Gu Qing Shan didn't pay any attention to what was happening.
As Buttercup stood next to him, four swords also manifested from the void of space to protect him.
With this level of protection, he temporarily stopped paying attention to the outside world and instead focused his attention on the wraith's Thought Sea, trying his best to decipher the soul-reaping Life Talisman in his mind.
The world was blown away by the wind, turning into an empty void of space.
Following that, the Hitman Guild's master broke through the formation and fell into the midst of the enemies, causing everyone to go insane without affecting Gu Qing Shan at all.
But the others weren't the same.
A golden glow appeared on Fei Yue's father, Hong Yi Jue's body.
"Get out of my way!"
He shouted, took out a Life Talisman from his sleeve, and tossed it forward.
The Life Talisman turned into a flash of light and was quickly burned away.
Bam bam bam bam bam — — -
After a series of explosions, the heads of the big shots who had gone insane all exploded and died.
There weren't many people left.
A few moments later, the Void Library's librarian rushed forward, grabbed Hong Yi Jue's collar, and angrily shouted:
"Hong Yi Jue, we clearly have a formation, why did we still suffer such casualties!?"
Hong Yi Jue coldly looked at him and replied: "He has the power of the Unlivable Apocalypse on him, no formation can stop him. Furthermore, do you also want to die?"
The big shot awkwardly pulled his hand back and slowly retreated.
The Hunter Guild's master's gaze was blank as he looked at the headless corpses around him.
"Dead … they're all dead …"
He muttered in a low voice.
Originally, he thought that by relying on the old City Lord and the Wraith realm's support, he would be able to easily take down the other side.
But instead, he suffered heavy casualties on his side.
If he wasn't standing a bit further away, Hong Yi Jue might have also detonated the Life Talisman in his soul.
This is the result of relying on the wraiths?
The wraiths are actually using us as cannon fodder, aren't they?
… laughable.
How laughable!
The Hunter Guild's master suddenly felt a strong sense of regret.
Hong Yi Jue breathed heavily, then abruptly turned to the void of space and shouted at Fei Yue: "Daughter, do you still not understand? Do you want everyone to die here before you agree to marry the evil spirit? "
Fei Yue looked at the scene outside of Void City through the screen of light and muttered: "That's impossible, there are so many Combatants of the void, yet the wraiths don't care at all"
Hong Yi Jue laughed coldly and said, "Expert? We are indeed not bad, but how do you know the truth of this world? "
Fei Yue paused.
She looked at Hong Yijue and saw a flash of fear on his face.
He was afraid.
What was he afraid of?
For the first time, Fei Yue felt uncertain.
The situation was too strange, and ordinary people simply had no idea what was going on.
The Blind Nun stood beside Fei Yue and said in a low voice, "It seems that the problem is beyond our imagination. Fei Yue, can you tell us what else we don't know? Perhaps I can help you find the root of the problem with my Spiritual Insight Technique. "
While she spoke, an open eye manifested above her head, staring at the void of space. Two streams of blood flowed down from her closed eyes.
— — -at this point, the Blind Nun couldn't be bothered to conserve her power and fully unleashed her Spiritual Insight Technique that transcended Space-Time.
Seeing that, Fei Yue explained: "Before my mother died, she used her soul to place a Fate Shackle on me — — unless I'm truly married, anyone who tries to force me to use the power of Fate or take away my Fate ability will die with me"
The Blind Nun was surprised and asked: "How did that happen?"
Fei Yue blankly replied: "Because she couldn't win against those enemies, so she could only use this method to temporarily provide me with a bit of safety"
The Blind Nun went silent for a brief moment, then said: "I understand, the wraiths desire this power of yours — — they must need your Fate ability to accomplish something"
"That is something that no one else can accomplish, only your Fate ability can accomplish"
Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but turn to the Blind Nun.
The Blind Nun wiped the blood from the corner of her eye and continued: "After so many years, the wraiths had already lost their patience. They sent your father to you in order to force you to make a final choice"
Fei Yue didn't say anything.
From the looks of it, she already knew everything.
The Ominous Demon Tower's master couldn't help but ask: "What choice?"
The Blind Nun replied: "Either let everything in Void City be destroyed, allowing Fei Yue to see her father and everyone else die in front of her with her own eyes"
"What else?"
"Or Fei Yue immediately marry them and use her Fate ability to help the Wraith realm"
"— — -only then would the wraiths spare the remaining people here"
Everyone went silent.
