The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 184 - Honor and Sacrifice
Yue Linghe's body lay helplessly on the ground rubble, the wounds all over her body spitting out fresh blood that formed a puddle around her. Xue Zhan, Xiang Yi Bai, and Hua Lian stood not far from him in a watchful manner.
Xiang Yi Bai approached the woman's body with slow steps. He looked at Yue Linghe face with a cold gaze, "You lost," he said, sounding calm yet firm.
Yue Linghe looked at Xiang Yi Bai with a look of wanting to kill him despite being in a cornered state. "I may lose this battle" he said in a voice filled with hatred. "But you haven't won this war, Yi Bai."
Xue Zhan looked at Yue Linghe with a curious gaze, "What did Yue Linghe mean?" half a whisper.
Yue Linghe glanced at where Xue Zhan was standing, "Don't think this is only about me and Xiang Yi Bai. We are all part of a bigger battle. And I promise after my death the Purple Centipede won't stop until we win this war."
While Xue Zhan was still fixated on the body of Yue Linghe lying on the ground. He felt that something was amiss, a little bit of suspicion because perhaps this battle would only be the beginning of a bigger problem in the future.
"Yi Bai," called Yue Linghe who was staring at the sun dyingly.
"Tell me the truth ..." A tear fell next to where he lay. "During his death ... Does Wu Guang still remember me?"
Xue Zhan was then shocked to hear that name.
Wu Guang was a friend of Xiang Yi Bai, his Uncle Master who was buried in an ice cave in the Gorge of Regret.
So what does this have to do with that woman?
"Teacher ..."
Xue Zhan really did not understand what was happening exactly. He turned to Yu Linghe then asked, "What kind of relationship do you have with Uncle Wu?"
Yu Linghe let out a small laugh while crying, her eyelids shrinking with a growl as if she was trying to stop the regret bubbling within her chest. Rain drops began to fall soaking his cheeks. The woman said with trembling lips, "She is my biological sister. I got separated from him when he was 16, he lost his memory and was later nurtured by the Grand Master of the Thousand Tree Mountain School."
"He won't accept you even if he's still alive in this world. Wu Guang has always clung to virtue whereas you walk the opposite path. You're the one who wanted to pull him down the path of darkness. Master asked me to keep him away from you."
Those purple eyes stared at the overcast sky, black clouds covering the scorching sun that was previously so warm on him.
"What I wanted all this time was to hug her body, just once." He closed his eyes, imagining Wu Guang in his arms tightly. "Although I am only a sinner, he is still my brother."
Xiang Yi Bai did not budge. Hua Lian stared at the surroundings filled with question marks.
"You blocked me and said that Wu Guang's house is only in the Thousand Tree Mountain ..." His cries began to sound even faint. "But at the end of the day the house you call it is his final resting place. You got him killed even though I trust you to look after my sister. But what you're replying to is so painful, Yi Bai." The woman's chest went up and down withstanding the tightness that forced it to be shed.
"Sorry." That short word came out from Xiang Yi Bai's mouth.
"It's too late," muttered Yue Linghe.
"You're hunting me to finish your job, aren't you?"
Xiang Yi Bai lowered his sword. Honor and sacrifice are two different options. Xiang Yi Bai fought to finish his task. So Yue Linghe fought for his sacrifice on Wu Guang's death.
"The ghosts of the fallen warriors will return to finish what they started. I hope you don't regret what happened in front of you."
Xiang Yi Bai's reply was heard, accompanied by a bitter smile from him.
"Living without regrets is a privilege reserved for the dead."
Suddenly Yue Linghe laughed before dying to pick her up, the three of them were slightly stunned to realize something was wrong with the woman. "Haha! You think we're done?!"
Slowly everything happened as they had seen before. Yue Linghe who had been killed turned into a Purple Centipede and she was probably the queen of all the Centipedes in this bamboo forest. Its long and gigantic body was twice as tall as the bamboo itself.
Yue Linghe, who was previously a beautiful and graceful woman, had now turned into a sinister purple centipede. Its long and large body had exceeded the size of the surrounding bamboo trees. His purple scales and sharp and long nails became deadly weapons.
A cold wind blew fiercely in the bamboo forest, creating a bone-chilling cold sensation. At that moment, the Yellow Bamboo Forest seemed to be filled with such a massive pitch-black power.
Xue Zhan painstakingly got up after seeing the death of Yue Linghe. But before he could fully get up, another bad event happened. Suddenly Yue Linghe lost control and turned into a ferocious wild demon. Hua Lian tried to look up at the sky and saw that the stealth head had barely touched the black clouds above it.
Its large head is equipped with a hard jaw with sharp teeth and a forked tongue. But seeing her was horrible.
Xiang Yi Bai raised his sword without hesitation, at a glance his gaze held regret, there was a deep sense of pain felt by Xiang Yi Bai. Especially the death of his best friend, Wu Guang.
Xiang Yi Bai flew high above the air parallel to the Purple Centipede head of Yue Linghe. A moment saw Yue Linghe who had turned into a violent demon and tried to hit him with her mouth and tail.
Ye Bai's sword reflected the reflection of the centipede's shape. A force greater than before gathered on that sword, so fierce. Hua Lian and Xue Zhan looked up, inexhaustibly fixated on how much power the man had.
Xiang Yi Bai began to swing his sword The rapid and deadly circular slash movement occurred in an instant.
A loud scream sounded as the sword slashed down Yue Linghe's neck. The giant head of the centipede was instantly cut off and thrown away from its body. Bamboo debris flew into the air, dotting the sky with clumps of dust and bamboo flakes.
The ground trembled violently as the giant head of the centipede fell to the ground, creating the sound of a bang that shook the entire bamboo forest. Fresh blood and mucus flowed out from the large neck of the severed centipede.
Just one slash, nothing more. But Xiang Yi Bai killed the giant demon so easily that Hua Lian was stunned for a few minutes. His heart trembled as well as both of his shoulders. Maybe he was lucky enough to see this scene once in a lifetime.
"Is this all over ...? That fast?" muttered the man while staring at his sword, feeling the training for dozens of years to kill Yue Linghe was futile. But he realized, after seeing it for himself, his strength would never be enough to match that of a warrior of Yue Linghe's class.
Until the circumstances around started to get under control, Xiang Yi Bai immediately returned to where Xue Zhan and Hua Lian were, took a deep breath and spoke, "The nest might be around here. I felt an extremely powerful evil aura around this bamboo forest. Hua Lian, you must immediately look for the Ice Flower Grail. Before the other Purple Centipede went berserk and destroyed this place.
Hua Lian swiftly nodded, "Alright, I will immediately go look for the Ice Flower Grail. You two need to be careful and stay alert."