Published: March 8, 2025
Ye Zui's face twisted in pain, beads of sweat continuously dripping from his forehead, hitting the ground and soaking the floor beneath him...
He didn’t even notice that he had already exceeded the time limit by more than ten counts; he was completely immersed in this choice.
"I won’t choose, I will die."
"I choose my parents, and I will still die."
"But if I choose myself, my parents will die."
At this moment, Ye Zui was mumbling like a nervous wreck, his eyes growing increasingly chaotic, his expression more frantic...
The strange figure watched intently, a smug smile slowly appearing on his lips.
Almost there.
He had encountered many people before, including those with profound cultivation levels, but without exception, they all chose selfishly; they chose themselves. This kid was a ruthless martial artist, killing without blinking, how could he possibly choose differently at this final juncture?
He would definitely make the "correct" choice!
With this thought, the strange figure unconsciously stuck out his tongue, greedily licking his lips. As soon as this kid made his choice, the heavenly demon origin would form, and he would immediately swallow half of it, repairing his severely injured demonic soul.
Although this kid's strength was low, surely he could compensate by one percent, right?
As long as he continued like this, there would come a day when he could fully recover, even improve, because no one in this world could stop him, and no one competed with him for resources. Although this place was a dump, he could achieve qualitative change through quantitative change and elevate himself infinitely!
By that time, heaven and earth would be his to roam freely!
With this thought, he accelerated his further stimulation of Ye Zui's soul. Although this action required using his own source energy, the benefits would be considerable!
This was the only method that the Heavenly Demon Clan had relied on for eons to strengthen themselves, the most powerful method.
Suddenly, Ye Zui sharply raised his head, blood spurting from all seven orifices, and he screamed to the heavens: "Ah~~~~"
A cruel satisfaction flashed in the strange figure's eyes. He knew Ye Zui had made his final choice, and at that moment, there was already a cloud of black energy gathering in his brow. Clearly, he had "correctly" chosen himself; otherwise, there wouldn't be any signs of accumulating black energy.
People are indeed selfish, the strange figure thought mockingly, his mood relaxing as he withdrew the soul blockade, preparing to lean in closer...
However, at that moment, an unexpected change occurred. The black energy in Ye Zui's brow suddenly dissipated, vanishing into thin air in the blink of an eye!
The strange figure was stunned, not immediately realizing what had happened, when Ye Zui roared out: "My parents cannot die! They cannot die, they cannot die! No matter what, they cannot die!"
He desperately shouted: "I’ll die, I’ll die... if I die, then so be it, ah ah ah ah..."
The demonic energy in his heart, the black energy in his brow, receded like a tide!
The strange figure let out a startled cry, feeling as if his demonic soul was struck hard by the suddenly retreating demonic energy from this unexpected choice. The mental state he had just relaxed was hit by an absolute surprise; he had just withdrawn the soul blockade and was suddenly caught off guard.
In a daze, he suffered an immense backlash, everything went dark before his eyes, and he gagged, spitting out a mouthful of black blood.
"Damn it! How could this happen? How could this happen?" The strange figure was seething with anger.
This result was definitely not what he had expected!
"Ah ah..." Ye Zui howled as, in the moment of making his final choice, the surrounding demonic energy suddenly turned chaotic. The strange figure suffered a backlash, and the demon formation shifted from stable to chaotic. Ye Zui suddenly regained clarity, his mind solely focused on one thing— I want to go back to see my parents!
Suddenly jumping up, he shouted: "Dad! Mom!"