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  "Alright," the Beast God smiled faintly, turning his body around, the fatigue on his face seeming to deepen a bit more, saying, "You came here for what reason, is it to kill me?"

  The ghost shook his head.

  The beast god was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "I didn't expect that there would still be people who don't want to kill me. I didn't expect it either. In these few months, using your human words, I have been a scourge on the world, bringing disaster to all living things, and am a person who should die a thousand deaths. How is it that you don't want to kill me?"

  The demon stood silently, gazing at the beast god, who was also staring back at him. Between the two men, that flame was quietly burning, and its reflection shone in their eyes.

  "Should I be thinking of killing you?"

  "Shouldn't it be?"

  Remained silent for a long time...

  "Perhaps," a complex expression suddenly appeared on Gui Li's face, with a hint of nostalgia, a few parts of pain, and a few parts of vague confusion. Facing the most ferocious demon in the world, he seemed to be able to completely let go of his heart, without the indifference and closure that he had shown in front of others.

  "It was ten years ago, I would have been wholeheartedly willing to eliminate harm for the sake of all living things, even if I knew my power was insufficient, but ultimately I couldn't retreat half a step. But now..."

  The beast god stared at him and asked, "But what?"

  The look of confusion on Gui Lian's face deepened, and he said slowly: "I just suddenly feel that the lives of all living beings in this world have nothing to do with me. My lifelong wish was simply to live a ordinary life, I don't want to learn Taoism, I don't want to cultivate immortality, and I don't even want eternal youth."

  The expression on the beast god's face suddenly changed, his eyes changing from a faint sneer to solemnity, and even with a hint of confusion similar to that of Gui Lie, as if something had stirred up a certain part of his body and mind.

  "He suddenly said: 'Then what is it that you want?'"

  He smiled faintly, slowly raised his head to gaze up at the darkness, but there was only an inky blackness without a single ray of light. "I don't know," he said. "Sometimes I've thought about it too - maybe I could go back to ten years ago, when I was on Mount Dazhu? Or perhaps... I dream of going back to my childhood, when I didn't understand anything." He let out a low, bitter laugh and continued, "But how can I cut ties with the rights and wrongs, the loves and hates in between?"

  The beast god fell silent for a moment, then said: "Do you regret it?"

  The ghost did not answer immediately. After a while, he looked at the beast god again, staring at the eyes behind the flames, and shook his head.

  The beast god sneered and said, "According to you, your life has been rough, with many heart-wrenching past events. But this time I ask you, yet you don't regret it. How do you explain that?"

  "Half my life has been turbulent, yet much was not up to me. I wanted to live an ordinary life, but got entangled in the disputes of Buddhism; I wanted to cultivate my mind in peace, but became a demon of evil ways; I wished to treat people with sincerity, but unexpectedly sowed discordant seeds, and when I finally understood who truly cared for me..."

  His face slowly revealed a desolate expression, and in the end, he didn't continue speaking. After a while, he said in a low voice: "Regret? How can I regret it, what's the use of my regret..."

  The beast god silently watched the man standing there. Ten years of time seemed to have left no mark on his face, but the figure standing there looked tired. The beast god couldn't help but start thinking about what kind of life that young man had lived ten years ago.

  Two men fell into silence, as if they both unconsciously sank into reminiscence of past events.

  How many things in one's life are worth recalling?

  Ten years? A hundred years? A thousand years...

  Will it eventually fade away slowly in time, silently passing on?

  The beast god thought silently, the fatigue on his face grew heavier, his eyes slowly moved towards the entrance of the ancient cave, across the endless darkness, in a distant place, was there still a lone figure standing there?

  What kind of life is this, yet what kind of life is it?

  "He suddenly thought of Gui Li and asked: 'You say, what is the point of living?'"

  "What's the point of living?......" Gui Li muttered to himself, then paused for a moment before looking up and saying, "I don't know, but it seems like I've been living my whole life for others."

  The beast god was stunned for a moment and muttered to himself: "Living for others, then what about me? Who am I living for?"

  The demon was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting the beast god to say something like that. Immediately after, he furrowed his brow, apparently recalling his own words from earlier and feeling a bit surprised at how he had spoken.

