# 1999
Chapter 1983: Bloody Battle【Black Goat】
He covered his mouth with his hand, seemingly trying to prevent the little beggar beside him from seeing the blood, but that crimson still seeped through his fingers, staining the sand with a faint red haze...
He stumbled and sat down on the beach, facing the sea and sky, looking like a狼狈 bloodied man.
The little beggar beside him said nothing, as if frozen in shock.
"Sorry... you should still leave." Lu Baoyou spoke weakly. "Maybe... I'd better be alone."
Before Lu Baoyou could finish, the little beggar beside him crouched down, a tissue touching his hand back, gently wiping away the blood. His hand trembled slightly.
"I'm not leaving." The little beggar said seriously. "When you killed that monster right in front of me back then, I wasn't even scared... You're our hero, how could I be afraid of you?"
Scenes from back then replayed in Lu Baoyou's mind, his eyelids growing ever heavier...
"Mm..." he said softly. "Then... stay and sit with me for a while... just for a while."
The little beggar hummed in agreement, sitting beside him shoulder to shoulder. The breeze lifted strands of black hair, brushing across blood-stained palms...
The dusky sun gilded the horizon in pale gold. The two sat there on the beach, in companionable silence.
"Can I ask you a question?"
After an unknown amount of time, the little beggar spoke softly.
Lin Qiye's eyes had already closed involuntarily. His head drooped low, and he hummed in response.
"You're clearly such a kind person... why are you called the【Black Goat】?"
Lu Baoyou gave no answer.
His last spark of life gradually dissipated into the sea breeze. The final fragment of consciousness could no longer form words to answer the little beggar's question, as if his whole being floated lightly, drifting toward the warm evening glow on the horizon...
At that moment, a pair of arms gently encircled his body, as if being held in an embrace...
The little beggar's voice lingered by his ear:
"Welcome home... my hero."
The残缺 heart stopped beating.
Beneath the pale golden sunset, the dancing purple cloak was clutched to a girl's chest, her eyes filled with tears. The flame, saved from the abyss of solitude, flickered weakly...
【Black Goat】Squad, total loss.
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Beibin City.
Spectacular forbidden curse radiance swept across the surging black tide, while mournful howls pierced the clouds.
Three magnificent S-class passes stood like immovable mountains on the northern battlefield. Silhouettes darted through the black tide above,死死抵御 it before the passes!
"How many are left?" Commander Guan Zai asked from the outer wall of Jialin Pass.
"Without the【Black Goat】and those Chief God corpses holding the line, the remaining offspring pose limited threat... Up to now, roughly four hundred thousand remain." A Night Watch replied. "At our current pace, we can annihilate them all within ten minutes!"
Guan Zai nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping past the churning black tide toward the rumbling sky in the distance...
"Next, it's up to Commander Lin's side..."
BOOM—!!
Below the rolling sky, a massive blade wreathed in killing intent and flames crashed down onto the surface of that writhing mass of flesh and blood!
A patch of charred black spread instantly. A fissure was torn open on the flesh surface, and countless crimson worms spewed forth!
These crimson worms washed over the skyscraper-sized silhouette, gnawing countless tiny holes into its surface. The giant figure roared, its killing intent flames surging more fiercely. The【Black Goat】's shriek echoed through the heavens!
Several crimson figures wove around Its form, wounds covering the【Black Goat】's surface. After this brutal battle, the【Black Goat】had been carved down into a ball of severed legs and tentacles!
Countless crimson eyes covered the surface of this flesh ball, their pupils radiating unprecedented fury!
Then, a patch of jet-black night dyed each giant eye. Under absolute darkness, the【Black Goat】's vision was forcibly stripped away. Nyx, draped in her star纱罗裙, raised both hands high. Countless star swords rained down from the heavens!
"It's almost done for..." Lin Qiye maintained his法天象地, slashing down a massive goat hoof with one blade, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Under the combined assault of the【Night Watch】Squad and Nyx, the【Black Goat】had been gradually driven into a corner... Facts had proven that the【Black Goat】's frontal combat power fell short of【Chaos】by more than one tier. Apart from the endless crimson worms and various bizarre organs growing from within its body, it possessed virtually no真正意义上的绝杀 ability.
Lin Qiye's peripheral vision caught the【King's Star Coins】nearby. Compared to before, its speed had slowed considerably... It wouldn't be long before the materialized memories completely dissipated.
To kill or not to kill the【Black Goat】—it all depended on this moment!
"Full force attack!" Lin Qiye bellowed. The remaining seven silhouettes' eyes flickered with killing intent simultaneously, and all manner of attacks surged toward the【Black Goat】!
Baili Pangpang stepped within the Primordial Infinite Void, incantations flowing rapidly from his fingers as his divine power rapidly depleted... He raised his finger, pointing at the writhing【Black Goat】body through the air.
"【阴阳灭绝】."
The next instant, the【Black Goat】's flesh ball body twisted violently. A gruesome bloody hole instantly pierced through its entire form. Before it could react, a burning black blade stabbed violently into the hole, and with a roar, it sliced downward, tearing the wound wide open!
An Qingyu, Jialan, Shen Qingzhu, Jiang Er attacked simultaneously, continuously expanding that gruesome fissure. The wound that had initially covered just under thirty percent of the【Black Goat】's body was forcibly widened to fifty percent—almost cleaving the entire flesh ball in two!
The【Black Goat】's mournful shriek rang across the sky. It had already sensed the threat emanating from these few people. Compounded with【Chaos】's disappearance and its offspring nearing extinction, it instinctively began to shift its body, preparing to flee into the distance!
At that moment, the two layers of night overlapping above the clouds simultaneously boiled!
Lin Qiye and Nyx each strode upon a patch of night. The two masses of darkness descended from the clouds, forming a cage that死死禁锢 the torn mass of flesh and blood!
狰狞的血肉 tentacles and残破的身躯 slammed against this prison, causing the night to shudder and resound. Lin Qiye endured the backlash from the cage, his head snapping violently toward a certain direction!
"Master! Now is the moment!!"
At this moment, thousands of kilometers away, within a desert sword cottage!
Zhou Ping, who had been resting with closed eyes, instantly opened his eyes. His gaze, sharp as a blade, fixed upon the battlefield as he raised a finger, pointing through the air...