69novels Chapter 64 The Moment of Awakening
Chapter 64 The Moment of Awakening
"The results are in; I will return to the Heavenly Palace tomorrow to report!"
Long Cheng believed that he had achieved all the objectives of his experiment here, so he naturally did not want to stay any longer. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would soften his heart.
"I'm afraid that won't work."
The mysterious man's words made Long Cheng pause in his tracks. "What do you mean?"
"The higher-ups want us to continue the experiment and push it to its final stage!"
"Impossible! The dead in the city have all come back to life!"
"Heh, dead people are no problem. In just two more days, more people will die."
"...What do you want to do?"
"The higher-ups mean that they're willing to let everyone in this city die for this experiment."
"absurd!"
Upon hearing the mysterious man's words, Long Cheng, who had been holding back for so long, finally couldn't bear it any longer. "Experimenting in Shifang here is already a grave sin! How can we make another mistake!"
Long Cheng found it absurd. If they had always done this, then was the plague in Bis really a plague?
click-
The sound of the tree branch breaking instantly alerted Long Cheng and his companion. Turning around, they discovered that Eliza was standing behind the tree, staring blankly at Long Cheng, with two lines of tears sliding down her cheeks.
Eliza had come to express her feelings to Long Cheng after hearing that he was leaving the next day, but she never expected to hear such news.
The great hero in his own heart, who saved himself and the kingdom of Bis, turned out to be the culprit behind everything.
Eliza cried her heart out, but Long Cheng offered no explanation in response to her sobs.
"Dreams eventually end, and it's not too late for the princess to know my true character now."
Long Cheng appeared cold, but his hands, clasped behind his back, had unconsciously clenched into fists.
Unable to accept the true face of her beloved, the princess covered her face, wept bitterly, and fled the scene.
"Aren't you going to kill her to silence her?" the mysterious man asked, watching Eliza's departing figure.
"No need! After tomorrow, this place will have nothing to do with me anymore. Go back and tell them that the experiment is terminated, and I will take full responsibility for any accountability from above!"
After saying this, Long Cheng saw his guest off and then returned to his residence alone. He tried to drown his sorrows in alcohol, but as he drank one cup after another, his sorrows only deepened, and the turmoil in his heart became even more difficult to quell.
When Long Cheng was somewhat drunk, his Divine Court Guards informed him of some unexpected news: news had come from the palace that more than a dozen people had died from the plague.
"You bastard! How dare you lay a hand on me!"
Long Cheng initially thought that his accomplices had spread the plague again for their experiments, so he took Shifang and rushed to the king's place.
However, when Long Cheng saw those so-called plague "victims," his expression became subtle.
"Your Majesty, the victims of the plague have reappeared. Please have mercy and use Shifang to save them." The king appeared to be full of compassion.
"Your Majesty, did these people really die from the plague?"
Long Cheng asked, "These corpses on the ground have bulging eyes, bluish faces, bloodstains at the corners of their mouths, and purplish-blue ligature marks on their necks. No matter how you look at it, they couldn't possibly have died from the plague."
"Of course they are." Faced with Long Cheng's questioning, the king chose to lie without hesitation.
"...Since they died of illness, where did the bloodstains and strangulation marks on their bodies come from?" After a brief silence, Long Cheng questioned, his tone gradually becoming unfriendly.
"this……"
His gaze lingered on the contorted corpses for a moment, and then the king's expression became even more distorted than theirs.
"……Give me……"
"Give me Shifang! Give me Shifang!"
The king, who looked up again, was no longer as peaceful as before. His face was full of madness, and he muttered "Shifang" under his breath. He suddenly lunged at Long Cheng, trying to snatch Shifang from his hand.
Although his body had been enhanced by spiritual power, how could the king possibly be attacked by Long Cheng? Long Cheng raised his hand and sent the king flying.
"Give it to me! Give it to me now!!"
The king, who was rolling on the ground, was still muttering "Shifang" under his breath, looking like he had gone mad. Strangely, as the king shouted, the Shifang in Long Cheng's hand burst out with a dazzling red light.
Caught off guard, Long Cheng and the others were thrown far away by the impact. Long Cheng, whose magical power was already depleted from activating Shifang for the past few days, staggered to his feet, blood slowly flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Shifang fell into the king's arms, and red, thread-like energy emerged, transforming into a large net that controlled everyone. The king, holding Shifang, let out a laugh that did not belong to him.
"Hehehe! Long Cheng, you didn't expect that I could actually communicate with the King, did you?"
