Chapter 1701: Living Just to Live
The breath of death gradually approached, Yang Yu in front of Bar was like a god of slaughter.
At this moment, Bar recalled the battle with the angels, and even more recalled his helplessness when facing the goddess.
It seemed that no matter how he struggled, he couldn’t escape from Yang Yu’s hands.
But...
Bar absolutely refused to accept this. Forget the goddess with her powerful Holy Light, but how could a mere mortal possess the power to crush them?
The impact of the Demon Gathering Core explosion couldn’t defeat Yang Yu and Gao Yuanyi, only slightly buying a tiny bit of time.
Bar was self-binding, leaving nowhere to escape.
In the end, he chose to risk it all in a final gamble.
He no longer needed to worry about the Demon Gathering Core inside him, nor about dying.
Fight, fight! Just like before.
Yes, just like before. No need to care about all the messy things.
The only thing to do is crush all annoying things in front of him.
Whispers echoed in Bar’s heart.
He thought he had broken free from past human constraints, but the things engraved in his body couldn’t lie.
Bar didn’t want to face his reality, nor did he want to admit the reason and value he was created for.
Without acknowledgment, it’s ultimately just a falsehood.
Whether acknowledged or not, the facts are there, unchanged by anything.
Living is for the sake of living.
Giving meaning to one’s own life is to live better.
Some people mistakenly take this part of given meaning as their entire life, as if they only see what’s in front, without truly understanding the world.
Once the meaning they recognized is ruthlessly destroyed, their world collapses, unable to emerge from the shadows, falling into deep confusion.
Demons are created by humans.
The blueprint is the various demons from human legends.
In human legends, demons are the products created after humans embody certain aspects of themselves.
In other words, demons are actually "shadows" of humans.
After humans imbue demons with more emotions, they become increasingly human-like, also wanting to live.
Their understanding of living is not simply the desire to live.
They were created with the purpose of defeating the goddess.
That is the forcefully bestowed meaning upon them.
But having witnessed the goddess’s strength, demons followed their instincts and chose betrayal.
This caused them to lose their given meaning, creating a series of contradictions within the demons’ hearts.
Facing the threat of death from Yang Yu, even though Bar was still unclear about his inner contradictions, he knew only those who survive have the right to think.
Going mad to survive, dead ends anyway, fight or die, then stake this life!
If death is inevitable, at least drag someone down with you.
Yang Yu’s figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, his body glowing with red suddenly appearing in front of Bar.
Without needing to protect the Demon Gathering Core inside, Bar completely unfurled, his armor fully merging into his body, revealing his pitch-black frog-like skin.
Only by killing the enemy can one live, now there’s no need for defense.
With full force, only by killing all the enemies stepping in here can there be hope of survival!
Mouths opened wide on Bar’s body, spewing out rolling black mist.
Grabbing fiercely into the black mist, Bar pulled out two sharp sword blades from it.
The black floating around Bar became more solid, all converging into sharp weapons.
Yang Yu pressed closer, Bar drove the black weapons to densely pounce towards Yang Yu.
Swinging the black saber, Yang Yu slashed at the incoming multitude of weapons without pause.
Bar followed with the final weapon, actively charging at Yang Yu.
"Ping ping pong pong" echoed in the air as Bar and Yang Yu started a fierce offensive and defensive battle, in one breath they clashed several times, black electric currents rapidly flickering.
Simply moving the shoulders to relieve the stiffness from being slammed to the ground by the Demon Gathering Core, Gao Yuanyi stood up again.
The earlier [Violent Disassembly] missed unexpectedly, wasting a crucial skill for Gao Yuanyi.
"At that time, it should’ve been approached more cautiously.
With some caution, the outcome might have been vastly different."
Murmuring self-admonition, Gao Yuanyi’s mechanical arm roared violently, he couldn’t let Yang Yu hog all the spotlight!
Gao Yuanyi had just stepped forward when suddenly a jumping black arm appeared in front of him, sticky like annoying flypaper, persistently clinging to his leg.
While splitting weapons to attack Yang Yu, Bar also divided part of the black mist to block Gao Yuanyi.
Unfortunately, this black mist was destined to fail in stopping Gao Yuanyi.
With full force rushing forward, Gao Yuanyi instantly ripped off the clinging black hands.
Seeing the inability to stop Gao Yuanyi, Bar could only keep making his attacks more violent, more swift, while driving the black weapons repelled by Yang Yu to double back, attacking Yang Yu from behind.
Clicking his tongue, Gao Yuanyi abruptly changed direction, pouncing towards the black weapons.
Through lowering blood volume via the Demon Gathering Core, Yang Yu once again reached the ten percent blood volume threshold, attributes skyrocketing again.
Today differs from the past.
Yang Yu has gained many skills and equipment to protect himself, along with reliable companions; even with less than ten percent Life Value, Yang Yu can fight comfortably.
Perhaps Bar still has unknown skills that could control him, causing considerable harm...
But this is the risk that must be borne to quickly defeat Bar.
Seeing Bar’s every move clearly, Yang Yu’s sword blade swiftly bombarded Bar’s body, leaving fine wounds.
Bar’s wounds neither spewed black nor quickly healed, just remained there on his body.
Unable to match Yang Yu’s Speed, Bar deliberately revealed some flaws, and when Yang Yu attacked him, he also activated a skill to strike Yang Yu.
Yang Yu did not dodge.
Facing Bar’s flaws, Yang Yu decisively activated the jewelry obtained from Xin Mang not long ago, consuming five percent of Life Value, granting the next three attacks or skills one hundred percent Life Drain.
Yang Yu exchanged blood for blood, demonstrating extraordinary Strength amidst the flying red.
Bar’s body shattered, yet his gaze remained fixed on Yang Yu.
The feeling Yang Yu gave was increasingly similar to that of the goddess.
Sharp sword blades swept in, Bar raised his black sword blade to block.
"Crack", Bar’s black long sword intercepted Yang Yu’s strike, wedging Yang Yu’s sword blade.
With a vigorous lift, Bar tried to raise Yang Yu’s sword blade and find another opportunity, but in the next moment, Bar’s arm broke off from his body and smashed to the ground in a blaze of black flames.
Yang Yu had already emptied Bar’s Blood Bar, yet Bar still maintained fighting spirit, completely unaware of his limbs’ disintegration.
To confirm Bar wouldn’t sit up, revealing some unknown second form, Yang Yu attacked again, little did he know this was Bar’s limit.
The only reason Bar hadn’t fallen yet was entirely due to his formidable will.
But even with strong will, Bar ultimately couldn’t match a stronger foe.