The Legend of the Demon Hunter

The cliff behind Yanhui Peak.

A full moon hung high in the sky, and the cold wind was blowing, adding a sense of desolation to the place.

Xiao Zhu found himself sitting on a rock at the edge of a cliff. There was a very beautiful woman sitting next to him. The woman held her chin with both hands and looked at him with affectionate eyes.

"Brother Xiao, why aren't you talking? What happened after you and Xia Shi escaped from Fuguang Town?" The woman looked at Xiao Zhu with a puzzled look on her face.

Xiao Zhu looked at the woman's breathtakingly beautiful face with an incredible look. Suddenly, his eyes became moist. He hugged the woman in his arms and choked up, "Wan'er, is that you? I missed you so much... It's so good to see you."

Ning Zhiwan, who was usually cold as ice, instantly turned into a panicked little girl. Her pretty face flushed, her chest pounding, and she shyly said, "Brother Xiao, what are you doing..."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu finally calmed down. He quickly let go of Ning Zhiwan and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Wan'er, I was too excited just now."

The blush on Ning Zhiwan's face had not yet faded. She gently shook her head and said, "It's okay, Brother Xiao. I have never blamed you."

Suddenly, Xiao Zhu seemed to have thought of something terrible. He covered his head with both hands and shook it hard.

"Brother Xiao, what's wrong with you?" Ning Zhiwan pulled Xiao Zhu's arm and asked with concern.

Buluolan Snowfield, Zhulong, Vision...

These scenes flashed through Xiao Zhu's mind like turning pages of a book, and Xiao Zhu suddenly felt a splitting headache.

"Wan'er, I seem to have had a very terrible nightmare. In the dream, there was a giant flaming dragon, and its breath had the power to destroy the world. In that dream, in order to save me, you chose to die together with the dragon..."

Xiao Zhu's eyes were full of bloodshot, and he looked extremely hideous and terrifying.

Ning Zhiwan smiled faintly, like a crabapple blossom blooming at night. She gently took Xiao Zhu's hand and said, "Brother Xiao, don't worry. It was all just a dream."

These words were like a veil that soothed the violent temper in Xiao Zhu's heart. He held Ning Zhiwan's hand tightly, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch her away.

"Brother Xiao, look at this cliff. Does it look like the one we experienced in the fantasy world?" Ning Zhiwan suddenly said, looking at the cliff under his feet.

Xiao Zhu looked down to the bottom of the cliff and saw that it was deep and dark inside, and not even the moonlight could reach there.

"Brother Xiao, Wan'er wants to go down and take a look. Are you willing to go with her?"

After saying this, Ning Zhiwan took off one of his shoes and threw it into the cliff. The shoe quickly fell into the darkness and disappeared. After a long time, there was no sound of the shoe falling to the bottom.

"Wan'er, I..." Xiao Zhu seemed a little hesitant.

"Brother Xiao, Wan'er has gone down first. You will follow, right?"

After saying this, Ning Zhiwan leaned forward, and she fell towards the darkness under the cliff like a fallen leaf.

"Wan'er! Wan'er!" Xiao Zhu watched Ning Zhiwan disappear into the darkness and shouted in panic.

Xiao Zhu stood up. Just as he was about to jump after Ning Zhiwan, a familiar and gentle voice suddenly came from behind him: "Brother——"

This voice had accompanied him for many years, and he immediately recognized who it was. He turned around and saw Xia Shi in a white dress. Tears welled up in her watery eyes: "Brother, are you going to abandon Shi'er?"

At this moment, Xiao Zhu felt like his heart was torn into two pieces. He looked at Xia Shi and said, "Shi'er, I am destined to carry a heavy yoke in my life and move towards a hopeless future... You are so kind, gentle, and pure. You deserve a better life. Leave me!"

Xia Shi stared at Xiao Zhu in a daze, two lines of tears streaming down her fair cheeks. She shook her head and said, "Brother, I always thought you were the person who understood me best in this world, but it turns out I was wrong, you don't understand anything at all!"

At the end, her tone became excited: "There is no room for another person in Shi'er's heart!"

After saying this, Xia Shi choked up and let her tears wet her snow-white clothes.

"Brother, please come back, okay?" Xia Shi's tone was pleading.

Xiao Zhu took a deep breath. In the desolate night and cold wind on the cliff of Yanhui Peak, he shook his head and whispered, "I can't go back..."

After saying this, he closed his eyes, leaned towards the cliff and fell down.

"Brother——" Behind him, Xia Shi squatted on the ground, crying.

……

Hunter King Tower, eighth floor.

Xiao Zhu lay quietly on the ground, his breathing gradually became weaker and his heartbeat slowed down.

But he didn't seem to realize all this. Instead, there was a smile on his face and his expression was calm and peaceful, as if he was having a wonderful dream.

At this moment, the luminous amber bracelet on Xiao Zhu's left hand suddenly lit up, and a white jade plate flew out by itself, hovering three feet in front of Xiao Zhu. The jade plate emitted a faint white light, enveloping Xiao Zhu's body.

At this moment, Xiao Zhu's body convulsed as if he had been electrocuted.

Xiao Zhu suddenly opened his eyes, followed by a violent cough. After the coughing stopped, he breathed rapidly, his chest rising and falling with each breath. Everything in the dream just now was still vivid in his mind, as if it were a real experience.

At this time, the white jade plate flew back to Xiao Zhu's glimmering amber bracelet by itself, as if it had completed its mission.

Xiao Zhu did not notice what happened to the white jade plate. He put his hand on his chest, trying to calm down. He began to look around, and everything around him came into his sight - it was a dark environment, and the only light source came from the ground in the distance. There was a square hole there, which seemed to lead to a place with light.

Xiao Zhu walked over and saw a row of neatly arranged wooden steps in front of him, leading to the next level of the Hunting King Tower. There was something on that level that emitted a dim yellow light.

Xiao Zhu walked down the stairs, which made a creaking sound due to their age.

When he walked to this floor, he saw that the entire floor was empty. In the center of the floor there was a sapling that was one meter tall. On the sapling was a round fruit. The fruit was crystal clear and emitted a soft yellow light, like a round moon.

"Those life-seekers want to find the Hunting King Tower at all costs. Could this be what they are ultimately looking for?" Xiao Zhu muttered to himself.

He walked over and gently picked the yellow fruit.

As soon as the fruit left the sapling, it instantly turned into a yellow light and merged into Xiao Zhu's body.