CH 61

TL: Moonlit

Burning to death…

Shi Yunyi was completely confused.

In his view, if it weren’t for Bai Yu that day, he wouldn’t have spared any of those people on the scene.

Those people actually dared to attack him, they were simply seeking death!

Yet now he had mercifully let them go, and they were still treating Bai Yu like that!

Even if those people didn’t see Bai Yu as their savior, they shouldn’t treat him like an enemy!

An indescribable anger surged in Shi Yunyi’s heart.

These foolish humans actually did such a thing. He should have made them all pay with their lives.

Burning at the stake…

Burning a person alive!

Truly an exceptionally cruel punishment.

An indescribable pain filled Shi Yunyi’s heart.

This kind of punishment was even difficult for vampires to endure, let alone such fragile humans…

Just a few days ago, he himself had contemplated killing Bai Yu, and in his current situation, it would have been the best outcome…

He wouldn’t even need to lift a finger, just sitting here waiting for time to pass, and that young man named Bai Yu would completely disappear from this world…

Then no one would ever know that he had turned into such a foolish idiot when he was severely injured.

However, Shi Yunyi couldn’t control himself at all.

The memories he deliberately chose to forget flooded into his mind like a breached dam, constantly resurfacing.

The image of that beautiful and adorable young man cutting open his own hand for him to drink blood, smiling and linking their fingers together, and gently kissing his lips…

He had been deliberately ignoring all of it.

The images he didn’t want to recall at all kept appearing.

His heart tightened.

Shi Yunyi couldn’t sit still anymore. He lifted his foot and walked briskly towards the castle gate.

“What are you doing, Shi Yunyi?”

Curiously, Mo Yun looked at Shi Yunyi.

Then he grabbed his wrist.

An expression of disbelief appeared in Mo Yun’s eyes.

“Could it be that you want to bring that person back from there? I know his blood is very sweet, and it’s a pity that he’s going to be burned to death. But…”

“Shut up.”

Shi Yunyi felt irritable in his heart.

He abruptly pulled his hand back.

His pace quickened even more.

His wings spread instantly, and Shi Yunyi flew into the air.

“No, I haven’t finished speaking yet.” Mo Yun watched Shi Yunyi like that and couldn’t help but follow closely behind.

“You, when will you change that temper of not letting others finish their words? I mean, it has been such a long time, he might have already been burned to ashes. You don’t need to waste your time going there.”

Mo Yun’s words stunned Shi Yunyi.

His figure came to a sudden stop in mid-air, and his mind became blank as if it had been bombed.

At this moment, a kind of indescribable pain filled his heart.

That young man, who didn’t mind him becoming a fool and even tried to protect him when he turned into one, was burned to death?

How was that possible?

Before, Shi Yunyi only thought about how to completely forget that dark history for himself.

Because as a noble Blood Emperor, he was the supreme being.

He couldn’t allow himself to become that kind of person.

So when his injuries healed and his memories returned, the first thing he thought about was how to cover up that past.

But now, he suddenly felt that those past events were no longer important.

Instead of concealing the past, saving Bai Yu became his only desire.

Trembling unconsciously, a hint of quiver was present in Shi Yunyi’s voice, even he hadn’t noticed it.

“Mo Yun, do you know when the burning at the stake will take place?”

Mo Yun looked at Shi Yunyi’s nervous expression and felt extremely puzzled.

He had smelled the scent of the boy’s blood before. Indeed, it was very sweet…

But even if the blood smelled so sweet, it was nothing more than food.

It was not worth Shi Yunyi’s effort at all.

How could he have such a strong obsession?

Nevertheless, Mo Yun still told Shi Yunyi everything he knew.

“Probably today. But you know it’s already nighttime. So, that person might have already been burned to death.”

Shi Yunyi looked up at the moon in the sky.

His eyes narrowed. He spoke with determination:

“That’s not necessarily true. Today is not over yet.”

Seeing Shi Yunyi’s stubbornness, Mo Yun suddenly felt worried.

“What if you go there and find out that he has already been burned to death?”

“Burned to death?”

A chilling and indescribable coldness appeared in Shi Yunyi’s eyes.

This cold gaze frightened Mo Yun.

With just one glance, Mo Yun experienced a terrifying shiver.

Shi Yunyi snorted coldly.

“If that’s the case, I will make all humans accompany him in death!”

After saying these words, Shi Yunyi flew toward Bai Yu’s location in an instant.

Mo Yun was left standing there alone.

“Is it necessary?”

Mo Yun didn’t know how to describe his current mood…

He didn’t know that Shi Yunyi was such a glutton.

Isn’t it just drinking blood…

If he can’t drink blood, he wants to kill all humans?

This is too absurd.

No wonder he was so angry when he wanted to take a sip of blood.

Now it seems that the decision not to drink was the right one!

—

The red flames flickered from the torches.

Bai Yu was tied to a cross. Beneath him was a pile of firewood.

Soon, the people on the scene would ignite the firewood and burn Bai Yu alive.

Bai Yu’s face was pale, devoid of any trace of color.

But because of the red flames on the torches, a hint of enchanting redness appeared.

“[Host, I have activated the protective shield for you. It will deduct 5,000 points from your score.]”

“Okay.”

Bai Yu nodded lightly.

This time, he had truly fallen hard.

Bai Yu never expected that when he woke up, he would be tied to a cross.

He originally had great strength, and escaping wouldn’t have been difficult.

