Chapter 599: A Confused Heart (VIII)
The darkness that had enveloped everything receded like a tide, and Rhodes and Lizzie reappeared in the temple, and at this moment the phantom of personality had begun to crumble, she clenched her teeth, and lay on the ground with tears in her eyes, staring at Rhodes in front of her. But Rhodes didn't look at her again, instead, he straightened his clothes, and then turned and walked in the direction of the throne.
"Mr. Rhodes, ah............ Mr. Rhodes ............!! β
Hearing the footsteps, Lijie, who was chained to the throne, immediately straightened up and turned to Rod, and then she leaned down and rubbed Rod's body like a docile dog. "Ah............ Mr. Rod, you have chosen me, I am so touched, even if I am so nasty, you are willing to accept it, I am yours, everything I have is yours, my body, my mind, every hair and skin of mine is your property. Whatever you do to me, whatever you ask me to do, I will do it for you wholeheartedly. As long as you are willing to let me stay with you, I can do nothing, even give up my dignity as a human being. You can think of me as a, a pet, or whatever you like, even if it's just a tool for venting!! β
"Are you really willing to do anything for me?"
Hearing this, Rod lowered his head and reached out to gently caress Lijie's face, and feeling Rod's touch, this Lijie was even more excited.
"Yes, master, I am your most humble slave, and whatever you want me to do, then I will do it for you!"
"Very well, so now, I just have one thing you need to do for me, Lijie."
"No problem. Master, what do you want me to do?! β
"It's a very simple thing."
Rod's voice and the dagger pierced the girl's chest without any pause, Lijie opened her mouth wide, and out of her chest, the shiny magic dagger was exuding a faint light, and blood could not stop flowing down from the wound. dyed the girl's body red, restrained her clothes, and finally dripped to the ground. The severe pain made the girl's body tremble, and she opened her mouth to scream, but she had to gasp because of the severe pain, but that was the end of it.
"Your offer is very attractive, but I'm sorry, I prefer the usual Lijie. And not a pet who has lost his sense of self and only knows how to wag his tail at me and beg for mercy. If you are my enemy, then I would be glad to see this, but as my companion, I do not wish to wipe out your consciousness just like that. β
Saying this, Rod stretched out his hand and stroked Lijie's cheekβββ if he heard Lijie speak to himself just now without any emotion, it was obviously fake. Just think about it. A beautiful and lovely girl to whom you are very close abandons her self-esteem. Putting on a look in front of you that you are not resisting the picking, it will indeed make people's hearts move. Especially when the other party is called, you can do whatever you want to do to her, and you don't have to be responsible, and you don't have to worry about throwing it away if you get tired of it. This is simply the ideal of all men.
But Rhodes wasn't going to do that.
Because he knew Dao Lijie's feelings, there was no need for him to use this means to get her. Moreover, such a Lijie is not what he expected.
Although this personality seems harmless, Rhodes must also kill the killer. Because these two personalities did not arise naturally in Lijie's mental space. It's an extreme personality that is consciously induced and condensed by the chaos heart demon.,If you keep her.,Then Lijie's personality will move closer to this side.,And completely covered by her infection.,And in this way,The real Lijie will become the same existence as this personality.γ But that's not what Rhodes wants to see, it's not what he wants.
So, this became the only choice that Ruder Finn could make.
"Wake up, Lijie, the dream is over."
Rod said, drawing his dagger.
Blood spurted from the girl's chest and flew into the sky, and Lijie fell straight back to the ground, her mouth slightly open, but she couldn't make any sound. Soon, a little bit of light dust appeared on the girl's body, and then I saw that the girl in front of her disappeared completely like a pile of sand, and the only remaining light spots floated into the sky with the wind.
"What a ......... What about ruthless humans, master..............."
It was only at this time that Selestina finally managed to get up, the wounds on her body were gradually recovering, and the devil lady gritted her teeth and looked at the empty ground in front of herβββ at the same time as Rhodes killed the phantom, the other Lijie also collapsed at the same time, completely split and scattered, turning into light and dust. Facing the ground in front of her, Selestina just raised her chin haughtily and snorted coldly.
"Human beings have strong desires, and this is the original sin that our devil uses to seduce them. Too strong a desire will only lead to destruction, which is the same for both the devil and the human race. But human beings are unable to control themselves, knowing that it is a cup of poisonous wine that seals their throats, and those idiots will be as desperate as moths to the lamplight, just for the sweet and intoxicating moment to give up their reason and choose instinctive enjoyment, which is really stupid. β
With that, Selestina turned her head and looked at Rod.
"To be honest, Miss Ben thought that you wouldn't make this choice, but now it seems that as Miss Ben's master, you are quite qualified."
I see.
