Chapter 1744
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Chapter 1744 The Price of Victory
Qilan is not the first sacrifice in this chess game; Michael, Zuo Qing, they all are!
Although Michael’s combat power could bring great benefits to the current chess game, after you become a Seraph, your future role will be far greater than his… So Michael must die, and the complete Seraph Law must fall into your hands.
As for Zuo Qing, his role in this chess game is minimal. As a gardener, his mission has been completed. The sacrifice of this chess piece can bring us more resources and draw the most perfect ending to his life!
It is precisely because of their two sacrifices that we have been able to advance this chess game to this point, isn’t it?”
As Destiny Monk finished speaking, Lin Qiye’s mind immediately conjured the image of the six-winged angel who had watched over Earth from the moon for hundreds of years, and the man who had set the moon ablaze… Their deaths were actually part of Destiny Monk’s plan?
Lin Qiye’s chest heaved violently as an unnamed rage burned fiercely within him.
He looked at that face identical to his own, yet devoid of any emotion, and felt an unprecedented disgust rising in his heart. He suddenly clenched his right fist and smashed it into Destiny Monk’s face!
Destiny Monk didn’t dodge. Even though the punch left his cheek a bloody mess, his eyes remained as calm as dead water.
He looked at the enraged Lin Qiye before him and spoke flatly,
“Do you know? Your separation of [Predetermined Outcome] that created my existence was the most correct decision you’ve made in these two thousand years… Burdened by emotions, you couldn’t bear to sacrifice any chess piece, making it impossible to win against the Three Pillar Gods.
Without me, humanity would perish at this moment… Do you believe it or not?”
“So, you had everything planned out all along, but just didn’t tell me?”
“Our division of labor was determined two thousand years ago. You create the chess pieces, I play the game… You only asked me to win this game, but never asked what price it would require.”
Destiny Monk looked into Lin Qiye’s eyes and slowly said, “If humanity no longer exists, what’s the point of continuing this game… These were your words to me.”
Lin Qiye stared at Destiny Monk, opened his mouth to argue, but couldn’t say anything…
“Qiye, he’s right,” Qilan’s voice came from beside him.
Lin Qiye’s body trembled as he turned to look at her. Her eyes were filled with determination. “Winning this game is the lifelong wish of all of us… Michael, Commander Zuo, even the Marquis, Gongyang Wan, they all gave their lives for it.
We cannot let this hard-fought game be completely ruined here because of me.”
“No, no… Qilan, you…”
Lin Qiye felt his mind in chaos as he tried desperately to think of something persuasive, when a pair of soft lips pressed against his mouth again.
Looking at Qilan who had thrown herself into his arms, Lin Qiye’s body froze as if electrified. A thought frantically surged through his mind as he reached out to embrace her, but she lightly stepped back several paces.
“Qilan! Don’t do anything foolish. What if there’s another way…”
Seeing the determination in Qilan’s eyes, a piercing pain appeared in Lin Qiye’s heart. He knew what Qilan intended to do and immediately tried to stop her.
Two thousand years of waiting… He had finally reached the day when he and Qilan could be together, yet now he had to watch his beloved be refined into a pill. Even though he wore the world’s hardest, most eternal physical body, his heart was shattering.
But before he could act, a black light shot out from Destiny Monk’s sleeve, transforming into a cage that trapped Lin Qiye’s body within.
Simultaneously, threads of cause and effect extended from nothingness, wrapping around the cage’s surface, completely severing his connection with the Seraph avatar.
Lin Qiye’s pupils trembled as he turned sharply toward Destiny Monk:
“Destiny! What are you trying to do?!”
“That’s what I should be asking you.” Destiny Monk put his palms together. “I cannot let your impulsiveness ruin the future of this game…”
Since Destiny Monk had prepared Qilan as a backup plan, he naturally calculated Lin Qiye’s reaction. Having separated from Lin Qiye’s body, he possessed all of Lin Qiye’s memories. Even without any calculation, he was certain that Lin Qiye would never allow Qilan to sacrifice herself.
This cage was what he had prepared for Lin Qiye.
“You think this cage alone can stop me?!” Lin Qiye pressed both hands against the black cage’s surface, surging power rolling out from within his body!
“This cage alone certainly cannot stop you… but what about her?”
Before Destiny Monk finished speaking, a jade-like hand gently pressed against the outside of the cage. A faint light attached to the cage, and no matter how hard Lin Qiye tried, he couldn’t move it an inch!
[Immortality].
Seeing Qilan just outside the cage, Lin Qiye froze in place.
An iron cage certainly couldn’t stop Lin Qiye from saving his beloved, but his beloved… could.
Two streams of tears flowed down Qilan’s face as she looked at the dumbfounded Lin Qiye and softly said: “Qiye, do you know? The past few minutes have fulfilled all my hopes and wishes of two thousand years.
Meeting, embracing, kissing, proposing, and this ring… I’m truly so happy. Although we didn’t have a wedding, I should be considered your bride now, right?
Pangpang once told me that after marriage, the groom must listen to the bride. If I tell you to go east, you can’t go west. If I don’t agree with you going out to fool around, you’re not allowed to go.
I won’t stop you from fooling around in the future,
But this time, just this once… will you stay here, please?”
Under Qilan’s almost pleading tone, tears uncontrollably surged from Lin Qiye’s eyes. He reached his hand through the cage’s gap, trying to grasp Qilan’s hand, but caught nothing.
Qilan wiped away her tears with her sleeve, squeezed out a smile, and said as she backed away:
“My life should have ended over two thousand years ago. It was you who fed me the [Immortality Pill], allowing me to experience this happiness and love that shouldn’t have belonged to me.
Now, it’s time to set everything back on track…”
As a stream of light turned and streaked across the sky, Lin Qiye’s eyes suddenly widened. He roared in anger, frantically pounding on the cage. The terrible recoil force quickly left his fists covered in blood, yet he couldn’t move the [Immortality] power on it even slightly!
At the same time, above Lin Qiye and the others, Si Xiaonan’s figure appeared.
She exchanged a glance with Destiny Monk, then stared at the painfully frenzied Lin Qiye inside the cage, her lips pressed together, her expression incredibly complex…
“So this is the chess move that belongs to me…”
Si Xiaonan looked at the white chess piece in her palm, took a deep breath, and transformed into a stream of light, following closely behind Qilan toward the Heavenly Palace.
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