At this point, everyone finally understood the wraith's intentions.
They wanted Fei Yue to see the destruction of Void City that her father and everything he had built up.
How cruel and merciless would that be.
But this was the wraiths' ultimatum. They wanted to force Fei Yue to make a final choice.
The Blind Nun appeared sorrowful and continued: "If they can't obtain Fei Yue, the wraiths would rather her die than allow her power to be used by others"
The nun lightly held Fei Yue's shoulder and said: "Child, you've suffered"
Suddenly.
Within the boundless emptiness, two more small black dots appeared.
The two black dots only took a split second to land in front of everyone's eyes.
One of them landed in front of the 50-meter-tall man wielding the greatsword.
The other landed in front of a beast-headed Combatant standing next to the man.
As everyone looked closely, they saw that the two black dots on the greatsword were slowly unfolding, turning into tiny blue snakes.
Although this blue snake was smaller than the black snake from before, it had five heads.
The man wielding the greatsword couldn't help but ask: "A strange snake?"
The beast-headed Combatant next to him also couldn't help but ask: "Why would such a thing appear?"
The man's body didn't move, but the greatsword on his shoulder had already left an afterimage.
The beast-headed Combatant also casually swung his greatsword.
As soon as the two blue snakes were struck, they disappeared.
At the very next moment — — -
The small snakes appeared on their bodies, opened their mouths to bite them, then disappeared without a trace.
An indescribable sense of terror descended.
"Damn it!"
The man abruptly regained his senses and shouted in regret.
"Aaaaah — — -"
The beast-headed Combatant howled in frenzy.
He's insane!
Seeing that, the man's eyes displayed the resolve to die, abruptly threw his Blade away and hugged the beast-headed Combatant tightly.
"Everyone, farewell!"
The man shouted.
At the very next moment, the two of them flashed and disappeared from everyone's eyes.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Before everyone could react, the two of them had already been bitten and disappeared.
The Blind Nun gave off a sorrowful air and muttered:
"They … in order to not infect us with death and madness, they have already died"
"Where did Cracked Blade take the tree beast to?" the Ominous Demon Tower's master asked.
Fei Yue took out a glowing rock.
The light on the rock slowly faded, then abruptly broke apart.
"Cracked Blade had his own world"
Fei Yue looked at the rock and said without changing her expression: "Just now, that world was destroyed"
Everyone went silent.
A single sign of the Great Flood had killed two Combatants, as well as an entire world.
The Blind Nun took out a snow-white handkerchief and lightly wiped the blood from the corner of her eyes.
Her eyebrows were scrunched up, as if she was enduring some sort of pain.
Everyone heard her say: "I've noticed a few things about this Apocalypse — — - it uses the power of Causality as a trigger, as long as it falls within a certain range of us, it will trigger the Law of Causality and urge us to attack it, causing us to fall into madness"
A male voice replied: "That's not the case"
Everyone turned to see that it was Crow.
His eyes were bloodshot as he spoke: "You've all forgotten, this is only a sign of the Great Flood, an early fluctuation of the Unlivable Apocalypse, when it truly erupts, it won't be this weak"
— — you call this weak?
Everyone had the same thought in their minds.
But what they couldn't deny was that this was indeed only a sign of the Great Flood.
The wraiths were able to control the Great Flood.
If they could even control the Apocalypse, what else couldn't the wraiths do?
Which of the countless worlds in the void would dare to go against them?
Everyone slowly fell into despair.
On the screen, Hong Yi Jue opened his eyes wide, staring at Fei Yue and loudly shouted:
"Daughter, do you still not understand? This is an irresistible power! "
"My daughter, I no longer have a second death-exemption talisman — — -"
Hong Yi Jue shouted at the top of his lungs:
"You're only working for the wraiths, can't you even understand that? Do you want us all to die in this Apocalypse? "
Fei Yue coldly replied: "Mother had already foreseen the outcome of me working for the wraiths, you should know very well what that is!"
"Outcome …"
Everyone heard Hong Yi Jue's weak voice filled with suppressed emotions:
"Regardless of the outcome, as long as I can live for one more day, enjoying myself as a wraith for one more day, it's better than dying right away!"
