Preparing for a Rainy Day

--My good brother Yan Jinghong is dead! He died ten years ago. The person standing before me is just a hero named Yan Jinghong!

Scenes from the past flashed through my mind: the youthful exuberance of entering the martial world, the regret and self-blame for losing a beloved, the arduous training to uphold my promise, the sorrow and helplessness of being misunderstood, and the indifference and calm that I had grown accustomed to...

Ultimately, it transformed into the fourth move of the Hero Sword Technique.

"The Nameless Hero Turns to Dust!"

Yan Jinghong touched the space between his eyebrows, and his essence, Essence Blood, Qi Essence, and soul were all burning. He pointed out with his fingers, and a white-incandescent sword rainbow shot out from his fingertips, piercing straight towards the sky.

This sword rainbow lacked the overwhelming and vast killing aura of a thousand armies, because all the killing Sword Intent were highly concentrated, not ostentatious at all, and condensed into a single line.

When the sword flashes, it's like an unknown assassin, driven by rage, traveling thousands of miles to take the enemy's leader, never to return, risking everything to die for their cause. Even if the opponent possesses all the wealth and power in the world, they will all vanish in this one strike.

Two people are lying on the corpse, the world is pure!

"Red Giant Helium Flash!"

Xiao Xuan pressed his hands down, and a destructive white light shot out, wrapped in surging lightning. The diameter of the light wave was a hundred feet, and the temperature at its core instantly exceeded one hundred million. Even Xiao Xuan was covered in blood when he made the move.

No one doubted that this strike could level the land within a hundred miles. Compared to it, Yan Jinghong's incandescent sword rainbow was like a firefly compared to the bright moon, or a grain of sand in the vast ocean, as if it would sink into the sea and disappear upon contact.

However, when the two sides actually made contact, the incandescent sword rainbow resisted the destructive white light with an awe-inspiring and inviolable posture, preventing it from descending and causing it to annihilate itself if it got too close.

"One Sword Breaks All Techniques!"

Xiao Xuan was astonished and couldn't believe that Yan Jinghong could break through in the midst of battle and unleash a One Sword that was recorded in books and could be considered the highest level of swordsmanship.

The incandescent sword rainbow broke upwards with an air of unimpeded freedom. Wherever it passed, all laws were annihilated and True Essence vanished. At first glance, it seemed as if the white light of destruction dared not make contact with it and took the initiative to retreat.

However, when it approached Xiao Xuan to within three feet, the incandescent sword rainbow stopped.

Because Yan Jinghong could no longer provide any more Primal Qi, unlike Si Ming who had Vacuum Zero-Energy Furnace to replenish his Primal Qi indefinitely, as a Nascent Spirit Transformation techniques, he used three ultimate moves in succession, which depleted seventy percent of his power. At this point, he was completely exhausted.

Looking at the sword rainbow so close to him, Xiao Xuan revealed a sense of relief at surviving a disaster. His forehead was covered in sweat from lingering fear. If this sword rainbow, which possessed the ability to shatter all laws, had landed on him, even if he could transform into Electric Light Ion State, he would have been certain to die.

If the quality is insufficient, make up for it with quantity.

Xiao Xuan roared, ignoring his injuries, and unleashed his full power, finally suppressing the white-blazing sword rainbow.

With his Jing Essence Qi Essence completely depleted, Yan Jinghong, who only had a wisp of Spirit Essence left, was like a candle flickering in the wind, seemingly about to vanish at any moment. But as he looked at the sword rainbow that was gradually being pushed back, he showed an expression of no regret.

He believed that his apprentice would seize the opportunity, and that this step was enough.

What is the meaning of my success? The past is but a dream...

Suddenly, a slender hand grasped him, and abundant vital energy surged forth, causing the incandescent sword rainbow to be pushed back as if it had been parched for a long time and received timely rain.

Fourth Sister, you!

Yan Jinghong looked at Ling Huanxi beside her and urged anxiously, "Let go quickly, I'm enough on my own."

I want to be with you.

"Your sacrifice is meaningless. If you really want to contribute, you might as well take this opportunity to attack."

I want to be with you.

"If you truly care about me, then live on. I know it sounds despicable to say this, but you carry the hopes and dreams of all three of us. As long as you live..."

I only want to be with you!

The firm tone revealed an unwavering will that would not be swayed by any words or actions.

Their eyes met, and Yan Jinghong finally understood the other's determination and the feelings hidden deep in her heart that she dared not express.

Looking back, it was supposed to be my responsibility to guard my eldest brother who had gone mad, but it was my fourth sister who volunteered to take his place and guarded him on the snowy mountain for ten years.

How many decades does one have in a lifetime?

"No wonder my eldest brother said you're the strongest of the four of us. I found it strange when you chose 'ox' at first, but now it seems quite fitting."

"I just want to be with you," Ling Huanxi repeated.

"... Yan Jinghong, oh Yan Jinghong, how many more people will you have to let down?"

With a self-deprecating sigh, Yan Jinghong responded by grasping the other's hands and saying with a smile, "Then let's return to Taiwei together."

Ling Huanxi nodded vigorously. "Mm."

With their essence, energy, and spirit completely burned away, the two figures transformed into light, all merging into the incandescent sword rainbow, displaying the true splendor of One Sword Breaks All Techniques, annihilating earth, fire, water, and wind, and neutralizing the two poles of yin and yang.

"No— Yan Jinghong, how dare you..."

Accompanied by unspoken complaints, Xiao Xuan's demonic body vanished with the white light of destruction, as if it had never existed.

Moments later, the wounded Si Ming rushed into the battlefield with the Sacred Sword. Looking around but seeing no trace of it, he threw the Sacred Sword to the ground in utter regret, covered his face, and wept bitterly, crying, "Why? Why did this happen?!"

As the sun sets, only a solitary figure, filled with self-reproach, appears all the more lonely.

Volume Thirteen: The Right Path of Humanity is Full of Vicissitudes

Chapter 862 Planning Ahead

When Si Ming returned to the Heavenly Martial Alliance headquarters from the Blood Abyss Sect through the spatial array, he found the scene completely silent. Everyone's eyes were focused on him, their eyes shining like stars in the night sky, full of anticipation.

After a moment's thought, Si Ming understood that since the Netherworld Insect Princess had fallen into a deep sleep, the Monster Race she had resurrected would naturally perish, and the Zombie Race would no longer be subject to her commands. Everyone understood what had happened upon seeing this.

However, even if you understand something, you still want to confirm it with the person involved in person before you can be completely at ease.