Qingluan's final question was like a bell pestle made of cold iron, striking heavily in the dead space. The roar echoed among the tangled roots and also hit Li Hua's precarious defense.
"On this road, there is no chance of survival and eternal fall without return."
"Are you still going?"
No chance of survival and eternal fall without return. Every word was like an ice-sharp blade, piercing every inch of Li Hua's nerves.
He hugged Mei's cold and stiff body tightly, and the ink poison on his right arm was like an awakened ice snake, greedily crawling up along his forearm, bringing piercing numbness and dull pain like a frozen soul. The wound on his left shoulder also became colder and colder under the erosion of the shadow poison, and the coldness penetrated into the bone marrow, involving burning pain with every breath. In his body, the conflict between the power of the fragments and the ink poison boiled again after a brief silence, like boiling magma rushing through the broken meridians, making him dizzy and about to fall.
His vision was blurred, and the huge and ferocious claw marks on the bronze wall twisted and swayed in the flowing dark red light. Qingluan stood in front of him, wearing a green shirt and a jade zither, and a light veil covering her face. Under the interweaving of dark blue and dark red, she was as cold as a ruthless jade sculpture. Her eyes fell on Li Hua's dark blue right hand, and also on Mei, who was dying with bloodstains in the corners of her eyes in his arms.
——Use your ink blood to burn her residual soul.
——Induce the resonance of the heart of the door.
——Suppress Mo Li's projection.
——Open a gap.
——Only one person can pass through.
——Become nutrients, or, become the next Mo Li.
Every word was as heavy as a thousand pounds, pressing Li Hua to have difficulty breathing. He looked at Mei's pale face, feeling her almost imperceptible weak breathing, like a candle in the wind, swaying and about to go out.
He remembered her stubborn eyes, her resolute back when she detonated the Blood Soul Lightning Pearl, and her silent protection when she blocked the fatal blow for him.
Sacrifice? No! He struggled all the way here, not to sacrifice her with his own hands!
A hot emotion mixed with unwillingness, anger and madness in desperation suddenly broke through the chill and ignited the only remaining fighting spirit in his body!
"Ha...haha..." Li Hua laughed in a low voice, hoarse and cracked laughter, with blood, suddenly exploded in the dead silence. He raised his head, staring at Qingluan with bloodshot eyes, with the ferocity and paranoid madness of a lone wolf in his eyes.
"Nine deaths without life? Eternal fall without return? Qingluan, tell me, what's the difference between my current appearance and 'no return'?!"
He suddenly raised his right hand, and the dark blue blood that was like a living curse jumped ferociously in his palm, entwined and squirmed, like an evil thought that was trying to break free from its restraints.
"The fragments are gnawing at my soul! The ink poison is freezing my blood! With this rotten life of mine, I will die no matter where I go?! In that case..."
His voice suddenly rose, roaring like thunder!
"Why not take a gamble!!"
For Mei, and for himself. Bet on the "almost impossible" chance of survival!
A glimmer of light flashed in Qingluan's eyes, as if there were fluctuations in the ice lake, so fast that it was almost unnoticeable. She didn't say anything, but the knuckles under the jade zither tightened quietly.
"How to 'burn'?!" Li Hua's eyes were burning, and his voice was as sharp as a blade. "Tell me, how to use this damn ink blood to ignite her soul?! How to open that crack!"
Qingluan was silent for a moment, and the red light flowing from the bronze claw marks reflected on her clothes.
"Use the heart as the guide, and the blood as the bridge. The ink blood is the fuel, and the residual soul is the flame."
"You need to cause the fragments in your body to collide with the ink poison, inject its extreme destructive power into her heart, and ignite the 'old oath' mark deep in her blood. With this flame, the 'heart of the door' will resonate, and the ink projection will also be suppressed."
She paused, looked at the faintly shining copper ring on Mei's chest, and then looked at Li Hua's right hand stained with curses.
"This flame burns the soul, and the pain is inhuman. If there is a slight mistake, her soul will be scattered. And you, as the fuel to start the fire, will also die."
Death. Soul scattered.
Every word is like a knife, cutting the heart and breaking bones.
Li Hua lowered his head and looked at Mei, who seemed to be sleeping in his arms, with his heartbeat as weak as a candle in the wind.
——If he didn't bet, she would die.
——If he bet, at least there was a glimmer of hope.
He no longer hesitated, and the last bit of hesitation was replaced by determination!
"How to do it?!"
"Cross your knees and place her in front of you, with your heart facing each other. Put your right palm on the copper ring."
"Move the fragments and impact the ink poison. When the collision reaches the top, the fire will enter the soul! I will use the sound of the piano to protect her soul and delay the collapse."
Li Hua stopped talking nonsense. He gently placed Mei on the bronze ground and asked her to sit cross-legged, while he himself endured the severe pain and sat cross-legged behind her, with his knees and left hand trying to support her back.
He raised his right hand stained with dark blue blood, and the fragment mark on the palm of his hand beat like a heart. Looking at the faintly shining copper ring on her heart——
That's it!
He pressed it hard!
The silver light of the copper ring shone brightly, and an instinctive force of resistance came!
"Ugh..." Mei twitched violently in a coma, and blood flowed out of her mouth.
Li Hua did not retreat half a step, gritted his teeth and endured it, sinking all his consciousness into his body!
- Inspired the fragments, and attacked the ink poison with all his strength!
Boom! !
It was as if the core of the star exploded in his body, and the two forces collided with a bang, and the storm of destruction exploded from his meridians!
"Puff--!" Li Hua spurted out a mouthful of blood, with ink and blue light in the blood, weird and terrifying!
The surface of the skin cracked, and the dark blue blood spread like a spider web!
The severe pain of tearing the soul gushed out from his limbs and bones, and the world turned upside down!
But he bit his consciousness tightly, and roared at the critical moment of destruction!
"Mei--!! Hold on!!!"
Blood flame--ignited!
The two forces merged and ignited in the oppression, and the dark blue blood flame surged out from the palm of his hand!
Burn everything, freeze the soul! At that moment, it poured into the copper ring like a raging tide, straight into Mei's heart!
"Ah——!!!"
Mei's heart-wrenching scream resounded through the world!
She suddenly arched back, her eyes suddenly opened, and the dark blue blood flames burned in her pupils!
Her whole body was like a purgatory of ice and fire, with scorch marks and frost flowers interlaced and spreading!
The pain of burning souls!
"Zheng——!"
Qingluan's piano sound exploded, heavy and sad, like a dirge to calm the soul!
The sound waves became real, covering Mei's body, slightly calming the violent blood flames. Her screams slowed down slightly, but she was still shaking in the pain!
——This is just the beginning!
Boom——!!!
The space shook! The roots of the dome wailed, and the dim light surged!
In the center of the skeleton, the "Heart of the Gate" shone brightly, and a majestic force burst out from it, locking the blood flames in Mei's body!
Resonance, induction!
Buzz——!!!
The terrifying pressure was like a mountain and a tsunami, Li Hua vomited blood again, and his consciousness was blurred!
But at this moment——
"Roar——!!!"
The roar of hell exploded!
Mo Li's will descended from the void!
The shadow puppet collapsed, and the shadow surged!
A giant hand covered with ink scales stretched out from the void, carrying the power of destruction, and rushed straight to Li Hua and Mei!
He wanted to——wipe out this only variable with his own hands!
Qing Luan's urgent voice rang out:
"Hold on! The gap will open!"
The sound of the piano was stirring, and the sound blades shot at the ink hand like rain!
But that hand was too strong, the sound blades collapsed, and the giant hand still broke through the air!
The line of life and death, before the cliff!