Mortal Mirror

The Nine-Headed Bird didn't hesitate, it inhaled towards Li Ergou and the others, intending to suck them away. But at that moment, a thunderclap suddenly echoed in the sky.

Above the nine heavens, thunder rolled, whistling as it came, and a bolt of lightning actually struck through the mountain rocks.

The Nine-Headed Bird was instantly struck by the lightning, letting out a miserable cry. Its body swayed as it stood up, and one of its heads spat out a black beam of light towards the sky. The immense energy directly blasted a huge hole in the top of the mountain cave.

It flapped its wings and flew towards the high sky. Li Ergou was rejoicing that it had left when the Nine-Headed Bird suddenly stretched out its huge claws and grabbed him, Li Muzhen, Chen Qingping, and Alice.

Li Ergou was furious. Suddenly, the jade pendant on Li Muzhen's body emitted a dragon's roar. The Nine-Headed Bird was startled, and its claws loosened slightly. Li Ergou, Li Muzhen, and Chen Qingping immediately seized the opportunity to escape.

Unexpectedly, the Nine-Headed Bird didn't want to let them go, and several streaks of demonic light shot out from its claws towards them. Seeing this, Li Ergou immediately understood that it was impossible for all three of them to escape unscathed.

If it were strangers, he would definitely choose the Daoist's death over his own, after all, it's better for others to die than himself.

However, the man below called him 'Big Brother' and trusted him immensely. He wouldn't hesitate to face mountains of knives and seas of fire. Otherwise, he wouldn't have accompanied him down here just because of a word from him. Perhaps the word 'loyalty' was the most important thing he couldn't let go of in his life.

Perhaps, someone had to sacrifice in the end. Although he wasn't a good person, he always put loyalty first when it came to brothers and friends.

If someone had to die, he would definitely be the first to do so.

So, a look of determination flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly turned around, using his body to block several streaks of demonic light.

Unexpectedly, the remaining demonic light continued towards Li Muzhen and Chen Qingping.

Seeing this, Li Ergou didn't think much. The large tendon tail behind him suddenly stretched out, directly hitting the demonic light and tightly缠住it. The demonic light was delayed for a moment, and Li Muzhen and Chen Qingping had already fled.

The two saw all of this and their hearts were filled with inexplicable emotions.

However, at this moment, Li Muzhen saw Li Ergou desperately blocking and couldn't help but regret it. What was he doing going back without his sworn brother? He hovered in mid-air, wanting to rush back.

At this moment, Li Ergou was like this, and he was greatly moved, really treating Li Ergou as a true brother.

As brothers, if they couldn't live together, perhaps they could die together. But Li Ergou shouted loudly, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and leave, don't let me sacrifice in vain. Don't worry, my Li Ergou's life is strong, even the heavens can't take me away, let alone a small demon beast.

Don't worry about me, go quickly, get out of here... Chen Qingping, take him away quickly."

At this moment, the demonic light suddenly exerted force, directly breaking several sections of Li Ergou's tail.

Li Ergou's actions completely angered the Nine-Headed Bird. The demonic light flashed again, turning into a beam of light, directly binding Li Ergou's entire body, and then suddenly exerting force.

His body was creaking and groaning, caving inwards, and he didn't know how many bones were broken in an instant.

Li Ergou's voice stopped abruptly, he only felt a sharp pain all over his body, his throat felt sweet, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Li Muzhen saw Li Ergou's miserable appearance at this moment, and his heart was extremely uncomfortable and painful. If it hadn't been for Li Ergou's desperate efforts, how could he have escaped at this moment?

From childhood to adulthood, no one had ever protected him like this, even at the cost of his own life. In this world, probably even the closest relatives wouldn't do this, right?

Brother, this is brotherhood, risking your life for yourself, with no regrets?

Seeing Li Ergou's appearance, Li Muzhen's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared. He couldn't care about anything else. Whether he could save him or not, he couldn't watch him die. Maybe dying together wouldn't matter, after all, his life was worthless, so what if he died?

He couldn't abandon his brother, Li Muzhen couldn't do it.

Just as he was about to rush up, a pair of jade hands grabbed him tightly from behind.

It was Chen Qingping. To be honest, Chen Qingping really didn't expect that Li Ergou usually looked frivolous and gave people an unreliable feeling, but she didn't expect that at a critical moment, this person would be so loyal and righteous, willing to die to save his brother and her.

She had seen everything just now. If Li Ergou had just run away with all his strength, she and Li Muzhen would have been caught by the demonic light.

But Li Ergou gave this opportunity to her and Li Muzhen, and did everything possible to let the two escape. At this critical moment of life and death, if she still suspected that Li Ergou's brotherhood was fake, probably no one could do it.

Although Chen Qingping had always looked down on Li Ergou, this time, she was really moved by his loyalty. After all, even those senior brothers and sisters in her sect wouldn't be as selfless as Li Ergou in the face of life and death, right?

She really wanted to say he was stupid, but this kind of stupidity, this kind of loyalty, was something she could only hope for but couldn't reach.

Now she was in an extremely complicated mood. Although Li Ergou might have just saved her incidentally, this was also a kind of indescribable friendship.

So she took action. After all, Li Ergou had already made a sacrifice and wanted her and Li Muzhen to escape.

If Li Muzhen acted impulsively, wouldn't everything be in vain?

She held Li Muzhen tightly and shouted loudly, "Li Muzhen, wake up, are you going to let Ergou sacrifice in vain? If you really want him not to die in vain, then cultivate well and kill your way back in the future to avenge him."

At this time, Li Muzhen saw Li Ergou smile at him. Although the smile was miserable, his smile was telling Li Muzhen that he was very happy, happy that his brother had escaped.

Li Muzhen cried, a big man cried. He didn't cry when his leg was broken, he didn't cry when he was thrown into the Black Prison, and he didn't cry even when he was in the land of the barbarians, in utter despair.

Now, he cried for a brother he had only known for a short time, he cried for this sincere feeling. Perhaps in the world of men, feelings are very simple, a brother for a while, a brother for a lifetime.

What could compare to the feeling of risking your life for your brother?

Chen Qingping also couldn't help sobbing, "Let's go, don't let him sacrifice in vain, okay?"

"No, I... I want to save him." He was still so persistent.

Chen Qingping wanted to say something, but Li Muzhen was injured by the demon beast's claws just now. At this moment, because he couldn't vent his anger, a dragon energy in his body was scurrying around, directly aggravating his injuries.

What was even more hateful was that the nine-colored fruit he had just swallowed actually released a force of five elements, and in the chaos, he only felt a sharp pain all over his body, finally making him unable to help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

He couldn't hold on any longer, and suddenly felt a pain in his neck, then his eyes went dark and he fainted.

Chen Qingping looked at the unconscious Li Muzhen and could only say softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to do this either, but I have to be the bad guy."

It turned out that she had to knock him unconscious because she saw Li Muzhen in utter chaos just now. Actually, Chen Qingping wouldn't have done it so easily if Li Muzhen hadn't been in chaos.

So she didn't hesitate, looked up and took a deep look at Li Ergou, who was covered in blood, and then turned around and left with Li Muzhen without any hesitation.

Li Ergou saw that Li Muzhen and the others had escaped, and a big stone in his heart had finally fallen, but he smiled bitterly in his heart. In the end, greed had harmed him. If he hadn't been so greedy, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

He then looked at Alice next to him. This woman was already seriously injured and on the verge of death, and now she was even more unconscious, not knowing whether she was dead or alive.

Soon, his eyes lit up, but the Nine-Headed Bird rushed out of the mountain cave and flew into the sky. The big bird flew away, and he didn't know where he would be taken.