At this point, the king was no longer a king, but "Shifang," or rather, the Nightmare Ancestor hidden in Shifang.
Shifang was created by ancient cultivators, and its greatest ability is to repair souls. When the Nightmare Ancestor encountered a great calamity, he was almost destroyed in body and soul, and could only recover with the help of Shifang's power.
"You're of no use to me now, die!"
The Nightmare Ancestor manipulated the king's body, holding Shifang in one hand and claw-shaped in the other, about to finish off Long Cheng, the greatest threat to him present.
Unexpectedly, the fatal attack was blocked by Princess Elizabeth, who pounced on him. The king's claws easily pierced Elizabeth's chest, leaving a huge hole.
"Elizabeth!!"
At this moment, the king's consciousness retaliated, temporarily regaining control of his body. The red energy temporarily disappeared, releasing everyone who had been bound.
The king wept bitterly, but the Nightmare Ancestor in Shifang would not let the opportunity pass. He manipulated Shifang to crash straight into the king's chest, intending to completely take over the king's body.
"Run!"
In his final moments, the king could only issue a final warning. Long Cheng and the others, now free, carried Elizabeth and fled out of the city.
By manipulating Shifang to forcibly merge with the king's body, and with the king as the host body that had already been modified to a great extent, Shifang's power finally came into play.
A powerful energy swept across the entire city, and wherever it passed, all the residents' flesh and souls were taken away, leaving only piles of white bones.
To his astonishment, Long Cheng, who was carrying Elizabeth, discovered that Elizabeth's body was also gradually turning into bones. Unlike them, who could resist with their magic, Elizabeth was a mortal, and she was originally a resurrected being from Shifang. She was too deeply connected to Shifang and could not escape Shifang's control.
Looking at the skeleton in his arms, Long Cheng felt his heart bleeding. At this moment, he could no longer deceive himself or suppress his emotions. Long Cheng lowered his head and gently kissed the skeleton.
"Eliza, wait for me..."
After saying this, Long Cheng stood up, took out a golden pill and swallowed it. Then, ignoring his subordinates' advice, he walked towards the direction of the Kingdom of Bis again.
"Take good care of her, you all wait for me here!"
Long Cheng knew that among everyone, only he was qualified to fight the king who had already merged with Shifang.
At this time, the Kingdom of Bis had fallen into a state of utter desolation. As Long Cheng walked along, all he saw were piles of white bones.
In the dark palace, the king, who had regained his youthful appearance, sat on his throne.
"You've been lying to me from the very beginning..."
"yes!"
Why?
"For Shifang."
"For this, you'd disregard human life?"
"Don't you already know the answer to this question?"
At this moment, the king was still in control of his body. Hearing Long Cheng's question, he fell silent. Yes, he knew the feeling of being lost all too well.
"Eliza is dead. Shifang has taken her soul. Give it back to me, and Eliza will have a chance to live!"
Long Cheng tried to persuade him, but the king had already completely lost his way. A flash of red light appeared in Shifang, and the king went completely mad.
In the end, Long Cheng used a secret technique, sacrificing an arm, to seize a fragment of Shifang. With the help of his subordinates who arrived at the scene, he entered the tunnel and reinfused the soul within the Shifang fragment into Elizabeth's body. Elizabeth, who had just been a skeleton, was brought back to life, her flesh and blood restored.
Faced with the king who was close behind, Long Cheng ordered his remaining subordinates to take Elizabeth away first and to present the Shifang fragments to His Majesty.
At this time, the effects of the golden elixir in Long Cheng's body had worn off, and with one arm severed, he was nailed to a mural in the tunnel by the king, who had lost his human form. Coincidentally, the mural was carved to praise Long Cheng's merit in saving the Kingdom of Bis.
In order to stop this inhuman creature and to atone for his sins, Long Cheng unleashed the ultimate secret technique of the Dragon Clan, Shattering Dragon Roar!
A thousand-foot-long ice dragon roared as it burst forth from the only passage through the Kingdom of Bis, encircling the entire kingdom and transforming into a gigantic iceberg.
"Lord Long Cheng!"
The Divine Court Guards under Long Cheng stared at the iceberg in disbelief. The road was blocked, and with only the Jade Void Realm, they could no longer enter. The only option now was to return to the Heavenly Court and report to His Majesty.
But their escape wasn't so easy. The mysterious figure who had spoken with Long Cheng appeared and blocked their way. The two desperately tried to stop him, but were overwhelmed by a powerful attack...
The screen went black.