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Chapter 448: Xu Wei Yi's Death! Regret at the Finish Line
Chapter 448: Xu Wei Yi's Death! Regret at the Finish Line
October 14, 2024
"Your strength..."
Among the six present, the one with the most complex feelings was undoubtedly Gu Xing Lian.
Lin Fan was a junior.
No one knew how many years younger he was.
The reason for bringing him along was twofold; first, this kid was extremely abnormal, and second, he had 'good luck.' Even if he performed averagely, having him as a lucky charm would be excellent.
After all, luck, or fortune, seemed ethereal when spoken of, but in reality, it was almost more important than anything else.
As long as one had good enough luck...
There was even a possibility that when others fought for the World Heart, resulting in a world-shaking battle, at the very last second, this thing might fly into one's hands due to the aftermath of the great battle.
Of course, this example was too extreme.
But the importance of luck couldn't be overlooked!
However, even with Lin Fan, Gu Xing Lian didn't think their trio would have much of a 'chance.'
The World Heart was already rare, and every time it appeared, it led to rivers of blood. With their trio's strength, at least in Gu Xing Lian's opinion, it would be good enough if they could ensure their own safety.
So, the best outcome was for all three to survive and obtain some decent gains in the abyss of the myriad realms.
As for the World Heart, gaining it would be a blessing, and losing it would be a matter of life and death.
Just take a look.
But the result was beyond her imagination...
It actually came true!
What she didn't expect was Lin Fan's strength, which was so heaven-defying.
What she didn't expect even more was...
In those five years, almost four of them were spent together with this guy.
Moreover, every inch of her body, and even... perhaps he knew exactly how many hairs she had? More clearly than she did herself!
It was...
The thought made her blush, and she lowered her head.
But...
She couldn't control herself and revealed a hint of a 'smile of an aunt.'
Pfft!
Suddenly, her smile froze.
"Cough!"
Then, she coughed involuntarily.
The corner of her mouth bled bright red blood.
"?!?!"
The sudden change shocked everyone.
Lin Fan turned around abruptly, his eyes filled with anger.
Only then did he realize that it was Xu Wei Yi who had sneak attacked from behind, suddenly striking with the Imperial Sword in her hand, piercing Gu Xing Lian through the heart!
Hum!
At the same time.
A peculiar and powerful sealing technique spread, restraining Gu Xing Lian and preventing her from moving or summoning even a trace of her immortal energy.
At this moment,
Xu Wei Yi stood behind Gu Xing Lian with her head lowered, her right hand holding the sword that had pierced her, and her left hand slowly extending to press down on Gu Xing Lian's head.
Her head was lowered.
And her divine sense was blocked.
No one could see her expression.
Whoosh!
Wu Jiejie appeared.
"How could this be?!"
She couldn't understand!
Xu Wei Yi... was the most trustworthy one among them all!
Even if it was Lin Fan or Gu Xing Lian who suddenly attacked, Wu Jiejie wouldn't be as shocked and unable to accept it. But it was Xu Wei Yi!
Just now...
She had naturally noticed Xu Wei Yi's 'abnormal behavior.'
But they were too close, and Xu Wei Yi's actions were too fast! Even if she had noticed, there was no time to warn or stop her.
As a result...
The situation was as they saw it now.
"You..."
Lin Fan was also shocked, confused, and angry.
But at the same time, he felt something was amiss.
It was indeed Xu Wei Yi who had taken action.
But...
The Xu Wei Yi before him had subtle differences from the Xu Wei Yi in his memory.
It was as if...
The distinction was as clear as the difference between men and women!
"Who are you?!"
"Where did you take Xu Senior?"
Lin Fan shouted sternly, his anger rising.
"Hahaha."
Xu Wei Yi slowly raised her head.
A strange and peculiar smile hung on her face: "I'm not Xu Wei Yi, then who am I?"
Her voice was hoarse.
The pitch hadn't changed much, but her expression and eyes had completely transformed her into a different person.
"Soul Possession!"
Wu Jiejie clenched her teeth.
If she couldn't figure this out by now, she wouldn't be worthy of being the spirit of the Sky Gazing Mirror.