He threw the talisman in his hand away with an ashen expression:
"I've enjoyed a lot over the years, but all of that came with a price. I have to marry you to the wraiths, if I can't do that, the wraiths will definitely take my life"
"This is your final chance, daughter"
"Whether everyone dies together, or live for one more day and become the Mistress of the Wraith realm with authority, it's all up to you"
"Even if you hate me, you can't just watch as everyone in Void City dies in this Apocalypse!"
Fei Yue's body trembled slightly.
Void City …
She clenched her fists tightly and gritted her teeth: "In the past, mother was able to fight against the wraiths for an entire day without losing, but you still refused to lead Void City against the wraiths — —"
"Father, you were once a renowned Combatant of the void, so why didn't you have even a hint of resistance? Was it because you already knew that the wraiths had an Unlivable Apocalypse?"
She loudly questioned him.
Hong Yi Jue was a bit surprised, then suddenly displayed a strange expression.
In front of everyone, he opened his mouth, slowly closed it, then abruptly opened it again.
This scene was a bit comical, but Hong Yi Jue's expression was full of despair, his heavy breathing didn't seem to be comical at all.
It was as if there was something he couldn't say that got stuck in his throat.
Seeing that, Fei Yue was a bit confused.
Everyone else was also confused.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, couldn't he have just said it?
If the old City Lord had truly succumbed to the wraiths' hidden strength, he would only be helping the wraiths to intimidate everyone without causing any other consequences. So why does Hong Yi Jue look like he wants to say something?
The blind nun suddenly said: "As a Combatant of the void, he's currently terrified to the extreme"
This caused everyone to fall silent.
Everyone turned to the old City Lord, only to see that his entire body was trembling.
For now, both sides fell into a strange stalemate.
… What exactly is a Combatant of this level afraid of?
Facing this situation, what choice would Fei Yue make?
Everyone's minds were in turmoil, so they couldn't help but retract their gazes and look at Fei Yue.
At this point.
At this crucial moment, the only person who wasn't paying attention to Fei Yue was a single person.
Gu Qing Shan.
— — if Gu Qing Shan had been paying close attention to the situation, he might have noticed something from Hong Yi Jue's reaction just now.
This had nothing to do with Thaumaturgy or power.
In fact, Gu Qing Shan had been fighting against the wraiths in many worlds, so he'd seen the Huang Quan fragment that the wraiths had taken in, as well as a Divine Skill like [Lead the People]. He also knew that the wraiths had schemed for countless years to enter the Inner Plane.
He had fought against Cang Wu Zhang, faced off against Red Wraith in the Saint Spirit world, and even witnessed the Wraith Lord fighting against the Eternal Abyss through the power of the Sacrificial Dance, only to be forced to flee.
— — if Gu Qing Shan could see Hong Yi Jue's subtle expression and focus on thinking about these things, she might even be able to think of something inconceivable.
But Gu Qing Shan was still in a state of oblivion.
— — his eyes were closed, fully focused on deconstructing that Life Talisman.
Because of that, everyone could only see a streak of flame flying towards Hong Yi Jue from afar.
Hong Yi Jue received the talisman with a bitter smile on his face.
"What authority, what treasure, what bullshit power, they're all nothing but dim fireflies that can't compete with the radiance of the moon, and now we're all about to face our final fate"
He shook the talisman a bit, then infused it with his power.
The talisman abruptly glowed.
An old voice resounded from the talisman:
"City Lord Fei Yue, we acknowledge your power, as long as you serve the Wraith realm, everything is negotiable"
"We've waited for you for a long time, and now we can't wait any longer, because … something is indeed about to happen"
"We cannot allow your power to exist outside the Wraith realm, we hope you can understand"
"In consideration of the deep bond between you and your daughter, I'll give you one last incense stick's worth of time"
"After one incense stick's worth of time, you will either get married, or face the Unlivable Apocalypse"
"City Lord Fei Yue, I hope you will make a wise choice"
The talisman turned into flames and quickly burned away.
Silence.
Within the void of space, the remaining Combatants were completely silent.
Fei Yue's gaze passed through each and every one of them.
The entirety of Void City is about to be destroyed … and the only outcome for everyone here is death.
Countless years of preparation, only to end up like this?
Fei Yue wiped the corner of her eyes.
She took a deep breath, then resolutely said: "I … would rather …"
Suddenly, a voice cut her off.
"Ah? A lot seems to have happened — — Fei Yue, dispel your Fate technique first! "
Gu Qing Shan opened her eyes and shouted in a low voice.
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