Tang Yuanyuan was shocked for a moment and then came back to his senses. Looking at the scene in front of him, he stood there and hesitated for two seconds, then gritted his teeth and took steps.
The moment she took a step forward, she whispered Tsumugi's name, feeling that this was when her trump card must be used.
"Zui! Get ready to change form!"
She did not retreat away from the chains that were growing crazily like terrifying thorns, but instead chose to run closer to the circle surrounding him.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the answer I expected:
"No, the corpse ghost hexagram has a strong suppressive effect on ghosts and monsters. I can't restore my true body now!"
Zhen leaned on her shoulder and shouted: "Yuanyuan! Don't take risks impulsively! The spell he wrote for you is enough to send us away! He is the center of the magic circle's adsorption, you can't get close to him!"
Tang Yuanyuan did not stop because of Zhen's words. He just said while facing the huge wind that was churning nearby:
"...No, we've come this far...I'm going to try to take him away!"
She noticed that she herself did not seem to be too affected by the corpse ghost hexagram, so she felt that maybe if she took action, she might be able to help No. 4, who was bound by chains, and win a different turn.
"If you are worried about being involved, you can leave me first."
Tang Yuanyuan warned Zhen again, deliberately slowing down and even stopping for a moment. However, the latter shook his head when he heard her words, said nothing more, and did not leave. He just climbed harder and harder. On her shoulder.
Tang Yuanyuan understood its answer after seeing its reaction, so he chuckled lightly, no longer had any worries, and quickened his pace to pursue No. 4, who was surrounded by chains.
When she finally arrived at No. 4's side, the latter had been completely suppressed by those cold chains that were growing crazily and was kneeling down. The unprovoked and terrifying blood began to spread and stretch under his feet, and began to move towards him as if it were alive. Climb in all directions, as if you are trying to draw a pattern of evil spirits.
She reached out without hesitation, wanting to grab his arm and pull him up, but when her hands touched his arm, she only felt a chill on her fingertips, and then passed through easily without any contact. Real feeling, just like touching the air.
"Wait...what's going on..."
Tang Yuanyuan was surprised because he failed.
At the same time, the incantation on the back of her hand began to activate, and the incantation written by him suddenly shone brightly. Then she noticed that a black hole appeared in the sky not far from her, which was the same as when she came to the underworld.
The next second she suddenly noticed that her body began to become light and transparent.
From the moment the hole appeared, it exuded a huge attraction, and her body gradually began to float upward involuntarily, as if immersed in water.
Her heart trembled, but her eyes still fell on No. 4, who was pinned to the ground by iron chains. His eyes were also looking at her, but for some reason, she could see a helpless smile in them. She wanted harder. I went to grab his hand, but I still couldn't grasp anything.
After trying this several times, she finally understood that this was a choice that the other party was unwilling to change. Even when she had reached this point, he was unwilling to let her touch his body.
After realizing this fact, she stood there in disbelief and retracted her hand. Then she was blown back step by step by the sudden strong wind in the formation. She staggered for a moment before she stood still a good distance away from him.
"Then are you going to stay in the underworld?"
She asked in such a voice, but she seemed to be drowned in the sound of the surging metal collision of the chains and the whirling sound of the wind.
Although Tang Yuanyuan still had a hard time with him, in the short time they got together, she seemed to be a little concerned about what he would do. Maybe it was because of the subtle tenderness in his actions, or maybe it was because of the feelings he brought to her. With that inexplicable feeling of familiarity, she couldn't help but have some ridiculous thoughts, just like now...she hoped to return to the world with him.
Maybe it's her ridiculous empathy for a human or something else.
She still cared a little about him who would come out to protect her when in danger, no matter what the reason was.
Tang Yuanyuan doesn't know many people she knows well. There are very few people who are willing to get close to her, and there aren't many ghosts who can stay with her for a long time. Therefore, she actually cherishes every soul she knows, especially those who are willing to help her. She is particularly unforgettable when it comes to people who are special to her.
