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Chapter 43: Wan Ye Qing Ping's fate was sealed!
A murderous aura filled the air, dark clouds hung heavy, strange fog swirled, and a cold wind blew.
Sometimes hidden, sometimes visible, sometimes rising, sometimes falling, sometimes going up and down, constantly changing.
Unlike the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, which was designed by Lü Buyi from the very beginning to specifically target the primordial spirit and magical power.
The Four Swords of Zhuxian, along with their array diagram, were obtained by borrowing the five strongest offensive and killing innate divine abilities provided by the Six Lives and Five Incarnations.
Therefore, it has no other miscellaneous effects; it is purely a formation used for attack!
The four gates of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation are arrayed, accompanied by yellow mist, raging winds, thunder, and fire.
The yellow-robed monk suffered a calamity, and the fallen Taoist priest exhausted all worldly affairs.
The sword light only devours divine bones, and the talisman only spews out black haze in vain.
Even with the most powerful and unparalleled magic, misfortune is likely to occur when a wise ruler is in power.
—Previously, it was quickly broken by Can Yi and Gongsun Ling because no one could do one against two in the same position.
In this situation, even the most powerful magic weapon cannot play a crucial role.
But now it's different. It's one-on-one, and Gongsun Ling is almost at the point of her Dharma body collapsing and her magic power being exhausted.
How could she possibly break the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation when she was already constrained by the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation?
The support provided by the "Same Moment, Same Fate" technique was extremely strained, and Gongsun Ling's overly refined application of it was now difficult to grasp.
Just now, in order to avoid Lü Buyi using the "effect before cause" tactic again, resulting in himself being instantly pierced by four swords.
She had to take another penalty—
Including the injuries accumulated before, plus the omnipresent Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi within this sword formation.
Without a doubt, if Gongsun Ling cannot break through the two formations as soon as possible, he will surely die in the formation in no time!
However, Lü Buyi is not dead, so how could she break through under these circumstances?
"With weapons and swords clashing, how can one escape the calamity of slaying immortals? The demons of love and desire, in turn, ignite the flames of ignorance—"
"Today's sorrow, life and death are in my own hands..."
Lu Buyi's murmur was not wrong at all; Gongsun Ling's life or death was now in his hands!
He gazed at Gongsun Ling, who was completely surrounded by two large formations.
His eyes, covered in darkness, revealed no emotion.
Lu Buyi actually hoped that Gongsun Ling would compromise even a little bit for his sake and for their sake, so that they could go back to how things were in the past.
As long as she takes a step back, as long as she stops struggling and resisting, as long as she stops right there!
Lü Buyi could then give himself a reason to stop immediately.
Did Gongsun Ling know this?
Can she understand Lü Buyi's hopes?
The Lord of Life and Death should be capable of this; she wouldn't be unaware of the differences between Lü Buyi and the others.
However, Gongsun Ling didn't say anything; she just kept attacking and counterattacking.
They refused to stop no matter what.
Even as the sword wounds on his body increase, even as his Dharma body is on the verge of entering the point of indestructibility.
Even the Lord of Life and Death was unwilling to back down even slightly from Lü Buyi, who stood on the side of the Corpse Immortal of Ten Thousand Industries.
Doing this doesn't come without a price—
The more Gongsun Ling acted this way, the more unbearable the pain and rage became for Lü Buyi.
Why...
Why did I give you a chance, give you leeway, and give you a way out?
But you completely ignored it?
Why should I keep changing my plans and choosing to back down just because I care about you?
But you've been stubbornly going your own way from beginning to end?
You're determined to prove to me that you're the right one among us, even if it means dying here, isn't that right?!
"Even now, you still insist on doing this, so you don't care about anything between us at all, right?"
Even you are like that!
"No, no one cares about you more than me, but there are more important things for me to bear."
"Without a doubt, there's something superior to everything else—"
Higher than...
other?
The cracking sound of his joints echoed in Lü Buyi's ears, and he tilted his head back, unwilling to look down any further.
Then, from the horizon came Lü Buyi's extremely cold voice.
"The wind and thunder are the wings of our ancestors, and their myriad transformations inspire future generations."
"Two immortal apricots bring peace to the world, a golden cudgel settles the universe!"
"Lei Zhenzi, may you be struck by five thunderbolts!"
