Wuji Sea
There were so many people that the main table was moved to the front of the courtyard. It was a large round table, and a circle of familiar faces sat around it.
The other tables had already started eating, and the atmosphere was joyous. Only the main table seemed a little restrained because An Rou was sitting there.
She wasn't good at saying goodbye; she just kept smiling, unable to utter the words she'd prepared. The others also waited quietly, no one urging them.
Xiang Sao, who was sitting opposite An Rou, suddenly stood up and walked around to An Rou, holding a glass of wine. "In life, is there anything more comfortable than having food in your stomach and money in your pocket? For this, farmer, I'll give you a toast."
An Rou was slightly surprised and couldn't help but glance at the pond.
She had forgotten that Xiang Sao had been guarding the column to activate the light shield. The column was also obscured by the stone statue, making her completely forget Xiang Sao's presence.
Xiang Sao... As an NPC, could you guess what she was going to do?
This question will probably remain a mystery. Without waiting for An Rou to speak, Sister Xiang immediately finished her drink and returned to her seat.
An Rou looked at her deeply. The elderly woman had already scooped a spoonful of boiled peanuts and started peeling them.
An Rou smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass, and looked at everyone at the table one by one.
Meihong, Leng Hanli, Heng Batong, Heng Bobao, Tian Rui, Manager Liang, Shopkeeper Jin, Chef Li...
Most of these familiar faces from Zhongsu Town were strangers to her, but they had accompanied her all the way to the present.
When An Rou saw them pick up their wine glasses at the same time, all the thoughts in her mind disappeared completely.
There's no need to say goodbye or anything much, just get together and have a simple meal, and that's all that matters.
She drank it all in one gulp and said with a smile, "It's rare for us to have some fun together, I'll go to other tables and toast."
An Younian quickly stood up and said, "Rou Rou, drinking is bad for your health. Why don't you eat something first?"
"It's okay, Dad. Did you forget I already stuffed two big buns in there?"
An Rou pushed him back into his chair and smiled at the others, "Everyone, start eating! The food will get cold soon."
As the Rainbow of the Valley receded, the remaining life force on the farm gradually dissipated. The more sensitive residents could already sense a slight chill. Fortunately, the warm atmosphere at the banquet dispelled the chill that seeped in from the outside world.
An Rou picked up a pot of wine and was about to leave when Leng Hanli suddenly asked softly, "Farmer... on such a festive day, why didn't you visit your secretary?"
Heng Bobao was also wondering, and immediately pricked up his ears when he heard this.
An Rou paused and replied with a smile, "He's worried about Qiao Jie, so he went out to look for her. He'll be back soon. Don't worry."
Heng Bobao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and snorted unconsciously: "It's like this again, and I didn't even give you a heads up..."
Yu Fengqiu suddenly opened his eyes, and countless glowing tentacles came into view.
Not just the top and sides of his head, but also the soft touch beneath him. He rolled his eyes and just happened to see the light on the nearest tentacle.
A little man, only as long as a finger, emitting a white jade glow.
He jumped up, drew his weapon, looked around, and found that there was no way out.
This seems to be a confined space with no exit at all.
Yu Fengqiu suppressed his frantic heartbeat and cast his gaze on the ground not far away. There, above the densely packed tentacles, lay a teleportation array.
He suddenly understood how those players died after Spirit Realm's service was briefly suspended.
They were all teleported into this strange space!
Those players in the Spirit Realm have lost their game qualifications... In other words, this is the ghost magic space of the ghoul?
Yu Fengqiu panicked. As a member of the Dragon Breath Group, he had certainly played the game before, and his level was not low, but he had lost his eligibility to play for many years.
He didn't know how to leave here. In a panic, he only thought of one solution: to log off before being devoured by the ghoul!
Only in this way can we keep the opportunity to go deeper into Yongan and bring in someone with more gaming experience.
He made up his mind and immediately turned on the light screen. Unexpectedly, tentacles suddenly surged over from all sides and surrounded him tightly.
Those little light figures gathered together and turned into a human figure about the same height as him.
"Paopao," the other person said in a gentle voice, "You're back."
