Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

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As if passing through a layer of water curtain, Liu Huai's back hit the ground and he let out a muffled groan.

This level of injury alone wasn't enough to send him into shock, but the real pain came from the impact that tugged at his old injury.

In fifty years of military life, less than five percent of people can leave the front line alive, and everyone has experienced countless life-and-death battles.

Holding back the blood flowing back into his throat, he swallowed the blood foam and asked in the calmest voice possible, "Are you okay, kid?"

"Well, I'm fine." Su Ruoji raised her cheek: "I'm fine, Grandpa Liu."

"It's good that you're okay." Liu Huai examined it carefully, as if he were treating a rare treasure, and said, "It's good that you're okay."

He caught it.

He caught up.

This alone made him extremely happy and overjoyed.

"Are you okay?" Su Ruoji asked softly, reaching out to touch the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth: "Does it hurt?"

"I..." Liu Huai looked at the gentle little girl, and the iron-blooded man almost had tears in his eyes at this time: "I, it doesn't hurt, not at all, grandpa is fine."

Su Ruoji didn't understand why the old man was crying, and he was smiling even though he was crying.

She just thought that he must be in pain, but adults are not allowed to cry or shout in pain casually.

Liu Huai sat up and stood up again.

At this moment, his heart seemed to be burning with fire, and an unprecedented power filled his whole body, suppressing all the pain.

He thought he would die on the battlefield and burn himself out for Daha. He also regretted why he did not die on the battlefield and had to linger on and refuse to see his relatives and comrades.

After this memorial, he didn't plan to go out again. He planned to go back home, stay there quietly, and wait for death.

But at this moment, he was full of gratitude.

Perhaps the reason why I am alive is for the present.

To make up for the regret, to be able to see my sister in the underworld with a relieved smile!

At this moment, he didn't even think about how to get out alive. He just wanted to do everything he could to protect this girl. This was the redemption he had missed for fifty years, and even the gods in the sky could not take her away from him.

Liu Huai pulled out the Panyan gun he carried with him. He never left this weapon and had used it for fifty years.

The barrels of the spears were connected one by one, and he looked around while holding the spear.

Although he had experienced countless life-and-death battles during the past fifty years of guarding the border, this was his first time walking alone in the shadow world.

This is not even the shadow layer, but the lightless layer which is more dangerous than the shadow layer.

The disaster beasts and shadow species walking here range from level one to level three. Given his condition, it would be extremely difficult for a level two beast to deal with them.

Ordinary people would definitely find a safe place to hide and wait for rescue from Changyesi.

But Liu Huai's experience told him that there should be a staircase leading to the shadow layer nearby.

He held Su Ruoji's hand and asked, "Are you scared?"

Su Ruo nodded: "A little, but I will be obedient."

"Good boy." Liu Huai thought to himself, what a good child, as well-behaved and obedient as his sister: "Grandpa will definitely take you out!"

He said this to give his children hope and to give himself confidence.

He was not a particularly outstanding soldier. He was neither a soldier king nor a member of the military's special squad. Instead, he was a mediocre person who had endured fifty years and barely became a third-level extraordinary person.

Why is he called a mediocre person? Because in the border area, there are opportunities everywhere. A genius can often break through to the third level in half a year. The disciples of the Martial Saint Pavilion come here to train and leave after staying for half a year. They are not as good as him when they come, and they are thousands of miles ahead of him when they leave.

He had been struggling in this dangerous place for fifty years, never afraid of fighting, and had received many rewards and opportunities, but he was only at the third level... This had already drained all his potential.

He is definitely not a genius, at most he is a mediocre person... He is similar to Guo Jing, who is just brave enough to fight, study hard and live for the sake of death.

And now, he was a little scared to death.

It's not that he was afraid of dying, but that he was afraid that he would not be able to complete his mission and send the child away.

This is what he fears the most!

As he said this, he walked forward, holding the rock spear.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

thirty minutes.

Every step leaves a blood mark.

He had killed more than ten shadow aliens and disaster beasts, but his walking speed was getting slower and slower, and he could already see the stairs.

But he didn't dare go any further.

A third-level disaster beast was guarding there and was staring at him.

How was it discovered?

Liu Huai didn't understand.

But soon, he understood.

"Child, are you of heroic blood?" he asked.

"What is the bloodline of the heroic spirit?"

Su Ruoji didn't know either. Although she was active by nature, she was no longer lively after seeing the fighting along the way. Instead, her face turned pale with fear.

Liu Huai smiled bitterly. The bloodline of the heroic spirit, the bloodline of the heroic spirit of a child. Because he is still young, he cannot control the mystery flowing in his blood. This is the best tonic for disaster beasts and alien species.

No wonder he was targeted.

He could only step back, holding Su Ruoji to avoid more disaster beasts to delay time.

But he was injured and couldn't walk fast.

There is no point in delaying like this, it will only lead to encirclement.

And Chang Ye Si hasn't arrived yet... If it was the shadow layer, he would have arrived, but this is the lightless layer, and he needs to enter the shadow layer before positioning, which will result in a large error. If he is unlucky, he may miss three or four times in a row.

"There's no time." Liu Huai felt that he was getting weaker and weaker.

