God of Pets

Chapter 426 This is all the help I can give you.
The golden man tried to throw Fu Tianji away, but found that Fu Tianji's arm was holding onto his arm, and he couldn't shake him off.

A golden light flashed in the golden man's eyes, and he slammed Fu Tianji's head directly to the ground.

Stone fragments flew everywhere, and Fu Tianji's entire head slammed into the rocky ground.

The golden man raised his other hand and clenched it into a fist, slamming it into Fu Tianji's helmet again and again.

After a few punches, the head that Zi Xuan had transformed into was directly pierced by his fist, and Fu Tianji's head was also pierced through.

The golden man pulled his fist out of Fu Tianji's head, tossed the motionless Fu Tianji aside like trash, and then walked over to Chen Guan again.

"It's over!" Hu Quan felt a sense of relief. Everyone would die here together, so for him, this was a very good outcome.

Although Chen Guan is also very strong, he is only at the second awakening stage after all, and the combat power he can unleash is still somewhat different from that of beings like Xiu Jieming and Fu Tianji.

Of course, the main reason is the Golden Man's ability, which somewhat restrains Chen Guan, preventing him from unleashing his full potential.

"Ancestors above, your unworthy descendant Chen Guan begs for your protection..." Chen Guan read out the "Great Law for Preserving Life of Ancestors" written on the coffin lid.

Having fought to this point, he had no other choice.

Although the golden man had a shadow, he couldn't speak at all, so it was impossible to entice him to say anything insulting to the Emperor or the Great Qin Dynasty, nor could it activate the shadow to attack.

Now, no matter what method is used, no matter how unreliable it may seem, Chen Guan wants to give it a try, just in case it works.

This life-saving technique seems to have nothing to do with vital energy, nor does it require vital energy to activate it; it simply involves reciting those words of supplication for protection.

Chen Guan also felt that this should be of no use, but when he finished reading these words of requesting the blessings of his ancestors, he suddenly felt his brain explode.

Then a series of images flashed through his mind: a dry, freezing winter night.

After a severe drought and a complete crop failure, coupled with looting and plundering by outsiders, Gujing Village had almost no food left to survive the winter.

The remaining food was far from enough to keep everyone in the village alive.

Some young people took the grain that their families had saved for seed, intending to cook and eat it to survive, but the elders stopped them.

"Mom...we really can't go on living...what's the use of keeping these seeds...we have to survive..." the young man cried.

“Child…you can’t eat this…if you eat it, there will be no seeds next year, no crops will grow, everyone will die, and our family line will end…” The old woman gripped her son’s hand tightly.

Such scenes are constantly playing out in Gujing Village.

Although many young people had been taken away by outsiders, they had also taken away most of the food, and the remaining food was still not enough to eat.

If they don't eat the crops grown in the fields, they will all die this winter.

Even if they eat the crops, they might not survive, since crops are limited, and their tribe will still be wiped out after winter.

The elderly are trying to stop their children from eating the grains they grow, but the young people know better that if they don't eat them, they will die now.

"Dad, if we don't eat, we'll die right now!"

“We mustn’t eat this, even if it means death. It’s our last hope to continue the family line. Our Liu family can’t end with us…” “Isn’t the result the same? We’re all going to die anyway, so we might as well die with a full stomach!”

“No…no…it’s different…we can’t eat the seeds…the remaining grains…if it weren’t for me and your mother…if it weren’t for us…maybe…maybe…you could have survived this winter…”

"..."

Scenes flashed by: in the dark night, one old man after another left the village where he had lived his whole life, dragging his thin and frail body into the desolate mountains.

They walked barefoot and naked on the cold stones.

The biting wind pierced their bones, and the rocks tore at their flesh, leaving bloody streaks on the ground, yet it could not stop their steps.

They need to save clothes and shoes for their children to get through the winter, and they need to save food so that their children can survive the cold winter and live.

They walked step by step into the mountains, and step by step into death. They came into this world naked, and they left naked, eventually disappearing into the unknown depths of the mountains.

"This is a nation without faith, a country without gods; but they also have faith, they also have their own gods, namely their ancestors who sacrificed everything for the continuation of their nation... those are their ancestral gods..."

A voice echoed in Chen Guan's mind, and at the same time, he felt as if some power was burning like flames behind him, making him feel warm.

When Hu Quan heard Chen Guanduan mention the "Great Method for Preserving the Life of Our Ancestors," a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

"At this point, even if we could summon the spirits of our ancestors, it probably wouldn't be enough to defeat this golden man," Hu Quan thought to himself, but his eyes suddenly widened even further.

He saw old men and women coming out of those stone houses.

They were engulfed in blackish-gray flames, their bodies were emaciated, and their eyes were sunken, making them look like demons.

One by one, they walked towards Chen Guan, silently coming behind him, and placed their skinny, bony hands on his body.

The dark gray flames flowed from their bodies to Chen Guan's body, like a thousand streams converging, accumulating more and more on Chen Guan's body, like a burning dark gray campfire.

Chen Guan looked back and saw a group of elderly people who looked terrifying but had the gentlest eyes in the world standing behind him, channeling their dark yet scorching power into his body.

“Child…stand up…don’t kneel down…straighten your spine…live on…” The old man who was telling Chen Guan and the others the story was right behind Chen Guan, grinning with his big yellow teeth as he spoke.

As he spoke, most of the blackish-gray flames on his body transferred to Chen Guan, whose body gradually turned into ashes, dancing gracefully in the air and falling into the night sky like a butterfly.

Those old men, like the old man, their bodies, devoid of flames, continuously turned to ashes and fell into the starry sky.

Chen Guan wanted to say something, but the golden man, whose whole body radiated golden light and possessed terrifying power, had already punched Chen Guan in front of him.

“Child…stand up straight…don’t run away…our ancestors…fought against heaven…fought against earth…fought against man…we’ve lost…we’ve been defeated…we’ve died…but we’ve never surrendered…this is all we can do for you in this lifetime…”

Familiar yet unfamiliar voices filled his ears and mind, while his body was also infused with an indescribable power.

All the old people turned to ashes and fell into the sky, but the blackish-gray flames on Chen Guan's body burned brighter and brighter, and the terrifying power drove his body to move.

Straightening his spine, swinging his arms and punching, the dark gray flames, along with ashes fluttering like butterflies, met the golden light.

(End of this chapter)