Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 24: Love and Revenge
The huge sword is inside and outside, the mysterious drum and the magic knife are fighting. Life and death are in chaos.

The setting sun shone like blood, illuminating the scorched earth, stained by resentment. The north wind howled, stirring up dust and gravel from the ground, as if the heavens and the earth themselves were wailing over this fateful confrontation.

The extreme fighting and the extreme moves are destined to be earth-shattering. The dripping blood, the broken internal organs, and the eerie white bones are destined to make it so that only one person can survive today.

"die!"

The drummer's eyes were bloodshot, and the ten fingers of his hands were already covered in blood, but the man driven by hatred was still unaware.

thump—

A dull drumbeat ripped through the air, and the dark, visible sound waves transformed into purple thunder, hurling themselves at Qingsha. The demonic blade formed from the demonic energy in the latter's hand suddenly grew three feet in radiance, and a faint, shrill scream could be heard.

"Come on!" Qingsha spun and slashed, his blade transforming into seven blood-red rainbows. The earth crumbled to dust in the instant the sonic waves and blade energy collided, leaving a three-foot-deep chasm beneath their feet. A large sliver of flesh had been ripped off the drummer's left shoulder, revealing the bare bones. Qingsha vomited a mouthful of blood, which streamed down his neck and stained his shirt. Yet, the sworn enemies had only each other in their sight, oblivious to the excruciating pain that ripped through them.

Thirty feet outside the battle circle, Linghu Shenyi's hand trembled slightly as he leaned on his wooden staff. By this point, the two men had completely locked arms, and he could only protect Jufengli and prevent tragedy from happening in the final exchange. At that moment, Linghu Shenyi caught a glimpse of Su Lan's figure running to the west, and his pupils suddenly constricted.

"Miss Qin, you can't do that!"

Before he finished speaking, Qin Juexian had already rushed into the battlefield like an arrow from a bow. Her bare hands plucked the strings of the zither, but the sound was not as clear and melodious as before. Instead, it was filled with the determination to perish together, and she vowed to forcibly interrupt this life-and-death battle.

"Bitch!" Veins bulged in the drum master's forehead. The tenderness of those days was still vivid before his eyes, now transformed into a raging hatred. The Heaven-shaking Drum suddenly flipped over, a ferocious dragon pattern appearing on the drum surface. He didn't even hold back, instead increasing the drum's power.

The strings of the qin are broken. At this moment, you still become a stumbling block to the drummer's revenge! Come and die!

"Goddess, no, no!"

The swift wind whipped up by the sword's sharp turn ripped through his jaws, and the backlash from his forced withdrawal sent shockwaves through his meridians. But he was still a moment too late—as the demonic blade grazed the woman's temple, the shadow of the ancient thunder dragon had already pierced her frail frame. Amidst the bloody rain, the woman in the blue dress fluttered down like a butterfly with broken wings.

The power of the thunder drum remained undiminished. Qingsha's meridians were already damaged due to his forced withdrawal, and he was also seriously injured by the angry attack of the leather drum master. However, Qingsha did not hesitate to use up all his energy at the moment of being hit, forcing his body to not retreat, and instead flew forward to catch the fallen Qin Juexian.

Blood oozes out from Qin Juexian's body, staining her blue skirt. The sound of drums is devastating, and her life has been cut off the moment she even hits the ground.

"Goddess..."

The man stumbled to his knees, his trembling fingertips touching the woman's cold face. The bright eyes that always held compassion in his memory now reflected the gray sky. He frantically poured his true energy into Qin Juexian's heart meridians, but it was like a drop in the ocean, leaving only a sticky scarlet on his palm.

"Why are you so stupid, so stupid..."

"Hahaha..." A crazy laugh suddenly exploded, startling the crows in the forest. The drummer urged the drum again, the drum sounded like thunder, and the killer move was used again: "What a lovesick man! Today I will let you become a pair of desperate mandarin ducks!"

