Chapter Seventy-Nine: Long Memories (7)
There was a flicker of fire above the gray clouds, and the roar of Feiyan's pain reached below, shaking the ground along with it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yun Ze watched in horror as the mountain and river lamp in his hand began to vibrate, so frightened that as soon as he let go of his hands, he jumped off the throne.
His hands, which had been uncontrollable, finally returned to his control, but he was not happy at all, and the worry in his heart deepened.
The heavy lamp swayed above the throne, and the metal lampshade slammed against the stone throne with a crisp sound, as if to herald that something irreparable was about to happen.
"Hongyuan!"
He roared and turned his head to look for the young wizard, only to see an empty altar.
There were no living people, no corpses, not even the snow and blood that covered the altar.
Thin rain fell from the sky and struck the stones piled up on the altar, washing the black stones with a sparkle.
Looking down the long staircase, there was only a void of darkness at the end of the staircase. The ground nearby, the forest in the distance, and the legendary gift of the witch god, the Wuxi stream, which symbolizes the lifeblood of the witch race, have all disappeared.
Naturally, the crowd of people who were scattered and fled could not see the shadow.
He seemed to be the only one left between heaven and earth, and the noisy sound of rain mixed with his heavy wheezing made him feel anxious for no reason.
The altar suspended above the void began to tremble, and the sound of stone shattering could be heard from beneath his feet.
Yun Ze lowered his head and saw the extremely thin cracks spreading outward from the tips of his toes, quickly spreading all over the altar that should be unshakable.
Wisps of black smoke spilled out along the extremely fine cracks, and they did not drift away when they were hit by the rain, still maintaining their original form, and lightly wrapped around Yun Ze's ankles.
The smoke was so light that it shouldn't have been felt. But the moment the black mist touched him, he felt the heavy emotions that were full of ~.
Despair, resentment, unwillingness, anger......
Almost everything he could think of, all the extreme negative emotions, could be found in this smoke.
It is something that is formed by the gathering of the resentments of countless deceased, and the sole purpose of appearing in the world is to devour everything.
Yun Ze stood motionless, for fear that if he moved slightly, the altar under his feet would completely collapse and throw him into the unknown abyss.
He knew very well what the black smoke in front of him was, and he had some guess about where they came from and why the altar under his feet was shattered.
It makes it even more fearful.
The black mist seeping from the cracks in the altar gathered and dispersed, forming one twisted and hideous shape after another, permeating his surroundings. Like a beast with a big mouth open in a black hole~hole, it is about to swallow him.
He tentatively threw a ball of flame in the direction of the smoke, but it was easily engulfed.
The black mist of unknown origin devoured the secret spark that had been passed down from generation to generation of the Wu clan, but it did not show the slightest indigestion. The speed of the overflow became faster and faster, quickly spreading all over the top of the altar, flowing downward.
"It's useless. They are all people who died because of you, and now they have come to you for revenge. ”
A voice echoed in his troubles. The speaker spoke in a laid-back tone, as if gloating: "They want to drag you over there, what are you going to do?" ”
"What should I do?"
Yun Ze subconsciously followed the voice in his head and asked, "Who can save me?" ”
Black smoke continued to pour out~ from the cracks in the ground, fused together, and converged into thin claws, climbing up his legs~ legs.
When the invisible smoke became a substance, the feeling brought to him became more vivid.
Slender fingers gripped his legs. Blocked by thick clothing, he didn't feel pain, just a slight itch.
A pitch-black hand hung from the hem of his garment, swaying gently with the frequency of his trembling, and the sharp nails easily pierced the precious coat, leaving five round holes before climbing further upwards.
They really wanted to kill me.
Yun Ze felt the malice coming from the black fog and thought firmly.
"Save Me ......"
Yun Ze's voice trembled and said, "No matter who you are, please save me quickly...... I'm a witch king, as long as you save me, I can give you whatever you want in the future. ”
"It's so easy to ask someone for help, don't you try to resist yourself?"
The voice in his head asked in surprise: "You are the spokesperson of the witch god in the world, is it really good to make a promise so easily as if you are unknown?" ”
The man chuckled twice, as if he had encountered something funny: "You haven't thought about what to do once I am your enemy?" ”
"I know I can't resist them."
Yun Ze suddenly calmed down at this time: "They came from 'over there', not from 'over there' living people who can deal with them." ”
He took a deep breath and said slowly, "If you're not mistaken, you're also from 'over there'." ”
"So what?"
The voice asked suspiciously, "How can you be sure that I am willing to help you?" ”
"If you don't want to help me, you don't have to ask me."
