Section XXIII

Through the open door of the hotel, you can vaguely see the blazing fire in the central square of Baisha City, surrounded by messy figures.

The purple-blue flamelight flickered and rose, illuminating the surroundings of the square. The luminous green figure writhed and swayed in the light of the fire, staggering as if drunk.

Li Yuntao covered his forehead, cold sweat had poured out from every pore in an instant, but this drunkenness easily refused to fade, even if he used all his strength to run the aura in his body, he could not sweep away these negative feelings.

This feeling seemed familiar but seemed to be a little different, he only felt that his mind was becoming more and more chaotic, his mind seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, he couldn't do anything he wanted to do, and he could barely stand up even if he stood upright.

Facing Ani with blood-cried eyes, all kinds of emotions of guilt, pain, and pity poured out from the bottom of her heart, and her already almost stagnant thinking was washed into pieces.

He opened his mouth, but the word sorry was stuck in his throat and couldn't say anything.

Behind Ani, several figures poured into the lobby of the hotel one after another, men and women all carrying scimitars, their same red eyes, blood-stained cheeks, and even the blades of the scimitars were stained with blinding red.

'Kill them!' ’

'Kill them!!' ’

There is no need to be ashamed to kill them. Afraid of the relatives of the victims, reprisals? Kill them, without these relatives, there will be no confrontation people, and the problem will be solved! ’

Yes!!!

Li Yuntao put his hands on his head and let out a painful roar, the roar from the depths of his throat was like a dying beast.

No! It's not right, it shouldn't be like this!

Kill her, what is the difference between me and the cold-blooded demon? If there is no bitter master, the matter will be solved? No kidding!

If this is done, what is the point of justice and justice?

'Kill her. Kill her, you will no longer have to be condemned by your conscience, and everything will be easy. ’

'Kill her!' It's not your fault in the first place. You only have the main material of the potion, without other materials, you can't configure the antidote at all, if you don't 'dispose of' them all, more people will die, and other innocent people in Baisha City will die! ’

Kill her, and sacrifice will be made in order to save more innocent people. ’

No! I can't, I can't, my conscience doesn't allow it!

I'm not a savage butcher

You shouldn't have hidden the truth from her, you shouldn't have deceived her, you told her that the magician could be trusted, you deceived her and made her go back to the camp to wait, you made her miss the last chance to see her loved ones, you demolished her family and killed her loved ones! ’

It's you, it's all you, but just kill her, and all this wrong can be corrected. All the guilt does not have to be borne again. ’

'Kill her!!!' ’

Kill her...

Kill her...?

Kill her.

Kill her!

Zheng!

Sonorous!

Before Li Yuntao could do anything, someone in the hall suddenly pulled out the scimitar on his waist.

One man draws his weapon, and immediately someone follows.

The sonorous sound of weapons unsheathed continued.

The heavily armored knights with the tower shield clubbed their shields on the ground, their bodies trembling slightly with the huge shield on their foreheads, and their breathing was heavy and urgent, as if they were about to drown. And the guards stood in place one by one with their long swords unsheathed, they seemed to be struggling and seemed to be afraid, their bodies trembled violently, and the swords in their hands seemed to be unable to hold them at any time.

There were still some people in the hall who were unarmed, and they either raised the wooden stools they sat on or carried the wooden wine glasses the size of a person's head in their hands, nervous and angry with each other.

At this moment, Ani took a step forward and walked straight towards Li Yuntao, with those blood-red eyes, there was anger after being deceived, grief of losing relatives, and indescribable grievances and sorrows.

The melee erupted, scimitars and swords collided with fierce sparks, flesh and blades bloomed brilliantly red, and stools and wine glasses rang out in a thrilling muffled note.

Under the glow of the fire in the center of the hall and the torches on the four walls, the figures danced wildly, entangled, torn and destroyed each other.

A large iron kettle with boiling water flew in the air, steaming from boiling water splashed over the crowd, and high-pitched roars and cries of pain were combined into a distorted tune.

Ani failed to walk up to Li Yuntao and say a word of questioning, but was stopped by a tall man who was still dancing just now, and he let out an evil laugh and waved the scimitar in his hand. Another tall, lanky man caught his attack with a scimitar, and the two quickly got into a fight.

