Yi Yun Shangcheng stepped back, and his long sword slashed at Nan Xu Cong. Nan Xu Cong nimbly dodged the attack!
Nan Xuzong gave Huangfu Xuan a look, and Huangfu Xuan immediately waved. Instantly, the troops of the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty rushed towards the troops of the Western Regions. The soldiers of the Western Regions were originally focused on Ji Wushang, thinking about whether to go and rescue him, while some of them were paying attention to Yiyun Upper City. They didn't have time to defend themselves and were immediately attacked and killed by the troops of the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty!
As Ji Wushang watched the killing unfold around her, the stench of blood intensified her urge to kill. She looked at Nan Xuzong, her eyes cold and bloodthirsty. At this moment, Nan Xuzong had joined forces with Huangfu Xuan and Beigong Minhao to deal with Yiyun Shangcheng.
Even though Yiyun Shangcheng possessed the strength of ten thousand men, everything became difficult with the addition of Nan Xuzong! Nan Xuzong recovered his body and, having just acquired the Demon-Slaying Sword, instantly forced Yiyun Shangcheng to the edge of that precipice!
Yi Yun Shangcheng watched the people around him fighting, and saw Ji Wushang being bound to the blue sky by Nan Xu Cong's golden threads. His lips twitched, his eyes were fierce, and his blood-red eyes looked at the three people in front of him. He stepped forward step by step, his right hand holding a sword, the purplish-black evil aura swirling around the blade, and his left hand concentrating his power!
Seeing this, Nan Xuzong immediately gathered his energy and channeled his power. He cut a gash in his palm, letting the blood flow into the demon-slaying sword. He stepped forward and said, "Yiyun Shangcheng, today is your death day!"
"Who lives and who dies is still uncertain!" Yi Yun Shangcheng's murderous aura surged, and he stepped forward, striking out with a palm towards Nan Xuzong! Nan Xuzong met the palm strike head-on, his strength becoming even more ruthless, and Huangfu Xuan and Beigong Minhao, seeing this, both channeled their inner energy into Nan Xuzong!
Instantly, Nan Xuzong's palm strike intensified, and Yi Yun Shangcheng was struck by their palm strikes, staggering backward! He spat out a mouthful of black blood! He immediately took out a bottle from his bosom, but Nan Xuzong, seeing this, immediately stepped forward. He absolutely would not allow him to use Gu poison to enhance his strength and restore his stamina again!
Upon learning this, Huangfu Xuan immediately stepped forward and killed him.
Bei Gongminhao froze, and Nan Xuzong and Huangfu Xuan's longswords instantly pierced Yi Yunshangcheng's chest! Yi Yunshangcheng's body stiffened. He stared in disbelief at the longswords stuck in front of him, black blood already flowing from his mouth onto his clothes!
Yi Yun turned her head to look at Ji Wushang, "Wushang..." she called out hoarsely.
Ji Wushang had already broken through her acupoints. Her whole body was filled with murderous aura. She listened to Yi Yunshang's shrill cry, but she didn't even blink. Her demonic nature seemed to explode in an instant. The golden thread shattered into thousands of broken threads, which flew out in all directions!
All the soldiers who were hit fell to the ground and died!
Nan Xuzong looked surprised, but he was even more determined not to let Yiyun Shangcheng go! He drew his demon-slaying sword and kicked at Yiyun Shangcheng!
"I am an immortal god! You cannot kill me! I will return to take my revenge!" Yi Yunshang shouted, his blood-red demonic eyes fixed on Nan Xuzong. "Nan Xuzong, I will make you suffer a terrible death!" With that, he took out a golden hairpin from his pocket and threw it at Nan Xuzong!
Nan Xuzong was stunned. It was the same golden hairpin that Ji Wushang was wearing at the same time! He stared blankly as the golden hairpin flew towards him. Beigong Minhao was shocked and rushed forward instantly! The golden hairpin passed through Beigong Minhao's right shoulder blade and continued flying towards Nan Xuzong!
Nan Xuzong came to his senses, and he turned the golden hairpin aside, causing Beigong Minhao to fall to the ground!
Huangfu Xuan drew a longsword from some of the nearby soldiers and threw it at Yiyun Shangcheng!
