Age of Heroes, ten consecutive guarantees.

Chapter 882 Life is like a chess game (7 in 2 K)

Bai Yu spread his hands: Jidu Arrow Warning.JPG
It is indeed a very straightforward and effective warning.

Wu Lianyue and Zhen Shifang, who saw the arrow, immediately stopped their actions and their eyes became serious.

"You may doubt whether this Jidu arrow is real..."

Bai Yu continued, "Since you know that Luo Hou and I are canonized in the same way, you should know that this arrow will never go in vain."

Rahu's arrows are the most threatening attack in the world.

The reason why it is so threatening is that it can indiscriminately kill everyone with one arrow and send them to reincarnation.

No matter how strong you are, even if you are the second among the Ten Evils, you will be treated equally.

This is equality of all beings in a broad sense, just like the larger the caliber of a gun barrel, the more righteous it is.

Zhen Shifang naturally didn't want to gamble his life, so his feet were stuck to the floor as if they were glued, and even the angle of his body leaning forward became smaller.

Wu Lianyue's face was as gloomy as he watched the throne he had been waiting for for many years being snatched away by Bai Potian. He was extremely furious at the moment... and he only wanted to blow the throne and Bai Potian into pieces.

But that didn't mean he was going to die for it.

"You only have one arrow." Wu Lianyue said, "Let's attack together... If we don't kill Bai Yujing here, you will have no way to survive."

Bai Yu didn't give him any chance at all, and said directly: "I will shoot whoever comes first!"

This creates a prisoner's dilemma.

We agreed to attack together, but if one is a step late, the other party will bear all the risks, so naturally one or even both parties may hesitate and deliberately fall behind.

Because there is no basis of trust between Wu Lianyue and the Tyrant, they are essentially entangled with each other because of issues of interest and position. It is too easy to divide them. It is not necessary to promise them benefits, directly using danger to deter them can also bring the same effect.

But Bai Yu was equally clear.

This method will only be effective for a short period of time... The trick of playing with people's hearts is just like the empty city plan. In fact, it is an exaggeration in novels. It is not so simple and easy in reality. No matter how indecisive a person is, when faced with a life or death decision, he may make a choice that is completely opposite to the past.

Human nature cannot be tested; those who scheme and play with people's hearts will ultimately be misled by their own cleverness.

What he needs to consider is actually a pure choice between two options.

What was just said was all false. Bai Yu had chosen the target for the fake Jidu arrow from the very beginning.

So who will make the first move next?
Many thoughts and conjectures eventually collapsed into reality.

After Wu Lianyue realized that Zhen Shifang would never be able to join him no matter what, he decisively swung his right hand. The huge force drove Zhen Shifang and smashed him and his weapon towards Bai Yu's position. At the same time, he also broke through the space and rushed over.

Even if Bai Yu can control the flow of time, he can only attack one target.

Wu Lianyue forcibly created a scene where the two of them were moving forward at the same time. This was because he was almost certain that Bai Yu would shoot him first, so he directly used Zhen Shifang as a shield.

But he didn't know that what he did was completely unnecessary.

If Bai Yu really wanted to shoot him, it would be useless even if Zhen Shifang blocked in front of him, because the Jidu arrow had no flight trajectory, it only had a starting point and an end point for shooting and hitting.

The more important point is that Bai Yu’s goal from the very beginning was to be the overlord and dominate all directions.

At the same time Wu Lianyue suddenly launched the attack, Bai Yu had already released the bowstring, and the Jidu arrow disappeared from the bow.

The next moment, it had hit the target.

Therefore, Zhen Shifang, who was thrown out, was caught off guard and his body first moved forward and then backward.

The transparent arrow shot into his brows, tearing a gap in his forehead. The severe headache made Zhen Shifang's eyes bloodshot. A strong man like him directly lost control of his body because a large piece of his soul was torn off!

The Pseudo-Ketu Arrow cannot kill the enemy directly... This is the biggest difference between Bai Yu and Luo Hou.

If used against Zhen Shifang, with luck you can kill him instantly, but with bad luck you can destroy most of his combat power.

If it is used against Wu Lianyue, the effect will probably be even worse and will only cause a brief stiffness.

Because the witch clan does not have a soul.

How can you aim at and shoot something that doesn't exist?
Bai Yu's arrow went straight towards Zhen Shifang, which surprised Wu Lianyue a little, but then he realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, because when using the Jidu Arrow, Bai Yu had already used the mysterious power, which meant that he was not on guard at this time.

Everything is relative.

