in the edge

Chapter 581 Demonic Soldier, Sword of Regret

Constable Tian is already dead, but the work has to go on.

With a sigh, Du Chengfeng broke free from Constable Tian's grasp, and with only a broken sword he flew into the air towards a pedestal not far away - his body was right there, and he had to get his limbs back as soon as possible.

A moment later, a broken silver-white foot appeared in front of Du Chengfeng.

"Just the feet? But it's enough."

The broken sword flying in the air lifted up the broken leg.

Although strictly speaking, the broken palm and the broken foot cannot be put together, this is not a problem for Du Chengfeng - after all, his body has turned into metal, and metals can naturally fuse with each other. There is no distinction between parts, even if the parts found are not adjacent to each other, they can be fused into a new piece of metal.

"Maybe it needs a little fire to calcine it... huh?"

Du Chengfeng, who was about to fuse the metal, suddenly felt like something was wrong.

The broken foot in front of him was indeed the remains of his body, but when he tried to fuse it together, he was unable to do so for a while.

It was as if the broken foot had slipped out of his control.

"what happened?"

Du Chengfeng was a little confused for a moment. He could confirm that he was not mistaken. This was definitely his body. He could even feel a familiar breath from it - but this body that originally belonged to him seemed to be half dead at this moment and could not blend in at all.

"What's wrong?"

Du Chengfeng was puzzled.

Before coming here, Du Chengfeng had thought about what problems he would encounter and what kind of battles he would face - he even made several plans for failure, and thought about how to search for the next body after success. But he never expected that things would get stuck here.

It is clearly my own body, but I cannot integrate it back into myself.

This……

"what is going on?"

Du Chengfeng began to try various methods.

The first thing he naturally did was to stab the broken sword into the sole of his foot. They were made of the same metal, so perhaps they could be fused together under his will - but facts proved that this attempt did not work. Even though he had tried hard to stab it into the sole of his foot, the broken sword and the sole of his foot were still two distinct pieces of metal.

"How about another fire..."

Du Chengfeng tried to light a fire again and use it to forge the sword, but the blade of his sword had already been roasted red, but the sole of the foot still did not react at all.

The normal method of smelting metals doesn't work either.

Does that mean I have to use the power of will?
"Give it to me!"

Du Chengfeng began to try to strengthen his will.

But this attempt still failed. His will still could not affect the sole of the foot, no matter how determined he was. The sole of the foot seemed to be resisting his will.

"what happened!"

After several failed attempts, Du Chengfeng became a little angry.

With his skill in cultivating his Qi, this failure should not be a big deal. After all, as long as he had enough time, he could always try to find the right way - but therein lay the problem. Right now, he did not have much time to waste.

The powerful person guarding this piece of body is a stranger, which means that this piece of body was actually assigned to him. Those powerful people who seized his body may have formed an organization. They may notice the situation here at any time and then attack it.

The powerful person who came must be in his prime, there is no doubt about that. On the contrary, Du Chengfeng not only failed to merge into his own body, but even lost the most critical thing, the swordsman.

Without the sword wielder, he could not rely on the power of equality of all beings to kill with one blow. With only a broken hand left, he had no chance of winning against the powerful being at full power.

"Forget it! If nothing works, let's fight!"

After another attempt, Du Chengfeng simply gave up and gave up everything.

"When the time comes, you need to be brave!"

Yes, if he only thinks that there is no possibility of winning, then he will really be defeated. In this world where will determines everything, instead of comparing combat power and hesitating, it is better to burn his boats and fight to the death!
Anyway, he never lacks the courage to fight to the death. After all, he has always been like this.

As for the sole of the foot, at worst...

"Ok?"

When Du Chengfeng sensed the foot that he had thrown out, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Because the broken sword was too short, it couldn't be thrown very far, and the foot that was thrown out rolled directly to the body of Constable Tian - but this foot, which was useless in Du Chengfeng's eyes, suddenly turned into a pool of molten iron when it touched the body of Constable Tian!
The molten iron spread wildly, burning Constable Tian's corpse. It seemed that Constable Tian's corpse was about to dissolve into the molten iron.

"what happened!"

Du Chengfeng quickly raised his sword. He didn't want anything to happen to Constable Tian's body.

Even if Constable Tian was unreliable before, he still helped him get the body in the end. Besides, he had even promised Constable Tian that he would escort the other party out alive. So now it is reasonable and moral for him to let Constable Tian at least keep the body intact.

But just as the sword blade touched Constable Tian's corpse and was about to pick the bones out of the molten iron, the broken sword carrying Du Chengfeng's will suddenly froze.

Just because of this moment, Du Chengfeng suddenly felt a trace of regret.

"He's already dead, why are you saving him?"

It was as if another self was talking to him, and Du Chengfeng was speechless for a moment.

"Don't you want to think about the reason? Didn't you bring him in? Now you want to be a good person, but who are you doing it for?"

"I……"

Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time.

regret! regret! regret!
Endless regret swirled in his mind.

Why can't he accomplish anything? Why can't he do anything well? He also mocked the detective Tian for not understanding the ways of the world. When has he ever done anything well? He always fought desperately and tried his best every time. Afterwards, he boasted that he won by his own ability. Isn't this winning by luck?

Just like when he was fighting with the Shining Star Lord, wasn't this exposed? Didn't the battle just now also expose this problem?
Why can't you practice more! Why can't you work harder! Why don't you work harder! Why do you have to wait until everything happens before you realize it's too late!

Just like now, because of this moment of hesitation, the body of Constable Tian has almost completely melted into the molten iron.

