Chapter 1818
by 林方方Chapter 1818 Which Is More Important?
Half an hour later.
The great desert, a no-man’s land.
On a sand dune hundreds of miles away from the Sword Hut, a figure sat cross-legged in the wind, his mud-stained kasaya fluttering in the dusty air.
He lowered his head with eyes closed, as if asleep.
Boom—!!!
A deep red figure descended from the sky like a meteor, causing the yellow sand to fly up in all directions.
In the next moment, a blade light pierced through the void, its cold killing intent cutting through the dust, slashing straight toward Monk Destiny’s brow!
Yet Monk Destiny simply sat silently in place, eyes tightly shut, as if unaware of everything happening.
The blade tip suddenly stopped just before his brow, its sharp edge cutting his skin. A trace of crimson seeped out, flowing down his nose bridge and dripping onto the desert floor.
“Do you think that by putting on this helpless act, I’ll soften my heart?” Lin Qiye said coldly, gripping the hilt of [Divine Calamity].
“Then what should I do?” Monk Destiny slowly said. “Resist? I can’t beat you… Since I can’t win and can’t escape, why should I resist?”
“Is that why you came to this desert?”
“Here, no matter how much commotion we cause, it won’t affect the outside world, nor will anyone see it… isn’t that right?” Monk Destiny opened his eyes, looking directly into Lin Qiye’s eyes.
“This chess game isn’t over yet. If the two chess players start fighting among themselves, the enemy would only find us ridiculous and foolish if they saw.”
Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed, a thread of killing intent drifting from his blade…
“Perhaps we only need one chess player.”
“Perhaps,” Monk Destiny’s expression remained perfectly calm. “Kill me here, take back [Predetermined Fruit], and when our thousands of years of karma merge into one, the law of cause and effect will emerge.
At that time, you will become the world’s most powerful god of cause and effect, just half a step away from reaching the supreme… But what then?
Is what Great Xia lacks on this chessboard really a god of cause and effect?”
“Great Xia doesn’t lack a god of cause and effect, but it also doesn’t need an executioner who treats human lives as worthless… Do you know how many innocent people died because of your lie?”
“Two thousand one hundred and sixty-two people… counting Xia Simeng, it’s two thousand one hundred and sixty-three.” Monk Destiny said flatly. “But without that lie, if you had attacked Olympus earlier with all your forces, even if you could have rescued them all, Zhou Ping hadn’t yet emerged from seclusion. What would you have done when you encountered the K-system gods afterward?”
“I had already made preparations! Even without Teacher’s help, we could have escaped!”
“You mean those forbidden spells? Do you think those things could stop so many K-system gods?” Monk Destiny’s voice rose as he spoke coldly, “With just those forbidden spells, even if you could escape the K-system gods’ encirclement, you would have lost at least two human ceiling experts!
Not just two thousand ordinary lives plus Xia Simeng—even twenty thousand or two hundred thousand! Their combined importance on this chessboard is far less than two human ceiling experts!!”
Hearing the last sentence, Lin Qiye’s eyes suddenly contracted. He violently thrust [Divine Calamity] into the sand beside him and smashed his fist into Monk Destiny’s face!
Boom—!!!
Blood sprayed as Monk Destiny flew back hundreds of meters like a sandbag!
Before Monk Destiny could hit the ground, a deep red shadow rapidly flashed to his front. A powerful hand grabbed his collar, suspending him in midair.
Lin Qiye glared into Monk Destiny’s eyes and shouted:
“I ask you… who am I?”
Monk Destiny’s mouth was covered in blood, but he looked at Lin Qiye without saying a word.
“I am a Night Watcher!!” Lin Qiye’s eyes drew close to Monk Destiny’s face.
“Yes, we need to win this chess game!
But if we fight to protect humanity’s future while sacrificing ordinary people’s lives as a means to achieve final victory… what is the meaning of this chess game?
If Ye Fan, Zuo Qing, Zhao Kongcheng… if they saw us using ordinary people’s lives to build our victory, what would they think? Those lives were each protected by their own sacrifices! If they were here, would they allow you to do this?”
“War always requires sacrifice… doesn’t it?” Monk Destiny slowly replied. “I already said the same thing four years ago. I won’t repeat myself.”
In Lin Qiye’s mind flashed the image of two young women walking side by side into the sea of fire four years ago. His already burning rage was ignited further!
“Don’t you feel any guilt for the deaths of those two thousand people?” Lin Qiye growled through clenched teeth.
“No,” Monk Destiny answered without hesitation.
Bang—!!!
Lin Qiye threw another punch, the force penetrating through Monk Destiny’s body and creating a terrifying deep crater in the desert below.
Monk Destiny spat out a mouthful of blood, his face extremely pale…
Yellow sand danced wildly in the wind. In the center of this terrifying sand pit, Monk Destiny had completely turned into a bloody mess.
Lin Qiye looked down at the dying Monk Destiny, his chest heaving violently. His current strength was no joke—after these few punches, even a human ceiling expert like Monk Destiny was barely breathing, on the verge of death.
“Cough… cough cough cough…” Crimson blood soaked the sand as Monk Destiny opened his mouth, coughing up several blood clots.
Lin Qiye’s blood-red fists trembled slightly. He looked down at Monk Destiny for a long time, but still couldn’t deliver the final blow.
He took a deep breath, stood up from Monk Destiny’s side, and said in a deep voice:
“From now on… stay in your temple. Without my order, you cannot take a single step outside.”
With those words, Lin Qiye turned to leave.
A hoarse voice came from the bloody pit, “Go see… Zhou Ping…”
Lin Qiye looked back at him, his eyes showing reluctance and helplessness. He shook his head and still walked toward the Sword Hut.
He took out a satellite phone and dialed a number:
“Hello? Jun Liang?”
“…”
“Yes, I’ll send you a location in a moment. Send a medical team over… Mm, after they save him, have someone take him back to the temple on Kunlun Mountain.”
“…”
“Station two people at the foot of the mountain. Don’t let him wander around, understand?”
“…”
After finishing his instructions, Lin Qiye hung up the phone. Soon after, a lonely Sword Hut standing in the desert appeared in his vision.