164: traitor!

Everyone's gaze fell upon Lin Tangyu.

They all wanted to know... what exactly happened that day.

Why a hero of the Human Race had turned into a traitor overnight.

It had led to All Heavens and Myriad Realms being bathed in blood, oppressed by the alien races for tens of thousands of years.

Lin Tangyu's voice rang out faintly.

"In front of Zhen Tian Pass..."

"He led the Human Race Cultivators to fight back, driving back the Six Departments of the Demon Race."

"He shattered the morale of the Demon Race..."

"But... everyone was already exhausted; it was only that conviction supporting them to keep moving forward."

"Just like that..."

"Ten miles... a hundred miles... ten thousand miles..."

"We chased them all the way to the edge of the Demon Race Territory."

"The string of victories had clouded everyone's judgment. I saw... that the Demon Race who fell were merely the remnants of a defeated army."

"Some were not even Cultivators of the Six Departments..."

"They... were feigning weakness."

Lin Tangyu's voice slowly echoed.

Lin You frowned with a sneer, "So you are trying to say that the Demon Race intentionally lured us deep into their territory?"

"What does this have to do with Lin Tangfeng betraying the Human Race!"

"Nonsense!"

Lin Tangyu shook his head, as if describing some trivial matter.

"You have never truly witnessed a battlefield of that magnitude."

"Human lives were like pigs and dogs; millions of Cultivators were struggling densely in a quagmire of blood."

"They held a breath of frustration in their hearts."

"And slaughter... became their only outlet for release."

"If it were you, having been bullied by others for thousands, ten thousand years, and finally having a chance for revenge."

"What would you do?"

"Slaughter the other side completely? Or make them wish they were dead, kneeling and begging?"

"No... that is far from enough."

"The Ancient Burial Ground was supposed to be split half and half, yet because of the tyranny of the Demon Race, for thousands and thousands of years, the Human Race had been suppressed by Demon Cultivators in front of Zhen Tian Pass, not daring to step out even one inch."

"By the time we realized it upon arriving at the Demon Race Territory, it was already too late."

Lin You's hand gripping his longsword trembled imperceptibly. As if he had guessed something, he said in a deep voice.

"And then?"

Lin Tangyu's eyes welled up with a single tear.

"The most difficult thing to control in this world is the human heart..."

"We were victorious in every battle, leaving the Demon Race bleeding and abandoning their armor."

"Behind us stood millions of Cultivators."

"Now that we had finally fought our way to their doorstep, how could we retreat?"

"They could not see the Demon Race's trap of luring the enemy deep; the shouts of slaughter rang through the sky, carrying Lin Tangfeng forward with them."

"At that time... we had already realized the situation was out of control."

"But we could not retreat..."

Lin You fell silent upon hearing this.

He could imagine the situation at that time.

Millions of people had been suppressed for thousands and thousands of years, winning battle after battle; even if Lin Tangfeng wanted to retreat, they were unwilling to.

The Demon Race... was intentionally building them up only to destroy them.

They had raised the morale of the millions of Cultivators at Zhen Tian Pass to an unimaginably high level.

If Lin Tangfeng had insisted on retreating, countless voices of opposition would surely have risen.

At that moment... the hearts of the people would have scattered.

Once this pent-up breath was released, perhaps these Cultivators would never again be able to muster their spirit, nor would they be able to pick up the long blades in their hands.

Lin You became even more silent, the veins on his arm gripping the longsword bulging.

"Continue..."

Lin Tangyu looked up, opening his old, lifeless eyes.

"And then..."

"He said, there is no going back."

"At this point... there is no retreat."

"But he could not watch millions of the Human Race's elite all be buried here..."

"The Demon Race... is even more powerful than we imagined."

"There are over a hundred in the Emperor Realm alone."

"There is no possibility of winning this battle..."

"He wanted to use his own life to fight to the death, charging into the Demon Race Territory to break the barrier, forcing the Human Race Emperor Realm Cultivators to fight to the death with the enemy..."

"But outside the territory, the Six Departments of the Demon Race had already laid an ambush..."

"I screamed until my throat was raw, but I couldn't stop them."

Lin Tangyu choked up: "I am partly to blame for this; I had sensed it as soon as we left Zhen Tian Pass."

"But I was afraid..."

"I was afraid that because of my obstruction, I would become a coward despised by everyone."

"I was afraid of bearing that eternal infamy."

"If I had been earlier... and nipped this danger in the bud, that disastrous defeat would not have happened."

"But Lin Tangfeng was the perpetrator; in the end, he actually wanted to use the lives of the masses as a bargaining chip to force the Emperor Realm Cultivators to take action!"

Lin You took a deep breath.

For a moment, he was even a little dazed.

Lin Tangfeng's final decision was undoubtedly out of selfishness; he could not bear to let go of that high status and glory.

If the Emperor Realm Cultivators did not take action, a million elites would die in vain.

But if the Emperor Realm Cultivators took action... fighting inside the Demon Race Territory... there was absolutely no possibility of victory.

In the end... he became a discarded pawn.

He also became the traitor in everyone's mouths.

Everything that followed seemed to become logical.

All Heavens and Myriad Realms needed an outlet for their frustration, and Lin Tangfeng undoubtedly became that cast-aside existence.

Lin You's lineage... was also completely expelled from the Lin family.

Lin Tangyu looked at Lin You's face, "You and your brother back then... are exactly the same."

"That arrogance and aloofness radiating from your bones..."

"That self-confidence that heaven and earth could not shake."

"I expelled the war division from the Lin family... it was a last resort, but out of consideration for my brother's past affection, I did not wipe them all out."

As Lin Tangyu spoke, his aged arm slowly produced half a token.

It was exactly the same as the other half on Lin You's body.

"I know you have anger in your heart."

"If you want to kill."

"Then kill."

"This life of mine was saved by my big brother; now, consider it returned to him."

Lin Tangyu threw the token out and closed his eyes as if accepting his fate.

It seemed he was waiting for execution.

For a moment, Lin You couldn't help but frown tightly.

If that was the case... wouldn't it mean that the Old Ancestor of his own lineage was the one who was wrong back then?

Then he couldn't kill the guy in front of him.

This logic didn't hold up.

He hesitated and withdrew his longsword, feeling that there were still some things left unanswered.

Looking at the decrepit old man before him, he ultimately chose to let him off.

There was too much information now, and he had stepped into the God King realm; taking the other's life would be a simple matter, so it was better to sort out his thoughts first.

"Lin You, have you made enough trouble?"

"Lin Tangyu has, after all, stayed in the Second-Tier Star Region for many years; even if there is no merit, there is still hard work."

"Did you come here today just to hold a traitor accountable?"

"Now I give you two choices: leave this place, or guard this place with us."

The transmission of divine shadows came from the Void Realm.

They were supporting a region of heaven and earth, resisting the pressure of the alien races, barely holding on so that the final retreat would not be swallowed up.

With a boom.

The entire Void Realm began to tremble crazily.

Tendrils of Devilish Qi and demonic light flowed in along the cracks in space, seemingly wanting to spread through them.

The cold voice of the Demon Race rang out.

"What a good show!"

"You Human Race are truly a group of weak and useless trash!"

"Since that is the case, why not yield the All Heavens and Myriad Realms to us, how about that?"