Killing God - Chapter 21

Chapter 21 Initial Meeting
At the foot of the boulder, the two Ling Xiao Sect disciples who had been calmly standing at the edge of the stone steps suddenly raised their heads. At the same time, at the top of the towering boulder, a few figures seemed to flash as they stepped to the edge of the boulder and looked down.

However, the instant all of this changed, it was long gone from Shen Shi’s attention. At this moment, only the body that was falling was left in front of him. The sea breeze blew past the boulder, bringing with it an icy coldness that seemed to remind him of the dangerous cliff behind him. At this moment, the stone steps beneath his feet looked so narrow and steep that there seemed to be no place for him to stand.

All the surrounding youths were so frightened that they were lying on the ground tightly, afraid that they would be implicated. A bad person would roll down on them, but Shen Shi could not avoid it. At this moment, he didn’t even have the space to curse in his heart, because in the blink of an eye, the falling girl’s body seemed to have already arrived in front of him.

On the top of the giant rock, a tall body floated in the wind, ready to pounce down.

Almost instinctively, Or struggle to the death, The unlucky Shen Shi subconsciously roared, He suddenly opened his arms, It was too late to step aside, Otherwise, he wouldn’t mind letting this stranger fall from his side to prevent himself from being buried with her for no reason. However, it was no longer up to him at this moment. In a hurry, he could only try his best to maintain his balance. Then, he hugged the fallen girl’s body with his hand and desperately tried to get close to the stone steps, hoping that he would be lucky enough to keep it from slipping.

However, on such a steep stone staircase, it was originally a very difficult task to maintain balance. In addition to climbing for so long and being nervous, most of the youths, including Shen Shi, had exhausted their stamina heavily. That was why when Shen Shi had just caught the girl and wanted to stand firm again, he felt a tremendous force coming down from the girl’s body. He staggered beneath his feet. Sure enough, he was still unable to maintain his stability and directly slid down.

“Ah” At this moment, not only was it the girl who fell, even the surrounding boys and girls witnessed this scene and many people shouted out in fear.

For some reason, at this critical moment of life and death, Shen Shi’s mind suddenly seemed to calm down a lot. For an instant like a bolt of lightning, a strange thought flashed through his mind. Were the animals he had killed in the past also so frightened before they died?

He gritted his teeth, He hugged the delicate body that had already fallen into his chest with both hands, Both of them were sliding downwards at the same time, The originally steep stone steps looked so ferocious and ferocious at this moment. However, Shen Shi did not give up the thought of struggling to survive. In the chaos, He grabbed the stone steps with all his might, grasping every protruding rock that could support the body and every step that could stop the body from falling, At the same time, his feet were desperately stepping on the stone steps below. At the same time, he remembered that he was desperate to push his body, including the girl beneath him, onto the stone steps at the same time. Otherwise, if he was really pushed away from the stone steps by the force of the impact, he would truly be doomed.

From afar, Shen Shi looked like a dancing monkey at this time, panicking and desperate to catch something, with a hilarious intent. However, everyone who saw this scene did not have the slightest bit of smile. They were all dumbfounded.

One floor, one floor, one floor, one floor …

The tremendous force from the top to the bottom caused Shen Shi’s body to directly slide down four steps. Several times in the middle, he looked like his entire body was about to fly out of the stone steps and fall down the cliff-like giant rock. However, in the end, he unexpectedly forcefully clung onto the stone steps until his feet finally stepped on a small protruding rock on the fourth stone step.

The crowd beneath the boulder erupted with a whining sound. The tall figure at the top of the boulder suddenly stopped moving and lightly landed on the boulder.

Above the stone steps, Shen Shi, who had escaped death, finally managed to barely stabilize his body by borrowing the little hard stone fulcrum beneath his feet. His face was deathly pale, and only now did he regain his senses. He felt deeply afraid. Not to mention the cold sweat all over his body, even his entire body felt weak, and his hands and feet were powerless.

As for the girl beneath him, she did not seem to have recovered from her shock until now. Her entire body was trembling and she was speechless for a moment.

Shen Shi gasped for breath. Suddenly, he pushed away the girl who was curled up beside him or who didn’t even have the strength to walk away. At this moment, he felt that his heart was filled with inexplicable and unlucky rage. The feeling of walking around the gates of hell and coming back was truly creepy.

“What’s wrong with you!” Shen Shi shouted at the girl loudly and gritted his teeth. “If you want to die, you don’t want to harm others, okay?”

The girl’s body trembled slightly. Her originally pale face seemed to have turned a little pale after being scolded by Shen Shi. She couldn’t even see the slightest bit of blood. Her lips trembled as if she wanted to say something to Shen Shi, but she didn’t spit out a single word for a long time.

At this moment, beneath the furious Shen Shi, a half-dead, powerless and seemingly extremely painful voice suddenly sounded. He said faintly,

“Big Brother, if you want to scold this stupid girl, just scold her. Even if you scold me to death, I have no objection. However, before you scold me, can you please move your feet away first …”

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Shen Shi was shocked. He hurriedly lowered his head to take a look. He saw that on the stone staircase beneath his feet, on the small protruding stone that saved his life and that of the girl, there was actually a hand that happened to be grabbing onto it at some unknown time, and one of his feet was firmly stepping on it.

