Chapter 40: Promise
Listening to the Rakshasa God's continuous enticement, Dai Yueheng's expression grew calmer.
"What you said is very tempting, and you've painted a future worth looking forward to for me."
"However, I'm afraid I still can't become an animal like you, casting aside my decades of honor."
The Rakshasa God's clone was slightly startled by his words, looking at Dai Yueheng with some unease.
"You have to believe me. As long as we join forces, and with your status, after seizing control of the army, we can accomplish the great feat of unifying the entire continent."
"At that time, it will be easy to take revenge on Huo Yuhao, and it might even be possible to reclaim the Star Luo Emperor's throne."
Dai Yueheng, however, shook his head at this moment, responding with a very calm expression.
"Before, I only thought that Huo Yuhao would become a top powerhouse on the continent in the future. I thought that as long as I could get through this round of targeting and continue to improve, I would eventually have a chance to prove myself."
"At that time, as the White Tiger Duke, I might not be much worse than him. It just seems now that this is a goal I may never achieve in this life."
"Watching his battle with you, I understood that I would never have the chance to contend with him again in this life. Your arrival did indeed give me hope."
"But I tell you, you are too arrogant and conceited. You also underestimate me too much."
"Before I met Huo Yuhao, I was a genius who, step by step, became a top disciple of the inner court of Shrek Academy."
"I hate Huo Yuhao. I hate him for killing my brother. I hate him for making me live like a stray dog."
"But I tell you, I am not like Dai Huabin. I became the White Tiger Duke to be a hero guarding the Empire, to defend the border, and to protect the Star Luo people."
"What I strive for is fame, a name that will be passed down through generations. Cooperate with you? To become the second Rakshasa God?"
"However, today you did help me. As long as I kill you, I'll be at least half a hero guarding the Star Luo Empire."
The Rakshasa God's clone had already sensed that something was wrong. He frantically used his divine force to invade Dai Yueheng's Spirit Sea, risking the dissipation of his divine force to forcibly possess him.
But he found that Dai Yueheng completely disregarded the safety of his Spirit Sea, controlling his spirit power to rampage through his body.
After performing the White Tiger Spirit possession, he plunged a claw into his own heart.
Seeing Dai Yueheng's vitality rapidly draining, and realizing he could no longer survive, the Rakshasa God's clone could no longer control his emotions and roared madly.
"Dai Yueheng, I've already seen all your memories. You're just a selfish scoundrel, pretending to be virtuous. Do you really think of yourself as a hero?"
"Do you think sacrificing yourself will earn you a good name? Don't dream about it. Your family will only say you suffered retribution because of the Duchess."
Before Dai Yueheng could retort, a voice suddenly interrupted the Rakshasa God's hysterical words.
"He will die as a hero. This is my guarantee as the next Sea Gods Pavilion Master."
"Dai Yueheng, the son of the White Tiger Duke, sacrificed himself in the Mingdou Mountain Range to destroy a wisp of divine force from the Rakshasa God worshipped by evil Spirit Masters."
Huo Yuhao, who had just arrived at the camp, used his divine force to interrupt the Rakshasa God's words, temporarily sealing him and using the power of spirit gold to stabilize Dai Yueheng's injuries.
Dai Yueheng turned his head to look at Huo Yuhao at this moment, his lips somewhat pale from excessive blood loss.
Despite the healing power of spirit gold, it was merely pouring water into a broken bowl, still far from enough.
Dai Yueheng's face showed a slight flush of a final surge of energy. He no longer concealed his irritable temper and angrily spoke to Huo Yuhao.
"Huo Yuhao, I'm telling you, I hate you. You are the second person I hate most, besides Dai Hao."
"Anyway, I'm going to die today, so I no longer need to curry favor with you, my enemy, nor do I need to maintain any damned noble etiquette."
"Some words I've kept bottled up for decades. I never thought I'd be telling them to you before I die."
Dai Yueheng watched as Huo Yuhao used his divine force to form a barrier that isolated their voices, completely revealing his true self.
"There's one thing I think you said particularly well: Dai Hao is a bastard. He doesn't know what fairness is at all."
"Just because of a broken Spirit fusion skill, he favored that narrow-minded, irritable good-for-nothing Dai Huabin for five years, letting that scoundrel jump around in front of me for five whole years."
"He constantly boasts about how upright he is, saying that anyone who can't resist beauty is trash. Truly shameless."
"If he were a gentleman who could control himself, would I have so many younger brothers? Would I have fallen to this point today?"
"Dai Hao lied to me. He lied to me since I was a child, saying I could be the White Tiger Duke later, he lied to me that I could be a general later, he lied to me about protecting the people of the Star Luo Empire."
"Now, a selfish person like me has been so deceived by him that I can't even abandon this bit of humanity and become an evil Spirit Master who takes rampant revenge."
"This does benefit you. You've completely taken your revenge. Besides that bastard, everyone who caused your mother's death has met a bad end."
Huo Yuhao looked at Dai Yueheng, whose demeanor was vastly different from before, and sighed slightly, quietly listening as a faithful audience.
Two lines of clear tears streamed down Dai Yueheng's cheeks, and he choked back a sob almost involuntarily:
"That bastard Dai Hao lied to me for decades, and I believed him for decades. For all those decades, I never slacked off for a moment."
"Huo Yuhao, tell me, what exactly did I do wrong?"
"As the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke, I awakened my Spirit at six, entered Shrek Academy at twelve, and never rested a single day."
"Every day was either cultivation or training, and now, at only 19 years old, I've already become a 64th-level Spirit Emperor."
"Why could Dai Huabin, whose talent is not as outstanding as mine, shake my position as heir? Why did the family abandon me because of your enmity with him?"
Huo Yuhao did not answer Dai Yueheng's questions. Everyone has their own hardships. He could not forgive the Duchess's family, but he could understand Dai Yueheng's pain.
If he were in Dai Yueheng's shoes, Huo Yuhao also would not be able to calm his emotions.
"Do you have any other wishes? Besides the Duchess, I will try my best to help you fulfill the others."
Listening to Huo Yuhao's response, Dai Yueheng burst into hearty laughter.
"Huo Yuhao, I, Dai Yueheng, apologize to you and Huo Yuner on behalf of my mother. After I die, I only hope you can protect the Star Luo Empire."
"If the Sun Moon Empire raises an army in the future, help me defend the Mingdou Mountain Range and protect the Star Luo people."
"If some books are preserved in the future, it will also be a way to leave my name, that I, Dai Yueheng, resolved the rift between Huo Yuhao and the Star Luo Empire."
As his words fell, Huo Yuhao, at Dai Yueheng's pleading gaze, removed the shielding divine force, and Dai Yueheng's voice carried far away.
Everyone around noticed Dai Yueheng gradually losing his vitality, and they were slightly stunned by his laughing expression before his death.
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