In order to shoot the Jidu Arrow, Bai Yu had to remove the "time lag field" around himself. The only time acceleration he could use at this moment was in a single direction... All mysteries have weaknesses. If there seems to be no weakness, then it must be hidden.

For example, a large-scale Shinra Tensei will also bring a long cooldown.

Wu Lianyue came galloping over, seized this excellent opportunity and launched an overwhelming offensive; Bai Yu also directly switched weapons and activated thirty times the time acceleration to fight with him. The two of them instantly turned into blurred afterimages, constantly intertwining in the messy throne hall, and the leverage points formed by the bounces were all over the ground and space, and the space was collapsed everywhere, and cracks were spreading.

Wu Lianyue can create energy weapons at will with a casual move. He has reached the level of being able to do whatever he wants, and his attack is extremely strong. Therefore, Bai Yu dare not confront him easily. He can only make an attack at a wrong time. If he really fights head-on, Bai Yu will be killed by the opponent within three moves at most.

Wu Lianyue maintained an absolutely domineering posture throughout the whole process. He was not a weak boss who would kneel down and gasp for breath after being chopped down by three lions.

On the other hand, Bai Yu began to show signs of fatigue.

This confrontation lasted about three seconds, but traces of the fight between the two men were already spread all over every corner of the hall.

After a violent shock and roar, Bai Yu ended the accelerated time state.

He pulled his body out of the wall, covered his mouth and nose with his right hand, and blood flowed out from between his fingers, turning into a burning flame when it fell to the ground.

A rather horrific wound appeared on the side of the abdomen...

No matter how fast the time is accelerated, it is not as safe as the time-delay field... In hundreds of confrontations, Bai Yu was "scratched", and as a result, one-third of his left abdomen was hollowed out.

Fortunately, Feng Sheng's life force is quite strong, and Fanny activated the Phoenix Body to repair the damage, otherwise he would have been lying in the ICU.

"I can make as many mistakes as I want, but you can only make one mistake."

Wu Lianyue bent his arm and crossed his elbow. Just by spreading his palm out and holding it horizontally in front of his body, his entire arm became a cutting knife. The move that just scratched Bai Yu came from his sudden change in attack direction, which was so fast that Bai Yu, who was in a state of thirty times acceleration, could not react in time.

It is not known whether this change of tactic was a temporary idea or a premeditated one.

But at this time, Wu Lianyue was too lazy to dodge Bai Yu's attack. The wound on his right arm behind his shoulder had begun to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, far faster than the speed of Bai Yu's wound regeneration.

The outcome is decided... right?

"Hiss... Fu..." Bai Yu exhaled: "Are you curious why Jidu's arrow was not aimed at you, but at Zhen Shifang? Is it just because he is a soft persimmon and easier to squeeze?"

Wu Lianyue looked at Zhen Shifang, whose forehead was cracked and his face was covered in blood. Seeing his miserable appearance, his eyes and emotions did not fluctuate at all: "Are you trying to say that he is a greater threat than me?"

"There's no need for me to deceive myself." Bai Yu shook his head and said, "I just discovered one thing through observation and decided to destroy his combat power first..."

In front of Wu Lianyue, Bai Yu raised his right hand and smashed it against the wall. Wherever his arm touched turned into gravel. Amidst the grayish-white dust flying, he grasped something and pulled it hard to the outside.

A sharp meteorite iron heavy sword that was pitch black and had clear edges and corners, as if it was made of countless rocks, was pulled out and raised.

Cut from the air.

This slash was accompanied by powerful knife force and sword intent.

It combines the domineering power of the third sword of Crossing the River and the slashing blow of a sword master, plus the time acceleration activated by Bai Yu.

The three combined into one, extremely fast, pouring out with an unstoppable momentum.

Wu Lianyue held two huge chains made of thunder and lightning, like a giant god holding a thunder sky chain.

The two violent forces collided with each other. Space was annihilated in the collision. Even the sound could not escape. After a few tenths of a second of roar, there was absolute silence.

Although Wu Lianyue did not retreat a single step, a wound appeared on his forearm... a wound that would not stop bleeding!

The second of the Ten Evils had a livid face.

"So... you wanted to get this weapon that can kill a saint!"

There are actually three treasures in the throne room.

The first treasure is the Penglai Island throne, which is the focus of competition, so many people are eyeing it;
The second treasure is the body of the master of Penglai Island. It is the corpse of the Wu clan and still has extremely high value;
The third treasure is the Meteorite Sword that can even kill the master of Penglai Island!
The reason why Bai Yu was willing to expose his flaws and destroy Zhen Shifang and hold on for another three seconds was to find a chance to get this weapon!

