mtl008 Chapter 316 The Road of Trials, Part 3
Chapter 316 The Road of Trials, Part 3
Flat and round, like a wide boat in the blue sky, with white clouds surrounding it, its high-pitched chirping spread in the air, causing ripples.
Cloud Smoke Beast has a gentle temperament and slow movements. Even if it is attacked by others, it will only turn around and leave. It rarely attacks others. Therefore, people often use it as a means of transportation.
"........"
Just at this moment, there were as many as a hundred people riding on the broad back, trying to go to their 'terminal station'.
"...What is he doing?" After a while, a young man muttered in a low voice.
"Send yourself to death, what else can you do...that you can't do." The middle-aged man shook his head, with a dull expression on his face. Even after seeing that scene, he didn't seem to have any feelings.
.....If you ignore his trembling lips.
"..." The people who were "sending themselves to death" silently looked at the behavior in the distance that seemed to be sending them to death.
A ray of blue light surrounded a giant shadow like crazy, attacking with all its strength, but was knocked away by the latter at will, once, twice, three times... I can't count how many times it has been now. .
"Annoying, annoying, annoying!!!" The giant shadow roared, its tone getting louder every time.
Even others can feel the impatience. Even though he tried to get rid of the other party several times and rushed to the 'transport ship', he was always entangled by the other party.
Sound waves, punches, foot shocks, coercion, blood explosions, emptiness... a series of methods were used one after another, hitting the opponent, but the opponent only paused slightly, and then came again, the throne's A trace of fear and confusion could not help but arise in my heart.
It asked itself, even if the other party was at its peak, it would not dare to accept these easily. Why, now the seriously injured opponent is so... desperate? Is this guy really not afraid of death?
It couldn't help but look over there.
The blue figure stopped in the distance, prohibiting it from going there. It was obvious that it was about to fall.
The blood was boiling in his brain, he was breathing heavily, and unprecedented fatigue was surging in his heart. No one was looking forward to his performance, including himself, but...
The memory of that scene suddenly popped up in his mind, as if scolding him. There was a silent presence there, and he looked towards 'there'.
[The sky is clear and the sun is warm.
But in the quaint and majestic manor below, it was filled with a solemn atmosphere at this moment. The original blue decoration was covered up by white. People stood together in silence, watching the scene in front of them silently.
Above the originally magnificent lobby, there is now a crystal white square object that looks like ice and snow. Its top is transparent, and you can see the image of a woman lying inside.
Her eyebrows were like pearls, her skin was as fine as cherry blossoms, her eyelids were tightly closed, and she was wearing white clothes that represented purity. She held her hands together, but had a cold look on her face, refusing to be followed by others, and she 'leaved' alone.
People stared at the scene blankly, with expressions on their faces as if the sky was falling, and there was a hopeless hesitation in their eyes.
"The clear and graceful birds disappear in the sky, disappearing in the endless corridors, singing yesterday's songs, and the summer gulls cry low and disappear into the river bank."
The expressionless blond man murmured, as if there was a cold air emanating from his whole body. The others were trembling in their hearts, and they did not dare to approach him at this moment. The originally blue eyes were now as if they were dyed black by something.
Those were pitch-black eyes with no trace of light. They were the eyes of a person who had given up all hope.
Instead of the original sacrificial envoy, the current President Andri rushed here, ignoring the attempts of others to stop him, and rushed here to start the final farewell ceremony.
".............She doesn't want to see me either. The next step is left to you, Luodu." Andri turned his head indifferently and said silently to the side. The man whispered, then, he turned around and walked away.
'He' looked at the man walking away, but felt that the figure looked extremely tired.
"I will." Luo Du said in a low voice, and then he looked at his sister, his eyes full of loneliness.
She was not only his sister, but also the peerless strongman who protected this place and the family in this chaotic era. People finally decided to use her name as the name of the family in the future.
The Witch of Silence - Nolen.
"...Lily." He whispered the name that only he knew now.
"Aunt..." 'He' muttered softly, still a little confused in his heart. Why did that person die suddenly? He was obviously fine before and still encouraged himself. Why?
