I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

Gu Yan opened her arms.

Black mist surged in from all directions and seeped into his body.

His eyes changed from rainbow colors to deep black.

His aura was surging, but his consciousness was also being eroded.

He heard countless sounds.

Cries, shouts, curses.

Those voices were like ten thousand knives, churning in his mind.

He frowned in pain, but he didn't stop.

"Gu Yan! Are you crazy?!"

Elena's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

For the first time, genuine terror appeared in her golden eyes.

"You're absorbing negative energy! You'll go insane! You'll die! Stop! Please! Stop!"

Gu Yan did not stop.

He looked up, his eyes, now completely black, staring at her.

His face was expressionless, but his body was trembling violently.

He was under mental pressure that most people could not imagine.

But he was smiling.

The smile was so light, it seemed to float up from the depths of hell.

"die?"

"I should have died long ago."

"But I want to finish this before I die."

He moved.

He was several times faster than before.

His fist, shrouded in black mist, slammed into Elena's gun.

Elena was thrown backward by the shock.

Before she could regain her footing, Gu Yan had already caught up.

His attacks were like a storm, punch after punch, kick after kick.

Elena's twelve wings began to dim under the corrosive influence of negative energy.

Her gun broke.

Her wings were broken.

She was forced into a series of defeats by Gu Yan.

"Gu Yan! Stop! You'll die!"

She was still shouting.

But Gu Yan could no longer hear.

He only knows one thing.

He must win.

He used up his last bit of strength, concentrating all his negative energy into this one strike.

His fist transformed into a black light and blasted towards Elena.

Elena spread her tattered wings and used the last of her holy light to defend herself.

The two forces collided in mid-air.

The entire city of Jinghai trembled.

Then, Gu Yan's fist pierced through the holy light and through her defenses.

His hand chopped into her heart.

The world is quiet.

Elena's twelve wings slowly drooped down.

She looked down at the hand that was piercing her chest, then looked up at Gu Yan.

There was no anger or resentment in her golden eyes.

There was only a very deep, profound peace, like a sense of finally being released.

"You win."

Her voice was very soft, as if it came from a very, very far place.

Gu Yan's black eyes slowly faded back to their original color.

He looked at her, at the golden blood gushing from her chest, at her face turning pale.

It felt like something was stuck in his throat.

He reached out and caught her as she fell.

He held her in his arms and slowly lowered her to the ground.

His knee slammed into the cracked pavement, but he didn't let go.

"Gu Yan".

She lay in his arms, her voice broken and intermittent.

"If only I were human... or just an ordinary angel... how wonderful that would be."

"Then I can... not have to worry about anything."

"As long as... I'm with you."

"I'll bake you cookies every day."

"Let's go play on the swings."

"I'll read with you."

"But I am the king."

"I can't abandon my people."

"You...you won't blame me, will you?"

Gu Yan's eyes reddened.

He hugged her tightly, his voice hoarse and barely audible.

I don't blame you.

"I've never blamed you."

"Our child..."

Elena raised her hand, wanting to touch his face.

Her hand was trembling, but she still touched his cheek very lightly.

"Unfortunately... it didn't have the chance... to see this world."

"It will definitely... be as... beautiful as you."

"Like you... gentle."

"I was thinking of... giving it a name."

"But I've thought about it for a long time... and I still can't figure it out."

"If you have children in the future... remember... to give them a nice name."

Gu Yan took her hand.

Her hands were very cold, as cold as a melting block of ice.

No, it won't.

He said.

"It will see this world."

Elena looked at him, and the corners of her mouth slowly curved into a smile.

That smile was very light, like a night-blooming cereus blooming under the moonlight.

Her eyes slowly closed.

Her hand slipped from his palm.

Her breathing stopped.

She died in his arms with that very faint smile.

Gu Yan lowered his head and gave her a very light kiss on her cool lips.

His tears fell on her face, mingling with her blood.

"We will meet again."

He said it very, very softly.

After saying this, a massive amount of negative energy erupted from his body.

His body felt as if it had been pierced by ten thousand knives at once, and every nerve was screaming.

He cried out in pain, his body arched backward, and he fell heavily to the ground.

His consciousness was rapidly fading away, and the last thing he could see was Elena's quiet profile and the last ray of sunlight filtering through the clouds.

Pei Yuran was the first to rush out.

She was still holding her mother's body in her arms, and her legs had been injured in the previous battle, so every step she took felt like walking on knife points.

But she didn't stop.

She ran to Gu Yan's side, gently put her mother down, then knelt down and lifted Gu Yan's head onto her knees.

His face was covered in blood, and his breathing was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.

She placed her hand on his cheek and relentlessly poured her ice-type spiritual energy into his body, trying to suppress the rampant negative energy within him.

Her fingers were trembling violently, but she didn't cry.

She can't cry.

Her mother is gone, and Gu Yan cannot leave now.

"Gu Yan".

"Wake up."

"Wake up!"

Her voice trembled, like a snowflake swirling in the wind.

Lin Jinyu pounced on her.

She knelt down beside Gu Yan. The golden flames had completely died out, but she still reached out and pressed Gu Yan's cold hand against her face.

Her tears fell one by one onto the back of his hand, burning him terribly.

"Gu Yan! You promised me! You said you'd come back alive! If you dare die, I'll chase you all the way to the underworld and bring you back! Do you hear me?!"

Chiyomiya Yusuke walked to the other side of Gu Yan and knelt down on one knee.

She took out the last secret medicine of the Chiyomiya family and stuffed it into Gu Yan's mouth.

Her fingers were trembling; her usually steady hands couldn't even hold a single pill.

The medicine fell on the ground, she picked it up, it fell again, she picked it up again.

Finally, Shen Youyao held her hand and helped her feed the medicine.

Mr. Gu.

Yuzuru's voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.

"You promised me you would take me to see the beautiful scenery of Daxia."

You cannot break your promise.

Shen Youyao's face was already covered in tears.

Youwei remained silent inside her body, but Shen Youyao could sense that her younger sister, who never showed weakness, was also crying at this moment.

"Brother Gu Yan."

Her voice was soft and sweet, like a small animal whimpering.

"Come back."

Please come back.

I won't be mean to you anymore.

"I will never yell at you again."