Outside the farm wall, there is a thermal boat parked.
The driver was Zhang Da, the passenger was Princess Ban Yue, and the cargo was the Rainbow of the Valley.
The energy of the Valley Rainbow is too high, even the metal deck of the thermal ship cannot bear it, so the princess can only use several silks to drag it behind.
If An Rou had arrived any later, even Ling Luo would have been unable to hold on. The princess clearly noticed that her purple weapon, the Thousand Hands Flying Blade, had cracked.
Of course, she would not complain about An Rou. After all, what An Rou sacrificed was far more than a powerful weapon.
An Rou boarded the ship and nodded gently to the princess without saying a word. The thermal boat started up, but instead of flying high into the sky, it flew forward horizontally for a while.
The farm arrived at the edge of the Infinite Sea. The nearby glaciers had been melted by the energy of the Rainbow of the Valley. No corpses floated up from the sea surface, and the pale corpses floating on the sea surface had also disappeared.
Just looking at the deep sea surface nearby, it is extremely calm, and even the whistling cold wind cannot stir up a ripple.
This doesn't mean there are no more bodies on the seabed. At the end of Soul Realm, hundreds of millions of people were frozen in the Infinite Sea. Even now, the vast majority remain buried deep beneath the glacier, their souls bound by resentment and crying out in pain.
Not far away, along the melting glacier, dense corpses continued to emerge from the sea, briefly seeing the light of day.
When the energy of the rainbow in the empty valley warms their souls, dissipates their resentment, and assimilates their remaining luck, they will be able to escape from the cage, turn into specks of silver sand, and completely dissipate.
As for whether they were willing, whether they could rest in peace... An Rou couldn't think too much about it, and she had no way of knowing. Helping them escape their current pain was the limit of what she could do.
As the thermal boat approached the glacier ahead, the rate at which the ice melted significantly accelerated.
The edge of Wuji Ocean is not a suitable place. The central sea area covered by thousands of icebergs is the most appropriate place.
The thermal boat ascended a distance, deep into the icebergs. Each iceberg had a circular vent, from which gushed a cold wind, carrying countless ghouls with it.
Zhang Da glanced at his master quietly.
As a ghoul, he couldn't hear the soul-calling song, but he knew that his master would always frown when he saw too many ghouls.
However, An Rou's expression was unexpectedly calm, and her pale skin even had a faint blush under the baking of the rainbow in the valley.
Just like when he was in Zhongsu Town, he left the pickle jar, opened his eyes for the first time, and saw the woman in cheongsam.
An Rou was staring at the ghouls on the top of the iceberg.
Given the attraction of the Valley Rainbow to the ghouls, even at such a close distance, they did not deviate from their trajectory and rush over. This can only mean one thing: they cannot break free from the cold wind rushing out of the iceberg.
The cold wind is the rule of the game, carrying the ghouls to the four major camps and the land of no life, to fulfill their mission of evolving into ghouls.
They are actually fragments of the souls of people in the Soul World, so they are ignorant and clueless.
But they have a self.
Finding oneself is the instinct of all people, so they follow their instincts and continue to devour other soul fragments. In this process, as the soul fragments increase, they have thoughts and open up "spiritual intelligence".
——This is the underlying logic behind ghouls devouring souls.
Tiandao uses games to package all of this as "evil".
The princess flew Ling Luo high into the sky, looked around, and then landed back on the deck.
"Almost there, right here."
The center of the Wuji Sea.
An Rou closed her eyes and enjoyed the final tranquility of the game world.
The princess did not urge him. On the contrary, words of persuasion and retreat had been lingering in her mind for a long time.
She couldn't say it after all.
An Rou suddenly asked with a smile: "After leaving the game, where do you want to go, return to your hometown, or stay there to retire?"
The princess slowly shook her head. "Even if the connection between the two worlds is severed, the real world will immediately return to normal. What needs to happen has happened, and what needs to be repaired still needs to be repaired. I... should stay in school and take good care of this class of children while I still have the energy."
Hopefully, there won't be a next one.
