Chapter 147: Chapter 147: Sacrifice!

Ying Bing felt as if she were dreaming in a daze.

The person she had been thinking about just moments ago was now vividly appearing in front of her.

Is this… an illusion?

But after sensing the warmth from Gu Xing’s fingertips, she suddenly awoke.

This is not a dream!

But the next second, immense fear engulfed her heart.

Blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

She wanted to open her mouth to remind Gu Xing to leave here, but…

The domain shattered, and at this moment, she had already reached the end of her life.

She couldn’t control her own body.

Even more frightening was…

The aftereffects of Life Burning began to appear at this time.

Her body was aging rapidly.

Her previously smooth skin was drying and wrinkling at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Master! Quickly use Celestial Grace!”

Liu Li’s exclamation startled Gu Xing from his daze.

He trembled and activated the Sovereign Talent, a silver light swirling madly in his eyes.

“Celestial Grace!”

One after another, holy light descended, finally slowing the aging process.

But Gu Xing quickly realized that while Celestial Grace could remove negative states, it couldn’t replenish the life force that had already burned out…

“Enough…”

A wrinkled hand gently pressed against him.

Ying Bing shook her head with her last bit of strength, her voice as light as a sigh in the wind:

“Don’t waste your effort…”

“Quickly leave… Monarch Level…”

The sentence wasn’t finished…

Her eyes gradually lost focus, her long eyelashes drooping slowly like a butterfly with broken wings.

Gu Xing felt the gradually cooling body in his arms, his heart clenched tightly by an invisible hand.

No… it’s not possible…

His hands trembled uncontrollably, the young man who had never retreated on the battlefield was now consumed by an unprecedented fear.

Just as despair was about to drown him—

“Lord Gu Xing!”

Sally’s figure suddenly appeared, holding a large barrel of Spring of Life glowing with a vivid green light.

She called out urgently:

“Quickly put Lord Ying Bing inside! The Spring of Life can temporarily maintain her life force!”

Gu Xing awoke from his dream, carefully placing Ying Bing into the spring water.

With the green waves rippling, the girl’s pale face finally regained a hint of color, and the decaying aura gradually stabilized.

“Ah…”

Seeing Ying Bing’s condition stabilize, his tensed nerves were about to relax—

“Humans, did you forget my existence?”

A chilling voice slithered into his ears like a venomous snake. That Monarch Level Demon Race had finally fully recovered from the blast and was now looking down on them arrogantly.

Gu Xing slowly raised his head, a cold rage igniting in his silver eyes.

But when he saw the attributes of this Demon Race, the anger in his eyes suddenly stopped.

Because…

[Blood Demon]

[Talent: Demon King]

[Level: King Tier Three]

[Power: 100,000]

[Constitution: 100,000]

[Spirit: 100,000]

[Speed: 100,000]

[Skills: Demon King Domain, Demon King’s Body…]

Even if he could disable this Demon King’s domain, the nearly 100,000 attributes of this Demon King…

With Liu Li and Qing Shuang as they are now…

There is absolutely no chance of winning!

Escape?

With Fei Yue at Commander Level, if he wanted to leave.

No one would be able to stop him!

But…

He could leave!

But he couldn’t take the citizens of Lin Yuan City with him!

Moreover…

Looking at Ying Bing’s pale face in the Spring of Life.

The stubborn girl who would rather burn her life to protect this place, how could he easily give up?

But defeating this Demon Race…

“Lord Gu Xing!”

Sally’s voice snapped Gu Xing back to reality.

He turned to look at the little maid beside him, and saw unprecedented seriousness in her eyes.

“You must have a way to deal with this Demon Race, don’t you?”

This sentence suddenly reminded Gu Xing of the [Soul-devouring] skill—

[Soul-devouring: Unconditionally increase Guardian Beast’s attributes by 200%]

[Special State: Sacrifice (Sacrifice one Guardian Beast to make the increase effect 400%)]

A 400% boost…

With Liu Li and Qing Shuang’s current attributes…

Perhaps they could indeed counter the Monarch Level!

But sacrificing a Guardian Beast…

Gu Xing’s face suddenly turned pale!

Impossible!

Every Guardian Beast is an irreplaceable partner to him, he absolutely does not want to endure this cost.

Sally seemed to see through his hesitation and softly said:

“Lord Gu Xing, actually the prophecy of the Elf Empress has two parts!”

“The first part is that Prophet will descend upon the Elf Secret Realm, as for the second part…”

Sally didn’t continue, but instead took out a golden glowing leaf of the Life Tree from her arms.

“The second part… is our Cat Race’s mission!”

Before she finished speaking, she had already pressed the golden leaf on her forehead.

In an instant, the leaf transformed into light and merged into her body.

At the same time, Gu Xing clearly felt a spiritual link emerge in his mind—

This is…

Sally?!

Gu Xing’s pupils suddenly contracted, a terrifying suspicion surged in his heart.

At this moment, Sally was bathed in golden light, looking at Gu Xing with an unprecedented determination:

“Lord Gu Xing…”

Her voice trembled slightly, “Can I call you Master once?”

“Just this once…”

“Ever since you saved me on that day, I’ve dreamed of becoming your Guardian Beast…”

Her voice grew fainter, “But I know… my talent isn’t worthy of you…”

“So I worked hard to learn, hoping to be your best little maid…”

“But now…” her figure began to be consumed by blood-red flames, “Your little maid… just wants to call you Master once with her own voice…”

Gu Xing trembled violently.

How could this happen?!

Even though he hadn’t activated the Soul-devouring Talent, the sacrifice had already begun.

The memories of his time with Sally flashed like a series of scenes before his eyes, anger, fear, sorrow…

Various emotions churned in his chest, nearly suffocating him.

He opened his mouth, but could not utter any sound…

Sally waited for a long time without getting a response, the light in her eyes gradually dimmed.

She lowered her head, but a gentle smile still appeared on her lips:

“Lord Gu Xing… I understand…”

“If… there’s a next life…”

“Sally would still want to be your… little maid…”

The blood-red flames suddenly surged, engulfing her figure more fiercely.

“No!!!”

Gu Xing finally found his voice, shouting desperately:

“I promise you!”

“Stop!”

But once the sacrifice ceremony began, it was like a raging wildfire, unstoppable.

In the flames, Sally’s figure grew fainter, but when she heard Gu Xing’s response, she showed a relieved smile.

In her final moment, her lips opened gently.

Despite being surrounded by the raging flames, Gu Xing still clearly recognized the silent two words:

“Master…”

The blood-red flames completely engulfed the petite figure, leaving only a trace of golden light flashing in the flames, eventually turning into points of starlight and dispersing…

Sacrifice completed!

Blood-red spiritual power surged madly around Gu Xing, but he was completely unaware.

His body trembled uncontrollably, with only one thought remaining in his mind:

Today…

Ying Bing is on the brink of death, Sally has sacrificed her life…

All of this is the fault of—

“It’s all because of you!!!”

Gu Xing suddenly raised his head, his crimson eyes fiercely locked onto the Monarch Level Demon Race, his voice filled with unprecedented madness!

Kill him!

He must be killed!

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