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Blood-curdling screams could be heard all around. Blood splattered everywhere, filling the night sky with the smell of blood.
Li Chang Long looked at Tan Tan. Tan Tan's entire body was bathed in blood. His appearance was on the verge of collapse. Moreover, the fierce look in Tan Tan's eyes had almost condensed into a solid substance. Therefore, a palpitating feeling welled up from the bottom of Li Chang Long's heart.
Xie Dan Feng staggered two steps as she was pushed by Tan Tan. However, she didn't run away as she had been told. Instead, she suddenly stood still. Then, she turned her head, and foolishly looked at Tan Tan's back. Her eyes were filled with happiness and happiness.
Yes, in such a hopeless situation, Xie Dan's phoenix eyes didn't show any sorrow, despair, or fear of death. There was only sweetness and happiness.
"Why haven't you left yet?!" Tan Tan roared violently.
"I'm not leaving. I'm scared." Xie Dan Feng sadly said, "I'm scared. What if we don't die together, and we get separated on the road to the Yellow Springs? I'm all alone with no one to protect me. Even if I become a ghost, I'm still afraid. "
"I've never tasted this kind of protection before, so I'm not afraid of anything. But now, I know that I want to be protected by you … "Xie Dan Feng bit her lips. Her eyes were overflowing with tenderness. Her deathly pale face was faintly discernible under the flickering saber and sword lights," Therefore … Tan Tan, let us die together if we have to die. "
"That would be so blissful …" Xie Dan Feng sighed as if she had nothing else to ask for.
"Stupid woman! Stupid woman! "Tan Tan gnashed his teeth and cursed," How can you be so stupid? "
Xie Dan Feng's body swayed a bit. She then smiled and said, "I … it's better if I'm a bit stupid. I'm afraid that you won't want me if I become smart …"
Tan Tan faced upwards, and roared. A mouthful of bright blood suddenly spurted out of his mouth. He then shouted, "Woman! You'll die after I die! You know, I don't want a bunch of ghosts to point at my back and say: This bastard can't even protect his own wife! Do you understand? The reason I practice martial arts is to protect! Protect you! Protect my master! Protect my Senior Brother! Protect him! "
Xie Dan Feng nodded obediently, "Don't worry. I'll keep my eyes open before you die. But, I'll take my last breath with you when you close your eyes. Regardless of life or death, don't even think about abandoning me! "
Tan Tan felt a surge of hot blood in his chest. He suddenly started to pant for breath. It seemed as if an indescribable emotion had suddenly brewed and accumulated in his heart. And, it made his entire body feel as if it was about to explode …
Li Chang Long stood in front of them. However, it seemed as if neither of them had seen this life-or-death enmity.
However, Li Chang Long suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning when Tan Tan had said those words. A wave of agony surged through his heart. It was as if a soft spot in the depths of his heart had been ruthlessly struck …
Li Chang Long found it difficult to breathe at this moment. His lofty and insufferably arrogant body suddenly stooped, and curled up into a ball.
"The reason I practice martial arts is to protect! Protect you, protect Master … "
"Protect... I practice martial arts in order to protect..." Li Chang Long muttered, "Then, who am I protecting? Where are the people who need my protection now? … "
Li Chang Long's eyes suddenly became perplexed. His body swayed a bit. It seemed as if a huge mountain had suddenly pressed down on his body.
And, he couldn't breathe under the pressure.
"Don't even think about abandoning me — dead or alive!" Xie Dan Feng's voice came from a very close distance. But, it seemed to have come from an incomparably distant place in Li Chang Long's ears. It was incomparably indistinct, yet it was clearly transmitted.
It seemed as if another person was whispering to Li Chang Long, "Don't even think about abandoning me — dead or alive!"
[Don't even think about abandoning me — dead or alive …]
[The reason I practice martial arts is to protect …]
….
"Ah! ~ ~ ~" Li Chang Long suddenly raised his head. His expression was mournful as he roared towards the boundless blue dome of heaven with all his might! His face was distorted. His eyes were filled with grief and regret. He suddenly held his head with both of his hands. Then, he faced upwards and crazily roared. Two lines of tears suddenly flowed out of his eyes.
The agony in his heart had completely submerged him at this moment!
The distant memories of the past suddenly welled up in his mind in a split second.
[This is true love!]
[I used to have it!] [I used to have it!]
[I used to have it …]
[I was just a little boy at that time. My neighbor was a little girl like her. She wasn't very good-looking, but she was very gentle.]
[We were childhood sweethearts. We grew up together. We both knew that we were going to accompany each other for the rest of our lives.]
[I would've lived an ordinary and happy life if nothing had happened.]
[She and her father had agreed to marry me when I had proposed marriage at the age of seventeen. We had been drinking at her house that day. We had gotten drunk, but we had been very happy …]
[But, we had seen a wedding when we had gone out the next morning. A young man was pulling a carriage with a snow-white horse. His bride was in the carriage. The bride's face was full of happiness and satisfaction …]
[I felt inferior at that moment. I felt angry.]