An Rou nodded: "Ban Yue, I admire you very much."
The princess still shook her head. "No, I admire you. Whatever the reason, you've only been in the game for three months, and you've already accomplished something I couldn't do in the past twenty years, something I wouldn't even dare to do."
As she spoke, a faint light flashed in her eyes.
That was the look an elder would have when looking at a younger person. Considering their actual ages, the princess was indeed old enough to be An Rou's elder.
However, being touched and loving could not shake the princess's choice.
An Rou looked at the ice surface reflecting the cold light: "Let's do it."
The silk thread stretched out, and the moon blade at the end, carrying the rainbow of the empty valley, slowly fell towards the ice surface.
Before it even touched the glacier, the rainbow energy had already melted a hole in the ice.
"Arou!"
A black line descended from the sky, and Youqi Sword held up the rainbow of the empty valley. Chumo hovered in front of the thermal ship and looked at Anrou.
He shook his head, his hoarse voice and facial features, which rarely showed any expression, revealed a sad plea.
"No, don't do this..."
"Then what should we do?" An Rou pulled out a short blade from her sleeve and put it against her throat. "Kill me?"
"No, no, that's not what I meant..."
"So what do you mean? The guild won't tolerate me, the Ghost King won't tolerate me, and they'll all want to kill me for every minute this game exists. What's the difference between fighting you and fighting me?"
Chu Mo shook his head vigorously: "It's different. No matter where you go, I will protect you. I won't let anyone hurt you!"
"Come on, Chu Mo, do you think your situation is better than mine? At least my real body isn't being controlled by anyone. What about you? Whether you live or die is constantly being weighed by the guild's higher-ups."
Chu Mo was speechless. In the past, he could at least discuss cooperation with Shi Xizheng, but now that Shi Xizheng was parasitized, he was truly without anyone to rely on.
But he still couldn't accept An Rou's choice.
"Then you don't have to do this. If you ruin the game, you'll ruin yourself..."
An Rou sneered and looked at Chu Mo with eyes full of sarcasm.
"Qi Mo, even now, you still don't know who I am? That night on Black Market Island, didn't you ask me if I wanted to kill everyone?
"I'm telling you now, yes! As long as I can survive, I can kill everyone, including you!
"You don't think that I want to melt the Wuji Sea because I am compassionate and want to save all living beings, do you? If you really think so, Chumo, you deserve to lose to the Ghost King."
Chu Mo couldn't understand the meaning of the words and murmured, "Then... why are you doing this?"
An Rou shook her head helplessly, as if looking at a dog that could neither be tamed nor made smart.
"If Heaven really wants to block my path, what else can I do?
"Of course I will. Drag the Soul Realm and that ridiculous Heavenly Dao into my burial!"
Chu Mo was shocked by the coldness in her voice, his mouth open, not knowing how to react.
He understood what An Rou meant.
Melt the Wuji Sea, eliminate all corpses and their imprisoned souls, and end the game. In this way, even if Tiandao finds another alien world, it will not be able to use the same trick again to plunder the luck.
What awaits the Soul Society is only destruction.
Let him wait for time to pass, watch his luck fade, and endure the torment of death approaching day by day - this is An Rou's revenge, the so-called "being buried together".
"Princess, don't worry about him." An Rou's tone returned to calm.
Princess Banyue's complicated gaze moved between the two of them several times, and finally moved the Rainbow of the Valley and left the Abandoned Sword.
All the silks were retracted simultaneously, and the Rainbow of the Valley slowly sank into the glacier. A thick white mist quickly surged out from the layers of ice, engulfing Chu Mo's sluggish figure.
On the sea surface, the thick layer of ice is melting little by little from bottom to top, and the sea water under the ice is beginning to churn.
Countless corpses were crowded together, washed up by the waves, and because the ice had not completely melted, they were pressed under the glacier.
Their faces, torsos, hands, and limbs were huddled together, pressed tightly against the ice, yet seemingly stretching out their hands and feet to scratch at the ice that had imprisoned them for countless years.
Finally, with a crackling sound, the ice broke, and corpses poured out from the cracks and squeezed towards both ends along the cracks.
