Chapter 1979: Kill Me
Chapter 1979: Kill Me
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"If I told you that I didn't love you, you were really going to kill yourself, weren't you?" Gu Yue panted.
"Why would I kill myself? I was just going to scratch an itch on my head with my golden dragon claws," Tang Wulin replied with a faint smile.
Gu Yue raised her head to look up at him, and he took advantage of the opportunity to give her a light peck on the lips.
"You're a liar!" Gu Yue grumbled.
Tang Wulin smiled. "If lying is the way to your heart, then I'm willing to tell lies for the rest of my life. Gu Yue, I love you."
Gu Yue faltered slightly, and following that eruption of scorching emotions, her sense of logic returned to her as she gradually began to calm down. She buried her face into his shoulder again with a bitter look in her eyes. "You shouldn't have done this. Do you know what you're doing? You're playing with fire! I can't be with you. Our paths are destined to diverge, so we can't be together."
Tang Wulin replied in a calm manner, "If everything was predestined from the very beginning, then why has all of this still happened? All of these events that have taken place in the past have already altered the course of destiny. This is our new destiny; no matter how difficult it's going to be or what we face in the future, I'll always be by your side to face everything together."
"You don't understand." Gu Yue closed her eyes with an agonized expression.
"I DO understand!" Tang Wulin countered in a resolute manner.
He didn't ask Gu Yue what she was worried about as he knew that she would tell him sooner or later if she were willing to do so. Even if she refused to tell him, he was still willing to face whatever trials and tribulations were thrown at them with her by his side.
Gu Yue gripped onto his shoulders, reluctant to part with his embrace.
"Wulin." She looked up at him with a serious expression.
Tang Wulin smiled, and encouraged, "Say what you want to say. I'm sure you already know my heart, and you should also know that I've always been a very determined person."
A wry smile appeared on Gu Yue's face. "If you were to discover, one day, that I'd become your enemy, what would you do?"
Tang Wulin replied, "If such a day comes and there's no way for us to stand on the same side, then I want you to kill me so I can live on in your heart. That way, we'll still be completely inseparable."
His reply was very calm and placid, but tears flowed uncontrollably from Gu Yue's eyes again.
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The two of them were drawing closer and closer, yet right as the Silver Dragon Spear was about to strike the Profound Heavenly Circle, the arc suddenly paused, and an opening appeared on the Profound Heavenly Circle, much like an incomplete moon.
At the same time, Tang Wulin's Dragon Emperor Radiance was directed slightly upward, and a gentle look appeared in his eyes, replacing the intense focus that had been present within them just a moment.
He had never forgotten what he had said to Gu Yue. If they had to become enemies someday, then he would rather have her kill him. He was confident that she wouldn't truly destroy the human race in the wake of his passing. Otherwise, she wouldn't have allowed him to turn down two of her conditions.
She was clearly aware that he possessed sufficient power to defeat the opponents from the first two battles, so that meant that her aim wasn't to destroy the human race.
After all, she had once also been human herself; she wasn't just Gu Yue, but also Na'er.
Seeing as the conflict between humans and soul beasts couldn't be resolved, then one side would have to adopt a position of absolute dominance, which meant that one of them had to die, but could he really bring himself to kill her?
He couldn't.
In this instant, he had even cast aside his duty of protecting the human race to gamble everything on her.
Throughout these past few years, she had endured far more pain than he had.
He had been happy during the time that he had spent with her, but it was very likely that she had never been truly happy and was constantly in a state of internal conflict.
All of her grief and unhappiness stemmed from their love, so how could he work up the resolve to hurt her even further?
Prior to arriving on this battlefield, Tang Wulin had already cast aside everything in his heart; he had already shouldered far too many responsibilities for the sake of this world.
While it was sorely regrettable that he wouldn't get to meet his parents and sister, he had no choice; he couldn't wait for their return.
Under these circumstances, only death could truly free him from this cruel fate.
He truly couldn't bear this any longer; living was far more painful than death, and he was going to fulfill his promise, sacrificing himself for his love.
In this moment, all he did was appraise her with love overflowing from his eyes.
His battle armor receded, and his body was laid completely bare before her.
At such close quarters, it was already too late for him to change his mind, nor did he have any intention of doing so.
All of a sudden, a burst of fierce killing intent appeared in Gu Yuena's eyes, yet just as Tang Wulin thought that she was about to impale him with her spear, her killing intent was suddenly diverted past him and aimed straight down below.
What was she doing?
Her Silver Dragon Spear passed right by Tang Wulin, but her killing intent didn't diminish in the slightest as she plummeted toward the ground.
Her ice-cold killing intent crashed down from above, and the four Limit Douluos of the human camp immediately felt as if they had been plunged into a glacial pit. It was as if their blood had frozen in their veins, and they were completely immobilized.
The first target that the Silver Dragon Spear was aimed at was Zang Xin, and the spear arrived before him in the blink of an eye.
The massive gap in power between the two meant that Zang Xin didn't even have a chance to release his Amorous Sword.
Right at this moment, a figure appeared in front of him, shielding him with their body, and it was none other than Cao Dezhi.
"No!" Tang Wulin roared in fury and panic as he sped down from above as quickly as he could, but it was already too late.
All of a sudden, a sense of despair welled up in his heart.
It was clear that she was going after Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi to get rid of their soul fusion skill!
The peerlessly sharp Silver Dragon Spear pierced through Cao Dezhi's chest before impaling Zang Xin's body immediately thereafter, pinning both of them to the ground.
The life force of the two Limit Douluos was instantly devoured by the Silver Dragon Spear, and their bodies quickly shriveled up as a result.
No one had anticipated this abrupt turn of events.
Who would've thought that Gu Yuena would suddenly kill Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin in cold blood?
Even the Great Beasts were all stunned to see this.
Gu Yuena pulled her Silver Dragon Spear out of the bodies of the two Limit Douluos before sweeping it toward Long Yeyue with a cold look in her eyes.
Long Yeyue immediately released her martial soul in retaliation, but Chen Xinjie stepped in and dragged her behind him.