"Did you figure it out?"
Xu Wei Yi cackled: "You have some skills."
"It's a pity... You're too cautious, and your strength is too strong. It's easy to be noticed when you make a move."
"This body is weaker and belongs to a woman."
"But it doesn't matter. After all, it's alive."
The palm of his hand, which was pressing on Gu Xing Lian's head, glowed, and he said to Lin Fan: "Hand over the World Heart, and I'll spare her life."
"Otherwise..."
"Hahaha."
"Your old lover will be gone."
Lin Fan: "..."
Gu Xing Lian's eyebrows furrowed.
She was extremely angry! However, at this moment, she couldn't resist at all, and her rage could only be suppressed in her heart.
Jian Xian and Daoist Treasure looked at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan sighed faintly: "That... "
"Can you speak?"
Xu Wei Yi was startled: "What?"
"If you're going to mention the little lover, then fine." Lin Fan rubbed his forehead: "After all... you know something since you've possessed Xu Senior's body."
"But the old lover..."
"How is she old?"
"Don't you know that for any woman, calling her old is unacceptable?"
"Moreover, even if we don't talk about age, just looking at your relationship, after all these years..."
"How can she not be considered an old lover?"
"Furthermore, do you think my mind is useless? I can see through this obvious tactic."
"I think so." Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, his anger rising.
He hadn't known Xu Wei Yi for a long time, but they had experienced life and death together.
Now, someone had silently possessed her...
This person was definitely guilty!
"What did you say?
"!"
Her hand suddenly exerted force, and Gu Xinglian's neck was instantly deformed.
For cultivators of this level, mere damage to the physical body is not fatal. But if it were an ordinary person, this strike would be deadly!
"Am I wrong?"
Lin Fan sighed, "But I'm telling the truth."
"You've lost your physical body, only your soul remains. I can understand your choice to possess another body."
"Xu Weiyi is the closest to you, so choosing her as your target is also understandable."
"But here's the problem."
"Don't you know she's an Eleventh Tribulation Scatter Immortal?"
"She doesn't have many years left to live. Soon, she'll face her twelfth Scatter Immortal Tribulation."
"Each Scatter Immortal Tribulation is a step closer to ascending. Every tribulation is extremely dangerous, and for this twelfth one, even Xu Weiyi herself has no confidence in success."
"You, on the other hand, directly possess her body. After possession, the soul and the body are inherently incompatible, unable to unleash their full strength. It requires a significant amount of time to 'harmonize' and 'grow'."
"But... Do you have that time to harmonize?"
"I don't know how many tens of thousands of years you've spent in the abyss of the Ten Thousand Realms, but is this all for just these final years?"
"Just to bring back the World Heart and then wait for death?"
"There's another issue."
Lin Fan raised a finger, "What I'm saying is, after you possess Xu Weiyi's body, when the five-year period is up, will you be sent back to our Xianwu Continent, or to the world you originally came from?"
"If it's the former..."
"Tsk, even if it's the latter, you take the World Heart back, succeed in using it, and then what? The world becomes larger, the cultivation stages higher, and as a result, the Scatter Immortal Tribulation also becomes more formidable."
"This back and forth..."
"You're truly selfless, sacrificing yourself for others!"
"Such selflessness, in our community of cultivators where the strong prey on the weak and self-interest reigns supreme, is indeed... rare as a phoenix feather or a unicorn horn, an extraordinary rarity!"
Lin Fan's words directly caused Xu Weiyi's face to change repeatedly.
Daoist Treasure also muttered at this moment, "You're right, it's exactly like that."
"This person..."
"Cough, I don't know who this fellow cultivator is."
"Didn't you consider these issues before possessing Xu Weiyi, before taking action?"
"Or did you consider it early on, but truly, with such selflessness and love for all..."
"Willing to sacrifice yourself, using your death to illuminate the entire world?"
Xu Weiyi trembled all over.
Her eyes widened, almost to the point of confusion.
He...
Hadn't considered all of this!
Or perhaps he had considered enough, but had overlooked the fact that Xu Weiyi was an Eleventh Tribulation Scatter Immortal.
This couldn't be faked, nor changed.
