In the blink of an eye, the fireball was hurtling towards them. Gu Yuan hadn't managed to break free of the cobwebs yet. If that ghostly fire hit her, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Suddenly, she felt a loosening in her body. Gu Yuan rushed out of her and stood in front of the ghostly fire, using his own body as a shield.
His tall frame completely blocked her petite figure.
The ghostly fire with its eerie green glow crashed onto Gu Yuan's chest like a torrent of lava. It exploded on his chest, just like a waterfall smashing against a boulder, sending out sparks flying in all directions.
She stood behind him, completely stunned, and shouted, "Gu Yuan!"
She lifted her leg, wanting to rush forward and hug him, but then she realized that her body had been immobilized by Gu Yuan and she couldn't move at all.
Watching the raging flames spurt onto his chest, her heart felt as if it was being tightly grasped by a big hand, and the pain was excruciating. She tried several times to break free from the restraint, but she couldn't.
The whole wooden house was now engulfed in the fire. Huang Fuqiang had already taken Mrs. Ma out of the house.
Only her cousin had tried to pull her out, but was forcibly taken away from the fire by Huang Fuqiang.
She stood there blankly behind Gu Yuan, not feeling the heat of the flames at all. It was Gu Yuan who was shouldering it all.
The flames were still burning around him. She couldn't bear to watch anymore, and tears of heartache welled up in her eyes.
"Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan."
Gu Yuan didn't respond. Her heart was in so much pain that she wished she could rush out and fight the zombie king to the death.
But unfortunately, she couldn't do anything now.
"Cousin, please, beg for mercy and ask Huang Fuqiang to stop. He's won, okay?" She was already pleading desperately for them to spare Gu Yuan. If this continued, he would really be burned to death.
Unexpectedly, Huang Fuqiang really responded to her. His voice was filled with gloating.
"Hahaha, little girl, you're begging. What I want to hear is Third Master begging. If Third Master is willing to submit to me in the future, then I'll spare him."
"Lanlan, what are you doing? Uh..." Gu Yuan was still gritting his teeth and holding on. The green flames were about to engulf him. It seemed that she could even see the glow of the ghostly fire penetrating his chest. She really couldn't just watch him die.
"Gu Yuan, just agree. I don't want anything now, as long as you're alive. Wuwuwu..."
Huang Fuqiang laughed happily and said, "Girl, I'll give you a win - win solution. You're the head of the gang. As long as you agree to expel Third Master from the gang and sever your bond with the immortal with him, I'll spare him and your parents as well. How about it?"
"Gu Yuan hasn't done anything wrong. How can I do this?" Her voice was almost crying.
"It's not about whether he's done something wrong or not. As long as you expel him from the gang, I can take him into my gang. If you sever your bond with the immortal with him, from now on, the two of you will be like strangers. Then he won't come looking for you again, and you'll never see him again. Only in this way will he not return to your gang halfway."
Strangers. If she agreed, wouldn't she never see Gu Yuan again?
But if she didn't agree, she would never see Gu Yuan, and her parents' lives would also be at stake.
Lanlan, what are you thinking? Now is not the time to think about whether you can see him or not. It's about saving him.
The expedient measure was to agree verbally first. What could he do to her if she went back on her word later?
Before Gu Yuan could say anything else, she shouted out, "Okay, I agree. I'll expel him from the gang. Can you stop now?"
"Lan Chiyu, do you know what you're saying? You don't need to save my life." Gu Yuan was already being burned by the fierce fire. Hearing her words, he was even more furious. She seemed to feel the murderous aura in his voice and that he was struggling to hold on.
She had no way to explain more to him now. She just had to deceive Huang Fuqiang first.
"Okay, then sever your bond with the immortal with him right now."
"I can't move now, and I don't know how to sever it."
Although she was pretending, for some reason, her heart was aching so much. It was like a steel blade was stabbing into her heart and stirring it constantly, causing indescribable pain.
"You don't need to move. Before a spirit - medium disciple goes into a trance, a lock will be opened on their chest. I'll help you summon that lock now. As long as you say 'Close the lock of the bond with the immortal' to it, everything in front of you will disappear, and you can return to a normal life."
After he finished speaking, she suddenly felt a tremor in her chest, and a golden light flashed. Sure enough, an open golden lock appeared on her chest. Was the switch really just a matter of her will?
Her heart was now in a tangle. She regretted why she had agreed, but what else could she do? Watch Gu Yuan be burned alive?
"Hurry up. I think Third Master is about to collapse."
As soon as Huang Fuqiang finished urging, the zombie king in the fire had already strode towards Gu Yuan.
The temperature of the ghostly fire seemed to have increased a bit. Gu Yuan was now kneeling on one knee, his body trembling slightly.
She was afraid that he really couldn't hold on anymore. And the zombie king conjured up an ice pick in his hand again and was approaching Gu Yuan threateningly step by step.
"If you don't say it, you may never have the chance to say it again," Huang Fuqiang said.
She looked at the conjured - up big lock and then at Gu Yuan. Her chest couldn't help but tremble. She was so reluctant. She didn't want him to die, nor did she want to never see him again.
Out of desperation, she could only choose to save him: "I'll say... I'll say..."
"Lan Chiyu, if you dare to say it, do you believe I'll destroy you immediately?" Gu Yuan's voice was almost squeezed out through his teeth.
"You have to be alive first to destroy me."
Finally, she made up her mind and shouted at the big lock, "Close... the... bond... with... the..."
Before she could say the word "immortal", suddenly her mouth was sealed.
As Gu Yuan let out a hysterical roar, the flames around him burned even more fiercely. The original ghostly fire directly turned into blood - red purgatory flames.
The flames completely flared up, spreading out of the wooden house. The flames shot up into the sky and almost filled the entire enchanted area. Several fire ropes were like red - chained snakes, winding around the people outside the wooden house.
The zombie king's ghostly fire finally couldn't withstand the purgatory flames that could burn the world.
In just a few minutes, with a roar from the zombie king, a light - green bead floated out of his mouth. The purgatory flames swallowed it up, and in the end, there was not even a trace left.
She stood in the blood - red flames and looked forward. The cobwebs on her body had been burned away by the hellish flames.
Gu Yuan walked out of the fire. His upper body was bare, and his well - defined muscles shone brightly in the firelight, giving an air of a king's return.
However, as he walked towards her, the anger in his eyes seemed even hotter than the purgatory flames.
She couldn't help but tremble with fear. She knew that what she had just done must have angered him, but she had no choice. She just wanted to save him.
Gu Yuan walked up to her. She had a bitter face, like a child who had done something wrong, and didn't dare to look at him at all.
However, he didn't say a word to her. He just picked her up and threw her onto the snow outside.
The anger around him hadn't dissipated yet. He turned to look at Huang Fuqiang and Mrs. Ma.
The two of them were already scared silly by Gu Yuan's powerful magic.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Huang Fuqiang still wanted to struggle. He was about to grab her cousin and try to use her as a hostage against Gu Yuan.
But just as Huang Fuqiang made a move, her cousin took the lead and put a steel knife against his neck.
As the man stepped back, she finally saw that it wasn't really her cousin at all. It was clearly Lihua in disguise.
She was overjoyed and was just about to call out Lihua's name when Gu Yuan glanced at her coldly and froze her in place.
"We'll settle our score later."
She couldn't help but shiver. Suddenly, she had a bad feeling.