Chapter 2015: The Thoughtless Strike
At this moment, Quinn's eyes snapped open, bloodshot, and the tears streaming from the corners of his eyes evaporated into nothingness in the scorching heat!
Killing intent burst forth from his eyes as he glared fiercely at Lance, enunciating each word:
"Don't you dare mess with my memories! Don't touch them! Go to hell!"
Lance was suddenly struck so hard that blood gushed from his seven orifices. No matter how fierce the void flames on him and Wu Zang grew, they felt as if they were being burned alive!
Even though Quinn had been slashed repeatedly while in a dazed state, he still hadn't been killed—he endured!
Instead, because of the Soul Resonance, he had completely crashed into a berserk state!
That was the memory he least wanted to recall!
Lance coughed up a mouthful of blood and roared, "What the hell are you doing this for? If it weren't for the Holy Star's development, your parents wouldn't have died, and that thing wouldn't have happened!"
"They are the real culprits! Igor just treats you as a useful tool! It's all fake affection!"
"After all these years, can't you understand such a simple truth?"
"Now that humanity is rising, as long as we win this war, everything is possible! Isn't that what you want?"
Clearly, under the Soul Resonance, Lance had also seen Quinn's memories!
Quinn's face twisted with rage: "You weren't the one who went through all that! What do you know? I am the protagonist of my own life!"
"Even if we win this war, so what? Can you beat the Bose Clan? Can you beat all the races of the starry sky?"
"I figured it out long ago! This messed-up world has never changed from the very beginning! No matter how strong you become, there will always be someone stronger who will take everything from you without reason!"
"I'm just protecting the people I care about in my own way! That's the only thing I can do now! What's wrong with that?"
"I never want to stand by and watch the people important to me be taken away again, powerless to do anything! Do you understand?"
At this moment, Quinn roared hysterically, as if trying to vent all the grievances in his heart!
Lance gritted his steel teeth: "You..."
Quinn said with hatred: "I'm not like Jiangnan! He's a gambler, willing to bet everything he cares about on a bright future!"
"If he wins, everyone's happy. If he loses, he has nothing!"
"Quinn here is no Era Lord, and even less a saint. I couldn't care less about all of humanity. What do the lives and deaths of others have to do with me?"
"I only care about the few I care about! I just want them to live well!"
"Do you think I wanted to do this? Do you think I wanted to be a traitor? Who was born evil? I also wanted this world to be peaceful, but this messed-up world didn't treat me that way!"
"Today, anyone who stands in my way will die!"
In an instant, the Holy Flame blazed even brighter, the fire surging wildly!
With the Slave Mark on him, Quinn had no choice from the day he left with Igor!
Under such circumstances, he could only help the Holy Star turn Blue Star into a Star Ruin, to control this world as the Human King!
To protect the friends he cared about!
As long as he got the planet core, Mirage would return Ku Po to him, and Freya would be spared from being enslaved or killed by the Holy Star!
With the Holy Star's protection, none of the people close to him would disappear!
As for them resenting him, so be it!
Last time, he couldn't protect the ones he cared about. This time, he had to succeed!
As for others, let them die!
At this moment, Wu Zang was nearly melting from the heat, but he still forced himself to say: "But have you ever considered how the people you care about feel? Is what you're desperately giving them what they truly want?"
"From start to finish, you've only thought about yourself!"
Quinn glared: "Bullshit! Is following Jiangnan's gamble the right thing? Facing the Bose Clan, facing all the races in the starry sky, how can humanity win?"
"What you see as humanity's great momentum is just a mirage! How will the path ahead unfold? Do you even know how cruel the starry sky really is?"
"When there's a simpler, safer way to protect the ones I care about, why should I follow Jiangnan's gamble?"
"I don't care what they want! I just want them alive!"
Wu Zang narrowed his eyes: "Living under someone else's roof, begging on your knees—that's not living! A person can lack pride, but never backbone!"
Quinn's face twisted: "Only those who survive have the right to talk about the future! I am not wrong!"
"You have someone you care about too. The one you care about most is your wife, right? I know all your files!"
"If I'm not mistaken, your wife should be at home in the Tottori Dojo, correct?"
"If you don't want her dead, put down your sword and get out of my way!"
In that moment, Wu Zang's chest blazed with fury: "What the hell did you say? Say that again!"
"Dare you touch my wife even once?!"
"Boom!"
In an instant, the rage on Wu Zang increased exponentially, turning him into a human torch, his life force draining away wildly!
Everyone has a scale—touch it, and they will rage!
Lance panicked and quickly used an Ice Heart Mantra on Wu Zang to suppress his fury, but it was useless. Wu Zang had completely lost control!
No one could harm a single hair on his wife's head!
"Wu Zang! Calm down! He's deliberately provoking you, trying to use your rage to burn you to death! Don't listen to him!"
Quinn sneered viciously: "Don't think I can't do it. All flames are me. As long as there's a fire source in the dojo, my flame clone can go there!"