The father silently picked up the coffin, and under the watchful eyes of the tribesmen, he walked solemnly towards the back hill, where the aunt had lived for many years. Except for a few people, no one was allowed to enter.
"Glan, come too." The stern voice came instantly, and he gritted his teeth and followed.
On the road, he just silently followed the other person's figure. In the final analysis, he didn't understand the reason for him to follow. He remembered that in the past, he came privately and was scolded by the other party.
"Glen, I once asked you whether you wanted to be a worm or a Cangming, and you told me it was the latter. Now I ask you again, looking at your aunt's final end, you tell me."
"Do you want to die?"
He couldn't help but stay where he was, but his father didn't look back. He just walked forward extremely slowly. Maybe he cherished the last journey with his aunt, maybe he was lacking in physical strength, maybe... he was waiting for him answer.
He looked at the other person's back and couldn't help but think.
"Then... what do you think, father?" Inexplicably, he wanted to know what the other party was thinking, so he walked a few steps quickly, hurried over there, and asked in an urgent tone. At the same time, he was ready Plan to be reprimanded by the other party.
The father stopped and the extremely quiet voice came.
"I have said before that everyone has a different understanding of the nature of power. For example, your aunt does not follow the true body path, but another system. I don't think there is anything wrong with that."
"Whether it is her Seven Instruments or Six Instruments, they all come from the power of the heart. Our power depends on ourselves. It is because I think it, so I have to do it."
"So -" a sound of inhalation came, "The Dragon of Cangming is the Dragon of Oath Keepers. I will always protect this family until the day I die."
"Then, so do I." He stood still and said sonorously.
"...Well, let us father and son shoulder this responsibility. Your aunt's hard work cannot be wasted. Our family will be passed down forever."
He listened quietly to his father's confiding words, and the voice sounded a little choked. He immediately understood why the other party had always turned his back to him.
He will definitely do it, looking at that figure, he swore silently. 】
"This is the family, you don't understand."
Gran's face turned red, and he suppressed the strangeness surging throughout his body again. His originally dim eyes were now filled with strong light, with a resolute and determined expression on his face.
"In the family, everyone has their own responsibilities that they should fulfill, and as the head of the family, you should keep foreign enemies and threats away from the family. If any clan member is harmed in the slightest, it will be the head of the family's disqualification!"
"I am the head of the Nolen family first, and then Gran."
"At this moment, my responsibility is to stop you. No matter how much I pay, I will never retreat." Gran's pupils protruded, and his originally handsome face showed a bit of ferocity, and his face kept beating.
"This is the glory of the family!!! The armor of victory appears!"
He opened his mouth wide, and roars like shouts poured out from his mouth. The blue light that originally appeared around him suddenly solidified, forming streamlines that accumulated on his body.
The white shoulder guard with sharp corners has flat and sharp edges, like a blue grid, with dark scales growing out of it, and a strange and powerful aura coming from it.
A group of blue lins that looked like guillotines protruded from both sides of the lower body. When they reached the body, they became soft and curved to cover the entire body in an instant.
There was a click, like the sound of metal intersecting, and the tight and seamless ‘armor’ suddenly appeared.
Huh, there was a sudden silence in the air. Gran's hand left his face, and his face with a trace of blood stains suddenly looked at the other party. The originally fluctuating aura on his body immediately increased, barely reaching the level of the other party.
"Wait a minute, I told you I would stop you."
Gran's face tightened and he said something extremely serious.
The throne sneered. Just because of the pieced-together piece of junk, with a ruthless look flashing in its eyes, it didn't matter, just let it smash the scrap metal to pieces quickly, and then crush the annoying guy to death.
"Go to hell!" The emperor's face was fierce, and he immediately jumped forward.
Gran's expression was serious, and the other person's appearance was reflected in his frosty blue pupils. There was pain everywhere in his body, which was the backlash caused by forcibly raising his own realm.
He must protect his responsibilities... His pupils dilated for a while, and he bit his lip again and faced him.
boom!
"You are really weird when you say this. If it is something you don't know, how could I possibly know it." The black-haired woman smiled and shook her head, not caring about the small sword in front of her neck. Her expression looked extremely Content.
That was not an expression that ordinary federal citizens would show. Then, the woman stared here with a mysterious smile on her lips: "Besides, do you really not know?"
