Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

what to do?

How can I do?

At this time, Gu Simiao was hesitant.

Although there was not much spiritual power left, she was still confident that she could kill all these resentful souls and the two demons before the spiritual power was exhausted.

But, can this really be done?

Those are Lu Chen's people.

Even if they are already dead, with only a trace of their souls left behind, they are all the people of the city whom he once treated like sons. How would Lu Chen feel if he killed them again without mercy?

When she thought of all the unpredictable consequences, Gu Simiao hesitated to take action.

She is naturally not a monk who helps the world. To put it bluntly, although she has compassion for the people, she does not regard them as more important than herself.

After all, she majored in martial arts, and her Taoism had nothing to do with the common people. The chivalrous and righteous deeds she performed when she was young were just random actions, and had little to do with her Tao.

If she only thinks about herself, she will take action without hesitation and crush all threats directly.

This is also what warriors always do.

But Lu Chen is the way to save the world, or the way to be benevolent and righteous.

And that was the only way he pursued, without any concurrent training, and his dedication to the way to save the world was even purer than hers.

If it were another way, with such an innocent heart, it would be a good thing, but the way of benevolence and righteousness has too many loopholes in this world where the strong are respected.

Although the decision was made out of necessity, and with her by his side, no matter how serious the consequences were, it would not lead to death, but it would be extremely detrimental to the future.

As a warrior, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms who killed countless enemies in the deserted state, she was indeed decisive in killing, but she could not care about her reputation during life and death, but she could not care less about Lu Chen's feelings.

But if they don't kill him, the resentful spirits controlled by those two monsters will swoop down and turn Xingping County into a purgatory on earth.

On one side is the return journey of Lu Chen's people after their death, and on the other side are the people of Xingping County trembling in the howls of resentful souls.

Who is more important, the living or the dead?

The best way now is to break the demon's evil spell and rescue Lu Chen's remaining soul.

But no matter how powerful she is, after all, she is not a cultivator who specializes in evil ways, but the opponent is a practitioner of the Great Perfection in the Cave Void Realm, one step away from returning to the world. She is not a weakling, and her spells are exquisite. How can it be so easy? Cracked?

As the saying goes, there are different walks of life, and the difference between paths is greater than the difference between industries. She can use the art of deception purely because she has Netherworld and can use its special power at a certain price.

Facing the ultra-high-level evil secrets, all she could do in a short period of time was to use her strength to kill them all. In other aspects, she was powerless and helpless.

In the dilemma, she couldn't think of any good solution for a while.

Subconsciously, she looked at Lu Chen from the corner of her eye, wanting to ask for his opinion.

But before she saw Lu Chen's appearance at this time, she withdrew her gaze.

No, the choice cannot be left to Lu Chen.

Even someone as decisive as her could not make a decision, so how could Lu Chen make a decision?

Even if he makes up his mind and chooses to save one of them, he will probably fall into endless regret in his future life, and life will be worse than death.

Therefore, no matter what, Lu Chen could not be allowed to speak.

We can't let him bear this crime!

Thinking of this, a flash of determination flashed in her eyes.

Lu Chen's hands must not be dirty.

"ha"

She took a deep breath and held the hilt of Netherworld's sword tightly with both hands.

The spiritual power on his body began to converge crazily towards the sword body, and the nine dragon skeletons entrenched around the sword body also began to fly around, quickly transforming a person's mysterious magic formula in mid-air.

Seeing this scene, the two demons didn't understand that Gu Simiao had made a decision.

But even so, they still let out a wild laugh.

This is a dead end.

No matter which choice you make, it's a dead end.

The best outcome is that Gu Simiao, who killed the remnant souls of those ants with her own hands, can barely keep her Taoist heart intact. Even so, a master of the way to save the world is burdened with such a heavy crime, and her path to immortality is basically It's useless.

No chance of recovery.

In other words, this genius will definitely be destroyed in their hands today.

They were already dead, so why would they be dissatisfied if they could drag such a powerful person to their funeral?

After a moment, they tacitly activated the spiritual power in their bodies, maintaining the appearance of the resentful souls while controlling them to dive towards Gu Simiao, launching a brave and fearless charge without any defense.

At this time, it no longer matters what spells are used. As long as Gu Simiao destroys these resentful souls, even if they are not the final winners, at least they are not complete losers.

In just a moment, Gu Simiao concentrated all the spiritual power of promotion into the sword.

"The trick."

She held onto the hilt of Netherworld's sword tightly, all her strength concentrated in her hands.

Seeing that Nether's unique trick is about to be activated.

However, at this moment——

snap

With a soft sound, a slightly thin figure quietly appeared beside her, then stretched out his hand and gently pressed her hands.

But with such a simple action, Gu Simiao was shocked to find that the technique she had prepared could not be activated at all.

It was as if there was a force more mysterious than the power of trickery that blocked the connection between her and the Netherworld, making it impossible for her to transmit her spiritual power no matter what.

"Miss Gu."

In surprise, a familiar voice sounded in his ears.