In other words...
No matter what, his fate...
Was death?
"!!!"
He was stunned, furious, and speechless.
How... how could this be good?
Seeing the effectiveness of Lin Fan's 'Verbal Evasion Technique', Lin Fan seized the moment and continued, "I can give you the World Heart."
Lin Fan extended his hand and opened his palm, revealing the World Heart shining in his palm.
"You can take it."
"But is what you're taking truly the World Heart?"
"No, what you take with your own hands should be called your own life!"
"So, please consider this carefully, think it through..."
"Are you truly fearless of death?"
Lin Fan sighed, "If you don't take the World Heart, when you return, you might still have a glimmer of hope if you try everything."
"Taking the World Heart means certain death."
"So..."
Lin Fan raised his hand, and the World Heart left his palm, slowly floating away.
"Your life..."
"Are you truly willing to let it go?"
Xu Weiyi: "!!!"
For a moment, she was torn.
Life...
If it could be had, who wouldn't want it?
But now, there's a problem.
Taking the World Heart is like killing oneself.
Not taking it?
Then all these years of hardship would be in vain!
These years of experiences, pain...
Even, why did she come here in the first place? Her physical body was taken away, and now, for the World Heart... But now... this... you... me... him...
Her mind was in chaos.
But...
She couldn't help but reach out subconsciously, wanting to take the World Heart.
Pfft!!!
Just as she extended her hand, she suddenly felt empty.
Gu Xinglian had disappeared!
Simultaneously...
Her heart turned cold, and her spirit soared!
Not once, but a thousand times, ten thousand times!
Arrows pierced her heart!
A thousand arrows pierced her heart at once!
"Wah!"
She coughed up mouthfuls of blood, struggling, only to find herself bound by a beautiful willow branch like a zongzi.
"You!!!?"
"What did I do?"
Lin Fan appeared before her, and the World Heart, which had been released, returned to his hand. Lin Fan's expression was cold, his killing intent evident. "You deserve to die."
He stabbed Gu Xinglian.
Possessing Xu Weiyi... Any of these actions were enough for Lin Fan to want this person dead ten times over! And this fellow's strength was truly formidable.
Although he had been lying in wait for a long time and launched a silent sneak attack, possibly even possessing Xu Weiyi without her being able to resist, he had been rattled by Lin Fan and Daoist Treasure's verbal evasion techniques, causing his mind to become unstable and his thoughts to become chaotic, leading to a lapse in vigilance.
In that moment, Lin Fan, who had been secretly delaying and preparing to rescue the captive, seized the perfect opportunity. He directly struck at the heart of the World Heart, binding her with the Willow Deity Technique!
At this moment, the Willow Deity Technique was even more effective than the Immortal Binding Rope.
Whoosh.
Gu Xinglian appeared.
The reason for her disappearance was that Lin Fan had used Divine Might to bring her to another space.
"Break!"
Lin Fan employed his remaining means, removing all the seals and restrictions on her body.
She had assumed that she would be furious after escaping, but at the moment of her liberation, she didn't even have the heart to retaliate against her captor, only feeling a sense of sadness and sighing.
"Sigh..."
Her neck quickly regenerated, and she sighed, "Let her body remain intact."
"Of course."
Lin Fan nodded slightly, "If it weren't for this, I would have already destroyed her body and soul, why would I have waited until now?"
"It's just that, Xu Unique..."
"It's fate. Perhaps, this is also the personal karma of Master Uncle."
Gu Xinglian gave a bitter smile, "After soul possession, her soul has undoubtedly been devoured by this person. But if her physical body can be preserved..."
"I've heard of similar theories."
Lin Zixiao and Ji Chutong quietly appeared. She spoke calmly, "Loose Immortals are different from others."
"Their physical bodies are incredibly robust, remaining uncorrupted for tens of thousands of years."
"If her body can be kept intact, perhaps after a period of time, a new spiritual intelligence will be nurtured within this body, which is to say..."
"A resurrection in a different sense."
"But..."
She sighed, "Will she still be herself at that time?"
She shook her head slowly, "I think no one can say for sure."
