A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 570 - 440: Seeds of the Solar Era (3rd update)

Chapter 570: Chapter 440: Seeds of the Solar Era (3rd update)

Lei Rui’s vacant eyes never left Qin Jiagui, her apparent suspicion keeping him under watchful scrutiny. Seeing Qin Jiagui turn to lift Yuan Niping from the ground, her impending attack seemed to halt, her raised hand slowly falling back to her side.

At this point, a cavernous, transparent wound punctured through Yuan Niping’s chest. She lost her consciousness long ago. Ada, perched on Su Yu’s shoulder, subtly shook her head. She sensed Yuan Niping’s steadily fading life force. It was clear that even her Gasification Mysterious Power could not keep her alive. She was nearing the end of her short life span, approaching her inevitable death.

"Qin Jiagui" lifted Yuan Niping, and a row of bloody tears streamed once again down his face.

"Howl—" "Qin Jiagui" let out a roar of despair towards the sky. Suddenly, he reached out, pulling at his flaming right wing.

A grotesque sound echoed through the air, eerily resembling thousands of taut bull tendons snapping simultaneously. This horrid noise was accompanied by Qin Jiagui’s wails of pain. His right flaming wing was torn off, his flesh spewing blood like a gory fountain. The scene was horrifying.

Although formed from flame, the mangled wing bled like a gushing river as Qin Jiagui tore it off. The blood ignited into a fiery blaze as it pooled onto the ground. Despite the agonizing pain, he planted this flaming wing into the gory hole in Yuan Niping’s back.

A hissing noise continuously echoed, and soon the flaming wing took root in Yuan Niping’s back. An anomalous force began repairing her wound. As the right wing was torn off, the faintly visible number "7" on Qin Jiagui’s forehead dissipated, substantially weakening the terrifying aura emanating from him. Lei Rui, who had been on guard, heaved a sigh of relief. The column of white light surrounding her converged, and she collapsed onto the ground, falling into unconsciousness, reverting to her former self.

Feeling the revival of Yuan Niping’s body and the recovery of her life force, "Qin Jiagui" let out a grim smile.

Ada, perched on Su Yu’s shoulder, sighed softly. Beth Finley, the Black Iron Guardian stationed in the fourth-layer temple of Gold Element Space, watched the scene unfold in silence, stunned by Qin Jiagui’s act of self-mutilation to save Yuan Niping.

"For the sake of a loved one... willing to forsake perfection and give up immortality... Is this human emotion? Is this love?" Beth Finley muttered to herself, and suddenly, like crossing countless dimensions, the "Qin Jiagui" within her sight raised his head, a voice then echoing in her mind.

"If immortality is destined to be lonesome, I’d rather grow old with the one I love."

Beth Finley’s heart pounded, and shortly after, the lone wing behind "Qin Jiagui" disappeared. He fell to the ground, unconscious. Yuan Niping’s breathing normalized as she fell unconscious next to him. The two clung onto each other instinctively, holding on tightly as if no force in the universe could tear them apart.

Su Yu, Zhang Zhongmou, Ma Ziye, Su Yun, Wu Tian, and others watched the scene in a daze. Ma Ziye turned her head slightly to look at Su Yu with a doting gaze.

Su Yu watched Qin Jiagui and Yuan Niping’s unconscious bodies clasped in each other’s arms with an unfocused gaze, seemingly lost in thought.

Everyone took a while to regain their composure. By then, the raging flames within the building had mysteriously dissipated along with the last of the monsters. The fourth wave of the monster attack ended surreptitiously. Su Yun and the others hurriedly approached to check on the unconscious Lei Rui, Qin Jiagui, and Yuan Niping.

Su Yu stood distantly, watching without joining the others, knowing that Lei Rui and Qin Jiagui would be fine. Ada, resting on his shoulder, sighed and shook her head, "Who would have thought that Qin Jiagui also had the seed implanted within him... It should have been obvious. How else could an average evolved human undergo such a drastic metamorphosis? All of it was due to the seed within him."

"Ada, an implanted seed? Like Ning Yan’s? I don’t understand. What does an implanted seed mean? Who implanted it?" Su Yu frowned slightly. Unconsciously, he thought of Ning Yan who transformed into a monster due to some "666" power. Now, it seemed Lei Rui and Qin Jiagui were afflicted too. Everything was incredibly outlandish.

Ada explained slowly, "When humans, or any sentient beings, fall into this world due to the ’Sky Pit’s power, they walk on the path of evolution after killing their first monster and absorbing their first energy crystal. They acquire the superhuman strength to become Black Iron Warriors. A regular evolver, or over ninety percent of them, follows this pattern."