Boom boom boom——!

Several black shadows fell from the sky one after another, gravel flew everywhere, and black wings spread out, covering the seriously injured Shen Qingzhu in endless shadows.

The scarlet insect eyes locked onto Shen Qingzhu, who was staggering to his feet from the ground. These four-winged demons were like tall, ferocious stone statues, looking down at him, and slowly raising their sharp black claws like spikes...

"cut……"

Shen Qingzhu covered his wound and barely managed to keep his body steady while being surrounded by the four-winged demon, his eyes slightly narrowed.

He spat out the burning cigarette in his mouth and clenched the straight knife in his hand. Wisps of flames were squeezed into the air and surrounded the tip of the knife.

He was wearing a crimson cloak, like a beast cornered, with unprecedented madness and bloodthirstiness flashing in his eyes.

He swung his sword to cut off the devil's claws!

Ding ding ding!!!

Dazzling flames splashed in the air. Shen Qingzhu blocked the claw attacks of two four-winged demons in succession, but was attacked by a demon behind him, which tore off a large piece of flesh from his back.

Shen Qingzhu groaned, staggered, and his face turned extremely pale.

He growled and chopped off the demon's hand with his backhand. A raging flame gushed out from the blade, completely submerging its body.

But then, several sharp spikes burst out and pierced his body from different directions!

Shen Qingzhu's blood-stained hands tightly grasped the hilt of the knife, and helplessness appeared in his eyes.

He, Shen Qingzhu, is just "Wulian", with only two hands and only one sword.

Under the siege of so many four-winged demons, he couldn't hold out for too long... He was reaching his limit.

"Then... let's die together."

Two balls of rage burned in Shen Qingzhu's eyes, and the air around him began to rapidly move towards him.

At this moment, a crimson figure flashed out from nothingness in an instant, and a sharp sword light cut through several demon hands in succession, freeing Shen Qingzhu from a corner of the siege.

But the number of demons was too large, and the power of the four-winged demon was far stronger than that of the vengeful demon. Even though the Ame no Murasakibara sword had removed part of its arm, there were still more demons swarming and stretching their palms forward.

puff--!

After a few soft sounds, blood began to bloom on Lin Qiye's body. The warm blood splashed on Shen Qingzhu's pale cheeks, and he stood there in a daze.

Lin Qiye clenched his teeth, the golden light in his eyes burning like a furnace. He stepped on the ground, and the night sky was like a giant python, instantly wrapping around the four-winged demon!

【Star-Splitting Technique】!

As Lin Qiye tore with his hands, the bodies of several demons were instantly torn apart from the center, and wisps of starlight scattered out, falling like snowflakes.

Lin Qiye protected Shen Qingzhu and pulled out the severed hands of several demons that had stabbed into his body. He glanced at the four-winged demons that kept pouring in from the sky, his face extremely gloomy.

He turned around and looked at Shen Qingzhu: "Brother, are you okay?"

Shen Qingzhu sat down in the rubble, staring blankly at Lin Qiye, who was covered in blood and had a pale face in front of him.

After a moment, he clenched the soil with both hands, and the veins on his arms bulged.

Between life and death, the self-blame, resentment and anger that he had suppressed in the deepest part of his heart erupted like a volcano!

"Lin Qiye!" Shen Qingzhu stared at him and shouted in the strong wind.

"This is our last battle! This is the last battle where we have to gamble our lives and honor!! I, Shen Qingzhu, am also a man! I am also a member of the Nightfall team!! At this point! I don't want to be treated as a burden anymore and have you protect me behind my back!!"

"I know I'm not as talented as you guys! Sometimes it's hard to help! I understand all this, and I never say anything! I just do what I should do!!"

"But this time! This is the last time! I, Shen Qingzhu, want to be like a man! Die in battle with dignity! You won't even give me this chance?!"

"Why do you stop me?!"

The howling wind mixed with Shen Qingzhu's roar poured into Lin Qiye's ears.

"Just because I'm the captain!!" Lin Qiye opened his mouth and roared in the wind.

"Just because I'm the captain of Nightfall! As long as I'm alive, I can't watch my brothers die first! No matter if it's you, Qingyu, or Jiang Er!

You want to die honorably in battle, as a hero!

OK!

After I die in battle, I won’t stop you no matter how you want to die!

But before I die, none of you are allowed to die! This is my responsibility as the captain!"

Shen Qingzhu stayed where he was.

Lin Qiye raised his right foot and kicked Shen Qingzhu hard in the chest, sending him flying several meters back and landing directly on the ice of the blood pool.

The next moment, two fine beams of light pierced through Shen Qingzhu's original position, burning two bottomless black holes on the ground.

Two four-winged white angel corpses, staring into scarlet worm eyes, were outlined from the empty environment.

They stared at Lin Qiye intently, as if they were surprised that they had not succeeded in their attack just now.

Lin Qiye, covered in blood, holding the sword of Ama-Kurokumo and clad in the night, appeared like a startled wild goose, fighting with two four-winged angels like an angry king of the night.

A moment later, Lin Qiye cut off the two broken white wings, and a hot bloody wound appeared on his chest.

He staggered back a few steps, supported by [Zhanbai], stared at the two angels, and spoke hoarsely:

"Brother, listen to me."

"I never thought of you as a burden. Without you, we would not have been able to get out of the 'human circle' alive, we would not have been able to wipe out the [believers], and I would not have even been able to survive Jinnan Mountain..."

"Without you, my brother, there would be no [Night] today!"

"In a team, we don't need all members to be monsters who can fight ten people at once. What we need is that everyone is unique. In terms of combat power, you are indeed not the strongest, but in terms of qualifications, personal charm, and the ability to take charge, no one in the entire [Night] can compare to you!"

"So what if you don't have talent? You, Shen Qingzhu, will always be the unique cool guy in the Nightfall team."

Lin Qiye blurted out all the things he had originally planned to say to Shen Qingzhu when he returned to the boat. Although he did not have time to prepare his words properly, he believed that Shen Qingzhu could understand what he meant.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Qiye raised his sword and rushed towards the two angels again!

Shen Qingzhu stared blankly at Lin Qiye's back as he fought bloody battles. The whole person looked like a soulless statue, sitting on the ice.

After a long time, he pursed his lips, stood up shakily from the ice, with bitterness appearing at the corners of his mouth.

"I was actually taught a lesson..."

He shook his head, clenched the straight knife in his hand, and was about to rush forward to fight side by side with Lin Qiye, when his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of the black crystal floating in the blood pool not far from him.