novelraw Chapter 678 - 651: Kneeling Down
Chapter 678 - 651: Kneeling Down
At this moment, all the players at the venue, and all the viewers around the world, had their eyes glued on Huang Yi!
The situation had reached the most critical juncture, and he had to make a choice.
Either he disregarded the opposition of Chinese players and knelt in submission to Miyamoto Musashi,
or he preserved China’s dignity, only to watch Qin Shiyu die.
The entire venue fell silent, the only sound was that of the Cursed King’s Crown burning, clearly audible in the night wind.
Huang Yi took a deep breath and looked up at Qin Shiyu on the high platform.
The next moment, his knee bent, and he knelt on one leg in the direction of the high platform!
Time seemed to freeze at that moment, crystallizing around the posture of Huang Yi kneeling!
That moment seemed eternal, a historic turning point, presented before the eyes of the entire world!
Huang Yi had truly knelt!
The God of Slaughter, who had never surrendered before, had actually knelt!
The entire venue was dead silent, with only the sound of the night wind blowing, as if mourning for someone in a low cry.
"God of Slaughter, you traitor! How could you kneel to Miyamoto Musashi!"
"You personally initiated the national war, and in the end, you knelt to the enemy! You’re a disgrace to the Chinese!"
"To kneel like this! Worse than a pig or dog!"
"The annual festival is in five days, how do you have any right to win the best individual award with such behavior?"
All the Chinese reporters at the venue immediately started cursing out loud, their scolding mingling with the curses of Chinese players watching the live broadcast!
At that moment, curses were heard all over the world!
A few days earlier, to protect the safe retreat of China’s top-level bigwigs, Huang Yi convincingly chose to face the Land of Dongying alone. At that time, the whole world had lavished him with all kinds of praise. But this moment, all those past praises had turned to ridicule!
The image of the imposing Huang Yi was completely overturned! He became a complete coward, even worse than Miyamoto Musashi!
"Good! Good! Very good!" Miyamoto Musashi’s voice, full of surprise, instantly rang out; he felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration. The Huang Yi who had always dominated him was now kneeling before him, a scenario he could not have even dreamed of!
Now, Miyamoto Musashi no longer had any doubt, he was one hundred percent certain that Huang Yi had indeed surrendered to him. Huang Yi had knelt before him in front of the whole world, there was no going back, he could only join Japan!
Even the strongest man becomes someone else when faced with love, a lesson not lost even on heroes. Miyamoto Musashi never imagined that with just a Qin Shiyu, he would so easily take down the hero, Huang Yi!
Below the high platform, Huang Yi was still kneeling on one leg, the angry curses of the world still pouring into his ears like a tidal wave, mingled with Miyamoto Musashi’s voice, which seemed to be coming from another world, echoing in waves.
By now, the Cursed King’s Crown in his hand had finished burning, leaving only a pile of ashes stuck to his hand.
And the Bloodstained War Halberd’s spearhead had returned to its original appearance, with the bronze surface carved with bold golden patterns, glittering under the clear moonlight.
"Miyamoto Musashi, to express my sincerity, I present you with a piece of Epic Equipment," said Huang Yi calmly at this moment, immediately fitting the spearhead onto the shaft end of the Bloodstained War Halberd, allowing for attacks from behind.
The Bloodstained War Halberd had spear points at both ends, capable of killing enemies from front and back, born solely for slaughter.
"Click!" With a crisp sound, the spearhead was inserted into the slot and fused into one with the Bloodstained War Halberd.
With this, all parts of the Bloodstained War Halberd were assembled, restoring its original form!
Its appearance was ferocious, with a sharp spearhead at each end of the long shaft, plus a cross blade at the front, resembling the scythe of Death God, exuding a penetrating killing intent.
That moment, it seemed as if it had traveled through the vast stretches of history from the Primordial Era to this age!
It seemed as if people could hear the sound of battlefields with thousands of horses galloping, fighting ferociously, and flags fluttering beneath a blood-red sky!
That was the sound of war!
In the Primordial Era, the great Emperor Somerett held this Bloodstained War Halberd, conquering in all directions with rivers of blood wherever he went, unstoppable, eventually establishing the notorious Blood Empire!
And now, such an epic and deadly weapon lay in Huang Yi’s hands!
He vividly felt an immense power, the power of history and epics!
Just then, an anomaly occurred in the starry sky!
The Cyan Star next to the huge bright moon suddenly shot down a beam of cyan light, traversing the vast starry sky and striking directly into the Bloodstained War Halberd in Huang Yi’s hand, connecting the Cyan Star and the Bloodstained War Halberd together.
An endless stream of cyan starlight, along that beam connecting heaven and earth, poured into the Bloodstained War Halberd! The Bloodstained War Halberd gradually emitted a pure cyan glow, extraordinarily exquisite.
"Huh? That’s Cui Guang!"