He picked up Su Ruoji and put her in the basement of a long-abandoned house.

"Stay here... If you don't hear anyone calling you outside, don't come out." Liu Huai whispered, "Do you understand?"

Su Ruoji immediately shook his head: "Grandpa, come in too!"

"Grandpa won't go in. Stay here, good boy, and be obedient."

Liu Huai smiled and gently touched Su Ruoji's hair. Guilt, relief, and regret flashed in his eyes, and finally all turned into relief.

He closed the basement door, stood guard at the entrance, and raised the Rock Spear.

He actually had the courage to stand alone against the enemy.

The veteran soldier who had fought many battles laughed out loud, his blood-stained clothes fluttering like a flaming flag.

He raised his spear with a clang, and all he needed was a pot of wine to drink.

"As firm as a rock, I will never budge!"

"Today I deserve to die."

"It hurts!"

“How wonderful!!”

Chapter 123 Inheritance and Curse

This is a fight to the death.

Liu Huai chose this place as his death place.

He knew that this group of alien species and disaster beasts only wanted to devour the blood of the heroic spirits, so he raised the Rock Spear and held it across his body.

It was a fight to the death, a fight to the death without a single step back.

There was a basement right under his feet. The veteran soldier who had fought in hundreds of battles raised his weapon, gritted his teeth and coughed up blood, but he was laughing out loud. He had never felt such a great pleasure before. It seemed that his strength was endless and could never be used up. An endless stream of energy poured out. He knew that he was squeezing out his remaining lifespan, but so what?

A veteran of many battles will die when he must.

Moreover, such a death is a worthy one!

There is no need to lie on a sickbed, surrounded by the tears of your children and grandchildren, closing your eyes and counting the failures of this life.

His clothes were already stained red with blood, and the blood stained on the Rock Spear spilled down like red flames swirling when he danced with the spear.

He was indeed standing here alone, but no one could get close to him.

"I am the guard of Canyang Pass on the northwest border of the Panyan Army!"

Liu Huai roared, "You beastly remains! How dare you take this step!"

The rock spear smashed into the ground, making a crisp vibration sound, accompanied by a powerful roar, and the murderous aura accumulated over decades on the battlefield swept across.

The leading second-level peak disaster beast actually took a few steps back, frightened by the astonishing momentum.

Neither the disaster beasts nor the alien species dared to come forward. Liu Huai was covered in blood, but he didn't even frown.

He shook the Rock Gun, took a step forward, and shot a monster's head to pieces. The corpse was scattered all around.

Just at this moment, he heard a sound of breaking through the air, like a black rain coming from the distance. It was the third-level disaster beast taking action.

At this moment, he wanted to gather his internal energy to fight back, but he lacked the strength. In the end, he was still trying too hard. The internal injuries in his body were affected again and again. After being suppressed several times, they finally broke out, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his throat.

Fleeting opportunities were missed.

Liu Huai stood there with his eyes wide open, his body pierced by the rain of black arrows.

He staggered back several steps but refused to fall. When he knew he was about to die, he suddenly raised the spear in his hand and smashed it against the ground, causing the entrance to the basement to collapse.

The veteran stood there, his body tense, like a dying and roaring beast.

Unfortunately, he couldn't hold on for too long. A strong obsession made his body stand upright as solid as a rock.

Die standing up with your eyes open.

A pitch-black shadow took shape at his feet, condensing into a human form in the almost still space and time, and then walked onto the veteran's body.

The next moment, his body seemed to be reversing time and space. His wounds began to heal, his body's aging was reversed, and his body returned to the peak of his youth.

It stopped at forty-two.

He opened his eyes and saw that the person standing there was no longer the old veteran who had seen many battles in his twilight years, but a middle-aged man with bones as hard as iron and as strong as diamond.

Immediately, a layer of dark shadow covered the middle-aged man's appearance, as if he was wearing a leather suit, which solidified into a suit.

The Destiny Editor slowly opened his eyes.

……

Bai Yu moved his wrist and began to adapt to this body.

Although he had guessed early on that the origin of this rock spear head was not simple, he did not expect its origin to be like this.

However, because of this experience, Su Ruo decided not to obey the advice of his family and insisted on taking the martial arts exam.

"It's like an inherited curse."

"Mr. Liu chose to join the army because he was ten years old and witnessed his sister being caught in a disaster, unable to do anything about it. He used this method, almost like self-harm, to free himself from the guilt he felt. But even after all these years, he still hasn't been able to get over it."

"And in the end, the old man found his redemption here... He saved Su Ruoji, as if to atone for his past mistakes, and he finally rested in peace."

"Just correspondingly, this also left Su Ruoji, who was also less than ten years old, with an inheritance that could be called a curse."

“It is said that a person’s life is spent healing his or her childhood, and the wounds left by childhood will accompany you throughout your life.”

Bai Yu seemed to understand Su Ruoji a little.

Her life changed from this moment on.

Liu Huai's death left her with a wound, and because of this wound, she chose a different life trajectory than what she had planned, which was even a bit too extreme.

Bai Yu watched all of this silently, and then it was his time.

[Veteran: Finale]