Chapter 499: Ashes to Ashes
The pair of snow-white wings on Daiya’s back fully extended, and her body was immediately lifted up. Her golden hair and dress fluttered in the breeze, making her look like a holy angel.
But this angel was filled with lethality.
Screech—
The wings were the most lethal part of the elves. Princess Daiya was a late-stage Grand Master. When she mobilized all her spiritual power, countless sharp bayonets appeared on her snow-white wings.
The bayonet was pure white, and all the blades were pointed at Runo.
Daiya shouted, “Runo! Stop! Otherwise, I can only attack!” Princess Daiya’s relationship with Luno was average. Although she had never bullied Luno, she still looked down on the Night Elves.
For thousands of years, the Night Elves had been like annoying mosquitoes. They had always lived in the most barren, remote, and dirty areas. In the eyes of the n.o.ble Light Elves, the Night Elves were inferior. They were born to be slaves and bought and sold.
If Runo wasn’t Daiya’s brother, Daiya would have killed him long ago.
Runo was only an intermediate-stage Supreme Master.
Daiya completely released her energy. The pressure of a late-stage Grand Master made it difficult for Runo to move.
On the other hand, Runo, who had lost his wings, gritted his teeth and lowered his head as he ran towards Daiya with difficulty. Hearing Daiya’s words, Runo growled, “Sis, I will never stop moving forward!”
If he stopped, how could he face his dead mother?!
How could he live with himself, who had suffered so much?!
“Stubborn!”
Daiya snorted and flapped her wings gently. Thousands of sharp spiritual energy bayonets were mercilessly stabbed into Runo’s body and into his flesh.
In an instant, Runo was riddled with holes.
The bayonet disappeared into Runo’s body. Hundreds of wounds appeared on his body, and blood flowed out.
They were born ugly and slow-witted, but they were living beings as well. They were all red! They were all warm!
Why should they be inferior?!
Why did they have to live like an ant?!
With his injury, Runo immediately fell down. It was difficult for him to take another step forward because his knee was pierced by a bayonet and he couldn’t stand up at all.
Just as everyone thought that Runo was dead, his thin hands suddenly moved. Then, Runo pressed his palms on the ground and used the energy in his arms to drag his body forward!
A long trail of blood trailed on the ground. It was a shocking sight.
Donor, who was standing in front of the elven experts, watched this scene in a daze. His heart suddenly stirred. For the first time, he looked at a Night Elf with admiration.
Blood kept flowing out of Runo’s mouth, but his eyes remained bright and determined.
Finally, Runo pinched the corner of Daiya’s shirt.
In the end, Runo used all his remaining energy to prop his head up and bite Daiya’s calf.
Daya winced and kicked Runo away.
Runo took the opportunity to pull the piece of flesh out of his mouth.
Daiya gasped in pain.
Runo was kicked to the ground by Daiya. He fell to the ground on his last breath and stared at the blue sky above him. He struggled to spit out the piece of flesh in his mouth.
Runo noticed that the handsome and n.o.ble Prince Donor was looking at him. He gave Donor a determined smile.
Donor heard Runo say, “One day, we Night Elves will also become the masters of the Light Sea!”
At that time, the children of the Night Elves would no longer have to watch their mother being bullied without being able to use legal weapons to seek justice for their mother!
With that, Runo died.
Staring at Runo’s corpse, Yu Huang and the others pursed their lips.
At this moment, Yu Huang suddenly understood the meaning of the Blood Peac.o.c.k Organization’s existence. They were a group of stubborn people who were willing to shed their blood for faith.
Sheng Xiao held Yu Huang’s hand silently.
Luno’s actions agitated the other members of the Blood Peac.o.c.k.
“Everyone, the Peac.o.c.k King is dead, but our ideals will persevere! We want to be like Runo and fight for our faith!” In an instant, the members of the Blood Peac.o.c.k Organization all released their beast forms.
“For faith!”
Sheng Lingfeng took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and said in a low voice, “Fight!”
