Chapter 187 Finale (Part 1)
Lu Yan had come for the magma pool from the beginning. He glanced at Xing Yuan and No. 2, and his gaze softened slightly when he saw the former: "You two go out first and wait for me outside."
Xing Yuan gritted his teeth and refused to leave, and was finally taken away by No. 2. After seeing them leave, Lu Yan looked at the priest seriously, but did not make any moves or attack. Instead, he covered his whole body with a thin layer of light-colored supernatural power, and then jumped into the bubbling red magma pool without any warning.
“Plop!”
The scorching hot magma on the surface was actually just a decoy. When Lu Yan jumped in with the determination to die, he found that there was a dim space below. He seemed to have come into a dream, his body floating uncontrollably, and at the bottom there was an ice-blue object flashing with light. He didn't know if it was the priest's soul.
Lu gathered a bolt of lightning and was about to smash the unknown object, but suddenly many black tentacles appeared all around him and tightly wrapped around his body. At the end of the darkness, he could only see a pair of scarlet eyes, unable to hide their anger:
"You are so brave that you actually dared to jump down!"
Over the years, some wanderers have had thoughts of rebellion, but they could never imagine that the priest's true soul was hidden under the magma. Even if they knew, they dared not jump in, for fear of being corroded to ashes.
Lu Yan ignored the priest's words and just wanted to end the battle quickly. The Sky City was almost unable to hold on, and if the monster in front of them was not dealt with, humanity would be doomed.
The two of them quickly tangled up with each other. People outside couldn't see the situation below clearly. They could only see the surface of the magma bubbling wildly like boiling water, as if it would explode at any time.
It was not until this time that Lu Yan discovered that the priest was actually a five-element mutant. The opponent's energy was mottled and complex, absorbing countless natural elements. The fireballs mixed with ice blades came all at once, making it impossible to defend against!
Lu Yan said coldly: "What kind of monster are you!"
The priest seemed to have heard some ridiculous joke. His huge dark figure loomed over everything, making Lu Yan feel as if he was fighting inside his stomach. "Monster? I've lived longer and am stronger than humans, and you're just ants stuck in time. How can you say I'm a monster?!"
Lu Yan asked back: "What about you? Aren't you also trapped in time?"
"If you are not trapped in time, why do you keep looking for reincarnations and reviving over and over again? It is the law of nature that humans die after a hundred years. If you want to forcibly destroy the law, you will only become a monster that is neither human nor ghost in the end!"
His words hit the priest's sore spot, and he instantly flew into a rage. Countless golden blades came at him like a violent storm, and even though Lu Yan used his supernatural powers to block them, he was still cut by them. He dodged to the left, and the dense golden blades followed him to the left. He dodged to the right, and the dense golden blades followed him to the right. It was as if they had life, and they chased after him relentlessly.
Lu Yan caught a glimpse of the blue soul floating not far away, his eyes darkened, and he immediately flew over there. The priest rushed forward to stop him, but he didn't expect Lu Yan to suddenly dodge downwards, and the golden sword chasing him from behind couldn't change direction in time and stabbed directly at the priest.
While the priest was frantically trying to resist, Lu Yan swiftly snatched the blue ball of light and was about to crush it, but a black tentacle suddenly pierced his wrist and tried to snatch the soul back. During the struggle, Lu Yan could only throw the ball of light hard onto the shore and out of the magma pool.
“Damn it!!!”
The priest was furious, and the whole cave began to shake. Gravel fell down, and Lu Xiaozhao, who was thrown into a corner by No. 2 and fell into a coma, also woke up. He crawled out of the corner with his teeth bared. Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw two bodies struggling in the red magma. They were Lu Yan and the priest, and a blue ball of light was rolling on the ground not far away.
Lu Xiaozhao was shocked and shouted, "Brother?! Why are you here?!"
Lu Yan tried his best to stop them, and shouted: "Lu Xiaozhao, destroy that soul!"
Lu Xiaozhao was shocked to see Lu Yanhun covered in blood. He quickly ran forward, hugged the ball of light, and then smashed it against the rock with all his might. Every time he smashed it, the cave shook more violently, and all the creatures outside the cave seemed to have paused, stopping at the moment their souls were thrown into the magma.
The raindrops slid down the leaves and froze in mid-air.
The hail of bullets above the Sky Castle stopped.
All the wanderers and humans maintained the same posture as the previous second; even the clouds stopped changing.
The priest screamed and yelled in the cave, but Lu Yan trapped him with all his strength: "Stop! You are my reincarnation. If your soul is broken, you will die too!!"
Lu Xiaozhao turned a deaf ear and pounded against the stone wall with all his might: "My life is worthless, but it's worth it to have you buried with me!!"
The priest used his tentacles to pierce through Lu Yan's internal organs. Blood gushed out crazily and mixed with the boiling magma: "Do you want to watch your brother die for those selfish people outside?! Hurry up and make him stop!!"
Hearing this, Lu Yan's eyes turned red, veins popped up on his forehead, and a hint of hesitation flashed through his heart. He couldn't help but relax his strength in stopping the fight. However, Lu Xiaozhao shouted, "Brother, you've pinned him to death! Don't let go! I'm going to break it open! There are so many people outside waiting for us to save them!!"
He was usually silly and liked to cheat people on the Internet, but he also knew how many people would be harmed if the priest continued to live, so it was worth it to exchange one life for another. Thinking of this, Lu Xiaozhao's strength became more and more ruthless. Finally, there was a "click" sound, and the outer shell of the light ball finally cracked.
