Chapter 1145 - 826: Farewell

Chapter 1145: Chapter 826: Farewell

"Shu Kui, the Divine Hall granted you life, yet you dare betray it and even steal an experimental subject. Your crime is unforgivable!"

"You cannot be forgiven by God. Leave your life here to atone!"

The entire Divine Hall had almost emptied its nest; all the Holy Seats had arrived.

They normally would never show themselves before others, only appearing when the very survival of the Divine Hall was at stake. Yet now every one of them had been mobilized, just to capture these two fugitives.

The power of the first three Holy Seats was even more terrifying; even Shu Kui was probably no match for them.

A fierce attack surged toward the two of them.

The barrier Shu Kui had set was shattered.

He had only just解除了归巢状态, his strength had recovered at most fifty or sixty percent; if he tried to take the attack head-on, he would be hard-pressed to manage!

A tall, powerfully built figure rushed over, blocking in front of the two, and shattered the energy with a single thunderous punch.

Seeing who it was, Shen Tang froze and then lit up with surprise. "Ah Jin!"

Xiao Jin turned and looked at her; his golden eyes were blood-red, and that handsome, striking face was full of madness, spattered with bloodstains that made him seem even more wild and dangerous.

At the moment he saw her, a trace of clarity finally returned to the man’s bloodshot eyes. He reached out and snatched Shen Tang from Shu Kui’s arms, pulling her into a crushing embrace, as if he wanted to fuse her into his very bones.

His voice was hoarse to the extreme, trembling, "Tangtang, I finally found you... I—I’m so useless, I still couldn’t protect you..."

"This isn’t an illusion, right? It’s really you. I’ve really gotten you back."

Watching his mate vanish before his eyes again and again, yet being a male who could not properly protect her—Xiao Jin was in agony to the point of breaking.

All the way here he’d been like a walking corpse, crazed as he searched, imagining countless scenarios, even guessing at the very worst possibilities.

If something had really happened to her, then even if he died, he would drag people from the Divine Hall down to the grave with him!

Fortunately, fortunately he had found her. Xiao Jin felt as if he had come back to life.

Immediately afterward, fireballs rained down from the sky, mixed with razor-sharp Wind Blades. From afar came a chorus of ghostly wails, as if a barricade had formed, holding back the steps of the pursuers.

The Fire Fox strode on air, its long, narrow fox eyes sweeping over the tide of pursuers surging in like a deluge from behind, like Vajra eyes blazing with fury.

Its fiery-red fur burned like flames, brushing through the air; all Ten-tails spread wide, countless fireballs condensing at the tips and hurling into the sky, like a meteor shower crashing down.

"Ah!"

Countless screams rang out.

Those Beastmen simply could not withstand the power of the Destructive Fire and turned to ash one after another.

The sky itself seemed to darken for an instant; howling gale-force winds loaded with savage energy swept down from above. Many Beastmen were flung away outright, and many more were pierced by the dense Wind Blades, instantly shredded into chunks of flesh and blood. The ground was piled with corpses and seas of blood, like a Purgatory on earth.

"Brother Li, Ah Xiao... you’re all here." Shen Tang’s eyes reddened. She hadn’t expected to see the Beast Husbands she loved and trusted most at a moment like this; her heart swelled with a sour ache that felt ready to burst.

They had actually managed to track her all the way here. With the Divine Hall so heavily guarded, she didn’t need to imagine what they’d gone through on the way.

"Well, well, fugitives of the Divine Hall, you finally show yourselves! Last time you got away by sheer luck. This time you’re absolutely not escaping!"

"Seize them and kill them on the spot!"

The other Holy Seats immediately engaged Shen Li and the others.

Shen Li and Lu Xiao likewise charged to the front, clashing in close-quarter assassinations and battles with those Holy Seats and high-ranking elites. Their hearts held a thousand words they wanted to say, but they didn’t even have the chance for a single embrace.

Yet in this moment, everyone understood that the most important thing now was to protect Shen Tang’s safety.

They had to get her out of here alive.

Nothing must happen to her.

On her shoulders rested not only the secret of the Blood Clan and the hope of Blood Clan revenge; she was also the female they loved most, more important than their own lives, someone worth guarding with their very lives.

The Golden Eagle circled high above, speaking human words, its majestic, low voice carrying into the distance. "Don’t look back. Take the Female Master and get out of here."

"With us holding them off from behind, you must get her out safely, without so much as a single hair missing! Otherwise, even as a ghost I won’t let you off."

Xiao Jin buried his face against the female in his arms, taking in a deep breath of her scent, forcing down the surging longing and the heartache so intense it felt like his heart was bleeding. Then he pushed her back into Shu Kui’s arms, transformed into a massive Black Panther covered in golden lightning patterns, and leapt toward the rear, instantly tearing a Beastman who tried to sneak attack into two halves.

He joined the battle like a bolt of thunder, stirring up storms and upheaving the battlefield.

