Chapter 304 - Heartbreaking Anguish (2/2)
Was this still the beautiful girl with the long wavy hair? Was this still the girl that had cried by Lei Yu’s side multiple times? Was this still the considerate, understanding and meticulous girl of his dreams? Everything she had ever done was for the sake of Lei Yu… did that cute and innocent Ai Er still exist?
This simple but happy experiences vividly flashed by. There were partings and reunions that were all unforgettable to him. The tears in Lei Yu’s eyes couldn’t be held back anymore as he raised his head and closed his eyes. The tear drops dripped down his weathered face as it started to soak into his clothes. He felt like his heart was dripping out blood, refusing to believe everything in front of him was real. But this was an undeniable fact. The love of his life, the same person he experienced a multitude of ordeals in hopes of rescuing, was now using a secret skill in order to kill him.
All those experiences from the Mortal World into the Chaotic Star Sea... From killing a tyrant to defeating a Dragon-Snake, and finally arrived at the Immortal World. What he never expected was dying at the hands of the love of his life. Lei Yu gave up. He wasn’t just giving up Ai Er; he was giving up - his own life!
The huge sword qi rose up into the air, and the surrounding spiritual energy started rushing into it causing it to look even sharper. Shimmering with a white light, a beautiful yet reaper-like voice was heard: “Descend!”
While merged with the sword, Ai Er and the sword qi quickly shot down.
“Not good! He gave up resisting!” The Void Immortal roared out, wanting to rush up to block it but.... It was too late! Ai Er’s speed was too fast; it went beyond the speed of light and penetrated through Lei Yu’s chest. A hole the size of a palm could be seen on his chest and out the back. After coming out of Lei Yu’s back, the huge sword qi was now blood red.
Lei Yu smiled. That’s right, he smiled. This smile contained relief, a bit of helplessness, and mixed disappointment with the world.
“Agghh!” Lei Yu opened his eyes and screamed out in pain. He then heavily fell backwards right on top of the sword qi that had already penetrated him before.
“Sigh, it’s over, it’s all over!” The Void Immortal helplessly shook his head, everything was too late. Lei Yu’s body had already been penetrated twice by Ai Er who had fused into the sword qi. Even if he wanted to save Lei Yu, it wasn’t possible with his current strength at the Boundary Transition stage. He possessed a very strong power but was helpless when it came to healing people.
The sword qi stained in red flashed a white light before gradually disappearing. Replaced by it was a girl drenched in blood. Lei Yu coincidentally fell on top of her while she was completely out of energy. Her previous secret skill had completely depleted her internal energy so that when Lei Yu fell back and landed on her, she couldn’t dodge at all.
Ai Er was there lying on the ground while Lei Yu was lying on top of her. “Cough…” Another spray of blood came out of Lei Yu’s mouth, showering Ai Er’s face.
Lei Yu clenched his teeth and forced his head to turn around. He felt satisfied being able to see the love of his life before his death.
“Ai Er, no matter what, I… I still love you.” Lei Yu’s tears and blood dripped off his chin and landed in Ai Er’s eye.
Being agitated by the tears and the blood, Ai Er unconsciously closed her eyes and suddenly trembled!
Although Ai Er was currently at the early Nascent Soul stage, the spiritual energy had been forcefully shoved inside her originally weak body these past two years. One could say Ai Er can only use the secret skill once, and then her body would be extremely weak afterwards. She had improved by leaps and bounds but these two years was equivalent to a destructive growth with a weak foundation. For Ai Er’s current body, there was no way it could handle such a powerful strike.
Taking shortcuts is not the best nor the right way while having a firm foundation has always been the core belief of cultivation.