Jun He immediately took a step back, but he moved too hastily. As a result, Chi Yu's body plunged back into the blood pool.
This time, the pain was so excruciating that she couldn't stand on her feet at all. The blood pool submerged her nose and mouth, leaving only a pair of blood - red eyes that stared at Jun He resentfully.
Jun He watched Chi Yu suffering but felt completely helpless.
His body went limp, and he knelt heavily on the ground. He looked up at the numerous gods and Buddhas on the wall. They all had different looks and postures.
Full of grief and indignation, Jun He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the gods and Buddhas on the wall, begging them to save Chi Yu.
"All the gods, please, save Chi Yu. Don't let her suffer anymore. As long as you can rescue her from this misery, I, Jun He, swear that from now on, I will kneel and kowtow to every god I see. I will surely be your most devout believer."
Every time Jun He kowtowed, his head hit the uneven stone surface heavily.
After just a few kowtows, his forehead was bleeding, and the stone floor was covered with his blood.
But he didn't stop for a moment. "Thud, thud, thud..." Each kowtow felt like a knife stabbing at my heart. Tears welled up in my eyes uncontrollably.
"You're so stupid. You know those are just statues, not real gods. How could they ever show their miracles just because you kowtow to them?"
"The gods never showed their miracles... When people are in the most helpless situation, the only thing they can think of is to pray to the gods. But when did the gods ever really show their miracles?"
Jun He gave a bitter smile. At that time, he really had nowhere to turn. At that moment, it was truly a situation where he was calling out to the sky but getting no response and pleading to the earth but getting no answer.
Until Jun He felt dizzy from all the kowtowing and finally couldn't hold himself up anymore, he collapsed on the ground.
In a daze, Jun He opened his eyes slightly. There was a gray mist in front of him, as if he had entered some kind of realm.
Eerie screams and wails of women echoed in his ears, making Jun He extremely annoyed. He covered his ears tightly with his chained hands.
The sounds were like a curse. They made me feel restless and uncomfortable, let alone Jun He who was right in the middle of it.
"Do you want to save her? Do you really want to save her?" Amidst all the wails, a sly and strange voice came. It was as sharp as the sound of scratching glass.
It made one feel extremely uncomfortable.
But Jun He was like a drowning man grasping at a straw. Just a moment ago, he was still in a daze, but now he propped himself up and knelt on the ground.
"As long as you can save her, I'll do anything."
"Even if it costs your life? Hehe..." It was obvious that this was not an unconditional offer to save someone. It was clearly trying to make a deal with Jun He.
Without even thinking, Jun He replied directly, "Yes, as long as you can save her."
"Good, you're really straightforward. You're worthy of being the one I've chosen. Hehe... Hehehe..."
"I want you to go over there and smash all those Buddha statues for me." There was hatred in that voice, as if it detested those statues very much.
"I... I can't..." Jun He raised his eyes, his voice filled with worry.
"Are you having second thoughts?"
"No, I can't move. If I move recklessly, Chi Yu will be pulled up. Her collarbone is locked by a chain." Jun He's gaze turned to Chi Yu again. At this moment, she was on the verge of death and couldn't bear the pain of being hoisted up again.
"Look clearly. Her body is soaking in the blood, being gnawed on by the blood worms in the pool. The pain is no less than having one's bones corroded and heart dug out."
"I want you to save her first. As long as you can save her, I'll be yours from now on and serve you loyally for the rest of my life."
"Okay, then drink this first." As the voice faded, a black cup appeared in front of Jun He. It was filled with blood, and a puff of black air was rising from it.
Without hesitation, Jun He picked up the cup with both hands and drank the blood in one gulp. As soon as the blood entered his mouth, his body began to change.
He knelt on the ground in pain. The skin on his body started to crack, and black smoke rose from the cracks. The wounds opened and closed, and blood gushed out like a spring.
It seemed as if all the blood in his body was about to flow out.
"Save Chi Yu, save her, please..." Even at this moment, he was still thinking about Chi Yu.
But the sly voice became more and more strange. It seemed that its goal had been achieved.
"Hahaha... You dream of me saving her... Hahaha..."
Jun He didn't expect that someone would deceive him at this time. He curled up on the blood - soaked ground, filled with extreme hatred. It was obvious that he was about to die.
But only his pair of angry eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at a certain part of the wall.
Even after his body completely stopped moving, his eyes were still open.
"Jun He... Jun He... What's wrong with you?" I shook the Jun He beside me. Seeing him suffer so much, my eyes were already red.
But I was still holding back, not letting the tears flow.
"He's dead..." Jun He replied.
My heart skipped a beat, and tears streamed down my face. I quickly asked, "What?"
"Ugh..." The young Jun He lying on the ground let out a low moan.
"The former Jun He is dead. The Demon Lord without a trace of kindness has been resurrected at this moment." Jun He crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked at his younger self without a hint of pity.
The blood - streaked eyes of the young Jun He had completely turned into black pupils. The cracked wounds on his body were quickly healing.
The black air that had just flown out was all absorbed back into his body.
Suddenly, the entire stone cave was plunged into extreme cold. The chains on Jun He's arms began to frost over quickly.
The frost spread along his arms all the way to the iron hook that was hooked to Chi Yu's collarbone.
The freezing air that had been pent up in Jun He's body finally burst out. The chains were like ice picks and shattered with a single blow.
The fragments of the chains flew towards the various statues on the surrounding walls. Their power was no less than that of a heavy machine gun.
The statues on the wall were shattered into pieces by the flying chain fragments, making a series of cracking sounds.
In a short while, those statues had turned into broken porcelain tiles, and it was completely impossible to tell what they used to look like.
At this moment, Jun He had completely turned into a demon. All of his pure and kind blood had flowed out just now, and now the pure blood of a demon was flowing in his body.
But he still didn't abandon Chi Yu. Jun He broke free from his restraints and rushed into the blood pool without hesitation.
He completely ignored the blood worms attacking and gnawing at his body. He picked Chi Yu out of the blood pool and laid her on the stone slab.
"Chi Yu... Wake up... Chi Yu..." Jun He kept shaking Chi Yu's body.
But Chi Yu didn't show any reaction. Jun He knelt on the ground. His black pupils gradually turned back into normal black - and - white eyes, and tears flowed helplessly like a broken dam.
"Chi Yu... It's all my fault... I should have come back to find you earlier... Chi Yu, open your eyes and look at me..."
Jun He held Chi Yu's hand. That hand had been gnawed on by the blood worms, and almost all the flesh was gone, leaving only the white bones.