Rip—
Her chest torn open, Black Rose's face twitched and twisted together as she turned to look at the figure behind her...
That figure's feet had fused with the floor. As it moved, the wooden flooring was constantly ripped apart, while its clothes were shredded to pieces by rough flesh. Looking at its face—it was Violet!
Or rather, she no longer looked like herself.
Her entire face was covered in bark-like keratin, with only her separated facial features still barely recognizable—
"Give me... the sacrificial main body... You have to give it to me!"
"...For your sake... I knelt before that damned tree... I became this monster because of all of you!"
"You set me up... You wanted to take it... Then I'll kill every last one of you!"
Violet spoke while tearing at the corner of her mouth, her voice distorted and stripped of its original tone.
Her emotions seemed to have been severely affected, becoming exceptionally frenzied.
One eyeball, brimming with resentment, stared fixedly at Ji Yan. Clearly, she had heard their entire conversation...
Slash—
A flash of cold light fell, severing the arm that had pierced through Black Rose.
Black Rose withdrew her Eerie Weapon and fell to the floor. The severed tree-root arm visibly withered away...
Repairing her injuries, she looked up at Violet. "He's the one who screwed you over. Why stab me?"
There was no response. Violet dragged her sluggish body forward, her eyes fixed only on the "sacrificial main body" that had crawled out of the black well, drawn by the crying.
Ji Yan's hands were covered in the bloody pulp of the [Face Bud]. He stared coldly at Violet. "Look at the state you're in. What good would a baptism do now?"
"Stop sticking your nose into this. Get lost!"
Those two