The broken tree trunk gradually repaired itself, submerging Lin Qiye's figure. His eyes slowly closed, and he disappeared into the darkness like a stone sculpture.
At the same time, the seriously injured Kusuen regained consciousness, dense willow branches were flying in the air, and he was about to move the tree roots deep in the ground to move forward, but his body suddenly froze in place.
Because before His eyes, a man appeared, a man who seemed somewhat familiar, but whom He could not remember for a moment.
The man looked at Him, his lips slightly raised, and spoke gently:
"How is it? Did you reach the end of the Grand Line and find my treasure?"
Kusuen's flying willow branches suddenly froze in the air. He looked at the man blankly. In a trance, a dusty past came to his mind!
It's him!
Pirate King Zhang San!!
Didn't I come here from outside the domain with great effort just to find the treasure left by the legendary Pirate King Zhang San? ! Now, he actually appeared here? !
As this memory became clearer, an invisible thread of cause and effect lit up along the lines of the Kusuen tree's trunk and began to bind His body.
But soon, a powerful force surged out from the tree trunk, as if subconsciously trying to break free from the thread of cause and effect, and the face of the Pirate King Zhang San also became blurred.
Just as Kusuen was about to break free, a second man stepped out of the void.
"Lao Ku, I want to eat fish."
The moment this voice appeared, a wave of forgotten memories flooded into Kusuen's mind. He looked at the man with the slicked-back hair, feeling mixed emotions.
"Brother Zhang..." The pale face in the tree canopy of Kusuen let out a harsh and distorted growl.
"Do you still remember Xia Yuhe by the Daming Lake?" A third figure walked out of nothingness, and the gentle voice echoed in Kusuen's mind.
The third sealed memory was unlocked and overlapped with the previous two memories, causing Kusuen's consciousness to shuttle madly between falsehoods. Every past was so real, but these pasts seemed to be a little wrong...
"Lao Ku, is Ma Dongmei's family living in room 322 upstairs?"
“…”
"Secretary General, you have to learn foreign languages. I also want to learn a foreign language, it's better to learn one more..."
“…”
"Old Ku, I want to play basketball."
“…”
"Everyone, Mr. Ku will pay for all the expenses tonight!"
“…”
"You're so flirty."
“…”
More and more figures walked out of the void. They all seemed to have the same face, but they were different people... As they appeared, dense threads of cause and effect lit up from the surface of Kusuen, like a giant cocoon entangled with each other, trapping Him in it! .Bǐqυgétν.
The willow branches all over the sky were completely frozen, and the colorful smoke gradually dissipated. The huge shadow of the willow tree was like a stone sculpture, stiff in place.
When Huo Qubing saw this scene, his heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.
After the taut string was relaxed, Huo Qubing's consciousness suddenly became blurred, his body went limp, and he fell into a pool of blood.
Chloe screamed when she saw this, and immediately rushed forward to support his body, but when she reached out her hand, she pulled out a scarlet heart fragment from Huo Qubing's chest.
"You..." Chloe froze in place.
Just now when I saw Huo Qubing was still able to stand, I thought he was fine... But now it seems that he had at least four or five fatal wounds on his body, not just his heart. It was a miracle that he was still able to stand just now!
Huo Qubing's face was extremely pale. He looked around slowly and asked weakly:
"Is Hu Jia... here?"
"No……"
Chloe frowned and said, "After Lin Qiye and I destroyed the star fragments in the sky, we noticed the explosion fluctuations here and directly teleported here using the oath. Wuquan Kehujia and the others should still be in the carriage on the ground."
Huo Qubing did not say anything. He looked silently in the direction of Lin Qiye and Kusuen. His hands in the pool of blood trembled and curled up.
"My Lord!"
Just then, a familiar voice came from a distance.
Zhan Yuwu and Yan Zhong, covered in mucus, were seen staggering across the broken earth and rushing towards here.
"My Lord, are you okay?!" Zhan Yuwu shouted from a distance. When he got closer, his eyes fell on the large pool of blood and his pupils contracted slightly.
"...Take me to find Hu Jia."
"What?"
"Take me to find Hu Jia!" Huo Qubing gritted his teeth and spoke, holding a white chess piece tightly in his hand, but now the white chess piece had been dyed scarlet by the pool of blood.
Yan Zhong and Zhan Yuwu stayed where they were.
Yan Zhong was the first to react. He immediately reached out to help Huo Qubing up, but was stopped by Zhan Yuwu.
"What are you doing?!" Yan Zhong shouted with a frown.
"The Marquis' body is already broken! Are you going to kill him on the spot by lifting him up now?!" Zhan Yuwu glared at him and yelled back.
Yan Zhong's lips trembled slightly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
There is only one possibility why Huo Qubing wanted to find Hu Jia so eagerly... that is, he knew he was going to die, and he had to let Hu Jia move his spiritual world into his own mind before he completely lost his life. Only in this way could he achieve spiritual immortality and fulfill the agreement to complete the chess game two thousand years later.
However, after losing the power of control, Huo Qubing's body had already been shattered into a pool of mud in the battle, and now he was completely alive by willpower. If he were picked up at this moment, he would probably not last long enough to meet Hu Jia.
Several people froze in place for a moment.
The scarlet blood under Huo Qubing's body continued to spread around. He looked at Yan Zhong and the other two who were extremely anxious, and his expression calmed down.
At this time, everyone can be anxious, but he can't.
"Chloe, cut the ground below for me and carry me to find Hu Jia."
“This is too risky! Even if we move you and the ground together, you won’t be able to pass through the space vortex…” Chloe’s voice became smaller and smaller, and a look of helplessness emerged on her young face.
Although she had traveled to many places, she was still an immature girl after all... The scene before her was beyond her understanding.
His body was clearly broken in the battle, how did he hold on? Couldn't he feel any pain?
After hearing Chloe's answer, Huo Qubing's face turned even paler.
"Well, you wait, I'll go find Hu Jia and bring him back now!" Chloe came back to her senses and spoke immediately.
Huo Qubing did not speak. His consciousness began to become increasingly confused. His eyes were fixed on the three layers of thunderclouds that were dispersing in the sky. Helplessness appeared on his face... He did not have much time left.
Zhan Yuwu looked at Huo Qubing's appearance with red eyes. He kept punching the ground below with his fists until blood was dripping.
"Why is it like this, why is it like this..."
At this moment, Yan Zhong, who was standing beside him, slowly raised his head and spoke hoarsely:
"My Lord, there is actually another way."
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