Looking down the hand, he saw a twelve or thirteen year old youth lying on the stone steps. He had a helpless expression and a face full of pain. He was looking at him with a bitter grin on his face.

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment. He immediately regained his senses and hurriedly put away his hands and feet. He saw that there was a relatively flat platform just outside the left stone steps. At this moment, he was also unable to walk any further. He immediately summoned his remaining strength and sat down on the small platform. Only then did he slowly breathe a sigh of relief. Slowly, he felt that the soul did not slowly fly back into his body until now.

A sudden accident had finally passed safely. The youths and girls on the stone steps quieted down. After a while, many people began to climb up again. However, this time, everyone was even more cautious. At the same time, the distance between the people before and after them was also drawn. No one dared to stand too close behind the person in front of them.

The vast ocean, rolling waves, azure sky and clear sea surface formed a beautiful scene of the same color as the sky. The sea breeze blew over, making people feel even more relaxed and happy. Shen Shi, who was sitting on the boulder, reached out and rubbed his eyebrows. He was speechless. Then, he heard a burst of footsteps. A person came up from below and stopped on the stone steps beside him. He also sat down beside him.

Shen Shi turned around and saw that it was the youth who stepped on the other party’s palm just now. He was a little surprised and said, “Why aren’t you leaving?”

The youth let out a long sigh and wiped cold sweat from his forehead. Judging from his delicate features, he could be considered handsome. However, his expression was still a little ugly. He muttered, “I was almost frightened to death. My body was so weak that I needed to rest for a while.”

Shen Shi said angrily, “It’s not like you were hit by someone. What’s there to be afraid of?”

The youth smiled bitterly and said, “Big brother, if you hadn’t stepped on my hand just now, er, no, if you hadn’t stepped on that little rock, then you would have directly hit me.”

When Shen Shi thought about it, he was indeed unable to maintain his balance. He could only continue rolling down. If he hit the youth in front of him again, the situation would probably be like a snowball that could no longer be dealt with.

Thinking about the dangerous situation just now, Shen Shi and the youth exchanged a glance. They could see the fear and luck in each other’s eyes.

A moment later, Shen Shi calmed down and looked at the youth. “No matter what, I’m sorry for stepping on your hand just now. My name is Shen Shi. May I ask your honorable name?”

The youth grinned and extended his right hand to Shen Shi, saying, “Sun You.”

Shen Shi smiled and patted him gently.

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Another wave of sea breeze blew past, The wind seemed to have lessened. The two of them sat here for a while. It was unknown if they had experienced the test of life and death just now. In the eyes of the two youths, Shen Shi and Sun You, looking at this steep stone staircase again, they actually felt that the stone staircase was much warmer than before. Even the slope did not seem as steep as before. It was no longer so frightening.

However, at this moment, a timid voice came from a stone staircase not far away from them. It also carried a faint sob as it whispered,

“Right, I’m sorry …”

Shen Shi and Sun You both turned their heads to look, The one who spoke was the one who had caused the incident earlier. For some reason, the girl did not continue to walk upwards. It seemed that she did not dare to turn around and sit on the steep stone steps. Thus, from just now until now, she had been lying on the stone steps like a frightened bird with some nervousness.

“Sorry, I, I didn’t mean to …” She slowly raised her head. Her sparkling tears seemed to be rolling in her eyes, but she forcefully held back her tears. Sun You frowned and didn’t say anything. Shen Shi was almost killed by her. Originally, he was angry with this girl, but seeing such an expression, he couldn’t say anything else. After a moment of silence, he could only bitterly smile and shake his head. He waved his hand and said, “Forget it, forget it.”

The girl gritted her bloodless lower lips tightly. She looked at Shen Shi as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, she withdrew her gaze and took a deep breath. However, she gritted her teeth and began to walk up the boulder again.

Although Sun You didn’t say anything from the beginning, he had been looking at her from the side. The girl had also looked at Sun You once, but after making contact with him once, she immediately turned her gaze away.

After watching the girl walk a distance away, Sun You suddenly said to Shen Shi, “Shen Shi, you shouldn’t be a native, right?”

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, “Yes, I’m from the southwest … Misty Continent.”

“Oh!” Sun You didn’t seem to be very interested in the small southwestern continent. Instead, he leaned closer to Shen Shi and whispered, “No wonder you don’t recognize that girl. Don’t you see how many people here are far away from her?”

Shen Shi frowned and shook his head, “I really didn’t notice. Is there any explanation here?”

Sun You glanced at the girl’s back and said, “Her surname is Zhong, and her name is Zhong Qingzhu. She is an illegitimate daughter of a side branch of the Zhong Clan, so she is very unpopular in the Zhong Clan. I heard that she is usually clumsy, but I didn’t expect that she almost caused a big mess today.”

Shen Shi glanced at Sun You. Sun You spread out his hands and said, “Don’t look at me. I didn’t randomly say this. All the disciples of the aristocratic families inside and outside Liuyun City know about it.”

Shen Shi cried out, wondering if he had been innocently implicated just now. However, after thinking about it for a moment, he thought of something and raised his head to look at Young Friend Sun. He said, “From your tone, you are very familiar with these aristocratic families’ disciples. Furthermore, your surname is Sun. Could it be that you are also …”

Young Friend Sun waved his hand and said indifferently, “That’s right, I came from the Sun Clan of the Ling Xiao Sect’s vassal family.”