Floating on the surface of the scorching lava pool is a soulless corpse, the fragments of red robes and the flame badge that symbolizes power on his body inform others that he is the master of this realm, the Demon God of the Flame Realm, Avril Kiri!

Beside him, a five-meter-thick flame snake circled around the corpse before returning to the nearby girl. On the girl's side, a green flame shone brightly, and the light was sucked into her body. Her flaming red hair was dyed back to the color of cherry blossoms.

The cold and vicious eyes regained their calm, and she seemed to remember something, and immediately ran anxiously in the direction of the swordsman.

"Ziqi ............"

The swordsman whispered a girl's name and tears rolled in his eyes, and an atmosphere of sadness and despair filled his side.

"If I could have come sooner, maybe I wouldn't have ......"

Liu Xiaoming's self-blame came from behind the girl's back, but he just responded with a wry smile on his face.

"Stupid, this matter is none of your business, don't take the blame for yourself. It's all my fault, if I had been stronger, this would never have happened. Oh, it's just nonsense now, again, again, again, because of me, I killed my partner's life............ I'm the worst person......"

His heart released everything, tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes, and his trembling hands carefully rested on the skin-burned and not shiny snowy girl's hands in front of him.

[Ah, don't worry, I'll protect you]

This sentence echoed in Liu Xiaoming's mind, and now it was like a sword blade stabbing him in his heart.

(What a protection, she gave me her life, but in the end, it was she who protected me.) ）

"Ziqi ......"

Liu Xiaoming said the girl's name again, he held the girl's hand tightly, and bowed his head deeply to blame himself for his mistakes. It's all because I'm too arrogant to do this. The same thing happened again, the first time it was a curse, and this time, yes, it was all because of yourself!

(Why!She shouldn't have left like this!She's just an ordinary girl!Why did fate take her life?Why did I come to fight?Why am I so stupid!)

The Sakura-haired girl behind her watched all this silently. She walked lightly to the body of the girl named Ziqi, and looked at her with a heartache.

(You're the girl who always accompanies him...... Thank you for always guarding him, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... If possible...... ）

"Xiao Xiao..."

At this time, Du Xiaoxiao's heart was still trying to say something, but was interrupted by the swordsman beside him. Hearing his call, she immediately turned to face his next words.

"Xiao Xiao, I didn't expect that we would meet again in the way we are now, it may be a little different from what I imagined......" Liu Xiaoming smiled bitterly, and then stared at Du Xiaoxiao seriously with his eyes that had lost their luster.

"You're a phoenix, right, you should be able to bring the dead back to life......"

(How can such a thing be done!)

The girl's heart wanted to answer like this

But his desperate look stimulated his heart. Although this kind of skill does not exist in this world, recalling the story of saving the common people and giving life in the phoenix story told by Vilia, maybe as the inheritor, she can really resurrect the girl.

"I can only try it, this is the first time I have done this kind of thing, I can't guarantee the success rate, and I may even say that it may be zero"

"Even if there is only 0.1 percent hope, I don't want to see my companion die because of me again!"

(What a small number, this kind of hope is impossible to succeed...... Liu Xiaoming's voice made his expression tangled and painful, and he barely supported his body and looked at the girl who was performing spiritual magic seriously.

It was the first time for a fledgling girl to come out of her cultivation and use such an unreasonable trick, Du Xiaoxiao silently prayed to the phoenix of the king of birds in her heart, no matter what the outcome was, she must face it with all her strength.

A phoenix chirped from behind her, and gradually her spiritual power turned into a beautiful phoenix bird soaring in the sky, gradually descending colorful spiritual power and a dazzling feather.

But the moment it fell onto Ziqi's body, the phoenix in the air turned into a deep black and purple color together, and then disappeared with flames.

Liu Xiaoming and Du Xiaoxiao's eyes widened, none of them knew what would happen next, at this time, the body of the girl who lost her life slowly floated, and with a crisp sound, Ziqi's body turned into a little light.

At this moment, Liu Xiaoming excitedly stretched out his hand to grab it, but the moment he touched the light element, those lights reintegrated and turned into a noble columnar amethyst, and then fell into the boy's hand.

(Failed...) ）

These three words came out at the same time in the hearts of the two people, Liu Xiaoming lowered his head and covered his expression, holding the amethyst in his hand and was silent. Du Xiaoxiao on the side wanted to comfort him but didn't know how to do it, so he could only accompany him silently.

