Nightmare Shuttle

The air fell into a moment of silence, the moment the chains snapped as if an ancient power was reviving as if the ancient glory was shaking, invisible majesty came down upon them, on the cave walls appeared numerous cracks with a series of crisp sounds.

The flames in the river completely rose to the top and it seems that in any second, something below would wake up from the dead.

Elder Ling suddenly turned his head sharply, a mad and ecstatic glow in his eyes,

"Ha!–Ha! You can't stop it, the lord, the lord is awakening!"

The crazed elf groaned, his right shoulder was pierced by an arrow, and blood spewed out uncontrollably.

Everything happened so quickly that the Elder Ling with the palm of his hand pierced by the arrow had not recovered when the second arrow pierced into his left shoulder!

The hooves of the horses slammed into the cave floors and slowly stopped behind their commander. The smell of blood and sulfur completely ignited their battle senses, their green eyes filled with determination.

Blood from previous battles splattered on his cheeks and stained the corners of his eyes. Fan Ling stared at the scene in front of him, as if he didn't feel the energy blowing from the river.

The next moment, the long sword in his hand split two cold trails in the air.

The arms of the elf that had tried sneaking up on him were lost in an instant. More blood stained his body, 

His boots are stepping up the red carpet step by step, and the sound of his feet is like the drum of death.

All he could do was watch Fan Ling approach.

As the horse passed in front of him, the elves at the front could see the blood dripping from the cloak.

"Brother, draw your sword."

The colorless pupils expanded, he calmed down, sneered, leaned over, and held the handle of the sword. With effort, the sword was pulled out by him.

"Fan Ling, you know who I'm doing this for. Are you truly going to fight me?"

The long white hair of the man before swayed in the billowing wind, "Because I know who you are doing for, Xie Ling–"

The sword of Fan Ling collided with the sword of the Xie Ling. Sparks splashed from the place where the sword collided, indicating that both sides of the strike were running for their lives.

The sound of the sword friction brought a current across the top of each elves head, and their breathing became rapid. "For the fate of the elves, you must die!"

The dark horses neighed as they galloped into the cave and collided with the ceremony elves, The wind from the ferocious heavy armor and their swords issued a long scream, like a war horn calling its soldiers.

In the air, as if there were ten thousand legions drawing swords and clapping drums, the intruding elves roared in the sound. Under each heavy armor helmet, there was a bright fire in the glowing green eyes. The fire was so bright that it seemed to burn the whole era.

The demon's figure flying high above suddenly dispersed into a blanket of black fog, countless black butterflies dancing wildly in the fog. When he appeared again he was standing at the base of the guardian tree.

His hands slowly touched the rough trunk and almost immediately a scene of tragedy played out before him.

Before the elves were what they were now, they had a queen, when a few elders found out the situation of the guardian tree, they also found a parchment that showed them how to sacrifice the blood of female elves to prolong the life of the guardian tree as well as summon the gods.

The queen was the first to be sacrificed, threatened with the lives of a thousand other elves, the queen could do nothing but give her life for the elves' sins.

They dug her eyes out so that she should not blaspheme the gods and cut wounds on her feet so she could not crawl back to the mortal of and they dressed her in a wedding dress and called her a bride so that her soul would be bound.

But the elders did not keep their promise and continued to sacrifice others to deceive their sin so her lingering spirit waited for decades for someone who could free the innocent elves. 

Chu Yi noticed the gaze that fell on him, even though her body was stained with blood and her thin eyelids were the only thing remaining of her carefully gouged out eyes, instinctively he still felt as if the warm sunlight shone on him, gentle and leisurely, incompatible with the chaotic and deadly surroundings. 

The queen's eyebrows were lowered and compassionate. Even though she experienced the betrayal and harm of the people she protects and even lost her divine position because of it, even if she is on the verge of breaking and dying, she still cared for the elves, for this reason, she insisted even in this ugly form to continue to linger the world.

