Chapter 226 I don't owe her anything, I've won.
The marrow of the Heavenly Pillar was gone, and Li Mengbai was half-dead. Jia Qianyang couldn't get a single word out of him, while Jiang Yuhuo's sword had already arrived like a shadow.
He stared at the fiery red figure in the air, tossed the dying Li Mengbai aside, and his soul vanished from the spot.
Foolish. Do you really think you can stop all of this?
Then he would show her what the power of the earth truly is.
Just as the sword energy was about to strike Jia Qianyang, Jiang Yuhuo suddenly lost his target.
In an instant, the growth of the Heavenly Pillar stopped, the earth beneath their feet shook, and the subterranean fire surged beneath... Heaven and earth suddenly fell silent, as if they had been paused for a moment.
The air seemed to freeze at that moment, as if another force was gathering.
Jiang Yuhuo instinctively sensed danger, but the atmosphere around her had become stagnant, and she couldn't see or determine her location.
"East..."
Wen Yizhan's voice came from afar.
It seemed as if someone was rushing towards her, but in the next instant, Jiang Yuhuo felt an overwhelming force coming towards her.
There was no escape from the oppressive force. Before she could even unleash her spiritual power, she was struck heavily to the ground. Her internal organs felt like they were about to burst, and the pain in her chest was so intense that she could hardly breathe.
Jiang Yuhu coughed as she choked on the blood, and only when her chest heaved did she realize that there was someone on top of her.
Someone stood in front of her.
"Senior brother..."
Jiang Yuhuo got up and groped around, touching his hands, which were covered in sticky blood. The air was thick with the stench of blood.
The blood was from the other person.
All the bones in his body were broken.
She couldn't see his face, only his hands remained. She touched his face, and that outline was Wen Yizhan.
"Senior brother, senior brother..."
The puppet's silk threads had broken, so why didn't he answer her? Jiang Yuhu felt a surge of fear and kept calling out to him.
The person in his arms suddenly groaned.
Jiang Yuhuo felt a bloody hole in his chest.
He was so badly injured that she could barely feel his pulse. Jiang Yuhuo's heart ached terribly, and she murmured, "Senior brother, you'll be alright... I'll use the mermaid pearl to save you, I'll save you right now, just hold on a little longer... you'll be alright..."
Pale blue mist spread around her, passing through their bodies and through the empty heart of the person in her arms.
A body without a heart is beyond saving, even with a mermaid pearl.
Li Meng stared blankly at the person in front of her.
Her face was filled with panic as she desperately tried to heal him. She closed her eyes, tears mingling with blood as she held him tightly in her arms, terrified that he would disappear at any moment...
The blood in his body no longer had that aversion she hated, and she mistook him for Wen Yizhan.
Just like when they first met on the street, she kept calling him "Senior Brother".
But if she hadn't mistaken him for someone else, she probably would never have held him like this, she would never have shed tears for him...
Fishing lights, fishing lights...
I wish the person you loved was me...
If they could do it all over again, and he met her first, would she... like him...?
He hated everyone in the world; he felt no one deserved to die. But then this one person appeared—stubborn and clumsy—who made him want to give everything to her.
But ironically, he was the one who wronged her the most...
Everyone can die, but there's only one person who wants her to live, to live a long, long life.
Li Mengbai's body began to dissipate. He raised his hand one last time, wanting to wipe away her tears. He was only an inch away, but he couldn't move forward any further. He could only let her tears slip through his fingers, unable to touch them, unable to hold them...
Jiang Yuhuo didn't know what was wrong with her. Her heart ached more and more intensely for no reason, and large tears fell uncontrollably. The pain was so intense, it felt like she was about to die. How could this be? Was it because of her senior brother?
She pressed that hand against her cheek, her voice trembling, "Don't die...don't die...my heart aches so much..."
With his last bit of strength, Li Mengbai wiped away her tears, a smile playing on his lips.
He has left his heart in her heart forever.
Using her heart as a sheath, she encased the Heavenly Pillar Marrow, blocking its aura and nourishing her with only its power. Only when the Heavenly Pillar rises will she be the one to ascend to the Divine Realm.
He once ruined her, but now he only wants to help her succeed.
If there must be a god in this world, I only hope it is you.
Become a god, Jiang Yuhuo.
Jiang Yuhu knelt on the spot, her arms empty. Suddenly, her heart became very calm, and the intense pain, sorrow, grief... all the pain in her heart vanished in an instant with the disappearance of the person in her arms.
At that moment, she suddenly heard Wen Yizhan's voice.