Yun Ze stomped his foot, and the hand that grabbed the hem of his clothes suddenly dispersed into a cloud of smoke, but it quickly recondensed in the air and grabbed the hem of his clothes again.
At the same time, the cracked altar beneath his feet made an overwhelming sound, and it seemed to be one step closer to the final collapse.
"You just asked me if I was worried that you were an enemy, and I wasn't worried."
Yun Ze smiled indifferently: "Even if it's an enemy, it's for our shadowless old ancestor, and I actually have nothing to do with him." I beg your help now, and if you help me, we'll be accomplices. I can give you whatever you want, and there's no reason why you would refuse my help. ”
Besides, you've got a lot of coercion and inducement ready to go. If I don't agree now, I can only be tortured by you, and in the end, I still have to promise you. It's better to save a lot of trouble as soon as possible, I don't have to suffer, you are also relaxed, and it is convenient for everyone.
"You're an interesting guy."
The voice chuckled, and then sighed: "It really makes me feel a lot less fun to say yes so happily." ”
"Hehe......"
Yun Ze laughed dryly, feeling the cracked stones under his feet slowly sinking down: "I don't know what fun you want." I'm a person who doesn't need to be tossed, and if you toss me to death for fun, then it's nothing! ”
"I'm not that stupid."
The voice snorted coldly: "I still know what is important, and I won't ruin a big thing for the sake of that little boring pleasure." Since you know each other so well, then it's decided. ”
Yun Ze suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and slapped it on the hem of his clothes, and once again dispersed the black smoke wrapped around him for a moment: "Just say the conditions, I can do it." ”
"What if I say I want to sit in that seat?"
The speaker asked with interest, "Which would you like to choose, life or rights?" ”
"This ......"
Yun Ze hesitated for a moment, naturally he didn't want to agree, and he was afraid that the other party would regret it, so he stumbled and argued: "The Witch King must choose someone from the Witch Clan." If you want to sit on it, unless it's ......"
"I'm kidding, don't take it seriously."
The voice said helplessly: "I'm already a dead man, and I can't enjoy any benefits from sitting on it, what do you want him to do?" It's still yours or yours when the time comes, I just want you to do me a small favor. ”
"What?"
"Give me the mountain and river lanterns."
"Okay."
Yun Ze didn't think about it superfluously, and agreed in one mouth: "You drive away all these things, and the mountain and river lanterns will also be taken away for you." As long as you can save me, say what you want as soon as possible. ”
"Nothing else, I'm not as greedy as you are."
The voice quacked and laughed, "Just one light is enough." ”
"Then why don't you get these things away!"
Yun Ze screamed, his scalp tingling as he was caressed by more and more black smoke.
Black hands hung densely on the hem of his shirt, and the fastest had climbed to his chest.
Tremendous pressure came from the heart, and even the heartbeat was very difficult.
The shadow of death loomed over the Witch King's head, getting lower and lower.
"You give me the lamp first."
"How am I going to take the lamp off for you...... It had been hanging on the throne, and I had never heard of anyone taking it off. ”
Yun Ze glanced back at the throne standing behind him. The mountain and river lanterns are hanging on it, swinging sharply, and it looks like it can fall off at any time.
"If you go and pick it now, you can take it off."
The voice said triumphantly, "The Chosen Sacrifice is just when it is at its most vulnerable, if you can't even do this little thing, then you have really sat under it for so long." ”
Sling the bull!
Lao Tzu just wasted half a day and couldn't take it off, how can it become as simple as eating and drinking water in your mouth.
Yun Ze walked to the throne suspiciously, and the black fog in front of him seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and they all made way for him.
The altar under his feet collapsed one by one, and the huge stones fell into the dark void, but the sound of the ground could never be heard.
"Wait a minute."
The voice stopped him when he was about to reach out to pick up the mountain and river lamp: "Don't touch it yet." ”
"I'll pick it up for a while, and I'll stop touching it for a while, what do you want!"
Yun Ze asked angrily, "I'm not playing tricks on you!" ”
The voice seemed to be stunned by his sudden anger, and only after a while did it sneer: "You think clearly, who is begging whom now." Talk to me with that attitude...... You're not afraid I'll be angry? ”
The palms of his chest quickly climbed his shoulders, and the long nails scratched the delicate skin of his neck menacingly, as if to warn him not to act rashly.
"Of course, I can't just kill you when I'm angry, after all, it's still useful to keep you...... But it's not a hassle for me to make you suffer a little. ”
"You ......"
Yun Ze swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the little courage he had just mustered quickly dissipated as death approached: "May I ask if you have anything else?" ”
"Oh, I suddenly remembered something."
