in the edge

Chapter 559: Mind Control
Even after leaving that remote valley, the Fire Star Lord still felt a little dizzy.

The Black Tiger Star Lord had no intention of stopping him, and neither did the mysterious being. They just watched him leave, as if they were sure of victory. The Fire Deity Star Lord couldn't understand for a moment where the Black Tiger Star Lord and the mysterious being got the confidence to let him go like that.

After all, after his body was pieced together, his strength was also restored.

His strength was restored, and he was back to the level of a powerful man. Now, looking back at what he had just heard, he would no longer be so easily influenced - although those words sounded very inspiring and plausible, they only stayed at this level.

These words might have been useful against him who only had a head left, but now he had recovered his strength, and these words that seemed intimidating had begun to become full of loopholes in his eyes.

The will of every powerful being is as solid as a rock. That firm will is even enough to transcend life and death. It cannot be shaken by just a few words. That mysterious existence has somewhat underestimated him.

"Anyway, let's go back and call our friends first, and then make some plans. This thing looks very dangerous, and it might be difficult to do it by ourselves... Hmm?"

The Lord of Fire, who was about to take off, suddenly felt like something was not right.

The thought that everyone is like a dragon arose from the bottom of his heart again, and the words he had heard before also surfaced in his mind again - yes, these words were still full of loopholes in his eyes, and were still not enough to shake his mind.

But the problem is that he himself actually wants to believe these things.

No matter how outrageous the words that voice said were, at least the vision of everyone being like a dragon was beautiful. This vision was beautiful, which meant that the path that the voice was following was reliable. Since they were already following this path, they were definitely not bad people. They were no longer bad people. Then his behavior of strangling them...

"Wait? What's going on?"

The Lord of Fire was suddenly stunned, and then he hit his head hard.

When the pedestrians on the street saw the look of Fire Star Lord, they couldn't help but avoid him. After all, the old man with red hair and red beard looked like someone with a hot temper and not easy to mess with, and now he was going crazy in the street - if Fire Star Lord didn't have a weapon in his hand, people would even think he was a madman who was about to kill.

However, even if he didn't have a weapon, the Fire Star Lord looked no different from a vicious madman, so after a brief pause, the people decisively chose to report to the police.

In the past, it was useless to report such matters to the police, after all, the iron knives in the hands of the detectives were no match for the fierce weapons in the hands of those evil masters - but now, it is a completely different matter, after all, a new tiger-fighting hero, Captain Du, has arrived in the county recently.

Speaking of Captain Du, he is a first-rate hero. Just standing there, he is like an iron tower. A person can stand on his fists and a horse can run on his arms. It's a pity that he lacks the palm-wide hair to protect his chest, otherwise he would perfectly fit the image of a capable fighter in everyone's eyes.

But now, everyone is quite in awe of Captain Du. At least if someone else said he was a tiger-killing hero, they might not believe it. But when Captain Du stood there, everyone felt that even if three more tigers came, they would probably be killed on the spot.

He thought that the other party could kill a tiger, which was fear. Besides fear, he naturally respected him. Unlike the previous captains, this Captain Du really did things. He would patrol the streets every day, and any evil master who was causing trouble would be arrested on the spot.

He is a master of evil spirit, and even a dozen people cannot control him. Many of them can even wield sword energy and knife blades. This is simply a god-like method.

But even such a person can be caught easily by just a few punches and kicks, as easy as catching a chicken.

"Could it be that our Captain Du is also an expert?"

Having seen such scenes many times, the people could not help but have some unreliable guesses in their minds. However, upon closer inspection, it did not seem to be the case. After all, their Captain Du had basically never touched the sword on his body.

Those who hold weapons may be masters no matter how weak they look, and those who do not hold weapons are just ordinary people no matter how strong they are.

This is basically common sense.

But there are always some people who can break through the so-called common sense and do things that ordinary people cannot do.

Such people often make people trust them.

"So... what are you guys still standing there for? Why don't you quickly invite Captain Du over here!"

A group of people spread the news and soon found Du Chengfeng who was patrolling the streets.

Du Chengfeng, who received the report, naturally rushed over. After all, the features of red hair and red beard were too conspicuous. If the old man Huode Xingjun started to make a scene in the street, God knows how many people would die.

But therein lies the problem. In his understanding, the Lord of Fire is a very law-abiding person. Although he would occasionally fight with some evil masters and leave a huge mess, at least he would not do such a thing as throwing a tantrum in the street.

"So...what's going on with you?"

Seeing that Fire Star Lord was still slapping his head on the street, Du Chengfeng quickly dragged him into a deserted alley.

"What happened? Are you also possessed by evil spirits?"

"Old man, old man..."

Even though his hands had been strangled, the Fire Star Lord still struggled desperately, trying to hit himself on the head a few more times.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, this is an extremely crazy behavior, but only the Lord of Fire himself knows that this is his means of self-rescue - the necessary pain can keep him awake and allow him to maintain the most basic sanity.

After all, he is completely unable to resist those voices at the moment.

Those voices he had heard before, those words full of loopholes, obviously should not be able to shake his mind, but now they have been lingering in his mind for a long time and cannot be dispelled - those words are like snakes and insects with life, drilling into his heart.

"He is right, everything he said is right..."

After losing the stimulation of pain, the Lord of Fire even murmured to himself.

"It should be like this... No, it can only be like this! They are all fake, and those so-called rules are fake. They are the means for them to maintain their status. Obviously, this world should not be like this. Obviously, everyone can do it. Obviously... it's not right!"

