Dance Of The Phoenix
141. Being Evil

Using blood-devouring pearls is tantamount to mass slaughter. Although the demon bones were more ruthless, the blood-devouring pearls would arouse the heart demon's desire to kill more powerfully. He would kill indiscriminately for a purpose until it was detached from the blood-devouring pearls.

This was something beyond what Gu Yuena was thinking. Just holding onto it alone, Gu Yuena's emotions had been turbulent. He looked at Li Hua and Gu Ying alternately, his expression extremely complicated.

Gu Yuena pulled the corner of her lips. Looking back at the blood-red pearl, he grasped it tightly, drowning in his fist. So tightly, the magic contained in the pearl pierced through Gu Yuena's fingers and disappeared as she opened her fist.

The blood-devouring pearl has been destroyed.

Gu Yuena's feeling sank, while Li Hua looked at the blood-devouring pearls that were shattered in disbelief. He approached Gu Yuena closer, then looked at the evaporating magic with a frustrated look.

"No ... don't disappear ...." Li Hua wanted to take the magic that was getting lost, but it was translucent. Then, his gaze was directed at Gu Yuena who was putting on a flat face. The pair of red irises expressed anger.

"Gu Yuena!" Li Hua raised his hand and slapped Gu Yuena very hard. Gu Yuena closed her eyes, received a slap and held back all the emotions that were burning her heart.

Gu Yuan also looked surprised, but did not say anything. While Gu Ying still looked weak. He was thinking of a way for Li Hua not to get too angry at Gu Yuena. Unexpectedly, Gu Yuena would be so extreme.

Previously, Gu Ying and Gu Yuena had made a deal. Once the demon bones corroded his body, Li Hua would definitely have Gu Yuena return to collect 1000 blood. At that moment, Gu Ying asked Gu Yuena to reject him.

Gu Yuena honestly refused. He wanted Gu Ying to stay alive, but Li Hua's deeds were clearly unjustified. After all, they should have died. Gu Ying also definitely did not want to live like that.

"Then make me the bad guy."

That was what Gu Yuena said. He did not say his agreement directly, but the answer was obvious. He agreed, but not as a man who presided over the truth.

Gu Yuena wanted to leave before all that happened because she didn't want to take any difficult decisions. But who would have thought, things happen faster. He was given the choice of letting his father die to save thousands of people or to save him using the lives of thousands.

Gu Yuena could not choose both. He was not a good person, nor was he someone who was very unreasonable. If Gu Yuena was in Gu Ying's position, he would rather die than live dependent on the lives of others.

Too depressing.

Gu Yuena laughed. He looked at Li Hua who looked so angry that his red irises seemed to want to kill him. Supposedly.

"You don't want to save him, then don't destroy the blood-devouring pearls." Li Hua looked at Gu Yuena sharply. "Gu Yuena, are you so ignorant?"

"I don't know myself, then I do." Gu Yuena said in a low tone, seeing that the pearls he destroyed had evaporated like the wind.

The pearl was already destroyed, the only one who could save his father was already destroyed. Now, just waiting for death. He's been a bad guy here. And then better to continue.

Gu Yuena looked at Li Hua coldly, then said, "You think you managed to control me? Your Majesty, do you think you're the only one with a heart demon? Me either. But the devil my heart does not regret you."

There was no feeling of humanity in Gu Yuena's heart demon. For him, death is peace. As for Li Hua, eternal life was satisfaction. Li Hua wanted to continue living and becoming a god in order to give life to those closest to him and toying with their souls. While Gu Yuena was different.

Gu Yuena likes murder. That was why Li Hua used it to collect 1000 bloods throughout life to give eternal life.

"You know what the devil of my heart wants?" Gu Yuena smiled. "Death to all of you."

Unknowingly, Gu Yuena clenched her fists to withstand the turmoil in her heart. He said it fluently, but actually felt desperate. He hoped that Li Hua would not hesitate to kill him.

Li Hua looked at Gu Yuena with deep hatred. He was so angry that he wanted to kill the woman, but could not do it now.

"I would probably be happy if I killed people. But using 1000 blood to sustain a mortal life, that's not my way. Your Majesty, why don't you do it yourself?" Gu Yuena spoke slowly so that her tone sounded cruel.

"With you, I can destroy the whole world. But you are one of the people I brought back to life. I have given life to you, not just once or twice, is that your reward? I gave you a lot of things, why can't you keep up with my wishes?"

"Because of that, I'll give you back everything you gave." Gu Yuena threw the storage pouch containing the items Li Hua had given her earlier. He never used that.

"You dare!"

"I am very brave. I won't let you get what you want, because you're not my mother at all. My mother is dead."

"Gu Yuena, if you really leave here, I swear I will kill you!"

"I'm looking forward to it." Gu Yuena stepped back away from them. His face looks very cold.

Before actually leaving, he looked back towards Li Hua. "I forgot one thing" he said. His hand conjures red magic. He aimed the red magic at himself, especially his eyes to pull something in there.

