The Resentful Maiden protecting her made no response. She merely held her gently while enduring the spikes that continuously pierced down through her.
Her body kept healing, only to be destroyed again and again. Every bone spike could pierce alloy, yet when they penetrated the girl's body, they were firmly locked in place, unable to advance even an inch further.
Several dozen seconds later, those spikes seemed to give up. Or rather... they had encountered a greater problem and had no choice but to deal with it.
Flesh Maidens filled the air. Countless bone spikes and tentacles continuously pierced through the girls, but they repaired themselves even faster. From time to time, blood gushed from the Core of the Resentful Maiden, corroding those pillars of flesh.
After lying there blankly for a minute, the girl before her seemed unable to endure any longer. She revealed a faint smile, rubbed her face against Ye Lan's, and closed her eyes.
"Is she dead?"
No, she could not be dead. It was merely that the sliver of will the Core of the Resentful Maiden had assigned to this body had vanished.
"That still counts as... dying, right?"
For some reason, she felt a little emotional.
It was clearly such an evil and terrifying item, yet Ye Qian felt a trace of warmth from it at this moment.
She sat up from the ground and raised her head. The Core of Resentment suddenly expanded, then released an even greater Sea of Blood, firmly grabbing the pillars of flesh against the sphere's surface and beginning to devour them.
It seemed to be absorbing the other side's Pollution.
Meanwhile, the Mithril Rank Shape Shifter on the ground seemed to have gone mad. An endless tide of flesh launched a fierce assault against the sphere.
But his