Feeling that she was about to ascend to immortality, Shu Yao summoned all her remaining strength and carefully engraved the man's features in her heart once again. She only wished to take one last look at him before she left.
From beneath her blood - red eyelids, after much lingering tenderness, a crystal - clear but desolate tear finally trickled down. It slid off the edge and plopped onto the ground, as if her heart had shattered into pieces.
At the moment of her departure, with half - closed eyes, she murmured three pale and affectionate words from her red lips: "I love you..."
The hand that had been on Shu Yue's gradually melted into nothingness along with her scattered soul. Until her peerless beauty dissipated like smoke. After a flash of light, only a tiny, humble seed remained beside Shu Yue.
After the desolation in the world, it was already dawn unconsciously. The dark night had faded, and the glimmer on the horizon was struggling to break through the gloomy clouds. In this sudden calm, the smell of blood in the air was so oppressive that it was almost suffocating.
Witnessing all this heart - wrenching scene, Kun Wu realized that he had made a big mistake by blindly trusting a villain. The once - magnificent figure had now become an unremarkable seed among all living things.
It seemed that all the disputes had come to a standstill, but Kun Wu was deeply repentant.
Li Nao, who had been hiding in the corner, saw that Shu Yao was dead and a smug look appeared on his face. He was about to come out from behind the rock when the sudden change in front of him froze his steps and stiffened his smile.
At this moment, Shu Yue woke up from his daze. When he opened his eyes, all he saw was a dark and spinning world. Except for a single ray of light in his pupils, there were gathering dark clouds, which spread out ferociously and eerily, as if announcing the coming of another massacre.
The strong smell of blood filled his nose and sobered him up a bit from his hazy consciousness. He slowly got up, rubbed his slightly aching head, and looked up, shocked by the piled - up corpses and the rivers of blood around him.
With severed hands and feet scattered here and there, his stomach churned and he felt like vomiting.
Immediately, he had a premonition that a bloody battle had taken place here, and he looked around for the figure in white.
"Dad, Dad..." He kept calling. When his palm touched the ground, he felt something hard. He looked down in confusion, and in the next moment, his pupils dilated and he was deeply shaken.
Beside his hand was a tiny seed, lying there quietly, lifeless, helpless and weak, losing its most vivid characteristic. It bleakly came into his dilating pupils.
He trembled as he reached out his hand. Doubting and yet not daring to believe, he mustered up the courage to touch it and placed the pitiful seed in his palm. The heart - wrenching pain and complex emotions showed in his eyes, and his lips were trembling.
"Dad, Dad?" He called softly to the seed, but there was no sign of movement. The seed only emitted a faint light in his palm, and then quickly disappeared.
Even though Shu Yue wanted to deceive himself, there was no doubt that this seed was Shu Yao.
"No, it can't be, it's impossible!" Despite this, he still couldn't accept Shu Yao's death. The heavy blow hit him like a thunderbolt. He kept shaking his head, let out heart - rending cries, tightly clenched the seed in his hand and held it to his chest. Tears streamed down like a broken dam.
The pain of losing a loved one was like a sharp knife that pierced through his heart and then stirred it up violently until it was bloody and in pieces. He felt as if his heart was about to be torn apart!
"Dad!" Shu Yue suddenly raised his head and knelt on the ground, roaring hoarsely. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning in the sky and a deafening thunderclap. Torrential rain poured down on his whole body.
The wet drops slid down his face. The heavy rain blurred his eyes and chilled his heart. He couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears.
The rain washed away the blood on the ground. The spreading blood dyed his white robe red as it passed by him. His black hair was sticking to the fabric, and the invading cold penetrated to his bones.
Suddenly, he raised his sharp eyes and saw Li Nao shivering behind the rock. In an instant, his angry blood rushed to his head.
He slowly got up and stood gracefully in the rain. He looked less elegant than usual, and his strong body exuded an invincible aura.
Shu Yue walked towards Li Nao step by step, with the flames of anger burning through every corner of his body. Even though the rain was splashing, it outlined his handsome features with a bit of intimidating coldness.
Feeling the approaching danger, Li Nao couldn't help but take a step back. Under the impact of the heavy rain, he was scared of the man in front of him. Until he slipped and fell to the ground, then scrambled back desperately in a sorry state.
"Don't, don't come near..." He was initially flustered and then became afraid, because Shu Yue in front of him was like a terrifying demon from hell. His eyes were blood - red, and his body was surrounded by a black mist. He could already smell a strong smell of bloodlust.
He was like a humble ant under Shu Yue's condescending gaze. With just a stretch of his hand or a lift of his foot, Shu Yue could easily tear him to pieces and crush him.
"Was it you?" Shu Yue's voice was not loud. It was low, hoarse, and sounded like a demonic voice, but it was extremely clear and cold in the torrential rain at night.
Li Nao trembled and shook his head desperately to deny it to save his life: "No, it wasn't me, really not..."
"I'll give you one last chance." Shu Yue was still cold and emotionless. Every part of his body was as cold as an ice cellar. His pair of crimson pupils were charming but also carried a cold and evil aura, making him untouchable.
"I, I didn't mean to, I..." Before he could finish his words, he was grabbed by the throat and lifted into the air by Shu Yue from a distance. Hanging in mid - air, from the top - down angle, he saw that face becoming more and more sinister and terrifying.
He didn't have time to plead for mercy before he was seized by a heart - wrenching pain. While screaming, he looked down and saw a hand had penetrated his heart. Then it was like a knife churning inside, and the intense pain instantly spread through every nerve in his body.
Shu Yue was as cold as ice, but his eyes were as deep as blood. The sound of his right hand penetrating Li Nao's heart was so ear - piercing that it made one's hair stand on end.
He listened expressionlessly to the shrill wails beside him and watched the face turn blue. The killing intent in his eyes continued to grow. Finally, with a sudden force, he fiercely pulled out a beating heart from Li Nao's body.
"Ah!!!" The final act of heart - extraction was like a wild beast tearing his body apart. Li Nao's body fell to the ground like a fallen leaf as Shu Yue let go. The sound of his body hitting the ground, accompanied by the splashing rain, and the blood flowing from his heart dyed his Taoist robe red like a gushing spring.
The blood gushed out from beside Li Nao and spread out. His eyes were wide open like a bull's, and the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth flowed down his neck. After losing his heart, his body trembled.
It seemed that the demonized Shu Yue was not satisfied with just ripping out Li Nao's heart. He gave him another heavy blow, instantly dispersing Li Nao's soul and blasting his body into pieces.