Chapter 172 Collision
A complex wave of emotions surged in Lu Mingfei's heart. Lu Mingze's eyes were extremely sincere, as if they really showed the deep affection between brothers and seemed to be thinking about him. But the more this was the case, the more uneasy Lu Mingfei felt.
"Lu Mingze, do you think I will believe it?" Lu Mingfei spoke in a low voice, his tone calm.
Lu Mingze was slightly startled, but then he smiled. His smile was still gentle, but his tone was even softer: "Brother, whether you believe it or not, I hope you understand that everything I do is really for your own good. Look at yourself, now you live like an empty shell, without the emotions of a human being, only pain and responsibility are supporting you. Don't you want to get rid of these and live your life again?"
"Live my own life again..." Lu Mingfei repeated softly, as if thinking about the weight of this sentence. He lowered his eyes and looked at his hands. His fingers trembled slightly, as if confirming something.
After a long time, a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. He raised his head and stared at Lu Mingze with cold eyes: "What a pity, Lu Mingze, you made a mistake."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Lu Mingze still smiled gently, with a hint of tentativeness in his tone.
Lu Mingfei spoke word by word, a faint light ignited in his golden eyes, "From the first day I stepped onto that battlefield, I knew that a peaceful life had nothing to do with me anymore."
Lu Mingze's smile froze and his eyes flickered slightly, as if he had not expected Lu Mingfei to answer like that.
"You're right, I'm really tired." Lu Mingfei continued, his voice low but revealing an unshakable determination, "But being tired doesn't mean I will escape, nor does it mean I will accept this false happiness. If I have to abandon everything I've experienced in order to pursue a peaceful life, then I would rather choose to move on."
"But brother..." Lu Mingze frowned, his tone was anxious, "How far can you go? Your strength is close to the limit, and your heart is already broken. If you continue like this, you will only destroy yourself in the end! Why bother? I can give you a brand new beginning, a world without pain, why do you have to cling to those meaningless sacrifices?"
“Sacrifice?” Lu Mingfei suddenly raised his head, his golden eyes burning like flames, staring directly at Lu Mingze, “Do you really think that those sacrifices were meaningless?”
Lu Mingze was stunned.
Lu Mingfei's voice was particularly cold at this moment, with a kind of shocking power: "The sacrifices of those comrades, and the enemies I killed with my own hands, were all in vain? If these sacrifices are really meaningless, then what is the point of me being alive until today?"
He took a small step forward, the shadow of the black wings looming behind him, as if ready to unfold at any time. His eyes pierced into Lu Mingze's heart like a knife: "Lu Mingze, you always say that you are doing this for my own good, but have you ever thought about what I really need?"
Lu Mingze's lips trembled slightly, but he did not answer immediately. He was silent for a moment and lowered his head, as if he was a little shaken, or as if he was in deep thought.
After a moment, he sighed softly, raised his head, and looked at Lu Mingfei with complicated eyes: "Brother, I don't understand... There is obviously a way to set you free, why do you have to choose this painful path?"
"Because that is my path." Lu Mingfei's voice was low but full of power. "No matter how much pain and darkness there is ahead, that is the path I must take. Escape is not my choice."
He paused, his eyes getting colder: "Besides, I know what you are hiding, Lu Mingze, is all this really just for my own good? Or do you have other purposes?"
Lu Mingze's eyes slightly changed, and the smile on his face finally disappeared. He looked at Lu Mingfei deeply, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised, revealing a smile: "Sure enough, brother is still so difficult to deal with..."
Before he finished speaking, the whole world suddenly twisted violently. The blue sky and white clouds instantly turned into endless darkness. The classroom, classmates, and even Chen Wenwen's figure collapsed at this moment, turned into fragments, and fell into the abyss like broken glass.
Cracks appeared under Lu Mingfei's feet, and his figure slowly sank, as if being dragged into a deeper void by an invisible force.
Lu Mingfei roared, his golden eyes burning even more fiercely, and his black wings suddenly spread out, trying to break free from this false space, but the soul-tearing force became stronger and stronger, and even he felt unable to resist it completely.
