Chapter 344 The Most Precious Thing

At the foot of Skeleton Mountain, a layer of white fog shrouded the area, making it misty and misty, with visibility less than ten meters.

Hongxiu, who was wearing a scarlet robe, was sitting on the monster statue in front of the cave door, hugging one knee, hanging the other foot, unconsciously swinging on the toes, and playing with the ends of her hair in boredom with her hands.

Until there was a sound of footsteps in the mist.

Hongxiu immediately raised his head, a hint of joy appeared on the corner of his mouth, but soon frowned again.

This sound was not the footsteps she was familiar with.

Soon a figure came through the mist.

The person who came was holding a sickle and had a graceful figure. She was obviously a woman.

"Is it you?" Hongxiu frowned and looked at Lin Xue who appeared in front of her.

"It's me who disappointed you." Lin Xue said, quickly sorting out the remaining armor on her body.

“Nothing to be disappointed about.”

Hongxiu shook his head and looked forward: "On the contrary, you came at the right time, which saved me from having to waste my own flesh and blood."

"Huh?" Lin Xue was puzzled.

"Here."

Hong Xiu raised her chin and tapped the closed cave door in front of her. On the mountain walls on both sides of the door, there were indentations of a sickle and a chain carved about ten meters apart.

"It's still the old rules. You need to collect two weapons to enter the door, and each side needs to absorb the living blood of the heir of the Contractor's bloodline before it can be activated. If Brother Nan kills you, I will have to donate the blood of both sides."

Lin Xue gave her a strange look: "When you saw me coming, weren't you worried about what happened over there?"

"Haha, there's nothing to worry about. The result is the same anyway. Brother Nan can't lose."

Hong Xiu shook her head indifferently, jumped off the stone sculpture, and walked towards the mountain wall with the chain stone carving.

Then he turned back and signaled Lin Xue to go to the other side.

Lin Xue also walked to the stone carving of the sickle, carefully observed it first, and after confirming that Hongxiu was not lying, she placed the sickle on it.

On the opposite side, Hongxiu also put in the chain at the same time.

The two weapons coincided perfectly with the grooves on the mountain wall.

Then the two looked at each other, each made a slit on their palms, and placed their palms on their weapons.

The blood was automatically sucked out of the wound and flowed down the groove until the entire groove was filled with crimson, then the blood stopped absorbing.

The two weapons filled with blood suddenly glowed with bright blood-colored light.

At the same time, the cave door between the two carvings quietly opened with a rumbling sound.

Behind the arched hole, it was as dark as ink and bottomless, with no light coming out, like a black hole leading to another dimension.

Seeing the entrance open, the two looked at each other again. They both immediately put away their weapons on the wall and came to the cave in unison.

"I wonder if you have heard of it? There was only one bloodline of contract masters many years ago."

Hongxiu looked at Lin Xue and said, "In other words, our ancestors were probably blood relatives a few generations ago."

"So?" Lin Xue gave her a strange look.

"So, for the sake of our ancestors being one family, I won't kill you and keep the sickle. You can go and I will ask Brother Nan to let you go." Hongxiu said.

Lin Xue was stunned for a moment. She originally thought that the smell of gunpowder would be stronger at this moment, but she didn't expect that the other party would suddenly say this.

"Thank you, but no need..." Lin Xue shook her head.

Hongxiu immediately frowned and looked at her: "Think carefully, once you enter here, if you don't get the Death inheritance, you will have no chance to leave."

"I know." Lin Xue nodded. This is one of the instructions for the inheritance mission. If you enter the final area but cannot get the inheritance, you will remain in the Tomb of Death forever.

"However, I also have a reason why I must get the inheritance..." Lin Xue said.

Hongxiu looked at her carefully and said without any further persuasion: "This is your choice. Once you get inside, I won't hold anything back."

"Me too." Lin Xue nodded.

Hongxiu said no more, turned around and jumped directly into the entrance of the cave, disappearing directly into the darkness.

Lin Xue also walked quickly to the entrance of the cave, but before entering, she still hesitated, and the inexplicable uneasiness in her heart came over again.

But when she thought of the uncertain life-or-death battle between Mu You and Vivian in the distance, she still took a breath, stepped forward, and jumped into the cave.

After falling for a long period of time in darkness, Lin Xue suddenly felt a light in front of her, allowing her to see clearly that she was falling to the ground quickly. She hurriedly adjusted her posture, rolled, and lost her forward momentum.

When she looked up again, she had appeared in an underground tomb.

This place looks like a dry underground river bed. Judging from the erosion marks on the surrounding rock walls, it seems that this place has been soaked in water for a long time.

The river bed is surrounded by rocks and sand, occasionally dotted with some giant animal bones and fish bones that have rotted for many years, forming a natural skeleton path along the river bed.

Hongxiu was standing not far from Lin Xue, but he didn't look at her, but looked ahead blankly.

Lin Xue subconsciously followed her gaze and was immediately shocked.