Once, Yiyun Shangcheng and Huangfu Xuan drank together, told jokes, and discussed business. They were once good friends at the table, vowing not to leave until they were drunk. But now, the imperial court and the pursuit of imperial power have washed all of that away!
Yi Yun Shangcheng glared fiercely at Huangfu Xuan, "Hehe, hehe!" He laughed wildly, his body like a kite with a broken string, falling towards the cliff!
"Your Majesty!" The Western Regions army was thrown into chaos!
As the two armies clashed below, Commander-in-Chief Murs watched as Eyun Shangcheng, severely wounded, fell into the precipice and shouted, "Avenge the King!" The surrounding troops were thrown into chaos!
However, on that cliff, Ji Wushang approached as if drawn by the scent of blood. Her gaze fell upon Nan Xuzong, who was still holding the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand. He stepped forward.
Huangfu Xuan was about to step forward, but Beigong Minhao shouted, "Let them handle it themselves!" Nan Xuzong wanted to use his death to wake Ji Wushang. "This is his idea..." Beigong Minhao added. He knew that he and Huangfu Xuan could not stop Nan Xuzong from making a decision! They could only let him do it himself!
Huangfu Xuan immediately bent down to help Beigong Minhao up. "Are you sending him to his death? Didn't you see how the Queen of the Western Regions looked like she wanted to kill everyone?"
"You know what happened between them, so let them go on their own! Here, we must achieve a great victory. The King of the Western Regions has fallen off a cliff and his fate is unknown. This is the best opportunity to make them all roll back to the Western Regions City!" Bei Gongminhao said, looking around. "This war should not be like this... causing so many people to be displaced!"
"Rest assured, I, the Crown Prince, will surely bring about a peaceful and prosperous era! Once I have pacified this land, I will ensure that all the people live a peaceful and happy life!"
"No, no! You absolutely cannot go and destroy the Western Regions now! Huangfu Xuan!" Beigong Minhao grabbed Huangfu Xuan, preventing him from leaving. Huangfu Xuan gave Beigong Minhao a cold look, and Beigong Minhao immediately pulled him back. "Your Highness! You promised the Fourth Prince! You promised him that you would not wage any war for ten years!"
"Then what is this? This war was started by Huangfu Zong! Not by me! I am merely fighting alongside him! Since he has already made this decision, and since the King of the Western Regions has fallen off a cliff and died, how can I let this opportunity pass!"
"You...you'd massacre an entire city?" Bei Gongminhao stared at Huangfu Xuan. Huangfu Xuan was known for his bloody methods; would he do the same this time? No, Yiyun Upper City was indeed wicked, but the people of the Western Regions were innocent! He had been to Western Regions City before, and the people there were all simple and honest!
"Bei Gong Minhao, you're utterly ridiculous!" Huangfu Xuan glared at him. "You don't understand how to consider things from my perspective. It would be foolish for me to turn down immediate gains! Because you don't know that Qingzhao's ruler, Tuoba Heyan, has already launched an attack on the Western Regions! If I don't take control of the Western Regions, even more people will die at Tuoba Heyan's hands! Tuoba Heyan's methods are far more ruthless; even I am ashamed of my own!" Huangfu Xuan sneered. "I promise not to massacre the city, spare lives, or harm anyone!"
“…Fine.” Bei Gongminhao gritted his teeth. “On behalf of… Yiyun Shangcheng, thank you!”
Huangfu Xuan glanced at him, then walked to the side.
Bei Gongminhao clutched the wound on his right shoulder blade, his dark eyes looking in the direction of Nan Xuzong and Ji Wushang.
They were locked in a fierce battle. He didn't want to hurt her, so he showed her mercy at every turn, but she was determined to kill him, unleashing deadly attacks at every turn. He called her name repeatedly, but she just stared at him coldly, even though it felt as if someone was warming her heart.
The Gu worm seemed to have endless vitality, constantly gripping her beating heart and sucking at it. Her face was filled with extreme pain, and she could only vent her frustration by killing it!
Nan Xuzong's eyes were filled with deep sorrow as he stepped forward, "Wu Shang, Wu Shang... Wu Shang..."
