?"
Ying Jiu was startled by Ye Bai's idea and reminded him,
"When Nightmare left the first two sentences, he had just killed a demon god."
After leaving behind his poem without a trace, he rushed to the front lines to defeat the enemy.
When the two supreme warriors left their poems on the monument of their will to die, they were both putting themselves in extremely dangerous situations, risking their lives to survive!
There is no greater way to prove one's innocence than by dying for it.
"Then we should write it even more!"
Ye Bai said seriously,
"Maybe after I finish writing it, the matching game will come to me on its own."
Ying Jiu didn't know what to say for a moment.
The probability of such an event occurring is less than one in a billion.
In the end, Ying Jiu could only wave his hand in resignation.
"There's still a minute and a half left. If you can really finish the last sentence in such a short time, I'll write it for you."
The memorial stone is made of a very special material.
Even the War King's strike could only leave some white marks on it.
The weakest among those who carved the inscriptions were all war gods!
Ye Bai is not strong enough to leave a message on it right now, so Ying Jiu has to do it for him.
"I've already thought of the last sentence."
Ye Bai focused his energy in his dantian and slowly opened his mouth.
"I will not return until I break through the abyss."
Ying Jiu was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "You cheated!"
In such a short time, given Ye Bai's level of education, he managed to add the last sentence.
Ying Jiu doesn't believe it!
Everyone knows each other's level of literary literacy; it's the difference between the illiterate and the well-educated.
Ye Bai's behavior suggests either he's been getting extra lessons or he's cheating!
Ye Bai nodded.
"I suppose so. I took a shortcut. You're tired, hurry up and finish writing so we can leave!"
It must be said that the last sentence resonated deeply with Ying Jiu.
Black mist rose up, and a thin, withered finger pressed against the monument to the deceased, beginning to write.
Ying Jiu wrote each stroke of the running script with utmost care:
We will not return until we break through the abyss!
Standing on the ground, Ye Bai looked up at the completed poem and nodded in satisfaction.
I will protect our land with my own flesh and blood.
Even as corpses, their souls cannot find peace.
With a single sword strike, all demons and monsters were vanquished.
We will not return until we break through the abyss!
Great, very energetic!
After writing the last exclamation mark, Ying Jiu did not stop.
"Ninth Master, we're running out of time, we need to retreat!"
Ye Bai shouted at the top of his lungs.
The tables have turned, and now it's Ye Bai's turn to urge Ying Jiu to run away.
"What's the rush? It still needs to be signed, doesn't it?"
Ying Jiu slowly wrote down a few names at the end of the poem.
"Nightmare, Traceless, Asura, Shadow Nine, Stay."
hiss--
It seems like something strange has infiltrated it.
Shameless, aren't you, Ninth Master?
Ye Bai felt that he still had a lot to learn about shamelessness.
Just after Ying Jiu finished writing the last word,
The black cloth he had torn to the ground suddenly rose into the air, shrinking continuously until it became a tattered black cloak that automatically landed on Ye Bai's shoulder, fluttering in the wind.
After the black cloak chose Ye Bai, the brilliance of the nine relics left behind by the God of War dimmed!
Not only them, but all the equipment imbued with obsession began to slowly retreat at this moment, not daring to contend with the black cloak!
"Not bad, the uglier the equipment, the more powerful it is."
Ye Bai glanced at the cloak; apart from being a little tattered, it was in pretty good condition.
Donning the cloak, Ye Bai finally looked somewhat like a mage. He secretly reminded himself that he should act like a mage in the future and not swing his staff at people so easily.
【The Nightmare of the Strongest - Battle Damaged Version】
Ye Bai's eyelids twitched as he saw the newly popped-up note.
No wonder those relics left behind by the God of War retreated upon seeing the cloak.
Even the strongest beings, the God of War, deserve absolute respect!
"withdraw!"
Ying Jiu also joined Ye Bai at this moment, disappearing into Ye Bai's shadow.
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