Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 793: Chapter 792 [Ye Tianchen’s Reason for Living]

Amidst the mountain ravine of Heroic Mountain, Bai Song floated above, his entire right arm reduced to pulp, blood dripping continuously, his face pale to the extreme. His eyes gazed venomously towards the depths of the ravine, and before him floated a seemingly ordinary black flute. The flute was driven by Bai Song’s powerful Martial Arts True Power, emitting strands of Devil Sound. As soon as this sound emerged, it seemed as though heaven and earth quivered.

At this moment, Ye Tianchen stood alone on the debris-strewn ground of the ravine, eyes vacant as he stared forward. Tears had already formed in his eyes, which was a rarity for someone as mentally strong as Ye Tianchen, nearly an impossible occurrence. He appeared enchanted, continuously muttering to himself, revealing his deepest emotional pain, a rarely seen side exposed so vulnerably.

”Why, why, why did I go out that day, why didn’t I think to bring you, Menger, I’m sorry, I’m sorry...” Ye Tianchen shouted in anguish.

”Sorry? Is sorry enough? Can the lives of everyone in our village be brought back by your apology?” shouted the unparalleled beauty standing before Ye Tianchen.

”Menger... do you know? I miss you so much, I miss everyone in the village so much. How many nights I’ve awakened from dreams, how many nights my eyes uncontrollably shed tears upon waking. No one knows how deeply it hurts inside, how much hatred I bear, how desperately I want to return to apocalypse star to avenge you all!” Ye Tianchen spoke, trembling all over.

Hearing Ye Tianchen’s words, Bai Song furrowed his brows, muttering in confusion: ”Apocalypse star? What’s going on? Could it be this middle-aged man with a beard isn’t from Earth? This... impossible, Earth’s Ancient Transmission Array has long been destroyed. Martial artists here can’t leave, and those outside can’t enter, unless possessing Emperor-level Divine Skills...”

Bai Song was somewhat perplexed. When Ye Tianchen mentioned ”apocalypse star,” Bai Song speculated that Ye Tianchen might not be an Earth martial artist. But, if Ye Tianchen isn’t from Earth, how did he arrive here then? In this Martial Arts Great World, connections between Immortal Domain and Immortal Domain, planet and planet, rely on Transmission Arrays. However, Earth’s Ancient Transmission Array has long been destroyed, making external entry impossible. Moreover, Ye Tianchen, controlled by the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flute in the ravine, absolutely couldn’t be an Emperor-like figure; such a notion was unrealistic.

At this moment, Ye Tianchen was actually being controlled by the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flute. This Devil Sound extracted the deepest pains from a person’s mind, unmaskable by anyone, and the Demon Flute capable of manipulating one’s Divine Sense. Anyone possessing emotions and desires would be affected and controlled, especially those with profound pains deep inside, likely being led astray, subject to exploitation.

Nothing actually stood before Ye Tianchen. It was merely his emotions being manipulated by the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flute, producing hallucinations he couldn’t distinguish, deeply entrapped and unable to extricate himself.

”What’s the point, are you ready to die? Your negligence caused the deaths of everyone in our village, your carelessness separated us by life and death, leaving no chance to reunite!” The unparalleled beauty continued to berate Ye Tianchen.

”Ah... Menger, I’m in so much pain, my heart truly aches. I can’t sleep night after night; I constantly think of avenging you, I...” Ye Tianchen clenched his teeth, his expression anguished, as he stared forward.

”It’s useless; nothing you say changes anything. We are severed by the divide between life and death, you killed everyone in the village, men, women, children, they trusted you so much, entrusting their lives to you, but...”

”I will avenge you, I will definitely avenge you!” Ye Tianchen declared loudly.

”Avenge? Does avenging help? We’ve already died, and you were part of the village, why not choose to accompany us in death? You are a coward!” The unparalleled beauty coldly remarked at Ye Tianchen.

”I... am a coward?” Ye Tianchen retreated two steps, sorrowfully questioning himself.

”Yes, you are a coward, timid, responsible for the deaths of everyone in the village, yet lacking the courage to take your own life and join us. Talk of avenging us is merely an excuse for your desire to survive.”

”No, it’s not, death holds no significance to me, Ye Tianchen, living means avenging you, living because I know this world is vast, there might be a way to resurrect the dead.” Ye Tianchen finally expressed his innermost thoughts.