If it weren't for your insistence, Constable Tian would not have died!

If it weren't for your insistence, the old blacksmith would not have died!
If you hadn't insisted on doing it your way, then Carpenter Li would also be...

regret! regret! regret!
"I……"

If he still had an intact body, Du Chengfeng would have burst into tears long ago.

regret! regret! regret!
He had never felt so regretful before. He regretted his actions and everything he had done. His mind, which had been as strong as steel, had now collapsed. The regret, the pain, the pain that went deep into his bones made him want to commit suicide on the spot to apologize to the world!

The will of death spread throughout his body, and at this moment Du Chengfeng was almost about to give up hope of living.

But before he died, he had to do one last thing. The sword tip was raised, and Constable Tian's head flew up. That was the last body of Constable Tian, ​​and also the last trace of Constable Tian left in this world - so no matter how much he regretted, even if he regretted so much that he wanted to die, he had to leave the last remains of Constable Tian before he died.

Maybe there are many things that you will regret after doing them.

But there are always some things that you have to do even if you regret it.

"Zheng——"

It was at this moment that flames burst out on the edge of Du Chengfeng's sword.

Along with this final firm will, the fire of the broken sword became dazzling, and the flaming blade seemed to pierce through the regret itself, injecting vigorous vitality into Du Chengfeng's will - this also allowed Du Chengfeng to break away from the endless regret, and for a moment it was like waking up from a dream.

"That's not right! Why should I regret it?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly realized that his previous thoughts were extremely outrageous.

Did he really fail to accomplish everything? Did he really fail to do everything well? Perhaps from now on, he still had too many flaws and too much immaturity along the way - but at that time, for him who had nothing and could only fight for his life, he had survived and done the best he could.

He has no need to feel regretful, nor does he need to use his present self to blame his past self.

"Even if you are wrong, there is no such thing as self-pity."

"Whether we are right or wrong, we must carry on with this responsibility and keep going."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng looked at the remaining head of Constable Tian again.

At the end of his life, Constable Tian still chose to believe him.

Then at the very least, he must shoulder this trust.

He will not fall here, he will keep going.

He will be responsible for all his actions.

"Om-"

It was at this time that Du Chengfeng suddenly heard a strange noise.

It was at this time that Du Chengfeng discovered that while he was immersed in regret, the pool of molten iron not only swallowed up the corpse of Constable Tian, ​​but also directly swallowed up the corpse of the giant god, and even the gravel on the ground was swallowed up.

Immediately afterwards, the pool of molten iron gradually shrank and deformed, condensing into a long sword.

It was a sword with an exaggerated shape. It had no hilt to protect the hand, only a hilt and a blade. It was obviously made of metal, but it looked as eerie as bones - and on this bone sword, there were countless mottled scratches imprinted on it. Just one look at it would make people regretful.

"Regret! Regret! Regret!"

A strong feeling of regret hit Du Chengfeng's mind.

But at this moment, Du Chengfeng no longer had any worries in his heart.

"Even if I regret it, so what?"

Du Chengfeng would never say that he has no regrets at all. Such decisive words are more like self-encouragement or self-deception - but no matter how much he regrets, he will carry these regrets and move forward.

After all, as a man, you have to carry something on your shoulders to be considered a man.

There is a little regret, but it is just the wind and snow falling on my shoulders.

He is not so weak that he cannot even withstand this little bit of wind and snow.

"Om-"

It was at this moment that the long sword wrapped in wind and snow, as if it had its own will, flew all the way and landed beside Du Chengfeng.

When the two swords collided, Du Chengfeng once again felt the regret.

Also, the return of strength.

That was the regret of Constable Tian. He was regretting why he couldn't do anything right. That was the regret from the powerful. He was regretting why he lost his life because of underestimating the enemy. There was even Du Chengfeng's own regret. Looking back on the past, there were those stumbling blocks along the way, those rivers that had been crossed, and those roads that had been walked.

Du Chengfeng took on all of this.

He also got power.

"Is it called... Huijian?"

With the return of power, Du Chengfeng also felt the name of this sword.

The one who forged this long sword was none other than the deceased Constable Tian. Although Constable Tian himself was already dead, the endless regret for turning against his own side in the middle of a battle still lingered on his corpse. Add to that the regret of the powerful man for underestimating the enemy, the resentment that he could not forgive himself even if he died. This regret was already extreme.

In addition, the metal from Du Chengfeng's remaining body is used as auxiliary material.

A sword of regret was forged under this will.

"This power... is even greater than I expected."

Although the Sword of Regret has not yet been absorbed by Du Chengfeng, Du Chengfeng now feels that he may not need to absorb the Sword of Regret anymore - simply because the enormous power he now possesses has already surpassed his expectations, and even surpassed his heyday.

In other words, if he wanted to, he could use this broken palm to grow a stronger body.

And all this is thanks to the Sword of Regret.

Since regret can be endless, the power brought by regret can naturally be endless.

"But in this case, gaining strength from regret... regret is a negative emotion, right? Why do I always feel like something is wrong?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly felt like something was wrong. He had always been a very upright person before, but looking at the source of this power, he seemed like a villain?

He couldn't really be some kind of demon from outside the realm, could he? He was clearly not...

"and many more!"

Du Chengfeng's face suddenly turned dark.

Yes, originally, he might not be considered an alien demon.

But if tens of thousands of powerful beings already believed that he was an extraterritorial demon, then under the influence of this firm will...

"hiss!"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but take a breath.

But right now, there was no time for him to think about it.

Just because new enemies have already stepped into the mountain.

(End of this chapter)