Chapter 187 Chapter 187 "How ridiculous."
Before he could even finish his words, Lan Qi formed a blade with his fingers and chopped it down in the direction of Jiu Zhao.
The movement was so fast that it tore through time——
Before he could even blink, the demonic energy came roaring like a mighty tsunami with overwhelming force.
Could it be that Lan Qi knew about her and Zhu Yan's plan in advance?
Terror gripped his heart, and blood from every part of his body rushed backwards to his head. This question subconsciously emerged in Jiu Zhao's mind.
The thought suddenly came to her mind, and she had no place to explore it before the evil energy pierced her chest directly.
The moment it pierced my body, the imagined severe pain did not come.
The destructive power contained in it, when it touches the skin, suddenly turns into a spring breeze and rain, spreading waves of gentle warmth.
“…”
After being stunned for a moment, Jiu Zhao met the young man's mischievous eyes, which showed that he had successfully played a prank.
He suddenly realized that spells of harm and confinement were useless—this was proof that the demon had completely fallen in love with someone.
"how?"
Lan Qi's voice was strangely hoarse, and a beautiful face appeared before her, her gaze focused and scorching. "Expressions can conceal, words can deceive, but this mark engraved on every member of the Ye clan cannot—love or not, the spell cast will reveal it."
Jiu Zhao looked back at him without blinking, and said softly, "In the past, you always emphasized to me that no matter how much love there is, it must be reserved, and not lose yourself."
"Yes, even now, I still think so."
Lan Qi simply admitted to his past actions. His voice, sober and almost cold, softened once more as Jiu Zhao's bright face met his gaze. "...But Zhao Zhao, there are always exceptions, worthy of my abandoning reason and risking my life for once."
"You are the exception."
The two were very close, but he insisted on moving forward, completely enveloping Jiu Zhao with his aura, "So, are you ready? Become my wife, my queen, and watch the vast mountains and rivers with me, with the bright moon hanging high in the sky, and accompany me to make up for all the regrets in my life—"
The only answer to Lan Qi was silence.
Jiu Zhao stood on tiptoe, hooked her arms around the young man's neck, and pressed half of her body against his chest, like a young bird returning to its nest.
There is never any sun in the sky of the Burning Sea.
But at this moment, he was able to hold the sun of his life tightly in his arms.
The actual possession made Lan Qi's breathing tremble.
His eyes inadvertently swept over Zhu Yan standing in the corner, and saw him walk a few steps to the side with his hands behind his back, and turned his head away as if he was afraid to face failure.
He won this competition after all.
There is no need to take advantage of others or to scheme.
She chose him just for love.
Nothing is more dizzying than having your partner in your arms and your rival surrendering.
Lan Qi raised his head and opened his lips, letting out a silent sigh of satisfaction.
At this moment, Jiu Zhao's voice slipped into his ears, with a hazy feeling of reminiscing about the past:
"You know what? I feel like... I've never really let you go."
He tightened his arms around her again.
"In order to help me pass the Celestial Immortal Trial, Fuxu once used the Mind-Capturing Flower to simulate the illusion of the inner demon.
"Everything that appears in the illusion is the most difficult obsession to let go of in everyone's heart.
"And my obsession is you every time."
Her nails, painted with nail polish, repeatedly rubbed the hollow of the young man's neck. Jiu Zhao recounted her memories in a disjointed manner, "I remember you taking the blame for me in front of Aunt Danxuan, I remember me weaving a bracelet for you under the acacia tree... I remember us sitting on the high platform of Lingquan Palace, painting and drinking together.
“Thinking of the countless portraits you’ve taken of me.
"And during the heart test when a Golden Immortal ascends to a Celestial Immortal, the surging scene in the illusion is still you."
Lan Qi was deeply moved.
Besides the joy of knowing that his beloved cared so much about him, he also felt an inexplicable regret for the first time in his life of never regretting his moves.
If he had exposed the God Emperor's conspiracy in advance.
Confess to Jiu Zhao the pain and hatred of being used as a vessel.
Then, would there be no separation between them for seven thousand years?
Fortunately, it is not too late and there is still room for reconciliation.
Lan Qi was so immersed in the joy of recovering his lost treasure that he didn't notice Jiu Zhao's slow tone suddenly turn cold. "However, there is a fundamental difference between the Heart Tribulation and the illusion created by the Thought Capture Flower... Qi Lang, do you know what it is?"
"What is it?"
Eager to find out the truth, Lan Qi didn't even think about asking further questions.
Jiu Zhao didn't speak immediately.
She loosened her grip on Lan Qi's neck, followed the falling hem of his clothes, and looked at his forearm where the sharp object was hidden.
The time has come.
Jiu Zhao winked at Zhu Yan, who happened to be standing with his back to Lan Qi.
Then he continued slowly, "The difference is that, dozens of times before, it was you, the inner demon, who killed me."
Use magic.
Use the edge of the sword.
Use both hands.
The hard nail scratched the skin of the forearm, and the sharp blade pierced through the flesh and blood.
It was a short blade, without a handle to facilitate concealment. The thin blade shone brightly in the candlelight around it.
Jiu Zhao held it tightly with his backhand:
"For the last time, I'll kill you!"
While the sharp blade was embedding into the flesh of her palm, she accurately stabbed the other end into Lan Qi's back.
Puff——
The sound of the sharp blade piercing through the body exploded sharply in the silent hall!
“Your Majesty!!”
