Gu Xiaosu’s beautiful eyes trembled, and she stared intently at the countless humans below.
She might have had confidence before, but now she had not an ounce.
“Do you still want to sacrifice your life to save them now?” Xiao Ye asked casually.
Gu Xiaosu’s firm resolve suddenly wavered, and the dark energy on her body became even more agonizing. Her gaze met Xiao Ye’s eyes, and Gu Xiaosu furrowed her brow, falling into a deep daze.
Was it worth it? When she was loyal to the Blue Star Alliance, she had always considered sacrificing her life for Blue Star as an ideal.
However, Blue Star had also disappointed her to some extent. She had suffered so much under Xiao Ye’s command, and the Butcher God City hadn’t come to find her. They sat idly by in the alliance, seemingly allowing her fate to unfold.
Xiao Ye’s laughter was wild and dark as he caught sight of all of Gu Xiaosu’s expressions. He once again shattered Gu Xiaosu’s spirit. “The God of War is just a title,” he sneered.
Gu Xiaosu heard Xiao Ye’s mockery and could offer no rebuttal.
Xiao Xi stood beside Xiao Ye, her gaze cold as she looked at Gu Xiaosu. She knew this God of War was courting death, and that Ye had spared her life until now. Yet Gu Xiaosu dared to plead for the people of this city.
“Ye, let her go persuade the humans to join us. If they refuse, then slaughter this entire city!”
Gu Xiaosu’s eyes widened as she looked at Xiao Xi in disbelief. To see a seemingly obedient girl utter such cruel words. Xiao Xi didn’t care what happened to the city; she only wanted Ye to be happy.
Xiao Ye thought it was a good suggestion and looked at Gu Xiaosu’s face. “Don’t you want them to live? As long as they willingly become infected and submit to us, I can spare their lives.”
Didn’t she want to protect the people of this city? Let this villain be Gu Xiaosu.
Gu Xiaosu’s expression turned stiff as she stared blankly at the city’s humans.
“If you wait any longer, you’ll witness a bloodbath,” Xiao Ye’s tone was urgent, but his eyes held a smile. Was this forcing her to solidify her role as a traitor?
Gu Xiaosu’s figure moved towards the humans in disarray. She didn’t want to abandon these people to die. She was going to actively persuade them to give up their resistance and become infected! The request pierced Gu Xiaosu’s heart like a dagger; she became extremely pained and hesitant.
When the humans realized what Gu Xiaosu was about to do, they rose up in defiance. “God of War, don’t force us. We would rather die than become infected…” “If you help Xiao Ye, we’ll kill you first today.”
Seeing the seething crowd, their expressions turning furious and agitated. Gu Xiaosu’s face went blank and sorrowful; her heart was struggling and tormented. She didn’t know what to do… What would these humans think of her?
“You cannot die here, even if it means living on borrowed time…” To live is to have hope. Gu Xiaosu’s soft persuasion was filled with anxiety. The city’s inhabitants, one by one, wanted to harm Gu Xiaosu, and the attacks caught her off guard.
“You fallen God of War, we won’t forgive you even in death.” These were the most painful words Gu Xiaosu had ever heard. She had incurred the hatred of millions of humans; the entire city wanted to unleash its malice upon her. They disregarded her predicament and couldn’t see that she was trying to help. They were blinded by hatred and were intent on Gu Xiaosu’s death.
In this moment, Gu Xiaosu understood Xiao Ye’s feelings from before. How painful it was to be wrongly accused. Gu Xiaosu couldn’t bring herself to kill them and could only deflect the surging attacks of the humans.
Just then, everyone saw figures of powerful individuals flying towards them from not too far away. They were people sent by the Blue Star Alliance, sent to eliminate Xiao Ye and his followers. The city’s people saw a glimmer of hope and shouted excitedly, “The Alliance has come to save us! We don’t have to die anymore…”
The powerful individuals exuded a formidable aura. They appeared one by one in the city, their gazes locking onto Xiao Ye and his group. “The God of War has already defected, esteemed heroes, please save us.” The city’s people erupted in commotion and rushed behind the group of powerful individuals.
“The God of War has fallen and become an infected?!” Gu Xiaosu’s joyful expression suddenly froze. She wanted to explain to the powerful individuals, “I was forced by Xiao Ye…”
“Bang!” In Gu Xiaosu’s stunned eyes, the powerful individuals launched a fatal attack on her. These S-class powerhouses showed no mercy outside the law. “Since the God of War has become infected, we will destroy her and Xiao Ye together today!”
Gu Xiaosu had persisted in the Butcher God City until now, hoping the Blue Star Alliance would come to her rescue. However, without a word, they harbored killing intent towards her? Because she had become infected? They could disregard the reasons and kill her without hesitation!?
Gu Xiaosu had never imagined things would turn out this way; her mind felt like it was about to explode. As Gu Xiaosu resisted the powerful individuals’ attacks, Xiao Ye descended from the sky. “Long time no see, you bunch of rats.”
The powerful individuals felt a terrifying pressure and stared wide-eyed at Xiao Ye. It was truly an encounter with old acquaintances. These were the people who had greedily stolen Xiao Ye’s Soul Purifying Water. They had been living carefree lives in the alliance.
“Xiao Ye, if we hadn’t been careless back then, we wouldn’t have let you take the Soul Purifying Water. You’ve actually cultivated so many infected…” These powerful individuals looked warily at the dense crowd of infected. They had lived quite well in the alliance, living carefree lives for a full ten years. This time, the Alliance had chosen to send them to deal with Xiao Ye.
Xiao Ye smiled. “It seems… the Alliance doesn’t think much of my strength, sending just a few of you to let me bully the weak?”
“Xiao Ye, don’t be arrogant, we’re enough to kill you!”
“Ye, let me teach them a lesson.” Xiao Xi’s delicate face turned icy as she released her SS-class strength, and a vast wave of dark energy swept towards the powerhouses. Weaker powerhouses were hit and instantly exploded. The powerhouses who had stolen the Soul Purifying Water looked in disbelief as one of their comrades died so easily.
However, their fear did not end there. Xiao Ye also unleashed his dark energy, his power continuously climbing. The powerhouses’ expressions went from shock to blankness. “Xiao Ye, you are… an SSS-class powerhouse?” How could they possibly fight this? Ten years ago, Xiao Ye was still A-class! Now he had surpassed them by several levels.
In an instant, countless powerhouses reacted, thinking of escape. The damnable Blue Star Alliance had played them; they hadn’t told them at all how terrifying Xiao Ye was now. The burly leader quickly knelt on the ground, begging, “We’ll return ten times the Soul Purifying Water to you. It was our greed back then that stole your Soul Purifying Water…” “This city was also protected by you; you killed an S-class giant snake and saved the humans!” “They should be grateful to you. Even if you are infected, these humans have no right to blame you.”
These powerful individuals knelt before Xiao Ye, revealing everything that had happened in the past. The city’s masses were stunned. They had been attacked by demonic giant snakes back then, and the entire city had been on the verge of destruction. The masses believed the Blue Star Alliance had helped their city. Now, hearing what the powerhouses said, something felt wrong. “What? Xiao Ye was the hero who saved our city back then?!”