Su Ming was momentarily stunned. That voice was weak, but it had managed to pierce through his heart and reach him. The fact that the person had called himself the Duke of Crimson Flame shocked Su Ming greatly.
"My ally from the sacred Abyss Builders, do not panic. You are the only one who can hear my voice. We will talk about the fifth Abyss Pact later. Right now, I will help you get through this difficult situation … The power of the seal is still around, and I do not have a single shred of cultivation base in my body. I cannot move even a single inch. Come … to me. Come to my side. Only by doing so can I protect you." The faint voice echoed in Su Ming's ears. A barely noticeable glint appeared in his eyes, but he did not turn his head back to look at the skeleton in the purplish black magma.
It was also at that moment that Tian Lin wiped off the blood at the corners of his mouth and started laughing loudly in a shrill voice. As he laughed, a wave of madness and grief appeared in his voice. It was as if this grief had been suppressed for thousands of years, and it had erupted at that moment.
"If I had to choose how I would die, then I would choose to die with you!" Tian Lin lifted his right hand and pressed it against his chest. When he did so, Su Ming immediately saw the physical body in Tian Lin's Nascent Divinity instantly shatter. This meant that he had completely given up on his physical body. At that moment, all he had was his Nascent Divinity.
This pure Nascent Divinity was not something Tian Lin had obtained through training alone. Instead, he had obtained it by executing the Art to reverse the flow of his Nascent Divinity to his physical body. It might have become much stronger, but it was the same as burning his own potential to stimulate his own light. It could not last for long. Before long, Tian Lin's Nascent Divinity would no longer have a physical body to support it.
He had already chosen to die. This was his choice. Even if he had to die, he wanted to die by burning himself. Even if he had to die, he wanted to die … in a fight against his mortal enemy, Jing Nan Zi.
"Ancestors of the Tian family, I, Tian Lin, am an unfilial junior. Today, I will use my death to take revenge. Ancestors, please protect me in heaven … so that I can kill this person!" An indomitable presence erupted from Tian Lin's body. The surface of his Nascent Divinity swiftly turned brown like tree bark. In the blink of an eye, his body looked as if he had turned into a tree man.
At the same time, numerous branches grew out of the tips of his index fingers and spread out. At the same time, his body was also filled with the power of plants and vegetation.
'His Nascent Divinity has completely fused with his tree … 'A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He could tell Tian Lin's current state and madness. This was a person who did not care about death. This was the strongest power he could muster in his life after he had one foot in the grave.
Jing Nan Zi stood in midair with his red spear in hand. His pupils narrowed slightly, and a bloodthirsty fighting spirit appeared in his eyes. A faint smile appeared at the corners of his lips under his helmet.
"Back then, I spared your life because I sensed that the bloodline in your body was the richest among the Tian bloodline. It's close to returning to its ancestral state …" Jing Nan Zi swept the spear in his right hand forward.
Boom boom boom.
The space in front of Jing Nan Zi shattered, and the shattering spread out to form an invisible storm in space. It distorted the space and rammed toward Tian Lin.
Tian Lin let out a loud bellow. His cultivation base seemed to be burning and seething, and his speed increased by several folds. The power of his might even clashed head-on against Jing Nan Zi.
Bang, bang, bang.
The two of them fought several times in midair. Every single time they fought, Tian Lin's body would tremble and rumble. There were quite a number of places on his body that had been torn to pieces, but they would soon recover completely. After all, his Nascent Divinity had fused with the tree, and the life force of a tree was usually incredibly tenacious and incredibly vast.
Because of that, even if Tian Lin was injured, he could instantly return to the peak of his condition. With the power of those who had attained completion in the initial stage of World Plane Realm, once he fused with the tree, he could display a terrifying power equivalent to those in the middle stage of World Plane Realm. He could fight against Jing Nan Zi on equal grounds for a short period of time.
At the instant violent tremors spread through the area once again, Jing Nan Zi threw his head back and laughed loudly with the long spear in his hand.
"Good, child of the Tian Family. As expected, you didn't disappoint me. The Tian bloodline is incredibly famous in True Sacred Yin World … If your ancestor's branch hadn't betrayed your family and failed, they wouldn't have been imprisoned in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence." A brilliant light shone in Jing Nan Zi's eyes. As he spoke in a ghastly voice, he turned into a long arc and instantly appeared before Tian Lin.
Bang!
The space between the two of them shattered, and a powerful force of impact swept through the area, stirring up booming sounds that swept in all directions.
Tian Lin's expression was dark. He did not say a single word. Clearly, what Jing Nan Zi had said was not a secret to him. He rushed forward and started fighting once again.
Su Ming stood on his statue of the God of Berserkers. The force of impact that came tumbling backwards lifted his hair. As Su Ming's eyes sparkled, he tightened his grip on the killing sword in his hand before slowly relaxing it. He did not rush into the battle, but neither did he retreat to the Duke of Crimson Flame's side like he had said.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Su Ming would not choose the Duke of Crimson Flame's method. After all, the hearts of men were sinister, and the slightest carelessness would cause him to be doomed eternally.
