Chapter 1: The Life and Death Formation (Prelude...)

  What can't be obtained is painful; what's obtained at a great cost is also in vain and painful; what's abandoned easily becomes irreplaceably precious and painful.

  Life's hardships are all spent in worrying about gains and losses. If I could relive it, all of this would become precious beyond measure.

  "If I could start over... how great it would be..."

  Liu Yun spat out a mouthful of turbid air and gazed at the two people in front of him with a dazed expression.

  This was a cliff, a towering cliff that seemed to touch the sky. And on the cliff... in front of him stood two people with looks of astonishment on their faces.

  A white-haired man named Li Kun and a young man over twenty years old named Li Qing Shu.

  "Young man, who are you? Why did you use the space transmission scroll to bring my son and me here?" Li Kun's eyebrows were tightly furrowed as he asked Liu Yun.

  This father and son are already well-known throughout the Huaxia Kingdom, and in "Xuanjie", they are even more figures who can cover the sky with one hand.

  But this is unimportant; here they are equal with Liu Yunping.

  Liu Yun spent half a month tracking down Li Kun and his son in the Xuanjie, finally approaching them successfully at the entrance of a super copy. Using the space scroll and the coordinates bound beforehand, he smoothly rolled the two into the highest peak of the Xuanjie Divine State.

  "Yun Liu! Is that you?" Li Qing Shu finally saw clearly the thin man in front of him, and was stunned for a moment before suddenly laughing: "What? Want to avenge your sister? Ha! Ridiculous. I must declare, your sister's death has nothing to do with me. She bit her tongue and died even before I could make a move, and the police have proven my innocence. Even if you hate me, it's useless. Moreover... in the "Mystical Realm", what are you? Do you think you can touch me?"

  Li Qing's words were all sarcastic and disdainful, his sunken eyes, which seemed to be looking at a dog, appeared due to lack of restraint.

  "Qing Shu, do you know him?" Li Kun furrowed his brow and glanced at his own son.

  "Not very familiar, but in reality, I knew his sister. Unfortunately, she committed suicide last month. Alas, I hadn't made my move yet... what a pity..." Li Qing Shu was filled with regret, thinking of the woman's unyielding face, feeling extremely sorry for her.

  Li Kun obviously knew his son's face, this suicide, I'm afraid he can't get rid of it either?

  "Young man, I'm not interested in you. Let me remind you that there are some people you can't afford to mess with. Nothing more to say, then I'll be off. I have a lot of things to attend to."

  Li Kun shook his head. After finishing speaking, he was about to take out the return city token and leave.

  "I have something to tell you."

  Liu Yun, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke out in a hoarse voice.

  Hollow, desperate, sorrowful, desolate... a sound that is difficult to express in words.

  While speaking, he took out a strange skull from his bundle, the skull was white on one side and blood red on the other, with empty eye sockets that seemed to stare at people. As soon as it appeared, an extremely thick and pungent smell suddenly wafted in all directions...

  Li Kun's hand trembled slightly as he unrolled the scroll, staring at the pale skull in surprise. But then he saw that person... those pale lips slowly moved:

  "What evil has been done must be repaid..."

  This sound, as if all the negative emotions in the world are mixed together.

  The moment the words fell, Liu Yun suddenly crushed the skull.

  Tweet!!

  The skull burst instantly, transforming into a turtle shell-shaped crimson canopy that enveloped the entire summit in an instant.

  "System Prompt: Life and Death Formation Activated Successfully."

  "Player 'Kunshan' enters the life and death formation."

  "Player 'Qīng Shù Lǐ' enters the life and death arena."

  "Player 'Liu Fei Yun' enters the Life and Death Formation."

  A sudden and strange voice sounded in the ears of the three people.

  Liu Yun's face was calm, without a hint of surprise.

  However, Li Kun and Li Qing Shu's faces were instantly filled with paleness and confusion.

  "Birth... Birth and Death Formation? ? Dad... In the 'Mystic Realm'... this formation really exists..." Li Qing Shu's body trembled violently, as if the system's voice was a shocking piece of news.

  "This is impossible... This is just a legend.... The 'Mystic Realm' doesn't have such a thing, how could the system possibly produce this kind of murderous artifact?! Impossible..." Li Kun's hands were also shaking non-stop, he suddenly realized and forcefully crushed the Return Scroll in his hand.

  However, a sentence of system sound kept ringing: 'Current scene, unable to use scroll.'

  "What? Are you surprised?!" Liu Yun burst out laughing, his eyes filled with unbridled joy and satisfaction.

  "The only thing heaven has done right by me is letting me have it..."

  Liu Yun's smile was retracted, and the ferocity on his face gradually dissipated.

  In the mortal arena, players who die will truly die, because once they die in the arena, the system will emit a strong electromagnetic wave through the game pod or game helmet, completely burning out the player's brain! To die here is to really die...

  This prop shouldn't have appeared in the first place. It goes against human nature and the rules of the game, but no one will investigate why it appeared. At least, Liu Yun won't.

  "What's the big deal?!" After looking around, Li Qing Shu seemed to have regained some composure and glared at Liu Yun, shouting: "Liu Yun!! You're just a dog in reality, do you think you can beat me in the game?! Your level is lower than mine, your magic tools are inferior to mine!! Your divine skills are not as strong as mine, do you think you can kill me and my father here?! You can't do it!! I'm going to crush you, just like that!!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing Shu flipped his hand over and a swift azure flying sword appeared in his hand.

  To survive, you must eliminate the enemies within the life and death formation.

  Li Kun felt a bit relieved when he heard his son's words, and this was indeed the case. The young man in front of him didn't seem to be particularly powerful, and Li Qing Shu could handle him on his own, let alone two against one.

  However, after years of struggling and striving, Li Kun's thoughts had become exceptionally meticulous and sensitive, he felt... something was off.

  "I indeed don't have the strength to kill both of you, although our levels are not far apart, but you two are from a large financial group, you have money, your treasured items are almost at the top of the 'Mystic Realm', one on one I'm no match for you, what can I use to kill both of you? However...you must understand, I am only living for today, while you two are living for tomorrow...You drove my parents to death, drove my sister to death, I've long lost my tomorrow..."

  Liu Yun smiled cruelly, but his face showed no fear at all.

  People who live for today never worry about tomorrow.

  "Hmph, so you're still looking for death?" Li Qing Shu said with a scornful tone, narrowing his eyes.

  Liu Yun didn't make a sound, but instead stretched out his hand, called up the system settings, and clicked twice.

  A button appeared in his field of vision...

  "Oh no! He's going to self-destruct!!"

  Li Kun's face changed color as soon as he saw him!!

  Li Qing Shu's grip on the flying sword loosened as soon as he heard it, his lips trembling violently.

  The calmness of before has long since vanished...

  "A cultivator who has entered the eighth layer of the 'Six Paths' level, if he were to self-destruct, I wonder if it would be enough to destroy all of you? I'm looking forward to it, but I firmly believe that there won't be a miracle."

  As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yun didn't hesitate and pressed the confirm button.

  "No!!!!!!!!!!"

  Li Qing Shu let out a shrill cry and rushed over.

  However, Liu Yun remained still, standing quietly in his original position, taking deep breaths.

  This is the last breath.

  "System prompt, player self-destructed successfully, countdown to self-destruction: 3!"

  “2！”

  “1！”

  "Dad, Mom, our enemy is dead, you two... should rest in peace now."

  "Pure child, you... still blaming me?"

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