They did not particularly like this Black Scorpion Beastman, but they had more or less guessed his identity and knew there was a deep connection between him and Shen Tang, so they trusted him with the female.

"Li, Ah Jin, Ah Xiao, Jia Lan—"

Shen Tang’s eyes were wet, her heart trembling.

She wanted them to be safe and untroubled, but in the end they had still been dragged into this because of her.

Shu Kui carried Shen Tang and charged toward the exit of the Divine Hall.

In his palm, countless hidden weapons appeared—on closer look, they were some kind of concentrated drug, shooting like arrows toward the pursuers behind.

The bodies of those Beastmen underwent a monstrous change, all turning into twisted Mutant Beasts, losing their reason and beginning to tear into the Beastmen around them without distinguishing friend from foe. The entire battlefield was thrown into even greater chaos.

The pursuers could no longer hunt them down.

Just as they neared the Divine Hall’s main gate, Shu Kui suddenly stopped, loosened his arm, and set Shen Tang down on the ground.

Shen Tang hadn’t reacted yet; she only grabbed his arm, saying anxiously, "Shu, hurry, go! You absolutely must not stay in the Divine Hall."

Shu Kui lowered his head to look at her, smiling as he shook it. "Xiao Xi, I can’t leave."

"What?" Shen Tang froze.

He tore open his clothes, revealing a strong, bare upper body, covered—crowded—with bizarre, sinister markings!

These were energy brands the Divine Hall had carved into him, impossible to erase for all eternity.

Shu Kui raised a hand to brush over the patterns on his chest—that was the bodily seal they had placed on him.

Looking at the female whose face had gone shock-pale, the young man’s expression remained as gentle and composed as ever. "As a Holy Seat of the Divine Hall, I cannot betray the Divine Hall, and I can never leave this place."

"Thank you, Xiao Xi... Being able to send you on this last stretch, get you here—I’m content. I have no regrets left."

Energy blossomed in his palm; he gently lifted her up with it and sent her toward the exit.

"Stop! Don’t you dare leave the Divine Hall!"

A hysterical shout rang out from behind.

The most powerful Great Saint Seat charged over, eyes bloodshot and tearing.

The warmth vanished completely from Shu Kui’s face; his silver eyes turned to sheets of frost as he took out the Space Key.

Back then he’d wanted to give this key to Shen Tang, but Shen Tang had ultimately never accepted it, so it remained in his hand.

The aura around the black-haired youth surged violently, pain surfacing on his face.

One of his hands warped into a sharp, pitch-black claw, and he drove it straight into his own heart! He wrenched out his origin power, pouring all of his strength into the key!

The air was suddenly torn open into a vortex, and Shen Tang was sucked into it, completely beyond her control.

"Shu, what are you doing? Stop, now!" Shen Tang shouted, struggling with all her might, but that power that tore Space itself was far too strong—she couldn’t stop it at all.

"They won’t let you go."

"If you stay here, you’ll always be in danger... Xiao Xi, it’s time to leave this place and return to an Ordinary life."

Shu Kui’s voice grew weaker and weaker, yet his smile grew brighter and more dazzling.

Xiao Xi, isn’t this exactly what we’ve always longed for—

To cast off the identity of experimental subjects, escape the Divine Hall’s hunt, and return to a peaceful, free life like Ordinary Beastmen.

He had always wanted to send her away, yet selfishly wanted to keep her a while longer, to look at her properly a little more... But now there was no time to delay. It was time to send her away.

Shen Tang watched Shu Kui’s complexion drain to a deadly white, his young, beautifully built body shrinking, skin and flesh clinging to bone, as if he had aged in an instant!

Shen Tang’s pupils contracted abruptly—this wasn’t just channeling energy, it was sacrifice!

Shu Kui truly hadn’t lied to her, but back then he’d said it only to tease her, after all, those Beast Husbands were all the darlings of her heart. How could he bear to let her be heartbroken?

He had long since prepared himself to give his life for her.

In these final moments, the youth lifted his head to look at her, a gentle, relieved smile on his face.

He—

The companion of her childhood, the one who had held her in his heart all his life.

Even though Shu Kui knew full well that the two of them would never cross paths again in the future, the moment he met her, he still couldn’t help wanting to draw near to her, to see her, to hold her.

Just like when they were young, when she had saved him and held him in her arms.

"Goodbye, Xiao Xi."

This time, it was truly goodbye.

In the final instant before the rift vanished, Shu Kui chose to self-destruct, perishing together with that Holy Seat who had been pursuing them.

The self-destruction of a Primordial Beast Tier Beastman carries a destructive-level force!

The Holy Seat and those pursuers were instantly swallowed by the explosive cloud of energy, and a vast swathe of Divine Domain buildings was razed to ruins.

This powerful energy fluctuation also shattered the defenses at the Divine Hall’s entrance, forcibly pushing Shen Li, Xiao Jin, Lu Xiao and the others out with the blast, back into the outside world.

Shen Tang also vanished completely, leaving no trace behind.