“That’s why you should stop. I don’t wish to kill you,” Mo urged.
Zhang Ruo Xi showed no signs of stopping. She did not respond to Mo at all. Instead, she continued to harness her power and strength to prove her determination with her actions. Cracking sounds could be heard from the eight behind her.
With this strike, the eight of them would turn into dust.
Mo’s gaze turned cold as he snarled, “If you insist on dying, I am willing to fulfil your desire for death, but have you thought about what would happen to Yang Kai if you died?”
Zhang Ruo Xi was a little startled.
[Sir would be deeply saddened by my death, right? That’s enough for me…]
Zhang Ruo Xi still showed no signs of backing down; instead, she let out a faint smile. This made Mo exasperated as he could not resist saying, “Why are Human women so stubborn? You think it’s worth it to die at my hands to protect him, but have you ever thought about the guilt and torture the living would have to endure? If you truly want to act in his best interests, I advise you to calm down and look at things from his perspective. You staying alive should come before everything else.”
Zhang Ruo Xi stared at Mo in shock this time, brimming with confusion.
[What’s going on? The one who wields the darkest of all powers that exist is attempting to reason with me during a life-and-death moment…]
She could not help but find it unbelievable, especially since Mo made a good point.
Instinctively, she suddenly felt that Mo was scheming something.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Mo curtly snorted, “I lived among you Humans for more years than you have lived. We once worked together and protected each other.” [There was even someone very important to me once. All I wanted to do was to help her, but in the end, I was destined to ruin everything…]
When Mo saw what Zhang Ruo Xi was about to do, he could not help but recall his own past. [Mu must’ve felt great anguish when she decided to lock me up. In the end, I let her down.]
Mo turned towards the Space-Time River and said, “Why don’t we just wait here? When he comes out, I will fight him.”
Zhang Ruo Xi frowned as she looked at Mo, too afraid to let her guard down.
Mo turned back to her once more, “There’s nothing for you to worry about. You are free to strike me at any given moment and engage me in a fight to the death. As you said, even if I kill you, I will suffer in the process, and when he comes out, perhaps I won’t be able to hold my own against him.”
Zhang Ruo Xi simply could not figure out what Mo was thinking.
It would indeed be great for her if she did as Mo suggested.
She had enough strength to unleash a powerful final strike, and she could do so at any time, so the only one who had anything to gain by agreeing to Mo’s suggestion was her.
Besides, even if Mo was plotting something sinister, would she be able to stop him?
[If Mo is truly willing to simply stop and wait now, once Sir comes out, he and I can attack Mo together.]
“You better not do anything rash,” after hesitating for a brief moment, Zhang Ruo Xi withdrew her imposing aura.
“Naturally,” Mo smirked as it remained standing in place.
Zhang Ruo Xi nodded.
The two Masters who had been dueling in a brutal, all-out fight to the death now stood together in the void, waiting in silence. Sure enough, life was unpredictable.
Zhang Ruo Xi was still on guard, so she led her eight Personal Guards over to a spot between Mo and the Space-Time River to block Mo.
Mo saw what she was doing and showed no inclination of stopping her, puzzling her even further.
That being said, she had never encountered Mo before. She imagined Mo to be a brutal, sinister, and vicious existence, but after interacting with him herself, she realised that was not the case.
Though confused, as Zhang Ruo Xi stared into Mo’s eyes, she had a vague inkling and could not help but ask, “What do you want to do?”
Mo’s gaze went past her and stared at the massive Space-Time River as he asked, “It’s very grand and beautiful, isn’t it?”
Zhang Ruo Xi did not answer Mo’s question, instead frowning in doubt, “So what if it is?”
“It saved me from endless darkness,” Mo replied, “So, to me, it is the light. This is what she left behind, and since she has chosen a Successor, I want to see what happens. If her Successor can kill me, it won’t be a bad way for me to die.”
After a pause, Mo continued with a heavy heart, “When it comes down to it, I did something I shouldn’t have. It only stands to reason that I pay the price for it.”
“If you wish to die, I can fulfil your wish for you!” Zhang Ruo Xi shot back.
Mo eyed her coolly, “Only the person who gave me my new life can kill me. No one else has the right to do so.”