Hearing Sheng Lingfeng’s shout, the experts of the various clans summoned their beast forms.
Both sides charged at each other with their strongest auras. Sheng Lingfeng and Sheng Xiao were the first to bear the brunt and became the targets of the Blood Peac.o.c.k members.
That was because Sheng Lingfeng was the president of the Alliance, and Sheng Xiao and his wife were the most talented among the young Beast Tamers.
It was as if by killing the three of them, the Blood Peac.o.c.k Organization would really defeat the entire cultivation world.
As the Prime Master, Sheng Lingfeng didn’t panic when faced with the siege of four Grand Masters. He dealt with them with ease. Moreover, he had the Grand State Master’s help.
On the other hand, Sheng Xiao and Yu Huang were surrounded by more than a hundred Supreme Masters in an instant. His expression darkened.
“Ha!” Sheng Xiao’s aura suddenly became murderous.
“Roar!”
Sheng Xiao roared. His body turned into Black Qing Sky Dragon.
Black Qing Sky Dragon bent down and stuck its head in front of Yu Huang. Yu Huang met the majestic dragon eyes and understood what Sheng Xiao meant. She immediately released her Vermillion Bird wings and jumped onto Sheng Xiao’s head.
The huge dragon carried Yu Huang and roared as it charged into the clouds.
When they landed from the void, the person standing on the dragon’s head was actually a black nine-tailed fox! That nine-tailed fox was exactly the same as the Grand State Master’s nine-tailed fox, except that it was smaller.
The nine-tailed fox waved its nine tails, and thunder rumbled in the sky.
The black nine-tailed fox grabbed the lightning in the sky and transformed into Yu Huang again. Yu Huang held the terrifying lightning with one hand and roared angrily, “Nine Tails Appear! Heaven and Earth Collapse!”
Boom!
Yu Huang pulled the lightning down from the sky. Under her energy circulation, the lightning gathered into a ball of lightning.
Bang!
Yu Huang threw the lightning ball into the encirclement below.
The ball of light exploded, and the power of lightning spread in all directions, sending the group of Supreme Masters in the middle of the encirclement flying!
“Ah!”
“Roar!” The dragon raised its head and roared. Yu Huang understood Sheng Xiao’s hint. She closed her eyes slowly and a transparent tear appeared on the circle.
Under the Tear of Samsara, the movements of the Supreme Masters suddenly slowed down.
At that moment, Sheng Xiao’s body was separated from Black Qing Sky Dragon. He held the Dragon Sword that Black Qing Sky Dragon had transformed into in his hand. He quickly mobilized all his energy and used the thirty-eighth move of the Myriad Slash Technique.
“Sword of Chaos!”
The moment the Tear of Samsara disappeared, Sheng Xiao’s attack followed. The Dragon Sword landed on the ground with a destructive aura. Wherever his sword aura pa.s.sed, both Supreme Masters and Masters were sent flying.
The siege wall formed by the hundreds of powerhouses was broken by Sheng Xiao and Yu Huang!
Seeing that the Young Master and Young Madam had joined forces to break through the encirclement formed by the powerhouses, Sheng Zhou immediately brought Sheng Wuque and the others to Yu Huang’s side and partic.i.p.ated in the battle with them.
The battlefield was in chaos.
The citizens protected by the protective shield in the city below looked up at the epic battle in the sky and were all shocked speechless.
Was this a duel between the strong?
The world was sometimes dark and sometimes bright. Lightning flashed in the east, and the thunder bellowed in the west. The entire world seemed to have fallen into an apocalypse.
Some children were so frightened that they burst into tears. The adults suppressed their fear and hugged the children tightly. They comforted them. “Don’t be afraid. Those bad people will be chased away soon.” The commoners didn’t know about the turmoil in the cultivation world and only thought that the Beast Tamers were fighting bad people.
However, they didn’t know that this final battle hadn’thing to do with right or wrong.
They were all just fighting for their beliefs.
