GBP Chapter 253 Original Sin
Chapter 253 Original Sin
Ning Xiaoxi released the Zhurong Boys, and the two boys placed their hands on the cage. The surging flames engulfed the city guards who had no room to hide inside.
"I have never harmed anyone, and I possess great merit; you cannot kill me." The city guard's entire body radiated golden light, which temporarily halted the flames' onslaught.
Ning Xiaoxi thought of the three-tailed cat demon again. It also claimed to possess merit, protected by a golden aura of merit. And there was that golden demon core from a few days ago; they must all be demons possessing merit. But so what? Can doing good deeds really erase one's origins?
The city guard struggled against the flames that had begun to ignite his hair, shouting hoarsely, "I can transfer my merits to you to increase your fortune, please spare my life!"
Black flames gathered in her palm, contrasting with Ning Xiaoxi's icy expression. "Being a demon is your original sin." The black flames rushed into the cage, merging with the flames of Zhu Rong Tongzi, and silently began to devour the city guards. The high temperature was blocked by the cage, and at this moment, the cage was like a furnace for refining pills, burning with true flames.
From afar, a troop of people galloped out of the small town, shouting and neighing as they rushed towards them.
The golden light emanating from his body quickly dimmed, and his robes ignited upon contact with fire; the golden light on his pale mask was also ignited by the black flames, creating a strangely beautiful effect with the golden black flames. The city guard stopped struggling and stood quietly in the cage, gazing at Ning Xiaoxi.
Neither those inside nor those outside the cage paid any attention to the approaching horses and men.
At that moment, a strange smile appeared on the mask. The pure white mask, which originally only had two eye holes, suddenly had facial features, and even facial features with expressions.
Ning Xiaoxi watched quietly as his feet, legs, waist, hands, and chest were devoured by black flames, and then large swathes of golden sunflowers bloomed. The golden flowers, facing the sun, were radiant, each petal perfectly bathed in sunlight. The blooming flowers shone with golden light, illuminating the sky.
Beautiful sunflowers were released from the limbs and torso, leaving only the masked head.
"For humanity to survive, it must eliminate demons."
"Hehehe! No matter which race establishes itself in the world, it inevitably means the extinction of the other two races. It's just that this time it has fallen on me!" The head behind the mask was also swallowed up by the black flames, leaving only the white mask with smiling features floating in mid-air, which could not be harmed in the slightest by the black flames with golden threads burning it.
At this moment, the group of people also arrived. However, everyone stared at the mask floating inside the cage with disbelief, but no one shouted out. They all stood around the cage, staring blankly.
Once the demon inside the cage was destroyed, the cage began to dissipate, leaving only the mask suspended in the air.
Ning Xiaoxi just stared at the group of people with a blank expression.
The leader was a young man who looked very much like the city guard, and the two guards who had been standing at the gate were also there. The young man just stared blankly at the mask, his mouth slightly open, but he couldn't make a sound.
Ning Xiaoxi frowned impatiently, raised her hand to remove the mask, and turned to leave.
"Wait!" The young man finally came to his senses when he saw Ning Xiaoxi take off her mask.
Ning Xiaoxi stopped, without turning around.
"Young lady, is that... is that my father?" The young man's voice trembled slightly, but he still asked the question word by word.
"Ah."
The young man felt a dryness in his throat. Judging from the situation in the cage, his father didn't look human at all. "Th-what is that?"
"magic."
The young man was stunned. His father, whom he had admired since childhood, was actually a demon? Demons really do exist.
How could he believe this? Yet, everything he had just witnessed left him no choice but to believe. His father had diligently guarded this small town, ensuring the common people lived in peace and prosperity, and the town had grown increasingly wealthy, earning numerous awards from the king. But now, he discovered his father was a demon. How could those achievements be repaid? How was he supposed to face the consequences?
The guards who heard Ning Xiaoxi's words also fell silent. Each of them had received kindness from the city guard, and now they were being told that such a kind city guard was a demon. They could not believe it.
Ning Xiaoxi waited for a while, and when she found that it was silent again, she lifted her foot to leave.
A guard suddenly rushed out, "Even if he is a demon, the city lord has not harmed anyone. On the contrary, he saved my mother's life and gave us a way out. Why can't you give the lord a way out?"
A cold glint flashed in Ning Xiaoxi's eyes. She turned abruptly, her slender hand grabbing the guard's neck, and slammed him heavily onto the ground. Her cold gaze was fixed on the guard's eyes. "Say that again."
The young man and all the guards were stunned by Ning Xiaoxi's actions. By the time they realized what was happening, the guard had already been choked and coughed up blood.
"Uh, uh..." The guard was being choked, his back felt like it had been ripped open, and his internal organs were still shaking from the shock, so he couldn't speak.
"Please have mercy, young lady!" The young man tried to approach, but was intimidated by Ning Xiaoxi's cold aura. He could only plead in a low voice, "We didn't know that there were really demons in this world, nor did we know what the demons had done. Please don't blame us, young lady."
Ning Xiaoxi ignored him and continued to look at the guard she was choking. "Say it again, what do you want?"
The guard felt like he was about to be killed by Ning Xiaoxi's gaze. He kept vomiting blood, and the trembling in his chest did not stop. "I...I was wrong."
Although the sound was very soft, it was loud enough for everyone around to hear. Ning Xiaoxi let go of her hand, stood up, and coldly swept her eyes over the guards.
Every guard she saw instinctively shook his head, indicating that he would not sympathize with the demon or plead for him.
Finally, his gaze fell on the young man's face.
The young man's pained expression remained unresolved. "None of us knew about my father's situation. Now that he has been won over by this woman, it is only right for him." After struggling to finish these words, tears streamed down the young man's face uncontrollably.
Ning Xiaoxi turned around, not wanting to explain anything, but seeing their disbelieving expressions, it seemed that Wang Ting's elimination of demons was not only physical, but also gradually erasing their very concept of existence.
"You don't need to feel wronged. It's precisely because all the demons have been eliminated that you can live in peace. It also doesn't dare to do evil, otherwise this whole town would be its nourishment. Demons are not the legendary beings." After saying that, he vanished.
She didn't care whether they believed her or not. If they hadn't happened to come by, she would have left no trace after she left. In their eyes, the town's governor had simply disappeared, taken away by a young woman and never returned. There was no way to investigate or find out whereabouts.