Besides, the relationship between her and him has not been broken yet.
"That's right, Yuan."
A sudden inspiration flashed in her mind, and she suddenly remembered a contract that Tsumu told her not long ago.
The kind of contract described in Tsumu's words can break some rules, and no matter who she is, she often mentions that she is a person with strong spiritual power. According to Yama's statement, No. 4 cannot escape the seal of the corpse ghost hexagram because her spiritual power has faded. , if you use the contract, you may have a chance to get back 10%.
Tang Yuanyuan thought so, and immediately leaned over to suppress her body that was getting lighter and lighter. She bent down and took difficult steps to approach No. 4 again. To her surprise, the iron chains that surged up from the ground had no impact on her. No physical harm at all.
The closer the two got closer, the red line implicating their hands became more obvious. Tang Yuanyuan's eyes swept across the faintly fluorescent red line and then fell back on No. 4.
It's close, it's close, as long as you can touch his body and do what Tsumugi says...
Soon she reached the range where she could touch his body, but this time she didn't rush to grab his arm with her hands. She took a deep breath, raised her right hand with a red line on the tip of her little finger, and closed it. Her eyes began to whisper the words that Tsumugi taught her not long ago.
"This life is caused by destiny, falling into the reincarnation of heaven, and reversing the life... With fate as the knot, with the soul as the contract, the soul as the soul, the soul as the knot, the oath..."
No. 4, who was originally covered in the noise because he was blocked by chains, suddenly raised his head when he heard the words from Tang Yuanyuan's mouth. He looked at Tang Yuanyuan's face in shock, and suddenly understood what she was saying. What? He yelled at her in panic:
"Tang Yuanyuan! Stop reading!!!"
"The contract is established..." She ignored his words to stop her and just finished reading all the words Zhen taught her. Then she stretched out her right hand that exuded a faint golden light and held his palm.
This time her hand did not penetrate, but grasped him firmly. She looked at him with a flash of light, lowered her head and touched his cheek with her other hand.
"This is your only chance. If you agree to the spiritual contract, you can get away. We have all come here, and you have chosen to take so many steps, so don't give up easily on the future you have finally won."
She saw a flash of light in his crimson eyes for a moment. She didn't know whether it was her words that touched his heartstrings, or her sudden close contact that caused his hesitation, so he couldn't get rid of her. Instead, he shook his hand quietly and unconsciously.
But at the same time, he lowered his head and avoided her gaze.
Then Tang Yuanyuan suddenly hissed, and his body, which was already half-bent, was suddenly lowered even further due to something. Number 4 clearly felt that the strength of the iron chain had increased. After Tang Yuanyuan finished reciting the binding rules of the spiritual contract, she was naturally connected to her soul, so the seal of the corpse hexagram at this moment also began to have an effect on her.
He watched the expression on her face change, revealing a bit of pain, and suddenly felt panicked. If this continued, Tang Yuanyuan would be involved in the seal of the Corpse Ghost Gua. He was determined not to conclude a spiritual contract with her, because then the two souls would be connected forever until both souls completely dissipated. The spiritual contract was a death contract that could not be broken, and once the oath was made, it was a foregone conclusion.
And he shouldn't have a close relationship with anyone, but why did Tang Yuanyuan choose to reach out to him?
He knew that he was not worthy of making such a contract with anyone, which was supposed to be a life-long companionship between the two of them. He was not qualified to do so, because this was an unfair transaction that he owed others, and it was binding the future of others. Wear with yourself.
What's more, the spiritual contract at this time is to save him, and he doesn't want to drag down the girl in front of him because of this kind of thing. For someone like him, Tang Yuanyuan had no obligation or reason to save him, and he couldn't tell her that she would regret it later if she was impulsive now.
But he couldn't involve Tang Yuanyuan in the corpse ghost hexagram.