“Blazing Moon Art!”
Yu Huang released the sharp sword in her hand, and the Blazing Moon Art, which was fused with psychic power and spiritual power, whistled as it shot towards an early-stage Supreme Master Beast Tamer.
The Beast Tamer was shot by the Psychic Sword and his soul was severely injured. He immediately knelt down and hugged his head while howling in pain.
“One Sword Against The Sky!”
Under Sheng Xiao’s attack, more than ten Supreme Masters lost their last bit of combat strength.
“Azure Water Song!”
Sheng Zhou’s beast form was a large saber called the Azure Water Saber. When the Azure Water Saber fell, huge waves surged into the sky and wrapped around three to four Masters. The waves kept turning, and the opponents turned with the waves. When the waves stopped turning, the few Master experts had already been turned into corpses by the waves.
Donor flew into the sky with the Light Sword in his hand. With the protection of the Elven G.o.d of Light, his entire body emitted holy light.
Donor raised the Light Sword and his body shot into the sky, fusing with the light of the sun.
The energy of the Light G.o.d descended from the sky. The Night Elves immediately felt their movements slow down, and the energy in their bodies was also suppressed.
Donor took the opportunity to draw his sword and swing it. More than ten Master Dark Elves fell to the ground.
Under the lead of the young Beast Tamers led by Sheng Xiao, Yu Huang, and Donor, the Supreme Masters and Master Masters of the Blood Peac.o.c.k Clan were quickly defeated.
Under the joint attack of Sheng Lingfeng and the Grand State Master, the four Grand Masters quickly fell.
In the end, only one female Grand Master was still holding on.
And this female Grand Master was fighting the Grand State Master.
For some reason, Mo Xiao felt the aura of a familiar person from this woman. This was also the reason why he didn’t kill her.
Seeing that the Grand State Master had yet to end the battle, Di Ruofeng crossed his arms and teased him, “Grand State Master, what’s wrong? Are you going easy on her? Can’t bear to lay your hands on a beauty?”
Hearing this, everyone looked at the Grand State Master and the woman curiously.
The woman was the only female Grand Master in the Blood Peac.o.c.k Organization. She was wearing a black dress and a black mask on her face. No one could see her true face.
After the battle began, the woman rushed towards the Grand State Master.
If Yin Rong was here, she would have already imagined a few romantic scenes.
The nine-tailed black fox flicked its tail and sent the woman flying.
The female cultivator’s body flew backward and landed in the capital’s royal family.
The female cultivator fell onto the Divination Tower and immediately vomited blood.
This female cultivator had fought with Mo Xiao for a few rounds and was already seriously injured. She just refused to admit defeat and kept holding on.
The nine-tailed black fox landed beside the Divination Tower and transformed into the Grand State Master.
The Grand State Master walked towards the woman.
When the woman saw the Grand State Master approaching, she subconsciously wanted to retreat. However, she fell from the Divination Tower.
Seeing this, the Grand State Master subconsciously reached out and grabbed her hand. He carried her back and placed her on the outer wall of the Divination Tower again.
The woman laid on the outer wall, her teary eyes filled with bitterness.
She looked at Mo Xiao with a condemning gaze, as if she was accusing Mo Xiao of being a jerk.
But Mo Xiao felt wronged.
He had never been a jerk to any woman in his life.
“Who are you?” The Grand State Master reached out to take off the woman’s mask.
The woman suddenly shrank back and covered her mask with her hand. Her voice trembled as she said, “No, don’t look at me.”
Mo Xiao frowned.
This voice…
The Grand State Master thought of a possibility. His expression changed as he said in disbelief, “You are… Miss Zhong?”
The woman’s body clearly stiffened.
Seeing this, Mo Xiao knew that he had guessed correctly.
Mo Xiao’s expression instantly became complicated.
He had never been a sc.u.mbag in his life, but he had been screwed before.
Mo Xiao ignored the female cultivator’s objections and took off her mask, instantly revealing a gorgeous face.
