Kill them all?
Yes!
Ye Tianyi knew it was all an illusion, but to be honest, this scene was quite beautiful. Even if it was fake, Ye Tianyi did not want to kill them.
"Who are you? You expect me to kill just because you tell me to? I haven't forgotten that this is a trial. Are you... the master of this sword? Or did I choose your trial?"
Ye Tianyi stood there and asked.
"If you do not kill them all, then the one who dies will be you."
Ye Tianyi laughed.
"I chose protection, yet you want me to slaughter. If I refuse to kill, I will be erased? I don't believe you. You're trying to deceive me into following your path."
What Ye Tianyi wanted was protection!
He had no grand ambition to protect all living things. He only wanted to protect the people he loved. He sought strength because he needed the power to protect himself and those he loved!
Ye Tianyi had never considered himself a good person, but neither had he ever considered himself a thoroughly evil person!
"What if it were to protect someone you love?"
On the street ahead, a figure walked over, looking around in confusion.
Ye Xian'er.
Ye Tianyi frowned tightly as he looked at Ye Xian'er.
He knew this was an illusion, that it was all fake. He knew he could not fall for it. Ye Tianyi kept reminding himself of that—if he did fall for it, he might walk right into this person's trap.
All of a sudden, everyone in the town changed. Their gazes, everything about them, no longer resembled those of ordinary people.
The child threw away the candied hawthorn in his hand. The butcher picked up the knife beside him. One after another, they surrounded