Chapter 23-1: Gather for the Final Battle!(I)
The battle continued.
No matter how many died.
As long as both sides still had a breath.
The final battle would never endā¦
As the remaining people of team China were embroiled in battle, Heng was in his own personal fated fight.
Heng was strongā¦ If ignoring conviction, persistence, willpower and courage, he was incredibly strong in terms of pure power, enough to constitute a fatal threat to Zheng and clone Zheng. Even though his power unleashed fluctuated greatly, he was still steadily within the top five of team China. That was how strong he was.
As mentioned, his power fluctuated greatly. He was either so strong he could threaten the strongest, or so weak a woman could kill himā¦ such as the woman in front of him.
Clone Yanwei and Hengās battle had gone on for a while already. In the beginning, Heng had been running away. He hadnāt given up on the battle. However, clone Yanwei had possessed the overwhelming advantage in this long range battle with her premonition. If she didnāt have some hesitation in her, perhaps Heng would have died to an arrow already. In this standoff where they fired arrows at each other, that was her wanting to die together.
When the two arrows were released, that short distance was eaten up in an instant. However, instinctively, every person would feel as if time slowed down in the moments before death as if time had come to a halt. Although their bodies couldnāt move, their minds could clearly sense the approaching arrows. They powerlessly watched as the arrows entered their bodies, seemingly about to reap their lives...
(Heng! Letās die togetherā¦)
(I canāt die yet. I canāt die yet! I clearly have the courage to live on now, so how can I die here?)
Two completely different mental states, which represented completely different philosophies in life. Hengās body suddenly released a green light as the arrow was about to touch him, making him look like a small, green, sun. He didnāt resist it, allowing the arrow to pass through his heart. Resistance was futile anyways as clone Yanwei already knew his reaction even before firing the arrow. The arrow would pierce his heart regardless, so he didnāt even intend to dodge, instead taking it head-on.
And Hengās arrow pierced through clone Yanweiāsā¦ arm. Yes, it pierced through her bow carrying arm, tearing it off. That was all it did as the arrow flew off.
āWhy. Why is it like this again? You coward, do you want to run away alone again?ā Clone Yanwei only recovered from her shock when the arrow had flown into the distance, ignoring her severed arm, muttering to herself as she looked at Heng, her eyes filled with despair.
A hole was located in Hengās chest. Let alone his heart, his arteries or anything else couldnāt be seen, and the hole was see through. Such a wound would be fatal for Heng, and even Xuan. However, he surprisingly didnāt fall to the ground, instead tightening his grip on his Sirius bow and his widened into a glare at clone Yanwei. The giant hole in his chest began to visibly knit itself back together, completely recovered in just over ten seconds.
āMy Light of the Soul happens to have the attribute of life force. Iām immortal as long as I still have Light of the Soul. Hey, you want to shoot again!ā Heng was bitterly laughing, before suddenly seeing clone Yanwei using her remaining arm to pick up her longbow on the ground.
Frightened, he immediately rushed to her side and picked her up. He ignored her struggling, and used the green Light of the Soul to stanch her bleeding, before kicking her longbow far away. No matter how she bit or scratched in her struggles, he only loudly said, āDonāt worry. I said Iāll take responsibility, so I will. Iāll shoulder all my sins in the past. I canāt die now. It wonāt wash away my sins and will betray my comradesā trust, soā¦ā Heng placed her on his shoulder, before taking out the Sky Stick and jumping on it. He flew off, ignoring what clone Yanwei was saying.
It was only then clone Yanwei finally understood that Heng was truly different now. It was cowardly to just want to die. It was nothing more than running away from the sins and pain of the past. It was the same for her and Heng. Otherwise, she and Heng wouldnāt have wanted to die together in Resident Evil Apocalypse. Neither were able to let go of their past memories or each other. However, at the same time, they werenāt able to face the other.
It was only in this final battle that Heng had changed, now not only able to courageously fight her, but able to courageously bear the past as wellā¦ Even if those sins couldnāt be forgotten or repaid in this life, he still faced it courageously. Such a Hengā¦ clone Yanwei truly couldnāt imagine.
(What is this bittersweet feeling in my heart? After being hurt like that, Iām still able to trust him? Iā¦)
Heng felt anxious and helpless. He really didn't know how to deal with this clone Yanwei. If it was the original, after such a long period of time interacting, although there hadnāt been much improvement, at least they werenāt enemies. Probably? But this clone Yanwei stood on an opposing side to him, and they were fundamentally enemies. And in team Devilās environment, let alone resolving her emotional knots, just not becoming a devil showed she still had some kindness in her heart. How was Heng supposed to persuade her? He hadnāt even resolved the original yet, so dealing with twoā¦ He didnāt have that kind of ability.
He wasnāt able to kill clone Yanwei, even if it was just a clone. It was Ming Yanwei after al. If it came down to it, he would rather be killed than kill. So he could only helplessly restrain her first. The combat power was negligible without her bow anyways.
As for the futureā¦ how it would be facing two Ming Yanweis who hated himā¦ that he didnāt know.
(Ahā¦ weāll finish this final battle first. I can feel two powerful auras there fighting. Perhaps Zheng is there. Iāll help Zheng win first. Let the future determine the matters of the future.) Heng resolved himself, before his body trembled faintly. The treatment just now had depleted too much of his Light of the Soul. He was still only in the early fourth stage, a level he only entered with great difficulty during the training in Starship Troopers. He didnāt have the power to wastefully use his Light of the Soul. He wouldnāt be able to recover from another fatal woundā¦
Speaking of which, why did he feel the two in front seemed familiar?
āWrong way, wrong way, wrong way! This isnāt Zhengsā fight, this is XUANSā! Dammit, isnāt this just giving people a hard time?ā Heng had easily flown far on his Sky Stick, and had noticed several black specks floating in the sky upon entering the domain of the battle. When he looked carefully, he realised the specks were two Xuans and a woman. The Xuans were recklessly using their Lambda Drivers without a care for anyone else. They were using gun-kata to display this skill to the limit. Spheres of light made of power of faith were continuously fired into their surroundings, the ground destroyed by the shockwaves. Watching it terrified Heng.
āHmph, running away again as soon as you see something that can threaten your life?ā Clone Yanwei was no longer struggling as she looked at the distant Xuans, sneering coldly at Heng.
āErr, battling and sending yourself to die are completely different concepts. I donāt see a need to join their battle. Err, Iāll see how Zheng is doing first. If Zheng wins, then we win this final battle.ā Heng gave a bitter smile as he replied, before changing course.
Clone Yanweiās eyes briefly showed some listlessness. She muttered, āSo what if this final battle ends? The future wonāt changeā¦ā
āNo, the future wonāt be the same any longer!ā Heng loudly cut her off. āIf I say it wonāt be the same, it wonāt be! Even if you still continue to hate me, and cannot forget it forever, Iāll still be by your side. Whether in happiness or sadness, despair or bliss, Iām not leaving again!ā
(Liar...) Clone Yanwei didnāt say anything else, allowing Heng to carry her towards the battlefield that would decide the final battleā¦ the battlefield of the Zhengs.
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