Mo Xiao had a deep impression of this face. It was so deep that he couldn’t forget this person even in his nightmares every night.
The woman in front of him was called Zhong Qingling. She was the only woman who had slept with Mo Xiao.
That was seven hundred years ago.
Seven hundred years ago, Mo Xiao had gone to the Upper World to travel. He had gone to a continent called the Divination World.
On that continent, fortune-tellers were respected, and this woman called Zhong Qingling was the daughter of a divination family.
The men in the Divination World were generally very ordinary-looking, and Mo Xiao was publicly acknowledged to be handsome. His face was fair and handsome, and even Yu Huang was stunned when she first saw him.
Mo Xiao’s appearance attracted a lot of attention in the Divination Continent.
In order to win over Mo Xiao, this woman called Zhong Qingling invited Mo Xiao to visit in the name of her family.
Mo Xiao was very interested in the Divination Continent. He wanted to make friends, so he dressed up and agreed to the banquet.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Qingling had an ulterior motive. She didn’t fancy Mo Xiao’s talent at all, but his body.
At the c.o.c.ktail party, Zhong Qingling made Mo Xiao a gla.s.s of wine. Then…
Then she slept with him.
When Mo Xiao woke up, the room was filled with the Zhong family members, and Zhong Qingling was still sleeping in his arms.
The Zhong family forced Mo Xiao to marry Zhong Qingling on the grounds that Mo Xiao had stolen Zhong Qingling’s virginity. However, Mo Xiao was a proud person. He had been set up, so how could he be willing to marry Zhong Qingling?
Mo Xiao resolutely rejected this suggestion.
The Zhong family thought that Mo Xiao was ungrateful and bullied Mo Xiao because he was from a poor small world, so they sent one Prime Emperor and two Prime Masters to pursue Mo Xiao in order to make him accept his fate.
However, Mo Xiao was very stubborn. He defeated one Prime Emperor and two Prime Masters by himself and finally left that world with injuries.
Ever since then, Mo Xiao had kept a distance from women, and he hated it the most when people praised him for being handsome.
He would punish whoever dared to praise him for being handsome.
Therefore, the experts of the Holy Spirit Continent knew Mo Xiao’s taboo—
Never praise him for being handsome in front of him.
A few years ago, when Yu Huang followed Lin Jiansheng to Jingdu’s Purifying Spirit Academy to visit Su Xuanye, she had accidentally seen the Grand State Master’s face. At that time, she had softly lamented that the Grand State Master was so handsome, and was even warned by Lin Jiansheng.
It could be said that Zhong Qingling was the reason why Mo Xiao hated women.
Mo Xiao stared at Zhong Qingling in disgust and said, “When did you come to the Holy Spirit Continent?”
Zhong Qingling said, “Thirty years ago.”
“Heh.” Mo Xiao asked her again, “What deal did you make with Su Xuanye?”
He didn’t believe that a woman like Zhong Qingling would submit to Su Xuanye. She must have her own reasons for staying in the Blood Peac.o.c.k Organization.
Zhong Qingling bit her lip and was silent for a while. Then, she said guiltily, “He asked me to help him. When he completes his grand ambitions, he will reward me with you.”
When he heard the word ‘reward’, the Grand State Master’s eyebrows suddenly twitched.
He grabbed Zhong Qingling’s throat and pressed hard with his fingers. Zhong Qingling’s Adam’s apple broke with a crack.
Zhong Qingling was dead.
However, the trauma she brought to Mo Xiao would never disappear.
The Grand State Master reached out and Lin Feng, who was waiting in the distance, immediately ran over and handed a wet tissue to Mo Xiao.
Lin Feng had overheard Mo Xiao and Zhong Qingling’s conversation just now. At this moment, he didn’t dare to look up at Mo Xiao, since he was afraid that his eyes would be dug out if he looked at his face.
Mo Xiao wiped his hands with a wet tissue and said, “Disinfectant!”