In the darkness, Lu Mingze's voice sounded faintly, with a hint of regret: "Since brother is unwilling to accept happiness, then continue to move forward with this pain."
Lu Mingfei clenched his teeth, his hands clenched into fists, and the light in his golden pupils was like a burning star, dispelling all the darkness around him.
The next second, a familiar flame ignited in his hand, and a blade as dark as the abyss appeared in his palm again. Lu Mingfei fluttered his wings, and flames and lightning jumped around his body. He raised the knife and slashed fiercely into the void.
"boom--!"
With a deafening roar, the dark crack was torn open by the sword light, revealing a ray of light from the outside world.
Lu Mingfei suddenly flew out of the darkness, and his figure appeared on the familiar battlefield again. The surrounding area was full of burning ruins. In the sky was the huge body of the White King, and Lu Mingze's figure was floating not far away, with a complicated smile on his lips.
"Welcome back, brother." Lu Mingze said lightly, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "It seems that your will is stronger than I thought. But I still hope that brother will not regret it, because what I just said is true. This may be your only chance to get rid of these things."
"Even if you adjust the timeline, what is supposed to come will still come when the time comes. It's just an escape." Lu Mingfei said.
"Since brother has clearly expressed his determination, let's continue the battle." As he said this, Lu Mingze merged into Lu Mingfei's body again.
"Let's change the battlefield next." Lu Mingfei looked up at the White King in the air, and as he spoke, he shook his black wings and flew higher into the sky.
The White King also flapped his wings and followed. The figures of the man and the dragon began to rise rapidly, passing through the troposphere and entering the stratosphere, and stopped when they were about to break through the mesosphere.
Above the stratosphere, the sky was silent and deep, the stars twinkled coldly in the distance, the curve of the earth was faintly visible, the air was so thin that it could hardly carry the breath of life, but this space that seemed to be isolated from the mortal world was now being stirred upside down by a destructive force. Lu Mingfei's black wings spread out in the endless sky, like a black curtain spanning the sky and the earth, and every vibration set off a shocking storm. His figure seemed insignificant in front of the giant body of the White King, but the will and strength burning in his golden eyes were no less than that of the huge ancient god in front of him.
When the White King's wings were spread, they blocked out the sun and the sky. His scales reflected a cold metallic luster under the starlight. His claws were as sharp as sickles, and his huge dragon tail could tear the air when it swept across. His body, which exuded overwhelming pressure, seemed to cover the entire sky in his shadow.
The duel between the two broke out in the stratosphere. The air twisted violently in their collision. Lu Mingfei rushed towards Bai Wang like a meteor. Every attack contained the power to destroy the world. Bai Wang's dragon claws swung like the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing, and a dazzling light burst out when it collided with Lu Mingfei's blade.
"boom--!"
The blade and the dragon claw collided head-on again. The powerful shock wave tore through the surrounding clouds and caused ripples in the atmosphere. Even though Lu Mingfei's body seemed very small in front of the White King, his strength was enough to contend with this ancient dragon. Every blow could force the White King's giant body to retreat several feet.
The White King growled with reluctance and anger, and opened his dragon mouth wide. Endless white light gathered in his mouth, as if to devour everything. This was one of the White King's most powerful attacks, the Word Spirit·White Flame Judgment, which was a pure destructive force that could even burn the soul.
"Humans are nothing but tiny dust. Your resistance is meaningless!" The White King's voice rolled across the sky like thunder, carrying with it ancient majesty and ridicule.
“Insignificant?” Lu Mingfei sneered. The Butu Yuhun in his hand burned with a deep black flame. The flames devoured the surrounding light, as if it could turn the void into dust. “Then let me show you how tiny dust can shake the gods!”
The White King's white flames gushed out like a torrent, rushing towards Lu Mingfei with the power to destroy everything. The sky seemed to be completely torn apart at this moment, and the dazzling light dyed the entire sky a blinding white.
However, facing this earth-shattering force, Lu Mingfei did not retreat. He swung the Butu Yuhun, the black flames on the blade burned fiercely, and his golden pupils burst into a blazing light. He concentrated all his strength on the blade and suddenly slashed at the white flames that were coming towards him.
