Chapter 143: Collapse of Faith
Seeing the two opponents rushing up, Su Mingyue knew that a fierce battle was inevitable today.
Since she had no choice, the only option was to fight. She could not agree to either of the other party's conditions.
Su Mingyue drew out her sword and took the lead in confronting the opponent's spiritual master Ahua.
Tang Yu and Yingying stepped forward together to resist the third brother.
As soon as Su Mingyue and Ahua fought, they knew that today's battle would be difficult. The opponent's strength was not inferior to their own. After all, they had been trapped in the Star Fruit Tree for three years. The opponent's strength had almost reached the pinnacle of a general, while Su Mingyue still had room for improvement.
Especially since the opponent was a spiritualist. Su Mingyue's hidden weapon was a flying knife, while the opponent's hidden weapon was a few flying shuttles. The two people's swords clashed, and the hidden weapons kept colliding in the air, making it difficult to tell who was better for a while.
However, this kind of battle is the most dangerous. When masters fight each other, one careless move may lead to defeat, and no one can support their companions.
In this way, the battle between Tang Yu and Yingying and the third brother became the key to victory or defeat.
The third brother was a natural speedster. His speed was simply unbelievable. When Tang Yu fought with one of them, he realized that the other party had not used his full strength before and was deliberately hiding his strength from him.
Now he and Yingying have joined forces, but they are still losing ground.
Tang Yu's sneak attack with a flying knife was totally useless. The man's reaction speed was so fast that the flying knife could not hit the target. Tang Yu and Yingying could only grit their teeth and hold on.
The battle took a turn for the worse after twenty minutes.
The third brother dodged Tang Yu's sword and attacked quickly, slashing Yingying's back with the sword, leaving a wound. Yingying screamed and fell down, losing the ability to fight again.
Tang Yu was even more powerless facing the third brother alone. Three minutes later, his opponent seized the opportunity and pierced his thigh with a sword. He fell to the ground in embarrassment and couldn't even move his flying knife.
After defeating two people in a row, the third brother quickly supported Ahua, and the two of them joined forces to fight Su Mingyue. Su Mingyue finally couldn't resist.
The two men were also proficient in combined attacks. After a head-on collision, Su Mingyue let out a low cry. Her delicate body was shaken more than ten meters away and hit a tree trunk heavily. Although the injury was not serious, the blood in her chest was churning, and she could not get up for a while.
"Finally it's done. This girl is really tricky. If it weren't for you and me working together, I might have lost to her."
"Hehe, it was indeed tiring. Fortunately, that couple was so incompetent, otherwise we brothers would have easily capsized in the ditch today."
Ahua and Lao San were also out of breath. After fighting for such a long time, they were both exhausted, but fortunately they held on and won.
Su Mingyue suppressed the blood rushing in her chest and turned to look at Tang Yu and Yingying. Seeing the two of them cuddling together, she didn't think much about it and asked anxiously, "How are you two?"
Tang Yu frowned in pain: "Mingyue, I am seriously injured and have no ability to fight anymore."
One of his legs was dragging, tied up with a strip of cloth, still soaked in blood.
Yingying's back was also bandaged, all done when Su Mingyue was fighting against the other two.
Su Mingyue took a deep breath and said, "Don't be afraid. We are not without the ability to fight to the death. Even if we die, we must take one person with us. At most, we will return to the embrace of the True God of the Starry Sky, and we will never let them succeed."
Ah Hua laughed again: "Saint Su, don't think that everyone's faith is as devout as yours. Maybe there is no one in this world who believes in the true God more than you do, but so what? Will your damn true God come out to save you now?"
Su Mingyue raised her head resolutely: "If the true God does not save me, it means that my faith is not enough."
"Forget it. If your faith is not high enough, then who else in the world is? What's the point of believing in such a high-level god? You might as well follow me and live happily together."
As he spoke, Ahua walked over and was about to support Su Mingyue's little chin with his hand.
Su Mingyue suddenly raised her hand and took out a small mirror that was glowing white light: "This is the stargazing mirror you wanted. Do you still want it?"
The stargazing telescope is a treasure of the Church of Divine Grace. It is said to come from the ruins of ancient gods and is not an item from Earth. This thing is of no help in combat, but through it, you can see the starry sky no matter whether it is cloudy or sunny, day or night.
It is said that there was a former God Sect leader of the Divine Grace Church who had cultivated to the level of Flowing Stars and could see even more wonderful scenes through this object, but it is unknown what he saw specifically.
However, this treasure has been passed down, and someone once went to the Grace Church to buy it, but failed after offering 50 billion.
Ah Hua's eyes lit up when he saw the stargazing mirror: "Yes, this is the treasure, dear, can you give it to your brother?"
