Chapter 158: Two Sides of Life and Death
"I can only ...... Live a ......?"
Jiang Yao's eyes widened, staring at the glutton's red eyes in astonishment, and the meaning of the glutton's words was undoubtedly the only choice between the two of them to kill each other.
"No...... There must be, there must be another way!" Jiang Yao came back to his senses, shook his head vigorously, and said. "Since we fell into this mountain from above, then at least break the rock wall above and have a chance to escape!"
"But can you guarantee that the rock wall above won't collapse?" Gluttony sneered and slowly walked towards Jiang Yao. "The rock structure here is not stable, and if we really try to force it, I'm afraid that before we get out, we will all be buried alive, and neither of us will survive. β
"This ......" Jiang Yao was speechless, not knowing how to refute for a while.
"Also, the magma in this mountain is becoming more and more active, and if you don't get out quickly, I'm afraid that before the lava erupts, the oxygen here will be exhausted first. Gluttony said, standing still in front of the pale-faced Jiang Yao. "So, if you want to get out of here as soon as possible, there is only one way left......"
Gluttony smiled, suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Jiang Yao's wrist, and pulled Jiang Yao's hand to his chest.
"Puff...... Puff ......
The beating heartbeat slowly passed into Jiang Yao's palm along with the temperature of the gluttonous body.
"Do you feel it? My heart beats. β
Gluttony whispered, and in Jiang Yao's stunned gaze, he slowly leaned closer.
"Even if it is a 'fierce beast', once the heart is destroyed, it will still 'die'. Gluttony smiled, his eyes surging with something incomprehensible.
"I can give you a chance to 'kill me' so that I can get 'liberation' and you ...... It is also possible to go out from here. β
"Open...... What are you kidding!" Jiang Yao's face changed, and he immediately withdrew his hand and took two steps back. "No matter what, I can't make a move on you!"
"Are you going to die here?" the gluttony straightened up, his eyes hinting sarcastic. "Don't forget, I can be born again. Even if your body is destroyed here, you can be reborn elsewhere in the realm and inherit your memories. So, in a sense, only if you kill me is the only way for the two of us to survive at the same time. β
"But ......"
"You don't have time to hesitate, we won't be able to survive any longer than this. β
Gluttony glanced at the increasingly cracked cave ground below his eyes, and then moved his gaze to Jiang Yao's stunned face in front of him, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.
"Or ...... Are you trying to be killed by me?"
ββ¦β¦ If you really wanted to kill me, I wouldn't be standing here for a long time. β
Jiang Yao gritted his teeth and raised his head to meet the gluttonous gaze. After being at a loss at first, Jiang Yao had calmed down at this time, and his eyes turned firm.
"Whether you will be reborn in the future or inherit your memories, for me, the fact that you saved me and helped me will not change. Jiang Yao said seriously word by word. "And as I said, I never treated you as a 'beast', you are kind to me, and you are also my friend, and I can't do this kind of thing if I want to kill you for my own life. β
"Friends...... Friends?"
Tao Tao was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect Jiang Yao to answer so decisively. He stared at Jiang Yao's eyes for a while, and there were faint slight ripples in his red pupils, but they quickly returned to their original state. After a while, he suddenly smiled.
"What a stubborn and stupid human......"
Gluttony closed his eyes, shook his head with a wry smile, and then turned his back, as if he had given up on the temptation.
"Okay, I'm not going to make fun of you now. To tell you the truth, if you want to get out of here, there is actually another way besides living between us. β
"Really, what is the solution?" Jiang Yao hurriedly asked as soon as he heard that things had taken a turn for the better.
"As I said before, if we want to disarm this 'Demon Gu Array', one way is for the caster to stop, in other words, as long as we find the caster and defeat the other party, the circle will naturally fall apart. Gluttony said.
"Spell Bearer...... You don't usually be in the middle of the formation yourself, right?" Jiang Yao was still a little puzzled.
"Hehe, theoretically not, the caster will generally stay in the 'protective enchantment' outside the formation, but this does not mean that the opponent will not be 'dragged into the formation'. Tao Tao shook his finger and said meaningfully. "The 'Demon Gu Array' is a kind of magic circle with a high degree of anti-devouring, and it's easy for ordinary Demon Gu masters to deal with low-level demons, but if you want to refine me into a 'Demon Gu', it's a fool's dream. β
"That means that we can 'fight back' against the caster of this magic circle?" Jiang Yao's spirit was lifted.
"That's right. Gluttony smiled and said. "When the power that erupts within the 'Demon Gu Array' exceeds the caster's ability, the caster will be dragged out of the 'Protective Enchantment' and sucked into the formation, and when the time comes, as long as we defeat the other party, this 'Demon Gu Array' will be easily resolved. β
"I see, that's ......" Jiang Yao heard this, and the big stone in his heart finally fell slightly, but he quickly realized something again, and his face suddenly piled up with dissatisfaction.
"Speaking of which, you know there is another way to get out of here, so why did you say anything like that to let me kill you? It's fun to trick me, isn't it?"