"Don't do this."

It was Lu Chen's voice.

Gu Simiao suddenly trembled, turned her head subconsciously, and immediately saw Lu Chen looking at her expressionlessly.

Those emotionless eyes made her feel strange for no reason.

Completely different from the usual calmness and indifference.

At this time, he was like an emotionless machine, without a trace of life, but not lifeless and extremely weird.

wrong!

She came back to her senses instantly and was horrified.

Just now, he was completely unaware of Lu Chen's approach.

Although she had always been unguarded against Lu Chen, the instinct of a warrior was ever-present. Moreover, Lu Chen was not a warrior, but a scholar. Coupled with his cultivation level, it was really hard to describe.

Logically speaking, as long as Lu Chen was close, there was no way she wouldn't be able to sense it.

In this situation, how could she give Lu Chen a chance to stop her? I'm afraid that the moment he started, she would have blocked his way with her technique.

But just now, she really didn't feel anything.

What's going on?

Moreover, she is now unable to activate spells or use the power of deception. It seems that Lu Chen is also

But how is this possible?

Isn't he a weak scholar with no strength?

For a moment, several thoughts flashed through Gu Simiao's mind, and her eyes were full of undisguised shock.

Did His Majesty give him some secret treasure from the Immortal Family?

However, the things from the Immortal Family can only compete with Netherworld at best, so how can they be so overwhelmingly suppressed?

Lu Chen had no intention of explaining. After stopping Gu Simiao, he slowly walked forward a few steps with his hands behind his hands. Finally, he raised his head and stared at the two bloody flags hanging in the sky.

And the overwhelming influx of resentful souls.

The two demons naturally saw Lu Chen who suddenly stood up. After noticing that he actually stopped Gu Simiao, they couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Who are you?"

"My officer."

Lu Chen's mechanical voice sounded slowly.

"Xingping County Duke, Lu Huaiyu."

Hearing this, the blood flag trembled slightly.

"oh?"

After a few breaths, the demon's interested voice slowly sounded.

"But that Mr. Lu, who is said to love his people like his own son, would not hesitate to quarrel with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty for this?"

His words were full of teasing.

Lu Chen did not respond to this sentence, but spoke slowly and calmly.

"Let my people go. I can agree to any conditions you have."

As soon as these words came out, before the demon could respond, Gu Simiao's expression suddenly changed.

"Huaiyu, no!"

Before she finished speaking, she took steps and rushed towards Lu Chen quickly.

However.

Bang! !

With a muffled sound, Gu Simiao hit an invisible barrier and then flew backwards in a burst of colorful ripples.

Just when she was about to hit the ground, a burst of colorful ripples appeared again, catching her firmly.

Looking at the colorful ripples in front of her, Gu Simiao's eyes became even more eager.

She took out the Netherworld in her hand and slashed it directly. However, although she easily broke through hundreds of layers of spiritual shields, in the blink of an eye, countless shields were spawned from the remaining spiritual shields. In front of her, the magic was blocked, and she was exhausted and could not take another step forward.

"don't want."

Bang bang bang! ! !

Gu Simiao didn't care that her body was on the verge of collapse. She kept slashing at the infinite spiritual shield in front of her with the heavy sword in her hand.

Gradually, blood burst out from her body.

But she seemed unaware and continued to chop like crazy.

Seeing her so persistent, the blood flag in the sky suddenly understood something.

It stands to reason that evil powers that are not tolerated by the world will not agree with monks who practice benevolence and righteousness, but Gu Simiao can use the power of the demon clan's treasure, which is quite unreasonable in itself.

It's just that she was so terrifyingly powerful that they reluctantly accepted this. Thinking about it now, the reason why she was so desperate to protect those ants was not necessarily to protect the road.

In other words, what she protects is not her own way.

Thinking of this, they focused on Lu Chen.

Is this impossibly young man, whose reputation for benevolence and righteousness spreads throughout the world, the rightful owner?

Moreover, by doing this for the sake of other people's Tao, Mr. Lu is probably no less important to that girl than her Tao.

"Tsk, tsk."

In an instant, the two old foxes figured out some clues.

"I didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected surprise."

While muttering to themselves, the two of them had already made a decision.

"Ms. Lu, do you know how much your head is worth?"

Lu Chen looked calm.

"I see. Do you want my handsome head?"

With that said, he took another step and walked quickly towards the fallen resentful soul.

"Then come and get it."

Not long after, he walked out of Gu Simiao's guarding formation.

There was no trace of defense, not even a slight fluctuation of spiritual power on his body, and he was so calmly exposed to the boundless evil energy in the sky.

"As long as you agree to this officer, take my head and let my people go."

Seeing that Lu Chen came over to die without any hesitation, without any need for temptation, the two demons couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Isn't this guy afraid that they will get rich by breaking their promise? After killing him, he will continue to control the resentful souls and torture the common people?

Moreover, he is really willing to use his noble life to exchange the reincarnation of these insignificant ants?