Hearing Celestina's words, Rhodes raised his eyebrows slightly, he was still wondering why this devil lady had to stay, and after a long time, it turned out that she was observing her choice. Indeed, Lijie, who shakes M's personality, is really attractive, and it is very difficult for any normal man to reject her like this. But even then, Rhodes was going to do itβββ and he did.
"Now that we've seen the interesting ending, Miss Ben is going back to rest. I hope you can remember that human sins and desires are a very interesting and dangerous thing............"
But after that, Selestina didn't say anything more, on the contrary. She just glanced at Rod, a few complicated expressions flashing in her eyes, and then Selestina's body vanished, replaced by a summoning card suspended in the air, and then turned into a flash of light, flying towards Rod. And Rod subconsciously stretched out his hand, intending to catch it.
But strangely, the card that Celestina incarnated did not fall into Rod's hand, on the contrary, it began to rotate in the palm of Rod's palm as if it was still in a summoned state, and the originally dark card emitted a little magical brilliance. And with the light that appeared on the summoning card, I saw that the light left in the place where the two Lijie personalities died floated as if they were attracted by something, and then. They slowly flew towards the summoning card in Rod's hand. And when these points of light reached [Nightmare]'s side, the pitch-black cards suddenly began to emit waves of dark fluctuations. Feeling the impact of the fluctuations, those points of light began to condense and take shape, and soon, two cards that were also pitch black with bright red edge patterns appeared in front of Rod.
Then Celestina's voice also appeared in Rod's ears again.
"This is your reward for satisfying Miss Ben, master. Accept Miss Ben's reward with gratitude. β
"Commander!!"
At this moment, Lijie's voice sounded not far behind Rod. Rod turned his head and saw Anne running towards him panting with the shield in her hand.
"What happened? That big monster was shattered just now, what about Lijie? How's Lizzie? β
"Lijie she............ Be careful! β
Rod had just opened his mouth in response to Anne's inquiry, but his words quickly turned to a wary one. And Anne moves quickly. After hearing Rod's call, the girl rolled on the spot almost without hesitation, and then blocked the shield behind her, and the pure gold heavy shield had just been erected, only to see two dark black tentacles hit the surface of the shield. Brought up a little bit of fire. And Rod also dodged sideways at the same time, and the two short swords in his hand crossed swings without the slightest hesitation, and the shining sword light instantly weaved into a network of light, completely tearing the shadow that attacked him into pieces.
"It's finally here, I thought you'd hide in the wilderness."
Rhodes looked up at the sky not far in front of himβββ where a pitch-black sphere was suspended in mid-air, and its body was surrounded by trembling black tentacles. And above the head of the black ball, there is a bright red eye, which makes the monster in front of him look very weird, but Rod doesn't care about this, he moves his gaze downward, and soon finds his targetβββ just under this scarlet eye, Lijie is falling into it, that is Lijie's own will and true personality, it is through this means that the Chaos Heart Demon gradually devours his prey, if Rod fails, Then Lijie's ontological will will will sink deeper and deeper under the influence of the Chaos Heart Demon, and eventually her spirit, will, and soul will be completely devoured by the Chaos Heart Demon. And when that time comes, the Chaos Demon will leave Lijie's body and go in search of new prey. And Lijie, who has lost her spirit, will and soul, faces only one fate, and that is death.
"Hiss ββββββ!!"
Obviously, the Chaos Heart Demon's unusual anger at the person in front of it could be seen from its unstoppable swinging tentacles, but it was no wonder that it was going very well, but because of Rod and Anne, the failure of the Chaos Heart Demon to devour it was enough to make it angry.
"Whew!!"
With the hiss of the Chaos Heart Demon, several black tentacles stabbed down towards the two, but this did not pose any threat to Rod and Anne at all, without the help of Lijie's spiritual power, the Chaos Heart Demon in front of him was just an ordinary level 30 boss level monster. This is nothing at all for Rhodes, whose body has reached level forty and whose swordsmanship level has already entered the legendary realm.
"Annie!"
"Roger! Head!! β
Hearing Rod's call, Anne immediately raised the shield in her hand, and then threw it towards the Chaos Heart Demon, the whistling Adamantite Heavy Shield kept rotating and changing while moving forward, and the black tentacles that the Chaos Heart Demon shot at the two were all bounced off and torn apart by it, which made the Chaos Heart Demon suddenly aware of the danger, and it was almost embarrassed to retreat backwards, but Annie's Adamantite Heavy Shield was obviously faster than the Chaos Heart Demon.
"Boom!!"