However, due to his body being weakened from Shi Yunyi drinking his blood, he was currently in an extremely weak state.

To make matters worse, during the three days he was bound to the cross, those people hadn’t even given him a single meal.

So the current Bai Yu was already at his weakest. He couldn’t even break free from the iron chains binding his wrists…

A chilling emptiness filled Bai Yu’s heart.

The silly fool he had been taking care of had tried to kill him as soon as his memories returned…

And now these ungrateful people wanted to burn him alive.

It was truly beyond pitiful…

But at this moment, Xiao Mihu had activated the protective shield for him.

So even if the fire burned fiercely, Bai Yu wouldn’t feel a hint of pain.

The fire couldn’t even harm his body.

However, not having eaten for a long time was a significant problem.

Even if he wasn’t burned to death by the fire, he would soon starve to death.

The high priest of the town stood in front of Bai Yu, his eyes filled with coldness.

He wouldn’t spare anyone who had any connection with vampires.

In the eyes of the high priest, Bai Yu at this moment was an unforgivable existence!

The high priest held the cross in his hands and devoutly prayed to God.

“Great God, please forgive this child’s sins…”

“Sins?” Bai Yu looked coldly at the person in front of him and provocatively said, “What sins have I committed? I think it’s you who is guilty! You can’t even distinguish right from wrong and want to burn an innocent person!”

The crowd beside them couldn’t help but shout at Bai Yu when they heard him dare to scold the high priest, “You’re hiding a vampire! How come you’re not guilty?”

“Hiding a vampire? Did the vampire I hide drink your blood? During the time I hid him, he drank only my blood!”

Bai Yu sarcastically looked at everyone present and shouted loudly, “And if it weren’t for me stopping him from attacking you, not a single one of you would be alive! Is this how you treat your savior?”

Bai Yu’s words struck at the heart, leaving everyone on the scene at a loss for words. They didn’t know how to respond.

While Bai Yu did protect the vampire, that vampire hadn’t harmed anyone in their town. Moreover, it was they who had attacked the vampire first, and the vampire only wanted to retaliate.

If it weren’t for Bai Yu, they would have all died…

But burning Bai Yu was the high priest’s command, and they didn’t think there was anything wrong with the priest’s orders.

“Anyway, you and the vampire are together. You deserve to die!”

“Yes, you deserve to die!”

“Alright, everyone, stop arguing.”

The high priest calmly spoke, “Bai Yu has been brainwashed by the vampire. He has lost his sanity and can’t understand his own guilt. But it doesn’t matter, we know the truth. God will forgive him!”

Watching the hypocritical person in front of him, Bai Yu really wanted to curse.

Forgiveness my ass!

“Fine, if this fire can burn me, it means I’m guilty. If this fire can’t burn me, it means I’m innocent, and you’re the guilty one. How about that?”

Bai Yu’s words made everyone at the scene laugh. How could it be possible for the fire not to burn?

“Don’t waste time with him, just burn him!”

At the high priest’s command, the torches instantly ignited the firewood beneath Bai Yu.

The red flames spread rapidly around him.

The flames soared into the sky.

Now even God couldn’t save him.

A trace of disdain flashed in the high priest’s eyes as he wanted to see Bai Yu’s wretchedness due to the pain.

However, Bai Yu seemed unaffected, calmly looking at everyone present.

As if the fire had a consciousness, it avoided burning Bai Yu.

Although it had been burning for a long time, the fire hadn’t harmed Bai Yu in the slightest.

“How is this possible?”

The high priest’s face instantly turned extremely ugly.

It wasn’t just him; the surrounding villagers also started to feel fearful and uneasy.

They were already ignorant.

Now such an unbelievable thing was happening, making them feel extremely frightened.

Someone shouted, “God won’t let him die, he’s innocent!”

This statement made the other villagers even more afraid.

“It’s over, we will anger God. We can’t burn him anymore!”

“No way!” The high priest shouted directly, “It must be some kind of illusion. Let me do it!”

Saying that, the high priest personally took a torch and tried to burn Bai Yu’s clothes. But even the clothes he was wearing didn’t catch fire.

The high priest couldn’t believe what he was witnessing. He almost suspected that the fire was fake. He reached out and touched the torch.

Instantly, searing pain engulfed him as the red flames spread across his body.

The high priest was frightened and quickly dropped the torch. The fire on his hand took a while to extinguish.

Seeing this, the villagers became even more fearful and uneasy.

“Priest, maybe… maybe we shouldn’t burn him. Even God doesn’t think he’s guilty! If we continue burning, we’ll anger God!”

The high priest’s face turned extremely ugly.

He had always been the symbol of authority in this town. No one dared to question his words.

But the person in front of him was causing his credibility to crumble, and he couldn’t accept it.

Now, no matter what method he used, he had to kill the person in front of him.

If fire couldn’t kill him, then he would shoot him with a bullet.

The high priest quickly pulled out a gun from his pocket and aimed it straight at Bai Yu’s heart.

His finger pressed down without any hesitation.

The bullet shot out instantly.

However, at that moment, a black figure descended from the sky.

The fast-moving bullet hit the black object and was deflected, shooting straight into the high priest’s shoulder.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

A piercing scream resounded, and the high priest was in such agony that he wished for death. The blood gushed out uncontrollably from his shoulder.

But what he saw made him forget to scream.

Because he saw an incredibly beautiful vampire standing in front of Bai Yu, looking at him with a sinister gaze!