Those who saw were surprised. Gu Ying wanted to stop, but could not do so. Whereas when Gu Yuan was about to run to stop Gu Yuena, Li Hua restrained her shoulders.

"Let's see if he dares to do it." Li Hua looked at Gu Yuena thoughtfully.

Gu Yuena pulled the magic circle that had once been planted in her eyes. It was the same as pulling his own eyes. It hurts so much. His eyes felt gouged out, while the one who experienced it seemed to put on a flat face as if all the pain was nothing.

The magic circle completely came out, piercing through his eyes in the form of a pink magic circle. He threw it towards Li Hua, while Li Hua caught it.

"You're going blind. Are you out of your mind?" Li Hua was actually a bit surprised. He thought Gu Yuena was just bluffing. But it turned out that the woman was much crazier than expected.

"This is a monster you created with your own hands, Your Majesty." Gu Yuena showed her evil smile. He left with nothing, just as he had entered this place.

"Good, you've decided." Li Hua laughed like a frustrated person, "You should know that I won't let things get easy!"

When Gu Yuena turned around, she saw a pitch-green magic darting towards her. Such a huge and terrifying pressure, it managed to render his entire soul force uncontrollable right then and there. Gu Yuena put up a defense, letting the magic run over her.

Gu Yuena managed to keep her body from falling, but she was pushed far enough away. The feeling of being suppressed with a power that was much stronger than him was truly infuriating. Actually, Li Hua was at what level?

When Li Hua was about to launch another attack, Gu Ying suddenly appeared holding back his arm. Li Hua looked at him sharply.

"Get your hands off!"

Gu Ying lowered Li Hua's arm, then used the power of darkness to temporarily block him. Li Hua was so angry that he almost exploded.

"Let go!"

"Stop all this," Gu Ying insisted. He endured the pain in his body while forcing himself to stand up straight. He glanced at Gu Yuan behind him, "Bring Gu Yuena."

Gu Yuan immediately went over to Gu Yuena and led her out of the room, letting Li Hua and Gu Ying argue inside. After the two people left, Gu Ying looked at Li Hua calmly back.

"It's my fault I asked him to behave like that." Gu Ying admitted it.

Li Hua looked at him in disbelief. "Why?"

"I can't live depending on the lives of others. If everyone on the outside were dead, would you have sacrificed these people of the palace?"

Li Hua was surprised. He nodded, biting his lips tightly. He was so frustrated and angry that he could not control his mind properly.

"I've thought about it well," Li Hua replied. He looked at Gu Ying with mixed feelings, "Do you prefer to leave instead of with me?"

"I'd rather go than see you like this." Gu Ying replied in a flat tone.

Li Hua did not know how many times he was shocked today. This was the first time Gu Ying had spoken in such a tone to her. "You ...."

"Don't say that ...." Li Hua suddenly became frightened. He removed the blockage quickly, then approached Gu Ying with a complicated expression. He's so fucked up. "You don't know what I'm going through. You think it's easy living like this? I was forced to marry someone else for all my plans. I sacrificed a lot of things over the years. Gu Ying, you can't blame me."

"Therefore, do not do things in vain."

"For nothing? You come back to life, my efforts are not in vain. Even if Gu Yuena is not willing to collect blood to keep you alive, I still have Gu Yuan and Yang Xinyuan. You can't leave without my consent!"

Li Hua's gaze towards Gu Ying hardened. There was an evil smile behind it, which made Gu Ying frown even more. Gu Ying did not like this. Although he was a person who could do anything for his purposes, he would not involve too many people.

Gu Ying's heart cooled. In front of him, it was not Li Hua his wife, but someone else.

"Your eyes are like someone's" Li Hua said. Gu Ying had the same eyes as Gu Yuena, cold and heartless. However, Gu Ying's current gaze was just like the cold gaze he had seen a few years ago.

The look of the woman who is going to die.

Thinking about it really made Li Hua very upset. How does this similarity exist? He hated that look.

"Don't expect to die easily and meet Bai Yue's spirit. I've smashed him to pieces inside the demon bone."

Gu Ying was shocked. Bai Yue is dead? Li Hua killed him?

Li Hua smiled happily at Gu Ying's shock. He did not tell Bai Yue's death before, until he finally saw the same gaze as the woman full of blood.

"Even when he died, he still looked at me pitifully." Li Hua chuckled, "Unfortunately, I didn't manage to kill his son. Or Gu Yuena must be in my grasp right now. The Bai family was always as troublesome as ever."

"Why did you do that?"

"I just want to. I hateit. I want him to be the first part of the demon bone to resurrect you." Li Hua seemed to have remembered something. "Looking at that person—suami Bai Yue—were mourning his death, I became like looking at myself, so didn't kill him. Unfortunately, the man drew his sword at me. I had to mix it into the devil's bone."

Gu Ying clenched his fists, feeling too shocked. He had not expected Li Hua to go so far, even before the heart demon had completely mastered it.

"So don't waste their 'sacrifice." Li Hua laughed, then left the room. He let a few servants remain in the room until Gu Ying finally chased them away coldly.

None of this ended well as expected.

