After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Chapter 235 Not as resilient as his mind

Startled awake by the sharp pain, Baili Ce could only hear his own breathing and heartbeat in the dim candlelight.

Looking around... who lit this lamp for her?

Moreover, the candlelight was very unique, as if guiding her through the darkness.

After a moment of silence, Baili Ce gently touched his forehead, which had stopped bleeding, and tried to stand up... Great, apart from his head, his hands and feet were fine, and he felt more relaxed than ever before.

So I followed the scattered candlesticks on the wall and slowly walked out, not bothering to figure out whether those ten or twenty years were a dream or real.

Naturally, the "shadow" curled up in the dark corner behind her was not seen.

......

Following the light, Baili Ce soon saw a hole about half a person's height.

A shortcut to the outside world?

Bending down to go inside, the sounds of fighting became increasingly louder the further in you went.

In addition to the strange smell that had permeated the manor after days of heavy rain, a strong stench of blood and filth also followed.

Bai Li Ce stopped in her tracks and turned to walk back... but she stopped again after a short while.

A moment, then a moment, and then he turned around again.

Since the "thing" that was following her hadn't harmed her at all, then no matter where this path led, it was undoubtedly the right choice for her, who had no other options.

Without the slightest hesitation, she pushed forward, using her strength to clear the bricks blocking the entrance, and climbed the steps. Strange-looking corpses began to appear before her, accompanied by hoarse and terrifying wails.

At the end of the long road teeming with monsters, two figures were flashing rapidly in a confined space.

"Clang clang clang..." The numerous sword blades flashed white light through the air.

Under the white light, the room was filled with corpses.

After another piercing metallic clang, both sides were at their last gasp.

But neither Wang Qingyan nor Guan Xing dared to pause for even a moment. The former leaped into the air and slashed down with his sword.

The latter spun around and retreated quickly, kicking up several corpses to block the attack. Then, as the broken limbs flew to the sides, he thrust out a sword!

"Uh..." The moment the stab struck Wang Qingyan, the attack, which had been weakened by the corpse, still broke through his left shoulder and severed his entire left arm.

*Swoosh!* As the sword pierced through his body, Wang Qingyan asked with a smile, "How was it? Doesn't your own blood smell good?"

Before he could think, Wang Qingyan was suddenly struck by lightning... Guan Xing quickly pressed two acupoints on his left chest and staggered forward to cut off his head.

"Pfft!" Before he could take two steps, he collapsed to his knees due to the excruciating pain in his leg.

looked down-

"Gu...Gu tree..." The tree seed, which had entered the wound at some unknown time, had already created a hole in his leg.

Its roots are frantically sucking his flesh and blood, growing upwards along his veins.

"Heh..." Whether it was sarcasm or self-mockery, Wang Qingyan's smile deepened. "Haven't you always wanted to know how I took control of Chaosheng?"

"You'll know once you get through this."

If he could survive, why would he need to possess someone else's body?

Unable to accept that he had become nourishment, the stargazer was a ruthless man. He slashed his sword a few times and cut off the sprouting tree seed along with part of its flesh!

"Ah—" He was in pain, but he didn't hold back at all.

One final, fierce pull!

stab-

"This time, I will not lose!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a pebble came hurtling from behind, "Bang!"

The stargazer was jolted awake by the blow, and as he turned around angrily, there was another one, "Bang!"

The blow landed squarely on his forehead... Touching the blood that had trickled down his eyebrow, Guan Xing was utterly enraged, "You're asking for it!"

Bai Li Ce curled his lips in disdain and threw another pebble, "Clang!"

The blow struck the sword that Guan Xing was swinging, and bounced back directly.

Wang Qingyan yelled, "Get out of there!"

"Ugh!" Baili Ce, who had no time to dodge, raised his hand to block, but the pebble grazed his arm and hit her chest, knocking her to the ground.

Seeing that she was vomiting blood after falling to the ground, Guan Xing ignored her and turned to drag one leg to Wang Qingyan. Killing him was the most important thing now.

Raise your sword—

"Bang!" Wang Qingyan was already prepared to die together with his opponent, but unexpectedly, another sound rang out as a stone hit the wound on Guan Xing's left shoulder.

