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The young man gently landed on the abyss, the blue clothes on his body seemed to be the brightest color in this place. The surrounding area was covered in a deep, dark black color, it carried the most deadly curse, once one fell into it, there would definitely be no chance to rise again. This place actually belonged to the territory of the noble Gods, a land formed a long time ago, called by the Gods by the name of Chi Ye Abyss. In the past, when the Gods were first formed, Chi Ye Abyss was the gathering place of the gods, the reason "chi" here means to resist, "chi ye" is to resist the darkness. Chi Ye Abyss was praised as a place where evil spirits and monsters could not invade, a place without darkness, yet now this place had such a gloomy and gloomy color.
And that young man, what was his purpose in coming here?
In his hand was a bright red umbrella, the red color disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving behind an ordinary black umbrella. That was because his strength was limited, and he could not maintain the best state of this umbrella for a long period of time. In the Divine Realm, there was only one demigod who was bowed to and called "Third Highness" three times by others, and that person was Zhou Yi Chen. The Divine Realm had always spread the word that Third Highness was a useless person, with insignificant strength, and moreover, after so many years, he was still stuck at the demigod level, seemingly with no hope of progress.
But the funny thing was that other than Zhou Yi Chen, in the past six years, no one had dared to approach the Chi Ye Abyss, they did not have the guts to set foot here. Zhou Yi Chen had already heard too many words imposed on himself, so he had gotten used to it. Every time he was tired, he would come to this place. The Chi Ye Abyss had become his second home without him knowing since when.
He walked through a bumpy dirt road and came to a cave. The dripping sound became clearer and clearer, but there was nothing else besides it, as if there was no one here. He took back the umbrella and placed it outside the cave. It took him a while to light the lantern before entering.
The cave was very cold, making him shiver slightly. The flickering light of the lantern was slowly swallowed by the darkness. Zhou Yi Chen tilted his head slightly to search for something, but it was not as expected, so he was forced to call out.
"Second brother."
He placed the wooden box on the flat stone, almost using all his ability to sense the presence of another person in this cave.
His gentle voice woke the other person up, he slowly opened his eyes, when he realized that he was standing beside him, he immediately jumped up, almost eagerly waiting for him to bring him something.
Zhou Yi Chen's heavy sigh floated in the silent space, bit by bit digging into his mind. At this point, he knew that what he expected had not come, so other than being disappointed like usual, he could do nothing else.
"I just came to visit you." - Zhou Yi Chen touched his nose, pretending to cough a few times so as not to make both of them feel awkward. He knew what he was longing for, the person he wanted to see was not him, the truth was always like that.
"There is still no movement from the elder brother's side."
The other person did not say anything, moved slightly, the rustling sound of fabric rang out intermittently.
Zhou Yi Chen's throat was slightly choked, he had been holding on all this time, he knew that he couldn't just watch himself being locked up here forever, so he had always tried, tried not to let him fall into the bottomless abyss.
"Today I brought -..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the other person.
"Zhou Yi Chen."
The deep voice made the other person tremble a bit, he raised his head to look at his second brother. His eyes were empty, without a trace of special emotions, almost swallowed by darkness.
"I can't wait any longer, I don't want to become a rotten corpse that lies here forever."
Why did he have to endure all of this?
His hand touched the stone surface, it wasn't hard to see that his fingers were tightly clenched.
Zhou Yichen paused, his mind was about to explode when he heard his second brother say that. He pressed his lips tightly, clenching his fingers until they turned white.
"Second brother, what do you want to do?"
The question sounded so normal but carried a terrifying weight, tying the other person up, forcing him to give an answer.
What should he do? Could he understand him? Had he ever tried to enter his world over the years? Or was everything he did just to prevent him from finding evil?
Li Lun grinned, his eyes filled with red threads, his gaze also becoming fierce.
"Rebel God Emperor."
Zhou Yi Chen's eyes widened, he was confused and took a few steps back, the lantern in his hand also fell to the ground. He couldn't believe what he had just heard, a bitter taste rose in his throat, he hesitated.
"Second brother? What are you talking about? That is the God Emperor... and the eldest brother -..." - His voice was both surprised and a little scared.
