Transforming into a stunningly beautiful fox spirit, leaving a scar on the heart of a prodigy.

Huang straightened up.

He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The monk's face twitched twice, revealing an extremely distorted expression.

It wasn't pain, it was anger.

A dignified quasi-emperor was forced back a hundred feet by two ants.

This is incredibly embarrassing.

"Good tactic."

The phoenix's voice was filled with anger.

He opened his arms.

The dark clouds that had been dispersed by the righteous energy gathered again.

This time it's not the clouds.

It is a tangible demonic energy.

The demonic energy tumbled and twisted in the air, eventually transforming into black phoenixes.

Thousands upon thousands.

Each one exuded a nauseating aura of death.

It is the Dharma form that the Phoenix refined after devouring countless living beings.

Ten Thousand Demons Chaozong.

"I'd like to see how long your borrowed power can last."

Huang took a step forward.

The sky was filled with black phoenixes shrieking in unison.

The roaring sound scraped a layer off the ground of Luofengpo.

Gu Xiang looked at the black phoenix that blotted out the sky.

He didn't back down.

He turned to look at Su Qing.

Su Qing was also looking at him.

Their hands were still clasped together.

The sweat and blood on my palms were sticky and inseparable.

Are you scared?

Gu Xiang asked.

Su Qing shook her head.

"I'm not afraid."

"Then let's continue."

Gu Xiang took a deep breath.

His seven orifices of exquisite heart beat more and more violently.

dong dong dong.

Each sound was like a war drum.

He raised the gentleman's sword in his hand.

The nine tails behind Su Qing also rose up.

Golden flames burned at the tip of its tail, turning half the sky red.

"Second bow!"

Gu Xiang's voice rang out.

It wasn't loud, but it was very steady.

"This bright mirror in the hall!"

Where are my parents?

His parents are dead, and the monk is dead.

But in this world, there are still elders.

Gu Xiang and Su Qing turned around at the same time.

They faced the newly revived Chinese parasol tree behind them.

That was Su Qing's true form.

She is also the mother who gave birth to the Phoenix True Fire.

It is also the only witness to Luofengpo over the past millions of years.

The two bent over.

I bow deeply.

This bow is to express gratitude for the kindness of being raised.

This bow is a gesture of devotion to protection.

boom!

The sacred parasol tree seemed to sense something.

The once still branches began to sway wildly.

Countless golden leaves drifted down.

Each leaf transformed into a stream of light, entering the bodies of the two individuals.

That is the origin of the sacred tree.

It is the vitality it has accumulated over thousands of years.

Gu Xiang's righteous spirit surged.

The phoenix fire on Su Qing's body was boiling.

The two forces reached their peak at this moment.

They intertwined, no longer pillars of light.

It was a sword.

A giant sword that stretches across the heavens and the earth.

One side of the sword is engraved with mountains, rivers, plants, and trees, while the other side is engraved with the sun, moon, and stars.

That is the way of humanity.

It is also the law of the demon race.

"cut!"

Gu Xiang and Su Qing straightened up at the same time.

The two moved in perfect unison.

The giant sword slashed down fiercely as they moved.

There are no fancy moves.

It was a straight chop.

Avenue to Jane.

Where the sword passed, a large rift opened in the void.

Those shrieking black phoenixes were as fragile as paper before this sword.

Puff puff.

Black Phoenix exploded.

The demonic energy dissipated.

The giant sword continued its momentum, aiming straight for Huang's brow.

Phoenix's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints.

He felt threatened by death.

This sword strike could kill him.

"madman!"

Huang cursed.

He dared not accept it directly.

He retreated rapidly.

At the same time, he formed a hand seal, and a black shield appeared in front of him.

That was his signature magic weapon.

It was also his last resort.

when!

The greatsword struck the shield.

The sound was so loud it made people deaf.

Sparks flew everywhere.

A crack appeared on the shield.

Then came the second and third rounds.

Click.

The shield shattered.

The giant sword struck the phoenix on the shoulder.

An arm flew off.

Black blood was splattered all over the ground.

Huang let out a miserable scream and flew sideways, crashing into a mountain.

The hilltop collapsed, burying him underneath.

Gu Xiang and Su Qing stood in the original spot.

The two were panting heavily.

That last attack drained most of their strength.

Gu Xiang swayed slightly.

Su Qing quickly helped him up.

"Are you alright?"

Gu Xiang shook his head.

"We are Qing'er."

He looked at the ruins in the distance.

"It's not over yet."

really.

The ruins exploded.

Phoenix burst out from the pile of rocks.

He's missing an arm.

Half of his body was stained red with blood.

But his aura didn't weaken; instead, it became stronger.

"it is good."

"very good."

There was a hint of madness in Huang's voice.

"You have every reason to be proud that you've pushed me to this point."

He raised his only remaining left hand.

A black vortex appeared in the palm of his hand.

The whirlpool emitted sounds of ghosts howling and wolves howling.

Those were the wronged souls he had devoured.