Li Yuntao was still struggling, but his vision was already very blurry, the range he could see was getting smaller and smaller, the purple flames swaying outside the door were gradually submerged in the darkness, and even the torches on the four walls of the hotel hall gradually lost their due brilliance, so dim that they were almost extinguished.

He struggled to maintain what little sanity he had left, and hid in a corner where there was no fighting, where four heavily armed knights and four guards who could be seen to be particularly skilled at a glance were gathered. They protected Serena, the weakest magician in the room, in the corner, and could only keep themselves out of the chaotic fight, even they themselves were constantly taking deep breaths, as if they were fighting against something.

Li Yuntao's arrival made these people nervous for a moment, and seeing that he didn't have a weapon and didn't hold a guy who could commit murder in his hand, he let go of the gap and let him hide behind the shield.

One of the knights slammed his shield into the ground, and the lower edge of the flat tower shield was directly smashed into the dirt and stood in front of him.

He knelt down on one knee, made a prayer gesture behind the tower shield, and recited the prayer softly in Western Chinese, which Li Yuntao did not understand.

As the prayer drew to a close, the insignia engraved on the tower shield in front of him began to slowly overflow with a layer of soft and rich white light like flowing water, and after the last note fell, this layer of white light began to rise upwards like boiling water, volatilizing, and rushing straight into the sky, and then a small pillar of light fell from the sky, enveloping him and the half-meter radius around him.

The dazzling white light illuminated the entire hall, but it could not illuminate Li Yuntao's vision, he saw this pillar of light, but the pillar of light could not help him dispel the darkness and distortion in front of him.

Hiding behind him, Serena curled up in her arms like a frightened little beast hiding from predators, clutched to the tip of her wand, the brilliant ruby glittering, as if it could trigger a spell at any moment.

She bit her lower lip and kept shaking, and the clear brilliance in her eyes was extinguished little by little.

Rumble!! Prosperous!!

Suddenly, a thunderclap seemed to explode in my ears.

It came without warning, almost crushing people's consciousness and thinking. Li Yuntao was so shocked that he almost vomited blood, but he was sure that there was no other sound in his ears except for noisy and chaotic roars and roars.

This thunder acts directly on the bottom of the heart.

The guards and knights standing around him spat out a mouthful of blood in unison, and even the corners of Serena's mouth behind him flowed bright red.

It was as if an earthquake had suddenly erupted under the feet of the crowd, and the shaking was so violent and abrupt that everyone shook their bodies almost at the same time, and then fell down like mud, piling up on the ground in various positions like puppets that had suddenly lost power.

Lin Yuntao's consciousness seemed to be hit hard by a heavy hammer, dispelling the darkness that almost blindfolded him a little, and his consciousness under this heavy hammer was like a barrier formed by the accumulation of slightly viscous liquid, and the heavy hammer fell unreasonably, smashing the surface of the liquid with layers of fierce ripples, and the soft barrier was lost layer by layer under the hammer head, and quickly dented. Just a little bit, just that thin layer, will be shattered by it.

Li Yuntao's final consciousness watched as the barrier that blocked the hammer head rippled layer after layer, the ripples dissipated, and the hammer head disappeared.

Whew~Whew~Whew~

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the scene in front of him, which was the ground, and he was already on his knees with his hands on the ground.

And the knights and guards around him, after vomiting blood, could no longer hold their bodies, and sat down on the ground.

"It's not effective, it's really underestimating you." An old voice came from the roof of the building, where the candlelit dinner was being prepared for Arris and Sun.

The darkness that obscured Li Yuntao's vision was thick again, they were as viscous and slippery as oil, they flowed on their own as if they were conscious, converged, and finally gathered into a human shape with a twisted outline.

It was the shadow monster that Li Yuntao had ever seen.

The purple eyes without a trace of emotion stared at Li Yuntao indifferently, it seemed to sigh and seemed to be silently mocking, a lip-like line was hooked on the blurred liquid cheeks, and the corners of the line rippled and undulated.

"You can't beat me." Li Yuntao held his forehead in severe pain and looked at it without showing weakness.

"But you've already lost." The purple eyes flashed with a cold smile.

You've already lost. ’

It was that voice again, as if it sounded from the bottom of my heart.