The first iceberg began to sink. Without support at the bottom, the entire iceberg was surrounded by seawater and gradually sank into the sea.
The first crack and the first sunken iceberg were like the first domino to fall. The shattering of the glacier and the sinking of the iceberg quickly spread to the entire Wuji Sea.
The thick fog began to dissipate, revealing countless corpses floating on the churning sea. In the order in which they were exposed to sunlight, they began to turn into silver sand.
The silver sand that each person turned into was actually only a faint wisp, but with so many corpses crowded together, a layer of silver mist floated over the entire Wuji Sea.
At first glance, the mist appears extremely pure. Staring at it for a while, one can discover that it reflects a riot of colour under the pale sunlight.
Brilliant as living life.
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A place without life.
The massive army, after much haste, finally reached the shores of Onigashima. After several confluences, the army's number had surpassed one million, and their formation along the winding coastline was a truly spectacular sight.
Pea Yellow narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the giant light shield covering the entire Ghost Island one kilometer away.
A thermal boat flew over everyone's heads, and a Ghost Island player, "Qiao Da", jumped out of the boat.
"Wait a moment, I have already notified Tuodao to open the plank road." Qiao Da said.
No matter how many thermal boats there are, they can't transport that many people. Opening the plank road is the fastest way.
Qiao Da hesitated for a moment and asked, "Where's President Lu? I haven't seen him since the instance restarted."
Wandou Huang subconsciously turned on the light screen and took a look at the Destiny List.
After destroying the ghoul wave, Shi Xizheng's rank leaped to the high-level Transcendent God, and his ranking on the Destiny Ranking also jumped from behind, reaching the third place in one fell swoop. The speed of his rise was far beyond everyone's imagination.
"The president is of high level and fast speed, so he should have caught up with the front." He said.
Qiao Da nodded, turned around and looked at the slightly rippling sea, frowning: "Why haven't you lifted the plank road yet..."
Just as he was muttering, someone in the legion suddenly shouted, "Forum, everyone, check the forum!"
It attracted the puzzled attention of a group of people.
That person simply shared the light screen: "All NPCs disappear!"
The crowd was silent, as if no one understood the meaning of these words.
At the same time, more people saw the changes happening across the coast.
Pea Yellow nudged Qiao Da with his elbow, his eyes widening: "Light shield..."
The ghost island light shield disappeared.
The archipelago filled with steel forests was fully displayed before everyone's eyes, revealing a strange silence... and panic.
There was not a single person to be found on the nearest Tuo Island.
Qiao Da didn't bother to open the forum and yelled at the thermal ship above his head: "Hurry up and open the plank road!"
The thermal boat quickly flew towards the archipelago. Moments later, with a teeth-grinding creaking of metal, a plank road spanning a kilometer of sea surface slowly emerged from the water.
Qiao Da called another thermal boat, took Wan Dou Huang on board, and rushed into the archipelago.
Below, the plank road had clearly appeared, but no one set foot on it. Everyone remained at the shore, unable to shake off their shock.
Joda and Wandouhuang didn't care about them.
The thermal boat flew over Tuo Island, but saw no one there. Continuing forward, entering the secondary islands, the tall buildings were shrouded in an indescribable silence, while the streets below were bustling with people.
They were all Onigashima players who were at a loss.
The thermal ship landed quickly, and Qiao Da jumped out from mid-air, grabbing someone at random: "What's going on? What happened?!"
The man looked bewildered: "Gone... All the NPCs, disappeared..."
Nearby, another player was extremely excited, practically screaming, "It's not just Onigashima, all the NPCs and ghouls in the camp have disappeared! The Soul-Calling Song has collapsed!"
At this moment, only players are left in the vast soul world.
This holographic game, which aimed to strangle ghouls, was already dead in name only.
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The residents of the Liushui Banquet disappeared one after another.
The first person to turn into silver sand was Shopkeeper Jin.
The shopkeeper, who had been welcoming guests for many years, always had a smile on his face when he arrived at the farm and was quite popular with everyone. He was patting Chef Li on the shoulder to persuade him to drink, when Chef Li felt a sudden relief on his shoulder.