At the end of the passageway made of bones, there was a throne made of bones.

A figure wearing a large cloak is sitting on the throne, but the inside of the cloak is empty. It's just that outside the cloak, there is a large circle of blue energy barrier, like a ball of water, on the surface Ripples appear from time to time, completely covering the entire Throne of Bones. It seems that it is this energy group that supports the cloak inside, making it look like it is being worn by a person.

But what really shocked the two of them was that behind the throne stood a huge skeleton more than twenty meters high. The skeleton was in the shape of a human. The only difference was that two wings extended from the back.

The God of Death...is a giant?

The two were surprised by this. Judging from the situation at the scene, the skeleton at the back was obviously the remains of the God of Death, but I didn't expect that the real God of Death would be so huge.

At this time, a deep voice came from the front, but it did not come from the giant skeleton, but from the cloak of the throne.

"Contractors who want to inherit my power, first of all, congratulations. After many tests, you have found this place. My inheritance is indeed buried here..."

"Next, just put your hands into this blue energy ball, and you can easily gain my power..."

This voice did not mince words, and as soon as it appeared, it directly explained the way to obtain inheritance.

Different from the complicated rituals imagined by the two of them, receiving this final inheritance is extremely simple. You only need to put your hands deep into the energy group, and there are no restrictions. It seems that whoever grabs it first will be the one.

Hongxiu and Lin Xue glanced at each other subconsciously, each raising their weapons to be wary of the other.

If there really are no other obstacles on the road ahead, then their only opponents now are each other. Whoever can kill the other first will have the inheritance.

However, just when the tension between the two was tense, the voice sounded again.

"I am a watcher, responsible for punishing sins and suppressing all evil in the world, and my successors should also pursue the purpose of the watcher. No matter they are mentally corrupt people or people with compassion, they are not worthy of the name of the God of Death. No.… If you want to gain power and walk the world on behalf of the God of Death, you must first sacrifice your most cherished things before you can be recognized by the inheritance…”

"The most cherished thing..."

This new voice surprised both of them.

Hongxiu subconsciously touched her belly.

The thing she cherishes most is undoubtedly her unborn child.

Although she is not yet born, she has been pregnant for seven months, during which time she has fully experienced the feeling of being a mother.

But now she has to give up her child to gain strength...

Just thinking about it made Hong Xiu so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.

But she still forcibly calmed down and patted her face. Now was not the time to hesitate. She had already paid too much for this moment. Even if she was reluctant to give up, she could not waver!

Hongxiu quickly made up her mind in her heart, came back to her senses, and subconsciously turned her head to look, only to find that Lin Xue opposite her had trembling hands and her face was pale.

Facing Hongxiu's gaze, she suddenly turned around and ran towards the exit, as if she wanted to go back the way she came.

However, the moment they entered here, the entrance had disappeared, and all that was left was the cold mountain wall that reached the top.

Lin Xue could only helplessly slap the mountain wall everywhere, but could not find any place to leave.

Seeing the opponent's unbearable performance, Hong Xiu sneered: "You don't have any consciousness at all, why are you competing for the Death God inheritance?"

As she spoke, she already lifted up the chain and walked towards Lin Xue step by step.

"I told you earlier that you have to come in. Do you think you are here to play house? So you who have been pampered since childhood are really saying that you have never experienced any hardships. You can honestly go back and be your boss. Isn’t it good, Miss?”

Faced with her sarcasm, Lin Xue seemed not to hear it and just groped more anxiously on the wall, but still couldn't find anything.

"If you are so unwilling, let me help you get rid of it!"

Hong Xiu sneered, rushed forward quickly, and pulled down the chain in his hand.

The sound of breaking through the air roared from behind, and Lin Xue subconsciously waved the sickle to block it backwards.

The sickle and the chain collided with a crisp sound.

These two weapons of the god of death should have been equally matched, but at this time, Lin Xue was in a state of great vacillation, and he could barely block.

Coupled with Hong Xiu's full attack, Lin Xue suddenly lost his balance under the collision, was thrown away by the force, and hit the mountain wall. The sickle in his hand fell out of his hand and fell to the ground.

Hongxiu, on the other hand, was unyielding. When he saw that his opponent's weapon was out of hand, it was the perfect opportunity to attack. He turned back in mid-air, and the long chain in his hand shrank, forming a hard chain sword more than three meters long, heading straight towards Lin. Snow comes.

But Lin Xue didn't have time to get up at this time, the weapon was still out of her hand, and she was already unable to avoid it.

"Rest in peace!"

Seeing the sword edge getting closer and closer to the opponent's heart, the smile at the corner of Hongxiu's mouth gradually widened. She was completely convinced that she would be the winner today.

However, what she never expected was that just when the sword was about to strike, a figure suddenly jumped out from the package around the opponent's waist and blocked the two of them.

"puff!"