It was an extremely confident tone, and the woman obviously understood something.
Hearing the other party's question, Lu Yao's eyes couldn't help but become dark, his eyelids couldn't help but close, and the scene in front of him turned into darkness.
There was a voice whispering in my heart.
Yes, he knows.
At some point, the woman who is always smiling will show a serious expression. She glances at herself here, gets up and walks away.
At some point, the man with a gentle face and good temper would sigh and show a complicated expression. Facing his own confused look, he just shook his head and said nothing more.
Sometimes, he also wonders why all the other children are in the city. If they are not on the edge of the city, why is it that his family is the only one in the mountains here, and it takes a long time to reach the school every time.
He thought about it, and then stopped himself from thinking about it.
In his heart, there was a voice that told him that if he wanted to have a harmonious family, he should not delve into it, so he stopped thinking about it.
"You——" Before the mocking laughter could be heard, the sound of '呲' sounded, and with a muffled groan, the world became pure again.
Lu Yao opened his eyes and looked down. A smooth-sectioned head was lying there, and his body fell softly to the ground. There were dots of light particles floating on both of them.
The small white sword spun in the air and rushed towards this side.
He stretched his fingers forward, pinched the tail end, and flicked it down to shake off the non-existent blood.
"Yes, I know." He nodded, his eyes darkening again.
His eyes were shining, and he looked forward. What he saw was pitch black, as if he was being swallowed by some kind of wriggling 'vicious thing', but he knew in his heart that there was no way ahead.
Looking sideways behind him, he saw another scene.
On the road, there was a broken sword stuck in the ground, but it gradually sank. There was only a line of muddy footprints connected in a series behind him, emitting a faint light, illuminating the surrounding area. He lowered his head and saw the footprints under him. location disappears.
He shook his head and continued to move forward. At the same time, a line of shimmering footprints was once again imprinted on the muddy road.
Moving forward, moving forward, I don’t know how long it took, and I don’t know how far I walked. He stopped and looked at the smooth 'road' in the distance. It was covered by light, and the surrounding darkness fled from there, and there were even A bit of a sacred feeling.
He lowered his head. In front of him was an extremely obvious long line, which separated the muddy side from the bright side. The two areas were clearly in the same place, but they seemed to be in different dimensions.
【Once you enter this door, all life will be selfless. 】
His pupils shrank, and a white portal appeared in front of him. It was a portal that symbolized a certain node. At this moment, the door was half-open and pointed towards this side.
He looked at the door steadily, but stopped moving forward, just watching silently.
"Go!" a voice shouted, and the bald old man behind him laughed and rushed towards the enemies in front, chanting words of blessing in his mouth.
"Go!" A voice confided. They were two stalwart figures, one with brown hair and one with blue hair. They were looking at this side expectantly.
"Go!" A voice whispered, and the woman with pure eyes stood. Her eyes were full of nostalgia, but she still said these words.
"Go, go, go..."
Countless words sounded behind him. It was the figure of a certain enemy who had a life-and-death confrontation with him. It was the most kind person who had taken everything away from him and vowed to seek revenge from him. That was, that was, that was... ..
The figures he killed, beheaded, and destroyed looked at this side, with expectations in their eyes. Even if he defeated them, as long as he walked further, they would naturally become more 'glorious' as a foil.
He still stood where he was, as if he didn't hear the sound coming from behind him.
【"Why not move forward?"】
The first voice sounded, asking softly.
"Because those are all false." He replied in a calm tone. Whether they were dead enemies or friends who were still alive, they were not here. In other words, they were all illusions.
["Yes, but those are also the beliefs that support you in moving forward, aren't they?"]
"Indeed." He nodded, and he also understood that those scenes were not external interference, but the beliefs in his heart that decided to move forward. At this moment, they emerged in front of this node, persuading him to continue moving forward.
【"Are you hesitating?"】
"That's not the case. I'm just wondering whether those are my own expectations or the 'burden' brought to me by others."
He nodded, then shook his head. Facing this voice, he frankly stated what he was thinking at the moment.