"Stop!" But at this moment, a wooden staff flew through the air, barely blocking the deadly drumbeat. Linghu Shenyi's white beard was stained with blood. His eyes swept over the woman in his arms, and a fishy sweetness surged in his throat.

"Linghu Shenyi, you're courting death!" The drummer looked at Linghu Shenyi coldly and said, "Drummer, let's stop here. Fan Qiliang is gone. If you still want revenge, Linghu Shenyi will do whatever you want, but please spare Qingsha and Qin Juexian."

Facing the drum master wielding the Heaven-shaking Drum, Linghu Shenyi knew he was no match for him. But now that things had come to this, he truly hated to see anyone else die. The entangled emotions of Fan Qiliang, Qin Juexian, Qingsha, and the drum master had already cost them too many lives. It was time to stop.

"Hahahahaha." The drum master smiled grimly upon hearing this. "How ridiculous! How ridiculous! Qin Juexian betrayed me and wanted to kill me out of love, yet you actually told me to stop. Since you want to die today, I will grant your wish. You, them, and Ju Fengli will be buried here together!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the thunderous drum sounded, and the leather drum master urged the mysterious sound again. Linghu Shenyi frowned, and the Forgetful Slashing Technique and the Yu Di Sword were also ready to go. Just when the leather drum master was about to launch his killing move, a demonic aura suddenly exploded behind Linghu Shenyi.

"Ok?"

Just when the two were surprised and puzzled, they saw Qingsha suddenly look up, his red eyes seemed to be dripping with blood, and black blood oozed out of the pores all over his body. Without saying a word, a powerful wave of air swept Linghu Shenyi away. Then, a knife formed by pure demonic energy passed Linghu Shenyi and slashed towards Pi Gu Shi.

But inside the magic sword, Qingsha stood with his eyes red, and in his hands he was still tightly holding Qin Juexian, who was already dead.

"Drummer, come and die!"

With a furious slash of sword, the Pi Gu Master slashed down with a thunderous roar. Not to be outdone, he activated his inner energy, and the Ancient Thunder Dragon Soul materialized, confronting the demonic sword head-on. Almost simultaneously, sensing the imminent collision of two equally terrifying forces, the cracks in the Nebula River began to collapse once again.

"kill!"

The moment the two figures collided with a thunderous clatter, the heavens and the earth paled. The demonic sword's slashing blows evoked the wails of hundreds of ghosts, while the thunder dragon's tail swung with lightning and thunder. The century-old foundation of Jufengli crumbled in the blast, leaving only ruins and countless screams.

Linghu Shenyi looked at this scene, but he was helpless. His seriously injured body fell to the ground. He struggled to get up and tried to save some people.

The two people at the center of the collision fell to the ground at the same moment. Qingsha was left with no intact flesh on his body, but the body of Qin Juexian in his arms was still tightly protected by him, safe and sound. The drum master had a terrible knife wound on his left chest and abdomen, and the Zhentian drum broke in two and rolled into the dust. Looking at the man who was trying to stand up with his beautiful woman in his arms not far away, the drum master clenched his teeth, endured the severe pain, and took another step forward -

"Love killing, death!"

The murder of love seemed unheard, he just stood up shakily, his will supporting his broken body, he lowered his head to stare at Qin Juexian's peaceful sleeping face, and suddenly laughed foolishly: "Goddess, I can finally hold you like this..."

Blood dripped down the woman's jaw onto her brow, appearing as bright as cinnabar.

The desire for revenge could not be extinguished even though this body was already broken. However, at this moment, the three people who still had some life left in them heard the ringing of the bell at the same time, echoing through the heavens and the earth and resounding through the sky.

The three of them froze at the same time, watching the surrounding scenery dissipate like faded ink. The huge darkness enveloped the three of them and a corpse. Under the illumination of the ancient bronze lamp, the three of them saw the tall and majestic attic that vaguely revealed an ominous look.

On the ebony plaque crisscrossed with bloodshot veins, four large characters were written:

There's a pawn shop!

(End of this chapter)