At this moment, a powerful force came from near them, and a dazzling dark purple rose portal bloomed in front of the two of them, and a familiar woman stepped out of it with a high heel, exuding an aura that made people feel frightened but also warm.

"Master!"

Du Xiaoxiao was the first to speak, and the swordsman on the side had no choice but to greet softly.

"Old woman, you're here......"

"Phoenix has done its best"

The queen spoke softly, walked to Liu Xiaoming's side, pressed her right hand on his shoulder, and continued

"As early as hundreds of years ago, in the airspace extermination war, the phoenix was abolished the power of rebirth, in order to survive, she voluntarily fell into evil and chose to re-cultivate in a hidden volcano, just now Xiao Xiao's prayer has been agreed by the phoenix, but despite her best efforts, it is true that she cannot resurrect others, so she can only reluctantly deliver Ziqi's soul and everything into crystallization to you. ”

"Soul?" Liu Xiaoming's eyes widened slightly, and he raised his head suspiciously.

"That's right, soul. But Ziqi's magic power was a little weak during her lifetime, so it was not certain when she would wake up in the way of a soul, maybe a hundred years or a thousand years. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Liu Xiaoming's mouth trembled slightly, but a pair of warm and slender hands caressed his face, and the woman in front of him cast an unprecedentedly gentle gaze at him, which suddenly made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Boy, it will take time to wait, but she will always be there for you. ”

Velia smiled and lowered her face, clasping her hands to her chest, returning to her former image of the indifferent queen.

"You still have a lot of things to do, and your cultivation is not over yet. ”

"Heh, I don't know if I still have the confidence to fight" Liu Xiaoming smiled bitterly, and the firm voice of a girl immediately came from his side.

"I'll be with you!"

"Huh?"

With the voice, Liu Xiaoming set his eyes on the cherry-haired girl on the side.

"In the next time, I will accompany me to fight to the end, and fulfilling Ziqi's wish is also fulfilling the wish of all of us. ”

"Everyone's, wish..."

"That's right, stinky boy, you are not alone, you have many companions by your side, and you have to lead them to fulfill their hopes, and carry on with the will of those who have lost their lives.

There are many things in this world, and if you want to fulfill your wishes and reach the top, you and your companions need to find your own path in life.

But I don't want to see you give up halfway, cowardly. Besides, Ziqi doesn't want to see you like this. There's still a lot to do, the Chicken Soup for the Soul counseling is over, go back and think about it yourself."

Wei Liya gently pressed Liu Xiaoming's back and pushed gently. This sudden operation, Liu Xiaoming didn't have time to react at all, and suddenly crashed into Du Xiaoxiao's arms.

At the moment when the two sides made physical contact, the crystals in Liu Xiaoming's hands shone with an extremely dazzling light. He hurriedly and in surprise looked at it, but found nothing.

"Poof!ha, boy, be careful in doing things in the future, it seems that Ziqi can see everything, and now she is probably trying to wake up from the soul mode, hahaha"

The queen seemed to see something and couldn't help laughing.

"Hey ......"

Liu Xiaoming was a little helpless, but seeing Wei Liya's smile and the warmth in her hands, the sadness in her heart also became slightly better.

"Okay, let's go quickly, stinky boy, you have other things to do, you still have half a year left in your cultivation time, the content remains the same, think about how to take back the entire demon world"

"It's easy to say, tell me how to get out of such a big place."

"Don't worry, leave it to me," Du Xiaoxiao's voice came.

"Huh?"

Liu Xiaoming still thought about something, only to see a stream of heat energy under his feet, and then the whole person floated in the air, and he looked down and saw that there was a huge fire phoenix under his feet. The clarity and tactility of the feathers resemble a real phoenix.

During his surprise and exclamation, he suddenly walked by a gust of hot wind, and saw the girl standing in front of him, saying goodbye to the queen below, and then manipulating the phoenix to fly out of this tiresome flame in one breath.

The girl's back made the swordsman completely immersed in it, he was completely impressed by the girl's strength, and carefully recalled that she could face the demon god in a few rounds, and then won with one blow, indicating that her strength had already exceeded the realm of the demon god, and she had become so powerful.

(What exactly have you been through this year...... ）