The voice spoke slowly, and there was a long pause in the middle, as if he was deliberately angry with Yun Ze in retaliation for his disrespectful remarks just now.
Sharp nails scratched Yun Ze's exquisitely delicate skin, stirring up wave after wave of goosebumps.
"Do you look at the stone next to you?"
He pointed in the direction, causing Yun Ze's eyes to widen and search: "It's the one next to the throne...... It's not on the left, it's on the right! ”
Yun Ze secretly scolded this lonely ghost who didn't know where he came from. Xindao What kind of thing are you, you dare to point fingers at me, but the body honestly followed his instructions to find the inconspicuous stone.
As a result, the stone was stuck in the crevice of the relief under the throne, revealing only a sharp corner, mixed with the pure black throne, and it was impossible to see clearly.
Yun Ze first wasted half a day looking for it, and after finding it, he used all his strength to eat milk before he pulled it out of the crack in the dead relief of the card.
"What is this?"
Yun Ze looked down at his hand covered with small wounds, gasped painfully, and asked in an unkind tone, "Don't tell me that you asked me to find this thing just to play with me." ”
If that's the case...... I can't tell you what to do now, but when things are understood, no matter where you come from, I will definitely make you regret that you ever lived!
"How is that possible!"
The voice said impatiently: "Although I don't think you are very pleasing to the eye, but it is not so boring." This is my incarnation on earth. When you take it with you, you can save a lot of trouble when you go to pick up the mountain and river lanterns. ”
"Avatar?"
Yun Ze looked at the stone in his hand that could be seen everywhere on the side of the road in disbelief: "Such a gray and dirty thing? You take it as your own incarnation? ”
"Our unfortunate people who live in the Stygian Sea don't have as much attention as the Witch King. The incarnation of this thing, as long as it can be used, there is no need to be too pretty, too conspicuous is not conducive to hiding the identity. ”
There is also no shortage of strange spells of possession, puppetry, and parasitism in the secret methods of the witch clan. Yun Ze also studied it for a while because he thought it was fun. He thought that he would never attach his distraction to such a thing, which could only roll in the mud at first glance.
Just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable, if I'm not mistaken, there are still blades of grass and mud hanging on this stone, how did this person endure it?
Disgusted, he tucked the stone into his wide sleeve, climbed back onto the throne, and reached for the crumbling mountain lamp.
The moment his fingers touched the lamp, he felt a burst of anger coming from the lamp, and he was so frightened that he immediately withdrew his hand.
It seemed that someone in the lamp was dancing and roaring at him, and although he couldn't hear the figure or see the shape, the anger really reached his heart.
"Ancestor, I am also forced by the situation, so I can only stand with you. When this monster is sent away, I will definitely redecorate you as an atonement. ”
Yun Ze clasped his hands together, respectfully bowed to the mountain and river lamp twice, and stretched out his hand to the mountain and river lamp again.
Far from being discouraged by his respectful remarks, the man who placed his trust on the lamp became even more angry.
There was also a little helplessness in the anger, and for some reason it reminded Yun Ze of the old man who took care of his daily life when he was young.
The old man has been dead for some years, and although he was annoyed to death when he was a child, he is not bad when he thinks about others now.
When it's over, let's go see his grave.
But where did he come from?
The moment the thin thread holding the lamp was torn off, Yun Ze seemed to see a tall figure with his back behind his hands, shaking his head and sighing away.
Sad emotions spread in his heart, and he held the heavy mountain and river lamp in his arms, and uncontrollably shed two lines of tears.
Why am I crying?
He thought suspiciously, but the tears couldn't stop flowing down~, dripping on the golden lampshade.
"Alright."
The hands made of the smoke around him dissipated instantly, and the shattered altar also returned to its original state.
Vanishing people, the ground, the woods, moving corpses, and the flowing stream are all back in sight.
Hongyuan's figure was not far away, facing away from him, fighting against a group of painless corpses.
"Give me the lamp...... And your body...... Leave it to me, too! ”
The sound from the stone sounded as if he had fallen into some kind of madness, and the sound of crazy laughter echoed in Yun Ze's mind, making his ears buzz.
My body? Over to you?
Before Yun Ze could react to the meaning of these words, his eyes darkened little by little.
He felt that he reached out and pulled out the short knife hidden in the placket of his clothes, and slowly walked towards Hongyuan's side, the sharp blade aimed at the back of the man's heart, but he was completely unable to stop this movement.
The Wuxi River, which has been flowing for an unknown number of years and has nurtured the Wu clan for generations, suddenly stopped flowing at this moment.
(To be continued.) )