Chapter 543: Time to Start My Scheme

Scenes bloomed like snowflakes, then dissipated.

“What a tragic story.”

At that moment, Lin Fan had only one thought: this Despair Marquis had a truly miserable life, and the plot was somewhat heartbreaking.

Such pure love, yet it ended like this. Though it was between a child and an adult, love knows no boundaries.

Just as Lin Fan’s eyes showed a hint of sadness, he was suddenly drawn to a scene ahead.

In the pitch-black space, a figure lay there, sticking up its big butt, then swaying left and right, fidgeting.

“No, no…”

The voice was hoarse, as if it had experienced something terrifying, causing its mind to collapse and ultimately lose itself.

Lin Fan didn’t know who it was at first, but when he saw the face, he burst out laughing, and laughed heartily.

“Gu Xiao!”

Lin Fan hadn’t expected such good luck—to run into Gu Xiao. Gu Xiao’s face was full of despair, clearly immersed in the Despair Marquis’s domain of despair.

“Hey, little guy.” Lin Fan called out to Gu Xiao a few times, but Gu Xiao seemed not to hear, still screaming, his fierce eyes dull and lifeless, his consciousness devoured by the domain of despair.

Lin Fan had been wondering how to kill Gu Xiao, but seeing the current situation, there was no need to think—killing him outright would be unjustified.

He went up to Gu Xiao and kicked his protruding butt a few times, but there was still no reaction.

This made Lin Fan overjoyed.

“How can I maximize this waste’s value? And it has to be foolproof.” Lin Fan rested his chin in his hand, thinking slowly, then a flash of inspiration struck, and he had an idea.

“Thunder Discipline Dharma King, come out.”

“Master.” The bald Thunder Discipline Dharma King instantly appeared before Lin Fan, greeting him respectfully. Then, seeing Gu Xiao there, a glint of eager, insatiable light flickered in his naive eyes.

“Discipline him well.” Lin Fan already had a complete scheme in mind.

To create the greatest impact before the myriad races, Lin Fan had put in some effort—how could he let Gu Xiao die so easily?

“Yes.” The Thunder Discipline Dharma King said excitedly, then licked his lips chillingly as he looked at Gu Xiao.

Lin Fan felt reassured leaving Gu Xiao to the Thunder Discipline Dharma King; with him around, everything would be fine.

Under the merciless discipline, all beings in the world would submit to the Thunder Discipline Dharma King’s whip.

…

“Hey, where did the Despair Marquis go?” Lin Fan looked around, searching for the Despair Marquis.

To leave this domain of despair, he had to find the Despair Marquis.

Just then, a intermittent sound came from afar. Lin Fan didn’t hesitate; he leaped up and rushed toward the distance.

That voice was the Despair Marquis’s.

Following the sound, Lin Fan quickly found the Despair Marquis.

The Despair Marquis was kneeling there, holding Long Xuan in his arms. His despairing face was somewhat pitiful.

“Long Xuan, don’t leave me…” the Despair Marquis murmured, like a walking corpse, his eyes dull and lifeless, without the earlier coldness, now more like a pitiful man who had lost everything.

"Who..." At the moment Lin Fan appeared, the Despair Marquis raised his despair-filled face and looked at Lin Fan.

When Lin Fan met the Despair Marquis's gaze, his heart also trembled violently, then he forced himself to calm down. How could he be nervous at a time like this?

Moreover, Lin Fan knew that with the Despair Marquis's current strength, he absolutely could not defeat him. But when he saw those images, an idea came to him.

Whether it would work or not, he had to try.

"You have seen me before," Lin Fan said.

"You are that human," the Despair Marquis recalled, then lowered his head and looked at Long Xuan.

"That's right, I am that human. You don't want to leave him, do you? I can help you," Lin Fan said.

"Impossible, impossible. I am controlled by the Supreme. No one can help me, no one." The Despair Marquis shook his head woodenly, then his expression changed as if his mind had gone berserk.

"By the way, how can other people appear here? You all must die, must die." The Despair Marquis's originally calm face suddenly twisted into ferocity, and he roared angrily at Lin Fan.

Seeing the Despair Marquis suddenly go berserk, Lin Fan's mind tensed, sensing trouble, and he quickly said.

"How do you know it won't work without trying? Perhaps you don't really want to be with Long Xuan; you can't bear to give up everything you have now," Lin Fan said.

"Shut up! What does a human like you understand?" The Despair Marquis stared at Lin Fan with bloodshot eyes, as if he would kill Lin Fan without hesitation if he dared say another word.

"I understand, I understand everything. If you don't want to lose Long Xuan forever, then you must trust me. Otherwise, if it's too late, even if you kill everyone, he won't come back, and you will never see him again," Lin Fan said.

At this moment, Lin Fan recalled all the cliché TV dramas he had ever watched, and in the end, this was the only method he could think of.

Any villain boss, if he has someone he cares about, will not be a bloodthirsty madman.

Especially when the person he cares about most is leaving, the desire to hold on will surge to its peak. He would do anything to keep that person forever.

Lin Fan was gambling now, but seeing the expression on the Despair Marquis's face, he knew this method had a high chance of success.

The Despair Marquis looked at Lin Fan, saying nothing, just watching quietly.

"Heaven and Earth Furnace, come forth."

In an instant, the system's supreme treasure, the "Heaven and Earth Furnace," appeared in this realm of despair.

"This is a supreme treasure that can refine everything in heaven and earth. If you and Long Xuan enter, I can refine you into artifact spirits. You two will coexist in one body, never to be separated for eternity, and even the controlling power of the ancient clan's Supreme cannot interfere," Lin Fan said.

Currently, "Feitian" was very powerful, but it had no rank. If Long Xuan and the Despair Marquis were refined into artifact spirits and placed into "Feitian," it would surely unleash all its power.

"Never to be separated for eternity, forever free from suffering, forever escaping the Supreme's control." The Despair Marquis looked at the "Heaven and Earth Furnace," muttering expressionlessly.

"Haha." At this moment, the Despair Marquis stood up, his thin arms lifting Long Xuan.

"Long Xuan is dead. I want to accompany him, but I don't even have the right to kill myself. No matter what you plan to do, even if it's death, as long as I am with Long Xuan, what is there to fear? Vast power, boundless territory—what are they worth? None of them compare to a single hair of Long Xuan. He came to me; I know he didn't abandon me. I cursed him, humiliated him, only wanting him to leave me and not be controlled by that terrifying Supreme. Unfortunately, though he understood, he did not leave me..."

The Despair Marquis held Long Xuan and walked step by step toward the "Heaven and Earth Furnace." His dark fur robe pressed down on his body, which bore infinite despair.

At this moment, the Despair Marquis stood at the mouth of the "Heaven and Earth Furnace," then turned to look at Lin Fan and jumped in without a trace of hesitation.

"Don't worry, I've never broken a promise," Lin Fan thought to himself.

At this moment, Lin Fan cast "Feitian" into the "Heaven and Earth Furnace."

"Supreme path of artifact refinement, twin artifact spirits, minds connected, refine!"

At this moment, the "Heaven and Earth Furnace" trembled violently.

Inside the "Heaven and Earth Furnace," the Despair Marquis laid Long Xuan down, then slowly lay down beside him, holding Long Xuan's hand, and closed his eyes. On his eternally unchanging face appeared the most brilliant smile in a thousand years.

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