[I suddenly remembered that the woman I loved had never sat in a carriage in her entire life. Let alone her own carriage …]
[I thought at that moment that I wanted to make money. I wanted to struggle. I wanted to earn a carriage for the woman I loved. I wanted her to happily sit in that carriage, and enter our home!]
[This was my dream. I started to work hard for this dream … I kept working hard …]
[Then, I realized that I didn't know how to do business. Moreover, I didn't have strength.]
[Strength. Yes, as long as I had strength, I would not only be able to earn a carriage, but I would also be able to protect my woman!]
[So, I wanted strength.]
[So, I started to look for every opportunity.] [I left with my master without hesitation when he appeared …]
[Panpan, wait for me. I will become a great hero and come back to marry you!]
[That was what I said before I left.]
[Panpan had said at that time: I don't want you to become a great hero. I only want you to be by my side, okay?]
[But, I didn't agree. I only asked, "Wait for me to come back!"]
[Then, I left.]
[Yes, I fought for my woman in the beginning.] [Always!]
[But, I don't know when I started to lose myself in this Jianghu … I always felt that I wasn't strong enough. I couldn't protect the people around me. So, I kept on practicing …]
[I was passionate about killing. I was passionate about revenge. I kept on attacking … but, I forgot my original intention … It was only a carriage!]
[It was only a carriage!]
[When I finally achieved something and came to my senses, I went back to marry my bride … at that time, I had already made up my mind: Panpan, no matter how old or ugly you become, I will marry you!] [I will marry you!]
[But … when I went back, I only saw a lonely grave.] [There were only two words on the grave: Panpan!]
[I don't know. Is that your name? Or is that your hope for me?]
[Panpan!] [Is it Panpan?] [Or is it hope?]
[I heard from the villagers that you didn't marry anyone your whole life. You were always waiting for me.] [I waited until your bones were thin. I waited until your heart was broken. When you breathed your last, your hand was still clutching the only hairpin that I gave you that year …]
[Until your death, you didn't complain a single word. You didn't say a single word …]
[You died, but your lonely grave was still waiting. It was still praying …]
[At that time, I already had a carriage. Moreover, it was at my fingertips. But, who would sit in my carriage?]
[I already had the ability to protect you. But, you … where are you?]
[I practice martial arts in order to protect. But, I … Who do I want to protect?]
Li Chang Long let out a long and loud roar. It seemed as if he wanted to shout out all the pain and regret in his heart. But, the more he shouted, the more pain he felt in his heart. In fact, he was in so much pain that he wished he was dead. Tears started to roll down his cheeks.
Especially when he was faced with this pair of lovers. One would protect his lover at all costs. The other would stay with his lover even in a desperate situation.
They would stay together regardless of life or death.
Li Chang Long suddenly understood. He suddenly understood what Panpan had said that year. He suddenly understood what Panpan had hoped for when she had been lying on the bed at her last gasp … How much unwillingness and regret had she taken away when she had breathed her last …
And, how much attachment had she felt!
[Wasn't Panpan like Xie Dan Feng at that time? She didn't ask for her man to be more powerful than everyone else. She only wanted him to be together … or die together … even if he couldn't protect her.
That was enough!]
[Being together is the greatest happiness.]
[Tan Tan and Xie Dan Feng are on the verge of death. But, they are much happier than me in comparison to my own mistakes!]
[They are ten-thousand times happier!]
Li Chang Long curled up in pain. He suddenly had a strong desire, [Go back at this moment!] [Go back to Panpan's side!] [Even though that place is only a lone grave overgrown with weeds …]
[But, I want to go back!]
He groaned. Then, he suddenly roared, "Go! Go quickly! I will kill you if you don't go! "
Tan Tan hadn't expected that the powerful enemy in front of him would suddenly lose his mind at such a critical moment. However, he didn't have time to think about it. He pulled Xie Dan Feng's hand, and the two of them staggered as they rushed over.
They rushed past Li Chang Long.
Tan Tan's severed arm patted Li Chang Long's lapel as they rushed past him. But, Li Chang Long didn't seem to feel it. He stared blankly, and his eyes were full of pain …
"Go quickly!" Xie Zhi Qiu's body shook. He then clashed with the two Emperor Level Experts. Those two Emperor Level Experts were sent flying like embroidered balls under the full-strength attack of this Monarch Level Expert.
Xie Zhi Qiu spouted blood. He then rushed over with Xie Dan Qiong on his back. He grabbed Tan Tan with his left hand, and grabbed Xie Dan Feng with his right hand. His eyes were glaring angrily. He then rushed into the woods while coughing up blood!
Fifty people of the Xie Clan had died behind him. The remaining less than a hundred people rushed out of the gap on Li Chang Long's side, and rushed into the woods!
Rui Bu Tong's entire body was bathed in blood. He was carrying Ao Xie Yun on his back. He was vomiting blood as he rushed in.
Li Chang Long allowed the crowd to rush past him. He remained indifferent.
In fact, some people had become bloodthirsty. They had casually slashed him when they had passed by him. But, he hadn't moved. He had let that saber slash his shoulder, and get embedded in it …
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