Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 622 Ice and Fire

"Ice Queen!"

Lin Xiaoyu's scream pierced the night sky, and ice patterns instantly formed on the lake's surface.

The flames on Zhang Ming's body were like extinguished candles, and white frost spread upwards along his trouser legs.

He looked down as ice crystals climbed up his chest, and ice flowers began to form on his retina.

"No, impossible." Zhang Ming's voice was like shattered glass. "My flame is clearly..."

The ice sealed his last words, freezing him in a terrified state.

Fang Yu closed his eyes and listened, his mind network capturing the heart's final struggle.

When her wristwatch alerted her to "Zhang Ming's death," Lin Xiaoyu collapsed to her knees like a puppet with its strings cut.

Her rotting lips slowly lifted, revealing the first smile since Zhang Ming disfigured her.

A breeze carrying the scent of decaying leaves swept across the lake as Fang Yu walked up to her.

When a warm hand touched the top of her head, Lin Xiaoyu looked up blankly and saw the captain's fingertips glowing with an emerald-like light.

“A woman bound by obsession.” Fang Yu’s fingers traced the centipede-shaped scars on her face. Wherever the light of divine protection touched, the festering skin melted like the first snow. “You and I are very similar. Even after becoming ghosts, you still have these scars. You didn’t seek the help of the main god to repair them. It’s okay, I’ll remove them for you. Now that you’ve avenged your great enemy, be a good person.”

Lin Xiaoyu touched her smooth, untouched cheeks with trembling hands, and tears suddenly streamed down her face.

As she shook her head, icy crystals fell from the ends of her hair: "I've died once. I know that kind of pain."

"In this cycle of reincarnation, death is inevitable; everyone is subject to it except the captain."

Lin Xiaoyu forced a cruel smile. "It's better to just let it go. This Dream of Reincarnation is enough. I'm not a strong woman, I'm a crazy woman, and I can't help the team anyway."

“I can make you stronger,” Fang Yu interrupted her, lightning crackling deep in his pupils. “Very strong.”

Lin Xiaoyu stood up and bowed deeply. "Captain, let me say goodbye to you in A Chinese Ghost Story."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure!" Lin Xiaoyu nodded vigorously. "Captain, I've also watched Naruto. I envy Rin for dying at Kakashi's hands, for being able to die a worthy death and be remembered by others."

Lin Xiaoyu grabbed Fang Yu's hand, twisted it into a claw shape, and forcefully stabbed it into her own heart!

Fang Yu stopped his hand on Lin Xiaoyu's chest and looked intently into her eyes. "Are you really going to die?"

"Ok!"

"you"

Lin Xiaoyu pulled again with all her might!
"Pfft!"

Although she was in ghost form, and theoretically physical attacks shouldn't be able to harm Lin Xiaoyu, Fang Yu was no ordinary person.

Leaving aside the Thunder Fruit, which is considered an "extremely yang" substance, just considering the true teachings of Zhenyuan Daxian and the backing of Laozi, Lin Xiaoyu would be in for a lot of trouble.

"Ah"

Lin Xiaoyu, who had suffered a fatal wound, gave a self-deprecating laugh, "I thought that once I became a female ghost, I wouldn't feel any pain anymore, but I didn't expect it to hurt so much."

"Hoo," Fang Yu watched as her figure began to become transparent, a sign that her soul was about to dissipate. He comforted her, "Don't be afraid, pain is normal, you might feel dizzy, but that's all normal."

Seeing Fang Yu's dejected expression, Lin Xiaoyu asked in surprise, "Are you sad for me?"

Fang Yu shook his head and sighed, "I really didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Lin Xiaoyu smiled brightly, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Captain. I hope I can be like Lin, someone you'll remember, even though I can't really help the team at all."

Fang Yu swallowed hard, and Lin Xiaoyu continued:
"I thought," her voice was like a candle flame in the wind, "that the cycle of reincarnation would hold the answer to keep me alive."

