Chapter 571 - His Highness True Form (2/2)
After the war, demon hunters and their descendants would make use of their flesh and blood to create seals.
They had only managed to escape and survive because of the fact that they were born from human resentment.
The king’s soul had been divided into countless fragments and thrown across the human world, and his physical body had ceased to exist. Not a single person knew of his whereabouts so humans and demons alike thought that he had pa.s.sed…
Unless his plan had been to return since the beginning.
In a form that no one would ever have imagined… rebirth!
Crack…
As Baili Jia Jue’s walked over, the thick fog suspended in the air began cracking like broken gla.s.s to open up a path of clarity.
Vaguely, a deep flight of stairs emerged at the center of the river, surrounded by torches emitting roaring blue flames.
The little one who was watching over the Fire of Resentment froze for a split second, his round eyes widening in disbelief as his eyes darted back and forth. “Master, is this scent his?”
Lacking stability compared to the little one, the blood of the Demon-Transforming Beast began boiling under the unknown pressure. Moreover, its claws started trembling out of its control and it was unable to stand upright. It was as though someone was ordering him around, making him kneel down!
The man in white lifted his gaze, a wave of astonishment was flas.h.i.+ng through his eyes. Amongst the ripples, the reflection of his jet black irises stared back elegantly at him in a gentle yet dangerous manner, “He actually lived!” Upon saying that, the man turned toward the little one, “What time is it? How much time is left?”
“Not long now.” The little one tossed yet another wraith into the glowing torch.
The flames grew bigger, spreading slowly around the coffin to surround Helian Wei Wei entirely!
The man let out a chuckle and bit hard onto his finger before guiding a drop of his blood into Helian Wei Wei’s mouth, his loving gaze set on her pale face.
“At this moment, even if that person appears, he cannot change anything. You cannot replace the Phoenix Girl, so return to where you belong, Helian Wei Wei.”
Boom!
The blue flames flared up!
Having returned from h.e.l.l, Helian Wei Wei finally regained her sense of touch, but the sensation felt like her skin was set on fire and she could not fuse with the body at all. The burning sensation made her feel as if she was being tormented in h.e.l.lfire
She could only stare helplessly as another Helian Wei Wei emerged from the surface of the lake and took graceful steps toward the body…
Meanwhile, she did not even have the strength to move, her vision restricted to the sight of that figure and the ma.s.sive, glowing sea of flames.
It was as if her soul had lost consciousness and had drifted off somewhere.
People always said that the instant before death would be filled with clips of memories from past lives.
What she saw, though, was a young boy standing in Jiuchong Hall.
He was abused by the palace servants to the point where he could only eat sc.r.a.ps. Even his own mother, who maintained her dignity before others would use him as a punching bag when she was not favored anymore, calling him to her side and then poking him with silver needles, one at a time.
Chilled blood seeped from between his fingers as he leaned back on the wooden door. His long hair dyed a deep shade of black that hung loosely on his shoulders, giving him the look of a despondent elf.
His gaze was downcast as he spoke self-deprecatingly, chuckling to himself, “How st*pid! I clearly knew how it would turn out, but I was still so hopeful and naive.”
As he spoke, the wind blew across his hair to cover his charming scarlet pupils.
Standing before him, she could not help the heart-wrenching pain building up in her anymore and wanted to reach out with arms ready to pull him into an embrace.
Weirdly, however, she found herself stumbling right through his body…