Moving forward is a very simple thing, but there is always a trace of unwillingness somewhere in his heart, as if a voice is saying that this is not enough. These voices alone are not enough to make him move forward.
["That's it, then, what about this?"]
The voice of understanding fell, and a scene appeared in front of his eyes. His pupils shrank. It was an image of a man fighting.
In the picture, the man in blue Kai kept colliding with the giant shadow on the opposite side. However, even Lu Yao could see that as time went by, the man in blue Kai was becoming weaker and weaker.
["As you can see now, it is the figure of the benefactor who saved you fighting outside. I can tell you accurately that in three minutes and twenty-seven seconds, he will usher in the fate of death."]
["So, what are you going to do?"]
The voice did not urge him, but only revealed the result. The man Lan Kai was torn apart and then swallowed by the giant shadow. He died like that without honor or dignity.
After that, the tribesmen guarded by the man were also sent to the battlefield. After brutal battles one after another, they all died in the end, leaving only the woman who was like frost and snow.
Lu Yao stared at the expressionless figure, but felt a little confused in his heart. Who is that? !
["The power she is using now does not come from herself, so once she continues to use it for a long time, she will definitely be counterattacked by that power. In the end, she will completely lose herself, and 'that' will become her."]
["In the end, if you stand still, you can only live up to the expectations of others and watch others die. Now, make your decision."]
The voice was calm from beginning to end, without any human emotion at all.
Lu Yao couldn't help but smile bitterly. Is this the gap between himself and the other party? It's really huge...
"Can we just...go..." He whispered and looked at the door in front of him again. Although there was still a trace of hesitation in front of him, he slowly raised his feet, while the scene above him was silent. disappear.
Suddenly, he received a strong impact behind him, and even the steps he was about to take staggered. His body suddenly leaned forward and knocked open the half-closed door.
He tried his best to turn his head, but he saw a figure carrying a satchel speeding away, and the voice with a hint of embarrassment also entered his mind at the same time.
"Hesitating, it's really not handsome at all!"
The movements of his body became extremely slow, and half of his body had already stepped in, but he froze in place. He suddenly understood that this was the final choice, whether to retreat or turn around and move forward.
He had no time to think, he just stared blankly at the figure running away.
The boy quickly ran towards the red room, where a smiling woman turned back and stretched out her hand in a hug, while a man with silver hair stood aside, looking at the arriving child with gentle eyes.
The child was telling something to the two of them, and the two nodded with a smile. Then, the two of them each took one of the child's hands, and the three of them looked here at the same time.
"........"
The woman nodded heavily, her eyes full of pride.
The child curled his lips, showing an expression of unwillingness to admit defeat.
The man took a long breath, stretched out his free hand, and shook it heavily in the air, his eyes full of trust.
"........I."
The three of them turned around and walked into the red room talking and laughing.
["Since then, the three of them have been living together happily and harmoniously."]
The voice sounded again, and then it turned cold for a moment.
["Do you want to be this 'fairy tale'?"]
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and suddenly laughed.
"You are really indifferent. Is this your small kindness?"
【"Just a choice."】
"There is only one option to choose. I have been taught. I will not forget today's teachings, President."
He smiled and fell straight into the door behind him. His body was immediately covered in light, and then dissolved.
【"............."】
Time is spreading, and years are budding.
Muddy and breathless, tracing the current and never returning.
That is the place of emptiness, that is the place of silence, that is the place of infinity.
Looking into the distance, the powerful aura lingered on his body, but the dark aura could not stop the surging essence. The rock-like torso was connected to the earth, and the two seemed to be integrated into one.
"Huh?" He opened his eyes, and in front of him was a man dressed in black. The sword-like eyebrows were suddenly pointed here, and his black eyes were filled with sincerity.
"Young juniors, come here to ask for advice."
"That's fine." He didn't stand up. He stared at the man in front of him and nodded. His tall body hovered on the ground and became huge in an instant, like a shadow, covering all the men in front of him.
"That's it. Come back next time if you make progress." He closed his eyes and said no more words.
The man's expression froze slightly, and then he broke into a pile.
The air of white frost was wandering in the air, and huge ice balls rolled down from the top of the mountain, making a popping sound when they landed at the foot of the mountain. But she just watched the scene quietly without any expression on her face.