Damn!

Wu Lianyue was so overwhelmed by anger that she didn't realize it.

In other words, although he realized it, he did not take it too seriously.

Because the weapon was previously held in Zhen Shifang's hand, he subconsciously ignored this point.

But Bai Yu noticed it.

Because Bai Potian's strength is equal to Zhen Shifang's, but he was beaten back even with the Green Dragon Claw. That must be the advantage of the weapon in Zhen Shifang's hand!

Bai Yu was thinking at that time, if he got this weapon, would he be able to break the witch clan's body and heal himself?
But to get this weapon, he must take it from Zhen Shifang. Too obvious a motive will be noticed and he will be on guard against it.

And once this weapon was snatched away by Wu Lianyue, there would be no chance of a comeback...

It will definitely take time for Bai Potian to inherit the throne of Penglai, and no one knows how long it will take him.

He had to face the situation of being one against two.

The situation was originally extremely unfavorable, but it was reversed in just a few seconds.

This is personal battlefield wisdom.

Bai Yu deliberately used the fact that Jidu Arrow could only kill one person as bait, in order to lure Wu Lianyue to use Zhen Shifang as a pawn.

His goal from the beginning was to destroy Zhen Shifang's fighting power so that he could get the Meteorite Heavy Sword.

Now it has been proven that this sword can break the body of the witch clan and leave irreparable damage!
Perhaps the reason why the Lord of Penglai Island kept it in front of the throne was to leave this weapon for future generations to use.

The spiral sword stuck in the chest of Master Guda in front of the Firelink Shrine is not for showing off, but to keep it for future generations.

After all, no one likes to have a big sword stuck in their body, right?

If this great sword of unknown origin can kill the Lord of Penglai Island, there is no reason why it cannot kill Wu Lianyue.

When Bai Yu held the heavy sword, the balance of victory and defeat tilted again!
"The wheelchair is in hand, now is the time to kill the saint!"

The young man held the heavy sword of meteorite iron in both hands and pointed it at the tip of Wu Lianyue's nose.

"You seemed to be having a lot of fun fighting just now..."

Seeing that the other party refused to reply.

Bai Yu picked up the heavy sword.

"Come on, keep smiling for me?"

……

In the collapsed fissure, Zhen Shifang climbed up with difficulty.

The arrow just now almost shattered half of his soul.

This injury is extremely serious.

It was so serious that it was almost impossible for him to recover in this lifetime.

He held onto the wall and walked forward with difficulty.

He no longer thought about what was happening behind the scenes.

He had just taken off a finger of the Penglai Island Lord. Now as long as he could get out of here alive, he could continue his plan.

Zhen Shifang walked slowly, holding onto the wall. He had never felt his body so weak before. An unprecedented feeling of fatigue enveloped him, but the desire to survive and the deepest desire in his heart drove him forward.

Walk all the way to the edge of the collapsed throne room.

The correct exit route was through the hollow hole above his head, but he knew that it was already filled with Bai Yu's helpers.

So Zhen Shifang decided to take a chance and leave from the edge. Although the space here was chaotic and he might fall into some subspace or extraterritorial area, if he was luckier, he might be able to pass through the chaotic space and fall somewhere outside Penglai Island.

He held onto the wall and walked slowly forward, getting closer and closer to his destination. Perhaps he only needed to take a few more steps forward to leave here.

Then he stopped.

The middle-aged man looked at the girl in front of him in silence, and sighed heavily and tiredly. The energy flowing out of the broken space fell between the two of them drop by drop like rain, like rain of light.

The light was divided by her, one in front and one behind, the path of life and death, clearly distinguished.

Tao Rusu's cold and indifferent gaze pierced through the light curtain and fell on Zhen Shifang, who was in a miserable state.

...She has really grown up. ...When she first came, she often had nightmares and quarreled with herself. Then she curled up in the corner of her room like a wounded little animal, wrapped herself in a quilt, and cried secretly while looking at the photo of the boy on her phone.

Zhen Shifang thought that if he had been nicer to her earlier, even if it was just pretending to be nicer, perhaps she wouldn't have been so against him, and it probably wouldn't have come to this point today.

This timid thought emerged like a bubble and dissipated like a bubble.

The Tyrant raised his chin and said calmly, "Aren't you going to let me pass?"

