"puff……"
With another blow, Hong Xiu finally let the body locked on her loosen completely and hurriedly pushed it away.
The body fell aside like a kite with its string broken.
As soon as he landed on the ground, his limbs squirmed and tried to get up again. However, the body was already covered with scars and most of the body was necrotic. He could only struggle in place and could not get up again.
Hongxiu took the opportunity to get up in a hurry, took advantage of the surrounding space blockade to disappear, hurriedly picked up the chain and started to apparate directly.
At this moment, Lin Xue had almost rushed to the Throne of Bones, and was hundreds of meters away from her. Normally, it would be impossible to catch up, but Hong Xiu has the ability to teleport, which is her biggest advantage.
Following a burst of space fluctuations, Hong Xiu appeared dozens of meters away, and then without stopping, he hurriedly performed teleportation again.
However, space spells such as teleportation cannot be cast continuously without interruption. If it is cast forcibly, it will cause a huge burden on the body.
After teleporting for the second time, Hong Xiu spat out a mouthful of blood and felt extremely dizzy.
However, at this time of life and death, she had no chance to rest. The moment she landed, she hurriedly threw the chain towards Lin Xue in front of her.
"Ding!"
Lin Xue was already prepared for this. The moment the chain flew towards him, the sickle in his hand accurately swung back, knocking the sharp edge of the chain aside.
At the same time, he took advantage of the force coming from the chain and jumped forward again.
Seeing that the opponent was about to step onto the stone steps where the inheritance was located, Hong Xiu gritted his teeth and had no choice but to teleport again. At the same time, he had already thrown out the chain in his hand before teleporting.
The burden of teleporting three times in a row was unimaginable. When Hong Xiu appeared again, blood was bleeding from his mouth, nose and ears. He was so disoriented that he almost fainted on the spot.
However, she still relied on her will to survive in the face of life and death to carry it through without fainting.
At this time, her position was already at the bottom of the stone steps, only one step away from the throne.
At the same time, with her appearance, the chain that had been thrown out also moved over, quietly appeared behind Lin Xue's head, and attacked Lin Xue at an extremely tricky angle.
At this time, Lin Xue had already stepped onto the stone steps and stretched out her hand towards the energy group. She was about to touch it, but she did not expect that the other party would suddenly attack in this way. She was unable to dodge and was directly hit by the chain. The helmet, like a spiritual snake, slipped in through the gap between the helmet's eyes.
The next second, the chain was retracted, and Lin Xue finally stepped onto the steps and was pulled back.
Also brought out was a blue soul. The eyes of the soul body were hooked by the tip of the chain and slowly led outward.
As long as the soul hooking rope hits the body of a creature, it can draw out the creature's soul to devour it, and cause permanent necrosis of the organ at the hit location.
However, at this moment, although Lin Xue's soul was drawn out by the chain, the soul body was stuck just a short distance after leaving the body and could not continue to be pulled.
Because this is the weapon of Death after all, and both of them are heirs of Death's bloodline. Just like Lin Xue's sickle cannot leave the mark of Death on Hong Xiu's body, Hong Xiu's chains cannot truly swallow Lin Xue's soul.
So at this moment, the relationship between Lin Xue's soul body and the chain was like a tug of war.
And this effect is exactly what Hongxiu wants to achieve.
Her strength was much higher than that of Lin Xue. At this moment, she restrained the other party and immediately pulled her here with all her strength.
However, just when Hong Xiu thought that he could forcefully drag the opponent here, he saw Lin Xue suddenly raise the sickle and decisively slash towards the spot where the chain hooked the soul.
The next moment, the blade passed by, and the soul and the chain were split into two.
A small part of the soul was pulled and swallowed by the chain, and then returned to Hong Xiu's hands, while the remaining soul immediately returned to Lin Xue's body.
"madman……"
This word came to Hongxiu's mind subconsciously.
Originally, Lin Xue's soul would not be taken away by the chains, but the soul that was forcibly cut off by her would be swallowed up and could not return to its original body.
Lin Xue, who had cut off his soul, seemed to have done a small thing casually, then turned around and rushed up the stone steps again without stopping.
Hongxiu also reacted immediately, hurriedly took out a soul-suppressing stone and crushed it, while waving the wand and releasing the phantom again.
After teleporting four times in a row, a normal person would have been unconscious by now. Fortunately, the interval between the last one was relatively long, which diluted some of the mental shock. Coupled with the soul-stabilizing stone's stabilizing effect, she was able to persevere.
The next moment, Hongxiu appeared on the stone steps.
