When Death Approaches, Words Turn Kind
On the descending platform, Zhou Qing scooped up Riko and held her in his arms, while Romantina grabbed his back. Before the platform hit the ground, he leaped up and manipulated the pressure changes between the Inner Scenery World and outer worlds by controlling the flow of his Soul Power, thus achieving flight.
After slowly landing on the ground, Riko to play the White Whistle, producing a bright and clear sound.
This emotionally resonant melody seems to transcend space, directly and exclusively affecting the Rabbit Girl, causing her fighting power to increase exponentially.
High in the sky.
The White Whistle on Saundin's chest also played the symphony of Life, Sisi wisps of red flames emerged from the gaps in his metallic wings, making him move at the extreme speed.
The wings flapped forward, drawing upon the Heaven and Earth Energy to form a hurricane, an invisible Wind Blade, strong and sharp, which forced Dugu Bo to retreat continuously.
But the Rabbit Girl's ears twitched slightly, as if she could sense the movement of the wind. Her long, curly hair at the back of her waist and head swayed in the wind, and her body swayed along with it.
She was sensing the patterns of wind movement!
No matter how powerful the cutting force of Wind Blade is, it still originates from the surging of airflow.
The Rabbit Girl, who could clearly sense the movement of the wind, hid her body in the fluffy fur of her head and tail at this moment. Following the hurricane blowing in, like a salmon swimming upstream from the Great Sea, she moved closer and closer to Saundin along the barrier.
Dugu Bo, on the other hand, went around to the rear, intending to launch a pincer attack with the Rabbit Girl.
"Rabbitna!"
Saundin, however, completely disregarded Dugu Bo. Staring at the Rabbit Girl, his face, composed of steel feathers, cracked open, and he let out a maniacal laugh. "Let me see if you're even worthy—"
The steel wings behind him disintegrated, and together with the hurricane he created, they spun and cut towards the Rabbit Girl.
The Rabbit Girl's hands and feet emerged from her fur, treading on the air, and continued forward along the center of the hurricane.
But that was not Saundin's purpose.
The Dragon Head White Whistle on its chest emitted a loud sound, and the steel feathers on both sides of its chest surged and combined, forming a dragon head with its sharp teeth and mouth wide open at the Dragon Head White Whistle.
A ball of scorching energy gathered within it, forming nine concentric rings around his body. These rings vibrated and created a specific audio frequency, as if binding the surrounding space.
Boom!
Before the Rabbit Girl could even get close, the energy burst forth. The nine trembling steel feathers surrounding the dragon's head suddenly expanded, but the feathers continued to vibrate, producing a special audio frequency that resonated with the surrounding Heaven and Earth Energy, forming an invisible barrier that restrained the energy attack from being launched in a straight line.
Faced with the fleeting, scorching energy cannon, the Rabbit Girl realized she couldn't dodge it, so she curled into a ball and started spinning rapidly. The fur covering her body also generated Sisi arcs of electricity due to friction as it spun at high speed.
"Waaah!"
Below, the sound of Riko blowing her White Whistle was a level higher than before, which made the Rabbit Girl spin even faster. The wind generated by the high-speed spinning and the static electricity generated by the friction of her fur were all suddenly a level higher.
The enormous white disc continued forward, breaking through the energy beams unleashed by Saundin and striking the Dragon Head White Whistle on his chest.
Bang!
The instant the Dragon Head White Whistle was misaligned, Dugu Bo had already circled behind, his entire body turning translucent, and released a highly corrosive poison onto its back.
This Soul Skill is capable of slaughtering a city and destroying a country!
However, it could not corrode Saundin's feathers in the slightest... But this potent poison did cause the Soul Power circulation route constructed from the White Whistle within Saundin's body to break down.
The Life Movement, played by Saundin, came to an abrupt end.
As the flow of his Soul Power within his body broke, his entire body continued to fall, crashing heavily to the ground amidst the flames, leaving only his upper body, which was not completely burned away.
Dugu Bo descended from the sky and landed beside Zhou Qing, unable to hide the shock in his eyes. He said to him, "After this guy completed his transformation, he is not made of flesh and blood at all. His whole body is made of something like steel. He has no internal Five Viscera at all. He only has Soul Power circulation system based on that White Whistle... He is a monster!"
However, such a monster can be severely damaged if its core Soul Power system is destroyed, or if its White Whistle is displaced.
"Ultimate Life Form... truly... a pipe dream!"
As Riko stopped playing the White Whistle, the Rabbit Girl fell from the sky. Her flowing fur slowly shortened, her long legs turned into short legs again, and her slender arms returned to their round shape.
Bang!
Upon landing, the Rabbit Girl first glanced at Riko, who was crying while holding the White Whistle, before slowly walking towards Saundin, whose body was now only half-broken, and listening to his murmurs.
"Light!"
Saundin struggled to raise his Right Arm Bone, and his dim, single eye seemed to see the true light of the outside world through the Third Layer of clouds above.
"You're going to die, Saundin."
The Rabbit Girl walked over to Saundin and sat down.
The previous battle had taken a heavy toll on her, and in her lost memories, she seemed to be friends with Saundin, so instinctively she didn't let him take his last breath immediately.
"Yeah, I'm going to die."
Saundin was hoarse, "Finally, I'm going to die... Living too long will drive you crazy... I really envy you. The process of alienation was obviously imperfect. You lost some of your memories, but you were carefree... However, thank you for reminding me of my past adventures."
"Rabbitna, please take good care of Riko's... White Whistle..."
"I wish you that on your journey down the mountain with your companions, you will find the true meaning of Life after it has become eternal!"
A person's words are good when they are about to die.
Despite committing countless evil deeds, Saundin still retains a pure heart deep within him, a quality characteristic of the Abyss People.
As the last sentence fell, Saundin's upper body burned to ashes and vanished.
"This guy..."
Upon learning of the Fallen One's long lifespan, Dugu Bo's expression sombered slightly.
Eternal Life—
For humans, it might be a punishment.
Taking himself as an example, if he had experienced all sorts of life and death separations over a long period of time, he would not be able to guarantee that his thinking would still remain normal.
But what if you could also help your loved ones live longer?
What about the relatives of your relatives?
Endless.
Not to mention that this contradicts the new world order that Zhou Qing wants to establish, Dugu Bo himself, apart from Dugu Yan, doesn't really care about how his descendants live.
To paraphrase Old Jack from Holy Soul Village, children and grandchildren have their own destinies. As elders, we should do our best to raise our children and grandchildren to adulthood and give them the opportunity to live a better life.