God of Pets

Chapter 743 My Heart's Flame

Luo Yuanfei flipped his hand, making the hat tumble in the air. When he grabbed the hat again, Jiang Qiemo's torrent of sword energy burst out from the hat and rushed towards Jiang Qiemo.

Jiang Qiemo's thrusting sword did not diminish in the slightest; it pierced through the torrent of sword energy and struck Luo Yuanfei in the chest.

Luo Yuanfei placed the hat on his chest. It was just a thin hat; how could it possibly withstand a divine weapon like the Blinking Divine Sword?

Jiang Qiemo's sword went straight through the blade, but strangely, the tip of the sword did not emerge from the other side of the hat. It simply disappeared as if there was a vanished space there.

Jiang Qiemo drew his sword, but each strike was blocked by Luo Yuanfei's hat. The sword tip pierced into the hat and disappeared as if by magic, completely ineffective.

"Even the Grim Reaper is nothing more than a blink of an eye; you can't hurt me." In his smugness, Luo Yuanfei momentarily lost his composure and actually blinked.

In Luo Yuanfei's perception, the blink had no effect whatsoever, but he saw that the blinking sword had somehow pierced through the side of his hat and gone straight through his chest.

“The Grim Reaper in a blink of an eye… truly lives up to its name…” Luo Yuanfei said, flicking his hand, a match appeared between his two fingers, and he slashed it sharply at the matchbox in his other hand.

The flames burned, casting a bright light that reflected into Jiang Qiemo's eyes.

Luo Yuanfei let out a smug laugh: "You should also try the power of my Heart Flame. I hope you'll like this way of dying."

Luo Yuanfei was laughing when he realized something was wrong.

The match was half-burned, but not a wisp of smoke rose.

“Impossible… How could you not have a self… How could a living person not have a self…” Luo Yuanfei looked at Jiang Qiemo in astonishment.

My heart's flame burns with the self as its nourishment; a living person cannot be without a self.

“A living person cannot be without a self, but what if I were a dead person?” Jiang Qiemo said expressionlessly.

His thoughts returned to the moment he entered the Gate of Death. He had gone to find Chen Guan, but Chen Guan had entered the Gate of Life, while he had entered the Gate of Death.

Chen Guan experienced the rise and fall of that ancient village through the Gate of Life, while Jiang Qiemo, who entered the Gate of Death, experienced the constant death of himself.

There he was, as if reincarnated, his soul constantly being reborn into different people, experiencing their lives, and finally heading towards death.

One life after another, one death after another.

Jiang Qiemo seemed to have fallen into an endless cycle of reincarnation, unable to escape it no matter what.

The stronger his will to survive, the more he wanted to transcend reincarnation and find Chen Guan, the less he could transcend reincarnation.

In the end, Jiang Qiemo realized the true meaning of death and rebirth. He let go of some things, his heart was ashen, and he finally broke out of that cycle of reincarnation, obtained a handful of ashes, and used them to awaken.

"Your manipulative tactics won't work on me." Jiang Qiemo pulled out the sword that had pierced Luo Yuanfei's body, slashed the match in half with his other hand, and continued to slash at Luo Yuanfei's head.

Luo Yuanfei clutched his chest and leaped backward, dodging Jiang Qiemo's horizontal slash.

However, his heart, which had been pierced by the sword, exploded, and blood and flesh gushed out from the blood hole in his back, his entire heart shattering into bloody fragments.

"You can't recover from the injury I caused," Jiang Qiemo said calmly, looking at Luo Yuanfei whose heart had exploded.

"That's Jiang Qiemo!" Luo Yuanfei said through gritted teeth. He was still alive and hadn't fallen. He reached out and grabbed a stone from the spatial rift, stuffing it into the place where his heart had been, as if he wanted to use the stone to replace his heart. Jiang Qiemo frowned slightly, but then saw Luo Yuanfei press his palm against the wound on his chest, and the wound closed up without leaving a single gap.

Luo Yuanfei, who was on the verge of death, suddenly regained his spirits, as if he had never been injured.

"Using stone as a substitute for the heart, what kind of method is this?" Jiang Qiemo was somewhat surprised.

“You are strong, but like him, neither of you can kill me.” Luo Yuanfei stared at Jiang Qiemo and said, “I can’t kill you either, but I can kill others. If you stand still, fine. But if you try to stop me again, I will kill someone for every time you stop me.”

With that, Luo Yuanfei flew towards Chen Guan.

Jiang Qiemo frowned slightly. If he intervened, he could save Chen Guan, but he wasn't confident he could save everyone.

But the next second, Jiang Qiemo still made his move.

While other people's lives are important, Jiang Qiemo was more reluctant to see Chen Guan die.

"This is your choice, don't blame me." Luo Yuanfei flicked his cloak, and in the blink of an eye, the divine sword cleaved the cloak in two, but Luo Yuanfei's figure disappeared.

Jiang Qiemo turned around and saw Luo Yuanfei holding a dagger to Xiao Qinghua's neck.

"Jiang Qiemo, if you move again, I'll take her life," Luo Yuanfei sneered.

Jiang Qiemo had no choice but to stop. He knew that Xiao Qinghua was Chen Guan's childhood friend, and if possible, he couldn't ignore her life or death.

“You can’t kill me,” Xiao Qinghua said.

"Shut up, women have no right to speak here." Luo Yuanfei cursed, then flipped his other hand, revealing another match between his fingers. He twirled his fingers and flicked the match at his waist, lighting it once more.

This time, however, Luo Yuanfei did not use My Heart Flame on anyone else, but simply let the match burn between his fingers.

Soon, Jiang Qiemo noticed something was wrong. The match was emitting wisps of green smoke, which were all heading towards the ancient Buddha statue facing Chen Guan, making the ancient Buddha statue even more imposing.

Jiang Qiemo slashed at the Ancient Buddha of Green Smoke with his sword, but the Ancient Buddha of Green Smoke was like flowing water, and no matter how fast or sharp the sword was, it could not be cut off.

After the sword energy subsided, the green smoke remained the same, and the Buddhist chants grew even louder, each word like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

"Did you notice? It's too late. My Heart Flame can only withstand a person's attacks three times at most. If a person cannot escape my Heart Flame before the three matches burn out, they will be annihilated along with the smoke and go to the Pure Land. This is his second match." As Luo Yuanfei spoke, the match in his hand had already burned out.

Luo Yuanfei reached for the matches again, but Xiao Qinghua, whose neck was held by a knife, suddenly reached out and snatched the matchbox from his waist before he could react.

"You're asking for death!" Luo Yuanfei slashed Xiao Qinghua's neck with his knife.

when!
To Luo Yuanfei's surprise, his blade failed to sever Xiao Qinghua's neck; instead, it was blocked by a layer of jade light emanating from her body.

"Huh, it even has a protective divine skill." Luo Yuan's flying knives shot out like streaks of light, slashing at Xiao Qinghua one after another.

Although Xiao Qinghua's movements were quite mysterious, she hadn't mastered them well enough to dodge attacks of Luo Yuanfei's caliber.

A flurry of sword flashes rang out as Luo Yuanfei unleashed over a dozen strikes, each aimed at Xiao Qinghua, but all were blocked by the protective jade light, leaving her completely unharmed.

(End of this chapter)