"Elder Sister Hua, do it, kill Jin'er...
Please...
Okay?
Jin'er really doesn't want to go back to how she was before, really doesn't want to awaken...
Jin'er doesn't want to hurt anyone either...
Elder Sister Hua, please do it."
Perhaps Xiao Jinr's persistence had some effect. The speed at which she was being pulled upward within the crimson light column slowed considerably. However, her eyes grew increasingly blood-red, her face paler, her agony more pronounced. Her petite frame trembled incessantly, and her voice grew weaker and weaker.
"Jin'er!
Don't!"
Su Hua could think of no way to save Jin'er. Watching the little girl suffer more and more within the bloody light, Su Hua's heart felt as if it were being sliced by knives. She knew full well the situation was critical. The longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for Xiao Jinr. But now, Xiao Jinr clearly couldn't hold on much longer. What worried Su Hua even more was that Xiao Jinr now wholeheartedly sought death. If this continued, the situation would only deteriorate further.
What to do?
How could she make Xiao Jinr regain hope, abandon her death wish? Only if Xiao Jinr herself persevered, buying more time, could they think of other solutions.
Suddenly.
Su Hua remembered someone and immediately said, "Jin'er, have you forgotten your Big Brother?
How could you bear to leave him?"
"Big Brother..." Sure enough, when Su Hua mentioned Gu Qingfeng, a spark of hope seemed to rekindle within the pained and weakened Xiao Jinr. She murmured, "I miss Big Brother so much...
So, so much..."
"Jin'er, you must hold on! Your Big Brother's abilities reach to the heavens. If he wants to do something, there's nothing he cannot accomplish. Have you forgotten what he told you?"
"Jin'er hasn't forgotten. Every word Big Brother said, Jin'er remembers forever in her heart. Big Brother once told Jin'er...
As long as I wish it, as long as he has it..."
"Yes!
As long as you wish it, your Big Brother can make it happen. Jin'er, you know how amazing your Big Brother is too. Nothing between heaven and earth can stump him. You must hold on. When your Big Brother arrives, he will definitely be able to help you."
"If you are the Calamity Star, your Big Brother will never let anyone harm a single hair on your head. Not the myriad beings of the world, not the Three Thousand Great Daos, not even the Old Man of Heaven himself between heaven and earth."
"If you don't want to return to your former self, if you don't want to awaken, your Big Brother will definitely not let you return, nor let you awaken."
"If you want to forever be the adorable little Jin'er, your Big Brother will definitely let you live carefree and happy, life after life."
"I believe he can do it."
"Jin'er, you believe it too, right?"
Thinking of Gu Qingfeng, Su Hua felt both resentment and anxiety. At such a critical moment, Gu Qingfeng was nowhere to be found. What frustrated her even more was that she had no idea where to find him, nor any way to contact him.
"Lady Female Sect Leader, do you know his whereabouts?"
Su Hua thought of Ye Tianlan, but unfortunately, Ye Tianlan shook her head. She didn't know Gu Qingfeng's whereabouts either.
"Senior Wine Immortal, what about you..." True Yang Wine Immortal and the others also shook their heads. He knew even less of Gu Qingfeng's location.
"Miss, do you remember?
Back in the Great Northwest, the Monarch once gave Xiao Jinr a Soul-Link Bracelet. As long as Xiao Jinr calls out to the Monarch in her heart, he will surely sense it."
At that moment, Qian Shan suddenly spoke.
These words were like a lifeline to Su Hua, like a sudden light appearing in utter darkness, like hope emerging from boundless despair. She knew better than anyone that Gu Qingfeng had indeed given Xiao Jinr a Soul-Link Bracelet. Xiao Jinr had always treasured it, so much so that she had fused it into her very being.
Thinking of this, Su Hua hesitated no longer and urgently said, "Jin'er, Jin'er! Quickly use the Soul-Link Bracelet to call your Big Brother over! Once he comes, everything will be alright!"
At this moment, Su Hua was not only burning with anxiety but also filled with countless worries deep in her heart.
What worried her wasn't Shi Tian, Shangguan Yu, the Three Great Young Titans, or the people from the various sects of the world watching covetously from the sidelines.
To be honest, whether it was Shi Tian, Shangguan Yu, or the so-called Three Great Mysterious Titans, Su Hua didn't take them to heart. She was confident she could protect Xiao Jinr in front of these people. What truly worried her was that she had detected many mysterious individuals lurking in the surroundings. Besides the experts lying in wait in this world, there were also some Great Dao Envoys.
There were Monster Dao Envoys.
There were Monster Dao Envoys.
There were Immortal Dao Envoys.
And there were Heavenly Dao Envoys.
Even more terrifyingly, the heavens above were roiling with wind and clouds, and the fabric of the world's space was shifting unpredictably. These changes could very well transform into various forms of Great Dao Judgment!
This scene couldn't help but remind Su Hua of over twenty years ago in the Great Northwest when Gu Qingfeng fused with the Blood of Original Sin. Back then, these Great Dao Envoys had also all appeared, and the world's space had also been shifting unpredictably.
In other words.
Xiao Jinr's existence had already begun to attract the attention of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
And the Three Thousand Great Daos were all waiting for an opportunity to strike. Judgment could descend at any moment.
Su Hua might be able to protect Xiao Jinr in front of Shi Tian, Shangguan Yu, the Three Great Mysterious Titans, and even everyone in the world. But in front of these Great Dao Envoys and the Great Dao Tribulation Sources waiting in the heavens above, she knew full well she could neither shield nor protect Xiao Jinr.
Her only reliance now was Gu Qingfeng.
She didn't know why Xiao Jinr's existence had attracted the attention of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
But she knew that if there was anyone between heaven and earth who could save Xiao Jinr, it was Gu Qingfeng.
She hoped Xiao Jinr would call Gu Qingfeng over using the Soul-Link Bracelet. But one sentence from Xiao Jinr instantly extinguished the hope that had just ignited within her.
"The Soul-Link Bracelet Big Brother gave Jin'er...
It was already...
Already destroyed by Jin'er long ago..."
"Destroyed?"
Su Hua wondered if she had misheard. In her memory, Xiao Jinr had always treasured the Soul-Link Bracelet Gu Qingfeng gave her, loving it so much she had even fused it into herself. How could it have been destroyed?
"Jin'er didn't want to burden Big Brother, and even more didn't want Big Brother to see Jin'er like this...
Jin'er only wanted Big Brother to remember Jin'er at her most adorable..." As the suffering Xiao Jinr spoke of Gu Qingfeng, tears fell from her blood-red eyes—tears of blood.
"No!
Jin'er!
How can you think like that? Your Big Brother loves you so dearly. If you give up on yourself like this, your Big Brother will be heartbroken!"
Su Hua pleaded with all her might.
Xiao Jinr's voice grew even fainter. "Big Brother is a good person, truly a good person. Even if Big Brother was a bad person before, he really wants to be a good person now. It's just...
No one is willing to give Big Brother the chance to be good...
All of them...
They all think Big Brother is a threat, they've never been able to tolerate him...
Only Jin'er knows, Big Brother was never a threat, never..."
"Big Brother's dream, since he was little, was to live carefree, to live freely and unrestrained. That dream has never changed...
Why doesn't anyone believe Big Brother?"
"Big Brother is already so tired...
Jin'er really doesn't want to burden Big Brother anymore..."
"Elder Sister Hua, if...
If Jin'er dies, please, you must tell Big Brother. Tell Big Brother that no matter what he does, Jin'er will always support him."