Chapter 1273: Evil Karma Descends

Tong Yi angrily shouted:

“Lao Lu!!”

She rebuked him sternly: “I've told you so many times, stop making a fuss! I have Mu Shen's protection. Even if I really die, it's just that she wants to see me! I'm not afraid of death!”

“Bullshit!” Lao Lu turned around, his dirty mask facing Tong Yi, and he gripped her hand tightly. “Xiao Chan, I never believed in that crap about Mu Shen. I only believe in myself. I don't know if Mu Shen is really protecting you, but I sure as hell am going to protect you!”

“You…”

Lao Lu pushed Tong Yi through the door without hesitation: “Go back now! Xiao Chan, there are enough people here! You're Ye Li—you're more useful alive than I am!”

Although Lao Lu used all his strength to shove Tong Yi inside, she noticed that he was trembling all over.

“Lao Lu… you're afraid…” Tong Yi said, her voice shaking. “You're just putting on a brave front… How are you going to handle those things with your ‘Hua Ying’…”

“Stop talking! Just go!!” Lao Lu's voice cracked in his panic.

Tong Yi knew her ‘Hui Xiang’ was useless in close combat, but no matter what, she couldn't leave Lao Lu behind.

Was there any way she could help him indirectly?

Suddenly, Tong Yi thought of something. Since Jiang Ruo Xue could use her ‘Yin Guo’ to forcibly turn the tide, maybe she could do the same.

She grabbed Lao Lu's arm and asked seriously: “Lao Lu! Tell me… have you done any evil deeds?!”

“What the hell kind of time is this…” Lao Lu gritted his teeth and said, “Asking me that now…”

“Lao Lu!! Tell me, have you done any evil deeds?!”

“I…”

Lao Lu clenched his teeth but ultimately stayed silent.

“Say something!!” Tong Yi shouted. “Tell me you haven't! As long as you admit you haven't, Ye Li will protect you!!”

In the midst of the chaos, Lao Lu quietly stared into Tong Yi's eyes. Through the holes in his mask, his gaze conveyed a sadness that she couldn't fathom.

A few seconds later, he spoke:

“Xiao Chan, I'm sorry, I've done unforgivable evils.”

“You!!” Tong Yi's expression turned furious. “Lao Lu, have you lost your mind… If even you think those were evil deeds, È Yè will find you!”

Her fingertips dug tightly into Lao Lu's wrist, her knuckles turning white from the force, but she still felt utterly helpless.

“I can't lie to myself and say I'm a good person… The mistakes I've made have always haunted me.” Lao Lu shook his head. “So, I'm really sorry.”

Despair filled Tong Yi's face. She had never imagined that the first time she tried to use Ye Li to save someone important, she would end up sending him straight to hell.

Ye Li had already taken effect on Lao Lu, but this time it was the long-accumulated È Yè, and È Bao was about to descend.

Since he believed he had committed evil deeds, that meant he had acknowledged his È Yè, amplified by Ye Li's influence…

“Lao Lu… you… you…” Tong Yi was trembling all over, but she had no idea how to change the situation. Was she supposed to forcibly twist the good and evil of others?

“I'm content with this…” Lao Lu pushed Tong Yi through the door and braced his hands on the doorframe. “Don't worry, Xiao Chan. Even though I can't kill that Sheng Xiao, as long as I'm here, this door won't close or break…”

“Is the door all I'm worried about…?” Tong Yi gritted her teeth and asked. “This is the ‘Lie Che’—and you're a Sheng Xiao… If you die here… then…”

“Xiao Chan!!” Although Lao Lu wore a mask, Tong Yi could see he was smiling. “You know, at our age… the only wish in life is to die before the other person, right? This time, I'm being selfish… I don't want to watch you die.”

“Lao Lu…”

“Listen to me! Go!”

Lao Lu smiled at Tong Yi and pushed her toward the stairs.

Tong Yi saw the two Di Ji stand up and begin attacking the nearby Ren Ji. She knew staying would only cause more trouble. She gave Lao Lu's stiff hand one last squeeze and then turned to run toward the Huo Cang.

If she delayed any longer, not only would Lao Lu die, but everyone else there would too.

She needed to quickly tell Yan Zhi Chun what was happening outside—time was running out for everyone.

When Tong Yi stumbled into the Huo Cang, the scene had already changed dramatically.

Even though no stones had fallen, countless Lou Yi were swarming toward a single empty spot, as if they had eyes.

Clearly, someone was there, dodging quickly across the ground, and the Lou Yi instantly shifted toward the new position.

Tong Yi realized this must be the “automatic tracking offensive” that Yan Zhi Chun had mentioned. She didn't know how it worked, but she hurried toward where Yan Zhi Chun was.

“Tong Yi!” Yan Zhi Chun no longer needed to direct the battle; he just looked at her with concern. “What's the situation outside?”

“It's a long story…”

Tong Yi quickly summarized the outside events: Luo Shi Yi had lured away one Di Ji and several Ren Ji, the person who became Lao Lu's ally had led another group of Ren Ji into a melee outside the door, and the Ji Dao who had gone with them was staying behind to buy time. Now, it all depended on when Tian Niu would be defeated.

“It's only a matter of time.” Yan Zhi Chun said. “She can't escape. She's basically fighting hundreds of Di Ji single-handedly. Her ‘Yin Ni’ and ‘Fu Kong’ have lost their effect, and ‘Kuo Yin’ can't help in combat, so she has no chance of winning.”

Tong Yi looked over and saw the Lou Yi surging like a tide toward where Tian Niu was invisible. Tian Niu seemed to be badly injured, struggling to dodge, with drops of blood raining down from the sky—it appeared even her ‘Yin Ni’ couldn't hide her own blood.

Perhaps Tian Niu still didn't understand why she was completely on her own, even though she had issued commands in Qing Long's voice.

“If she doesn't cancel ‘Yin Ni’, all the Lou Yi will keep inflicting minor wounds until they torture her to death.” Yan Zhi Chun said calmly. “Her best option right now is to reveal herself and let Tan Nang give her a quick end.”

“How did they even pull this off?” Tong Yi asked, staring in Tian Niu's direction.

“If Xue and that old man both applied their ‘Hui Xiang’ to a single eyeball,” Yan Zhi Chun explained, “that eyeball now has both ‘Yin Guo’ and ‘Xun Zong’. It's silently hovering above Tian Niu's head, not touching her and impossible for her to detect. It took If Xue a lot of effort to figure out that strange logical connection.”