Chapter 184 Until my cousin actually revealed it…
Even until the moment her cousin actually revealed his weapon, Gong Shichuo did not completely give up her illusions, still feeling that after so many years of blood ties, her family would not really abandon her.
To be honest, there were moments, or perhaps several moments, when she truly didn't want to live anymore. Everything she had trusted for so many years had slipped away from her, and everything she had worked so hard for for so many years was gone. She even began to doubt her meaning as a human being and didn't know what she should live for.
The Great Way?
She has no one she wants to protect, and the only person she wants to protect avoids her. What's the point of pursuing the Great Dao then?
So she didn't think about escaping.
But she didn't want Jiaoyue to be buried with her.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that the living people around her had turned into lifelike puppets.
I almost laughed. Xie Jiaoyue actually used this kind of toy meant for children in this situation.
He really trusted her. If she weren't enough to attract his cousin's full attention, he could have seen through her at a glance.
Gong Shichuo and his cousin chatted aimlessly, partly to satisfy their own thirst for knowledge and partly to buy Xie Jiaoyue time, hoping that Xie Jiaoyue could run far enough away that she wouldn't be affected by such a useless person as her.
She watched helplessly as her cousin brandished his weapon. In his prelude, she raised her hand, wanting to fight back, but felt exhausted, leaving only an unarmed hand hanging blankly in mid-air.
Yes, what is there to resist? She had already noticed that her cousin was carrying a ruler kept in the family ancestral hall, which was imbued with the power of countless ancestors and was specifically designed to be used against the descendants of the Gongshi clan.
There was little room for resistance; it was simply giving my cousin more opportunities to watch monkey shows.
As she pondered, her hand, idle in mid-air, finally cast a spell on herself in a daze.
The cleansing spell was the same one that Jiaoyue had cast on Pianxian.
Then, she felt an undeniable tremor from the earth. In the midst of the violent tremor, just before she fell, her hand, which was raised in mid-air, was pulled up, and she was lifted into the air, twisting and turning as she landed on the back of the monster.
The warm touch of the bright moon and the surging demonic energy from the monsters rushed towards me.
Gong Shichuo didn't know which one he should pay attention to first, and why none of them seemed to be here.
Humans riding monsters? Isn't that absurd!
It's still a Nascent Soul stage magical beast.
Today, they barely managed to defeat that Nascent Soul stage demonic beast thanks to the heavenly lightning. Now another one has appeared. How come this kind of thing is so worthless? Is it a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast clearance sale?
"If you don't activate your spiritual energy to protect yourself, you'll become a demon."
Xie Jiaoyue's unique, slightly mocking voice rang in his ears. Gong Shichuo hurriedly activated his spiritual energy to protect himself, barely managing to maintain his human appearance.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The pendant hanging from her waist had already fallen onto the monster, becoming tainted by the surging demonic energy and emanating an aura that humans should not approach.
Xie Jiaoyue seemed to have eyes in the back of her head. She snatched the pendant off and threw it away without even looking at it, making a hissing sound and releasing wisps of black mist.
Gong Shichuo looked along the parabola and saw that the object she was holding seemed to be her family token.
Generally speaking, this item will only leave the body when the person dies.
The token hit my cousin.
My cousin, enraged, tried to dodge, but his clothes were still burned: "Gong Shichuo, you actually associate with demonic beasts! Today I will act on behalf of Heaven!"
Gong Shichuo thought, "Hey, I've finally found a suitable reason for you. It's not such a big mistake that you've been discovered."
She instinctively held onto Jiaoyue's waist, making their bodies more stable, and then whispered in Xie Jiaoyue's ear, "Jiaoyue, let's run him over!"
Xie Jiaoyue had never killed anyone, and her heart was pounding.
She cautiously offered her assessment: "It's a bit difficult. The people your family sent to kill you must be quite powerful."
She whispered to the monster beneath her, "Want revenge for your wife's murder? That man in front of you is the murderer's brother!"
"He killed your wife. Even if you can't kill him, you should at least kill his brother!"
Chu Xingjin married into the family, hehe, that's my brother.
While giving instructions, Xie Jiaoyue used her spiritual energy to clear away the pebbles on the ground to avoid affecting the speed of the magical beasts.
Warcraft's fighting spirit soared, and it charged straight at the monster.
My cousin dodged awkwardly, brushing past the monster, and burning part of his clothes in the process.
The monster persisted, its reddened eyes ignoring the fact that the two people on its back were also human. It only cared about the murderer brother in front of it, chasing after him in circles. Xie Jiaoyue also swept the floor in circles, and the two of them ended up circling around in place.
The scene was somewhat amusing.
The cousin asked, puzzled, "Xie Jiaoyue, right? What do you want? I can let you go, as long as you leave Gong Shichuo behind."
He didn't want to fight a magical beast, especially one in the Nascent Soul stage that had gone berserk for some unknown reason. He could win, but he would inevitably be injured. There were magical beasts everywhere here, and if he was seriously injured, he didn't think the clan leader would send someone to rescue him.
Moreover, there are not only magical beasts, but also Xie Jiaoyue and Gong Shichuo who are trying to trip him up.
Based on his understanding of the clan leader, the clan leader might simply let him die to preserve the secret of the Gongshi clan.