Fear made those children take the initiative to break free from her protection, threw themselves into the arms of the evil god, listened to the whispers of the evil god in their ears, and sacrificed the women of their tribe just for the prosperity that they once knew.

However, everything that is obtained will have to be returned one day.

She looked at the evil demon in front of her gently, stretched out the hand-tied with the faded red rope, and slowly put the soft palm with rounded lines into Chu Yi's outstretched palm.

"I don't mind if you kill them, for these elves must be punched for their sins."

"For the other elves, for the women, I entrust my power to you." 

A golden light suddenly lit up in Chu Yi's hands.

The translucent figure in the air is getting thinner and lighter, her figure slowly disintegrated into countless light spots in the air, like thousands of fireflies, the light was finely broken, but she still never gave up to illuminate for the final time, the little bits of light was beautiful.

Chu Yi suddenly felt that at that moment, he seemed to be integrated with the whole vast world. He seemed to be standing on top of the group of lanterns and stretched his arms to face the wind, and he seemed to be diving under the river to swim with the fish. He could sense the swaying of every flower in the mountains and the new growth of every grass.

As big as the sky and the earth, he can go anywhere.

His eyes snapped open, like a whirlpool filled with evil, a boundless power filled his body!

His wings had already carried him above the river, the slowly crumbling cave walls did not deter him. The ferocity of the wind ruffled his long black hair, the cloak of shadows seemed to swallow all light.

He flapped his wings and raised his height to the extreme!

The red moonlight shone down on him, above the battle cries and sound of weapons clashing, he closed his eyes gently, and a huge and complicated magic circle formed under his feet.

This was a type of demonic magic, which simultaneously unfolds an asymmetrical twin magic circle, he could feel the energy given him by the spirit, empowering his body. The magic circle glowed with a destructive and tyrannical force that screamed evil and death!

Everything seems to be infinitely magnified, the screams of the dead and the smell of blood and fear, the calls of resentment.

He liked this method of destruction very much, destroying everything in an instant like the lightning from heavens, the screams of the dead would be heard, as everything would be reduced to ashes.

Rocks dislodged from the walls and crashed into the river, the darkness swallowed everything and only the glowing red eyes overlooked the world.

"Seven deaths."

"The first strike."

A flaming red-black star suddenly appeared on the river under the night sky—

"Boom!!!–"

Some flames ignited and went out the moment they fell into the river. These flames flickered in the eyes of the demon for a moment, and they all turned into inorganic coldness.

"Second strike!–"

A second star appeared, twice as large as the first star! It seems that for each strike, the power would only grow bigger and bigger! 

The cave walls rocked even harder, the underwater flames flew up into the sky and splashed, burning a few unlucky victims on the side.

"Boom!––" 

The third strike, the fourth strike–"

Continuous waves of attacks destroyed everything. The cave was burning, the air was hot and distorted, and the river continued to spew out flames. Against the background of the fire, Chu Yi's vertical pupils were cold and sharp, and the cave had completely turned into a hell on earth. 

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In another place, a battle of death was finally coming to an end, a heavy foot slammed into the man's chest and sent him flying a few meters away, blood spurting from his lips.

The cold boots stepped into soil wet with blood, to his defeated enemies and slowly placed the sword at his neck. The dreadful cries had died down, only the countless stack of dead bodies lying on the cave floor were left off these cries.

Now, those bloody elves have come down from their horses, and each of them has put their arrows on the bowstring. Such a close distance, such a narrow space, as long as someone dares to act rashly, will be shot into a hedgehog, the human and elven women who had woken up at some unknown point huddled together against the wall not daring to move a muscle.

"I'm a protector."

He's the one who survived through many levels, gained strong strength through years of hard training, loyal and stubborn, calm and cruel... the protector."

Fan Ling raised his sword above his head, one foot gaining into his brother's chest, green eyes gloomy and unyielding.

"You are not qualified to be my opponent."

"And you are not qualified to be an elf."