"He actually used Cyan Star Cui Guang; it is indeed Epic Equipment!"
Among the crowd, players who had learned blacksmithing, tailoring, and other crafting life skills immediately exclaimed in surprise.
In the starry sky of The Second World, eight celestial bodies are particularly conspicuous: Bright Moon and the seven rainbow-colored stars surrounding it. They are not just decorations but the sources of power in The Second World.
The quality of equipment is related to the starlight absorbed during tempering, with whiteboard equipment being the most common, absorbing the white light of the moon. Green Gear, Blue Gear, Purple Gear, Orange Gear correspond to the similarly colored stars.
The equipment graded as Legendary, Epic, and Divine Artifact, meanwhile, corresponds to Yellow Star, Cyan Star, and Red Star, these three colored stars.
Now, Huang Yi’s Bloodstained War Halberd has absorbed the light of the Cyan Star, which proves that it is genuinely Epic Equipment. Beyond that lay only the ethereal Red Star Divine Artifact.
Miyamoto Musashi looked at the Bloodstained War Halberd in Huang Yi’s hands and his brow furrowed instantly, a doubt rising in his heart. Huang Yi said that he was giving him the Epic Equipment, which seemed an overly generous gesture. But Huang Yi had genuinely knelt before him, and after severing ties with Chinese players, he couldn’t possibly still be acting on behalf of Chinese players to deal with him.
After thinking it over, Miyamoto Musashi stood on the platform and said to Huang Yi, "God of Slaughter, you can give me the Epic Equipment later. First, you kneel properly and say to me, ’Do you accept my surrender?’ Then, I will say ’I do.’ With that, the ritual of concedance and allegiance will be complete, and I will accept you. All of us Japanese will treat you like family."
Miyamoto Musashi’s voice clearly reached Huang Yi’s ears, but alongside it resounded a System Prompt—
"[System Prompt]: [Emperor Somerett]’s Bloodstained War Halberd has been upgraded to Epic Equipment."
The Bloodstained War Halberd finally finished absorbing the light from the Cyan Star, and the beam of light connecting heaven and earth vanished without a trace. The Bloodstained War Halberd glowed with a brilliant cyan light, dazzling and eye-catching.
At this point, Huang Yi finally possessed his first piece of Epic Equipment!
He immediately pressed the Heart of the Love God, which he had hidden in his palm, against the hilt of the Bloodstained War Halberd!
The Heart of the Love God, upon touching the Epic Equipment, immediately melted and infiltrated the Bloodstained War Halberd, firmly adhering inside it and forming a red Love Peach.
At that time, the audience across China and Huang Yi’s fans were still staring at Huang Yi, who knelt on one knee, cursing at him angrily!
The most venomous words came out of mouths that were usually polite and courteous!
And audiences from other countries around the world were also shaking their heads in disappointment at Huang Yi!
It was at this moment that Huang Yi, still kneeling on the ground, suddenly spoke in the direction of the platform—
"Do you accept my... proposal, Qin Shiyu?"
At that moment, everyone was still furiously cursing at Huang Yi, until a while later when it was as if they suddenly realized, they stopped their angry tirades, murmuring and staring at Huang Yi!
The world quieted down once again!
The words Huang Yi had just said seemed like an illusion!
The first seven words he spoke were according to Miyamoto Musashi’s demands, but the last two key words were different!
He wasn’t surrendering; he was proposing to Qin Shiyu!
The crowd suddenly remembered the words Huang Yi had said before—"Except for a proposal, no one can force me to kneel!"
And now, he had proposed!
The crowd finally realized that Huang Yi wasn’t kneeling to Miyamoto Musashi but to Qin Shiyu!
It was just that Miyamoto Musashi and Qin Shiyu were standing together, so it appeared to all be in the same direction!
There are many meanings to kneeling—it could signify surrender, it could also be a marriage proposal, it might represent disgrace, or it could be romantic.
And clearly, Huang Yi had chosen the latter!
"I do." Just then, Qin Shiyu’s tender and blissful voice erupted through the world.
This voice awakened all living beings!
These three words, originally meant to be said by Miyamoto Musashi, were spoken by Qin Shiyu instead at the happiest moment of a woman’s life.
"You’re courting death!" Miyamoto Musashi growled furiously, his face turning red with rage, as he shouted loudly. The Eastern Sword in his hand was suddenly slashed down toward Qin Shiyu’s neck!
"Ding!" At that split second, a dazzling red light shot down rapidly from the starry sky, hitting Miyamoto Musashi’s Eastern Sword.
Instantly, Miyamoto Musashi’s sword was stopped, hovering just a centimeter from Qin Shiyu’s neck, as if blocked by an invisible barrier, unable to cut a hair further!
"The dignity of deities must not be defiled!" Suddenly, a distant voice echoed between heaven and earth, a voice that seemed to come from the starry heavens, filled with a majestic might that spanned from the primeval to the cosmic era.
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