Her lower body had turned into specks of light, yet her smile was brighter than when she was alive. "But I can't find it."

"Perhaps, it was at the moment when my mother told me she was married and not to contact her anymore, and my father brought a woman home, beat me, and told me to get out."

"Since I'm superfluous, I should leave this world sooner rather than later, so I won't be a burden to others."

Pretentious?

Maybe. At least in the eyes of someone like Fang Yu, whose will to survive has been as strong as a cockroach after being reduced to a human pig, as long as he has a breath left, what can't he live for?
Whipping? Branding with a hot iron?
Even if he falls into a cesspool, he will try his best to climb out. Even if he can't climb out, he will eat while vomiting, and he will live until the day someone finds him!
As long as you don't die, then live!

To be alive is to have hope!
But people are all different.

Even big bosses, big stars, rich and powerful people who are very happy may one day "have a change of heart" and feel that there is no need to live anymore.

But there are also people who earn only 3 yuan an hour, who can live happily even while exposed to the wind and sun, eating steamed buns and pickled vegetables and drinking cold water, and who look forward to tomorrow.

Fang Yu respected Lin Xiaoyu and did not disturb her in her final moments, watching her gradually fade away.

The last thing we saw was Lin Xiaoyu's relieved expression.

Thank you.

As Lin Xiaoyu turned into specks of white light, Fang Yu heard the merciless warning from the main god.

[Defeat the Ghost Slave to obtain 2 C-rank side quests and 1000 reward points]

"Oh, I got sand in my eye."

Fang Yu rubbed his eyes and looked at Xiao Die in front of him, "And what are you?"

Xiaodie was already so frightened that her legs cramped. "I, I, I, my father-in-law..."

"Are you the father-in-law?"

"No, no, no, no, I, I, I am, I am, I meant to say, father-in-law, son-in-law."

Fang Yu raised his hand and a bolt of lightning struck the river, startling Xiao Die so much that she jumped up on the spot, screaming, "Ahhhhh!"

"Stop barking like a dog. I don't want to repeat myself. Lead the way, I'm going to kill Grandma."

Xiaodie quickly covered her mouth, nearly tripping as she was about to take a step. She patted her legs several times to steady herself before limping forward.
What a joke!
The Thunder God is alive!

Laozi possessed me!

I'm a little female ghost!

Grandma?

Better to die for the poor girl than for her grandmother!
the other side.

With the help of the Earth-Escape-Ghost, who had eaten the Mole Fruit, the group dug into the ground and finally discovered numerous urns of ashes buried deep underground.

These urns were arranged densely, each covered with yellowed talismans, exuding a chilling aura.

"Among so many urns, which one is Xiaoqian's?" Su Rui asked, frowning and somewhat at a loss.

Zheng Zha grinned and patted her shoulder: "Silly girl! Who cares which one it is, take them all! I have storage rings, I can put as many as I have!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

As dusk fell, the last rays of the setting sun were gradually swallowed by darkness.

The atmosphere around Lanruo Temple grew increasingly eerie, with countless eyes seemingly watching from the shadows among the swaying trees.

The group sped up the moving and digging, but there were just too many urns, and before they knew it, night had fallen.

Zhou Mingxuan stretched and yawned, "Just how many people did that damn tree demon kill?"

Su Rui corrected, "These should all be ghosts enslaved by Grandma~ The people who were eaten didn't even leave behind their ashes."

Suddenly, the ground trembled slightly, and a deep roar came from afar!

Zheng Zha looked up alertly: "Oh no, Grandma has found us!"

Just as everyone was on high alert, a shrill scream came from deep underground, and countless vines broke through the soil and rushed straight towards them!

Above the Central Continent Team, Fang Yu, radiating a golden light, appeared instantly!

He clasped his hands together and began forming hand seals. Before announcing the name of the ninjutsu, he cursed, "Finally caught you! You like to trick my teammates, huh? I'll rip you out of the wood! Sage Art: Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!"

(End of this chapter)