Chapter 184: Returning to Tranquility

Jiang Wu's eyes widened in horror; in an instant, a figure flashed by her side at light speed, like a moth to flame, shielding her from Xuan Qing's sword!

In a dazed empty block, Su Mo advanced step by step, and she was struck by two whips in a row!

She clutched the sword‑wounded A Ci and fled in panic.

After forcibly swallowing a big supplement pill, Jiang Wu gathered her inner strength again and emitted a wave of red poison gas! Within that sea of red mist, she consulted the fate chart and said in a deep voice, "With my soul, I shall freeze all things!"

In an instant, bone‑piercing cold rushed onto her face.

Su Mo hadn't even had time to raise her hand before she could not move a hair, as if everything around her had frozen.

Jiang Wu, who always remains cold and ruthless, held the person in her arms and, for once, showed a hint of panic.

She gave A Ci a life‑extending pill, but blood kept spilling from the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't swallow anything at all.

Blood‑stained A Ci placed his hand on her face and said, "A Wu, it's useless; my body is already at the end of a strong bow. If… it's possible, let me be myself the next time we meet, okay?"

"I won't be anyone's substitute, I won't be anyone's shadow, I will only be your A Ci. Three meals a day, four seasons of Reincarnation—how wonderful?"

As the words ended, his hand suddenly went limp and fell.

Jiang Wu's blood‑red eyes stared at the person in her arms, cursing, "I will have them accompany you together; none can be spared! All must die!"

She lifted her gaze toward Su Mo: "It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, A Ci wouldn't have died, and they…"

Jiang Wu pointed at the frozen person and sneered, "They don't have to die!"

Su Mo still retained consciousness; she could hear Jiang Wu's words, and the power of the Totem kept fighting against it.

Clenching her teeth against the bone‑piercing cold, she spoke, "Clearly it's your obsession that haunts, yet you force everyone to plunge with you into the sea of Reincarnation! A Ci died for you, Jin Tong is bound to nine cycles with you! And those innocents dragged into this endless Reincarnation by your delusion! You are the true instigator!"

"I am the ruler of this world! Their deaths for me are merely fate; had you not barged in, I would have already controlled the heavens in this life!" Jiang Wu screamed hysterically, "You ruined my destiny, destroying my last chance to rewrite fate!"

Su Mo sneered, "Fate did grant you chances—nine, no, ten! You clearly had that many opportunities to rewrite destiny, yet you stubbornly persisted, repeating the same ending each time! I never wished to partake in your fate; I only aim to end this pitiful, laughable Reincarnation! But now, I also intend to end you!"

"You want to end me? Impossible! Only I can end all this; as long as I refuse to end, it can never end!"

Jiang Wu's cold glare swept the crowd: "If I cannot change this outcome, then let us all be annihilated together!"

Su Mo frantically called Xiao Jiu in her mind.

Xiao Jiu's halting voice came, "Mas—Proper Master! I'm trying to help you unseal!"

"Quick!"

Jiang Wu snorted, "At this point, are you still seeking help from your System Space? Do you think it's omnipotent? I'll now show you who truly dominates all things!"

She formed a blade at her fingertip that shot straight for Su Mo's wrist; the blade pierced the ice, cleaving flesh and blood, with fresh blood dripping down the ice.

Su Mo clenched her teeth as Xiao Jiu's painful moan echoed in her mind.

"Xiao Jiu, what's wrong?!"

Xiao Jiu, in a voice drained to the limit, said, "Proper Master… I feel my power fading… I‑maybe… dying."

"No! You must not disappear! You must live; we all must live! You help me unseal, and I'll find a way!"

"Fine…" Xiao Jiu gritted his teeth, "I will fight alongside the Proper Master to the end!"

Jiang Wu once again summoned that fate chart, and Su Mo saw a crack appear on it.

Her thoughts shifted, and she instantly recalled something.

A Ci's death caused Jiang Wu's emotions to ripple!

