AWB Chapter 278: Destroying the bridge after crossing it?
Chapter 278: Destroying the bridge after crossing it?
"Do you know how long I've waited for this day? Only his life essence and cultivation can save my sister."
Gao Huohuo remained silent, only internally complaining: "People have been dead for three hundred years, and you're telling me they can still be alive now?"
Then I thought again, no, Zhong Hanshang should not be twenty-five years old yet, so he has been dead for more than twenty years.
But based on the experience she gained through nine years of compulsory education, it can be concluded with certainty.
Want to resurrect Zhong Hanshang's mother? That's even more absurd than an iron tree blooming or a rooster laying an egg!
Even if they manage to bring her back to life in some way, she will never be the same person she was before.
"Sister Mei, since your sister went through so much hardship to give birth to Zhong Hanshang, she must want him to live a good life. She definitely doesn't want herself to..."
Gao Huohuo was interrupted by the words of the Succubus Lord before he could finish speaking.
"What do you know? Back then, my sister used all her life essence to seal his demonic veins and gave birth to him, but now the human race has raised him into a weapon to slay demons!"
The Succubus suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, and the demonic patterns on the walls of the tomb began to pulsate like blood vessels.
"How ironic! The successor of the Swift Swallow Sword has demonic blood flowing through his veins!"
The sword in Zhong Hanshang's hand clattered to the ground.
He looked down at his trembling hands, and those deliberately forgotten fragments of his childhood suddenly came flooding back.
The sect leader and his master always gave him complicated looks when he practiced swordsmanship, and the sect never shared anything about his background.
"Now, it's time to return it to its rightful owner. Use your heart's blood to bring your sister back to life!"
After speaking, the Succubus made hand seals, and nine chains suddenly shot out from the ice coffin, binding Zhong Hanshang.
"stop!"
Gao Huohuo's icy sword swiftly severed three chains, but was stopped by a suddenly appearing shadow.
She stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Ying, what do you mean by this?"
Shadow's bone whip wrapped around her wrist, and he whispered:
"The demon race's resurrection technique requires the sacrifice of a close relative... but it won't kill him."
"Bullshit!" Gao Huohuo suddenly unleashed astonishing spiritual power, shattering all the golden bells in his hair and reducing his bone whip to dust.
"Did you ask Zhong Hanshang and his mother for their opinions? No mother would be willing to trade her child's life for her own?"
Turning his head, he saw Zhong Hanshang's eyes were unfocused, as if he had fallen into a dream, and he was looking dazed.
"Zhong Hanshang!"
Gao Huohuo drove the Cold Light Sword into the ground, and the spiritual power erupting from the sword temporarily blocked the demonic runes.
"Do you still remember what you promised your master before you came to the Demon Realm?"
Zhong Hanshang's empty eyes flickered slightly.
"You said you'd come back with me safely," she roared at him.
"Stop pretending to be dead! Your mother risked her life to save you, did you think you were just going to sit here and wait to die?!"
The Jinghong Sword suddenly emitted a clear and melodious sword cry, and the chains were immediately broken.
A mixture of demonic energy and clear light flickered in Zhong Hanshang's eyes, and he finally spoke in a hoarse voice: "...Let's go."
Gao Huohuo immediately made a hand seal, and a burst of golden light shone brightly.
While throwing out the magic weapon given to him by his fourth senior brother to hold off the two demon lords, he grabbed Zhong Hanshang with one hand and rushed towards the exit.
"You can do family dramas another day! Now get out of here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Huohuo took Zhong Hanshang and flew away on their swords.
Unfortunately, they hadn't gone far when they sensed a powerful aura approaching; it seemed the Succubus had caught up with them.
No, we have to think of a way, otherwise no one can leave today.
“Listen, Zhong Hanshang,” she said, pulling out a jade talisman engraved with Bagua patterns. “This is a breath-holding stone that Fourth Senior Brother refined with his life essence. It can last for two hours.”
With a sharp stroke of his fingertip across Zhong Hanshang's palm, he said, "I'll distract them. You take the opportunity to find a place to hide and avoid being discovered."
After Gao Huohuo finished speaking, before Zhong Hanshang could react, he immediately made a hand seal to activate Xiao Lingzi to set up an illusion, and then rode his sword and sped off in the opposite direction.
She wasn't sure if Zhong Hanshang had listened, but fortunately, the aura of the succubus behind her did pause for a moment before chasing after her, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
We've fooled them for now... but what do we do next?
Although the demon realm is not boundless, it is only a matter of a few breaths for the Demon Lord.
With her mere Nascent Soul cultivation, even with the help of the Cold Light Sword and Purple Shadow, it's only a matter of time before she's caught up!
Gao Huohuo gritted his teeth and sped up, circling high above the Demon Realm, but the more he flew, the more he felt something was wrong.
When she circled back to the underground cave, the aura behind her was still there, showing no sign of shaking her off.
She frowned and casually summoned Purple Shadow: "Go, see what's behind there!"
The purple figure transformed into a streak of light and streaked away, returning moments later with a solemn voice:
"Master, we've been tricked! The one chasing us isn't the Succubus herself, but just a puppet clone of hers with her aura attached to it!"
Gao Huohuo's heart sank, and he abruptly looked down at the ground—the original underground cave had been completely leveled, leaving not a trace.
"Oops!"
She quickly tried to use her supernatural powers, but Zhong Hanshang's location had been forcibly shut down at some point, and she had completely lost all contact with him.
"Zhong Hanshang is in danger!"
Without saying a word, she turned her sword and charged straight at the Shadow Demon Lord's lair.
But as soon as they arrived, they were blocked outside by a sinister barrier, and couldn't even get through the door.
That bastard Ying, now that she's done her job, she wants to kick him away?! Doesn't she even know she's the kind of weak and easily bullied person?
Gao Huohuo laughed in extreme anger, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, his palm surging with spiritual energy, and the Cold Light Sword hummed and trembled.
"Are you all blind?! You dare block my way?!"
She shouted fiercely, her sword pointing directly at the demon, "If you don't release them now, I'll tear this demon's den to rubble today!"
Before she could finish speaking, she had already made her move!
"Paji!"
The demonic barrier was cleaved open by the sword energy, leaving a crack.
"Bang!"
She shattered the demon-suppressing stone statue at the entrance with a single sword strike.
"Boom!"
The entire demon palace trembled violently under the impact of her spiritual power.
Inside the hall, the Shadow Demon Lord's subordinates rushed in in a panic to report:
"Demon Lord! If this continues, she might just smash her way into your bedchamber!"
The Shadow Demon Lord leaned back on his throne, his expression indescribable.
Would he dare to stop him?
Putting aside his good personal relationship with Gao Huohuo, one of the conditions Zhong Hanshang agreed to sacrifice to save his mother was that he "must not harm her in the slightest."
Moreover, the Succubus had specifically warned him beforehand that Gao Huohuo was someone who had been instructed by higher-ups not to be touched casually.
Although Ying didn't know who "above" was, the existence that could make the other four Demon Lords tremble in fear was definitely not someone he could afford to offend.
He rubbed his temples and waved his hand helplessly: "Let her smash it. She'll stop when she gets tired."
In any case, his bedroom had long been protected by a high-level barrier, which Gao Huohuo couldn't break through with his current cultivation level.
Unless she's really crazy, risking her life to force her way in.
But Gao Huohuo happens to be that kind of person.