Shopkeeper Jin's smiling face froze, his narrowed eyes still looking at him, and after a few seconds, everything shattered into light silver sand.
Everyone at the table witnessed this scene and was stunned for a moment. In the streets not far away, the laughter and chatter of others remained unchanged.
No one panicked.
Chef Li picked up his wine glass, toasted the empty seat beside him, and drank it all in one gulp with a smile.
Then, he toasted Manager Liang who had also disappeared, toasted Tian Rui, toasted Sister Xiang... Before he had finished toasting everyone, it was his turn.
The wine glass lost its fingers and fell to the ground, and the crisp sound reached Meihong's ears.
Meihong took over from him and picked up the wine glass.
Heng Bobao turned his head, his beautiful face bathed in the morning sun, looking outside the farm.
Goodbye, run.
She said it in her heart, but she didn't feel sad.
Leng Hanli and Heng Batong each held one of their daughter's hands, looked at each other and smiled at each other.
The family of three turned into wisps of silver sand at the same time.
Finally someone spoke up.
Meihong calmly scanned the round table and her eyes fell on An Younian's face.
"We're the only ones left. Cousin... should have left earlier than the rest of us, right?"
An Younian smiled and nodded, but his eyes were looking outside the farm.
In that direction, a thermal ship slowly approached and hovered above the wall.
Meihong followed his gaze and for the first time, gave a sincere and bright smile to the people on the boat.
The wine glass fell to the ground and she disappeared.
An Younian seemed not to hear anything, only looking towards the wall, calling softly: "Rou Rou."
On the thermal boat, An Rou responded to his call: "Dad."
She raised her head abruptly, trying not to let the tears fall, and not wanting to see the last scene.
However, she quickly lowered her head, blinked away the tears from her eyelashes, and tried hard to see the figure sitting alone at the round table in the distance.
"Dad, have a safe journey."
An Younian smiled, his small eyes narrowed into slits as usual, frozen in time.
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"So, Soul World is a real alien world disguised as a game, and the people in it rely on luck to cultivate, and you are the last sword god in Soul World, named Jie Xin?"
"Exactly."
Yu Fengqiu was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.
A pure white figure sat on the ground in front of him and asked, "Still don't believe it?"
Yu Fengqiu came to his senses and shook his head.
As the leader of the Dragon Breath Group and having always cooperated with the work of the Second Council of Game Elders, he naturally knew about the divine revelation.
I just can't figure it out no matter how hard I try. The so-called divine revelation... sounds so ridiculous.
Getting rich quickly - the more accurate name nowadays is Jie Xin, who sighed deeply.
"Whether you believe it or not, it doesn't matter. The most important thing right now is to rescue your brother. Run, your brother is being parasitized by the Ghost King and his condition is extremely critical. There is only one way to save him."
"What method?"
"Kill me and open the Ghost Ruins."
Yu Fengqiu immediately understood.
According to Jie Xin, although the game world is full of illusions, there are many hidden rules in it that even the Ghost King cannot break.
Once the Ghost Ruins are opened, according to the rules, the Ghost King must enter the Ghost Ruins and wait for players to challenge him.
According to Jie Xin, in this situation, the Ghost King must end his parasitism so that Shi Xizheng can gain control of the body.
Yu Fengqiu calmed down and quickly got into the groove: "There are two problems with doing this."
First, Paopao's character is only high-level Gold. Even if he kills an SSS-level Yong'an Ghoul, he may not be able to surpass the Great God and Super God levels and become a Legend. In other words, he may not be able to open the Ghost Ruins.
Second, even if the Ghost Ruins were opened, he, the "Paopao", would have to enter. The Ghost Ruins were the territory of the Ghost King, which meant he was in great danger. Saving Shi Xizheng would mean exchanging one life for another.
"You should be able to tell I'm no ordinary top-tier ghoul. Killing me will unlock the Ghost Ruins. I'm more certain than anyone else of this," Xie Xin said. "It's safe to say that all the ghouls in the game combined don't give as much experience as I do. As for whether or not you'll be able to enter the Ghost Ruins, you can rest assured."
