flstandardbreds Chapter 133: Deep in the Ruins
Chapter 133: Deep in the Ruins
"It's useless..." Lin Wan grabbed Zhang Hao's hand and said weakly, "My poison... I know my poison well... It's... It's already hopeless..."
"No, I won't!" Zhang Hao burst into tears, "Sister, you will be fine. I won't let anything happen to you!"
"Silly..." Lin Wan gently stroked Zhang Hao's cheek, "You... you are still young and have a long way to go... Don't... don't do this for me..."
"No, I won't leave! I want to be with you, forever!" Zhang Hao hugged Lin Wan tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.
"Be obedient..." Lin Wan's voice became weaker and weaker, "Promise me... to live well..."
"No, I don't want to..." Zhang Hao shook his head desperately, his tears flowing like a flood that could not be stopped.
"Cough cough..." Lin Wan suddenly started coughing violently, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.
"Senior Sister!" Zhang Hao felt heartbroken, but he could do nothing.
"I...I have something...to tell you..." Lin Wan said with difficulty, and every word she said seemed to exhaust all her strength, "Actually...actually I'm not..."
"Senior Sister, stop talking. You don't have to say anything. I know everything!" Zhang Hao interrupted her. He didn't want Lin Wan to waste any more energy.
"No...listen to me..." Lin Wan's eyes revealed a trace of determination, "I...I am not your senior sister...I..."
“BOOM!”
With a loud bang, the temple door was kicked open, and a cold voice echoed in the temple: "What a pair of star-crossed lovers, how touching!"
Zhang Hao looked up suddenly and saw a man in black clothes, a bamboo hat and a ferocious mask on his face standing at the door with a bloody sword in his hand.
"Who are you?" Zhang Hao asked vigilantly.
"I'm the one who's going to take your life!" The man in black sneered and stabbed with his sword.
Zhang Hao hurriedly hugged Lin Wan and dodged, but the black-clothed man's swordsmanship was so sharp that he couldn't avoid it completely.
"puff!"
The sharp sword pierced Zhang Hao's shoulder, and blood instantly dyed his clothes red.
"Junior Brother!" Lin Wan exclaimed, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth again.
"Haha, go to hell!" The man in black laughed wildly and swung his sword again.
"Don't even think about it!" Zhang Hao endured the severe pain and protected Lin Wan behind him, while waving the broken sword in his hand and fighting hard.
The man in black obviously did not expect that Zhang Hao, who was seriously injured, still had such strong fighting power. For a moment, the two of them fought on equal terms.
However, Zhang Hao was seriously injured after all, and he also had to protect Lin Wan, so gradually, he fell into a disadvantage.
"Go to hell!" The man in black seized Zhang Hao's weakness and stabbed him in the chest with a sword.
At the critical moment, Lin Wan suddenly pounced on Zhang Hao and blocked the sword with her body.
"Senior Sister!" Zhang Hao's eyes were bloodshot and he let out a heart-wrenching roar.
"Senior Sister!" Zhang Hao's pupils dilated instantly as he watched the sword pierce through Lin Wan's thin body. The bright red blood dyed her snow-white clothes red, like a gorgeous blood-red mandala blooming on the snow.
Lin Wan seemed to feel no pain. She just tightly grasped Zhang Hao's clothes, with a sad smile on her face, and weakly uttered a few words: "Live..."
"No! Senior sister! Don't!" Zhang Hao's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and the severe pain made it almost impossible for him to breathe. He frantically urged the little remaining Qi in his body to heal Lin Wan, but it was all in vain.
Seeing that his attack was successful, the man in black laughed triumphantly: "Hahaha! How touching! It's a pity that the beauty has a short life. In your next life, remember to keep your eyes open and don't fall in love with a loser again!" After saying that, he drew back his sword and turned to leave.
"Want to leave? Don't even think about it!" Zhang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, and he pounced on the man in black like a mad tiger without hesitation.
"You don't know what you can do!" The man in black sneered and swung his sword with his backhand. The sword energy was like a rainbow and went straight to Zhang Hao's face.
"Junior brother, be careful!" Lin Wan used up her last bit of strength to push Zhang Hao away, but she herself took the sword's blow.
"Puff!" Lin Wan's body fell backwards weakly like a kite with a broken string and fell into Zhang Hao's arms.
"Senior sister!" Zhang Hao hugged Lin Wan tightly, tears blurring his eyes, "Why are you so stupid! Why did you block the sword for me!"
Lin Wan raised her hand with difficulty and gently stroked Zhang Hao's cheek, with a bitter smile on her lips: "Silly boy... I said... I want you... to live..."
"No! I don't want you to die! I want you to live! I want to be with you forever!" Zhang Hao roared heartbreakingly, his voice full of despair and grief.
"It's useless... I can't... anymore..." Lin Wan's voice became weaker and weaker, and her eyes gradually lost their luster. "Promise me... to stay alive... and avenge... for me..."
"Who is it? Who killed you? Tell me, who is it?" Zhang Hao asked with red eyes and gritted teeth.
Lin Wan's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it. Her hands fell weakly and she closed her eyes forever.
“Senior sister! Senior sister—”
Zhang Hao's grief-stricken roar echoed in the ruined temple for a long time, and finally dissipated in the cold air, leaving only endless sadness and despair.
At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed in Zhang Hao's mind, and some unfamiliar memory fragments came flooding in like a tide, giving him a splitting headache.