Jiang Yao said angrily, as if he was very unhappy with the temptation of the glutton, while the gluttony smiled, didn't intend to explain at all, and turned around and walked towards the scattered patterns of the magic circle in the middle of the stone platform.
"You, where are you going?" Seeing that Tao Tao suddenly turned his back and walked into the distance, Jiang Yao asked in surprise.
"Do you need to ask, 'drag that guy outside' in. β
Tao Tao replied casually, raised his hand and looked at his palm, only to see a trace of dark purple fireworks begin to gather in his palm.
"'Explosive power'...... Alas, although I don't really want to use mana in front of that kid, I can't help it......"
Tao Tao muttered to himself in a low voice, sighed silently, and then turned his head away, and looked in the direction of Jiang Yao behind him:
"You kid stand far away, don't blame me for implicating ...... when the time comes Huh?"
Before the words fell, Tao Tao's face suddenly changed, and he saw that the patterns of the magic circle on the surface of the stone platform suddenly emitted bursts of abnormal light, and with the strange red light flowing rapidly in the lines of the ground, Jiang Yao, who was standing on the edge of the magic circle, suddenly seemed to be dragged by some force below, and he couldn't help but kneel down in the magic circle.
"Hmm...... I, my body, ......!"
Jiang Yao held the ground with one hand and grabbed his chest with the other, a sharp rise of uneasiness and anxiety burned his internal organs like fireworks, he felt that his head, chest, and limbs were being congested by some expanding hot energy, and the stagnant veins made his whole person in a sharp pain that was about to explode, and even his consciousness began to appear in a trance.
[Hehehe...... Want to escape...... It's not that easy to ......!]
A cold female voice suddenly came into my ears in the chaos.
[I can't wait...... Hurry up and ...... your soul Leave it to me!!]
This sound is ......!
Jiang Yao's consciousness instantly sobered, he raised his head as if he felt something, and in the flickering demonic light of the 'Gu Dan' in his arms, he saw a long-haired woman with a different head in the shadow on the top of the cave above, sneering and looking down at Jiang Yao.
Headless Living Corpse!!
At the moment when Jiang Yao recognized the other party, a red figure suddenly jumped out from Jiang Yao's side and rushed towards the living corpse with teeth and claws above!
"Bang ββ!"
The shattered stones smashed on Jiang Yao's body one after another, and under the violent impact, the entire stone platform also began to shake slightly. Jiang Yao looked at the gluttony fighting with the living corpse in front of him, and he didn't want to be a burden, he dragged his body that was about to tear apart in pain, and stumbled into the gap between the Chiyou stone statues on the side to avoid the falling stones.
Chest...... It hurts...... I'm out of breath......
The vision in front of him gradually blurred, and the roar of the battle in front of him was as chaotic as a membrane, Jiang Yao, who was in cold sweat, lowered his head and gasped for breath, and the anxiety in his body was accompanied by a violent heartbeat, gradually filling his entire world of consciousness.
Why...... Why did my body start to be abnormal when I saw the living corpse......? The living corpse...... Claiming to be "my soul...... Could it be ......!
"Be careful......
A familiar voice sounded faintly without warning, waking Jiang Yao up from his trance, and at the same time, a sense of crisis that pierced his heart exploded from Jiang Yao's head.
Jiang Yao slowly raised his head and looked at the smiling woman's head hanging upside down in front of him in a daze.
γYou...... Can't escape......]
The woman grinned, revealing a mouthful of cold fangs.
Let's ...... Let's get started!]
"Rumbleββ!!
At the same time, a red mist of energy spread out from the pattern of the magic circle, and bound around Jiang Yao's body like a chain. At that moment, Jiang Yao only felt a scorching energy jamming his internal organs, and the swelling pain was about to explode, and a pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow almost destroyed his entire consciousness.
"Uh-huh, ahhhhββ!h
Jiang Yao roared loudly, but at this time, he was blocked in place by the mist, unable to move at all. In a trance, he saw the gluttony in the distance desperately trying to break through the obstructive red mist and rushing towards him, but all this gradually became ethereal and blurry in Jiang Yao's eyes, like a space that has been cut off......
[Hehehe...... Die, I've set up an 'enchantment' that he can't get close to. γ
With the cold words, a burning pain suddenly surged into Jiang Yao's chest, he trembled and lowered his head, but found that the 'Gu Dan' in his arms was bursting with dazzling light, and the rapidly rising temperature was like a red-hot iron ball, gradually eroding Jiang Yao's flesh and skin.
['The qi veins are broken'...... Oh, no wonder "that thing" can't get out......]
The woman's head, which became one with the corpse, sneered, stretched out her finger and pointed at the 'Gu Dan' in Jiang Yao's arms, slowly approaching Jiang Yao's face. In the depths of the other party's cloudy pupils, Jiang Yao seemed to vaguely see some familiar blood-colored light and shadow.
[Let me tell you...... The 'true usage' of this 'Gu Dan'!]