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"It’s right in front." Zhen'er stopped and looked at the Flame Pool ahead.
I nervously gazed at Mosang before me; I was late.
"Come out," Zhen'er said lightly.
"Bang!" The Flame Pool began to ripple, the scalding water dispersing around. I held my breath as I watched the stone pillar rise from the water.
"Mosang!" I shouted as I leaped forward, the intense heat enveloping me. I flew to Mosang's side, calling out to his tightly closed eyes, "I'm here, I'm here to save you."
"Xi, Meng—" Mosang opened his eyes, gasping weakly, his gaze unfocused as he looked at me.
"Yes, it's me. I'm really here. I'm sorry, Mosang, I'm late!" I panicked and didn't know what I was saying, just repeating myself, afraid that Mosang would never hear me again.
"Leave," Mosang struggled to utter two words, looking at me in pain.
Leave? Why should I leave?
I felt a sudden jolt and turned around!
Zhen'er wore a strange smile as she stepped back several meters. Instantly, I rushed toward her!
"Bang!" My body seemed to collide with something hard; no matter what, I couldn't reach her... this is— a barrier infused with Evil Energy!
I stared in disbelief at Zhen'er as she betrayed me again. "What are you doing this for?!" I couldn't fathom what kind of temptation could make her abandon all the villagers around her. Was it just for Silver Moon alone?
"You stay here with your good partner. By the time I break the protective seal of the ancestral hall, you will all be destroyed."
Once again, Zhen'er was different, calm and composed, looking at me with a mocking expression as she spoke about exterminating her own people as if it were an extremely ordinary matter.
“Zhen'er, take a good look at yourself. You are completely under Siyimo's control now. Wake up!”
“I no longer care about those villagers. This is the only way to save Prince Silvermoon. I don't care whether they live or die,” Zhen'er said somewhat dazedly, then smiled obsessively, “I only want the prince.”
“Do you really believe Siyimo? You can't save Silvermoon; instead, you will harm all the villagers here. Don't you care about your father and your brother?!”
“Haha, my prince will only belong to me from now on.” Zhen'er completely ignored my words, lost in her own fantasies.
“And you—” Zhen'er suddenly shouted, pointing at me.
“You must die! Only when you are dead can everything be understood!”
“Zhen'er... why—” I stared blankly at Zhen'er, not understanding why she hated me so much.
“It was you who said you didn't love the prince, that you would give him to me. But you were just lying to me! I treated you like a real sister! You will never understand the feeling of watching the one you love with another woman. With you around, I can never catch the prince's eye!”
“You're the bad person. Siyimo is right; you're selfish, stealing someone else's lover while watching us suffer and being completely ungrateful!”
“...I-I didn't.” I was taken aback, realizing how I appeared in Zhen'er's eyes.
“Why did you come back?! If you hadn't returned, they wouldn't have to die! I just need to quietly open the protective seal of Holy Spirit Village, let Lord Si Yi Mo personally capture this Three-Headed Serpent, and once everything is over, she will return the prince to me!”
“It’s your fault! You ruined everything! Now a large force is coming to capture you. Those villagers had to die because of you!”
“Zhen'er, how can you be so naive... Siyimo never intended to spare those villagers from the beginning, regardless of whether I am here or not.”
“Enough! Stop trying to argue!”
"I haven't. Almost all races outside have been subdued by Siyimo, and even the human realm hasn't escaped this catastrophe. Tell me, how could Siyimo possibly tolerate you aberrations?!"
"It's impossible. She promised me that she would spare Holy Spirit Village."
"There’s still time. Let me out, don’t break the protective seal!"
"...I won't trust you anymore." Zhen'er suddenly turned and vanished in a flash.
...
Stay calm. Bai Zhan is still out there; if anything happens, he will be prepared. Xi Meng, you must remain composed.
I kept telling myself this, but when I thought of those villagers and all the members of the Spirit Cat Clan who came here because of me facing danger, I couldn't calm down.
"Xi Meng—" It was Mosang, calling softly.
"Mosang, I'll rescue you first." I shouted urgently, " Rift Sky Seal , break—" I continued to attack the bracelet that held Mosang.
"Xi Meng, let me speak first." Mosang said.
"You speak, I'm listening."
"Thunder, Thunderous Strike, break it for me!" Seeing no reaction from the bracelet made me increasingly anxious.
"Listen carefully, Siyimo has gone mad. If I hadn't reacted quickly that day, we might not be seeing each other now. I hurried back here to swallow my inner core, but I didn't expect her people to be here. With your strength, you definitely can't defeat Siyimo—quickly, go find the remaining companions and summon the Lord of the Three Realms—"
"I will, I will! Hold on!"
"Snow, break it—!" White Snow sensed my emotions, nodded at me, and struck fiercely at the bracelet.
"Crack—" The sound of shattering.
"Great!" I exclaimed with joy, finally opened it!
I caught Mosang's body, and the strong smell of blood immediately stained me.
"I'm going to open the barrier, let's go together!"
"…Xi Meng, I can't move," Mosang said softly.