"Bang--!"
Lu Xiaozhao gritted his teeth and delivered a final blow, the outer shell flew everywhere, and accompanied by the priest's heart-wrenching "No", the entire magma pool exploded, the cave collapsed, and Lu Yan used up his last bit of strength to rush over and pull Lu Xiaozhao out of the cave.
“Boom——!”
The rubble slid down one after another, and the smoke and dust rose up, burying them all. Lu Yan had a hard time closing his eyes, and happened to see Xing Yuan and No. 2 not far from the cave. They were kneeling on the ground with painful expressions, and cracks suddenly appeared on their bodies, as if they would be annihilated into ash at any time.
"Xing Yuan!"
Lu Yan panicked when he saw this, and without having time to think, he struggled to climb out of the pile of rocks.
Xing Yuan only felt a sharp pain in his lungs, and the violent energy in his body was wandering everywhere, cutting his body like a knife. He saw Lu Yan crawling out from the ruins, his dim eyes finally brightened for a moment, he staggered to his feet and walked over, and finally he couldn't hold on any longer and fell in front of him.
"Xing Yuan!"
Lu Yan quickly caught the person in his arms, but his fingertips did not feel the usual cool touch. He only felt that he was hugging a ball of mist that could disappear at any time. He looked panicked and said, "What's wrong with you?!"
Xing Yuan smelled the blood on Lu Yan's body, and suddenly held his fingertips tightly, gritted his teeth and asked: "Priest... Is the priest dead..."
Lu Yan said in a hoarse voice: "Yes."
No wonder…
Xing Yuan felt as if all his strength was drained away after hearing this. He closed his eyes with a dead heart. The priest lied. The disappearance of his soul would not cause Lu Xiaozhao to die with him. It would only cause all the wanderers to perish together. The wanderers were created by the priest. When the creator disappeared, the things born from his hands would also disappear. However, he was unwilling to accept this. He clearly had so much time, but he could not even spend a complete four seasons with this human.
With their wrists tightly pressed together, Xing Yuan transferred all of his life points to the other side, second by second, year by year:
"Lu Yan..."
This human being was somewhat special to him.
In the long years ahead,
"Will you always remember me..."
He is a monster.
A rotten heart.
I've never been truly loved.
How much he liked the human being in front of him, so much that he wanted to share every second of his life with her, so much that he wanted to live in her chest and beat violently like a bright red heart.
Lu Yan hugged Xing Yuan tightly, his fingertips trembling with panic. He blinked his blurry eyes hard, and sticky blood flowed down his forehead, sweet and rusty: "I can die with you."
He said seriously: "Xing Yuan, I can die with you."
Xing Yuan liked this answer so much that his gray pupils were brightened. He didn't know where he got the strength from, but he reached out and hugged Lu Yan tightly, closing his eyes and whispering, "But I have already given my life to you."
"Lu Yan, live well..."
Maybe one day, God will have mercy on us and you and I will meet again.
"call--"
A gust of wind blew, and Xing Yuan's body suddenly dissipated into mist. Seeing this, Lu Yan's eyes flashed with panic. He stretched out his hands to grab, but touched nothing. At that moment, No. 2's body also dissipated. Thousands of wanderers above the Sky City exploded like fireworks, and turned into countless drizzles pouring down.
The humans fighting below were all stunned by what was happening. They looked up at the sky in disbelief. The cold rain hitting their faces washed away the blood on the road, reminding them that this was not a dream.
"The wanderer has disappeared!"
“They’re really gone!”
"Great...Great...We are finally alive..."
They laughed and cried, threw away their weapons and huddled together in the rain, rejoicing that humanity had survived this catastrophe.
When Lu Xiaozhao crawled out of the ruins in pain, he saw heavy rain outside. Lu Yan was half-kneeling in the rain with his back to him, stunned. He looked up at the sky, as if there was a dark red heart floating there that only he could see:
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the main quest - City of Hope! The special item "God's Prayer" is rewarded. The host can make a wish to the heaven in this world, and there is a 50% chance of it being fulfilled. Do you want to use it? ]
"……yes."
The man's hoarse voice was almost drowned out by the rain.
【Activate the props! 】
The system coughed twice and hinted madly: [This system just leaked the answer to save you, and was punished by the executive officer and deducted ten points. You can make a wish so that I can add the points back.]
Lu Yan looked at it and squinted his eyes in the rain: "Will I die if I don't add it back?"
System: [That won’t happen.]
Lu Yan said calmly: "Oh, then I won't add it."
System: 【!!!】 I’m so pissed!
The system had never seen such a cruel host before. Just as it was shaking with anger and preparing to rush up to teach Lu Yan a lesson, it saw him slowly close his eyes, his inky hair covering his eyes, and he made a sincere wish in his heart. The cold rain washed away the blood on his body, as if to cleanse the filth of the whole world:
God is above,
If you could listen to my prayer,
Please let people break free from the shackles of time.
And know that time is precious and life is short...
God is above,
If you could have mercy on all things,
Please let all rotten things grow flesh and blood again because of love.
All who die with love can be resurrected,
All the lost people can reunite on the same land.
Humans only need to live a hundred years.
The utopia in the clouds should have dissipated long ago.
And I just want a rotten heart...
Lu Yan closed his eyes and made a wish. The wounds on his body became even colder and more painful under the rain. However, he just stared at the dim sky above his head, hoping that a miracle would happen. He silently added another wish in his heart:
If possible, I hope the punishment on the system can also be dissipated.
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