"Tang Yuanyuan! Don't be stupid! You should break free of this seal and run away without looking back! You still have time to leave... With your spiritual power... you can still break free from the shackles of the incomplete contract..."
He gritted his teeth and wanted to yell at her to force her back, and also wanted to throw her hand away, but his soul was torn apart by countless iron chains and the ghosts hidden in the corpse hexagram, but he did not have the strength. On the contrary, Tang Yuanyuan tightened her grip on his hand, and the other hand that was originally on his face suddenly used force to turn his face away from hers.
"You're talking about running away at this time! The moment I reached out to you, I didn't want to leave alone. Why don't you just think about pushing me away!" Tang Yuanyuan frowned and looked at him, struggling. She held his hand tightly and said, "With that kind of obsession that brought me here, don't you still have the courage to continue to fulfill your wish?"
"This has nothing to do with you..."
"It was related to me from the moment you involved me in this matter!" She dismissed his words, "Since it is your obsession, don't escape at the critical moment. We have no way out, do you understand?"
At this point, her voice suddenly softened again, she gritted her teeth and actually smiled at him:
"Don't give up. If it were me, I definitely don't want to miss this opportunity again and forget all about the important people."
As she finished speaking, the palm of her hand slowly lit up with a pale golden light.
Warm and powerful spiritual power spread along the palms of their hands that were touching. His eyes flashed when he looked at the girl's smiling face, as if something hit him hard in his heart.
He took a deep breath and suddenly gave up all his resistance, then slowly turned his hand and grabbed her hand that was unwilling to let go.
Then he looked into her eyes and whispered her words in reply.
"Um."
The moment his promise came out, the palms of the two people's intertwined hands suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light, and then the golden square hexagram array suddenly spun open under the two people, surrounded by dense blue iron chains. Then it quickly began to dissipate as if it was melted by golden light.
The huge and heavy gravity disappeared, something like broken glass sounded from their ears, and the corpse ghost hexagram was completely broken and dispersed under the light of the golden magic circle.
Tang Yuanyuan felt surprised when her body felt light. She did not expect that her string of spells had such great power. What surprised her even more was that the power that formed the golden circle in front of her came entirely from herself.
But she didn't have time to think about it. An overwhelming feeling of fatigue quickly hit her. Then she was pulled into the arms of the young man in front of her and held tightly. Then a huge sound of wind sounded all around, and the formed wind screen The golden magic circle surrounding them formed an surrounding wind field.
The young man held the girl in his arms and looked back at Yama, who was standing motionless but with a frown on his face. Then strong light rose from the magic circle together with the strong wind, and the figures of the two people and the fox were completely wrapped in it, and finally disappeared. The light disappeared together with the dissipation of the magic circle.
The huge door of the Book of Life and Death Detention Center returned to calm again, but the ghosts who followed the ghost king Yama were in chaos.
Some of the ghosts who assisted Yama in activating the corpse ghost hexagram suffered a lot of damage due to the rupture of the formation, and even other ghosts that surrounded them were also affected by the last spiritual impact that came from unknown sources.
The network they had laid here for so long was finally broken free. All the ghosts had to fall into an unexpected panic situation again.
But Yan Luo only looked at the ground where the two disappeared without any trace, sighed, and looked up at the hole above where No. 4 was supposed to let Tang Yuanyuan leave.
"Tang Yuanyuan...who is that human girl...? Is this kind of power similar to hers...could it be her descendant?..."
Yama stopped where he was and whispered to himself for a long time, then suddenly smiled bitterly.
"Sure enough, it's exactly as you predicted... A special person like that will really appear..."
"The only red thread for a lonely person... He even signed a spiritual contract..."
"This time, you won't make the same mistake again, right? You're right...No. 4..."
He lowered his head and opened the cover of an old pocket watch that he had put in the palm of his right hand for some time, and gently rubbed the surface of the bronze mirror with the yellowed old photo on it.
"Ah, no. I should call you...Yi Huai."