He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked up at the ghouls sleeping peacefully above him.
The light of these little people is dimming little by little.
"It was not my original intention to lead the Soul Realm's fortune to decline due to my single-minded cultivation. However, everyone's suffering was caused by me, and I should give them an explanation."
Yu Fengqiu guessed what he meant and asked doubtfully, "Are you going to kill the Ghost King?"
From the perspective of game logic, a ghoul wants to kill the Ghost King?
Yu Fengqiu had just learned the truth about the Soul Realm and couldn't believe this sentence for a moment.
Xie Xin's pure white eyes met his. "You players like to say, 'Use magic to defeat magic.' The final battle is a sham. Only I can kill the Ghost King."
Yu Fengqiu was convinced. He was about to agree when he suddenly thought of a question.
"Yong'an Farmer An Rou, could it be your... clone left outside?"
Xie Xin's hesitation allowed Yu Fengqiu to determine the answer.
Yu Fengqiu frowned: "It is said that An Rou is your master. You want to end the game. Did she agree?"
Xie Xin was silent for a long time, then spoke softly, "This decision was originally made by her."
-
An Rou stood at the intersection of Yong'an Street.
The street was very quiet, with only the mess of cups and plates on the long table like a dragon, telling of the bustle just moments before.
Zhang Da and a group of ghoul employees stood behind her. Meng Ziyu had already returned to the boy's body and arrived late, wiping his eyes.
He was the only ghoul who attended the banquet. For the first time, he accompanied his sister throughout the whole process and tasted all the dishes. He also saw her off quietly.
Meng Ziyu seemed to have become a different person, from a reckless little boy to a polite boy.
He clasped his fists and bowed to An Rou: "I am extremely grateful for saving my sister from suffering."
An Rou was slightly surprised: "You remembered?"
Meng Ziyu straightened up, smiled slightly, and his expression froze from then on.
After a few seconds, he, who was parasitic in the NPC's body, turned into a wisp of silver sand.
An Rou turned around and looked at Zhang Da and the others.
The player's parasites seem to delay their disappearance, and they are still there.
An Rou took a bottle of Lotus White from the table beside her, walked towards Zhang Da, and said with a smile: "I'm lucky to have you guys these days. I won't say much in farewell, I'll toast you a glass."
She didn't take the glass, but simply tilted her head back. The clear liquor poured out of the bottle, and the strong liquor burned her throat.
An Rou wiped the wine off her chin and handed the bottle to Zhang Da.
Zhang Da was silent for a moment, and just as he was about to take it, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the wall.
On the wall, a figure appeared out of nowhere.
Shi Xi was staring at An Rou from afar, his expression sometimes resentful, sometimes mocking, and finally turning into a joke.
"I'm so sorry to bother the farmer with his farewell."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Da rushed over.
Seeing this, the other ghoul employees followed closely.
Shi Xizheng curled his lips into a cold smile, and with a casual wave of his hand, his arm transformed into a pair of iron wings. Several iron feathers transformed into streams of light, accurately piercing the eyebrows of all the ghouls.
Including Zhang Da, all the ghoul employees froze and then turned into wisps of silver sand.
An Rou didn't care too much.
The Ghost King couldn't harvest any luck from the ghouls, so Zhang Da and the others would have to leave sooner or later. It was just a pity that he couldn't finish the wine she offered him.
Shi Xizheng jumped off the wall and walked towards An Rou step by step.
He glanced around and asked casually, "Why don't I see Chu Mo? It's already this late, and he didn't come to be your dog. It's not right."
An Rou smiled: "I told you he's a dog that can't be tamed. I don't know where he went."
"Oh? In that case," Shi Xizheng waved his iron wings, "I can only vent my anger on you."
Several more iron feathers shot towards An Rou.
"careful!"
A silk thread shot out at an extremely fast speed, wrapped around An Rou and pulled her into the air.
All the "Thousand Flying Blades" were activated, and the princess looked like a gorgeous spider with extremely long legs, perched on the roof of the trading company.