Why is Zhou Yi Chen like this?
In his perception, Li Lun was the most loyal person to the divine emperor, no matter what happened, he would never change his mind. So, what did he just say? Rebel against the divine emperor?
Li Lun observed Zhou Yichen's expression for a while until he let out a strange laugh. His third brother was so naive, really too naive.
" Ahhhaahahaahahah~! "
" Zhou Yichen, to be able to not follow me is just..."
Zhou Yichen's two hands trembled, he stuttered.
"Brother, don't let your anger overwhelm your reason! That's the divine emperor! He's our elder brother! We're not strangers who can rush in and tear each other apart!"
"The one who values friendship the most is really you, right?"
Li Lun's eyes suddenly lit up, a powerful invisible wave threw Zhou Yichen out, he didn't have time to resist so he received the entire attack, his body rolled several times on the ground.
"Second brother!!!"
Zhou Yichen struggled to get up and rushed into the cave but was blocked by the barrier he created, he madly hit the barrier even though it caused his arm to burn non-stop. The burning pain made his eyes almost pop out.
"Brother, quickly explain to me! You can't do that!" - The demigod gritted his teeth, continuously shouting loudly in front of the cave.
There was still no movement inside.
He helplessly leaned against the barrier, the rims of his eyes red. If Li Lun really reached the end of his rope, it would be difficult for anyone to stop him, unless...
Unless it was the divine emperor.
Thinking of this, he bent down to pick up the umbrella, then he could only go and convince the divine emperor.
Wasn't the past six years of talking enough? Would he listen to what he had to say?
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Li Lun leaned against the wall, his arms and legs were both chained together, and every day passed meaninglessly. He had not seen the light for a long time, and all he knew about the outside world was what Zhou Yi Chen had told him. The Second Prince of the Divine Clan had been in the Chi Ye Abyss for more than six years, and day after day, only he came to visit him. He was like a troublesome little tail, always following him around and nagging him nonstop. Every time he lost control and yelled at him, he did not mind, he just silently packed his things and left, but the next day he still came back. It was true that he had been taught by the Divine Emperor to have such courage.
In these six years, Zhou Yi Chen's face was the only thing that remained in his memory.
His elder brother did not trust him, and the people in the Divine Realm did not trust him either. They suspected that he had plotted to rebel, so they sent him here to repent. Li Lun laughed bitterly, repentance? This was ridiculous.
Ever since he became conscious, he knew that he and the divine emperor had a very close bond, others could never understand them better than the other party. Zhu Yan was very talented, so talented that he was always somewhat overshadowed when standing next to him. But Li Lun never cared about that, he wanted power, he wanted to become that strong so that he could accompany his elder brother.
Then why? Was seeking power wrong? Where did he go wrong?
Feeling a strong fishy taste in his mouth, Li Lun coughed hard, red blood splattered on the ground causing his eyebrows to furrow slightly. He thought to himself, if he unleashed all his power, he would definitely be controlled, even the seal in his body would be useless, it was destroying him from the root.
Li Lun had always gritted his teeth and waited here, the divine power in his body was also being eroded day by day. The physical and mental pain drained him to the point of exhaustion. But six years had passed, and the divine emperor still hadn't changed his mind. Then Zhu Yan had truly been heartless and heartless. He was foolish to think that his elder brother only wanted the best for him. No, Zhu Yan was afraid. He was afraid that Li Lun would overthrow what he had built.
Because, he has the same strength and ability as his elder brother.
People say, two tigers will have one righteous and one evil.
But when he struggles in pain because of being swallowed by darkness, who will save him?
If he doesn't become evil, will he still have a chance to live?
Blood gushed out of his mouth again, this time a terrifying black color.
Li Lun laughed like crazy, he used his blood to draw strange circles on the ground, with each circle drawn, black smoke rose from it.
What kind of devilish sign is this?
Li Lun - The one who once had pure divine blood, has now rotted to this extent?
"It's not the same anymore... then why wait any longer..." - He curled the corner of his lips.
Want to drag him down to the bottom of the abyss? Then he will bring those people down with him. Everyone will have to go down to the abyss sooner or later. Pushing him to this point...
Li Lun will force everyone to choose.