"Ah!" Guan Xing instantly lost all composure, roaring madly. Ignoring his leg injury, he used his body as leverage to lunge at Bai Li Ce with his sword!

Behind him was Wang Qingyan, who was equally reckless.

"Sizzle! Smack!"

"puff!"

When the sword was still three inches away from Baili Ce, Guan Xing's head fell to the ground.

A short while later, his body was also pierced by thorns that sprang from the surrounding corpses, turning him into a hedgehog.

Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, she then removed the gold thread that was wrapped around the wall on both sides of her mouth. It was only thanks to the sword energy of the two of them that the wall bricks were cut into uneven pieces, otherwise the gold thread would not have been able to be wrapped so securely.

only......

Seeing that all the thorny vines had retreated to the corner and were feeding on flesh and blood on their own, Baili Ce slowly approached Wang Qingyan and grabbed his neck with both hands.

At this moment, he was covered in wounds and powerless to resist; even his wounds could no longer heal on their own.

This is the perfect opportunity to kill him.

But... Baili Ce still let go.

"Cough cough..." Air rushed into his throat, causing him to choke and vomit blood again.

She looked at him with extreme restraint, "..."

Bai Li Ce really wanted to pick up the sword on the ground and finish what he hadn't managed to do while observing the stars.

Seeing her clench her teeth in suppressed emotion, Wang Qingyan lay on the ground, as calm as still water. "Could you possibly choose me just once, not for someone else?"

She touched his wound and pressed down without mercy, saying, "Stop, I'll take you away."

Even if you turn to ashes, you'll still be scattered with me.

He still gave irrelevant answers, but it's nothing to worry about.

But the moment she carried him on her back, the dark vines that attacked people in "Peach Blossom Spring" stopped.

"This??" Lu Jian, who had already suffered many injuries and lost many people, was completely dumbfounded.

The giant Gu Trees suddenly stopped attacking and stood motionless at the exit like a dense fence.

"Could it be that Guan Xing succeeded?" Zhang Shan guessed.

Lu Jian remained silent, neither confirming nor denying.

Seeing this situation, no one dared to say anything more.

After observing for a while longer and seeing that the Gu tree was truly motionless, he asked Lu Jian for permission to rest on the spot, treat the wounded soldiers, and arrange for people to take turns guarding the area.

Under Wang Qingyan's guidance, Baili Ce quickly led him onto a boat leaving the manor, passing through an underground river in the mountains, bypassing Lu Jian and the others' sight, and heading to another small island.

At first, she was worried that Wang Qingyan would break his promise, but seeing him huddled obediently at the other end of the boat, she decided to believe that he had temporarily given up the idea of ​​taking everyone down with him.

Perhaps because she was out of danger, or perhaps because she was still moral and wouldn't use so many people as scapegoats, Wang Qingyan actually fell into a deep sleep.

She carried him off the boat when it docked.

You seem much more at ease now.

“I used to be very open about it.”

Wang Qingyan lay helplessly on her back, saying, "You're just waiting to die."

"..." I was too lazy to argue with him.

Just before he was about to collapse from exhaustion, Baili Ce finally managed to find the few thatched huts he had mentioned, after taking a break from rest.

During this time, Wang Qingyan woke up and then fainted, fainted and then woke up again, afraid that if he wasn't careful, Baili Ce would get lost on the island.

He could only fall asleep peacefully after he was fully settled in bed.

Seeing that he was sleeping more soundly than on the boat, Baili Ce couldn't quite understand it.

Are you really that relaxed?

Aren't you afraid she might suddenly attack and cut off his head? Or that she might become a psychopath and cut off his hands and feet?

However, seeing his half-dead state, Baili Ce felt that whether he could wake up was still a question, so why should she rush things at this last moment?

Anyway, I've waited a lot of time.

He casually found a few bottles of medicine for internal injuries in the room and took them. Then he went outside and looked into the distance. The towering Gu tree, even from this distance, exuded a sinister and eerie aura.

Therefore, Wang Qingyan, who was initially parasitized by the Gu Tree, became its master, truly the first person to defy heaven and earth.

Even if the Stargazing Taoist, or rather Jiang Zhen, did indeed possess talent surpassing his, he still couldn't match Jiang Zhen's unwavering willpower.