"Hehe, this time, let's see who dies!"
Chi Chen suddenly let out a sinister laugh. Although he didn't know what was wrong with his condition, he knew that the root of his suffering for five years had now become the foundation for his fight against the Ghost-Faced Demon!
A constant heat emanated from his chest, and power flowed continuously to all parts of Chi Chen's body. Chi Chen even felt that the injuries to his abdomen and chest were gradually improving.
What surprised Chi Chen the most was that his mental strength seemed to be constantly improving. At this moment, his mind was unusually clear and rational, and emotions such as anger and fear seemed to be gradually fading away.
"bring it on!"
Chi Chen roared, gripping the kitchen knife tightly in his hand. Behind him were Aunt Zhang and Lin Bai. This time, Chi Chen would not let anyone stand in his way again!
The next moment, two bodies, one large and one small, moved simultaneously.
The demon with the ghostly face angrily swung its two bone-spiky forelimbs, while Chi Chen's lips curled into a cold smile, because in his eyes the demon's movements were even slower!
"Pfft!"
Chi Chen ducked to avoid the attack from the two bone spikes, then slashed out with his cleaver, before pulling it down sharply, instantly leaving a long, narrow wound on the demon's torso.
The foul-smelling blood splattered onto Chi Chen's face, but Chi Chen remained unmoved and continued to slash, inflicting several more bloody gashes on the Ghost-Faced Demon!
"roar!"
The demon roared and swung its bone spikes, but it found that the boy in front of it, who had been so weak before, was now able to easily dodge its attacks every time, and was able to accurately seize the opportunity to inflict damage on it each time.
At this moment, even though the Ghost-Faced Demon wasn't very intelligent, it still sensed a dangerous aura emanating from Chi Chen. If things continued like this, it would surely die at the hands of this young man!
"Chi Chen, how could he?!"
The more courageous Chi Chen was, the more bitter Lin Bai felt. Compared to the helplessness he felt when he watched his mother die before his eyes, Chi Chen's efforts to protect him were now deeply affecting Lin Bai.
"Why! Why can I only watch helplessly like this! Why did I have to go through all this?!"
Lin Bai muttered to himself, his gaze drifting to his mother, who was already lifeless. On her face, lying in a pool of blood, there was still a faint smile, but for Lin Bai at this moment, that smile was even more painful to his heart.
"Just die like this!"
Lin Bai seemed to hear someone whispering in his ear.
"Yes, there's nothing I can do. I watched my mother being killed by that monster right before my eyes. Now I'm just a burden to Chi Chen. I might as well just die!"
Lin Bai muttered to himself, his eyes gradually unfocused, his obsession fading, and his will to live completely gone. His body was already losing its vitality, and now, without the support of his spirit, Lin Bai was rapidly heading towards death.
"Lin Bai, stay awake and live! For Aunt Zhang's sake, for my sake, live! If you die like this, Aunt Zhang will definitely give you a good beating when you see her!"
Suddenly, Chi Chen noticed Lin Bai's unusual behavior and let out a loud roar, trying to pull Lin Bai back from the brink of death.
"To...survive?"
Lin Bai was shocked. Yes, wasn't the reason his mother kept smiling at him until the very end because she hoped he could live?
Why should I die? I want to live, I want to kill all these monsters in this world!
A sudden glint flashed in Lin Bai's eyes!
However, because Chi Chen was distracted and woke up Lin Bai, even though he could be said to be suppressing the Ghost-Faced Demon at this moment, how could the Ghost-Faced Demon give up this opportunity!
"Pfft!"
At the cost of being slashed in the face by Chi Chen, the Ghost-Faced Demon suddenly thrust out his pair of bone spurs. Chi Chen was unable to dodge in time and was pierced right through the throat!
"Pfft!"
With the bone spur embedded in his body, Chi Chen coughed up a large amount of blood. This injury was different from the previous two. Even Chi Chen felt an indescribable pain, and most importantly, he instantly felt a sense of powerlessness in his body.
That inexplicable, strange power was gradually fading away, and Chi Chen's mental energy was also slowly dissipating. Moreover, a sharp mental pain, which he only experienced every night when his illness flared up, was coming from his head!
"Is there no other way?"
At this moment, Chi Chen also felt a sense of powerlessness. He had thought that with the sudden appearance of power, he could avoid the tragedy that happened five years ago.
But now, it seems things are heading in the worst possible direction.