The appearance of the two women made the three treasure hunters extra vigilant.
Fortunately, the World Heart was not in their possession, but they were still concerned that Lin Zixiao and the others might suddenly attack and seize their spoils.
Lin Zixiao and the others obviously didn't have such intentions.
They stopped about a few hundred meters away from Lin Fan and Gu Xinglian, sighing, "Condolences."
"After all, this is the Ten Thousand Worlds Abyss, a place with a mortality rate of over ninety-nine percent..."
Gu Xinglian nodded, "We are well aware of that."
"It's just..."
"A bit of regret."
"Master Uncle has lived her entire life for this moment. I believe that if she has a soul in heaven, she might still feel some solace. Just as success was within reach, only two days away from a triumphant return, but at this critical juncture..."
Lin Fan fell silent.
However, he continued to take action.
The Qian Character Secret enhanced his divine sense to a terrifying level.
Then, he unleashed the Zhan Self Clear Dao Art!
His divine sense became a blade, slaying all enemies in the heavens! He forcefully eliminated the struggling soul, and then used the Zhe Character Secret to restore Xu Wei Yi's physical body from the damage it had suffered.
In the end, he removed the Imperial Ring from her hand.
At this moment, Lin Fan became even more silent.
"I was careless."
Looking at Xu Wei Yi's lifeless yet lifelike body, as if she were merely asleep, he felt incredibly remorseful.
The ring!!!
He had overlooked this object.
When traveling, especially in places like the Ten Thousand Worlds Abyss, encountering such a peculiar 'ring,' shouldn't one carefully investigate it? The ring might contain a powerful entity!
But not everyone is a 'good person.'
Just like the old man who possessed Xu Wei Yi...
If he had noticed earlier, even if he had been more cautious and checked more carefully...
However, Lin Fan also knew that he couldn't blame himself.
This ring was a relic discovered by Xu Wei Yi in an ancient ruin, her personal spoil of war.
If he had asked her to hand it over for inspection...
What would that look like? Moreover, if even Xu Wei Yi, an Eleventh Tribulation Scatter Immortal, couldn't detect anything amiss, it's enough to prove that the old man had hidden it very well, or there was some secret technique at play, giving it to Lin Fan wouldn't necessarily mean he could discover it!
Gu Xinglian also fell silent.
She didn't speak but carefully stored Xu Wei Yi's body and observed her surroundings with heightened vigilance.
The one who felt the most self-reproach was Wu Jiejie, the spirit of the Sky Gazing Mirror.
At this moment, she was using all her power, determined to prevent any similar incidents from occurring again.
...
"The world is unpredictable."
Man Ji shook his head and sighed, taking out the wine gourd he always carried with him. He gulped down several mouthfuls before speaking, "Time is short, our parting is near."
"Actually, I could have ascended long ago. I've been suppressing and sealing my cultivation, and after returning this time, if there are no surprises, I will ascend to the Upper Realm within a year."
"We can only look forward to meeting again in the Upper Realm."
"I feel the same." The Sword Immortal nodded, "Although I'm a Loose Immortal, I have some confidence in overcoming the twelfth Loose Immortal Tribulation. My Immortal Sword will clear all obstacles and wipe away all difficulties."
"Looking forward to meeting again in the Upper Realm."
Daoist Treasure scratched his head, "We really got to know each other through a fight."
"It's been a pleasure getting to know you, and I'm also looking forward to our next meeting."
"But, Lin Fan, can you please retract that bizarre secret technique of yours?"
Lin Fan blinked, "What?"
Daoist Treasure was speechless, "Are you still pretending? Although I don't know what secret technique or means you're using, you've left your mark on my artifacts, and I'm sure that if I dare to use them against you, you can forcefully take control of them! Even if it's just for a moment, it's enough!"
"Er..."
"Ahem!"
"Sorry, I forgot, forgot."
Lin Fan slapped his forehead.
He quickly retracted the Bing Character Secret he had secretly used earlier.
That was...
Bing Character Secret - Capable of manipulating any external object, even using others as weapons for control. It can even influence and control extremely powerful weapons, such as Imperial Swords and Immortal Artifacts.
(End of Chapter)
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