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Chapter 260 The Guillotine
Chapter 260 The Guillotine
Because... at that moment, the figures of the city-defending soldiers who had just been raising their arms and shouting, fighting hard to resist the invasion of the alien beasts, gradually became transparent and illusory.
In no time, it had turned into a handful of yellow sand and disappeared into the world.
"I can't feel anything..."
Li Jie's expression changed from anger to blankness.
Before, those soldiers guarding the city were all living, breathing people, but after he killed the Ghost-Faced King, they turned into ashes and disappeared with the breeze.
It was as if they had never been in this world at all.
But... if this is all a dream, then why are those mysterious beasts with scarlet light flashing in their pupils still reaping the lives of innocent people in Sirius City?
Li Jie turned around and looked out from the top of the inner city wall. Raging flames and billowing smoke rose up, and the bodies torn apart by the mysterious beasts were scattered in the blood-soaked streets.
The crimson waning moon cast its bright red light, illuminating the night sky through the refraction of blood.
Li Jie's blank eyes gradually became bloodshot, and then...
A fierce and violent aura surged from his body.
"They... all deserve to die..."
Seeing this scene, hatred gradually clouded his reason.
With a flick of his longsword, Wu dashed into the outer city like a ghost.
kill! !
Screams... wails... cries for help... wailing...
A jumble of thoughts filled Li Jie's mind. All he wanted now was to slaughter the instigators who had created this panic!
finally.......
After slaughtering six blocks, the steel longsword in Li Jie's hand finally shattered under his sword energy.
But even without weapons, he still couldn't stop his pursuit of revenge.
Pale blue sword energy surged throughout the city. After about half an hour, the wails and screams in the city gradually subsided, almost completely extinguished...
A burly man in golden armor stood atop the main hall of the inner city, staring blankly at the blood-red sky, and sighed softly.
"Is this...your answer?"
"But have you ever considered... that what you're doing... might not be the right thing to do..."
After saying this, he shook his head as if he had lost interest, retreated to the throne inside the main hall, and gently closed his eyes.
........
After an unknown amount of time, Li Jie, his eyes red and swollen, squatted outside the north gate of Tianlang City, panting heavily.
"They're all...dead..."
As his eyes gradually regained their clarity, tears, which he couldn't help, streamed down his face.
Yes, they're all dead...
Not only the mysterious beasts that invaded Sirius City, but also all the people living in the city were slaughtered without exception.
In addition to the defending soldiers who had previously perished on the inner city walls...
In the current Sirius City, apart from him and the golden-armored man who looks exactly like him sitting in the main hall, there is probably no other living person...
"Am I too late...?"
He slumped to the ground, staring at the sky stained crimson with blood, and murmured something.
But just as he was lost in thought, the scene around him changed again.
When he came to his senses, he found himself in the execution ground.
The gloomy sky, like a heavy lead plate, pressed down heavily on the earth.
Thick, dark clouds rolled and churned, like a ferocious beast, baring its fangs and roaring, trying to devour the last ray of light between heaven and earth.
Besides the executioner on the execution platform, the streets were lined with onlookers, their faces filled with indignation.
Upon closer inspection, the middle-aged man who had been chatting and laughing with Li Jie outside the city was also among them.
"It was him! He led the extraterrestrial demons into Sirius City, causing the tragic deaths of the city's defenders..."
"Yes! He's the one who killed my son! And I even saved his life by the river!..."
"He looked so respectable, I never imagined he harbored such malicious intentions!..."
"Give me back my son's life!..."
Hearing this, Li Jie roughly guessed why he was at the execution ground.
Those so-called power holders should blame him for the fall of Tianlang City.
But.......
Did I really do something wrong?
"It's noon... Execution!"
Before Li Jie could even think, his body was already strapped to the guillotine.
He instinctively wanted to resist, but found that his internal energy had been completely sealed and he could no longer mobilize even a fraction of it.
The heavy guillotine blade arrived in an instant.
Li Jie felt a chill on his neck, and his consciousness sank into the abyss below as if the world were spinning.
Am I... going to die?
No wonder......
That person even reminded me back then...
Helping Sirius City defend against invading alien beasts... will result in death...
But...did I really make the wrong choice?
If I could do it all over again... would I still choose to help the Sirius Army defend against foreign invasion...?
Or rather... just as I suspected...
Li Jie's consciousness gradually faded...
Before his eyes closed completely, I could still vaguely see the middle-aged man's angry expression...
No...it shouldn't be like this...
"Now that you're here, I'll give you two more choices..."
"First, helping Sirius City overcome the siege by the alien beasts might cost you your life..."
"Secondly, I will depart here and end this remaining life..."
When the familiar voice came from beside Li Jie's ears, he opened his eyes in disbelief.
After briefly surveying his surroundings, he suddenly realized that he was back in the magnificent palace in the inner city.
It's still the familiar throne, and the familiar figure.
Even the problems are exactly the same as before...
"I choose one."
Pulling himself back to reality, Li Jie spoke in a hoarse voice.
Upon hearing this, the figure seated on the throne seemed somewhat surprised.
It seems like Li Jie shouldn't have made that choice.
"Are you sure? You'll die..."
"determine."
Upon hearing this, the golden-armored general, who looked exactly like Li Jie, paused for a moment and said with some helplessness.
"...In that case, you shall join the army on the expedition..."
In a flash, Li Jie returned to the city wall where he had fought before. This time, he did not waste time, but instead strode towards the outside of the city.
This time, not only was his true energy completely replenished after his resurrection, but his cultivation level also improved slightly.
So... this time, he's going to take the initiative!
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