Chapter 68: The Option of Seeking Death
“Didn’t you think you could be stronger than me?” Xia Guanghan gazed at Chu Mu, as a devilish smile appeared on his face. “Ten years ago, I survived there for three years…...”
Xia Guanghan’s words were, as always, said lightly, but it still set off huge waves in Chu Mu’s heart…...
One man out of three thousand. It was such a cruel competition, and even disregarding the battle between each other, one still had to face countless savage soul pets.
Seeing Chu Mu’s surprised emotions, Xia Guanghan simply lifted the corner of his mouth and pointed at the mysterious girl gazing out towards the open sea on the railing, saying, “She signed a contract with the White Nightmare when she was thirteen, and has fed that White Nightmare until now. Her White Nightmare is already at the Fourth Phase.”
“You’re a Fourth Remembrance Spirit Soldier, but you only have two soul pets. Though I don’t know what’s wrong with your body, I’d imagine that even if your body was normal, you would still be easily defeated by her.”
Shock!!!
After hearing this sentence, Chu Mu’s heart was even more shocked, as his eyes immediately locked onto the mysterious girl!!
This girl gave Chu Mu a feeling of gorgeousness and indifference. Her entire being was emanating both grace and royalty. She didn’t deliberately place herself high up, but others still got the same impression anyways.
However, Chu Mu would never have thought that such a seemingly delicate and noble princess-like girl had also signed a soul pact with a White Nightmare. On top of this, she had even fed it to Fourth Phase with her own power!
The White Nightmare was already a scary enough devil. Chu Mu personally knew the pain that accompanied signing a soul pact with a White Nightmare all too well. Even if one constantly had enough soul power, when the White Nightmare improved its strength, one’s soul would still have to withstand the pain of being attacked.
Chu Mu currently had only fed his White Nightmare to the Second Phase, but he had already fully experienced the suffering both in his body and in his soul. The feeling of constantly being chased by death, being coerced by death, was almost worse than death itself.
Yet, this girl of similar age to himself could withstand this unimaginable torture and still feed her White Nightmare to Fourth Phase. Chu Mu found this hard to believe!
“You can say, if you kept living in your clan, even within twenty years, all your soul pets added together wouldn’t compare to a single one of her secondary pets.”
Xia Guanghan disparaged without any restraint.
Chu Mu stopped talking. Having a Fourth Phase White Nightmare at this age was almost outside of Chu Mu’s knowledge range. Especially because the person in question was a seemingly frail girl- this was a huge blow to his confidence.
“Your clan is waning. Nowadays, it has already left the list of the top four clans in Gang Luo City. In fact, they may be disqualified to elect positions for the Battle of the Realm. You should know perfectly well what losing this power means……”
Hearing this, Chu Mu’s heart immediately sank. The Chu Clan had indeed been declining constantly in the past few years, so getting removed from the top four clans was expected, but Chu Mu didn’t think that it’d come about this quick.
A centennial family could thrive and deteriorate in just a few rises and falls of the sun. This feeling must not feel well. Chu Mu could imagine his father and ancestors’ decrepit and sentimental looks after hearing this news.
Xia Guanghan had asked before the reason Chu Mu wasn’t willing to give up his pitiful life. The reason was that the declining clan and his father who was every busy for clan business.
Chu Mu understood the clan situation. According to Chu Mu’s estimate, the clan should still be able to maintain its current position for two or three years.
But now, within half a year, the clan had already completely exited the top four clan list. What could cause this sort of change could only be the disappearance of him.
Chu Mu couldn’t make sure what his father and the clan did after his disappearance, but to think that he caused the entire clan to decline two or three years earlier as a result, Chu Mu couldn’t help but feel a pang of grief.
Seeing Chu Mu emotionally affected, Xia Guanghan simply lifted the corner of his mouth and looked at the girl who always liked to gaze into the distance alone and said, “Little princess told me to give you a way to survive…...”
Xia Guanghan paused and continued, “The orders of the little princess I cannot disobey. I can leave you a way to survive- you can return to your clan right now…...”