"I'm not!" she shouted, slashing her longsword at him. Nan Xuzong dodged, continuing to step forward. "Wu Shang, Wu Shang, look into my eyes, look into my eyes..."
Ji Wushang's chest heaved violently. His eyes had been fighting for two or three hours, and he was exhausted. His armor was cracked, and he didn't even know when it had happened! As for his helmet, he didn't know when it had been taken away either.
Looking at her beautiful face, Nan Xuzong suddenly laughed, and his demon-slaying sword was about to pierce Ji Wushang! Bei Gongminhao shouted loudly, "Nan Xuzong, no!"
Nan Xuzong froze for a moment, then flipped over and flew up on tiptoe. Ji Wushang was startled. She glanced at Beigong Minhao on the ground. That look, that angle, seemed so familiar... Ji Wushang didn't dare to think too much. Nan Xuzong's sharp sword was already attacking her!
His eyes began to fill with tears. He looked at Ji Wushang, but the demon-slaying sword he reached for was left aside. He placed his hand tightly on Ji Wushang's waist, "Wushang..."
She was startled and looked into his eyes, but he immediately grabbed her left hand and placed it on his chest, "Wu Shang..." he murmured.
Ji Wushang was stunned, but the power within her compelled her to strike Nan Xuzong with a palm! Nan Xuzong held her tightly, unwilling to let go even for a moment! She struck again!
"Pfft!" Nan Xuzong spat out a mouthful of blood. "Wu Shang..." he looked at her, "If there is an afterlife, shall we continue our marriage...?"
Ji Wushang's eyes darkened, but he immediately cupped her stunned face in his hands and covered her with his thin, blood-stained lips, saying, "If, if there is an afterlife, we will definitely, definitely be husband and wife again!"
He kissed her lips, but his hand grabbed hers and together they held the long sword. The next second, however, it plunged into his chest!
Blood splattered right on her chest!
It was just a fleeting moment.
But it turned into a period.
He was powerless to release her lips, a faint smile playing on his lips. His dark eyes, no longer deep and unfathomable, were instead frozen in time, a final farewell. He fell backward.
"Nan Xu Cong!" Bei Gong Min Hao shouted loudly.
Everyone around was stunned, staring at the person on the ground.
Ji Wushang froze, standing as still as a statue. She stared at the man before her, his eyes closed and a smile playing on his lips, his hand still holding her longsword, while her hand remained in that same gripping position…
Blood stained her clothes and his robes.
The blood of the Undying Heart stained Ji Wushang's clothes and seeped into her skin. The blood seemed to come alive and invaded her heart. At this moment, Ji Wushang could no longer support herself and knelt on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of black blood.
Bei Gongminhao's face was full of panic. He crawled over, but at this moment, the soldiers of the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty saw that Nan Xuzong was dead and kept surging forward, looking fierce and evil, wanting to kill Ji Wushang!
Beigong Minhao propped himself up and stood up. "Don't come any closer!"
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☆、297 Where is Nan Xuzong?
Bei Gongminhao looked around at the people, his arms outstretched, determined not to let anyone harm Ji Wushang! He saw soldiers approaching, armed with swords, shouting, "She killed the Fourth Prince!"
"A blood debt must be paid in blood!"
"She deserves to die!"
...
The people around them started shouting, but Beigong Minhao looked at them with such deep eyes, eyes that were as wary as a cheetah.
Ji Wushang knelt before Nan Xuzong, her trembling hand reaching out to touch his handsome face, cold and devoid of warmth. She touched the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and uttered softly, "Minhao, kill me!"
Bei Gongminhao turned around abruptly. He saw that her eyes were no longer blood red, but bright. However, in those eyes, there was guilt, self-blame, and despair... Tears kept falling from her eyes. "I don't deserve his sacrifice for me. I should be the one who dies, not Cong. Minhao, do it. Let me go with him."
Beigong Minhao turned around to face her directly, and her tone was surprisingly calm!
But the tranquility that comes with it is so heartbreaking!
"All of you, step back!" Huangfu Xuan stepped forward, dismissing the soldiers. He saw Nan Xuzong lying on the ground, his body already growing cold...
