Note: Sorry for late post. got invited to watch movies then birthday party yesterday. Anyway 50 chapters + 2 for today! Happy readings!
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Chapter 443: Feixiao's Indomitable Will! Glanced Upon by the Reignbow Arbiter!
Facing the temptation of becoming the Borisin Warhead,
Feixiao still had only one response!
Shatter the illusion!
Seeing this illusion shattered,
All the Yaoqing players couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief!
Of course, they believed in the Heavenly Strike General!
But they were also genuinely terrified!
A single slip-up,
And it would be a world of difference!
One could only say that Hoolay was truly too insidious!
Pulling a stunt like this!
It was even more thrilling and heart-pounding than the previous battles!
However,
Even after shattering these shadows,
Hoolay's voice still did not disappear.
"Your healer, Jiaoqiu, served you so loyally, willing to die just to cure your Moon Rage. I told him, the way to salvation lies in my hands."
"As long as you nod your head, you will instantly awaken from this mad nightmare brought by the Crimson Moon, and your body will be completely renewed. From now on, madness will no longer plague you, doubt will be but dust easily swept from your heart, and fear will cease to exist."
"Is this the path you prepared for me… to become another you?" Feixiao asked.
"Indeed. After all, you and I are so alike. We are both monsters born for battle, and destined to die in battle."
Feixiao smiled coldly.
"…I don't need to say the answer."
"I refuse."
The illusion of Hoolay, shrouded in black mist, appeared.
He said dismissively, "I have said, Foxian or Borisin is merely a name. You can be whoever you want to be. You can do whatever you want to do."
"Accept all of this, and the Borisin will submit to you. Destroy them, leave them without graves, or civilize them to become vassals of the Xianzhou… everything is as you please."
"Your name will be engraved in the annals of the Xianzhou, or in the registry of their greatest enemies. Everything is up to you."
…
"Sounds… actually pretty good?"
"Wow, if it were me, I would have accepted!"
"I really didn't expect these lines from Hoolay. I've never heard a villain say something like this in this kind of situation!"
"Doing absolutely anything for the sake of inheritance."
"'My body is not worth regretting, my clan is of no consequence… only this inheritance is worthy of my repeated pleas.'"
"If it went like that, Feixiao would have mastered this power, getting Moon Rage with zero side effects… Holy shit! Wouldn't she be truly invincible then?!"
"Emanator of The Hunt + Emanator of Abundance, I get it, Hoolay wants Feixiao to become a new SP form!"
…
Facing such provocative words,
Feixiao still shook her head resolutely.
"You don't understand, Hoolay. You don't understand at all what it is that I want."
"When I was still a child, in order to escape the whips and shackles of the wolf-leaders, my hands were stained with blood for the first time."
With Feixiao's words,
The background shifted.
Under the light of a shooting star,
A young Feixiao stood upon a battlefield,
Pointing at the shooting star in the sky.
"Neergul, don't stop, run…!" the young Feixiao urged.
"I can't run anymore… Saran, are they catching up?"
Breathing heavily, Feixiao said, "They're still there, don't stop! Neergul, look up, look at the light in the sky!"
"That's a shooting star! The shooting star is shining upon us. As long as we make a wish to it, we will get our freedom!"
"All of us can escape! We will get our freedom, and then we will share it with more of our Claretwheel brothers and sisters!"
"So, let's go! We can escape!"
"Neergul! Run with me!"
From the thick darkness behind them came the shouts of fierce wolves and the howling of beasts.
The present Feixiao sighed, "We ran and ran, using all our strength, not knowing where each of us was heading."
"I escaped the pursuit of the pack and met a woman who could fly… a Cloud Knight."
"I presume you kept your promise," Hoolay chimed in.
"Regrettably, when I brought her back to my homeland, wanting to liberate my Claretwheel companions, I saw only a bottomless abyss left upon the earth."
Hearing this,
Hoolay let out a mocking laugh.
"Hehehehe…"
"The light of the Abominable Bow… The star of calamity falls, and all things are annihilated."
Feixiao's tone also grew lonely.