Xiao Jiu's weak voice said, "Proper Master, we've found her flaw! The fate chart shows that each time she Reincarnates, her mental strength diminishes by one. Therefore she needs the strand of Soul from Jin Tong to steady her mind! Only the Soul of a person with pure emotions will work! This strand can help her steady her mind, and also make her… never be reborn! What you said earlier is right, Jin Tong is her heart knot!"

Su Mo understood, "If we let Jin Tong use its own Soul to try to control Jiang Wu's body, is there still a chance?"

"We can gamble, but the two strands of divine Soul will clash, and only the victor lives."

Su Mo frowned; even if Jin Tong were willing, there'd likely be no chance. For a Soul to enter a body requires a conduit, and Jiang Wu would never grant them such an opportunity!

In the next instant, Jiang Wu gathered inner power and surged toward Su Mo again!

"Bang"—

"Bang!"

Su Mo felt something smash the ice covering her, and the icy surface instantly split open a fissure.

Xiao Jiu screamed, "It was Fu Ying who pierced the ice with a Dagger from System Space! She's not a Beastman, so she's not bound by Jiang Wu's ice seal!"

After rescuing Su Mo, Fu Ying went to save Jin Tong, but her technique was worrisome; she missed several times…

At almost the same moment, Long Yan used his fire‑based inner power to successfully melt the ice!

He instantly flew to Su Mo's front and caught the inner force of Jiang Wu's palm.

Xiao Jiu was desperately trying to restore Su Mo's Totem power, but now it was already too late.

Long Yan's inner power, affected by Jiang Wu's poison gas, was weak in combat. After a brief rest, Jiang Wu's killing aura seemed poised to rise again.

Long Yan was flipped out by her palm wind!

Su Mo quickly retrieved that dragon bone from System Space and tossed it to him, helping him steady his mind.

The freed Jin Tong also swiftly flew toward them.

Before they could close in on Jiang Wu, another wave of poison gas surged.

Seizing the moment, Jiang Wu flung the Dagger in her hand, precisely stabbing Fu Ying's abdomen.

Fu Ying, weakened, fell to the ground and, looking far at Su Mo, said, "I've died eight times; I'm not scared! Don't worry about me, deal with her first!"

Jiang Wu, however, stepped forward at that moment and clutched Su Mo's throat, "At this point, I'll deal with you first; dealing with them later is the same!"

Su Mo silently brushed her wrist Totem, and the wound faintly glowed.

She used that faint light to thrust the Dagger in her hand forcefully toward Jiang Wu's heart.

But the next second, Jiang Wu noticed!

Jiang Wu seized Su Mo's hand and, with a reverse motion, was about to drive that Dagger into Su Mo's chest.

Suddenly a flash of light passed before her eyes, and in the next instant, Su Mo felt the hand gripping her throat lose its strength!

She ripped free in a sudden struggle!

Only saw Jiang Wu's face twisted in pain, the dagger in her hand suddenly fell to the ground.

Xiao Jiu exclaimed: "Host, Jin Tong has already comprehended Jiang Wu's secret! At this moment, their souls share one body; we are trying to find a way to help him resolve Jiang Wu together! Only you can make her soul and spirit scatter!"

Su Mo lifted her hand and lightly touched her left hand; the Totem remained merely a faint light.

The Totem could not exert force, so she could not precisely distinguish Jiang Wu's and Jin Tong's souls.

Su Mo anxiously asked: "How exactly should we do it to make Jiang Wu's body and soul both perish, so that everything returns to peace! How exactly should we do it to restore the Totem's power!"

In her mind came Xiao Jiu's hesitant voice: "Perhaps we could try the internal strength of a Level Ten Beastman... as long as the other party willingly becomes your fate-bound companion... but after this battle, his soul may be eternally sealed within the Totem."

"Impossible!" Su Mo immediately interrupted: "We don't have any Level Ten Beastmen here; you must have another solution! Think quickly!"

Xiao Jiu said weakly: "Really, there's none left; this is the last resort..."

After a long silence, Su Mo heard Long Yan calling her from behind.

He walked toward her, his warm gaze fixed on her.

I don't know why, but the moment our eyes met, Su Mo panicked terribly; his aura also made her inexplicably flustered!

She suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his hand.

