Chapter 1499: Wengfaluo Si 3.6 (518)

"This answer is no surprise."

"They are not only my companions, but also the path I walked when I came here, guiding me to this point," Dan Heng said, placing his hand on his chest, word by word. "Therefore, they will also become my landmarks when I am lost, pointing toward the future, until the next 'cycle of rebirth'."

Dan Feng finally curled the corner of his mouth slightly: "Then let me see how you will uphold this belief."

"Leave this place, go find that mad demigod… and put an end to it."

After Dan Heng passed through this cave, outside was a long corridor, where the clashing sounds of Duan Feng Jue and Dong Lin Jue could still be faintly heard.

"Huang Di has already defected! Legion, follow me in charge!"

"Ah, beasts are ultimately beasts."

Ahead, the illusions of Feng Yin Jue and Yi Shi Jue remained, with piles of corpses filling mountains and valleys, countless in number, so much so that Dan Heng almost seemed to smell the lingering stench of blood from memory.

"This battle is really too cruel..."

"Let it become the necessary sacrifice for Huoyouzhe."

After passing through a great door, before them appeared a group of soldiers holding swords and blades, with Ke Lü Delā at the forefront pointing forward with her staff.

"O subdued dragon of Chui Di, you shall leave your name in history for regicide!"

Dan Feng gazed at the dense crowd beside him, unable to suppress a long sigh: "Memories intertwined. Another betrayal, another great calamity."

"It seems, no matter whose memory this is, Huang Di is the central figure in it."

"A beast that has lived in 'rebellion' all its life… no wonder it is so mad."

As several people ventured deeper, the tremors of the earth grew stronger, and soon they saw that familiar figure ahead.

"As expected, someone has been waiting for us for quite some time."

"……" Hai Se Yin lifted her head to look at the mountain person before her, a flicker of confusion in her eyes: "How could it be you……"

"They have arrived……" The mountain person raised his head, gazing into the distance: "The 'immortal' Long Zi, and… your former comrade-in-arms. My old friend, Huang Di… enjoy to your heart's content. Let this memory tide devour everything."

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Red Scarlet Eyes.

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"Wait, what does he mean by that? He… isn't Huang Di?!"

Tazumi's mind went blank instantly, his lips moving a few times before he managed to squeeze out the latter half: "So, this is actually a trap? Just to lure Dan Heng and the others here?"

"Calling Huang Di an 'old friend', and Hai Se Yin also knows him—it seems this person is quite renowned in Caesar's Huoyouzhe unit." Na Jie Ta sized up the tall mountain person, for a moment also bewildered by his actions, "He intends to make Dan Heng and Hai Se Yin sacrifices, doesn't he think that as long as 'Da Di' consumes the immortal Long Zi, he can obtain the wondrous method of transforming into a dragon?"

"I think Huang Di was infected by the Heichi." Main continued guessing along the line of the elder sister's head: "I recall mentioning before that the Heichi first erodes the pillars of Wengfaluo Si—namely, the sky, the ocean, and the earth. After Huang Di inherited the earth's divine office, he too was corrupted by the Heichi…… then lost his sanity, and finally began to turn his spearhead toward Caesar."

"I think the timing doesn't match. Even if Huang Di was infected by the Heichi, it should only have happened after Ke Lü Delā's death." Tazumi lowered his head in thought, "But I do agree on one point: Huang Di's body must have suffered irreparable damage, so that mountain person, having no other choice, decided to risk ambushing Dan Heng, hoping to use the dragon-transformation wondrous method to heal Huang Di."

"He still has guts, daring to act against someone whose memories with Dan Heng he saw in the memory tide." Lei Ou Nai heard this and couldn't help but laugh, "Could it be he truly wants to personally experience the strength of the Dragon Lord? That's someone even the Fire Stealer couldn't subdue for a while!"

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"Dan Heng, Your Excellency, prepare for the worst: the mountain person before you must not be underestimated……" Hai Se Yin reminded cautiously, "'Kai Shan Zhe' Gaius Octavius… the earth's dragon knight, long time no see."

Dan Heng paused: "Kai Shan Zhe? He… isn't Huang Di?"

"I remember you, little fish, and your vile master."

"I didn't expect you to still be alive."

"For the mountain people, death is merely a return to the earth. Having been wronged by the grace of 'Chang Ye Yue'…… I was able to return to the mortal realm, to watch over my dear friend—the 'Da Di' demigod who was foolishly sacrificed in the Huoyouzhe conspiracy." Gaius Octavius lowered his gaze to assess Dan Heng, "Long Zi, you are the most important offering in this sacrifice: no matter how steadfast the will, it will ultimately be swallowed by the memory tide. At that moment, you, and the power you carry, will be able to serve us all……"

"Use the 'Bu Si' to awaken the fallen dragon, so that 'Da Di' may grow immortal flesh and blood!"

After hearing the opponent's conspiracy plan, Dan Heng's face showed no expression, still calm: "So, you falsely claimed to be Huang Di…… in order to lure us here, into the trap."

"If it weren't for Caesar's disgraceful scheme, the name 'Huang Di'——would have belonged to us all."

Hai Se Yin: "For Wengfaluo Si's tomorrow, it made the correct choice."

"But your so-called tomorrow has always only had a place for 'people'." Gaius Octavius spread his arms, "Old friend, look…… I will once again raise the mountain fire, to burn away the shackles that bind you and me!"

Hai Se Yin raised her hand to stop Dan Heng: "Leave this to me, Dan Heng. Take the secret path to the opposite shore—Xing might be deeper within——"

"No, let me stay here."

Unexpectedly, Dan Heng stepped forward without hesitation.

"'Kai Shan Zhe', hero of the mountain people. If I do not win here, he will surely die a shameful death in his 'Bu Si' obsession. This should not be his end. And as for the harmful beast that insists on blocking the Xingzhou, threatening the fate of the world……"

"All along this journey, we have stood countless times on the cliff edge, threatened by danger, forced to make difficult choices. But this time——"

Hit Cloud appeared out of nowhere in Dan Heng's hand, the gun tip tracing a bright arc in the surrounding firelight.

"Now it's my turn to exert pressure on this world."

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Xiao Lin's family dragon maid.

Dan Heng really puts people at ease.

Gazing at Dan Heng's sturdy back against the sky curtain, Xiao Lin always inexplicably thinks of those male classmates in middle school who excelled academically. She always feels that if Dan Heng went to school, he would surely be the quiet, cold-faced type in class whose grades were off the charts.

San Yue Qi is then the popular type among girls.

By comparison, Xing is relatively chaotic—she should be the kind of person who gets along well wherever she goes, but no one can guess what she will do next…… a blend of reliability and abstraction, yet never lacking in moments that make people's eyes light up.