Chapter 1197: Chapter 1169: Brothers Again in the Next Life
Chu Songlan stayed.
He really stayed.
Originally, he thought that even if Li Chen broke through to Roaring Level, his strength wouldn’t be too exaggerated.
After all, he himself was a Roar-level Expert, and he had already reached the Roaring Level’s Peak, even possibly breaking through to Roar Level.
But Li Chen?
He’s just a mere newly-broken Roaring Level.
No matter how strong, no matter how bad his state was, he could still manage to escape after a few rounds, right?
In a battle between Earth-level Experts, unless both sides are determined to eliminate the other and fight to the death, it’s difficult for one side to kill the other if they decide to flee.
Killing is harder than defeating; capturing alive is even harder than killing. This is an unchanging truth in the Martial Artist World.
If the gap in strength between the two sides isn’t too big, he felt that if he was determined to escape, even Li Chen wouldn’t have much of a way to stop him.
Those two old men might not have been as strong as them, but they successfully escaped from under their noses. Isn’t that a perfect example?
But soon, he realized he was wrong.
Wrong to an absurd degree.
Escaping has a prerequisite.
First, you must have an opportunity to escape. Secondly, you must have very fast speed.
But Chu Songlan found that he had no chance to escape in front of Li Chen.
He wanted to escape but found that he couldn’t seize any opportunities to do so.
Li Chen’s every move left no gap for him to exploit. He couldn’t find an opportunity to escape.
So, he chose to stay and fight Li Chen to the death.
Because in fighting to the death, there might still be a glimmer of hope, but if he kept focusing on escape, he might really have no hope.
Staring at Li Chen, Chu Songlan’s gaze became incredibly dark and shadowy.
Like an owl in the night, glaring intensely at its prey.
Though he appeared to be the hunter at that moment, he knew clearly that he was the prey.
"Are you still going to resist?"
Li Chen gently waved his hand and spoke calmly.
Earlier, he hadn’t even drawn his weapon, catching Chu Songlan’s scythe attacks with his bare hands.
Catching blades bare-handed! It sounds simple, but when the blade is infused with True Qi and enhanced by Chu Songlan’s Light Attribute, it’s no ordinary weapon.
That scythe at that moment not only had a high temperature similar to a branding iron but also possessed True Qi’s cutting ability. That’s why the scythe can easily cut through thick tree trunks.
But just now, Li Chen caught that scythe with his bare hands as if he didn’t even use True Qi and showed no fear of the high temperature.
"What... What kind of monster are you?!" Chu Songlan said with some difficulty.
"I know whether I’m a monster or not." Li Chen’s eyes carried a faint sadness: "From beginning to end, I just want to live well, to live well with those around me. Ask yourself, before you attacked me, did I ever harm any of you?"
Li Chen hung his head slightly, and his expression became a bit blurry.
"We just want to live, is that wrong?"
Hearing Li Chen’s words, Chu Songlan became silent.
This man, like a monster, a descendant of the Li Family, only wants to live?
He’s fighting so hard just to live?
Chu Songlan didn’t know what to say, but things had already come to this point. Even if he wanted to concede, Li Chen surely wouldn’t let him walk away.
He had no way back.
"Hehe!" Looking at He Baigang lying not far away, already breathing weakly, Chu Songlan’s face showed a grim smile.
"Yes, living is indeed better than anything else. Now thinking about it, those things I cared about seem like nonsense right now." Chu Songlan laughed grimly.
The scythe in his hand suddenly spun and fell toward Li Chen’s head.
"Bang!!"
Li Chen pressed the scythe against his own head, watching this grimly smiling man, and unsure what the other was thinking. But now, all he wanted was to kill him.
He’s not a saint who lets go of hatred and lays down his weapons.
Hatred can only be cleansed with blood.
Those words were more an outlet for his current painful mood.
"Clang!!"
Red Moon, emerged unsheathed for the first time after Li Chen broke through to Roaring Level.
The moment it was unsheathed, it gleamed like a flash of blood, directly brushing past the scythe above.
This move was indeed unsheathing!
The scythe instantly rebounded toward Chu Songlan’s body.
However, at this moment, Li Chen was surprised to find that Chu Songlan seemed to have no intention of defending.
He let the rebounding scythe cut into his body.
"Shhh!!"
The sharp blade of the scythe pierced through Chu Songlan’s body instantly, even extending from his back, exposing a segment of the sharp blade tip.
"Pugh!"
Chu Songlan suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, shook his head with a grim smile.
"It’s karma."
Turning to look again at He Baigang not far away, Chu Songlan said softly: "Baigang, over these years, we’ve done quite a few unscrupulous deeds. Today, though nominally it’s revenge, it’s more about wanting to suppress this young man, isn’t it? Do you think today is our karma?"
Li Chen didn’t pursue them.
He naturally heard Chu Songlan’s whispering, silent.
He didn’t know what Chu Songlan was thinking, but he saw the resolve to die in this man’s eyes.
He knew clearly that he wouldn’t escape today.
Li Chen felt no sympathy, just a wave of inexplicable sadness.
Chu Songlan slowly reached He Baigang’s side, still carrying the enormous wound.
The wound didn’t heal, and blood kept gushing out, perhaps severing an artery.
"Well, we’ve been together for so many years, and dying together seems like a good option." Chu Songlan didn’t look at Li Chen again, but instead looked up toward the sky above.
He slightly raised his hands, placing one on his chest and the other on He Baigang. A faint smile appeared on Chu Songlan’s face.
"In the next life, let’s be brothers again."
"Shhh!!"
With a piercing sound, bright white light emerged from both Chu Songlan and He Baigang simultaneously.
In this white light, their bodies gradually disintegrated, like snowflakes.
In the midst of the white light, Li Chen could vaguely see that He Baigang, lying still as if already dead, seemed to be smiling at that moment too.