It Was Impossible for Him to Possess Those Eyes

"Laugh----!"

The blade, tearing through the air with a whooshing sound and a dazzling arc of light, slashed towards Arcueid like a laser beam.

"Pfft—!"

With a soft tearing sound, the sharp knife sliced through Arcueid's hand that was tightly gripping Roa's neck, leaving a wound that caused a few drops of blood to splatter into the air.

"...!"

Feeling the pain in his hand, Arcueid's eyes flashed with murderous intent. The hand he had just raised was like a sharp claw that could cut through iron like mud, slicing out horizontally.

"Pfft—!"

Another tearing sound rang out.

However, it was Arcueid's claws that ripped through Roa's chest, severing his body below Roa chest and splattering a large amount of blood.

"Ugh... Ahh...

Roa's wails echoed throughout the room.

"Bang—!"

The next second, with a muffled thud, Roa was sent flying backward, as if blasted by an invisible shockwave. He smashed through pillars, sending up a shower of rubble and debris, and crashed heavily onto a ruin with terrifying force, causing the entire half-destroyed skyscraper to tremble.

"Cough...!"

As Roa lay in the ruins, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. His body was tattered and mangled, with only his chest and upper body remaining. The scene was incredibly gruesome.

Arcueid hasn't let Roa off the hook yet.

"Swish swish swish swish swish—!"

With a powerful sound, Arcueid unleashed several claw beams towards Roa, transforming them into scythe-like weapons that ignored range and swept forward like cold slashes.

"Pfft—pfft—pfft—!"

Amidst the sound of sharp blades piercing human bodies, several claw-like beams ripped open Roa's chest, severed Roa internal organs, and finally neatly cleaved the entire ruin into several pieces, causing the rubble to explode again, burying Roa, whose head was now the only remaining part of him.

Generally speaking, once you fall to this level, there's no way you'd survive.

However, Arcueid knew perfectly well that, for Roa in his current state, it was impossible to truly kill him without completely annihilating him.

Arcueid then raised his hand once more, gathering terrifying power in his claws.

"Ugh...!"

Just then, Arcueid suddenly let out a muffled groan.

The raised hand suddenly fell down as if it had lost all its strength.

In fact, Arcueid did feel that his power was simply unable to be gathered in that hand.

No, to be more precise, that hand was practically dead. The blood had stopped flowing, and the temperature was gradually dropping. It was as if it had been cut off; you couldn't feel it at all.

"This is..."

Arcueid's expression faltered slightly.

Then a chilling laugh rang out.

"Even if it were you, there's nothing you could do, right?"

Amidst laughter, a body pushed aside the rubble and debris in front of them.

Like ashes that had been burned to ashes suddenly reforming, Roa's body gradually recovered. He pushed away the rubble that was pressing down on him and shakily got up.

When Roa finally straightened up, his body had completely recovered and there wasn't a single scar left.

"If you were still alive, that level of attack wouldn't have been able to hit you, right?" Roa said mockingly. "Unfortunately, although you are using power far beyond my expectations, your injuries have not yet healed. Even if you wanted to dodge my attack, your body's reaction was still a little slow, and as a result, I managed to hit you."

"And since I've struck you, that hand will be unusable for a while." Roa revealed an arrogant smile, saying to Arcueid, "If you hadn't been killed, I wouldn't have been able to see your 'threads,' right? What a pity!"

This statement elicited a reaction from Arcueid.

"You just mentioned 'lines,' didn't you?" Arcueid stared intently at Roa and asked, "Did you obtain the Mystic Eyes of Life?"

"... So you've finally spoken, Your Highness?" Roa remained silent for a long while, then chuckled softly, "Why do you think it's the Mystic Eyes of Life? Perhaps I obtained the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?"

"The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?" Arcueid replied without hesitation, "That's impossible."

The resolute statement made Roa's brow twitch.

Under these circumstances, Arcueid spoke up.

"What do you think caused me to die once?"

Arcueid gazed at Roa and spoke, word by word.

"If it were those Magic Eye eyes, being stared at by Magic Eye would feel like your body temperature was being stolen, your internal organs were being pierced, and even your soul would feel frozen. In just an instant, a terror you've never experienced before would overwhelm your entire body, making you feel like death is right in front of you."

"That feeling, once you've experienced it, you'll never forget it for the rest of your life. Not to mention, I was first cut into seventeen pieces by someone who had these Magic Eye, and then stabbed in the body with a knife by another even more terrifying guy, who killed something I never even imagined before."

"But in your presence, I don't feel that way at all."

"Therefore, your Magic Eye could not possibly be the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and you could not possibly possess those eyes."

Arcueid's words gradually darkened Roa's expression, eventually turning gloomy.

Unfortunately, Roa was unable to refute it.

Because Roa truly experienced the feeling Arcueid described.

Right in front of Fang Li.

As Arcueid said, once you've experienced this feeling, you'll never forget it.

"Thanks to you for reminding me of this, I was able to break free from my obsession and hatred for you, and I didn't kill you."

Arcueid, with her arms hanging limply at her sides, declared this with a sharp gaze that seemed intent on piercing Roa.

"Next, I will beat you half to death, weaken your strength, and then wait for Fang Li to come here to give you the final blow."

"Before those eyes, this time, you will be utterly killed and never be able to reincarnate."

After saying that, Arcueid raised the hand that was still mobile.

Just then, Roa suddenly laughed.

That smile was extremely ferocious.

"There's no other way. I didn't want to use this method, but it's the only option now."

Upon hearing this, Arcueid suddenly felt a bad premonition.

However, by then it was too late to react.

"Smack—!"

That was the sound of something exploding.

The moment the sound rang out, a dense aura of blood suddenly surged around Arcueid.

The pungent smell of blood began to permeate the air, finally causing Arcueid's expression to change.

"This... this is...!"

Before she could finish speaking, Arcueid was enveloped in a blood aura.

"Ah... Ahh...

A mournful cry resounded.