Lin Feng hurriedly took out the disinfectant from his bag and disinfected the hand that the Grand State Master had touched Zhong Qingling with.
After doing all of this, the Grand State Master said, “Throw this woman’s corpse into the Time Valley!”
“Yes, Grand State Master.”
Lin Feng carried Zhong Qingling’s corpse without any complaints. He was somewhat impressed.
In this world, there were countless women who coveted the Grand State Master’s body. More than 800 years ago, the number one beauty of the Divine Moon Empire, Caro Longsha, loved the Grand State Master wholeheartedly. But had the Grand State Master ever looked at her?
No matter what, Zhong Qingling was indeed an impressive person.
At least she slept with the Grand State Master.
He wondered what it felt like to sleep with the Grand State Master.
Just as this thought flashed across his mind, Lin Feng was shocked.
d.a.m.n!
What kind of dangerous thought was that?!
* *
Zhong Qingling’s death also signaled the complete disintegration of the Blood Peac.o.c.k Organization.
After the battle, the cultivation world lost a group of experts. Yu Huang and Sheng Xiao were injured, but their lives were not in danger.
Lin Jiansheng purified all the corpses. After that, he stared at the corpses all over the ground and said, “Find a place to bury them.”
They deserved a burial place after they died.
Sheng Lingfeng agreed with Lin Jiansheng. “Okay.”
Daiya’s calf was still bleeding from a bite from Runo. The Healer was treating Daiya’s injuries. Donor walked to Daiya’s side and sat down. He asked, “Mother, are the Night Elves really lowly?”
Daiya tilted her head and glanced at her beloved son.
She knew that this child’s heart had wavered.
Daiya shook her head. “They were born poor, so they were forced to be lowly.” Humans were not born lowly. They were often forced into such conditions by poverty. Daiya asked Donor, “What do you want to do?”
Donor didn’t answer Daiya’s question directly. He only said, “A child witnessed his mother’s rape and death with his own eyes. He couldn’t ask anyone for help, let alone seek justice for his mother through legal means. If this happened to me, I think I would make the same choice as Uncle Runo.”
Donor took his mother’s hand and said, “Just as a mother is willing to give up her life for her child, a child is willing to give up everything for his mother. Mother, I think Uncle Runo is right.”
Daiya’s expression changed slightly.
Donor kissed the back of his mother’s hand and said, “Most of the Night Elves are ugly, but like us, they have red blood and a beating heart. Perhaps it’s time for us elves to reform. A hundred years ago, the human race abolished slavery. Isn’t it good that human society is harmonious now?”
Donor would never forget that smile and those eyes before Runo died.
Although Runo was dead, his spirit would live on forever.
His spirit would definitely inspire more Night Elves.
They would stand up! Be masters of the Light Sea!
This wasn’t only the faith of Runo, but also the faith of the entire Night Elve Clan.
“Mother, perhaps we should put down our prejudice against the Night Elves and given them human rights. At the very least, we have to treat them as a person, not an object or a slave.”
Daiya looked at Donor and her gaze suddenly became gratified. “Donor, you have always been my pride. If you really think so, then do it. It’s time for the Elve Clan to welcome some changes.”
“Yes!”
* *
After the battle, Sheng Xiao and Yu Huang went to the royal palace of the Divine Moon Empire.
The Grand State Master sat beside the collapsed Divination Tower and stared at it with a dejected gaze.
Seeing that the Grand State Master was in a bad mood, Yu Huang walked to the Grand State Master and comforted him. “G.o.dfather, the tower has fallen. Let’s rebuild it.”
The Grand State Master reached out and touched the tower. He said, “It has accompanied me for so many years that I’m already attached to it. If I build it again, it won’t be the original tower.”
Yu Huang frowned slightly, not knowing how to comfort him.
At that moment, Ji Linyuan flew out of the underground palace with Yin Rong and Xiao Shu. Ji Linyuan was carrying a girl in his arms. The girl’s eyes were closed, and it was obvious that she was unconscious.
