Chapter 550 – Half of the Promise

　　”According to you, we can’t do anything?” Sethe frowned.

　　”No.” The corners of Hugh’s mouth turned up slightly as he gazed at the city at his feet, “If we want to delay this, we just need to grab what he cares about the most.”

　　”The city, you mean?”

　　”That’s right, doesn’t he want to save this city? As long as we keep this city under constant threat, forcing him to step in to protect this city, won’t he have no time to come after us? After he kills himself off, we can easily take over the city.”

　　”Then how do we force his hand?”

　　”Amon.”

　　Hugh’s gaze landed on the corner of this broken city, only to see that a flowing black liquid had already penetrated into Fengdu’s laws and was outlining something outside the Dragon Vein, and vaguely, an evil aura was spreading.

　　Suddenly, that black liquid looked like it had sensed something and transformed into a human form, looking up into the sky.

　　He heard Hugh’s voice.

　　”A curse that attracts foreign beasts?” He muttered, “What …… trouble.”

　　After hesitating for a moment, he raised the black scepter in his hand and sketched it in the nothingness above his head, a morose and bizarre aura gushed out from the scepter and soon drew a curse mark.

　　Amon gazed at the mark, and after confirming that it was correct, he nodded and reached out his hand to gently tap on it.

　　The cursed mark floated in the air for a moment before it penetrated into the void and disappeared without a trace.

　　”Done, don’t disturb my work.”

　　Amon chanted and continued to lower his head, continuing to finish that curse that was hundreds of times more complicated than this imprint, preparing for his Curse of National Fortune ceremony.

　　The dimly lit streets.

　　Bang!

　　A soft sound came out as a small cloud of blood mist exploded from Zhou Ping’s back, in which white threads wandered out and slowly merged into the laws of the Sword Dao in that nothingness.

　　His figure became a little more transparent.

　　Zhou Ping looked down at the transparent spots on his body and fell into silence.

　　Lin Qiye held Jia Lan in his arms and frowned when he saw this scene.

　　”[Immortality] can’t be used, what other way is there …… There must be another way.”

　　His brain raced.

　　[Starry Night Dancer], [Supreme Darkness Erosion], [Summoning System Magic], [Eternal Secret Garden] …… He cleared all the forbidden ruins he now possessed, all his undercards, and there was nothing that could help Ping last week.

　　He dipped his consciousness into the Asylum of the Gods, draped himself in a white lab coat, and darted in front of Merlin, asking if there was a solution to this kind of thing.

　　Merlin looked at the eager Lin Qiye with a complicated expression and sighed helplessly.

　　”Historically, there has never been a human who became a god, and this is the first time I’ve heard of this situation you’re talking about …… I’m sorry, Sir Dean.”

　　Lin Qiye stayed in place.

　　Really, there was no way out?

　　Zhou Ping looked at the crowd that was anxious like ants on a hot pan, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

　　”No need.” He said.

　　Lin Qiye and the others looked up at him.

　　”There’s no need to think anymore, my time is running out.” Zhou Ping smiled and said, “I’m really happy to see you all here and to take this step ……”

　　”Senior Sword Saint ……”

　　Boom–!

　　Dull loud sounds came from the distance, Lin Qiye and the others looked at the same time, only to see that directly in front of the direction the shattered city was moving, one after another bizarrely shaped strange creatures broke through the mist and rushed towards the area like crazy.

　　There were more and more of them, and their aura ranged from the “Pool” realm to the “Klein” realm, like a tide of beasts sweeping in from the mist, with red eyes and a murderous aura.

　　In just half a minute, more than two hundred Mysteries broke through the fog and came out!

　　”Where did so many ‘Mysteries’ come from?!” Cao Yuan spoke in shock.

　　Zhou Ping gazed at the tide of beasts for a moment and slowly spoke:

　　”It’s those few gods that attracted them, they want to rely on these ‘mysteries’ to speed up the speed of my dissipation so that they won’t pose a threat to them ……”

　　Anger surfaced in Lin Qiye’s eyes.

　　The moment he saw these beast tides, he also guessed the intentions of those two gods. The laws of this Fengdu can only resist the laws of the outer gods, and won’t be able to protect against such things as ‘mysteries’!

　　Those ghostly lights were like a sieve that sifted out the gods, but the ‘mystery’ that had not yet mastered the power of the rules was not within its range of protection, or else that ant queen wouldn’t have appeared in Anta County at that time.

　　Those two gods were unable to break the laws of Fengdu, so they were unable to pose a threat to the lives within the city, whereas these ‘Mysteries’ could easily flatten the entire city.

　　They were forcing Zhou Ping to make a choice.

　　Whether to give up the lives of the people in the city to kill the gods, or to choose to fight against the beast tide, thus consuming his own power …….

　　This group of beasts!

　　Just as Lin Qiye was burning with rage, Zhou Ping slowly walked to his side.

　　He followed Lin Qiye’s example from before and

　　Stretched out the only remaining, bloodstained left hand

　　and patted Lin Qiye’s shoulder.

　　Smiling, he said:

　　”Can I hand over this city to you?”

　　Lin Qiye froze.

　　He understood Zhou Ping’s meaning and guessed his choice ……

　　But he was not willing!

　　They had come this far without any difficulty, and as a result, still, could they still change Zhou Ping’s fate of death?

　　”Sword Saint senior, perhaps there is another way ……,” Lin Qiye said with a frown on his face.

　　Zhou Ping shook his head, “No need, I have already sensed the oppression of those laws on my body, this process is irreversible ……

　　Now, I want you to listen to what I have to say quietly and carefully, just like when you listened to me in the warehouse.”

　　Lin Qiye opened his mouth, and after a long time, he still could only nod.

　　Zhou Ping smiled, as he looked at each and every person here.

　　Lin Qiye, Baili Fatty, Cao Yuan, Jia Lan, An Qingyu, Shen Qingzhu, and Jiang Er.

　　A touch of tenderness surfaced in his eyes and

　　”Being able to be your teacher is one of the few blessings in my life.

　　But for me, this is already enough.

　　Because.

　　You guys have lit up my life ……”

　　Zhou Ping pulled up the [Prayer Abyss] longsword on the ground, turned around, looked at the two figures hiding far away in the sky, and stepped forward, the corners of the black shirt on his body fluttering gently.

　　”I told the people in this city that I would behead the gods and then send them home.

　　I …… probably won t be able to go back.

　　But now, I can fulfill half of this promise.

　　The remaining half, you guys will help me fulfill it.

　　My students ……

　　Can you guys do it?”

　　Lin Qiye looked at Zhou Ping figure in a daze, and a pang of sourness rose in his heart.

　　He silently bent down and respectfully saluted.

　　”Respectfully follow your master’s orders.”

　　The other members of the team similarly saluted and spoke in unison, “Respectfully follow your master’s orders!”

　　Zhou Ping smiled faintly as he stood still, raised his head, and looked at the two divine shadows, his eyes bright as swords.

　　”The world says that humans must not be able to behead gods, I, Zhou Ping, will be the first one to behead a god!”

　　The longsword in his hand shook as his figure pierced through space and disappeared in the blink of an eye!