  After calming down, Gui Lie's face regained its calmness, as if the weakness that had flashed across his face earlier had disappeared and never existed before. He looked deeply at Shou Shen and said, "I didn't come here today to kill you."

  The beast god seemed still somewhat distracted, thinking about something, and responded vaguely with a sentence, saying: "Oh, then what did you come here for?"

  "The demon pointed at the gluttony lying on the ground beside him and said: 'I am here for it.'"

  The beast's eyebrows furrowed, and a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes. The Glutton on the ground reacted immediately. It suddenly widened its copper-bell-like giant eyes, opened its bloody mouth, let out a roar towards Gui Li, and slowly stood up, exuding a fierce killing aura. Meanwhile, San Yan Ling Hou Xiao Hui seemed somewhat perplexed, slowly leaving the Glutton's side and running back to Gui Li's feet. It looked up at Gui Li, seemingly puzzled by its master's words. However, after a moment, it climbed onto Gui Li's shoulder, but its three eyes kept glancing towards the Glutton.

  The beast god hummed and said, "This is strange. You didn't come here to kill me, but for this Gluttony? What do you want it for?"

  The demon's voice was faint and cold: "It wasn't me who wanted it, but another person who wants it. And that person's words, as long as they're not excessive, I'll help him."

  The beast god looked at him for a moment, suddenly laughed and said: "You owe people's feelings, right?"

  The demon was silent for a moment, then said: "I indeed owe many favors, so many that I won't be able to repay them in this lifetime. But this has nothing to do with you anymore." He raised his eyes, composed himself, and slowly took steps forward. As he approached, the beast god's pupils seemed to shrink slightly.

  The flames in the brazier cast a reflection on Kijirou's ghastly face, and the dancing light and shadow trembled at the boundary between darkness and light. The man said calmly, "I have no intention of being your enemy, but it seems that this is also inevitable."

  The beast god looked up and let out a cold laugh, saying: "You think your Tao is good, can you win against me?"

  The ghost did not speak.

  It didn't stop either.

  The heavy footsteps echoed in the empty space, there was no wind, but for some reason, the only flame in this huge stone chamber suddenly began to sway, and its light gradually intensified.

  In the darkness, it's like an abyss, silent and profound, immeasurable. No one knows how many devils and evil spirits are gazing at these people in the light from that dark place.

  The demon strode towards the beast god in the midst of the flames.

  Suddenly, the flames soared up, bursting out dazzling light. (Qing Yi Literature Network) The entire flame volume was several times larger than when it was burning quietly before. Amidst the raging inferno, a voice like a dragon's roar seemed to emanate from within, echoing far and wide.

  With this dragon's roar, the entire huge stone chamber seemed to tremble, and the echo of the dragon's roar from low to high, reverberating from the dark depths, did not weaken at all, but instead grew higher and higher, almost becoming a sharp whistling sound. In the end, it was like thunderclap, deafening.

  The ghost stopped in its tracks, for the fierce flames that had suddenly erupted from the brazier now blocked its path. And within those scorching flames, a pair of sinister eyes seemed to be lurking, watching him intently.

  The beast god's figure had disappeared in the flames, but his calm voice came out clearly from the fire, saying: "This is an ancient inheritance of the southern border, a law array called the Eight Fiendish Mystical Fire Array. If you can break it without dying, whatever you want to do, I'll go along with it."

  His words had barely fallen when, almost simultaneously, a furious roar burst forth from the most dazzling part of the flames. The fire shook violently and changed, and the land within five feet around it was scorched. It can be imagined how intense the heat was near this cauldron.

  A strong gust of hot wind blew from the front, and even Gui Li's clothes were blown backward, but his face seemed to be unaffected. Even Xiao Hui, the little monkey on his shoulder, stared at the scorching heat with three eyes, without any fear or pain. Only their expressions were serious, and anyone could tell that this was just the beginning.

  The first block of blood-colored fierce god pattern slowly appeared in the air above the flames, and its ferocious face and strange posture were indeed exactly the same as the pattern seen in the Xuanhuo Altar in Fengxiang Valley. Gui Li stared at the image, and a complex expression slowly appeared on his face.