Su Mingyue shook her head: "Unless you let us go, I will not give you this thing, and I will destroy it immediately."
Ah Hua sneered, "Little darling, don't play tricks on me. With your level of faith, how could you take the initiative to give me this treasure? You'd better give it to me obediently, otherwise I will kill these two people first."
The third brother walked over and pointed the knife at Tang Yu and Yingying.
Seeing that the other party was not fooled, Su Mingyue took a deep breath and said, "Don't dream. I will destroy this thing and I will commit suicide. Don't even think about it. As for my companions, we are all ready to return to the embrace of the true God at any time."
"Really? Then see if your companion's bones are as hard as yours."
As soon as Ahua waved his hand, the third brother was about to take action.
At this time Yingying suddenly burst into tears: "Mingyue, I don't want to die!"
Su Mingyue was stunned, then angrily said: "Yingying, we are all believers of God, and we will return to the Kingdom of God after death. What do you have to be afraid of?"
"That's what you think, and you're the only one who thinks that way. We're not like you. Who has seen what gods look like in all these years? Maybe gods are just some more powerful warriors. We join the Divine Sect just to be looked up to. Who would really die for an illusory god? Don't be silly."
Su Mingyue looked at her former companion in disbelief, listening to his hoarse shouting, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond.
Yingying continued: "What's so good about that broken mirror? Just give it to them. At least the three of us can survive."
Su Mingyue said hurriedly: "But they have a second request."
Yingying hesitated for a moment: "It's nothing, just think of it as a dog bite, it won't hurt a piece of flesh. In your eyes, is your chastity more important than my life and Tang Yu's? You would rather watch the two of us die than sacrifice a little bit, you are too selfish!"
"I'm selfish?" Su Mingyue was stunned. Yingying's words seemed irrefutable, but shouldn't some things be more precious than life?
"Tang Yu, what do you say?" Su Mingyue looked at Tang Yu with a glimmer of hope, hoping that he could say something different.
Tang Yu hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Mingyue, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. Even gods may not be able to control themselves sometimes. I think you also know that I love you deeply. Although you may be insulted this time, I will not despise you. I will wait for the day when you come back to me."
"What did you say?" Su Mingyue couldn't believe her ears.
Of course she was aware that Tang Yu liked her, but Su Mingyue was ready to dedicate her whole life to the gods, so she could only say sorry to Tang Yu. Besides, she had never thought that love was good, and had never even had such a feeling.
In her opinion, Tang Yu should be a person with the same devout faith as herself, otherwise how could he be a disciple of the Great Divine Sect.
But the other party's words completely overturned her cognition.
The huge impact hit her heart, leaving her a little overwhelmed.
"How is it? How is it, little darling? Look at your so-called companions and hear what they say. Stop talking about your illusory gods. What is in front of you is real. Give me the stargazing mirror and you will be happy."
Yingying also continued: "Mingyue, agree to his conditions, otherwise we will die. From now on, Tangyu and the three of us will always be together, okay?"
Tang Yu also nodded slightly, still looking very graceful.
Looking at the two people's clasped hands, Su Mingyue suddenly smiled faintly.
She seldom smiles normally, but this smile is so beautiful, like a hundred flowers blooming, which makes everyone present stunned for a moment.
"I remember what you said, but everyone has his own insistence. I'm sorry that we are not on the same page. I will not agree to these conditions. If there is a possibility that you will still be alive in the future, please take my body back to Shen'en. Forget it, just let me stay here. I don't want to go back either."
Su Mingyue suddenly held the sword across her neck, tears streaming down her face: "Is it true that there are no gods? What kind of faith do I need to have in order for you to save me? If there is a next life, I will never believe in you again!"
As she said that, she was about to slash her own throat with her sword, not even caring about the stargazing mirror. In fact, she couldn't destroy such a treasure, and she said that just to make the other party afraid to act rashly.
Ah Hua secretly cried out in dismay. He did not expect this woman to be so stubborn. He wanted to stop her but it was too late.
But at this moment, a flying knife suddenly appeared out of thin air and violently knocked Su Mingyue's sword away.
"Who is it?"
Everyone turned their heads to look.
On a high tree vine, Lin Zhen was wearing a skirt armor, and her boxer shorts could be vaguely seen underneath. She was hanging there like a swing. She shook her head and said, "Saint Su, I heard that you were able to persevere in the face of Yan Qiye during the assessment. A warrior must have the determination to fight no matter who is in front of him or how powerful he is. Could it be that these two rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs have made you lose confidence? This is not the Saint Su I know!"
Today I will update the fourth chapter for the author of this book (Ni Zhuifeng). I would like to thank him for his reward and I will pay him back.
(End of this chapter)
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