Chapter 257 I’m not going to play anymore, I’m going to change the script myself
On one side is the Ghost King who is about to descend upon the human world, on one side is the capital city in imminent danger, and on the other side is the survival of the entire world.
On the other side, there is the man she loves and protects with her life.
This multiple-choice question is too difficult.
It was so difficult that she felt breathing was a torture.
"Ajiu."
Xiao Yu's voice brought her thoughts back to reality.
She slowly turned her head to look at him.
The golden light on Xiao Yu's body has become extremely weak.
The black lines had spread to his neck and cheeks.
He can't hold on any longer.
"What he said is all right."
"Ajiu, let's do it."
Ajiu's body began to tremble violently.
Tears once again blurred her vision uncontrollably.
"No..." She shook her head vigorously, her voice choked with sobs, "I can't do it... How can I... kill you with my own hands?"
"This isn't killing." Xiao Yu slowly shook his head and gave her a gentle smile. "This is... fulfilling your wish."
He pointed to his heart and then to the capital city in the distance.
"I can use my life to exchange for these vast mountains and rivers, and for the lights of these thousands of homes."
“It’s worth it.”
"I don't want you." Ah Jiu's emotions finally broke down. She shouted at him, "I don't want the vast mountains and rivers, nor do I want the lights of thousands of homes. I only want you, I only want you to be alive."
"You promised me that you would stay with me forever."
"You...liar."
Listening to her accusations, Xiao Yu felt a pang of pain in his heart.
How could he have thought about it?
How could he be willing to do that?
"I'm sorry." He whispered, "It seems that this promise...will have to be broken."
He slowly extended his hand towards Ajiu.
"Ajiu, come here."
Ajiu stood there looking at him with tears in her eyes, without moving.
"Come here, Jiu."
Ajiu walked up to him step by step with tears in his eyes.
Xiao Yu raised his hand and gently stroked her cheek, wiping away the tears on her face.
"Be obedient." His voice was so gentle that water could drip out of it. "This is the last time I'm begging you."
"For me, and for all the people in this world."
"Do it."
Ajiu hesitated for a long time, and finally realized that Xiao Yu couldn't hold on any longer, and his body shook a few times.
She slowly raised her hand, and rays of purple light began to gather in her palm.
Xiao Yu looked at her quietly. His life force had become extremely weak. Those hideous black spells almost covered half of his face, giving his handsome face a weird and broken beauty.
But his eyes were still gentle, full of encouragement and a hint of relief.
Ajiu's hands trembled slightly.
Her fingertips were less than three inches away from Xiao Yu's chest. As long as she pressed down gently and injected the original power of the "key", everything would be over.
The capital can be saved, the world can be at peace, and everything he has guarded for his entire life can be safe and sound.
And he will be completely destroyed and disappear from this world.
Why.
Why should he use his life to exchange for those people's lives?
Why should she be the executioner?
"No."
Ajiu suddenly withdrew his hand, as if he was burned by the purple light.
A trace of surprise flashed across Xiao Yu's eyes, "Ajiu."
"I won't," Ah Jiu shook his head vigorously, tears bursting out again, "I don't want to be this knife, I don't want to kill you with my own hands, I can't do it."
Her emotions were completely out of control at this moment.
"The people of the world, the lights of countless homes, none of it matters to me," she cried hysterically. "I'm just an unwanted wild child. Without you, what difference does it make to me what the world looks like?"
"When you die, this world will be nothing more than a grave to me."
"I don't want to spend my whole life guarding a grave."
"Ajiu, be obedient." His voice was as weak as a candle in the wind. "This is... an order."
"I won't listen," Ah Jiu raised his head stubbornly and wiped his face with the back of his hand. "You are the regent, and everyone in the world must obey your orders, but I won't listen."
"I don't want to be some lucky star who saves the world, nor do I want to be some useless door key. I am just Ah Jiu, your Ah Jiu."
She slapped herself hard on the chest.
"No." Xiao Yu shouted.
However, it was too late.
The original power of the 'key' was poured into her petite body without mercy.
She is going to... commit suicide.
She would rather die than hurt him in the slightest.
"Ajiu." Xiao Yu was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.
The blood that Ah Jiu spat out of her mouth mixed with tears dripped from her chin, and at this moment it fell right on Xiao Yu's chest, on the blood-colored rune.
Blood of the divine pupil, tears of the key.
"Buzz."
A dazzling red light burst out from Xiao Yu's chest.
At the same time, the purple original power in Ajiu's body also rushed towards the blood-colored rune frantically.
"ah."
Xiao Yu let out a painful groan, feeling as if his heart was being torn and crushed.
Ah Jiu's condition wasn't much better. Her body was shaken to the point of collapse, and fine threads of blood oozed from all her orifices.
Her divine eyes were fixed on the rune that was undergoing drastic changes.
The purple power was forcibly rushing into the internal structure of the rune.
The chain of fate connecting Xiao Yu and the Gate of the Netherworld made a "cracking" sound under the impact of the purple power, and tiny cracks appeared on its surface.
A crazy idea flashed through her mind like lightning.
This curse may not be broken.
But, maybe it can be changed...
"Brother Xiongxiong, hold on."
Ajiu guided all the strength in his body and rushed towards the core of the curse.
She wants to use her own blood and soul to recast this vicious curse.
"My life in exchange for yours."
"With my soul, I will be your lock."
“Crack.”
A clear voice rang out deep in Xiao Yu's soul.
The black chain connecting him to the gate of the underworld finally...broke under Jiu's reckless attack.
"puff."
Xiao Yu suddenly spat out a large mouthful of black blood, and the dead feeling on his body, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, disappeared without a trace in an instant.
A brand new chain, interwoven with purple and golden light, was quietly established.
The curse, tampered with.
From now on, his life is no longer connected to that door.
"Ajiu..." Xiao Yu's lips trembled, and he instantly understood what Ajiu had done.
She replaced the Gate of the Underworld with herself and became the one who shared the same fate as him.
He took the death curse that should have been borne by him on his own body.
"hehe."
Ajiu smiled.
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