  One by one, they lit up in sequence, and the crimson glow gradually connected into a ring shape around the fiercely burning flames at the center.

  The last blood-red glow, as it converged below the flames, suddenly, the entire red light ring burst out in an instant, and the red light surged, even the flames within seemed to be suppressed. A fierce and extreme aura, out of thin air, descended upon this space. The fireball shot out, and that pair of eyes, seemingly nonexistent, also enlarged in an instant.

  "Roar!"

  A deafening roar shook the heavens, and in an instant, the entire stone chamber trembled. Blazing flames danced wildly like a demonic frenzy, as a ferocious beast emerged, its body engulfed in raging fire, letting out a thunderous bellow as it gazed out at the world.

  Inferno Beast!

  The magical beast that once guarded the ancient witch tribe's Eight Trigrams Formation in the Xuanhuo Valley, reappeared. Ghostly and Xiao Hui, who faced it for the second time, couldn't help but change color slightly. Xiao Hui gritted his teeth, lying on Ghostly's shoulder, and furiously roared at the beast.

  The enormous body of the Crimson Flame Beast emerged from the massive halo of the Eight Trigrams Profound Fire Formation, first its gigantic head, then its shoulders, front legs, and slowly, its torso and hind legs also appeared. As it arrived, the temperature in the entire stone chamber soared even higher, and Gui Lian's clothes were even starting to show signs of scorching.

  Finally, the last part of the body engulfed in fierce flames appeared. The enormous Inferno Beast was surrounded by raging flames and stood before Gui Li and Xiao Hui. Gui Li was only as tall as half of this ferocious beast's leg. Behind the beast, there

  An eerie halo composed of eight evil god images shines brightly and flickers, following behind the Crimson Flame Beast.

  It seems like a devil, sneering in front of me!

  Ominous aura, surging from all sides, a familiar feeling seems to be boiling in the blood again, and even vaguely remembers, the last time at the Xuanhuo Altar in Fengxiang Valley, that brutal battle.

  Gu Lie didn't move, he just stared deeply at the arrogant demon beast in front of him.

  The crimson beast with its sharp teeth and claws slowly turned around, a wave of intense heat surged forth, those eyes that seemed to be burning looked at Jie Li and the three-eyed spirit monkey Xiao Hui on his shoulder.

  The giant skull of the Crimson Flame Beast halted for a moment, and then suddenly let out an earth-shaking roar!

  That roar was full of anger and resentment, with a strong desire for revenge!

  Blazing flames, bursting forth like a violent explosion, changed from crimson to almost pure white in an instant. Countless flames rose into the air, forming a blazing fireball that rapidly rotated without stopping. A terrifying skull suddenly opened its massive mouth and bit down with a roar.

  The head had not yet reached the ground, and the surrounding ground was still cracked all over, with endless flames like a fierce sun falling into the world, roaring down and instantly submerging the ghostly figure.

  That instant burst of flames, like a climax after a lifetime of carnival, blooming brilliantly!

  Behind the flames, however, those tired eyes could no longer see even half of life's joys and sorrows.

  Surroundings were dark and quiet, Lu Xueqi and others had been walking in this ancient cave for a long time, although they were on high alert all the way, but after walking for so long, they didn't encounter any attacks or troubles.

  In the darkness, a beautiful figure shrouded in soft blue light, Lu Xueqi's cold face gazed out from the darkness, as if even more elegant and indescribable. Against the dark backdrop, there seemed to be an added hint of mysterious and icy aura.

  More like the legendary black lily that blooms quietly in the dark, growing for a thousand years and blooming only for a moment.

  The gaze that occasionally glanced back and then looked away, couldn't be shaken off. However, Lu Xueqi seemed to have become completely numb to it. Her bright eyes were fixed on the front, where there was endless darkness, but deep within the darkness, there seemed to be something she hoped to see.

  She walked forward, never looking back.