The sphere containing surging energy is already close at hand.
At this time, Lin Xue had just stepped onto the stone steps, two steps behind her.
"I'm faster!"
Hong Xiu was overjoyed and subconsciously stretched out her hand forward.
But the moment her fingers touched the surface of the energy mass, her smile instantly froze.
Because at this time, she already knew in her mind that the God of Death was about to take away her things.
"The thing you value most - is your appearance!"
"Sacrifice your appearance, and you will gain my power, and at the same time you will become the ugliest person in the world!"
Hongxiu was stunned. What she cherished most was not her children, but... her appearance?
At this time, the surging energy was already flowing along her arms and pouring crazily into her body.
But Hongxiu was shaken, because she had already felt a painful itching on her right cheek, as if countless tiny bugs were crawling, and the itching area continued to expand.
When she thought of the word 'ugliest', her arms couldn't help but tremble, and she even subconsciously wanted to withdraw them.
At this moment, Lin Xue rushed from the side, like a fish that had been dry for a long time, leaping into the sea, and plunged into the energy mass without reservation.
Hongxiu looked blankly at Lin Xue, whose face was still stained with tears, and couldn't help but think of what she had just said to her not long ago: If you don't have this level of consciousness, why are you fighting for the death inheritance?
Why? Why can she be so decisive?
What is the thing she cherishes most...
The next moment, Hongxiu felt herself starting to retreat.
The impact when Lin Xue rushed into the energy ball pushed her out.
Hongxiu lost her balance and fell backwards. From the corner of her eye, she saw the body of the old man on the river bed in the distance. It had stood up at some point and was facing this way. The soles of the feet began to break into powder and disappear...
"Are you kidding? It's actually this kind of thing..." Hongxiu felt that it was really unreasonable. How could a dead body be compared with a woman's most important appearance?
In the ball of light, Lin Xue looked back with tears in her eyes, and seemed to see her grandma disappearing at the end, with a smile on her lips.
The next moment, she was completely surrounded by surging energy, and her consciousness fell into chaos...
…
When Lin Xue opened her eyes again, she found that she was in a garden.
Looking around, there are familiar gardens and familiar flowers and plants.
This is grandma's garden. She and Lin Hai often played here when they were children.
At this time, she was wearing children's clothes, maintaining her appearance when she was eight years old, lying on someone's lap, and had just woken up from her sleep.
Turning around, she saw, sure enough, grandma was sitting on the rocking chair next to the big tree, holding a book in one hand and waving the other hand above her head to drive away all the mosquitoes, bees and butterflies that wanted to get close to her.
"Grandma..." Lin Xue's childish voice sounded, and she looked at her grandma in confusion, still unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.
"Xiaoxue, are you awake?"
The old man looked over kindly, stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes: "Have you had another nightmare?"
"Well... I had a terrible nightmare..."
Xiao Linxue also wiped the corners of her eyes with her small hands, with a lingering fear in her heart: "I dreamed that... my grandma passed away... and then I lost my grandma's body..."
After hearing this, the old man was surprised and said with a smile: "That was really a nightmare... However, your grandma's death is something you will experience sooner or later."
"how come?"
Xiao Linxue immediately retorted: "Grandma will definitely live a long life, and she will definitely live longer than me!"
"I'm afraid I can't live a long life..." The old man smiled bitterly and looked at the girl softly: "Grandma's life span can be calculated by counting the days on your fingers."
Xiao Linxue looked at the old man doubtfully: "Can a person's lifespan be fixed?"
"Other people's can't, but grandma's can." The old man said.
"I don't understand."
Lin Xue shook her head blankly, a little uneasy: "Grandma, do you have any disease? Then I will study medicine in the future. I am very smart. I will definitely learn the best medical skills. No matter how difficult the disease is to treat, I will help you cure it!"
The old man smiled and shook his head: "Grandma's disease cannot be cured by medical skills..."
"Why?" Xiao Linxue became even more panicked, and her eyes suddenly filled with mist: "Then how can I help grandma?"
The old man shook his head, wanting to tell her the truth, but looking at the girl in front of him who was filled with tears, he finally softened his heart.
"If one day you encounter something that you can't explain no matter what, you may have a chance to cure grandma's disease..."
"No matter what, it is something that cannot be explained..." Xiao Linxue murmured, and after a while, she suddenly smiled.
"Okay, then I'll go find it!"
The girl smiled and took the old man's hand, interlocking her little fingers: "I will search desperately until I find something that I absolutely cannot explain. Grandma, let's hook up, and you must wait for me until that day..."