The dragon horn on Tao Rusu's forehead did not manifest. She had returned to her normal state, staring calmly at her biological father: "You have committed a great crime, which is too numerous to list. You know this yourself. I have no reason to let you go."

"You are my blood."

"Yes, so I will wash away the sins you left behind, starting from this moment on." Tao Rusu's voice was ice-cold, completely unmoved.

"Listen..." Zhen Shifang took out the severed finger in his hand and shook it: "I have already got what I need, and I will be able to complete my bloodline next. Even if you don't help me, as the saying goes, one should never forget the well digger. I am your biological father, and all you have now are given by me. I don't ask you to repay me for anything, I just need you to get out of my way now, and we will settle our grievances."

"There is no such thing as offsetting merits and demerits, only making up for one's mistakes." Tao Rusu said: "Zhen Shifang, you lost, you should honestly admit defeat... This is too embarrassing."

"I didn't lose!" Zhen Shifang raised his voice and shouted angrily, "I have already got what I wanted. The next step is just one step away, just one step away!!"

Tao Rusu looked at him quietly.

She knew that the man had been pushed into a desperate situation, but he was unwilling to admit it.

Zhen Shifang covered his forehead, trying his best to control his emotions, his eyes bloodshot: "I am only one step away from success, and what I want is not to conquer the world at all. Tao Rusu, you may not understand me, but I only hope that you can sympathize with me."

"Bai Yujing won't understand, but you can understand me, right?"

"You don't really care about the interests of your country, and you don't really need to judge my crimes. All you need is the fact that I disappear!"

"So as long as I disappear, the result will be the same for you. You can say that I have been executed by you!"

He spread his hands and began to explain and even plead.

"I will never appear in front of you from now on. You can just claim that I'm dead or disappeared!"

"I can swear, because I didn't want to stay here in the first place!"

"Because what I wanted from the beginning was..."

"I know." Tao Rusu interrupted him.

Zhen Shifang was startled: "You know?"

"Of course I know... You think I don't understand you very well, but you are wrong. As you said, we are father and daughter, connected by blood... Many times, even if I don't want to, I can feel certain... emotions from you."

Tao Rusu folded her hands and said, "You are not born evil, but you did these things for your own selfish interests. It's not that you don't feel guilty, but you have eliminated the guilt in some way and escaped from it."

"So…I know you don't want to stay here."

"I know that once your wish is fulfilled, you will leave immediately and forever, and we will never see each other again."

"I also know what your wish is."

The Tyrant opened his mouth.

He was unwilling to have his deepest desires dug out.

For a sinner whose hands and soul have already been soiled, there is still a pure and clean place in his heart. That is his pursuit and his wish.

In the rain of light, Tao Rusu looked at the man, looked him straight in the eye, and revealed the true desire behind his shameful crime.

"Your real wish is to go back in time."

Zhen Shifang opened his mouth, lowered his head, gritted his teeth, his facial muscles tensed for a few seconds, then relaxed, his shoulders drooping.

For a long time, he has been acting towards one goal.

Now that I've been seen through, there's no need to hide anything anymore.

He never wanted to be figured out by anyone, but in the end he couldn't hide the desire deep in his heart... just like a little kid.

"Yes." Zhen Shifang's voice was heavy and low: "It is said that Zhulong can control the passage of time. Closing his eyes is night, and opening his eyes is day... As long as you can become a Zhulong of the innate creature, you should be able to obtain the mystery of traveling through time and space."

"As expected." Tao Rusu whispered, "So, you think that as long as you go back to the past, those people who were killed and the fact that you committed a crime will no longer exist, right?"

"Yes." Zhen Shifang said, "As long as I go back to the past, then none of this will have happened."

"This is how you escape from guilt... your cunning logic is self-consistent." Tao Rusu continued, "But why do you want to go back to the past?"

Zhen Shifang didn't want to say this.

But for some reason, he had the urge to speak.

Perhaps it was because the girl in front of him was his biological daughter and this would be the last time they would meet, or perhaps he felt a long-lost sense of relief because the secret could finally be told and he didn't have to continue to bear the pain alone.

After a moment of silence, Zhen Shifang continued, "I had a happy family, a loving pair of parents, three sisters who loved me, and then they all died..."

"They died in the shadow world...They died one by one to protect me."

"I survived alone in the shadow world for five months."

"Trapped in a small underground space with no food and only dirty water."

"In order to keep me alive, my relatives committed suicide one after another."

“I want to survive, too.”

"Eat their bodies..."

He didn't finish his words, but when he talked about these things, his fingers clenched unconsciously and his eyes turned slightly red. He didn't go into too much detail.