Jia Qianyang knocked him to the ground, walked over him, and came toward her, shouting for her to be careful.
My senior brother is still alive. Who was that person just now?
Why are you blocking her way?
Doesn't he know that she doesn't like him at all? She hates him so much, despises him, and even wants to kill him!
Why did you save her...?
"Useless! Traitor!" Jia Qianyang cursed angrily, throwing the crushed jade disc hard at the open space.
On the scorched earth, only two people remained, barely clinging to life.
With Li Mengbai dead, the essence of the Heavenly Pillar vanished without a trace.
Tianzhu can't stop any longer; he must eliminate these two troublesome people as soon as possible!
In the endless sea.
The fire peak went out, and without warning, it became a silent, lifeless mountain.
The soldiers of the Sea Kingdom cheered and praised the power of the Sea Emperor.
Jia Yue was certain that it wasn't his doing; he had merely used ice to control the lava erupting from the fire peak, doing his best to minimize the harm the earth fire posed to the Sea Kingdom. Such power was far from enough to extinguish the fire peak.
But the fire went out, and there was no sign of it erupting again after a short while.
Jia Yue felt something was amiss, and a strange unease lingered in his heart. He left Jing Ye and a group of soldiers to guard Huofeng and report any activity there to him at any time.
He returned to the palace.
Once the fire is extinguished, those who have taken refuge in the escape tunnels can come out.
Such a natural disaster struck on her wedding day. I wonder how she is inside, whether she's scared...
But he saw the sword marks right in front of the entrance to the refuge passage.
My heart suddenly clenched.
The merfolk of the sea kingdom rarely use swords as weapons; those who do use swords usually have only one companion.
Jia Yue opened the closed passage door and stared intently at the people coming out. He saw countless blurry faces... but not hers.
She must have been scared, which is why she hid it so well.
Indeed, it's the first time I've encountered something like this.
He can go and bring her out.
He went against the flow of people to search inside. The mermaids respected him and made way for him. He soon found the depths of the passage.
But... why can't he see her?
Very few people have left the evacuation passage. Where did she hide?
How could she be so willful? Doesn't she know how worried he would be!
He heard faint sobbing. A mermaid was huddled in a corner, covering her face, with pearls falling between her fingers.
She held a hairpin in her hand; just half a day ago, it had been in Jiang Yu's bonfire.
"Qingping".
Upon hearing this voice, the weeping mermaid immediately looked up, gazing at him mournfully, "Your Majesty..."
He ignored the sorrow in her eyes and tried his best to ask her in the calmest tone, as if that would give her a calm answer, "Where is she?"
Qingping looked at him, momentarily at a loss for what to tell him.
In that moment of hesitation, she saw the usually calm and composed person completely panic.
"I entrusted her to you safely, but where is she?"
"She...is gone."
Beneath the Heavenly Pillar.
Another crushing blow sent the two sword-wielding attackers crashing to the ground once more.
Wen Yizhan lay on the ground, unable to move for a long time. His protective barrier was shattered into nothingness, and he didn't know how many intact bones remained in his body. He was only kept alive by his spiritual energy. But after this attack, he couldn't even speak, let alone stand up and swing his sword.
All I could hear was the sound of fishing lights on the river.
"Senior brother... let's stop here."
That's all for now.
Otherwise, he would die too.
She couldn't let her "senior brother" die again.
The rest is up to her.
She was destined to die, but if it could bring peace to the world, she wouldn't regret it.
Wen Yizhan watched as Jiang Yuhuo moved, and she stood up again, sword in hand.
She was clearly more seriously injured, but because she had a mermaid pearl inside her body, she would use the mermaid pearl to heal whenever she was injured. However, when she was injured again after being healed, the old wounds would not heal before the new wounds were aggravated.
But even this broken body, maintained by the mermaid pearl, had withstood several waves of Jia Qianyang's spiritual power.
This time, Jiang Yuhuo detected Jia Qianyang's location.
Tianzhu paused for a moment, and Jia Qianyang was already anxious.
After Jiang Yuhuo stood up, he quickly got up and ran away, seemingly only concerned with escaping for his life, leaving Wen Yizhan alone on the spot.
Wen Yizhan was unable to move, her eyes fixed on the fiery red figure, her eyes bloodshot.
He knew what she was going to do.
Jiang Yuhuo closed her eyes, her body shifting and turning several times, struggling to avoid Jia Qianyang's attacks, until she was finally forced to stand before the Heavenly Pillar. She lightly touched the ground with her toes, and the blue flames on her sword blazed brightly. She channeled all her spiritual power to unleash a move called "Riding Yin and Yang," using the power to tear through space to resist Jia Qianyang's earth power.