The Adamantite Heavy Shield slammed into the Chaos Demon's body, causing the pitch-black orb to tremble immediately. And then Lijie's body, which had already begun to fall into it, began to break away from the body of the Chaos Heart Demon because of this sudden strong impact, and soon, the girl's body lost its balance and fell downward. Seeing his prey escape, the Chaos Heart Demon also stopped paying attention to Annie's attack for a while, and hissed and stretched out its black tentacles. Trying to recapture Lijie.
But in just an instant, the staggered soul sword light burst out. Tear apart all the black tentacles that were close to Lijie. In the face of this sudden attack, the Chaos Heart Demon did not stop, on the contrary, dozens of pitch-black tentacles instantly shifted direction and struck towards the other side.
A meteor-like light pierced through the darkness and burst out of the shadows.
Rod's figure suddenly appeared, and he reached out and grabbed Lijie's wrist. Pull the girl out of the Chaos Demon completely. Then, Rhodes raised his head and looked at the black monster in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly curled.
"Thank you, but I'm sorry, but that's all you can do."
In the face of Rod's attack, the Chaos Heart Demon did not take a step closer, on the contrary. It suddenly erupted into a terrible scream, and I don't know when. The short sword in Rhodes' hand had been inserted into the scarlet eyes on the top of the Chaos Heart Demon impartially.
"Click."
There was a crisp cracking sound, and the temple shook more and more, and Rhodes looked up, only to see that the ceiling of the temple in front of him had been completely shattered, but the fragments did not fall downward, but floated towards the sky. Through the cracks in the ceiling, what Rhodes saw was not a clear blue sky, but a dazzling white βββ shining light shining through the cracks into the temple, and they tore through the walls and floors of the temple like a hurricane. The Chaos Heart Demon's trembling became more and more intense, and its body began to struggle and collapse in this light, and the light became more and more dazzling, and the pure white light even enveloped the entire temple, obscuring everything, and then, Rod only felt a clear wind suddenly blowing.
In the blink of an eye, the remaining light in Rod's eyes had completely disappeared, and the scenery in front of him had returned to normal again. What unfolded in front of Rod's eyes was no longer the eerie temple, but the scene in the Emerald Valley. But unlike before, the Emerald Valley at this moment completely lacks the dark, groggy, and greasy feeling it had before. The clear water of the stream makes a crisp sound, and the fresh bushes flutter in the breeze and the bright sun shines down, making people feel comfortable and relaxed.
"Huh? I'm ..............."
Anne's eyes widened in surprise, looking around, and then she reached out and touched her bodyβββ there was no trace of the battle, and even the pure gold shield that the girl had held in her hand was now on her back, as if the two of them had had a long dream. But this is also a matter of course, the spiritual space is different from the real world, maybe in Lijie's spiritual space, they have spent many hours. But in reality, the time experienced by the two may not be more than ten seconds.
But Anne didn't pay much attention to this, because at this moment, there was one person who was more important than the situation in front of her.
"Lijie!!"
On the grass in front of the two of them, Lijie was in a coma with her eyes closed. Seeing Lijie, Anne suddenly forgot how she came out of that strange space, she called Lijie's name, and then pounced on Lijie's side, shaking the girl's body vigorously.
"Lijie? How are you? Wake up, Lijie? β
"Woo....................."
At Anne's call, Lijie groaned softly, and then the girl opened her eyes and stared blankly at the sky. Her eyes were out of focus, as if they were distracted. Soon, the girl's eyes regained clarity, and then she saw Anne in front of her, and was startled.
"Annie?"
"Lijie!"
Seeing Lijie wake up, Anne suddenly showed a happy smile, and she even rushed over and hugged Lijie.
"Really, it scared Anne to death......... Lijie, you're finally awake! β
"Anne ..............."
In the face of Annie's reaction, Li Jie was a little dazed, but soon, the girl's face began to become stiff, although as a manipulated body, Li Jie could not remember everything that happened in the mental space very clearly, those things were more like a vague dream for her. Maybe she could be very clear when she dreamed, but when she woke up, she could only remember the general sceneβββ but this general impression alone was enough for Lijie to realize what she had done. She trembled and stretched out her arms and hugged Anne's body tightly.
"Lijie?"
Sensing Lijie's strange behavior, Anne raised her head and looked at her with some confusion, but Lijie just hugged the girl in front of her tightly, closed her eyes, and a little tears flashed from the corners of the girl's eyes.
"I'm sorry......... Annie......... I'm sorry, Anne............ Forgive me............!! β
"Li, Lijie?"
Faced with Lijie's sudden reaction, Anne was a little overwhelmed.
"What's wrong with you? You didn't do anything that Anne needs to forgive? It's all that monster that is not good, and now that monster has been killed by the regimental commander, don't worry, Lijie. β
"Annie..................!!"
And this time, hearing Anne's comfort, Lijie finally couldn't hold back anymore and cried in the girl's arms. (To be continued.) )