signingbooks Chapter 158 The Punishment of Death
Chapter 158 The Punishment of Death
On the Starry Sky Train.
March 7th covered her mouth, too shocked to speak.
"She...she..."
"She is using pain to anchor Yingxing's soul," Walter said, adjusting his glasses and speaking in a heavy tone.
"Only in this way can he avoid losing himself amidst the endless cycle of life and abundant erosion."
"But... this is too..." Xing didn't know what words to use to describe her feelings.
"This is their choice," Himeko sighed softly. "And it's the sin they... must bear."
Looking at the sky, Lu Li felt a mix of emotions.
He knew that Jingliu was doing this not only to save Yingxing.
It's also... punishing him.
Punish his stupidity, punish his paranoia.
Punish him...
This is salvation.
It is also... a form of punishment.
An endless cycle of death—the torture of a hundred deaths.
……
In the scene depicted on the sky, blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Jing Yuan had already turned his head away, unable to bear watching this scene.
Danfeng stared blankly at the hellish scene before him, his body trembling uncontrollably.
He really wanted to step forward and stop them, but his feet felt like they were made of lead, and he couldn't take a single step.
he knows.
He cannot... nor is he entitled to stop it.
because.
They caused all of this.
Like Yingxing.
He... was also a sinner.
……
Jingliu raised his sword again.
He looked at that familiar sword that was pointing at him.
Yingxing's eyes were filled with fear.
He wanted to escape, but his body seemed to be nailed to the spot and he couldn't move.
"Pfft—!"
The ice blade pierced his body once again.
The icy pain tore at every nerve in Yingxing's body once again, and agony swept over his entire body once more.
Then comes death.
Then comes rebirth.
once.
twice.
Ten times.
One hundred times.
No matter how he scrambled and dodged, no matter how hoarsely he begged for mercy.
Jingliu could stab his body with his sword again and again without any expression.
The ice sword in her hand transformed into the most merciless instrument of torture.
Let him suffer the most extreme pain, but not die immediately.
Yingxing struggled and wailed in agony within this endless cycle of death.
They endured both physical and spiritual torment.
Those memories suppressed by the power of abundance due to the erosion were gradually awakened amidst this extreme pain.
He remembered everything.
She recalled how obsessively she wanted to resurrect Bai Heng.
She remembered how she had bewitched Danfeng and touched upon that taboo that should not have been touched.
He recalled how the wicked dragon he had created had brought devastating disaster to Luofu.
I also remembered how that always smiling fox-girl died by her best friend's sword.
At last.
He remembered that man, how he had sacrificed his life once again to save them all.
crime.
Heinous sins.
Endless regret and pain overwhelmed him like a tide.
He finally understands.
Immortality is not a blessing.
Rather... the most vicious curse.
Unable to die, he will live forever in this sin.
Forever, they will never be free.
"Kill me..."
He knelt on the ground and made a desperate plea to the mirror.
"Please... Kagami-ryu..."
"Kill me..."
But the next moment.
Jingliu... stopped wielding his sword.
Looking at the figure in front of him who had already regained consciousness.
"Yingxing..."
Jingliu spoke softly.
Her voice was soft, yet it reached the ears of everyone present clearly.
"Live on."
Jingliu looked at Yingxing and said calmly.
"Take your sins, take your remorse, and take... what Bai Heng and Lu Li share."
"Live on."
"besides."
Jing Liu looked at Ying Xing, his voice carrying an undeniable power.
"Remember what death feels like."
"Then……"
"—Bring it to [them]."
Yingxing's pupils suddenly contracted.
To bring to...them?
The next second, the white light surged.
As the ice sword pierced Yingxing's chest one last time with merciless force, the scene in the sky went completely dark.
Instead, lines of golden subtitles appeared on the sky.
[Act Two - The End.]
[The rebellion of Drinking Moon has been quelled. The sinner Danfeng has been stripped of his Dragon Lord title, forced to shed his scales and reincarnate, and exiled to the Star Sea, never to return home.]
[The sinner Yingxing, fallen into demonic possession and burdened with an immortal curse, vanished without a trace.]
[Jing Yuan was appointed General of the Shence Army in a time of crisis. To prevent public unrest, he ordered his deeds to be sealed away.]
[Jian Shou Jing Liu, though meritorious in slaying the evil dragon, fell into demonic possession and requested exile. He fled to Luofu Mountain and his whereabouts are unknown.]
And he, the nameless sword of the Five Heroes of the Clouds, became her eternally shining moonlight, and her only obsession after falling into demonic darkness.
The Five Heroes of the Clouds...thus fell apart.
Act Two
【--over--】
The curtain falls.
The second act has finally come to an end.
And all the spectators outside the canopy... fell silent.
Looking at the lines of cold, golden subtitles on the sky, everyone felt a deep sense of sorrow.
Five heroes in the clouds... no, six heroes in the clouds.
thorough.
ended……
A legend came to an end in tragedy.
Six once spirited and close-knit young heroes met such an end.
Some died, some went mad, and some left.
Only Jingyuan remained, guarding the land they had once protected together.
How ironic.
How tragic...
……
Luofu, a prison for the destitute.
Looking at the concluding words on the sky, Ren let out a hoarse laugh.
"Hehe... Hahaha..."
"Yeah...that's it..."
He remembered.
He remembered everything.
Kagami Ryu, that woman.
Just as he was falling into the demonic realm and about to be completely devoured by the will of abundance, he was pulled back from the abyss in the most cruel way.
She inflicted upon him a hundred deaths, etching the agony of death deep into his soul.
It also gave him... a reason to live.
He will live on, carrying his sins, his regrets, and his place in the lives of Bai Heng and Lu Li.
Then—go and kill the culprit.
To [them].
That is, to...
"Pharmacist..."
Blade's scarlet eyes burned with boundless hatred.
He will kill Him.
He will definitely kill Him.
then……
……
Shence Mansion.
Jing Yuan stood in front of the tall French windows and slowly closed his eyes.
Memories flooded back to me.
Seven hundred years...
After a long while, he opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath.
Don't worry, Bai Heng.
Don't worry, Lu Li.
then.
I can do nothing about your deaths.
But as long as I'm alive...
Jing Yuan's gaze fell upon Luofu, which was now under martial law.
I will... protect this land that you gave your lives for.
This time was no exception.
……
at the same time.
As the sky gradually darkened.
On the Starry Sky Train.
The atmosphere... can no longer be described as eerie.