"boom--!"
The black flame and the white flame collided in the stratosphere. The explosion at that moment was as dazzling as a star exploding. The destructive airflow spread in all directions with the two people as the center, completely tearing apart the surrounding clouds. Even the space was distorted by this force.
Lu Mingfei rushed out from the light of the explosion, his black wings vibrating, and his figure approached the White King again like a ghost. As the Budu Yuhun was swung, the black flames that tore through the sky pointed directly at the White King's chest.
Bai Wang swung his dragon claws violently, trying to block the fatal blow. However, Lu Mingfei's blade suddenly changed its trajectory, bypassing the dragon claws at a strange angle and piercing Bai Wang's abdomen.
"Pfft——!"
The moment the blade pierced the dragon scales, a sharp cracking sound resounded through the sky. The Taotie poison penetrated into the body of the White King along with the blade, and the dragon blood fell like lava, dyeing the sky red. The White King let out a shrill roar, and the huge dragon body retreated violently, trying to get rid of Lu Mingfei's blade.
The White King's dragon body shook and Lu Mingfei was blown away. Its long tail swept forward. Lu Mingfei sensed the dangerous aura and immediately flapped his wings and retreated, but the tip of the White King's tail still grazed Lu Mingfei's chest.
The hard scales on Lu Mingfei's chest became as fragile as paper under the sweep of the long tail. If he had not stepped back decisively, he would have been cut in half.
The tip of the White King's long tail contains the sharpest weapon in the world, Ame no Murasaki.
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Xia Mi stood in the temporary base built by Kassel Academy and watched the blood rain falling from the sky. She didn't know whether it was Lu Mingfei's blood, Bai Wang's blood, or a mixture of the two.
"Norma, can you see the battle in the sky clearly!" Ange's hoarse voice broke the silence in the temporary base. He looked extremely haggard, his face was covered with blood and dust, and the wound on his chest was still bleeding, but his eyes were still sharp, like a knife that could be unsheathed at any time.
At this time, they could not see the battle in the sky at all. They could only see bursts of thunder in the sky. Lightning repeatedly illuminated the gaps between the dark clouds, as if there was a shining dragon flying between the dark clouds, spewing lightning.
Norma's voice came from the communication device: "The dark clouds and energy fluctuations have blocked the detectors. We are currently unable to analyze the specific situation on the battlefield, but judging from the energy reaction fluctuations, the battle is still going on."
"Norma! Try other methods. I need to know the specific situation of the battle!" Ange supported the table with one hand and pressed the communicator beside his ear with the other hand. His hoarse voice revealed an unprecedented urgency. Even though his body was on the verge of its limit, his spirit was still tense, like a string that could break at any time.
Norma's voice remained calm. "The detector's function is blocked, and other data sources are also blocked. Currently, the energy fluctuations are still rising, and the intensity has exceeded the limit of what humans can measure."
"When can the Sword of Retribution return to the sky over Tokyo?" Angé continued.
"The Sword of Scourge has already passed over Japan and is expected to take several hours to return. However, a tactical nuclear satellite of Russia, 'Heroic Shield', will arrive over Japan in half an hour. I can try to obtain the authority of this satellite. This is a nuclear satellite manufactured by the former Jesuit Company. When it was manufactured, it was used as a real strategic nuclear deterrent. Its power is dozens of times that of the Sword of Scourge."
After hearing Norma's answer, Ange's face became a little serious, but then he held the communicator tightly again, with an unquestionable command in his voice: "Get the permission of this satellite as soon as possible, and go all out. There can be no mistakes in this battle."
Norma's response was still calm: "I understand. It will take some time to obtain the permissions. I will do my best to operate it."
After a moment of silence, Ange continued, "Whoever wins this battle must drop this satellite. The human world... cannot tolerate such a horrific existence..."
This is not just a matter of winning or losing a battle, it is a decision that concerns the future survival of the entire human race. Even if Lu Mingfei and King Bai finally resolve this battle, the final result may not necessarily restore the human world to its original order.
(End of this chapter)
