Light and Shadow (7)
Ke Su finally couldn't hold on any longer. The Black Day on his chest completely broke free from its restraints and Integration into the Black Day in Ling Ge. Ke Su's body collapsed weakly. The Black Day that had been suppressed for eleven years, although it had been sealed, had already Integration his body.
The departure of the Black Day was too violent; Ke Su was already on the verge of death. Lying on the ground, he looked at the starry sky revealed after the blue mist was blown away, and a sense of peace settled in his heart. His belief was to protect the Holy Sight Mountain family. Unfortunately, belief cannot determine everything, so one cannot risk everything for one's beliefs.
People should stop and look around. There are many joys in life, aren't there? He chuckled self-deprecatingly, Ke Su closed his eyes and breathed his last.
Li Mo's condition wasn't much better. Ke Su's fall caused Li Mo's body to fall backward as well, but several shadow tentacles wrapped around Li Mo's body and slowly pulled Li Mo towards Ling Ge.
"Don't worry about anything else. Look, that old guy Ke Su who persecuted you is dead. No one can bother us anymore." Ling Ge looked sickly, but suddenly the bells rang loudly, and Yao Ge's figure appeared not far away. She held a long sword in her hand and quickly came to Li Mo's side. She hugged Li Mo and with a swift movement of her long sword, severed the shadow tentacles.
Ling Ge was furious, but she couldn't move while holding the Black Day. Her slightly distorted mind slowly came to her senses: the ritual wasn't over yet, which meant that the damned guy had lied to her.
A wisp of blue mist flashed by, and Zhang Qi emerged from his concealed state. He looked at Ling Ge not far away with a wry smile, and opened his palm, where a Black Day still shone.
Yao Ge looked at the dying Li Mo, grasped Li Mo's hand, and activated the spell that the previous high priest had taught her, which was also the last spell the previous high priest used. Yao Ge's face aged, and the power of shadow, carrying her life force, surged towards Li Mo.
Yao Ge covered Li Mo's eyes with her other hand and whispered, "Don't look at me. I'll be very ugly when I'm old."
"Listen, Li Mo. The Shadow Day is a hoax. The High Priestess was Manipulation by Him for the rest of her life. She was always looking for a way to break free from His control, so she invented this spell."
"All the shadow power is controlled by the Black Day, but if something is mixed in, the result will be different, such as life force." Yao Ge's voice became weak. "I originally thought I wouldn't have a chance to use this move, but clearly, heaven has favored us."
"The image of that person in my memory is already blurred. You may look a lot like him, or you may not, but none of that matters anymore." Yao Ge said with a weak laugh, "I can't remember him clearly, but I remember that feeling, a feeling very similar to what I feel now."
"I can't give you a response. I don't want to treat you as a substitute for him. My heart is only so big; it can't hold two similar people. I'm sorry, Li Mo." Yao Ge brought her head close to Li Mo's ear and whispered, or rather, could only whisper, "After I die, can you not look at my old and ugly corpse?"
"Don't look at me. Let my best image remain in your mind. Don't forget, like I did, that I was born for him and died for you. It's actually quite good."
Yao Ge gradually stopped breathing, her old and weak hand fell to the ground, Li Mo wept with her eyes closed. The Shadow Demon mixed with life force not only restored Li Mo's strength, but also greatly improved the pain in her lungs, although she would still have the aftereffect of coughing.
He recalled Yao Ge resting her cheek on her hand, her gaze tender and affectionate. At first, she might have been looking at the person in her memory, but later she probably couldn't even tell who she was looking at anymore.
He turned and hugged Yao Ge's body, Li Mo looked around at the scene. The body lay slumped on the ground, blood was flowing, and life was wailing incessantly. Perhaps all of this stemmed from his decision.
On the other side, Zhang Qi silently held a stone imprinted with the image of Black Day, looking at Ling Ge whose appearance had drastically changed. Various emotions flashed across his face. To love but not be able to have—perhaps this is a tragedy of the world.
"Zhang Qi!! You're the one who's behind this, you bastard! Stop this ritual right now!" Ling Ge shouted frantically, her shadow tentacles flashing wildly. When she saw Li Mo regain his vitality, she let out a wail.
"Li Mo, you're trying to escape again. Stop right there! I've been with you for over ten years, and you think I'm less important than that little bitch who's been with you for a year? I guess I should break your arms and legs first, then you won't be able to leave me."
"Zhang Qi, I know you like me, right? You'd do anything for me, right? Since you like me, then give me that last, Black Day..."
Looking at Ling Ge, who was rambling incoherently, Zhang Qi understood that Ling Ge had been infected by the Black Day. Her personality had been distorted, her mind had been polluted, and she had become a completely different person.
"Ling Ge, I love you." Zhang Qi smiled, and a Five-Colored Flower appeared in his hand. The so-called Five-Colored Flower was not actually five-colored; on the contrary, it was a small black flower. The correct name should be Wu She (meaning "No Pardon").
The Five-Colored Flower is highly poisonous and will kill if ingested. However, Five-Colored Flower is rarely used. Five-Colored Flower is slightly spicy and must be ingested to become highly poisonous. Therefore, hundreds of years ago, imperial dynasties used it the most. When the emperor ordered someone to commit suicide, he would usually give them the Five-Colored Flower, which meant that the crime was unforgivable.
Zhang Qi swallowed the Five-Colored Flower in one gulp, held up the last Black Day in his hand, and walked towards Ling Ge, stripping the shadow's influence onto himself, and then letting it dissipate with his death. Perhaps this was the best outcome.
The Black Day in Ling Ge trembled. Zhang Qi looked at the ferocious Ling Ge not far away, but paid no attention. Lu Li's words flashed through his mind: the living can never beat the dead. He didn't dare to win against Li Mo, but he just wanted to occupy a place in Ling Ge's heart.
After a tremor, the Zhang Qi -Black Day in Ling Ge's hand abruptly stopped, accompanied by a smile that seemed to welcome death. The Black Day in his hand flew out and into Ling Ge's hand.
You lied to me!!!
"Sorry, I just gave you something that looked similar and let you choose for yourself. I just didn't tell you everything. I didn't lie to you." Lu Li's cheerful laughter rang out.
Zhang Qi stared in disbelief at Ling Ge, who was completely shrouded in darkness. He coughed up black blood and collapsed to the ground, using his last bit of strength to wriggle towards Ling Ge and reach out his hand to stop Ling Ge.
Unfortunately, the poison of the Five-Colored Flower is extremely potent, and once it takes effect, there is no way to recover. No matter how unwilling Zhang Qi was, death came as expected, and the shadow power on Ling Ge's body slowly receded.