  Darkness retreated quietly in front of her, then slowly closed in around her again. Such a weak figure, yet so striking and eye-catching in the darkness that it even overshadowed the brilliance of those behind her. It seemed as if she was walking alone.

  Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks.

  The people behind him also came to listen, Li Xun vigilantly looked around and walked up, just about to ask, but suddenly hesitated, only to see a complex expression on Lu Xueqi's face, which seemed extremely guarded.

  At this moment, the darkness in front of me, which had been quiet all along, suddenly changed. A faint tremor, as if it appeared out of nowhere, slowly began to surge, grow and intensify...

  In the darkness, something seemed to be gathering slowly, like a howl, like an angry roar, but everything was silent.

  After a moment, it came, it came...

  From a distant and unknown place, a strong vibration accompanied by a low-pitched howling sound, rumbled from afar towards here, and soon rapidly grew louder, as if deep within this cave, there was an invincible giant spirit beast, letting out a long roar!

  The surroundings, originally dark and quiet, suddenly seemed to be ignited, gradually boiling over. From the depths of darkness, countless whistling sounds came from all directions, causing everyone's faces to change color.

  Li Xuan retreated a few steps and shouted hastily: "Form a circle, be vigilant!"

  The people of Fengxiang Valley were all old hands who had experienced many battles, and although they were in a state of confusion, they leaned together, vigilantly gazing ahead.

  The surrounding stone walls began to tremble slowly, as if some kind of enormous power was beginning to emanate out gradually. Even the ground beneath their feet showed a slight tendency to shake. In the darkness ahead, the eerie commotion grew stronger, as if summoning something.

  Just as the situation was almost collapsing, Lu Xueqi's figure, for some reason, did not retreat half a step, nor did she distance herself from her companions who were waiting in formation behind her. She stood alone in front of the darkness, facing the faint blue light ahead, and the darkness seemed to be menacingly confronting her, ready to engulf her at any moment.

  Suddenly, a hot wave burst out of the dark depths, like a huge tide crashing through this ancient cave, and Lu Xueqi's clothes and hair flew up instantly, but her figure did not waver in the slightest.

  The heat wave blowing on her face had a hint of madness, making it even harder to imagine what the source of that power was like at this moment. Lu Xueqi didn't speak, she just stared forward in the midst of the wild wind, gazing at the darkness dancing wildly before her.

  A hot wind is raging!

  She suddenly raised her head.

  The wind blew her face as pale as frost, but in those eyes, there seemed to be an even more fiery gaze burning within her body and mind.

  In the depths of darkness, in the distant darkness...

  She let out a long whistle and her figure actually shook the earth, amidst the raging hot wind, she moved against the gale, wanting to shoot towards the depths of darkness.

  Behind him, Li Xuan and others were shocked and changed color, not understanding the meaning. Li Xuan was about to shout, but only saw that the light blue glow figure, like a sharp arrow leaving the string, did not hesitate at all, and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

  He was speechless and couldn't utter a word for half a day.

  Zeng Shu slowly walked up to his side and patted him on the shoulder. Li Xun didn't turn around to look at him.

  The heat wave gradually weakened, and the intense shaking around it also slowly stabilized. Everything slowly returned to its original state. If not for the scattered debris and rubble around, one would almost think that this was just a dream in the darkness.

  That already vanished beautiful figure, however, unmistakably indicates that this eerie cave is fraught with hidden dangers.

  Li Xun was silent for a moment, calming his mind. Just as he was about to speak, a young disciple of the Valley of Burning Incense suddenly called out: "Someone's there! Who is it?"

  The rest of the people were shocked and rushed to look forward, and indeed, a figure flashed in the darkness, and it was a woman who walked out. She had a slender figure and walked with a hint of coquetry, and she was a beautiful woman.

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lu Xueqi had returned. Li Xu was so overjoyed that he almost called out to her, but just as the words were about to leave his lips, his smile suddenly froze and turned pale, with a hint of hatred in his eyes, along with an incredulous cold sneer: "So it's you..."

  The woman heard the voice of a person and seemed to be startled as well. She raised her head to look over and her facial expression changed once again.

  This woman was beautiful and charming, but it turned out to be Jin Bao'er.