Su Ming stood calmly with the killing sword in his hand. The shape of a bright sun gradually appeared in his left eye, and a crescent moon appeared in his right eye, causing his eyes to be filled with a hazy air. At the same time, stars appeared in Su Ming's heart.
Illusion of Stars, Sun, and Moon!
At that moment, Su Ming cast this illusion on Jing Nan Zi while Jing Nan Zi and Tian Lin were fighting intensely against each other. It was impossible for anyone to fight against this illusion. If they were distracted for the slightest moment, they would immediately fall into an illusion.
Almost the instant Su Ming executed the Illusion of Star, Sun, and Moon, Jing Nan Zi, who was fighting against Tian Lin, felt his heart tremble. It was as if some sort of great danger was about to appear, and it caused his eyes to sparkle. However, before he could investigate the source of this danger, suddenly …
"Jing Nan Zi!" Su Ming let out a loud shout and leaped up from his statue of the God of Berserkers. His voice was like thunder, and it even contained the divine ability of the God of Berserkers' roar, causing it to stir up an endless amount of echoes in the limited karst cave.
"Jing Nan Zi."
"Jing Nan Zi …"
"Jing Nan Zi …" These echoes filled the area, and in the blink of an eye, they swiftly fused together to turn into a roar that sounded like the might of heaven itself.
"Jing … Nan … Zi!" That roar shook Tian Lin's ears to the point that booming sounds rang in his ears. Jing Nan Zi's heart was so shaken that he even became absent-minded for a moment, as if his soul had been called out, causing him to instinctively look towards Su Ming, who had spoken. What he saw was not Su Ming's face, but the light from the sun and moon reflecting off each other. At the instant he saw the sun and moon, Jing Nan Zi had a feeling as if he had turned into a star. At the instant this feeling appeared, a bang immediately rang out in his head.
When everything before his eyes became clear again, he saw a brilliant smile, a gentle gaze, and a hand that had been stretched towards him. The palm lines on that hand were incredibly rough, but it made that hand look warm and sturdy enough for a person to rely on it.
"Big brother …" Jing Nan Zi was momentarily stunned. He stared blankly at the tall and built young man who looked to be in his twenties standing before him. That young man had a huge sword strapped to his back, and at that moment, he had stretched out his right hand and placed it before Jing Nan Zi.
"Little brother, with your big brother here, why are you crying..? Train properly, and in the future, the two of us will wander the galaxy together."
Jing Nan Zi saw himself. He was a boy who was only twelve or thirteen years old. He had short hair and was thin, and tears were falling from his eyes. He remembered that this was him from many years ago. This was the most precious memory in his memories, and it was the memory of his big brother.
However, this was also the memory he did not want to remember the most. Yet at that moment, it had appeared before him in such a realistic manner.
"A man must be upright and upright. Little brother, you have a dark personality, and this is something I don't like, but with me around, one of these days, I will make you change your attitude." Jing Nan Zi's ears echoed with his big brother's voice. The scene before his eyes changed, and he saw himself growing up. However, the dark look on his face was incredibly great, and it was difficult for it to disappear. Only when he faced his big brother would that dark look turn into a bright smile.
"I'm his big brother. He made a mistake, and I will pay with my life!" As Jing Nan Zi looked at the memories, the smile on his face froze, and it turned into grief and anger. This was the turning point in his life. This was a memory that changed his entire life. It was a memory that he would not be able to forget even if he died.
In this memory, he lost his big brother.
He saw himself kneeling on the ground with his body trembling. He saw his big brother standing before him with a longsword in his hand. He saw an old man appear before him. The old man had a cold expression as he looked at his big brother. Behind the old man stood an even colder young woman. She was looking at Jing Nan with disgust.
"I, Chen Jing, am his big brother. He's still young, so I'll die in his place." Jing Nan Zi saw his big brother turn around and flash him a gentle smile. In that smile, he saw the sword in his big brother's hand sink into his neck. Jing Nan Zi roared madly as blood flowed out.
"Since your big brother is using his life as an apology, I'll let this matter go."
Jing Nan Zi's body trembled. He could not help but let out a shrill howl. This was the most painful scene in his memory, and he did not want to recall it. He wanted to bury it in the depths of his heart, but now, it had resurfaced, and he saw it once again.
He also saw himself kneeling before his big brother's corpse after the old man and the young man left. After a few days of silence, his hair turned red, and a monstrous murderous aura spread out from his body. He saw that there was no longer a hint of emotion in his eyes. There was only bloodthirst and madness.
"Big Brother, I'm with you. I'm you. From now on, I'm not Chen Nan anymore. I'm Jing Nan!" As Jing Nan Zi laughed brokenly, endless pain traveled through his body. The pain was both physical and internal. The intense pain caused all the memories before his eyes to shatter. When everything became clear again, he was still in the karst cave. Before him was Tian Lin, who was unleashing his full power and continuously attacking Jing Nan Zi's body.
By the looks of it, the blood in his mouth had been caused by Tian Lin's attacks.
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