The situation developed unexpectedly. After a moment of shock, Qiong Xing flew towards the two of them, screaming.
A dark shadow blocked her way like a ghost.
Zhu Yan raised his hand and slapped her hard on the forehead.
The disparity in strength was so great that Qiong Xing only had time to let out a half-scream of pain before he stepped back and slammed into the statue, completely fainting.
Time stood still.
Lan Qi mechanically lowered his head and looked at his chest in disbelief: "You want to... kill me?"
The attack hit him, but he was only seriously injured and not in danger of death.
The evil energy gathered urgently at the back of his heart, repairing the wound while trying to expel the foreign matter from his body.
Seeing this, Jiu Zhao simply gritted his teeth and pushed hard, thrusting the entire short blade in.
Zhu Yan cooperated at the right time, releasing the nine-tailed fox's secret treasure to tie up Lan Qi, making him suspended in place and unable to move.
Looking at Lan Qi's face, which was completely distorted by pain and betrayal, Jiu Zhao's eyebrows were terrifyingly calm:
"Do you think that all the sins in this world can be eliminated by love?"
She took two steps back, spread out her bleeding palms, and absorbed the blood flowing from Lan Qi's wound.
"Jiu Zhao, Lan Qi is very powerful. Even with the help of the Fox Clan's secret treasure, we can only tie him up temporarily!
"You must kill him as soon as possible!"
Zhu Yan's reminder came loudly, he formed seals with his hands and controlled the secret treasure to suppress the seriously injured Lan Qi.
Jiu Zhao did not respond, but only increased the speed of absorption - in the waves of magic light, she suddenly felt that while absorbing the blood from her heart, the true blood power in her body seemed to be rapidly transferred by a pair of invisible big hands.
She gave a slightly sarcastic smile.
The karmic fire suppressed in the dantian was suddenly released, blending with the true blood, and transformed into a more powerful force to fight back and forth with Lan Qi.
"Karma Fire..."
This aura was too familiar. Lan Qi immediately said, "This is the karma fire enshrined in the Holy Fire Altar. It belongs to Que Chang. How did you do it?"
As he spoke, the shock and anger in his eyes became more and more obvious: "Did you marry me just to steal the Karma Fire?!"
"I said it's not true, do you believe me?"
What Qiong Huang said was true. Every time the Karma Fire was used, the pain of burning the veins and soul was indeed something that ordinary people could not bear.
The severe pain caused the veins on Jiuzhao's forehead and neck to burst.
She was still smiling, her eyes as dark as dead water. "I just feel that I'm not doing well. Why are you who hurt me so proud?"
Take back the power from Wu Zhu.
You have to take back all your joys, sorrows, anger and happiness at the same time.
She intuitively felt that she was like a blank screen, being embroidered with countless colorful patterns by her memory.
However, the formation of each color requires a needle to be inserted into the body.
"Do you hate me?
"Think I've betrayed your precious trust?"
The phoenix fire absorbs the blood essence from the heart.
The other karmic fire released by Jiu Zhao was absorbing Lan Qi's resentment caused by the love that turned into hate.
The fluorescent light similar to that in the sacred fire altar swirled around and transformed into black lotuses blooming behind his feet.
Her pupils were red as fire. "From my father to you, I consider you my only family in this world. I gave you all my heart, but in the end, it was you who hurt me the most. Isn't being betrayed your karma?"
"If your Father God hadn't wanted to use me to death, we wouldn't have come to this point—"
Lan Qi opened his mouth and coughed up a large amount of blood.
Blood splattered on his long eyelashes, blurring most of his vision.
He subconsciously lowered his head and blinked his eyes, trying to shake off the blood.
But his peripheral vision fell on the beast-headed ring between his fingers—
Reason returned a little.
With the blessing of karma fire, the possibility of diverting Jiu Zhao's power and turning defeat into victory is greatly reduced.
In fact, there is another way.
There is an ancient magic circle in the Zhanying Hall to protect peace.
The ring on his hand is the key to opening or closing the magic circle.
As long as the magic circle is closed, the ministers waiting outside will discover everything that Zhu Yan and Jiu Zhao did to assassinate the emperor.
The fox clan's secret treasure will probably be unable to trap him for a few more breaths—
The plan to escape was quickly devised, but the only problem was:
In his seriously injured state, could he withstand the attacks of the two?
A few days ago, in order to solve the trouble raised by Jiu Zhao.
He once again severely injured Wu Shao by hurting himself, and now the new and old injuries overlapped with each other.
But even if he can't live.
At least I can drag them both to death together.
As soon as the thought of "dying together" came to mind, Lan Qi's breathing began to tremble again.
The short blade piercing the chest has a strong presence.
He couldn't tell whether the wound hurt more or his soul.
He just knew.
It got to the point where they were fighting each other.
My emotions are still rebelling against my reason.
He shouted at the top of his lungs, expressing his unwillingness to hurt Jiu Zhao.
"Yeah?"
Jiu Zhao had no way of knowing his true thoughts.
When she first heard the rebuttal, she tilted her head slightly, with a cold and sharp look that seemed to penetrate people's hearts:
"So what did you do to get revenge on him? They say every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. I was the only one who was exploited, deceived, and ultimately left with nothing. He's long since died, his soul in heaven. He wouldn't feel the slightest bit of heartache over my irredeemable fate!
"Lan Qi, you said you loved me, but in this life, you only hurt me."
At the end of her words, she snorted.
"How ridiculous."
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