Chapter 1153: If I’m Dead, There’s No Meaning

Chapter 1153: If I’m Dead, There’s No Meaning

This time was really strange. Under the surging magical soul impact, Su Kexin was directly on the verge of collapse without erupting.

Logically, that just wasn’t scientific.

Her health bar was practically bright red; one more hit and she’d be toast.

This magical soul impact wasn’t small at all. It looked like it was going to go crazy and take them all down with it.

Here they come again.

Seeing another large group of magical souls rushing in, the headless demon had surprisingly broken free from his barrier constraints and was following the army of magical souls to crash into Lin Nuo and the others.

“Fall back, kids!”

The old man shouted, using all his strength to build a defensive wall to block this overwhelming wave of magical souls.

This was spiraling out of control; these crazy magical souls were relentless.

“Get out of here quickly! How can your body withstand this?” Lin Nuo called out to the old man.

“They won’t kill me.”

“Enough! They aren’t planning to leave here—they want to take us all down with them. Don’t be stubborn, or all our efforts to save a dead man will be wasted.”

Lin Nuo quickly crouched down to pick up the fainting Su Kexin, feeling a storm of emotions inside him.

Once upon a time, he had wanted her dead. Seeing her suffer had excited him.

But now, he didn’t want anything to happen to her.

She’s still breathing; she won’t die yet.

It was just a matter of time before she erupted.

If things go wrong, he’d take the fall first.

He couldn’t care about anything else.

Holding Su Kexin, Lin Nuo let out a furious roar and unleashed a powerful magical energy blast toward the front.

Boom!

With a resounding explosion, a group of magical souls was obliterated.

Yet they still came charging forward like madmen, as if they were a bunch of zombies sprinting over.

“I’ll say it again—you can’t hold on! If you die, you’ll just be waiting in the underworld to reunite with your family.”

Lin Nuo reminded the old man once more, but didn’t wait for a response. If he wanted to be a stubborn old fool, let him!

He quickly retreated with Su Kexin, aiming to get away from that altar, to the edge of this space first.

If those magical souls break out of this realm, it would be catastrophic—Ru Yu Village would definitely be obliterated.

Although there weren’t many people left now and his mother wasn’t around, it was still the place where he grew up. He didn’t want it to be destroyed like this.

“I have something to protect too!”

This wasn’t how a villain acted, but right now he was all mixed up. You could say he was a villain, yet he didn’t even know who had led him astray, gradually walking down the right path.

Lin Nuo took out a large wave of magical souls blocking the old man’s escape.

He figured he couldn’t hold out much longer either, so better to retreat rather than make a futile sacrifice.

He felt the need to do something, so instead of running in the direction Lin Nuo was escaping, he ran opposite, intending to draw the magical souls away.

After years of guarding this place, those magical souls surely hated him, so they’d definitely chase him, buying Lin Nuo some time.

Having been cut off from the world for so long, he couldn’t go back. He might as well do something for his granddaughter in these final moments.

However, surprisingly, only a small fraction of the magical souls followed him; the majority were still chasing after Lin Nuo and the others.

He had managed to divert the enemies, but it was mostly in vain.

Lin Nuo and the gang kept running, unknowingly heading back towards the Wolf King.

“What are you up to?” The Wolf King exclaimed, worried that Lin Nuo was about to pull off some crazy stunt again.

“You’re free.”

Lin Nuo dropped that one-liner and quickly sped off, leaving no trace behind.

“Free? What do you mean?!”

The Wolf King was utterly perplexed. Free? He was still bound by Lin Nuo! Why didn’t he just unbind him?!

Feeling something off, the Wolf King turned to see a horde of magical souls flooding in, many of which had grievances against him.

Now that he’d left the altar, he was freer than they were. The magical souls would surely be jealous.

Now it became chaos as the Wolf King was restrained, watching the massive wave of magical souls rush in, and among them were some demon masters with whom he had grudges. It was all going wrong.

“Hey, don’t run! Unbind the formation!”

But no matter how loud he shouted, Lin Nuo couldn’t hear, and even if he did, he wouldn’t care. It was none of his business.

“No!!”

With a high-pitched scream, the Wolf King was directly surged by those frenzied magical souls.

Lin Nuo kept running with Su Kexin, who was currently in a weak state; for an ordinary person, she’d probably be out of breath any moment now.

Lin Nuo considered jumping out, but once in the air, he was pressed back down by a powerful gravitational force.

It’s true; with so many magical souls, he could take them on directly.

But then he wouldn’t have the time to look after Su Kexin. As long as someone could protect her, that would be good enough.

That old man, no matter what, wanted to stick around, but he might just get swept away.

“Senior, Senior Brother…”

Su Kexin called out to Lin Nuo with great difficulty, as if she were about to pass out.

“Enough; don’t talk. Logically speaking, in this state, you should have erupted by now; maybe it’s just delayed.”

“I… I don’t want to… I don’t want to use it again… If I do, then… then it’s impossible for me and Senior Brother…”

“Is it something you can control? Your energy…”

Lin Nuo sensed something was wrong. Su Kexin’s energy was in chaos, her face pale, her breathing rapid. She looked like she was in extreme pain, as if she were on the brink of passing out.

Seriously, if you don’t erupt soon, you’ll really be done for.

Did she malfunction?

That seemed unlikely; protagonists usually didn’t die.

But this was the first time her magical soul explosion power was truly overwhelming. Her life signs were gradually weakening; she might not hold on much longer.

It seemed she was just barely managing to keep it together. Most people would give up at this point and would truly be heading down to the underworld for reincarnation.

“Senior Brother… I think I can control it… I’m not letting it erupt… it really isn’t… erupting…”

Su Kexin forced out a smile, one more dreadful than crying, in a voice so soft that Lin Nuo had to lean in to hear.

“You’re suppressing it? You really can suppress it?”

Lin Nuo was shocked. Given the current circumstances, it could only be explained that she genuinely was suppressing it.

After all, she would grow; later on, she could control her eruptions freely without being in a fragile state.

To be honest, if she really kept this up, she would die.

Wasn’t that what he hoped for? If she died, there’d be no one to threaten him. He’d be the king of this world.

That was the outcome he had been waiting for!

At that moment, he should have encouraged her, to keep suppressing and absolutely not erupt, or she might really die.

However…

Lin Nuo stopped and gently stroked Su Kexin’s hair, whispering softly:

“Don’t suppress it; otherwise, you’ll die.”

“I won’t… I can hold on…”

“You can’t hold on. I believe that your willpower is suppressing it, which means you can overcome it. If you die, then nothing has meaning—no partners or anything, just dust in the wind.”

“Senior Brother… but… if I don’t do this… then… then we’ll be impossible…”

“No. If you survive, everything will be possible.”

Lin Nuo’s voice was no longer as cold as before; it carried some emotion.

“Mm… okay, alright…”

Hearing Lin Nuo say this, Su Kexin felt a lot more at ease and stopped trying to suppress it.

Instantly, a strong wind swirled around her, her long hair billowing in the breeze.

She erupted; this was Lin Nuo’s first request for her to do so.