Xiao Linxue took the old man's hand and shook it.
The old man looked at the girl's tearful smile and shook his head helplessly: "No, Xiaoxue..."
"Ah?" Xiao Linxue was stunned.
"Have you forgotten, Xiaoxue? You have found something that you can't explain..."
The old man's voice stunned Lin Xue, and many memories flooded into his mind.
She finally remembered that it was from this day on that she had been searching. From school, to work, to studying abroad, in all kinds of busyness from childhood to adulthood, she had never forgotten this matter, and for this reason she even Little sea.
Searching for unexplainable things has become a very important thing in the lives of the two siblings.
When Lin Hai grew up, he chose to become an anchor, investigating strange events across the country in the most direct way.
Lin Xue, on the other hand, was a little more tactful, because she found that all the so-called strange people and strange things were just selling sheep over dogs.
So she chose to decipher all the strange people and strange things recorded in the book, so that if one day she could encounter a question that she could never explain, she could fulfill her promise to her grandma.
And she did encounter this problem, on her 24th birthday, in a dilapidated lumber factory.
She followed the clues and eventually found a pet store, where she lived and worked. During this period, she discovered more and more things that she could not explain.
However, as she learned more, she gradually understood the meaning of her grandma's original words. The loss of lifespan is an unchangeable rule, and you will die when it is used up. There may be opportunities for supplementation, but it was not something she was able to obtain at that time.
Then, it’s grandma’s funeral…
Today, in the tomb of the God of Death, she witnessed her grandma’s body disappearing like smoke...
When Lin Xue remembered everything, her figure had returned to her normal appearance.
"Grandma..." Lin Xue choked and looked at the old man beside her. She knew that this was her grandma saying her last goodbyes.
"Xiaoxue, you are a nostalgic child, but you understand that it's time to let go..." The old man looked at her kindly and said.
"But, I haven't done anything for you yet..." Lin Xue looked at the old man reluctantly and guiltily.
She has been busy studying medicine, busy looking for answers, busy doing many things, but she has neglected the most important companionship.
Looking back, she realized that the matter of her son wanting to be taken care of but refusing to be kissed had actually happened to her.
"Silly boy, you have done enough."
The old man looked at her helplessly: "Now, it's time to step out of the past and live for yourself..."
Lin Xue opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly she heard movement in the distance and turned her head to look.
In the blank space in the distance, Mu You, Xiaoya, Vivian, and those familiar animals... appeared one after another, waving to her, as if calling her over.
"Are you happy there?" Grandma's voice sounded with a smile.
"Um……"
"That's good, I can leave with peace of mind."
The old man breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at her with a smile: "Go quickly, they are all waiting for you."
In the soft voice, Lin Xue's consciousness gradually fell into a trance.
She let go of the old man's hand and subconsciously walked forward.
It wasn't until she was almost close to everyone that she woke up and looked back hurriedly.
However, there was a blank space behind him, and there was no trace of grandma anymore.
Lin Xue closed her eyes, a tear falling from the corner of her eye.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the dark Death Cemetery.
A large mass of energy visible to the naked eye surged around her. This energy extended upwards, forming a prototype of a giant skeleton more than ten meters high, which tightly wrapped her inside. However, this giant skeleton was only missing the left side. arm.
As she raised the scythe in her right hand, an illusory death scythe suddenly appeared in the right hand of the giant skeleton outside her body, and it immediately followed her and made the same action.
"Ahhhhh..."
While Lin Xue was still understanding what the death inheritance was, Hong Xiu's scream suddenly sounded.
At this moment, Hongxiu fell to the ground under the stone steps in front, covering her cheek with her left hand, and her right arm was covered with a layer of energy groups several meters long, eventually forming the shape of a giant arm.
At the same time, the right half of her face and the lower part of her left face were all covered with dense scars. The scars are so dense and twisted that it can cause psychological shadow in people just by looking at them.
Seeing Hong Xiu's appearance, Lin Xue suddenly felt that his vision became blurred, his consciousness seemed to be controlled by some kind of violence, and his eyes were only blood red.
She involuntarily raised her right hand and smashed it forward.
And following her movements, the giant body covering the periphery immediately followed suit.
The huge and thick giant arm waved the sickle and slammed it towards the red sleeves on the ground.
Hongxiu looked at this scene in horror, her body trembling, but she still subconsciously raised her right arm to resist.
"boom!"
The next moment, the entire cave shook violently several times, and was directly covered by the loud noise and smoke caused by the impact.
(End of chapter)