"...Please give me some advice." His face was frostbitten, his lips were blue, and he was only wearing a thin layer of clothes, but he still didn't care and sincerely invited him to fight again.
"You are no match for me." The woman with snow-white hair spread behind her and white eyes looked here, but shook her head gently.
"Please give me some advice!" He said stubbornly again.
The woman paused her fingers, her eyes became cold, she bent her little finger, and with a click, she left her hand and flew into the air, carrying the wind and snow, and turned into an ice puppet.
"Kill him." The woman said coldly, and then looked at the rolling ice ball again.
The ice puppet bowed respectfully, and then, the pair of icy cold beads looked at the visitor, with a hint of resistance in their eyes. The ice sword appeared in the hand, and appeared behind the man who was waiting for him in an instant.
The man looked thoughtful, a cold feeling surged from his chest to all directions, and then his thinking stopped.
Youyuan opened his mouth wide, with billowing black air flowing out of his mouth. He pinched the center of his eyebrows. The man in fine clothes looked at the figure that reappeared in front of him, with a trace of helplessness on his face.
"Let me tell you, there are others. Why did you choose the three of us? This test is not so easy to pass. Not to mention Xu Yin, Sapela here is even colder than outside. I don't even dare to talk to her. .”
The man in fine clothes complained, with a look of lingering fear on his face.
The man in black stood up straight, looked at this side solemnly, and said solemnly.
"Because only the three of you survived the battle in the past. The marks of others may be OK, but they are not their strongest moments. Only the three of you can truly reproduce that power."
"And I never want to be a weakling." He replied seriously and calmly.
"Oh, then you should die a few more times. You'd better pray that you can pass before the soul dies. We can't help you. In the end, we are just a trace of the original body's thoughts, and we can't interfere here."
Baker smiled and shook his head. In fact, he himself was too lazy to care about the affairs here. If he said that he really couldn't intervene...just take it as true.
“If you want to achieve this state, it’s actually easy to say it’s simple, and it’s complicated to say it’s complicated.”
"The first step is to abandon external objects. The World Master is the treasure of the universe, and it is also the basic component of the universe. It can be said that every World Master symbolizes a certain rule, so naturally there cannot be too many personal relationships."
"The second step is to give up oneself. Think about it, as the face of the universe, still having romance with 'creatures' is a negative example in its eyes. However, we actually don't care about that either. Never mind him, just do what you want."
"However, at least the initial abandonment is still necessary. This can be regarded as a certain price."
"And you are quite talented. You have created your own way, so you don't have to compete with those 'comrades'. If you hadn't chosen the three of us, you might have become one now. What a pity."
Lu Yao looked at the other party firmly with no regrets in his eyes.
"The third step, which is the last step, is to merge." Baker smiled, looking a little confused.
"Others are foreign objects, everything you think about is yourself, and anyone who sticks to your own path can be killed. Originally, this was the state." Baker's original serious face became lazy, and he recounted the secret in a leisurely tone.
"Then now -" Lu Yao tried to ask.
"Think about it yourself, I don't want to say anymore, okay, die." Baker leaned back and waved goodbye.
The vision in front of him became dim. When he opened his eyes, he saw a mountain-like body in front of him again. He glanced here with half-open eyes, and then continued to close them.
Lu Yao stood up silently, walked to the side, and thought silently.
The order of death is Xu Yin - Nolen - Baker. If you think according to conventional thinking, Xu Yin is the weakest and Baker is the strongest. Therefore, the starting point of each death is here. If it is conventional...
He exhaled, and his brain woke up from sluggishness. At the moment of death, the brain will become sensitive, and after death, it will become dull. Therefore, he needs a certain amount of talking time as a rest.
"So, where is the starting point?" He murmured, because the body was dissolved and the reconstructed body still felt unfamiliar, which made his senses feel a little dazed at first, so he didn't actually notice the starting point. .
He died once at the beginning, and then he gradually recovered and saw Xu Yin in front of him. In other words, this was by no means the first starting point, only the middle or the end.
According to his speculation, there must be a "clue" hidden at the initial starting point that can pass the level, and what he needs is to find that level.
So, where did he die for the first time?