"But borrowed power is still borrowed power."

Huang looked at the two of them.

Sharp eyes.

He figured it out.

The golden light on Gu Xiang and Su Qing began to shimmer.

That's a sign of unstable power.

The power left behind by the Phoenix's true spirit is limited.

I've used it twice, and it's almost empty.

"Your hearts are not united."

Huang sneered.

"The force is then impure."

He took a step forward.

He appeared in front of them in an instant.

He slammed his left hand down hard.

It's not an attack on anyone.

Instead, they attacked the energy nodes connecting the two individuals.

That was the key to their power fusion.

That is also the biggest flaw.

Gu Xiang wanted to swing his sword.

But we were a step too late.

Su Qing tried to stop her.

They were a step too late.

boom!

Phoenix placed her palm between the two.

A tremendous repulsive force erupted.

Gu Xiang and Su Qing were thrown to either side by the shock.

The colossal sword that stretched across the heavens and earth shattered instantly.

It turned into specks of golden light and dissipated.

"puff!"

Gu Xiang spat out a mouthful of blood.

He fell to the ground and rolled several times before stopping.

Su Qing wasn't much better off.

She crashed into a large tree and lay on the ground for a long time, unable to get up.

The two lost contact.

That power of fusion is gone.

Huang stood between the two.

Looking down from a high vantage point.

He looked at Gu Xiang, then at Su Qing.

His face was full of mockery.

"Did you see that?"

"This is destiny."

"In the face of life and death, the so-called sharing life and death is a joke."

Huang pointed at Su Qing.

He said to Gu Xiang:

"Do you really think she'd be willing to die for you?"

"She is a demon."

"Demons are inherently selfish."

"She held back her strength in that last sword strike."

"Otherwise, I would have lost my life long ago."

Gu Xiang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He stood up, supporting himself with his sword.

"You're talking nonsense."

Gu Xiang cursed.

"Scholars don't swear."

"But there's no need to be polite to a beast like you."

The phoenix smiled.

He laughed very loudly.

Don't believe me?

"Then I'll let you die knowing why."

Huang turned to look at Su Qing.

"Little fox."

"Tell him."

"When that bird asked you in the sycamore tree."

"How did you choose?"

Su Qing lay on the ground.

Her wedding dress was tattered and torn.

The exposed skin was covered in wounds.

Hearing Huang's words, her body trembled.

She looked up.

He looked towards Guxiang.

His eyes darted away.

Gu Xiang's heart sank.

But he didn't say anything.

He simply watched Su Qing quietly.

Waiting for her answer.

Seeing this, Huang laughed even more heartily.

"Can't you say it?"

"Then I will speak for you."

"That old man asked you, 'If only one can live, who would you choose?'"

"You chose yourself."

"Is that right?"

Gu Xiang was stunned.

He looked at Su Qing.

Su Qing lowered her head.

There was no rebuttal.

Looking at Gu Xiang's face, Huang felt incredibly satisfied.

To kill someone is to destroy their spirit.

This is even more satisfying than killing them outright.

"What's wrong?"

"Not going to say anything?"

"Weren't you just saying your love was stronger than ever?"

"Isn't there supposed to be a wedding ceremony?"

"Now you know."

"This is a demon."

"An ungrateful wretch who can't be tamed."

Huang walked step by step toward Guxiang.

The black vortex in his palm began to spin again.

"Since your heart is dead."

"Then let me send you on your way."

Gu Xiang didn't move.

He looked at Su Qing.

There was no anger in his eyes.

There was no disappointment.

Only doubt remains.

He didn't believe it.

He couldn't believe that Su Qing, who dared to venture into Ghost Cry Valley for him and even dared to dig out her own heart for him, would be a coward who feared death.

There must be a reason for this.

……

Let's go back half an hour.

The interior space of the sacred parasol tree.

There is no sky, no earth here.

Only a sky full of red leaves.

Su Qing stood under the tree.

The woman in red robes, who was also the true spirit of the Phoenix Emperor, was watching her while waving a fan.

"Have you thought it through?"

The Phoenix Emperor's True Spirit asked.

"This power can only be given to one person."

"It's either you or him."

"If I give it to you, you can live and even gain the cultivation of a quasi-emperor."

"But he will die."

"Because his physical body could not withstand the backlash from the Nirvana Seed."

"If I give it to him, he can live, and he can become an emperor."

"But you will die."

"Because your very essence will be used as fuel, burning completely to ashes."

The Phoenix Emperor's true spirit walked up to Su Qing.

Those golden eyes seemed to see right through people's hearts.

"Don't rush to answer."

"I've thought it through."

There's no going back in this world.

"You are a nine-tailed celestial fox, you don't have nine lives."

You have a bright future ahead of you.

"Is it worth it for an ordinary scholar?"

Su Qing fell silent.

A long time passed.

Su Qing raised her head.

After a brief struggle, her gaze became unusually firm.

She looked at the Phoenix Emperor's true spirit.

He said, slowly and deliberately:

"I choose to live my own life."