"I clearly killed her!"
When Galiusha heard those words, both her eyes instantly reddened. She straightened and lashed out at Chen Yi, only to see that Chen Yi was faster. With a flash, he vanished into the shadows, then appeared behind Galiusha, dagger in hand, and stabbed it into her lower back with a crazed look in his eyes.
That still wasn't enough. The instant his opponent fell to the ground, Chen Yi directly pulled out the dagger and slashed Galiusha's throat without hesitation.
Panting like an ox, he threw the corpse onto the ground, then lifted Galiusha's head and shouted desperately at Cheng Shi:
"I killed her! Look, I really killed her!
This counts as success, right? I didn't lie to you. I really killed her!
Give me a chance to pay my respects to Her. Give me a chance..."
As he spoke, Chen Yi suddenly dropped onto his knees. Clearly, he already knew without waiting for Cheng Shi's answer that this mission had failed.
He lowered his head, his hollow gaze fixed on the ground as he muttered to himself:
"How could this happen? How could she still be alive? She couldn't possibly still be alive..."
Everyone who saw this scene frowned in confusion. Hu Xuan especially couldn't understand how, after only being apart for a short while, Cheng Shi had ended up together with Chen Yi.
Cheng Shi did not explain anything to Hu Xuan. Instead, he walked over to Chen Yi with a grave expression, crouched down, and asked:
"Tell me what happened. We're not out of chances yet..."
"Really!?"
Chen Yi grabbed Cheng Shi, then a trace of doubt flashed through his eyes. He seemed to feel that sensation of being set up by Zhen Yi returning, but when he thought of being able to