"What did you say?" I turned around, anxious and completely unable to hear Mosang's words, and I didn't have time to notice his expression.
"It's nothing, just hurry and open the barrier," Mosang said.
"Okay, wait for me!"
"Wind, water, thunder, lightning, fire, snow, help me… Go, Phantom Destruction—!"
"Ah ha, ah ha…" I kept breathing heavily, waiting.
"Crack, crack, crack—" The sound of shattering echoed around us.
"Bang!"
"It broke!" I smiled at Mosang.
We escaped!
"Hurry, go stop Zhen'er!" I carried Mosang while searching for Zhen'er's presence.
"Zhen'er, stop!" It was Bai Zhan's voice!
"Brother, you need to leave here quickly," Zhen'er said, her tone anxious.
"Are you crazy? Do you know what you're doing?!"
Zhen'er pierced the protective membrane of a purple orb, gripping it tightly; if she applied any more force, the orb would shatter!
"Zhen'er, no!" I suddenly shouted. That's right, all of Flower Tears' divine power was concentrated in that orb; I could feel it! It was this orb that had continuously emitted divine power to protect Holy Spirit Village.
"You managed to escape so quickly!" Zhen'er exclaimed in surprise.
"Zhen'er, don't let Siyimo deceive you. Your brother is right here; can you bear to see him die?"
"…Don't push me. I have no way out! All I have now is His Highness, and he will return soon!"
"Don't—"
"Zhen'er, don't!"
Bai Zhan and I shouted simultaneously as we watched the orb crack with fine lines, and then, "Boom!" It shattered into pieces.
"The shrine is about to collapse; we need to go," Mosang said behind me.
"Bai Zhan, let's go!" I shouted.
Bai Zhan nodded but still couldn't leave Zhen'er behind. He grabbed the panicked and confused Zhen'er and ran toward the exit.
We four stood dumbfounded outside the ancestral hall, watching as it was instantly reduced to rubble.
"There's a Monster! Everyone run!" A piercing scream suddenly faded away as it collapsed in front of us.
In the air, on the ground, and even lurking beneath, monsters rampaged through Holy Spirit Village, roaring with their ferocious faces.
"Kill them all! Leave not a single one!" shouted a leader-like Bull Demon.
Zhen'er suddenly opened Bai Zhan and ran towards the leader, crying out, "Don't kill them! Please don't kill the villagers anymore. The ones you want are over there; just go capture them and leave quickly."
Seeing Zhen'er point at me and Mosang, I scoffed.
"Get lost, leave not a single one," the leader mocked.
"Fine, go ahead and kill them. But what about Prince Silvermoon? Did you bring him?!" Zhen'er asked anxiously, looking around.
"Ha—sure, I'll send you to find him, you fool!" With that, the Bull Demon raised a massive axe to strike Zhen'er, who showed no reaction.
Bai Zhan instantly intercepted the axe and shouted at me, "Xi Meng, quickly take Zhen'er away!"
I approached Zhen'er with a cold smile, "Do you see? Everything happening here is because of you—your ignorance, your greed... Do you understand now? Siyimo was just using you, and by breaking the protective seal here, you've rendered yourself useless."
"N-No, no..." Zhen'er collapsed to the ground.
"Silvermoon will never love someone as ugly and selfish as you," I leaned down and whispered into Zhen'er's ear, word by word.
“Xi Meng, protect me,” Mosang said.
I no longer paid attention to Zhen'er, leaving her to her fate in a place full of monsters.
“What do you want to do?” I asked Mosang.
“To save this place, do as I say.”
I looked at Mosang's serious expression and felt worried about his bleeding body. “Are you sure you can do this? Don’t push yourself.”
“I’m fine.”
Thinking of the villagers still fighting desperately, I didn’t hesitate and stood by Mosang to protect him.
The massive Three-Headed Serpent suddenly appeared before us, looking less chaotic than when it was in human form. A golden orb slowly emerged from Mosang's mouth; it must be his inner core.
The purple orbs that Zhen'er had shattered flew towards Mosang piece by piece.
Mosang murmured something softly, and with a loud “bang!” the golden inner core instantly turned to dust, causing Mosang to spit out a mouthful of blood!
“Mosang!” I cried out in shock.
Is he trying to kill himself?!
At that moment, a miracle occurred. The shattered purple orbs slowly merged with the golden dust, eventually forming a pearl that shimmered with gold and purple.
A powerful Divine Power enveloped the entire Holy Spirit Village.
“Ah—!”
"It's so hot!"
The surroundings were filled with piercing screams as the monsters transformed into blood and dissipated on the ground. The villagers stood frozen in place, watching the holy light that appeared above Holy Spirit Village.
Mosang took on human form, lying motionless on the ground.
"Mosang," I called softly.
"This is the last thing I can do for her," Mosang did not open her eyes but smiled faintly.
"What she loved, I will protect to the end... Xi Meng, look, we are truly together now." Only then did Mosang slowly open her eyes, gazing at the intertwining golden and purple hues in the sky.
"Mosang—"
There was no response.
Mosang's body became transparent and slowly faded away before my eyes...
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