Ling Luo brought An Rou to her side.
An Rou smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. The Ghost King is parasitic in Shi Xizheng's body, so he is also a Ghost King. I am not a real NPC, but I am also an NPC. He can't hurt me. - Right? Mr. Ghost King."
Shi Xi squinted his eyes and stared for a moment, then suddenly smiled, and his other arm turned into iron wings and flew into the air.
"Princess Banyue, number two on the list, well, even though you're a woman, I've coveted your body for a long time." He glanced down at his body. "Shi Xizheng is such a loser. I gave him so much experience, but his luck still can't catch up to yours."
An Rou's eyes darkened, and she whispered to the princess, "Quickly log off."
The rules of the game still apply: outside of the Ghost Ruins, the Ghost King cannot harm NPCs or players, but can parasitize the Princess. Shi Xizheng's words clearly implied this.
The princess refused: "What will you do if I leave?"
In fact, she had been offline since the Wuji Sea melted.
The entire internet was filled with explosive public opinion about the collapse of the Soul-Guiding Song, but for some reason, she couldn't let out the anger that had been pent up in her heart for many years.
Because of An Rou.
So she chose to log into the game again. Whether she was alive or dead, she felt guilty because she couldn't see An Rou's ending.
Just as An Rou said that the Ghost King could not harm NPCs, even if the princess believed it, she could not stand idly by when she actually saw the attack skills coming towards An Rou.
"Yeah, if she leaves, you'll be so lonely." Shi Xizheng said with a smile, "I'll stay and keep you company."
Before he finished speaking, the iron wings extended wildly, suddenly enveloping the entire roof of the business building. The building was like tofu, easily cut in half.
High-level martial arts space.
Moreover, it is a high-level martial arts space with built-in attack attributes.
The iron wings continued to cut the space inside, and chain-like metallic gray shadows quickly approached the two.
Shi Xizheng's weapon is also a purple weapon, and its power is not inferior to the Thousand-Hand Flying Blade.
The princess pulled An Rou up and ordered Ling Luo to clear the way, attempting to break through the high-level martial arts space. However, Ling Luo had been severely damaged from transporting the Valley Rainbow, and under the iron wings, it was almost broken at the first touch.
The princess looked around, but could not find Shi Xizheng's figure amidst the heavy iron wings.
There is no way.
When Tie Yi got close enough, she quickly activated the high-level martial arts space of Thousand Hands Flying Blade, trying to use space to break through space and create a way to escape.
However, the fate of each silk thread was no different from the previous one.
Under the extremely high attack power of the Iron Wings, the Thousand Hands Flying Blade had no chance to unfold. Colorful streamers scattered in the space that shone with cold metallic light, like a rain of flowers.
An Rou suddenly exerted force and pulled the princess behind her.
Shi Xizheng's face suddenly appeared just a few feet away, and their eyes met.
His smile was filled with malice: "Do you think you can protect her?"
An Rou raised the corner of her lips: "To be more precise, it depends on my brain."
Shi Xizheng's expression froze and he turned his head abruptly.
Across the gaps between the iron wings, a fist-sized black dot appeared in the grayish-white sky. Like a living thing, it engulfed its surroundings at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually expanding.
An indescribable power gushed out from it, enveloping Shi Xizheng's entire body.
The high-level martial arts space suddenly stagnated.
The iron wings stopped extending, the clanging metallic sounds died down, and the sparks produced by the friction between the iron feathers also died out.
"you……"
Shi Xi was gritting his teeth and only had time to utter one word before his ferocious face froze and his resentful eyes lost all their luster.
A figure separated from him, a faint light flashing away. Then, Gao Wu's space disappeared, and the real Shi Xi fell to the ground.
His eyes were blank for a moment, then quickly regained clarity. He raised his head and looked at the roof.
An Rou lowered her eyes and looked at him from a distance.
After chasing Yong'an for so long, this was the first time that Shi Xizheng saw this special NPC in person. Apart from the clothes and makeup, she looked exactly like An Rou in real life.
That's right, they are the same person.
Shi Xi was raising his hand and clicking on the light screen, but his raised upper body fell down again.
