Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 168 Heavenly Might: Overwhelming Force
Zhao Youyue, through the rain, charged forward with her sword drawn!

Her face was fearless, filled only with a thirst for killing and a thirst for battle, and brimming with resentment!

Lin Qiru understood this emotion, which only made her more agitated!
Zhao Zongshan was the instigator!
Zhao Youyue's father was the instigator!
Zhao Youyue showed no remorse whatsoever for the daughter of the perpetrator, and not only that, she even acted like a complete victim!
Why?
Lin Qiru's murderous intent was aroused!

But when she saw Lin Xiufeng beside her, a sliver of reason suppressed her murderous intent.

Seeing Zhao Youyue rushing over, Lin Qiru shouted loudly, and his body burst out with white light and heavenly martial power, barely avoiding the position where Lin Xiufei was standing, and spreading rapidly in all directions!
As Zhao Youyue charged forward, she was struck by Bai Guangtian's overflowing martial power and sent flying!
While she was in the air, she felt as if the Heavenly Martial Power within her body was about to boil over, teetering on the edge of going out of control and becoming violent.

However, Zhao Youyue's mind went blank at that moment. Her body was thrown far away by the impact and finally fell into the sea of ​​blood...

The massive Lone King volcano suddenly exploded from its midsection upwards!

Countless flying rocks, accompanied by water erupting from the crater, soared in all directions.

The continuously spraying water rose straight into the air, sprinkling it onto the surrounding land and the sea of ​​blood, near and far.

Streams of water, carrying fragmented rocks, cascaded down the mountainside and below of Guwang Volcano.

The base's buildings were destroyed by rolling rocks and pushed over by the raging torrents, and the fleeing Tianwu Po hurriedly escaped to the base on the other side.

However, the surging torrent propelled the sea of ​​blood into a tsunami hundreds of meters high, crashing straight towards the seaside base on the opposite shore.

At sea and along the coastline, the Heavenly Martial Spirits who were patrolling all fled.

The vast beach base was utterly destroyed by the massive waves of the tsunami.

Within the collapsed Lonely King Volcano, amidst the rolling boulders, figures of Heavenly Warriors rushed out.

Lin Xiufeng stood beside Lin Qiru, enveloped by the white light of the Heavenly Martial Force Field.

As the Lone King Volcano crater exploded, it rapidly decreased in size. All the torrents and debris that collided with Lin Qiru's Heavenly Martial Force field were shattered and transformed into bursts of scattered Heavenly Martial Force.

They just kept falling, falling, as the building collapsed...

Until their feet touched the newly lowered, isolated crater of the Lone King Volcano.

Lin Xiufeng looked around at the sea of ​​blood, at the roaring, receding tsunami waves, and at the beach base that was destroyed and submerged in an instant.

The giant waves continued to push the land to even higher ground...

In an instant, the earth shook violently, the sea surged, and the giant peak of the Lone King volcano collapsed, as if it were the end of the world...

The power of the Heavenly Blade is truly astounding!

After this release, Lin Qiru quickly regained her composure, realizing that her emotions had spiraled out of control.

She looked around at the scenery, and remained silent for a long time...

The torrents from the eruption of Mount Kuwang have finally stopped.

Lin Xiufeng glanced at it and saw that all the water at the bottom of the volcano had suddenly been ejected.

But in a short while, water surged up from even deeper, rising higher and higher.

On that temporarily dry rock face, a white light was clearly visible!
"The exit of the Heavenly Martial Realm is indeed at Lonely King Volcano."

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue saw the white light barrier and knew that it was the way home...

But with the exit there, how can they get home?

Will the Tianwu Group of Tianlan Star not compromise with them and instead fight each other on Tianlan Star after returning?
To drag countless innocent people into this mess and force the Tianlan Star government to compromise?

Then, they went back to see their families and said to them: We're home... After killing countless people, we've come back to live the lives of ordinary people?

That's something their loved ones can bear.
impossible……

Lin Qiru looked at the rapidly rising water at the bottom of the crater, getting closer and closer to the exit of the Heavenly Martial Realm, and suddenly said sadly:

"Lin Xiufeng, I've made it so you can't go home..."

"It's clearly my fault that you can't go home." Lin Xiufeng felt truly guilty; she was the one who was dragged into this mess. "Why are you here?"

One sentence brought tears to Lin Qiru's eyes, instantly reminding her of those tormented feelings.

"...I'm sad every day now that you're gone..."

"When my aunt was sick, I was torn about whether I should report to the Heavenly Martial Corps and use my status as a Heavenly Martial Warrior to make a matching organ for her more quickly..."

"I'm still undecided, but it's the auntie's turn."

"Unexpectedly, my aunt had an accident right after that!"

