"I don't have any suggestions, but I do have a few explanations."
Zhou Tong gasped for breath with some difficulty. "These explanations are meaningless to others, but I think that you are different. After all, in these last few years, the two of us were in similar situations. My so-called betrayal stemmed from fear and self-preservation, while you, for the same reason, did many similar things."
This was referring to how Mo Yu had hidden from the Divine Empress and listened to the Pope's original intentions, secretly arranging for Chen Changsheng to enter the Orthodox Academy.
Mo Yu shook her head. "My fear and self-preservation stemmed from the world after the Empress. It has nothing to do with the Empress."
"No matter what you say, in my view, since the Empress has never cared about our lives, why must we live for her? On that night, Chen Changsheng went to the alley of the Northern Military Department to kill me. I almost died, but what did the Empress do? "
Zhou Tong jeered, "She completely ignored my situation, only thinking about how to recognize her son. Alas, she was blind and even recognized the wrong son."
As he sneered, his purple-black gums contrasted with his pale face, making for a very unsightly sight.
Mo Yu somewhat proudly said, "The Empress cared about me, so she had me and Yourong leave the capital first."
Zhou Tong was quiet for a very long time, then suddenly said, "Did you really think that just because I was poisoned, you could easily kill me?"
Mo Yu did not explain, only stated, "I will kill you."
"You have the greatest problem: you're too young."
Zhou Tong continued, "Being young means that you haven't lived long enough. No matter how high your talent is, your cultivation can't be too high. Moreover, you don't have much patience. You should have appeared a little later, allowing my poison to flare up a little deeper. In addition, you shouldn't have chosen this place. This is my home. Killing someone in their home is always a rather difficult task."
To the vast majority of people in the world, home was the place they were most familiar with, the final fortress, the true home field.
Zhou Tong had hidden his most cherished tranquility and treasures in this small courtyard, so he had naturally made many corresponding arrangements. There were many mechanisms and arrays in this place.
With his words, the sounds of many mechanisms activating could be heard from outside the window. The sunlight in the courtyard seemed to dim as several powerful array intents rose from the ground.
The two precious pills had already been converted into essence in his stomach. They flowed through his meridians throughout his body, temporarily suppressing the invasion of the poison and restoring part of his strength.
The sun in the sky did not have any real temperature, and the gentle breeze was a little cold. A bloody smell enveloped the entire courtyard along with the array.
Without hesitation, he used the secret art of the Great Crimson Gown. If someone used their spiritual sense to observe, they would discover that the entire courtyard had been soaked in a sea of blood.
The Great Crimson Gown Secret Art was his strongest technique, and it consumed an extremely large amount of Spiritual Sense and True Essence. This was especially true now that he had been poisoned by two different poisons, so he had no way of maintaining it for too long. However, Mo Yu couldn't stay in this sea of blood. If she didn't want to perish together with him, she had to temporarily retreat.
He only needed to take advantage of her temporary retreat to escape from this small courtyard. As long as he reached the street, he would be able to save his own life.
This was the most effective method Zhou Tong could think of before he died.
The small courtyard looked very ordinary, but there were many important people living on the street outside the courtyard. Back then, he had chosen this place because of this consideration.
What happened next surpassed Zhou Tong's imagination. To put it more accurately, it surpassed his understanding and understanding of Mo Yu.
Because Mo Yu did not leave. She stood by the door, allowing the invisible sea of blood to smear her palace dress with terrifying colors.
She was very calm, very focused. The exhaustion on her face had already been completely replaced by a deathly stillness.
The palace dress glittered with starlight, shining through the blood. It was a very beautiful sight.
A slender sword that seemed very delicate, but contained within it was the wind and rain of time. It pierced through the sea of blood in the room, like a condensed ray of starlight.
With a squelch, the delicate sword sank into Zhou Tong's abdomen. The tip of the sword protruded from his waist, bringing with it a stream of black blood.
Zhou Tong did not scream, did not howl in pain. He stared in a daze at her in front of him, his face brimming with disbelief.
Mo Yu's sword had pierced through his body.
His sea of blood had also swallowed Mo Yu's spiritual sense.
Let alone the fact that Mo Yu was only at the middle level of Star Condensation, even if she broke into the peak of Star Condensation, she would still be unable to leave this sea of blood, this small courtyard.
In other words, her death was assured.
Why? Zhou Tong quickly understood that she had never thought of living on in the first place.
He had wanted to use the words' mutual destruction 'to force her to retreat, but she had originally come to die with him.
Her return to the capital had always been a path to death. She only wanted to bring him with her.
Whether she fell into the abyss or entered the sea of stars, she wanted to bring him with her, to bring him before the Divine Empress.
Zhou Tong's face became very pale.
He did not want to die with her.
The entire small courtyard was still under his control, and there were still mechanisms and arrays that had not been activated. He still wanted to gamble.
However, he did not succeed, not because of the sword piercing through his body, but because his body had stiffened.
A pair of hands fell on his shoulders.
These hands were very thin, very withered, like tree branches, very white, as if they had not seen the sun for many days. The nails were very sharp, very long, very sharp, and covered in mud.