"He...is really dead?" Huangfu Xuan quickly stepped forward to check Nan Xuzong's carotid artery, but it was no longer beating at all.
The longsword pierced his heart! Yes, right there on the right side, his heart was on the right, and the sword was now piercing right there!
Bei Gongminhao knelt before Ji Wushang, "Wushang... do you remember everything?"
Ji Wushang's eyes remained fixed on Nan Xuzong. She picked up the demon-slaying sword that had fallen to the ground and slashed it across her own neck!
But Beigong Minhao, drawing strength from who-knows-where, lunged forward and grabbed the sword, blood immediately flowing out. "Let go! Xu Cong said you must live on!" He endured the pain, suppressing the grief he had just felt. "You already have his child; you must live for him!"
Ji Wushang was stunned. Yes, she was actually pregnant with his child!
“But Cong is gone… Heh…” Ji Wushang sneered, “I deserve to die, I deserve to die!”
"Ji Wushang!" Beigong Minhao shouted, "This is his choice!"
"He shouldn't be so good to me. I'm a menace, the most deserving person in the world to die... Minho, please, please give me a quick death!"
"Shut up!" Huangfu Xuan coldly snapped at Ji Wushang, his sinister eyes fixed on him. "I once told him this was a doomed relationship, and he said he would persevere! He once said he would defy fate and create your future, humph, bullshit! Look what this perseverance has produced? What has it created? You have no future! Ridiculous! Heh!" He turned away, ignoring them.
Ji Wushang's gaze fell on Beigong Minhao. Yes, so he wasn't dead... That's good, that's good... But Nan Xuzong... he died because of him! He was truly a disaster, bringing endless harm to them one by one...
Ji Wushang broke the Heartless Gu by spitting out the black blood. Nan Xuzong's immortal blood regenerated Ji Wushang's heart and flesh, allowing her to regain her senses and know everything.
However, Nan Xuzong will forever remain in that cold darkness.
Ji Wushang knelt before him, his face showing no sign of even crying.
Bei Gongminhao felt a pang of heartache but didn't know what to do. He could only kneel and watch Ji Wushang, and he couldn't help but call out her name, "Wushang, if you want to cry, just cry!"
As Ji Wushang listened, tears began to fall. She finally broke down, collapsing onto Nan Xuzong's body and sobbing loudly.
At that moment, a bolt of lightning struck from the clear sky, causing great alarm among those around. Huangfu Xuan, forced by the situation, had no choice but to order all his soldiers to finish the battle quickly.
Ji Wushang lay on Nan Xuzong's gradually cooling body, sobbing uncontrollably. Bei Gongminhao looked at her, his heart filled with mixed emotions. He felt as if something was blocking his chest, making it difficult to speak and even harder to breathe.
At this moment, it started to rain, and the rain was mixed with snowflakes falling continuously. Everyone around felt a chill and couldn't help but shiver. Huangfu Xuan saw that his soldiers could no longer withstand the siege, and the Western Region City could not be captured for a long time due to the resistance of the people inside the city. So he had no choice but to order the retreat.
He glanced back at Ji Wushang, who was kneeling there like a statue, and Bei Gongminhao, who was also kneeling there staring blankly. Finally, he sighed, turned his horse around, and rode away.
Ji Wushang felt herself trembling all over, but the coldness in her body was nothing compared to the coldness in her heart. She lay on Nan Xuzong's body, hugging his waist, "Why, Cong, why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you let me die? Why did you always protect me? Why didn't you tell me anything? I wanted to escape the clutches of Yiyun City, but he kept me imprisoned! I wanted to kill him, but it was no use! Cong, why did you have to do this to awaken my will?"
Cong, open your eyes and look at me. It's me, Wu Shang...
You said you'd walk with me through thick and thin, Cong, sob sob, are you leaving me?
Don't leave me, please, please...
"Now that I am the Demon Lord and you are the God of War, why won't you let the Demon Lord die for the God of War! Why must this legend be shattered? Why did you leave me!"
"Cong, can you hear me? Waaah..."
Ji Wushang kept wailing and crying out in the cold snow and rain.
Bei Gongminhao stepped forward, trembling, "Wu Shang, don't be like this, he's already gone..."