Chu Mu looked on unexpectedly. Only after a moment did he abruptly direct his eyes towards the girl mysteriously shrouded within a veil!
The girl remained standing there, bearing a trace of melancholy that no outsider could decipher. Her enchanting body and unique manner unknowingly depicted a captivating image when contrasted with the depths of the sea and the blues of the sky…...
Chu Mu was very astonished. From his understanding, this Nightmare Palace girl should be just like the other Nightmare Palace members, cold and ruthless. In fact, during the inadvertent times they made eye contact, Chu Mu could feel the pride within her eyes. But it was this girl that Chu Mu thought was indifferent and aloof that ended up helping him without a reason.
“She…...Why would she help me…...” Chu Mu looked at this peculiar girl as this girl’s image in his mind drastically changed yet again.
“Maybe she pities you…...” Xia Guanghai laughed indifferently and continued.
“In reality, so what if I give you a path to survive? Your clan can no longer provide you with strong support. If someone wanted to kill you, they could still hire someone like me to get rid of you. You, the future hope of your clan, in the eyes of others, are nothing more than an ant that could be squashed at any time.”
Facing Xia Guanghan’s sardonic comments, Chu Mu didn’t have any rebuttal. In reality, Xia Guanghan wasn’t wrong. The clan has already dilapidated. The moment he went back, they would face a new wave of attacks. Chu Mu would only be able to grow behind the constant protection of his elders.
It could be said that Chu Mu’s return would only bring a greater burden to his clan…...
“Now, you have two roads to choose from. The first, return to your clan. If you choose to do so, I will retract your White Nightmare and you can live an easy and comfortable life. But, I imagine that your achievements would end there. You won’t be able to surpass me for the rest of your life, nevertheless people like the little princess.”
Xia Guanghan’s word were unimaginably heavy, so heavy that Chu Mu found it hard to breathe. The matters of the clan was like a mountain on Chu Mu’s body, the sole reason Chu Mu could live strongly until now. But Chu Mu clearly recognized that he, in his current state, couldn’t possibly revive the clan, and even further, couldn’t possibly walk out of the clan and become a truly top tier soul pet trainer.
“The White Nightmare is undoubtedly a devil, but it can also continuously force out your greatest potential, forcing you to pursue power with no time to rest.”
“The second path is the path I gave you: I don’t need to say it, you should know what this path means. If you can walk out of this alive, this unusually talented White Nightmare will be yours, and we will accept you as a member of our Nightmare Palace. You will receive a position of power and, as long as you keep on progressing as a trainer, what you can get from the Nightmare Palace is definitely not something your clan can provide……” Xia Guanghan said.
“These are two different paths. The first path may let you struggle but live on with your pitifully declining clan. The second path, as long as you walk upon it and survive, you will have the qualifications to become a god among men!”
Xia Guanghan’s words were like daggers, piercing straight into Chu Mu’s heart!!
Chu Mu looked at the haughty Xia Guanghan, and his emotions once again started violently fluctuating!
In a short time, Chu Mu’s emotions had already fluctuated several times.
Without Xia Guanghan saying, Chu Mu understood the path Xia Guanghan planned out for him.
Only one person lives in three thousand people, the race against death within Prison Island!
If it were a day ago, of the paths Xia Guanghan gave him, Chu Mu would’ve unhesitatingly chosen the first path. The past half year caused Chu Mu to feel unusually tired. Only returning home could mend this wound…...
But, at this moment, Chu Mu didn’t have the courage to choose the path with a predictable ending…...
Xia Guanghan’s power, the girl’s surprising strength, the clan’s decline and humiliation, the other clans’ overbearance and neglect…...
Just as Xia Guanghan said, he was still very weak. So what if he could return to his clan? He would only be able to witness the continuous and gradual decline of the clan…...
Additionally, Chu Mu could be sure that once the clan had fully fallen, the other clans would never give the youths of the Chu Clan a chance to get strong again. They would be constantly pressured and constantly restricted, creating a vicious loop.
“Hualala!”
Seawater bubbled around the boat, one wave after the other, and Chu Mu’s heart was just like these waves- restless every moment.
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