These were two wolf claws. The sharp nails had sunk deeply into Zhou Tong's shoulder bones, piercing several bloody holes from which black blood gurgled.
Zhou Tong knew that his injuries were even more severe. Cracks had already appeared on his shoulder bones.
His body felt incomparably cold and abnormally terrified. He did not dare to turn his head to look.
He had already guessed who that ghost-like person was that had silently appeared behind him.
Back then, he had seen the dossier on this person's murders on the snowy plains. He knew that if he turned his head, his neck would definitely be bitten through.
On the brink of life and death, Zhou Tong no longer cared about the two poisons in his body. He squeezed out even the last drop of true essence.
In the room enveloped in a sea of blood, a massive wave rose up to the heavens.
With a howl, he transformed into a bloody light and charged out the door.
With a cracking sound, the elegant sword that had pierced through his body was actually broken by the momentum of his forward charge.
The person who appeared behind him like a ghost didn't even have time to twist his neck. There were only a few sounds and several spurts of blood.
Countless mechanisms were activated at the same time. Several array intents displayed their final effects, exploding like fireworks. The fake mountains and screen walls of the small courtyard all collapsed, followed closely by the house itself. Dust filled the air, the bamboo snapped into several pieces, the stone slabs shattered, and even the sunlight seemed to shatter.
Zhou Tong fell by the broken bamboo by the wall.
He used his fastest speed to push away a fake bamboo shoot, and the remaining walls of the courtyard all collapsed.
He was blasted out of the courtyard by the wave of Qi and landed heavily on the snowy ground.
His body was covered in blood amidst the pure white snow. This scene was not beautiful, nor did it make one feel heroic.
His blood was black and suffused with a foul stench. It flowed from the sword wound on his chest.
His back was even more wretched. His clothes were in tatters and his flesh was badly mangled. Ten claw marks were so deep that white bone could be faintly seen.
Zhou Tong had lived for many years, but this was his most miserable moment.
But in his eyes that were filled with fear and pain, he finally saw some hope, even wild joy.
Because he had finally arrived on the street.
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Dust filled the air and stone fragments madly danced. In a very short time, the entire small courtyard had become ruins.
Mo Yu was not surprised by this. She knew that a person like Zhou Tong, on the verge of death, would assuredly cause a great disturbance. Moreover, this truly was his home ground. She was somewhat surprised that someone had actually followed Zhou Tong out of the tunnels. Even though she had a detailed map of the tunnels of Zhou Prison, she had never thought about going down. But when she realized that it was Zhexiu, the unexpected became a logical conclusion. She knew that this wolf cub was most skilled at tracking and hiding, and then killing.
She and Zhexiu glanced at each other, then walked out of the courtyard. He was injured, but not too seriously.
Zhou Tong's cultivation was far higher than Mo Yu's and Zhexiu's. Under normal circumstances, even if Mo Yu and Zhexiu worked together, they would not necessarily be a match for him.
Mo Yu and Zhexiu were the people in the world who wanted him dead the most. They had made ample preparations and had chosen to use poison at the same time.
Even in these circumstances, Zhou Tong had still survived and escaped from the small courtyard.
However, Mo Yu and Zhexiu were not worried, because Zhou Tong only had half a life left and was not far from death.
When they walked onto the street, Zhou Tong was still not far ahead.
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Zhou Tong had already become a man of blood. Let alone using a swift technique, he could not even walk very fast. He staggered forward … …
Blood incessantly dripped onto the snow. Its color was very dark, just like ink.
Zhexiu had disappeared to some unknown place, and the shadows along the street seemed somewhat distorted.
Mo Yu arrived behind him, her black hair slightly disheveled, lightly brushing against her pale face.
She said nothing, expressionlessly gazing at his back.
She had returned to the capital to prepare to perish together with Zhou Tong. He had not expected that she would still be alive.
She did not care if others discovered that she had returned to the capital, did not care if others saw her.
Zhou Tong knew that she had come. He strove to walk faster, but he could not.
The snowy street was very quiet. The only thing that could be heard was his heavy breathing.
Mo Yu gripped her broken sword and chopped down.
With a pa, Zhou Tong heavily fell onto the snowy ground, a bloody wound appearing on his left rib.
He still did not turn his head. Gasping for breath, he struggled to his feet and continued forward.
There was an estate on the side of the street. Its gate was vermillion, and a rather damaged white banner stretched out from the corner of the wall.
With a creak, the gate of the estate was pushed open and someone walked out.
Zhou Tong knew who this estate belonged to. His bloodstained face showed no change in emotion as he continued forward.
A sword glow flashed once more, and another wound appeared on his body. Then, he fell once more into the snow.
A cry of alarm came from the stone steps.
Zhou Tong lay in the snow, painfully coughing, blood constantly splashing into the air.
After some time, with a low howl like that of a wild beast, he once more stood up from the snow.
Mo Yu was right behind him, her hand gripping her sword. Her sword was stained with his blood.
He did not turn his head, only looked forward, his rapid and painful gasps for breath.
The snowy street was so clear and spacious. As far as the eye could see, there was not a single person. Where was he going?
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