Under the control of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flute, Ye Tianchen finally revealed his truest thoughts. When he returned to the village, discovering its complete destruction, not only his beloved woman but anyone alive in the village had perished. Ye Tianchen collapsed at that moment; he went insane, possessed, madly pursuing traces to hunt down powerful Fierce Beasts. During this process, Ye Tianchen considered death, thought of sacrificing his life to perish together with the strong beasts, avenging the villagers. He even contemplated suicide, freeing his soul to seek the deceased. However, his rationality stopped him; he couldn’t die. If he died, the hundreds of lives of men, women, and children in the village perished in vain. If he died, no one would ever seek extraordinary Divine Skills to resurrect the dead villagers.

This wasn’t an excuse, nor a reason for surviving, but his genuine thoughts. In this world, maybe there’s no ”Immortal,” maybe there’s no ”Eternal Life,” but it doesn’t mean there’s no Divine Skill to resurrect the dead. As long as there’s a glimmer of hope, Ye Tianchen would go all out even at the cost of being pulverized. But if he died, then truly there’s no chance left, nothing left at all. Living was to find such Divine Skills, such pathways, albeit remote, someone had to give it a try, right?

”Ridiculous, so ridiculous, too ridiculous, this is just your excuse for clinging to life and fearing death, a reason for just scraping by. I misjudged you, goodbye!”

At this moment, the breathtakingly beautiful woman standing in front of Ye Tianchen gave a bitter smile, slowly turned and left, leaving only a very desolate silhouette for Ye Tianchen. At this moment, a pang struck Ye Tianchen’s heart, a feeling of helplessness, of being misunderstood, of the resentment from all the people who died in the apocalypse village against him.

”I want to find a way to revive the dead, to bring everyone back to life. But if I don’t find it, if they really were aware in the afterlife, they wouldn’t understand, they’d definitely hate me to the core...” Ye Tianchen muttered to himself in desolation.

At this moment, tears flowed from Ye Tianchen’s eyes. During the apocalypse, he was an orphan, an orphan who grew to have extraordinary divine skills. He grew up in a village, and the people of the village cared for and looked after him. They were Ye Tianchen’s family. However, when your family doesn’t understand you, doesn’t know your struggles, it is the biggest blow to a person, unimaginable. In an instant, Ye Tianchen felt that there was no point anymore, that living on had no meaning, what was the point of persisting like this?

”Menger, wait a moment!” Ye Tianchen shouted at the back of the beautiful woman ahead.

”We don’t need your apology. Your mistakes are irreparable!” The peerless beauty shook her head and said.

”Since it can’t be undone, let me go with you, even in death, I want to be with you!” As Ye Tianchen spoke, his right hand formed a palm and slowly moved to strike his own forehead.

A martial artist’s divine sense converges in the head. As long as the head isn’t shattered, the divine sense remains intact. With the divine sense intact, if someone’s physical body is destroyed, they can still find other ways to recreate it. If the skull is shattered and the divine thought extinguished, then there is no salvation, a complete obliteration of form and spirit.

Bai Song floated above the mountain gorge, seeing Ye Tianchen slowly raise his right hand, martial arts true power surging within it, seemingly about to strike, slowly towards his own head. Bai Song revealed a sneering smile and said, ”Hmph, no one can escape the control of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flute. No one is a match for me, Bai Song!”

Bang!

As soon as the words fell, a loud bang echoed from the gorge. Bai Song hurriedly looked down to see a bottomless pit where Ye Tianchen had been standing, making it seem like Ye Tianchen had struck himself into a total obliteration of form and spirit.

”Hahahahaha, Hu Gao, your helper is dead, you might as well obediently hand over the Jade Rope. I can make your death a little more pleasant,” Bai Song laughed wildly, shouting at Hu Gao.

”Big brother...” Hu Gao roared in fury, wielding the Jade Rope and Taie Sword with all his might, fighting fiercely. The dozen or so young loose cultivator elites surrounding him were startled, and instantly attacked Hu Gao with full force, not daring to let him escape.

”Hu Gao, today is your death day. Not even the great immortals can save you!” Bai Song roared triumphantly, preparing to charge forward and kill Hu Gao.

But who knew, just as Bai Song stood up, he froze, not daring to move, his complacent face turned instantly pale because a streak of golden light appeared on his neck.

”You...”

Thud!

Just as Bai Song uttered ”you,” his head flew up, tossed into the air. Simultaneously, with a kick, his body from the neck down was sent flying, crashing into the group of young loose cultivators surrounding Hu Gao, startling everyone. For a moment, no one continued to attack!

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