"I've been blaming myself ever since I hid my Heavenly Warrior power, otherwise Zhao Zongshan wouldn't have killed Auntie..." "After the incident, I wanted to confess to you and apologize time and time again, but I was afraid you wouldn't forgive me, so I didn't dare to say it..."

"I didn't dare to say anything until you suddenly went to the Heavenly Martial Realm..."

"I want to come in with you, but I can't leave my parents behind. I cry every night, I cry every single night..."

"Later I decided to stay with your family and wait for you. I don't know how long I'll have to wait, or how long I can wait..."

"Anyway, I'll just wait for you to come back, no matter how long it takes... If I wait until my parents and your grandparents are all gone, then I can come in and find you..."

"But that day, while I was camping with them outdoors, we encountered a murder plot orchestrated by Zhao Zongshan! It was definitely a murder!"

"A lunatic happened to get on a truck that was charging on the side of the road, happened to drive at high speed for six kilometers, and happened to crash into us!"

"The situation was urgent at the time. I didn't have time to think and smashed the truck that was crashing into me at high speed with one palm."

"Anger and resentment erupted uncontrollably!"

"I went straight to Zhao Zongshan's house, killed his wife, kidnapped his child, and threw him into the Heavenly Martial Realm, so he could experience your pain!"

"After coming in here and knowing that the timing was shortly after the supply transport team arrived, I'm even more certain that it was an assassination orchestrated by Zhao Zongshan!"

"He might want to use the tragedy to make you eager to return to Tianlan Star, to leave Zhao Youyue on your own initiative, and to make you so eager to go home that you are manipulated and used by him at will... That's my guess."

Lin Xiufeng could roughly imagine that, given Xu Xinying's psychological resilience, the mental torment during that period had long since become unbearable for her.

She finally found a balance, taking care of his family and waiting for the day he would return.

However, that highly suspected murder incident destroyed Lin Qiru's last psychological balance.

Thus, it collapsed, spiraled out of control, and erupted.

"And then what happened after you came in?" Lin Xiufeng guessed that what she had said earlier was probably true.

"I searched for you in circles, and all the malice I encountered was part of my experience. Until I heard about Gao Zhiyong from the Youlin Feiyue Group, I felt that he was like you. I happened to run into Fang Yuan in the Second Elder City."

Lin Xiufeng thought about how Xu Xinying used to be just like him, hating darkness and danger, and unwilling to cause trouble for her mind and life, yet she endured all of this...

"You're really good at hiding things. You even ate the foods you used to hate in front of me. I've doubted you so many times, and denied it so many times. It was all just my left brain fighting against my right brain, but you still managed to fool me."

Lin Qiru said with some guilt:
"When I met you, I had already heard the rumors about your relationship with the Peerless Sword Saint. But the scene when we met was still quite unsettling, and my feelings were very complicated..."

"But it's because of my mistake that you entered the Heavenly Martial Realm!"

"I didn't know what to do, so I lied about being twins."

"Later on, all I could do was keep covering up the lies so they wouldn't be exposed."

"Lying is so hard, so tiring, and so troublesome..."

"I'm sorry." Lin Xiufeng knew that Xu Xinying didn't like to lie, because honesty was the most worry-free and comfortable way of life.

Looking at the apocalyptic scene of Lone King Volcano and its surroundings, Lin Xiufeng felt even more guilty.

He knew that Xu Xinying didn't need to unleash such power, but it was because—

He had murderous intent towards Zhao Youyue, but because of Lin Xiufeng, he couldn't kill her. That's why he was on the verge of losing control and resorted to this explosive way of solving the problem.

This was not a good solution, and for Lin Qiru, the choices at that moment were so limited.

"I'm glad you didn't say thank you." Lin Qiru took a deep breath and exhaled.

"I'm the one who should apologize for letting you enter the Heavenly Martial Realm alone and end up in this situation. No matter how much time you need, I will give it to you and wait for you."

Lin Xiufeng knew that Xu Xinying was referring to his entanglement with Zhao Youyue. He had originally wanted Zhao Youyue to stab his Tianwu Heart.

In this way, based on his principle of reciprocity, he can sever ties with the past.

However, Zhao Youyue did not stab him.

If Zhao Youyue doesn't have the heart to kill, how can Lin Xiufeng completely cut ties with her?

However, Hsu Hsin-ying was implicated by him and should not have suffered such injustice!

Lin Xiufeng thought about it, her eyes reddened, and she couldn't help but say it again:
"Xiaoying, I'm sorry."

"I'm the one who should apologize," Lin Qiru repeated softly.

The two stood side by side on the edge of the Lonely King Volcano, watching silently in the rain as the rising water in the crater submerged the white light barrier at the exit of the Heavenly Martial Realm.

(End of this chapter)