"In the end, is nothing that can be changed?"
The power dissipated rapidly, and a surge of pain welled up in his body, as if making Chi Chen pay back double.
"Chi Chen!"
"Move! Move! Damn it, this damn body!"
Seeing all this, Lin Bai once again went into a frenzy, struggling desperately to get up.
"Bang!"
In the darkness, Lin Bai felt as if something inside his head had shattered.
The next moment, a strange feeling came from Lin Bai's heart. Lin Bai felt as if he was a bright lamp that was suddenly lit in the dark night, and everything around him was clearly reflected in his mind.
Lin Bai could even sense that Chi Chen was enveloped by a layer of white mist, just like the Ghost-Faced Demon. However, the mist on Chi Chen was rapidly dissipating!
As Lin Bai underwent a strange transformation, the masked demon roared and suddenly looked at Lin Bai.
A somewhat ferocious smile suddenly appeared on Lin Bai's face, and then he inexplicably stretched out his right hand.
"Thump!"
Lin Bai snapped his fingers together!
Then, a small, dark hole appeared beside the face of the demon.
The demon with the ghostly face suddenly swung its forelimbs, throwing the struggling Chi Chen away, and then actually tried to turn around and run away.
But before it could move its hind legs, the tiny black hole exploded like a small bullet.
"Bang!"
In the explosion, the demon's entire head instantly turned into countless fragments.
"Bang!"
Meanwhile, there was also Chi Chen, who had been slammed against the wall by the Ghost-Faced Demon.
As the bone spurs detached from his body, a large amount of blood immediately flowed from the two bloody holes in Chi Chen's abdomen, along with Chi Chen's life force.
"Is that... forbidden power?"
Chi Chen's consciousness began to blur. The terrifying power that Lin Bai unleashed at the end must have been the forbidden power that he had longed for before.
But isn't the price we pay too high?
After Lin Bai unleashed the explosive black hole, he could hardly believe that he had used it himself.
That masked monster actually died at his own hands?
Is this the forbidden power I wanted?
But if it requires going through such pain to obtain it, then Lin Bai would rather he had never even considered such a thing.
With the Ghost-Faced Demon dead, the house fell silent instantly. Strangely enough, although there weren't many people living in this building, the commotion caused by Chi Chen's battle with the Ghost-Faced Demon and the final explosion were quite loud, yet no one had come to check on it.
Even if it's out of fear, this is somewhat illogical!
"Chi Chen, open your eyes, don't sleep, please!"
As Lin Bai watched the mist around Chi Chen gradually dissipate, he shouted out. He knew that when the mist completely disappeared, it would be the time of Chi Chen's death.
Having just lost his closest relative, how could Lin Bai possibly live if he were to watch his best friend die in front of him?
Lin Bai dragged his broken body toward Chi Chen. Although the process was extremely slow and painful, this boy, who usually couldn't stand pain, crawled with unwavering determination.
"Well……"
In his hazy state of consciousness, Chi Chen heard Lin Bai's constant shouts. He tried to open his eyelids, but they felt as heavy as if they weighed a ton, and he couldn't stop them from drooping.
At the same time, outside the building, a figure dressed in a standard cloak with a long sword at his waist also arrived.
Beneath the shadows, a slightly weathered face appeared. Chen Sheng frowned as he looked at the transparent barrier outside the building that was invisible to ordinary people.
"Here again? Hopefully I'm not too late this time!"
Chen Sheng drew his sword and swung it, instantly shattering the invisible barrier and sending a stench into his nose.
This made Chen Sheng's pupils shrink, and he instantly slipped into the building.
Inside the room, Chen Sheng looked at the Ghost-Faced Demon lying on the ground with some surprise.
Further ahead, a boy leaned against the wall, with blood still flowing beneath him, his life almost completely extinguished.
Not far in front of him was another boy, who seemed to be struggling to climb toward the wall, but that last step caused him to collapse from exhaustion.
Although the boy's condition is not good, it is at least stable and his life should be safe.
Chen Sheng looked further back and fell silent. There, a lifeless female corpse lay quietly.
"Am I too late again?"
Chen Sheng recalled the scene from five years ago; how similar today was to that day.
This made Chen Sheng clench his fists. The incident five years ago was already suspicious, and now it's happening again!
Chen Sheng walked towards Chi Chen, and when he saw Chi Chen's pale face hanging down, Chen Sheng was suddenly stunned.
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