Like a gambler with bloodshot eyes, betting everything at the gambling table, she poured all her spiritual power into it, actually pushing Jia Qianyang's power back a few inches.
Jia Qianyang lowered his gloomy eyebrows even further, unable to believe when she had acquired such strong cultivation. Only a few months had passed since the Battle of Xidu City, could she have progressed so rapidly?
This speed...
There is only one possibility.
The answer was obvious, and Jia Qianyang became even more furious.
Yes, that good-for-nothing from the Li family who died, since he could give her a blood transfusion, he could also do something like taking out the Heavenly Pillar Marrow from his heart and giving it to her!
He was furious and kept channeling his power, determined to kill the person who stole his things!
There is a vast chasm between the power of the earth and the spiritual power that humans can cultivate. As he increased his power, Jiang Yuhuo became noticeably weaker.
So what if she got the Heavenly Pillar Marrow? It's nothing special.
But just as he was unleashing his full power, Jiang Yuhuo suddenly sheathed his sword.
Such an action is tantamount to suicide. Has she finally realized that she should give up?
But... that's not right!
Behind her was the Heavenly Pillar; the force impacting her was also impacting the Heavenly Pillar.
But it was too late for Jia Qianyang to take it back.
He had only managed to steal a fraction of the earth's power, far from being able to control it at will, especially now that he was so consumed by anger.
That immense force crashed into the pillar, causing it to shake violently, with rubble falling and cracks appearing in its structure.
Jia Qianyang's eyes were practically bloodshot with rage. Damn it, how dare they deliberately trick him!
He searched for that red figure.
Jiang Yuhuo was stuck among the rubble, knowing her body was truly about to shatter. She prayed incessantly, begging the mermaid pearl to hold on a little longer. She couldn't die like this; she wanted to win, never before had she so desperately craved victory, determined to win at all costs!
To Jia Qianyang's shock, Jiang Yuhuo was not crushed into mud but instead returned to the Tianzhu Pillar, whereupon he asked him a mocking question.
How does it feel to be used by someone?
That battle had also exhausted Jia Qianyang's strength. He only had one soul left, so his ability to withstand power was limited. Before he could react, he saw Jiang Yuhuo had already raised his sword.
A powerful sword aura condensed at the tip of her sword, and she swung it down heavily towards the crack in the Heavenly Pillar, a desperate, all-or-nothing strike.
A resounding sword cry echoed through the heavens and earth, and the sword broke in two.
On his way to attack, Jia Qianyang saw this scene and couldn't help but smile contemptuously.
Overestimating one's abilities.
That person had lost the gamble, lost all her strength, her body shattered like fragments, she had reached the end.
Now, it's time to return his things to him.
Jia Qianyang reached out towards the collapsing figure, intending to probe into her heart and reclaim the Heavenly Pillar Marrow.
"We haven't won yet..."
Let her hold on a little longer.
Jia Qianyang was completely focused on Jiang Yuhuo's heart and didn't notice at all that her body had stopped shattering.
Just as his hand was about to pierce Jiang Yuhuo's heart, a broken sword had already pierced into the heart of his soul.
Jia Qianyang wanted to fight back, but his strength was rapidly draining away from the hole in his heart. A fiery red figure loomed over him, pushing him downwards.
The change came too suddenly. He understood Jiang Yuhuo's intentions; she not only wanted him to lose all his power, but also to make his soul dissipate.
Burn his soul with earth fire.
But how could he be willing to accept that? He wanted to take her heart, but his strength could no longer penetrate the silk. So he could only strangle her and take her with him to die.
Jiang Yuhuo didn't struggle at all; she simply plunged the short sword deeper into his heart. She even smiled; she couldn't see it, but she heard the sound of it shattering.
The pillar of heaven broke behind her.
She won.
The mountain rocks collapsed, and a tremendous roar resounded through the heavens and earth. Jiang Yuhuo's body finally couldn't hold on any longer and shattered into pieces. Her lifelong enemy was held in her hand, and her body and soul balanced each other as they plummeted rapidly, sinking together into the surging earth fire.
She came with the resolve to die to atone for her sins.
Her hatred, her sins, her fate—all vanished in the scorching fire.
I've loved, hated, protected, hurt, lived, and died...
She owes no one anything.
...
But why do I still have these thoughts?
wrong
She still owes someone.
I owe him a promise, a mermaid pearl.
Xiao Hai...
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Author's Note: I overestimated myself again. Please don't believe anything this person says about chapter counts or word counts in the future. [Clown]
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