The sharp pain, like a steel needle piercing through flesh and blood, spread from the fingertips all the way to the heart.
Su Yue held the silver-white long sword tightly in both hands, and the red crystal inlaid on the sword body beat like a living thing, making a heart-pounding roar. Her eyes had completely turned blood red, and that color was not the scarlet stained with blood, but the deep, ancient, and original color of the royal bloodline.
She heard countless whispers in her ears, like the tide under the moon, calling her name-
"Su Yue..."
"Come back... Royal blood..."
The huge magic circle that emerged under her feet had already covered the entire altar, and the mysterious spell wandered on the ground, surrounding her like a living thing. The blood mist in the air was thick, and even the space was rippling like being corroded.
Ethan stood beside her, his shoulder had been torn by the claws of the Night Breath, but he still stood in front of her, and the blade never left his hand.
"Don't be distracted!" He roared, slashing a Night Breath approaching from the left wing. In the blood mist, the bronze short blade reflected a cold light.
Su Yue finally realized at this moment that she was no longer the ordinary human who needed protection.
She held the "Blade of King's Blood" and awakened the will of the blood clan ancestors.
She was the echo of the royal family and the focus of the reincarnation of fate.
"Enough."
She spoke in a low voice, but her voice was full of irresistible power.
The edge of the magic circle suddenly flashed with scarlet light, and countless chains condensed by blood and energy emerged from the void, suddenly entangled those Night Breath invaders. They struggled and roared, their flesh and blood turned into dust under the chains, their souls were pulled out, and they wailed in the air.
Ethan glanced at her, and for the first time, there was a brief confusion and awe in his eyes.
"Is this... the true power of the royal family?"
"The curse of royal blood." Su Yue said calmly, "Only those who are perfectly compatible with royal blood can awaken it."
"How do you know?"
Su Yue turned her head slowly, with a hint of bitterness on the corner of her mouth.
"I don't know. I just... feel it."
She closed her eyes, and those whispers echoed again. Her blood was boiling, and her soul seemed to be merging with some ancient will. She saw the past of the blood clan, the fall of the previous king, betrayal and rebirth...
She also saw herself, chosen by fate, no longer a bystander.
But just as she was about to release her power further-
The stone pillar in the middle of the altar suddenly exploded!
A monster with black tentacles wrapped around its body jumped out of it. It had a human face, but six alien arms, and each finger ended with a silver spike, like a nail hammer used in some ritual.
"Mural, the chief priest of Night Breath!" Ethan's face changed drastically.
"Hahahaha... Ethan Rhine, and this 'new king', you are too late." The monster laughed strangely, "Do you think today is just to grab a sword? No, today is the day to open the door to the abyss!"
He raised his arm suddenly, and a black and red mark appeared on his palm, and he pressed it hard on the ground!
Boom! !
The whole altar shook violently, and a huge crack tore out under the King's Blood Array. In the bottomless darkness, there were hundreds of blood-red eyes watching and drooling.
"The door to the abyss!" Su Yue's pupils shrank.
Mural laughed: "Do you think you have awakened the power? No! You are just a medium to open the key! Your so-called King's Blood Curse is the sacrificial mark leading to the abyss!"
"What?" Her body stiffened.
"From the moment you activated the sword, you have opened the first door to the abyss!" Mural grinned, "Thank you, Wang Yi."
"You lied to me..."
"No, it was your blood clan's ancestors who lied to you. This world should have ended long ago."
The blood-colored chain broke at this moment, and the magic circle that emerged on the ground reversed, began to absorb blood energy from Su Yue's body, and forcibly poured it into the door of the abyss.
Her consciousness was torn into pieces, and there seemed to be countless screams roaring in her ears:
"Open the door... Open the door..."
"Su Yue!"
Ethan shouted, jumped over, and pulled her out of the center of the magic circle. His body was like a candle, and at the moment he forcibly touched the abyss energy, a huge silver wing mark appeared on his back.
"Blood oath - Ethan Rhine's life oath! With my life, seal the abyss!"
The magic circle suddenly paused, and Su Yue fell into his arms, her face extremely pale.
"You're crazy! You'll die!" she screamed.
"As long as you're still alive... I won't regret it." He smiled, blood in his eyes flickering, "From the first time I saw you, I knew... you were destined not to belong to the night."
After he said this, he fell down as if his soul had been drained.
Mular roared: "Do you think you can stop me with this little will? No! The abyss will open sooner or later!"
He waved his palm again, and the blood-colored magic circle shook again.
But at this moment-
The sky suddenly broke.
A silver-white moonlight sprinkled from the dome above the altar, illuminating the entire underground. The light was gentle and powerful, like the clear light of billions of years washing away the filth.
A figure slowly emerged in the moonlight.
Wearing a scarlet cloak, holding a scepter, and looking like a sword.
It was him.
The first royal descendant of the blood clan-Cain.
"That's enough, Mural." He whispered, "If you move one more finger, you will never be reborn again."
Murael's face suddenly changed: "You... can't be alive!"
Kain didn't answer, just glanced at Su Yue and nodded: "Very good... you woke up in time."
Su Yue struggled to stand up: "You are..."
"Your predecessor." Kain said lightly, "also a loser who once betrayed the oath and almost destroyed the King's Blood."
"Now, it's your turn to take over this King's Blood."
He slowly inserted the scepter in his hand into the center of the magic circle, and the entire underground world suddenly froze, and all the Night Breathing people were like sculptures, unable to move.
"You have two paths."
"First, erase the King's Blood in your body and become an ordinary person. Escape from everything."
"Second, inherit my will and become a real king."
Su Yue clenched the King's Blood Blade, his eyes stayed on Ethan's charred arm for half a second, and then slowly raised his head.
"I won't run away."
"I choose the second path."
Kain smiled.
Mural roared: "You dare!!"
Su Yue raised her sword and pointed it at the depths of the magic circle, whispering:
"With my blood, in my name - seal the abyss, grant the night breath an end!"
Boom! ! !
A huge red light burst out from the center of the altar, and the entire underground palace shook violently. Mural's scream was interrupted, and the blood mist engulfed everything.
And Ethan, holding Su Yue's hand at the last second, whispered:
"You win, Wang Yi..."