But those five months must have been an experience of despair that is difficult to describe.

Some people are healed for their whole life because of their childhood; some people suffer for their whole life because of their childhood.

There is always something that will suddenly hurt people, maybe it is a toy that is out of reach, maybe it is an unexplained misunderstanding, or maybe it is a heart-wrenching loss.

After listening to this not-so-long story.

Tao Rusu said: "So you want to go back?"

"Yes, I want to go back." Zhen Shifang clenched his fists: "I want to save them... Am I wrong?"

Tao Rusu did not answer whether it was right or wrong.

There is nothing wrong with saving lives, but the method is wrong.

and……

"Let me go." Zhen Shifang pleaded in a low voice: "I will leave here, I will fly far away, I just want to go back to the past and live with the relatives I lost. As long as I can go back, I am willing to give everything."

Tao Rusu opened her mouth and hesitated.

Hesitating whether to speak.

a long time……

Tao Rusu sighed: "Even if I let you go, do you really think your wish can be fulfilled?"

"Shut up!" Zhen Shifang suddenly raised his eyes, as angry as a mad lion: "Shut up!"

"Listen," Tao Rusu completely ignored his expression and continued, "In the blood of the tyrant..."

"Stop talking, stop talking!" Zhen Shifang roared and rushed forward to cover Tao Rusu's mouth.

The next moment, his head was held down and smashed to the ground.

Tao Rusu suppressed him, stared at his bloodshot eyes, and said word by word: "There is no 'Zhulong' at all!"

She still spoke, even though the truth would be the most cruel torture in the world for Zhen Shifang.

"No, I don't believe it... You lied to me." Zhen Shifang gritted his teeth, his voice trembling. The strong sense of uneasiness he revealed was like that of a frightened child.

"Zhulong's bloodline has been cut off!"

Tao Rusu repeated it, cruelly shattering his delusion.

"If you don't understand, I will repeat it to you countless times!"

"Zhen Shifang! Your wish was impossible to achieve from the beginning!"

"You can't go back to the past!"

Having said that, Tao Rusu gave Zhen Shifang a headbutt.

The dull sound of the headbutt seemed to have smashed the fact of this sentence into Zhen Shifang's skull, pouring into his mind, and the sound echoed repeatedly.

The ripples turned into waves, tearing open his heart bit by bit, breaking his persistence, and shattering his self-consistent logic and self-comfort to escape guilt.

Hope is within reach.

But it's just a fantasy.

Zhen Shifang was lying on the ground, his expression stiff, as dumb as a wooden chicken, his face as pale as death.

He murmured, "You lied to me... You are, lying to me..."

The spirit is cracked and the soul is severely damaged.

Despair stains.

Zhen Shifang couldn't bear it anymore and slowly closed his eyes.

As if he never wanted to wake up, he uttered a few dull, dry sounds, blood-red tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes, and he fell into a deep sleep.

Maybe he really won't wake up.

Tao Rusu did not kill, she just magnified the damage in her soul.

Even if she knew that the murder had been committed, it might be a relief for Zhen Shifang.

But in the end, she couldn't bear the heart to kill her father because she didn't want to bear such a heavy sin.

Tao Rusu smiled bitterly: "You and I are very similar... We both witnessed the death of our loved ones and experienced pain."

The closest relatives Tao Rusu was referring to were the murder of her adoptive parents, which was also the beginning of a dramatic change in her life.

"In fact, you could have had a perfect and happy life."

It's not like she didn't imagine going back to the past, if she could rewrite the past...

If Zhen Shifang had chosen to marry Ao Muxue and stay in Dragon Country, they could have started a family together.

Ao Muxue is a good wife and mother, Zhen Shifang is gifted and will be canonized sooner or later, and Tao Rusu will definitely not be called Tao Rusu anymore...

But she will grow up in a happy family and become a person who knows how to love and be loved.

That kind of life is beautiful just thinking about it.

But, but...

“We are different after all.”

"How can anyone go back to the past and start life over again?"

"You may have spent the most unfortunate first decade or so, but you could have had a happy future."

"Just like me."

“Instead of looking at the past, look to the future.”

"My unhappy life has ended, and my happy life has just begun."

"The most meaningless thing in the world is regret..."

Tao Rusu looked at this extremely weak man who refused to even look at a happy future and only stared at his painful past. He was pitiful, tragic and even more hateful.

“Life is like a game of chess.”

"No regrets when you make a move."

(End of this chapter)