It was Sheng Yang.
“Yang Yang!”
Sheng Xiao quickly walked to Ji Linyuan and took Sheng Yang from him. Yu Huang saw that Sheng Yang had disappeared for so long but hadn’t lost weight. Instead, she had become plumper. She knew that Na Luo had never made Sheng Yang suffer.
Ji Linyuan told Yu Huang, “We searched the underground palace. There’s no one below, only Sheng Yang.”
Seeing that Sheng Xiao couldn’t wake Sheng Yang up, Ji Linyuan told Sheng Xiao, “She must have been fed a calming medicine. She will be fine after a few days of sleep.”
“Thank you, Senior.” Sheng Xiao called Ji Linyuan ‘Senior Brother’ too.
Ji Linyuan was about to speak when he suddenly sensed two powerful energies erupting from the direction of the Cangyuan Empire.
The Grand State Master also raised his head and looked over. He carefully sensed the energy in that aura before saying, “The ancient merman’s energy has weakened.”
In other words, Na Luo was at a disadvantage.
* *
Broken Cliff.
The mountains around Broken Cliff were broken and the forest was destroyed. When the two of them fought, they cut the mountains into thousands of ravines.
Both Na Luo and Dino were seriously injured. Dino’s left arm was cut off by Na Luo, and Na Luo’s dark golden fishtail was cut off at the waist by Dino.
Half of Na Luo’s body was thrown to the ground, and the pain made his expression ferocious.
Dino got up from the ground and staggered to Na Luo. He gritted his teeth and said, “Ancient merman, even if we let you down 800 years ago, you can vent your hatred and resentment on me. Why did you destroy 40,000 merfolk?!”
Dino would never forget the scene of Xixia Ocean being dyed red by blood.
Forty thousand people in the entire clan had died in Na Luo’s hands. How could Dino tolerate this?!
Na Luo looked at Dino mockingly. “What? It’s okay for you guys to attack me and eat my flesh and blood?! Yet it’s heartless for me to kill your entire clan?”
“When we ancient merfolk love a person, we do so without reservation. If we hate a person, we have to eliminate their kind completely! If you merfolk anger me, you have to sacrifice the lives of your entire clan!”
The ancient merfolk had once followed the Divine Master to war. They had their own principles and pride.
Eight hundred years ago, the ancient merman wanted to kill Na Luo. Na Luo’s pride didn’t allow her to live on in degradation.
Eye for an eye, and tooth for a tooth was their creed in life.
Dino smiled bitterly.
If he had known that angering the ancient merman would bring disaster to the Merman Clan, he would never have gone to the Divine Sea to ambush the ancient merman.
However, the mistake had already been made and the clansmen had already been sacrificed. It was too late to contemplate what was right or wrong.
“In that case, go to h.e.l.l!” Dino raised the halberd in his hand and stabbed Na Luo’s heart!
“Ah!”
The halberd pierced through Na Luo’s heart, and she screamed in pain.
Na Luo held the halberd, and her gaze became more and more unfocused.
Without the Divine Fish Scale, the souls of the ancient merfolk would dissipate after their hearts were pierced.
Na Luo’s male body suddenly changed. His face turned into an exquisite and beautiful girl’s face, and his body turned into a slender girl’s body. At this moment, Na Luo looked exactly the same as the day she first entered the Divine Realm Academy.
She was pet.i.te and kind, and her eyes looked charming when she smiled.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
When she died, she finally lived the life she yearned for the most.
She was no longer the powerful and unfathomable ancient merman of the Divine Sea. She was only a young girl. She was the innocent girl who would accompany Sheng Yang on missions, fight together, and soak in the hot spring together.
…
The ancient merman was dead.
The last trace of a Divine Master in this world had disappeared.
It suddenly rained on the Holy Spirit Continent.
Under the rain, the blood was completely immersed in the soil. The bones were buried underground and turned into fertilizer to nourish everything on the continent.