An Rou withdrew her gaze and looked at the princess.
The princess stared at the screen in front of her in disbelief. The screen was showing the world channel, with three identical sentences printed on it.
[World Announcement: Congratulations to player "Paopao" for reaching Legend and starting the final battle in Ghost Ruins.]
[World Announcement: Congratulations to player "Paopao" for reaching Legend and starting the final battle in Ghost Ruins.]
[World Announcement: Congratulations to player "Paopao" for reaching Legend and starting the final battle in Ghost Ruins.]
"...Run?!" The princess struggled to form her words. "He's online? Did he...kill Baofu?!"
Without waiting for An Rou to answer, the princess pulled her up and ran away.
Even though she had no weapons, she still had mobility skills. In the blink of an eye, she passed through an entire street of buildings and landed on the roof of the staff dormitory.
There was a person standing in the open space outside the dormitory, with a frightened face that looked a little bit rich.
There was a snow-white long sword stuck in Bao Fu's forehead.
The terrified face hadn't disappeared, and Baofu hadn't turned into a pool of corpse fluid, but the system recognized Paopao's reward. This meant that Baofu was indeed dead.
Killed by Paopao.
The princess couldn't help but look at An Rou. An Rou had no expression on her face and just stared quietly at the bottom.
Above his head, the entrance to the Ghost Ruins was fully opened, and an invisible force pulled Paopao slowly into the air.
"An Rou, you...you already knew this, was it you who arranged all this?"
The princess reacted, but she didn't understand.
The game crash was a fact, so why did An Rou let Paopao kill Baofu? For An Rou, how important Baofu was to her was obvious to her, even someone who had only been working on the farm for a few days.
An Rou's voice was calm: "Originally, you should have been the one to complete this step. But before I told you, he came back, just in time."
"But..." The princess couldn't say anything, so she could only shout to the people below, "Run, quickly pick up the Phoenix Flame!"
As the second on the list, she naturally recognized the white long sword, which was once the famous weapon of the old man on the third list.
With the Phoenix Flame in hand, perhaps after running into the Ghost Ruins, there is still a one in ten thousand chance of killing the Ghost King. Without the Phoenix Flame... it would just be a waste of life.
Paopao didn't look up, but he had clearly heard her warning. Without him making any movement, the Phoenix Flame Sword automatically unsheathed itself, whistling as it turned its tip and charged forward.
But it flew straight past Paopao and headed towards Guixu.
The princess was startled, and following the afterimage left in the air, she suddenly discovered another black light.
You abandoned the sword and removed the ink!
Two beams of light, one black and one white, moved at breakneck speed, arriving at the entrance of the Ghost Ruins at the same instant and colliding. Like two objects carrying immensely high energy, their collision unleashed a devastating storm.
Clouds and mist gushed out, lightning and thunder flashed.
The dazzling sword light penetrated everything and reflected into the princess's pupils, and a human figure appeared with it.
He was wearing a white robe and had long hair, and he was one with his sword. Before he disappeared into the ghost ruins, he seemed to look back at the ground below.
The ghost ruins disappeared in an instant, and then Paopao, who was floating in the air, fell to the ground with a heavy thud.
The princess was completely stunned.
"He's just a key." The sky returned to normal, and An Rou withdrew her gaze. "Only when the Ghost King is dead can we truly eradicate the roots."
The purpose of all these schemes is naturally to kill the gods - the gods of the soul world.
"But you..."
"Half a month," An Rou interrupted her and shook her head gently, "Go offline and don't come back. I want to be alone during this last bit of time."
After she finished speaking, she ignored the princess and jumped off the roof.
The goose-feather boots couldn't slow her fall, causing An Rou to stumble as she landed. She ignored her sprained leg, sat on the ground, and gently stroked the rich man's large forehead.
There was no trace of blood on the forehead that was pierced by the Phoenix Flame, only a black hole.
There was no burning sensation from the white flames when she touched it, but it was icy cool, just like the first time she climbed onto the back of this crazy ghoul, and it was so comfortable that she wanted to lie down immediately.
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