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"Lady!" Gu Yuan called out to Gu Yuena who continued walking out of the palace.

Gu Yuena stopped, then turned to look towards Gu Yuan. His face was still as flat and cold as before with no trace of guilt.

"You sure you're leaving now?" ask Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuena looked towards the palace. "Mom and Dad even had a fight. If I stay here, isn't it the same as looking to die? I really appreciate my life."

"Don't pretend anymore. Tell the truth. Why would you do that?" Gu Yuan still did not know what was going on behind all this. He felt Gu Yuena had planned something.

"Destroying your only life expectancy?" Gu Yuena snorted. "I don't think it's the hope of life, but the hope of becoming the undead. I'm not gonna take part in this game of death."

Gu Yuan was silent. He understood what Gu Yuena was saying. He himself could not accept it, but could not do much to protect all that he wanted to protect. He thought, by being in this place and following Li Hua's plan, everyone he loved would be fine.

Li Hua made Gu Yuena an example to threaten him. Gu Yuena lost a lot of things which made her desperate and alone for continuing to resist. For over a year, Gu Yuena had been in this place, everything felt very quiet as the sacrifice of 1000 bloods was carried out.

However, he realized the sacrifice of 1000 blood would not stop no matter how the time rotated. Although the creatures around the world were already extinct, Li Hua would demand 1000 blood and sacrifice the remaining people. It was only natural that Gu Yuena chose to oppose.

"Sister, if you want to come with me, we'll walk together." Gu Yuena looked at him expectantly. She wanted her brother to come along, regardless of this horrible and silent place.

"Nana .. I cannot ...." Gu Yuan really could not. Before he explained the reason, Gu Yuena had already turned around about to leave.

"Well if it's your decision, I won't force it." Gu Yuena felt somewhat disappointed, but she was not angry. He turned his head towards his brother, then smiled, "May you and Luo Yi be fine."

Gu Yuan felt a heavy feeling in his heart. He wanted to stop Gu Yuena who kept going away, but could not say anything more. He knew, there were still things he had to do in this place to restrict Li Hua.

"Nana, be careful," he murmured.

In addition, Gu Yuena had broken through the illusionary barrier and arrived at the pine forest. It was already night time when he was outside, cold air pierced his skin.

When passing through the barrier, he no longer looked as cold and indifferent as everyone saw. He hugged his own body, feeling his body tremble violently.

His robe was enough to ward off the cold air, but his body still felt extremely cold as if it was going to freeze. He had held it for quite a while, until the protective layer on his body was removed.

Li Hua's strength had a painful cold energy. It made him almost freeze. Fortunately, Gu Yuena had a phoenix flame so it was not injured very badly.

Only, his spiritual power had been injured.

Forcibly removing the magic circle caused heavy damage to the spiritual power. Gu Yuena should feel the pain in her eyes, even at this second, she groaned painfully while kneeling on the banks of the riverbed.

"Removing the magic-circle will forcibly damage your vision. If it's not dealt with quickly, you won't be able to see anymore." Xiao Bai spoke from the spiritual room, feeling worried.

"Miss, we better hurry to go to the city to be treated," Xiao Hei exclaimed.

Gu Yuena was silent for a while. He looked at his own mirror from the water, then snorted. "Who can handle it?"

"Just like when fire poison strikes, the alchemists may have a way." Xiao Hei was very anxious. It was the middle of the forest, it took a long time to arrive at the city. He could have brought Gu Yuena with his speed, but that was if Gu Yuena was willing.

Looking at Gu Yuena's mood this time, it was afraid that the woman had experienced hopelessness. There was sadness in his eyes, and great guilt. If I could cry, I would cry.

"Toxins can be treated with an antidote. But a damaged organ can only be replaced with the same organ. In this world, such a thing was still taboo. No one can help." Gu Yuena already knew the consequences. He had been planning this since receiving the magic circle.

He has given it all back. For the life that Li Hua gave her, she would pay slowly. Starting with his vision.

"Miss ...."

Gu Yuena closed her eyes, closing the relationship with the spiritual space that made Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai unable to know the condition or communicate with her. Gu Yuena really wanted to be alone.

Looking at the mirror in the water, Gu Yuena lowered her head. He's still trying to maintain his composure, but it feels very difficult. He knelt on the ground with an empty look.

"Sorry." Gu Yuena could not cry anymore. He just looked at the river water blankly and weakly.

He refused to see Gu Ying dead and chose to leave. That alone made him feel guilty. Now, he was forced to destroy the only way to keep Gu Ying alive. He failed to save his own father, killing him on purpose. The guilt continues to haunt him.

He was alone in a deserted pine forest. There were many monsters lurking, but Gu Yuena did not care. His robe fluttered in the wind, no longer able to withstand the piercing cold air and increasingly freezing Gu Yuena's body.

Gu Yuena felt weak. His head was very painful, his eyes felt blurred and pain, his heart did not fall out until it caused shortness of breath. Gu Yuena could not maintain her body anymore until she fell to the ground and fainted.

He fainted under the cold of the night and the whirl of monsters.