Chapter 2

Su Ming watched this scene, his heart torn with grief.

His former brother and the woman he loved most had gotten together behind his back and betrayed him!

For any man, this was a devastating blow that crushed his dignity!

Seeing this scene of collusion, Su Ming was so angry that his heart burned, and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.

He said, word by word.

"Even if I, Su Ming, die today, don't even think about getting this divine artifact!"

After speaking, he prepared to step back into the Death Cave.

He would rather be buried with the supreme divine artifact than let these villains benefit.

The Death Cave was filled with death mist; apart from him, the Slaughter God Su Ming, no one dared to step inside!

At this instant, Zhang Tang smiled indifferently.

"Haha, we let you live until now just to stall for time and set up a binding array!"

"Everyone, do it!"

He gave the order.

Several top-tier mages cast the array together.

In an instant, they locked Su Ming's entire body, rendering him unable to move at all!

He couldn't even retreat back into the Death Cave!

Subsequently, the crowd unleashed various skills, attacking Su Ming!

For a moment, the world was filled with flashing, colorful lights.

Su Ming was unable to resist, and his heart fell into despair.

At this instant, he saw a figure dash out from behind the crowd!

Going against the world!

It was a girl with bright, starry eyes.

She held a massive scythe and wore a white robe as white as snow.

"Su Ming, don't give up!!"

She shouted, her scythe dancing to form a gray, skull-shaped protective shield, shielding Su Ming within it.

But that shield, facing the sky full of powerful killing moves, could not hold for even a moment before it disintegrated.

She was resolute, without the slightest hesitation.

She actually stepped forward, arms spread, using her own body to block in front of Su Ming!

The next instant, her body was shattered by thousands of light beams.

A spray of blood bloomed like a flower, scattering across the sky.

The scalding blood splashed onto Su Ming's face.

His eyes were dazed, staring at the girl in front of him.

She... was Su Ming's former deskmate and a comrade of several years.

Her name was Ji Yao, and during their school days, she had expressed her true feelings to Su Ming many times.

But the one Su Ming liked had always been Ren Xiaoman, and he had rejected her repeatedly.

The gap between their realms had gradually widened, and they eventually went their separate ways.

Who would have thought that at the end of his life, the person protecting him would be her?

In the whole world, she was the only one.

"Hmph, a piece of trash, coming here to die too!"

Zhang Tang sneered, holding his weapon, and swung it in one strike.

The sky collapsed and the earth cracked; even space shattered.

How could she possibly block the offensive of one of the Dragon Nation's top ten experts?

But at this moment, Su Ming had also gained precious time, activating his god-level movement technique, the Hidden God Step, to break free from the binding array.

He held her and took a step back, entering the Death Cave.

Although he died, he did not let these dog-like things get the divine artifact!

The death mist engulfed and swallowed them from all directions.

At this instant, the world lost its color, and the death mist wrapped around the two.

The world had completely changed!

"Ji Yao, why did you come!?"

Su Ming looked at the girl in his arms, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

At the moment of death, her eyes were filled with a satisfied smile.

"Su Ming... I have always..."

The next instant, her body was swallowed by the black mist and dissipated from the mortal world.

Her final words were left unfinished.

At this moment, Su Ming's eyes became dull.

So, she was the only one who had loved him from beginning to end, even willing to give her life for him, without complaint or regret.

He had spent his entire life only to finally figure out who was the person he should have cherished!

At this moment, infinite regret, rage, and hatred surged within his heart!

"Ren Xiaoman!!! Zhang Tang!!!"

The two names were bitten out from his mouth, almost jumping out.

"If I am reborn in another life, I will surely tear you into ten thousand pieces!!"

He gritted his teeth and said.

Subsequently, Su Ming's consciousness... gradually faded.

He fell completely into darkness.

His body was corroded by the death mist, gradually rotting away.

Being able to explore the Death Cave earlier was a miracle Su Ming achieved by exhausting all his trump cards and using every means at his disposal.

Now that he was at the end of his rope, he could not replicate it.

The world's number one assassin, Slaughter God Su Ming.

Today, he was buried in the Death Cave.

But no one noticed.

At this moment, a faint blue light flickered from his palm.

That was an ethereal ring.

When Su Ming's consciousness grew hazy and he woke up again, he found himself in the middle of a high school campus.

He had returned to... the Awakening Day when he was eighteen! ===== CHAPTER 4 =====