156: Chapter 156 The Most Resolute Protection
"Rumble—!"
A deafening roar, more violent than any before, as if the entire world was wailing, violently dragged Lin Qingzhi out of the faint, warm threads of memory and back into the cruel reality.
She suddenly looked up!
She saw that at the entrance of the cave, the bone wall she had reinforced with all her strength finally, under the tireless, frantic battering of that Black Rock Demonic Rhinoceros, collapsed!
Fierce cracks, like black lightning, spread wildly across the entire cave ceiling!
Countless fragments of rock and bone fell down rustling, like a torrential downpour!
"Roar—!"
The Black Rock Demonic Rhinoceros let out a tyrannical roar filled with the joy of victory. Its massive, oppressive body slowly squeezed through the broken entrance!
Its pair of scarlet eyes, filled with greed and brutality, stared fixedly at the blood-colored insect cocoon in Lin Qingzhi's arms, which was radiating an alluring aura of life!
Lin Qingzhi's heart sank completely at this moment.
She tightly clutched the blood cocoon to her chest and slowly stood up from the ground.
Her pretty face, pale as paper, held no expression.
Only a cold resolve, the resolve of an Emperor!
She knew that facing it head-on meant certain death for her.
But even in death, she would absolutely not allow this evil creature to harm the slightest bit of the blood cocoon in her arms, which carried all her hope!
Just as she was preparing to pay any price, burning the last trace of her soul's origin to make a final stand against this monster, another image uncontrollably surfaced in her mind.
It was at the Wang Family Manor in Jiang City.
At that time, she had just been reborn, her strength was weak, and she was forced into a desperate situation by that ant, Wang Xiaotian.
Just as she was about to be completely devoured by the terrifying 'Blood Fiend Demonic God,' a tiny, almost negligible black Mosquito rushed forward fearlessly!
He used his fragile, easily broken body to buy her that incomparably precious... zero point one second!
That zero point one second changed everything.
That zero point one second allowed her to complete the final... counter-kill!
At that moment, his status in her heart was no longer 'pet.'
Instead, he was a partner whose back she could trust!
And then, at 'Ghost City.'
Above those ruins filled with death and destruction.
Facing the 'Soul Devouring Nail,' which could instantly kill a Demon Rank Expert, he still did not choose to escape alone.
He still stepped forward without hesitation to shield her!
Although his protection was so... insignificant.
Yet, that resolute will, that willingness to disregard all consequences, was deeply imprinted upon her soul!
- And finally...
Finally, in order to create that last sliver of life for her, he burned everything he had, actively charging towards that unknown and destructive 'three-yuan singularity' in the most tragic, most heroic, mutually destructive manner!
That silhouette!
That small, yet infinitely wild and resolute silhouette!
"Boom!"
Lin Qingzhi felt as if her soul had been violently struck by something!
A hot emotion she had never experienced, filled with endless bitterness and emotion, instantly submerged her Emperor's heart, which had been frozen for two lifetimes!
So...
It turned out that the one who had been protecting her all along was not the glory long past, nor was it her ethereal pride.
It was this little thing she had always regarded as an 'evil creature,' a 'pet,' a 'tool'...
He was the only reality in her current life!
"Roar—!"
The Black Rock Demonic Rhinoceros lost its patience.
It let out a tyrannical roar, and its single horn, shimmering with a chilling light, charged fiercely toward Lin Qingzhi like the sharpest spear, carrying the terrifying might capable of piercing mountains!
It intended to completely impale this 'ant' who dared to obstruct its feeding, along with the 'delicacy' in her arms!
However, at this very moment—
Lin Qingzhi smiled.
A heartbreaking yet infinitely gentle smile appeared on her pretty face, pale as paper.
She did not choose to dodge.
She also did not choose to burn away the last trace of her ethereal soul.
She simply turned around slowly.
Using her delicate, thin, yet incredibly firm back to tightly shield the warm blood cocoon in her arms.
Responding to the resolute protection he once showed her in this most direct, most primitive, and most unreasonable way!
"Don't... hurt him..."
She murmured with the last of her strength.
Her voice was so light that even she could barely hear it.
But that will, strong enough to move heaven and earth, transformed into eternity at this moment.