Xie Ling was crawling on the ground, the sword fell from the top of his head, and his hands clasped the ground hard, but he could not break free. He knew that many devout elves behind him rushed to help him, but the hunter's sword would cut off his head before the help came.

But he still did not give up the struggle, he struggled with all his strength, and refused to give up the slightest possibility of life. He struggled and cried in the bottom of his heart, even if he was about to die, he raised his head tenaciously, wanting to bite him,

—— Rumble! Rumble——"

The sound of collapse echoed in his ears, through the screams and cries, he didn't have to look to see that destruction was being amassed.

He worked so hard, he was right on the edge of victory, why?! Why couldn't he appease the gods, isn't this all for the elves sake, why treat him like this, Why!––

The huge blade tore a cold light in the night.

Green blood rose into the sky, and the head of the fallen elf was cut from his body, the colorless eyes still carrying resentment rolled in an arc in the air, spreading blood in the air along the way as it fell to the cave ground.

"The seventh strike–"

"Boom!!––"

Like the clap of thunder, the final flaming red star smashed into the river with an overpowering force, it was like the blood moon had fallen! and in their eyes, the fire that blazed from the bottom of the river sunk back down in retreat!

At this moment, the entire forest, along the border key lines under the soil layer, lit up with beautiful golden light, like a lamp that lights up in the night, waiting for those who left home to come back. 

A light shower of rain blurred the light that was too bright at first glance, making that little light, seem like a star falling into the world, gentle and beautiful.

And the forest was plated with a golden light under the warm sunlight of the sky. The rain is nourishing, the leaves are verdant, and the animals were delighted.

Fan Ling with blood-stained cheeks slowly gazed up at the demon in the sky, and follow his gaze downwards. A man stood on the opposite side, the two looked at each other silently. One above and one below, like two opposing forces, forever divided.

He slowly withdrew his gaze and mounted the dark horse. "Commander?" He didn't look back, he nudged his horse forward and quickly galloped through the broken cave, the elf knights hesitated for a moment and looked up at the demon before hastily following Fan Ling to a new destination.

As he rode, he couldn't help but glance out through the destroyed cave walls. In the jade sea of elements, the clouds pressed against the horizon belly, and the sun was hidden under the golden layers with a faint emerald-colored light.

The day is coming.

Through the broken cave walls, the brilliant light shrouded the black hair of the demon, like a sacred crown of light, this species that had originally embraced the darkness was now immersed in the ocean of sunlight. At first, maybe due to discomfort, he closed his eyes, but then, his dark rose-colored pupils opened completely.

Chu Yi's wings still flapped in the darkness, but he stood under the light, with glowing green lights floating around him.

–like being loved by God.

They once again stood, one high and one low but this time, he wasn't the one to go forward.

"Chu... Yi..." Ruan Quixi murmured, and in his trance, Chu Yi had already begun descending towards him, with the tall wings gradually dissipating into countless black butterflies. He dived faster and faster, closer and closer, gradually revealing the terrifying high speed of the demon race.

In his eyes, the distance between them was just a few breaths. The sunlight glowed onto the cold red eyes, and the only thing reflected in them was Ruan Quixi as if his entire world only contained him.

The sunrises from the edge of the clouds, and the morning light spreads all over the earth,

Chu Yi flew down from the sky and crashed into the man's open arms.

The evil spirit embraced his destiny, which fell from the sky and instantly turned around to protect chu Yi below, and some broken stones crashed into the floor beside them like a broken flower.

The surrounding became shrouded in black, shadows from the two embracing figures, rose into the sky. In the boundless dazzling black, Ruan Quixi looked at the demon lying on his back under him. His shadow was reflected in the dark rosy eyes of the other party. Those so-called waiting and longing for a Millenium were all swept away.

He had caught him.

The more the knights galloped, the greater the changes in the forest and when they looked back, they only saw Fan Ling under the armor. He rode cold and haughty and cold. The guardian tree was still corrupted and there were many secrets still to unfold but this was the start of a New Era–

The Era of the elves!