"In the years that followed, my Cloud Knight comrades and I chased the trajectory of that light countless times, and watched it fall countless times."
"Gradually, I understood. That was never some shooting star that carried wishes. The appearance of every light arrow meant the annihilation of a hopeless world and countless living beings."
"I prayed to the Reignbow Arbiter, begging Him never to let me witness a falling star again."
"But… the Aeon never answered me."
…
"So… Feixiao's childhood companions also died under the Reignbow's light arrow…"
"Sigh, this…"
"It is an arrow of hope, but also an arrow of despair."
"The appearance of the shooting star means things are already beyond saving, and nobody wants things to be beyond saving."
"The previous Chief Alchemist of the Alchemy Commission rebelled for this very reason."
"Both Yukong and Feixiao have shown confusion regarding the light arrow of The Hunt…"
"This direction… doesn't seem quite right!"
"Why does it feel like you two are becoming more and more like kindred spirits the more you talk?"
…
The Xianzhou Alliance.
Although Hua had overridden all objections
And chosen to believe in Feixiao,
With the plot reaching this point,
Some of the old-timers began to furrow their brows again,
Muttering to themselves!
"Hmph…"
"As expected…"
"This is bad!"
"The The Vanquishing General's thoughts are very dangerous."
"If she harbors doubts about the Reignbow's light arrow, I'm afraid she can no longer hold the position of the Yaoqing's General."
"Feixiao has probably run counter to the Path of The Hunt…"
Despite this,
Hua remained silent,
Quietly watching Feixiao's performance in the story.
Hoolay chimed in with "earnest" agreement: "Indeed. They never answer, leaving us to slaughter one another in this world. That is the reason we have fought to this day."
"If the bloodless, tearless, high-and-mighty Aeons do not heed the prayers of mortals, then we must fight for our own desires!"
"Do you understand now, Saran… the similarities between you and me are far greater than you think."
Hoolay had even begun to call Feixiao by her original name.
There was almost a sense of mutual respect born from battle!
And this
Made many of the Alliance's old-timers even more certain of their previous thoughts!
They prepared to petition once more,
Asking the Marshal to issue an order
To detain Feixiao first while she was still on the Luofu!
"You are a beast born for battle, destined to die in battle!" Hoolay said, staring at Feixiao.
Feixiao closed her eyes,
Seeming tired, compromised, and resigned.
"Perhaps."
A moment later,
She asked instead, "So, what is the desire you fight for, Hoolay?"
"To make the stars in the sky the pastures for the Borisin to graze upon."
"And you, Saran?"
Feixiao turned around.
Word by word, she answered:
"To ensure that one day, no one will ever witness a falling star again… and so that one more person can live to return to the Yaoqing with me."
Hearing this,
Hoolay let out a long sigh.
"You would rather resist what you were meant to be, degenerating from a free wolf into a domesticated fox, just for… one more person?"
"Then so be it! I will feed on your fear and doubt, seize you, swallow you—I will replace you… and become Feixiao!"
Hoolay grew more and more excited as he spoke,
Revealing a hysterical madness.
But Feixiao only turned her head,
Saying calmly, "We are so alike, monsters born for battle and destined to die in battle… You are absolutely right, Hoolay."
"So, pray to the heavens—even though They never answer. May the arrows of The Hunt pierce the hearts of monsters!"
As soon as these words were spoken!
In this chaotic and dark inner world,
A brilliant light actually lit up!
A shooting star appeared out of thin air in this sunless world!
Feixiao's clear pupils reflected that light.
She whispered, "Do you see me… shooting star?"
The light descended from the heavens,
Passing right by Feixiao,
And landing just behind her,
Smashing a crater into the ground.
That was…
Her battleaxe.
"My oath is like a cloud obscuring the sky, protecting the Xianzhou."
"I shall fulfill this oath… until the final day of my life."
The moment she gripped the handle of the axe,
A brilliant light erupted!
Against the backdrop of the galaxy,
The Aeon of The Hunt—Lan—suddenly appeared!
Though it was only for an instant,
It made all the players stand up!
Stunned in front of their screens,
Too shocked to utter a word!