'Killing, destroying, catharsis, wantonly showing the most primitive madness and desire in your heart, aren't these what you are after? Plunder, strife, deceit, isn't that what you've been using all along? ’

'Why let the shackles of the mind bind your hands and feet, just open a little bit and you can have more.' ’

'That woman, she's beautiful, isn't she?' ’

Li Yuntao's eyes suddenly showed the picture of Cen Yuping, the hidden fan, the swaying posture, the turbulent and undulating curves, and the noble and dusty temperament.

The eyebrows that are slightly curved like distant mountains

The eyes that sparkled like autumn water

The delicate skin that blows like mutton fat and white jade

Flower between the eyebrows

'To get her, to possess her, what are you waiting for?' Let go of the shackles and you'll be able to get everything you want! ’

The humanoid condensed by the black liquor collided and became taller and taller, and its form almost broke the ceiling. Its feet stomped on the fallen crowd on the ground, and it seemed that with the slightest exertion, they would crack and crumble like tomatoes.

The figure moved its feet, or rather rather feet, as broad as the roots of an ancient tree, and its black roots were rooted in every person who fell to the ground.

Big feet dangled over Ani, covering her whole body underneath.

Or do you want to save her? Redeem your guilt for her? ’

'How about letting go of the shackles, freeing yourself, and exchanging yourself for her to survive?' I'm fair, right? ’

"Then you trample her to death, and ask me to sacrifice myself to save others, I'm not that great." The corners of Li Yuntao's mouth hooked a mocking smile.

"Who do you look down on?"

Li Yuntao habitually touched the inner pocket of his chest, wanting to take out a cigarette to light it, but unfortunately he didn't touch anything, and this dress did not have the inner pocket of the previous style of clothes at all.

"Tsk~ this place." He frowned.

"I'm a pretty good cook."

The dark shadow was stunned.

"To put it mildly, if I hadn't intervened in the monster attack in White Sand City before, all the people here would probably have died."

"I'm guilty, but I've saved her and her family's lives. I don't owe them anything. ”

"And those two bowls of soup, it's a big deal to cook a meal and give it back to her."

He pursed his lips disdainfully, and his eyes seemed to be looking at a little fresh meat who had failed in acting. The shadow man standing in front of him seemed to be no longer a threat to him, and the strange coercion that had almost crushed him before disappeared into a barely felt sense as these words were spoken.

The darkness faded slowly but surely in his vision.

'Arrogance! ’

The Shadow Man waved his arm, the sharp claws on the tip of the liquid-condensed arm as if they would tear him to shreds in the next moment.

'Stupid! ’

The black shadow man opened his mouth, and the black liquid dripped like salivation, and jagged sharp teeth emerged from his mouth, layer after layer. As soon as it is swallowed, it will be crushed into slag.

'Selfish! ’

The black shadow man's large feet made of countless black liquid roots stomped down and smashed to the ground, completely submerging the few people lying under their feet, and the earth also trembled with fear under this foot.

'You lowly wretched, you will regret it...'

The darkness completely faded, and the picture in Li Yuntao's field of vision was clear again, even clearer and more specific than what he had seen before, but there was a slight redness at the edge of the picture.

Suddenly HD quality?

Tick, tick, tick

The ground was still the ground he had seen before, and he still maintained a kneeling position with his hands on the ground, but there were more than a dozen more blood flowers on the ground in front of him that had bloomed due to splashing.

There was a liquid running through the corners of his eyes, and he reached out to touch it, and when he saw his fingertips again, the warm blood covered the skin of his fingers with clear stripes, and it was dragged by gravity towards the ground.

Finger to the rough texture of the cells on the belly, and the working cells in the blood that are still active are clear.

He realized something, slightly activated the aura in his body, and the meridians around his eyes transmitted back to smoothness and pain. In fact, in the unconscious struggle, it penetrated the aura meridians that manage vision.

"Fortunately, I didn't go blind, it's like eighteen curves, and I stepped on the accelerator and went straight down the mountain, but I didn't fall to my death. Do I have to thank it? ”

"Thanks to the dog, without it I can dredge it slowly, and it's safer. Don't leave sequelae and dark wounds. ”

Li Yuntao changed his kneeling posture to a sitting position, and then poured out his efforts to look around.

People staggered to the ground or lay on the wine table, and the big iron kettle sat peacefully on the fire, and the water vapor from the spout of the kettle formed a white column of air.