The smile on Mona's face gradually faded. She had never imagined that a story could be so moving. Everything that had come before fully bloomed at this moment.
The princess she had thought was arrogant and vicious now no longer had the strength to fight.
The one she had believed to be a villain turned out to be someone deeply devoted.
Countless demons filled the scene. Pingqiu Yuechu, who had never undergone any real combat training, fought frantically using the Tear of the Void and his powerful magic.
"But this will definitely end in defeat, right?"
Although Pingqiu Yuechu's demonic power was indeed strong, facing so many monsters, there would eventually come a moment when he ran out of strength. In order to destroy him, this stumbling block, the enemy's methods became increasingly vicious.
They no longer engaged in close combat and instead continuously used poison.
As night fell, the prolonged battle caused Pingqiu Yuechu's reactions to drop sharply.
The enemy seized this opportunity to launch an attack, aiming directly at his eyes. Once blinded, Pingqiu Yuechu could no longer activate the Tear of the Void.
Yet even so, he still wanted to protect Huan Du Luolan.
"Enough, it's already enough."
Snowflakes drifted down from the sky. Huan Du Luolan held him and cried uncontrollably, and only then did Pingqiu Yuechu reveal his origins.
All along, he had been nothing but a substitute. It was only after meeting the Southern Kingdom princess that he was truly treated as an independent person.
Although the two often quarreled, he would never forget this bond. Even repaying it with his life would be worth it.
The arrival of Tushan Yaya resolved everything directly.
However, Pingqiu Yuechu's escape would absolutely not be forgiven. Fortunately, Tushan Yaya's appearance calmed everything down.
End of the volume.
The perspective returned to the cave. Tushan Honghong finally appeared again, this time revealing her full strength.
With just one strike, she defeated Huan Du Qingtian.
The former Demon King's strength was no exaggeration.
That valiant and heroic figure made Mona like her immensely, and she instantly became a fan of Tushan Honghong.
"Wow, this story is so good. No wonder so many people like it. I really regret not buying it back then."
Although Mona was usually reluctant to spend Mora on things like this, when a story was good enough, she was willing to grit her teeth and buy a few volumes.
After finishing the first volume, the next one followed immediately.
The Southern Kingdom arc continued.
In a small interlude, the Black Fox Lady appeared. Her body was pitch black like ink, looking extremely eerie.
The little golden figure from before also officially appeared, named Ao Lai Third Young Master.
Their dialogue revealed a great deal of information, not only about reincarnation bonds, but also about matters beyond the boundary.
Although the Black Fox Lady was arrogant, she was directly taken down by a single strike of his staff.
Zhongli looked at the page where golden light suppressed the Black Fox, and his expression suddenly became strange. The techniques he often used in the past were somewhat similar to that little golden figure's methods.
The difference was that when his golden light landed, it turned into stone spears.
As for the other party, that remained unknown for now.
It seemed he would need to ask Su Han later. Perhaps his ancestors were someone Zhongli had known before.
Zhongli continued reading.
After Tushan Honghong appeared, the battle instantly became intense, but it only lasted a short while before the power of this strongest Demon Emperor was divided away.
Although unwilling, Tushan Honghong involuntarily reverted to the form of a child.
Because of this, the truth behind what followed began to gradually surface, especially the matter concerning Pingqiu Yuechu.
"So that's how it is? But this outcome is far too tragic."
After reading for a while, Mona felt her nose turn sour and her eyes grow moist.
The battle had ended.
But after fighting for so long, Pingqiu Yuechu's body had already reached its limit. Even if Tushan Yaya had not taken him away, his survival would only have been hanging on by a thread.
Even so, Huan Du Luolan still wanted to form a reincarnation bond. For this, she did not hesitate to suffer severe injuries.
Spells filled the sky. She did not dodge any of them, all for the sake of protecting her beloved on her back.
Even though he had never said that he loved her.
Step by step, the proud princess used her willpower to walk before Tushan Yaya. But Huan Du Luolan felt she herself was pitiful. Was the other party not pitiful as well?
"You want to form a bond? You think you are wronged? Fine, but have you ever thought about how long my sister waited, how many reincarnations she waited through?"
The usually cold Tushan Yaya revealed her inner feelings this time.
Huan Du Luolan could not defeat this fox and knelt on the ground in despair.
At that moment, she finally understood that everyone here was wounded.
However, under Ao Lai Third Young Master's guidance, Tushan Honghong's consciousness awakened.
Just as the earlier dialogue had said, she had once been a selfless Demon King, so great that she could even give up the chance of reunion once. But was she truly that great?
When Tushan Honghong turned around and shed tears, Mona could no longer hold back. She covered her face and cried.
Back when she lived on the streets, she often saw people holding comics and crying or laughing. At the time, she found it strange. Only now did Mona realize just how good these stories truly were.
But it was not over yet.
Although Huan Du Luolan obtained the chance to form a reincarnation bond, to truly complete the contract, not only did she need to be willing, Pingqiu Yuechu also had to agree.
Neither could be missing.
The problem was that because his injuries were too severe, Pingqiu Yuechu was already like a dying candle in the wind.
There was a high chance that he would fade away in his dreams without ever waking up.
Faced with the foxes' warnings, Huan Du Luolan remained unmoved, focused solely on the hope of that possibility appearing.
Even though she could not even be certain of his feelings.
"But what if he speaks?"
"But what if he loves me?"
"So many beautiful what ifs, but if I do not persist, then it becomes zero."
The princess, covered in wounds and with tears streaming from her eyes, knelt and bowed to the ground.
Seeing this, Mona's eyes were completely filled with tears.
"Even like this, you still do not give up? Huan Du Luolan, stay strong."
As time passed, the princess's presence grew weaker and weaker, her body increasingly powerless. Soon, she was on the brink of death.
At that moment, Pingqiu Yuechu in the dream finally spoke those words.
"I am willing."
Although the voice was barely audible, it was enough to express his feelings.
And at that instant, the contract was finally completed.
The story was still not over at this point. What truly left a deep impression on Mona was the dialogue that followed.
The Black Fox was captured, yet the Southern Kingdom princess continued to argue endlessly. She believed that Tushan had interfered behind the scenes, but in reality, that was not the case.
"You do not think that by paying demonic power and using magic treasures, your lover will obediently appear before you, do you?"
"Reincarnation bonds. What exactly is fate? It is inherently a matter of probability. When a person dies, fate should end. Since you want to continue it, you naturally chase the slim hope given by the Bitter Love Tree. Have you ever thought about what those people who wait through lifetime after lifetime for a bond ultimately receive?"
"It is not joyfully welcoming their lover, but helplessly hearing the words, 'I am sorry, please wait for the next life.' That is what is truly despairing."
Bai Yuechu's words awakened the Southern Kingdom princess as if from a dream, and elevated the theme of this comic to an entirely new level.
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