Thunder and lightning roared down from the sky, and Gongsun Ling, who was trapped in the enemy formation, suffered another heavy blow.
But after wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, she raised her head again, trying to stand up in the thunderstorm.
However, Lü Buyi did not give Gongsun Ling a chance, and they said:
"The Thunder of All Things is indeed a heavenly calamity!"
There was no way for Gongsun Ling to accept the future chosen by the principle of "effect before cause," so another punishment of the law of cause and effect descended!
At the slightest difference, the lifespan bound to her primordial spirit would begin to deplete, and the indestructible wound would slowly appear on her dharma body.
"That's enough, stop standing up!"
"Even if we just pretend we can't hold on any longer, and wait until reality is altered and the eleventh war of cause and effect ends, wouldn't that be better?"
"You've already shirked your responsibilities, so you're prepared to die with them?!"
Gongsun Ling raised her head and looked sadly at Lü Buyi, who refused to look at her.
Sure enough, hatred and anger affect him, but he always manages to remain rational.
"What if my answer is yes?" the Lord of Life and Death asked in return.
"Do you think that just because you look like you now, I'll be forced to back down again and again out of pity?"
Lü Buyi still didn't look at Gongsun Ling, and clearly, her answer just now chilled him even more.
"Do you really think you're irreplaceable to me?"
"You think you understand me?"
"Do you really think that someone who only occupies a fleeting moment in the long life of my future self can make me retreat again and again?"
Gongsun Ling shook her head: "But no matter what, I will stop you."
"Don't you understand?" Lu Buyi's voice began to calm, an eerie calm.
"If things had gone according to my plan, the outcome of this battle of cause and effect should have been simple, and we could have continued living the peaceful life we had envisioned!"
"But I don't want to—" Gongsun Ling replied softly.
"That's why I'm still willing to tell you so much, to make you understand: if you don't accept it, then die!"
Before today, Lü Buyi had never said such a thing to Gongsun Ling.
But Gongsun Ling showed no emotional fluctuation at this moment.
She simply said calmly, "Then I'll go die."
"To die for an ideal that has already failed and a future that is destined to be unattainable?"
Lu Buyi finally laughed, a laugh filled with such rage he had never seen before.
"Fine, so what if we waste a hundred years of emotions?"
"What if it takes another hundred years?"
"I have countless hours to start over, to experience a new life, to begin a new relationship—"
"I can marry another wife until I completely forget you!"
"Is that so?" Gongsun Ling smiled, but it was hard to tell whether it was a bitter smile or a smile of sorrow.
"Perhaps that would be better," she murmured softly, "both for you and for me."
"After all, everything we've been through together might not have existed in the first place."
At this moment, Lü Buyi could no longer suppress his pain. He lowered his head and looked at his wife.
Why are you forcing me to do this, making me do the last thing I want to face!
"You insisted on doing this at all costs just so I would kill you with my own hands?"
"Think about it, Ah Ling, we didn't have to do this. You could have just pretended none of this happened, and I would have stayed with you for the rest of my life!"
"Furthermore, if you're willing to follow my path, I can use the [Practice the Fake to Return to the Real] technique to allow us to stay together for a long time without having to do things you don't want to do—"
Tell me, isn't this kind of future good for us?
Gongsun Ling remained silent for a long time before finally speaking:
"Excellent. For you and me alone, there could be no better future."
"But without a doubt, I have a future I want to see even more, a future that belongs to all living beings..."
"so--"
"I'm sorry, I've wasted your good intentions."
Lü Buyi said nothing more.
Then, he took out another ordinary-looking Qingping longsword from the list of unclaimed swords—
In the celestial realm of Biyoujing, the three-edged sword is named Qingping!
With this sword strike, Gongsun Ling will surely die!
Gongsun Ling also believed that Lü Buyi would not hesitate at all at this moment.
Therefore, she simply asked, "If you don't doubt it, will you regret it?"
Regret?
Why do you regret it?
Is it to kill you, or to help the Corpse Immortal of Ten Thousand Causes?
Or perhaps both?
What a ridiculous question!
Since you haven't regretted choosing this outcome, why should I regret it?
Lu Buyi did not answer. He closed his eyes, and the Qingping Sword fell down along with Wan Ye Buyi's "Cause and Effect".
"The fate of Wanye Qingping is sealed!"