"Who... who am I? Why am I here?" Zhang Hao held his head in pain, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment.
The fragments of memory gradually pieced together, and an absurd yet extremely real picture appeared in his mind: he was an ordinary mystery novel lover in the 21st century, but because of an accident, he traveled to this strange ancient world and became a disciple of a small sect. And this cold and arrogant senior sister was his only relative in this world.
"So... I'm not from this world..." Zhang Hao muttered to himself, his eyes gradually becoming firm, "Senior sister, don't worry, I will definitely find out your true identity and the cause of your death, and avenge you!"
However, at this moment, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside the ruined temple, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves.
"Oh no! It's the people from the Blood Demon Sect! They are chasing us!" A panicked voice sounded outside the temple.
Zhang Hao was shocked and quickly picked up Lin Wan's body and hid in the secret room behind the ruined temple.
The door of the secret room slowly closed, isolating the bodies of Zhang Hao and Lin Wan in a dark and small space.
In the darkness, Zhang Hao hugged Lin Wan's cold body tightly, his eyes flashing with cold light, and he swore in his heart: "Sister, rest in peace, I will definitely avenge you, blood debt with blood!"
The secret room was cramped, and the air was filled with the smell of blood and disgusting mold. Zhang Hao gently put Lin Wan down, and with the weak light, he saw the pale face of his senior sister, with a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth.
"Damn it! These beasts!" Zhang Hao cursed in a low voice, his eyes full of angry flames. He took off his coat and covered Lin Wan with it, covering the shocking sword wound on her chest.
"Senior sister, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!" Zhang Hao said gritting his teeth, his tone full of hatred and murderous intent.
At this moment, strange memories suddenly emerged in his mind.
"My name is Zhang Hao, and I'm a mystery novel fan? Traveling through time? What the hell is this place? And this senior sister... who is she? Why did she save me?"
Zhang Hao held his head, trying to digest these sudden fragments of memory. He then realized that he was not from this world, but from a place called Earth.
"So that's how it is. I actually traveled to a martial arts world and became a disciple of a declining sect." Zhang Hao shook his head with a wry smile, feeling mixed emotions.
He recalled every detail of his time traveling through time. Although this senior sister appeared cold and indifferent on the surface, she actually cared for him very much. She even went so far as to violate the sect's rules and teach him the sect's most precious treasure, the "Xiaoyao Sword Technique".
"Could it be... that she likes me?" Zhang Hao's heart moved, and the beautiful face of his senior sister and her clear and deep eyes appeared in his mind.
"But why did she hide her feelings? And why did she block the sword for me?" Zhang Hao was puzzled and full of doubts.
He stood up and paced back and forth in the secret room, constantly analyzing various possibilities in his mind.
"Senior sister's death is definitely not an accident! There must be some conspiracy behind this!" The more Zhang Hao thought about it, the more suspicious he felt.
He carefully examined Lin Wan's wound and found that although the sword wound was fatal, it was not a one-shot kill. In other words, the murderer did not leave immediately after stabbing the senior sister, but...
Zhang Hao's pupils shrank suddenly, and a terrible thought came to his mind:
"Could it be... the murderer wanted me to watch my sister die with my own eyes, and then..."
He didn't dare to think further because he had already guessed the murderer's purpose: to torture him!
"What a cruel method!" Zhang Hao clenched his fists, his nails digging deeply into the flesh, but he did not feel the pain at all, because at this moment his heart was already consumed by raging rage.
"Blood Demon Sect! I will remember you! I swear, one day, I will make you pay with blood!"
Zhang Hao looked up at the exit of the secret room, his eyes flashing with cold light. He knew that now was not the time to take revenge, he must first improve his strength before he could compete with the powerful enemy.
"Xiaoyao Sword Technique... this is my capital for revenge!" Zhang Hao took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and began to practice the peerless martial arts taught to him by his senior sister.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of light footsteps outside the secret room, coming from far away and approaching, as if someone was approaching...
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Zhang Hao held his breath and clenched the Xiaoyao Sword in his hand. The sword emitted a cold light in the darkness, reflecting his cold eyes at the moment.
"Senior Sister, I will definitely avenge you." He murmured in a low voice, without a trace of warmth in his tone.
The door of the secret room creaked open, and a dark figure flashed in. Zhang Hao's eyes were as fast as lightning, and he instantly locked onto the person.
"Who?!" he asked sharply.
The shadow seemed to be intimidated by Zhang Hao's aura. He was stunned for a moment before speaking: "It's me, Junior Brother. Don't be nervous."
With the weak light, Zhang Hao saw the person coming. It was actually his senior brother, Zhao Yu. He was tall, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He always had a warm smile on his face, which made him very popular among his fellow apprentices. But at this moment, Zhang Hao saw an indescribable coldness in his eyes.
"Brother, why are you here?" Zhang Hao asked calmly, but his heart was full of vigilance.
"I heard that Junior Sister was in trouble, so I came to see her." Zhao Yu said, his eyes swept over Lin Wan on the ground, and a trace of barely perceptible panic flashed in his eyes, "Junior Sister, how is she?"
"She's dead." Zhang Hao said coldly, staring at Zhao Yu closely, not missing any change in expression on his face.
"Dead? How could this happen..." Zhao Yu covered his mouth in pretended surprise, but the panic in his eyes betrayed him.
"Brother, do you know who killed my sister?" Zhang Hao pressed on, his tone full of oppression.