The Lord of Fire bit his tongue, and the intense pain made him sober up a little.

Then he raised his head and looked at Du Chengfeng in front of him.

"Quick! Give me a hand!"

"……How to help?"

Looking at the Fire Star Lord with blood gushing out of his mouth, Du Chengfeng was completely stunned. He really didn't understand what was going on. How could the old man, who was fine before, suddenly become like this?

As for helping… he doesn’t even understand the situation, how can he help?
Does that mean he should give the old man two punches on the head, just like Fire Star Lord had done before?
"That's not it!"

Seeing that Du Chengfeng had already raised his fist and looked eager to try, the Lord of Fire shook his head decisively.

On the one hand, it was naturally because it was useless to do so. The problem he was facing now was no longer something that could be solved by simple pain. On the other hand, it was because Du Chengfeng was a little too excited at the moment. He doubted that this punch would directly smash his head.

While this could be considered a way to solve the problem, there are obviously other solutions to the problem.

"Tell this old man!"

As he said this, the Fire Star Lord grabbed Du Chengfeng's arms.

"Tell me! It's wrong for everyone to be like a dragon! Tell me! There should be hierarchy in this world!"

“…Is that all?”

Du Chengfeng frowned slightly.

If he had not realized the problem just now, now, after observing for a while, he had already made some judgments about the condition of the Fire Star Lord - it was obvious that the Fire Star Lord was more like a person with "demons in his heart", and the blows just now were just an attempt to maintain his sanity through pain.

And now, the Fire Deity, who has temporarily regained his sanity, has come up with a solution. The solution this old man found is to seek recognition from the outside world.

In other words, it is just this, but also not only this.

At this moment, he could just repeat the words of the Fire Lord, but such perfunctory repetition would not solve any problems. At this moment, he had become a mirror for the Fire Lord, and the Fire Lord wanted to see in him the firmness that should have belonged to him.

To put it simply, Du Chengfeng had to tell the old man very firmly and without any falsehood that it was indeed wrong to think that everyone was like a dragon, and that there should be hierarchy in this world.

In other words, Du Chengfeng himself has to admit this. So...

"Sorry, can't do it."

After taking a deep breath, Du Chengfeng still sighed.

This also made the Fire Star Lord dumbfounded.

"What did you say?"

The Fire Star Lord was dumbfounded. He could hardly believe what he heard.

"Why can't you do it? You clearly... can't you see what's going on?"

"I just saw it, so I said I couldn't do it."

Du Chengfeng sighed again.

"I'm sorry, I can't agree with you."

"you……"

The Fire Star Lord spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

His already shaky state of mind was now completely shattered. At this moment, Lord Fire Deity could not believe what he had heard - he had thought this was a way to help him repair his state of mind, but who could have imagined that this would actually be a dead end.

The Tin Man in front of him even accepted this idea before him and walked to the opposite side of him.

This is simply...

“No…never!”

The Fire Star Lord clenched his teeth.

Perhaps it was because he faced the deepest despair that the anger in Huo De Xingjun's heart was ignited once again, and under the burning of this flame, his broken state of mind had become the fuel - he refused to accept it! He would never fall here! He would never believe those words! He would never be affected by such things!

He has his own path to follow, and he is a powerful being who has flown to the sky on his own!

"So, you are in the same group with them?"

Fire already leapt in the eyes of the Fire Star Lord.

"Do you also think that the world should be in chaos?"

“It’s not a question of whether I feel it or not.”

Du Chengfeng started scratching his head.

"Whether I want to or not, isn't the world still in chaos? Life is already difficult, I don't think it's necessary to... What's wrong with you? Didn't you say we can't do it on the ground?"

"Since you agree with the chaos..."

The Lord of Fire clenched his fist, and flames appeared on his fist.

"Then today I will..."

"When did I say that?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head even more.

"Could you please stop picking on me for things I didn't say? That's kind of stupid."

"...Wait a while?"

The Fire Star Lord was stunned when he heard this.

"You mean you don't agree with chaos?"

Seeing Du Chengfeng nodded, Fire Star Lord became more and more confused.

"If you don't agree with chaos, then what happened to you just now? You could have just..."

"Chaos is definitely not a good thing."

Du Chengfeng shrugged.

"But I also don't agree with the hierarchy. I really can't agree with that."

"you……"

The Fire Star Lord frowned.

"Why? Isn't order good?"

"It's really not good to be superior or inferior to others. At least it's not good for me."

Speaking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.

"I guess I haven't talked to you about my past, so you said that... But it's the same now that you know it. After all, I was born a refugee. If there is really a saying about superiority and inferiority..."

"..."

The Fire Star Lord was speechless.

He hadn't expected that the tin man in front of him, who had occupied a place in the sky with his own strength like him, would actually have such an identity. From this perspective, it seemed that the other party really couldn't agree with the principle of superiority and inferiority - but now that the tin man had flown to the sky and became a star king, why bother about this little thing from the past...

"It's not a small matter, and I don't think there's anything wrong with being a refugee."

Du Chengfeng thought for a while and continued.

"In short, my idea is that chaos is indeed bad, but the so-called order you mentioned is not good either. I cannot agree with these two things."

"Then what do you want?"

The Fire Star Lord raised his fist cautiously.

He didn't want chaos, nor did he want order. He couldn't quite figure out what the Tin Man in front of him wanted to achieve.

But immediately, he heard a word that he didn't want to hear at this time.

"What do I want? Of course everyone is like a dragon!"

Speaking of this, Du Chengfeng even waved his fist excitedly.

“This is exactly what I want!”

(End of this chapter)