The next instant, the hand placed on his wrist trembled uncontrollably, tears falling like a broken string of pearls.

She looked at him through tear-filled eyes and demanded: "Why won't you listen! Didn't I tell you not to take the Blazing Fire Pill anymore? Why are you using it to force a power-up!"

Long Yan looked at her tears with heartache; if he could, he truly never wanted to see her cry for him.

He couldn't explain why today he could hear her inner voice; what she wanted to do was what everyone wanted to do, and also what had to be done.

Let no more people sacrifice themselves; let it end here with him.

He had been taught since childhood to put the Dragon Clan's safety first, but today he also wanted to be selfish just once.

He wished for her a lifetime of peace and joy; as long as she was happy, everything he did would be worthwhile.

He knew that if he didn't step forward, someone else would be willing to, but they are all people she likes, and she wouldn't want anything to happen to them.

He is selfish; at this moment he actually wants this brief moment of solitude to last a little longer… even longer.

Entrusting her protection to anyone would leave him uneasy, so he might as well do it himself!

The next instant, Su Mo was tightly embraced by the person before her; she heard him hoarsely say: "Miss Su, you need not feel guilty. I am not doing this for you, but for the Dragon Clan's people."

"Things have come to this point; we have no retreat, continue doing what you want to do." He leaned close to her ear and said, word by word: "I have no regrets about this decision."

Liking you… is the most correct thing I have ever done in my life.

As the words fell, the person before Su Mo suddenly turned into a strand of white light, threads of light seeping into that wound.

Raising her hand again, the wound had already been healed, the dark patterns reappeared. A crystal-clear tear slid down her cheek, dripping onto the dark patterns, and in an instant light burst forth.

Xiao Jiu said sorrowfully: "Host, let's begin!"

Su Mo gathered her focus, using the Totem's power to undo Jiang Wu's ice-sealing technique.

At the moment the ice layer cracked, she saw the Blazing Fire Pill on the fingertips of those few.

They almost simultaneously rushed toward her at full speed.

Su Mo turned around, clutching the dagger, and ran toward Jiang Wu.

Jin Tong's soul was entangled with Jiang Wu's; at this moment Su Mo could clearly distinguish Jiang Wu's soul, and without hesitation she drove the sharp tip of her finger ruthlessly into Jiang Wu's heart.

The dagger stained with soul-devouring talisman water made her visage instantly contort! At the instant the dagger pierced, a powerful surge burst forth, instantly shaking back those nearby.

In that instant, Jin Tong reclaimed his own thread of soul and spirit, returned to his true form, yet in that same instant he was blasted away.

Xiao Jiu: "Host, quickly think of a way to draw out Jiang Wu's life disk!"

Jiang Wu felt her soul inch by inch leaving her body, and her inner strength dissipated as well.

In the end, she still mustered the last ounce of strength and grabbed Su Mo's wrist.

She tightly pressed down on the dazzling red Totem at her wrist.

The Totem's power waned slightly in an instant.

Jiang Wu's gnashing voice rang in her ears: "Su Mo, I want you to die with me! Don't even think of escaping this fate!"

She almost instantly transformed into her true form, her claws instantly restrained Su Mo.

With a flap of her wings, she easily blew away those who had drawn near.

Mo Xiao, Fei Yan… exerting their last ounce of strength, they moved toward that silhouette.

Xiao Jiu whispered, voice like a fading thread: "Host, host! Push the dagger in harder……"

Su Mo gripped the dagger, but she couldn't muster any strength.

In the panic, someone grabbed her hand!

Fu Ying seized her hand and shoved it forward: "I said before… no matter the outcome, I am with you! Life or death!"

Jiang Wu's bloodthirsty voice sounded in her ears: "Then let's go to hell together!"

In a sheet of blood-red light, Su Mo saw Jiang Wu summon her life disk.

As Fu Ying gripped her hand and exerted force again, Su Mo gathered her inner strength and reached toward that life disk!

In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color, all things froze.

Yet in the next moment, all returned to tranquility…

?? There is a saying: No feast lasts forever.

? But there is also a saying: Wherever under heaven, we can meet again.

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