My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel - Chapter 147
147: Chapter 147: Sacrifice!
147: Chapter 147: Sacrifice!
Ying Bing felt as if she were dreaming.
The person she had just been longing for now appeared vividly before her eyes.
Is this…
an illusion?
But when she felt the warmth from Gu Xing’s fingertips, she snapped awake.
This isn’t a dream!
But in the next second, immense panic swept through her heart.
Blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.
She tried to warn Gu Xing to leave this place, but…
Her domain shattered, and she had reached the very end of her life.
She couldn’t control her own body.
What was even more terrifying…
The aftereffects of Life Burning now began to surface as well.
Her body was rapidly aging.
Her once-lustrous skin withered and wrinkled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Master!
Quickly use Celestial Grace!”
Liu Li’s startled cry jolted Gu Xing out of his daze.
With trembling hands, he activated his Sovereign Talent, silver light swirling madly in his eyes.
“Celestial Grace!”
Ray after ray of holy light descended.
The rate of aging finally slowed.
But Gu Xing soon realized that Celestial Grace could dispel negative states, but couldn’t replenish the life force that had already burned away…
“It’s enough…”
A wrinkled hand gently pressed against him.
Ying Bing shook her head with the last of her strength, her voice as light as a sigh in the wind:
“Don’t…
waste your strength…”
“Go…
the Monarch Level…”
She hadn’t finished this sentence yet…
Her eyes gradually lost focus, long lashes drooping slowly like a butterfly with broken wings.
Gu Xing felt the body in his arms growing colder by the second, his heart clutched harshly by an invisible hand.
No…
This can’t be…
His hands trembled uncontrollably.
This young man who had never faltered on the battlefield was now devoured by unprecedented terror.
Just as despair was about to drown him-
“Master Gu Xing!”
Sally’s figure suddenly appeared, clutching a large bucket filled with the shimmering green light of the Spring of Life.
She cried out anxiously:
“Quick, put Lady Ying Bing inside!
The Spring of Life can temporarily sustain her life force!”
Gu Xing woke as if from a dream, carefully immersing Ying Bing in the water.
As the clear waves rippled, the girl’s pale face finally regained a trace of color, and her withering aura gradually steadied.
“Hoo…”
Seeing Ying Bing’s condition stabilize, his taut nerves just began to relax-
“Humans, did you forget my existence?”
A chilling voice slithered into their ears like a venomous snake.
The Monarch Level demon of the Demon Race had finally recovered fully from the blast, now gazing down on them with cold contempt.
Gu Xing slowly looked up, cold fury igniting in his silver eyes.
But when he saw this demon’s Attributes, the flames in his eyes instantly froze.
Because…
[Blood Demon]
[Talent: Demon King]
[Level: Monarch Tier Three]
[Power: 100,000]
[Constitution: 100,000]
[Spirit: 100,000]
[Speed: 100,000]
[Skills: Demon King Domain, Demon King’s Body…]
Even if he could disable this Demon King’s domain, with nearly a hundred thousand in every Attribute…
With Liu Li and Qing Shuang as they were now…
There was no chance of victory at all!
Escape?
With Commander Level Fei Yue, as long as he wanted to leave-
No one could possibly stop him!
It’s just…
He could escape!
But he couldn’t take the citizens of Lin Yuan City with him!
What’s more…
Staring at Ying Bing’s pale face in the Spring of Life.
The place this stubborn girl would rather burn her life to protect-how could he possibly give up so easily?
But to defeat this demon…
“Master Gu Xing!”
Sally’s voice jerked Gu Xing back to himself.
He turned to look at the little maid who had always been at his side, only to see an unprecedented seriousness shining in her eyes.
“You definitely have a way to deal with this demon, don’t you?”
This question made Gu Xing suddenly think of the [Soul-devouring] skill-
[Soul-devouring: Unconditionally increases all Attributes of a Guardian Beast by 200%]
[Special State: Sacrifice (sacrificing one Guardian Beast increases the effect to 400%)]
400% enhancement…
With Liu Li and Qing Shuang’s Attributes now…
They might really be able to stand against a Monarch Level!
But to sacrifice a Guardian Beast…
Gu Xing instantly went pale!
No way!
Every guardian beast was an irreplaceable companion-he would never consent to pay such a price.
As if seeing through his hesitation, Sally softly said:
“Master Gu Xing, actually, the Elf Empress’ prophecy has two parts!”
“The first is that the Prophet will descend upon the Elf Secret Realm.
As for the second part…”
Sally didn’t continue, but instead took out a golden Life Tree Leaf from her arms.
“The second part…
is the mission of our Cat Race!”
Before the words had fully left her lips, she pressed the golden leaf to her forehead.
In an instant, the leaf turned into flowing light and merged with her body.
At the same time, Gu Xing clearly felt a spiritual link emerge in his mind-
This is…
Sally?!
Gu Xing’s pupils contracted sharply, a terrible suspicion rising in his heart.
Sally, now bathed in golden light, looked at Gu Xing with a determination he had never seen before:
“Master Gu Xing…”
Her voice trembled, “Can I call you Master?
Just this once…”
“Ever since you saved me, I’ve dreamed of becoming your Guardian Beast…”
Her voice grew ever softer, “But I know…my talent isn’t worthy of you…”
“That’s why I tried so hard to learn, hoping to be the best maid for you…”
“But now…” Her small figure began to be consumed by blood-red flames, “Your little maid…wants so much to call you Master just once…”
Gu Xing trembled violently all over.
How could this be?!
He clearly hadn’t activated the Soul Devouring Talent, yet the sacrifice had already begun.
Scenes of his time with Sally flickered before his eyes like a revolving lantern: fury, terror, grief…
So many emotions churned inside his chest, leaving him breathless.
He opened his mouth, but could not utter a sound…
Sally waited a long time for a response, but none came, the light in her eyes gradually fading.
She bowed her head, yet a gentle smile bloomed on her lips:
“Master Gu Xing…I understand now…”
“If…there is another life…”
“Sally would still want to be your…little maid…”
The blood-red flames suddenly surged, devouring her small form even more violently.
“No!!!”
Gu Xing finally found his voice, screaming with heartbreaking despair:
“I promise you!”
“Stop, please!”
But once the sacrifice ritual began, it could no more be stopped than a wild fire sweeping the plains.
In the blaze, Sally’s form grew fainter and fainter.
Yet at the moment she heard Gu Xing’s answer, she gave a relieved smile.
At the last moment, her lips moved gently.
Even surrounded by the conflagration, Gu Xing could clearly make out the soundless words:
“Master…”
The bloody flames finally consumed the tiny figure entirely.
Only a wisp of golden light flickered in the fire, then drifted away as stardust…
Sacrifice complete!
Scarlet spiritual power surged madly around Gu Xing, but he was completely unaware.
His body trembled uncontrollably, only a single thought echoing in his mind:
Today…
Ying Bing hangs by a thread, Sally sacrifices her life…
The culprit behind all of this-
“It’s all you!!!”
Gu Xing jerked his head up, his blood-red eyes locking onto that Monarch Level demon, his voice brimming with unprecedented madness!
Kill him!
I must kill him!
…
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