Xie Jiaoyue ignored him and let the monster keep crashing into her.
That's the downside of Warcraft; it's too clunky. It doesn't have many ranged attacks, so you can only play as a heavy melee fighter.
After circling around for another fifteen minutes, my cousin was hit for the first time. He staggered and flew several meters away, lying on the ground for a few seconds before getting up and continuing to dodge before the monster could trample him.
Once it happens once, it will happen again.
After a dozen or so attempts, Xie Jiaoyue seized the opportunity, dodged Gong Shichuo's whip, and used the whip as a rope to block her cousin's path.
My cousin paused briefly to dodge the long whip.
The monster soared into the air, its mountain-like body pressing down on my cousin.
This time, my cousin had nowhere to hide.
He drew his longsword for the first time, a smug smile playing on his lips.
"Little girl, go to hell."
He was deliberately feigning weakness in order to lure the monster into revealing a weakness.
The longsword was slender and sharp, enough to pierce through both the monster and the person on it.
Xie Jiaoyue grabbed Gong Shichuo and used the force of retracting her whip to roll off the monster.
With a clang, the longsword struck the monster, producing a piercing metallic sound. The monster was sent flying backward, its body only bearing the dull pain left by the immense force of the sword, but no fatal wounds.
My cousin was stunned. What was going on? Warcraft isn't something invulnerable to weapons, so how could it make such a sound?
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the monster was wearing armor.
The armor shattered, but the monster remained unharmed.
...
Damn it, who's the kind person who puts armor on Warcraft?!
He had used all his strength in that sword strike, and small cracks appeared in the spiritual energy shield around his body, allowing wisps of demonic energy to seep in.
It's nothing serious, just a slight burning sensation. With his cultivation level, it will disappear in no time.
Xie Jiaoyue landed next to her cousin, squatted down there, and looked at him with a grin.
"Not afraid of death?" My cousin's mouth and hands didn't stop moving. He made a hand seal, and the eerie blue light was clearly a killing move.
As for the demonic energy clinging to his body, he can deal with it later.
Xie Jiaoyue's smile remained unchanged, and she also made a hand seal.
She not only used hand seals, but also made talismans.
This talisman is very precious; she made it using parts from a dead Nascent Soul stage magical beast, which she found on the spot.
As soon as the talisman emanating a faint black aura appeared, the seemingly disordered stones on the ground all emitted black mist.
These scattered stones turned out to be an array I'd never seen before.
Xie Jiaoyue smiled proudly. She was not one to win by brute force. Ordinary formations were too easy to see through, but this was a formation researched incorporating the demonic energy of magical beasts.
Time was short and the formation was rudimentary, but fortunately, it could be activated by the magic power of a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast. As long as my cousin could be tainted with a trace of demonic energy, the formation could be activated.
Make my cousin resonate with the demonic energy, and in the process of resonance, let him be corrupted by the demonic energy!
If her cousin hadn't been so obviously intent on killing her, she wouldn't have found such a perfect opportunity.
The moment the formation was activated, my cousin sensed something was wrong. He quickly dispersed the spell in his hand and focused on himself.
However, the continuous flow of spiritual energy from his dantian was unable to compete with the demonic energy, and the demonic energy surrounding him was increasing.
Who exactly is Xie Jiaoyue? The Gongshi clan has dealt with demonic beasts for many years and is already extremely familiar with demonic energy, yet they were unaware that such a formation existed in the world.
Isn't Xie Jiaoyue a sword cultivator? How come she also knows formations?
Ah, of course it was her who threatened Pianxian to conduct the research.
In fact, she had also kidnapped Gongshi Yue. If Gongshi Chuo's will to die was too irreversible, she planned to use Gongshi Yue to threaten Gongshi Chuo and let the young girl experience what it means to be wicked.
Fortunately, it didn't come to that.
Fifteen minutes later, the surging demonic energy finally completely destroyed his cousin's defenses.
My cousin lost consciousness in the demonic inferno.
"Quickly, quickly, Pianqian, stop the formation! I want one alive!"
Pianxian? Gong Shichuo's head spun around, and then he saw Pianxian emerge from the ground. He hurriedly stopped the formation from operating.
Gong Shichuo realized with horror that Pianxian was here, and that his sister might not be...
"Oh, by the way, your sister is here too."
"It's such a small matter, yet you two sisters are still playing games with each other. It's pointless. I made a simple threat, and she told me everything. Then I threatened her with you, and she came along."
"I originally wanted to use her to threaten you, to make sure you didn't die too quickly, otherwise I wouldn't have time to deal with your brother. Luckily, you're capable, so I don't have to do that."
Gong Shiyue was gentle and kind, and Xie Jiaoyue didn't want to bully such a beautiful girl unless absolutely necessary.
Gongshi Chuo & Gongshi Yue, who just emerged from underground: ...
This person is terrifying.
Pianxian, who once thought Xie Jiaoyue was a messenger of justice, clutched her chest in anguish, muttering, "I've been tainted by the demonic energy array; I'm no longer pure."
Xie Jiaoyue smiled brightly. She was a cute girl who started out by tricking and deceiving the male lead and the system. Threatening the girls was no big deal for her.
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