"You're deep in the Earth's core and can't stop it! The gas stove in the dojo is on—I can be there anytime!"
"If you don't want your wife to die, back off!"
Wu Zang raged: "I won't let you touch her!"
The flames on him blazed even hotter, to the point where even Jiang Ning could barely suppress them!
Lance cried out in urgency: "Quinn! Doing this—how are you any different from the perpetrators who killed your parents back then?"
"Don't become the person you once hated most!"
Quinn paused for a moment, then pushed the void flames to their maximum, his eyes bloodshot!
"Whether I do this or not is none of your damn business! The lives of others have nothing to do with me!"
In just a moment, Wu Zang would be burned to death, and then no one could stop him!
But at that moment, Wu Zang looked at Quinn, his eyes filled with resolution!
The existence of my wife is the reason I hold this blade!
If you want to kill her, then I have no choice but to cut you down!
The blade in my hand is not a killing blade—it is a blade to protect.
And right now, the only thing he could rely on was the blade in his hand!
Wu Zang grasped his sword with both hands, held it upright before him, and slowly closed his eyes!
The moment his eyes shut, the void flames on his body suddenly extinguished!
Even Quinn stared in shock at this scene. How is that possible?!
He could no longer detect the slightest emotional fluctuation from Wu Zang!
At that moment, Wu Zang had completely emptied his mind, existing in a state of nothingness—only the man and the blade remained.
Then Wu Zang moved. For the first time, his swing was so slow that the trajectory of the slash was perfectly visible.
Yet so unwaveringly resolute, as if it could cut through anything!
At that instant, man and blade were one in intent—reaching the absolute peak!
This slash even cleaved out his Utmost Sharpness Domain along with it!
"Thoughtless Slash: Life Severance!"
It was a slash that gathered everything Wu Zang had!
The world seemed to freeze at that moment. In the blink of an eye, the blade edge sliced across Quinn's Yang God Body!
"Boom!"
The Yang God Body was split in two, and the cut extended even through the entire outer core of the Earth, spreading into the mantle and extending wildly!
Beiqiu and Han Menglu were stunned. Just how terrifying was this slash? It cut through the outer core?!
They quickly cooperated with the Creation Beast to control the planet core and repair the damage, preventing the power of this slash from affecting Blue Star itself!
Lance stared at Wu Zang in terror, his mind reeling—holy crap!
If he hadn't held back a little, would Blue Star have been sliced open? Was Brother Wu Zang that freakish? What kind of move was that?!
Jiang Ning's eyes went wide. The domain could also be turned into a blade edge and slashed out together? The domain could be used like this?
This completely overturned her understanding!
The moment the slash landed, the Holy Flame on Shanmao and Luo Jiaoyang also extinguished!
Quinn felt as if that one slash had killed him!
Clearly, the blade had only cut apart his Yang God Body, but Quinn felt as if a gash had been made on his Life Line!
The Life Line had been severed in one stroke!
There was no wound on his body, yet his Life Essence was draining away wildly, dispersing, and large swaths of the Holy Flame collapsed and went out!
His aura plummeted. In no time, he would surely die—this was Quinn's most direct feeling!
"Impossible! This is impossible!"
Quinn frantically absorbed the heat from the Earth's core, but no matter how much he absorbed, it instantly dispersed, and he could no longer sustain himself!
"Damn it! Why? Why you?!"
At that moment, Wu Zang was panting heavily, leaning on his knees. All his spirit, energy, and the power within his body had been completely emptied by that one slash!
Wu Zang squinted: "Because of my resolve to protect! Everyone has their own story. I am no different!"
"You are the one in the wrong! The blade in your hand... pointed at the wrong person!"
Quinn's face contorted ferociously. His Life Line had been severed, and no matter what he did, he couldn't stop the drain of his life!
"I don't believe it!"
He resolutely gave up on the planet core and transformed into a golden meteor, shooting upward, rushing toward the starry sky!
Wu Zang gritted his teeth: "Chase him! Don't let him escape!"
Lance and Jiang Ning supported Wu Zang as they pursued Quinn's figure!
At the same time, they sent a message to Yang Jian: the planet core was safe—action could proceed!
"Boom!"
On Blue Star's continental plate, a volcano erupted. Flames kept scattering from Quinn's body, but he gritted his teeth and forced himself to hold on!
I can't die like this! I have to go see for myself!
On the other side, Yang Jian received the news. His expression tightened, and the stone hanging in his heart finally dropped!
The trump card wasn't wasted; Wu Zang really was reliable!
But deep in his eyes, there was a trace of pity—in the end, he still didn't turn back, huh?
Sigh...
Then his gaze fell on Ku Po, who was slacking off on the Holy Star's side, and he gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Now that Quinn had been pulled out, Ku Po couldn't stay hidden any longer. If he didn't act now, it would be dangerous!