The next moment, the sword edge pierced the human body, but failed to pierce Lin Xue. Instead, it was blocked by the figure that appeared in front of her, and the sharp lock-point blade passed through her chest.

"What the hell?"

When Hongxiu saw what was in front of her clearly, her hands trembled in fright, and she even forgot to pull back the chain.

What appeared in front of her was a person, an old man with exquisite makeup. But the problem was that this was not a living person, but a dead body, because she had dark makeup on her face!

It was still easy to tell the difference between the living and the dead, even if they wore dark makeup at the same time. There was absolutely no life on this person's body, so Hong Xiu was convinced at first glance that this was a dead person.

The problem is, when the other party has no magic support around her, a dead man actually came to life and blocked her chain sword?

Lin Xue stared blankly at the figure that appeared in front of him. The figure standing in front of her at this time was her grandmother's body.

Everything in front of her was just like the day she and Mu You first entered the house. Grandma was also like this. She suddenly appeared when she was in danger and helped her block the snow monster.

However, at that time, with their help, grandma regained her young body and could easily withstand the power of the snow monster and play with the enemy in the palm of her hand.

But now, she is left with only the remains of an old body, and without the speed that she was proud of. She can only use her body as a shield to directly block attacks for her.

Lin Xue looked at the rickety and thin body that was pierced in front of her.

Of course, a real dead body cannot be resurrected for no reason. The reason why it suddenly resurrected at this time is because there is actually a weak residual soul in the body in front of you.

That day on the snowfield, Lin Xue told Mu You and Vivian that her grandmother's remnant soul disappeared completely after teaching her how to use the sickle. But in fact, she lied. The remnant soul did not disappear, but became extremely weak and slept in the deepest part of the body.

She didn't tell anyone about this matter, and even deceived herself, sealing the matter deep in her subconscious, because she understood at that time that the purpose of grandma leaving two remnant souls was to help her control The sickle, as well as getting something more important in the future, grandma had paved all the way for her before she died, so when the last remaining soul awakened again, it must be the time when she and grandma said goodbye completely.

The reason why she always felt panicked subconsciously before was because she subconsciously understood that the real day of separation was coming soon.

At this time, purple marks had begun to appear on the body where the chain had been stabbed, and they were spreading rapidly around.

The body's two hands were slowly raised, one on the left and one on the right, holding the chain on the chest.

Hongxiu in front saw the old man's movements, and then he reacted and hurriedly pulled out the chain.

However, after pulling hard, the chain did not move at all. Those two old hands were like two iron pliers, firmly fixing her chain.

Hongxiu suddenly became anxious, kicking her feet on the mountain wall and pulling back even harder.

After such hard work, it finally worked, but instead of pulling out the chains, the body in mid-air was pulled over together with the chains.

Hongxiu took a few steps back and fell to the ground. Before she could get up, she saw the body flying straight towards her and finally falling on top of her.

"Well……"

Hong Xiu groaned, and blood started to flow from the corner of his mouth that was pressed.

She thought it was just an ordinary body before, but it wasn't until she withstood the power of the body that she realized: How could this body be so heavy?

Turning her head and taking a closer look, she realized that the body was not only pressing on her at this moment, but the fingers of both hands were also deeply inserted into the ground at the same time. The whole body was like a human-shaped lock, locking her tightly. She was stuck on the spot, unable to move. Not only that, this button seemed to seal the space around her, making it impossible for her to teleport away.

Hong Xiu subconsciously wanted to push the body away, but suddenly she heard movement coming from the other side. Looking out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Lin Xue had climbed up in the distance and quickly picked up the sickle on the ground.

Hongxiu was startled and instinctively thought that the other party was preparing to attack her. She hurriedly took out the wand from the ring and prepared to defend herself.

Unexpectedly, after Lin Xue stood up, she didn't even look at her, but ran forward without looking back.

"Hey, wait..."

Hongxiu was stunned and immediately understood that the other party was preparing to seize the opportunity to directly seize the inheritance!

The opponent doesn't need to fight her at all. As soon as the death inheritance is obtained, she, the loser of the competition, will naturally die, and not only her, but also the child in her belly...

"What a joke!"

Hongxiu suddenly became anxious and angry. This was the real moment of life and death. She still had time to delay here.

Hongxiu pushed harder with both hands, but to no avail. Although Grandma Lin Xue was already a corpse, she had a legendary physique, so it was not easy to destroy her.

Seeing that the push failed, Hong Xiu hurriedly reached behind the body, pulled out the chain that penetrated the old man's back, pointed the blade downward, and stabbed the old man.

"Get out of my way quickly..."

The sharp blade kept stabbing, and there were more and more necrotic purple patches on the old man's body.

After Hongxiu tried her best, the pressure on the body's body finally became lighter and lighter...

Listening to the continuous sound of sharp blades piercing behind her, tears fell silently from Lin Xue's face. Although her heart was as sharp as a knife, she still stepped unswervingly through the bones on the ground and rushed towards the throne of bones in front of her.