You Beat Fang Xing
Yiqing's help wasn't very thorough.
He simply blindfolded the Snake Woman and then quietly waited for Snake Woman to break free from this state.
Ultimately, this is a system matter; his relationship with the system is only worth this much—and he expects something in return for his help.
If it really were about Yu Xing, he wouldn't be so uninvolved; it's happened many times before, hasn't it?
Yi Qing knew that Yu Xing had always thought that he and the system were having an affair, and although that was true... he and the system had always cooperated and exchanged benefits, so the accounts were kept very clear.
His interactions with Yu Xing and some of the interesting blue-haired people in the Broken Mirror Squad were truly heartfelt.
The system also knew his attitude, so it told Yu Xing that Yi Qing could only stall for one minute.
As for Yi Qing himself, he calmly floated in place, curiously observing Yu Xing who had slipped away to the side. Compared to the Snake Woman, Yu Xing was more interesting to him.
He longed to explore everything about Yu Xing, past, present, and future.
For example, what is Yu Xing thinking right now?
Would Yu Xing uneasy sending a signal to someone she doesn't fully trust? Or does Yu Xing actually trust the man surnamed Hua, but is just being insincere?
As he was watching, the branches that made up the sphere suddenly and slowly dispersed.
Yu Xing straightened up, her hands now empty.
He turned his head, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Your gaze is too obvious. Am I that good-looking?"
Not to mention its strong presence.
This space is filled with Yu Xing's branches, and each branch can act as his eyes, so he can see Yi Qing very clearly.
Yi Qing said reservedly, "If you sewed your mouth shut, you'd be the most beautiful person in the world."
"Hmph." Yu Xing turned to look at the Snake Woman who was suspended motionless in mid-air. "Can't she hear us now?"
Yi Qing: "I can hear you."
"I only blindfolded her, but I didn't cover her ears. She should have heard every single word we said."
No matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find the person who had been talking to Yiqing.
"Can she move now? If I attack her now, will it be effective?"
"It works, but she can still move." Yi Qing unfolded her fan and said innocently, "She's stopped because she can't see right now. You've disappeared from her world, but if you touch her, it's like you're actively entering her field of vision."
In other words, if Yu Xing hits her, she will see him again.
It's better to wait and talk about it later.
The tip of the Snake Woman's tail seemed to twitch.
Yu Xing followed her gaze and saw that the lower the snake's tail, the thicker the blood color, while the higher up it became more transparent, with gushing blood flowing through her transparent body.
With the light screen gone and the lighting removed, she appeared even more depraved and evil.
Yu Xing stared at the Snake Woman, sensing her increasingly powerful aura, without moving, as time passed second by second.
Until a certain moment.
The upward momentum stopped.
From that moment on, Yu Xing no longer felt any trace of blood energy being transmitted from an unseen distance into the Snake Woman's body.
Sixty seconds.
Fifty-nine seconds.
Fifty-eight seconds.
The Snake Woman began to struggle.
Perhaps she could see things again; her tail moved nimbly, revealing her anxiety and eeriness.
What are you planning to do?
The system spoke.
Yu Xing gripped the dark green hilt of the Sheqing Dreamscape Sword, closed his eyes to sense the condition of the branches, and then said, "Don't worry about me, hurry up and merge Nanshui Town."
We need to dismantle the Snake Woman's territory first before we can kill her.
The external affairs were left to Hua Subai, and he clearly handled them very well.
At this point, he had used both of his hidden moves: one blocked the Snake Woman's path of threatening him with Fang Xiao, and the other blocked Snake Woman path of enhancing her abilities with the altar.
From now on, it's all up to him.
The bead at Yi Qing's waist slowly opened its eyes.
At the same moment, the Snake Woman's eyes snapped open, revealing a sinister glint of being toyed with, and instantly locked onto Yu Xing.
She must have also sensed the disruption in the transmission of power; her subtle movements indicated that she was already in a hurry.
As soon as she regained her sight, she decided to abandon her aerial advantage and rush towards Yu Xing, reaching her in the blink of an eye.
This time, she was faster than before, almost too fast for the branches to stop her.
Yu Xing dodged again, and as she brushed past the Snake Woman, the Sheqing Dreamscape pierced her waist, which was not covered by scales. Instantly, wisps of illusory blood splattered.
The Snake Woman cried out in pain and rolled over, but her snake tail took the opportunity to quickly wrap around Yu Xing's leg.
"Jingle bells..."
Yu Xing was wearing Yueyu Uniform. When she pulled on it, the bell ornaments on the robe made a crisp sound, and a few of them broke off and rolled to the ground because they were not of good quality.
The branches immediately took shape, wrapping around Snake Woman's body as the Snake Woman coiled Yu Xing, pulling hard on her neck, arms, and even her recently injured waist.
Yu Xing felt the snake's tail writhing on his body, probably trying to tighten its grip around his waist again and strangle him. He raised the corners of his mouth and, before the binding was complete, stabbed her waist several times with the sharp blade of the dagger.
Every strike was utterly merciless.
The snake's tail tightened, the dagger pierced, and the man and the Snake Woman seemed to have abandoned all their special skills, returning to the most primal form of combat.
--Of course not.
The branches seized the opportunity to pin the Snake Woman down. As the saying goes, choosing a close-quarters battle means sacrificing the agility of distance. This time, the Snake Woman definitely couldn't dodge the branches' attack.
A few "pfft" sounds.
Countless branches lashed out one after another. The Snake Woman tried to move her upper body to dodge, but Yu Xing grabbed her hair.
Yu Xing's eyes flashed with a look of madness and excitement. His left hand first grabbed the Snake Woman's long hair, and then, using the momentum, he leaned forward and directly hugged the Snake Woman's huge body.
The black lines of the cursed power began to spread from his arm, allowing him to directly touch the incomplete corpse. He touched the Snake Woman's smooth skin, cold and slippery, yet with a softness unique to human women.
The Snake Woman was several sizes bigger than him, and although he was also a fairly large man, he could barely wrap his arms around Snake Woman waist.
The trembling peaks were right next to Yu Xing's face. The Snake Woman didn't care about them, but Yu Xing didn't want to touch them.
He pulled back slightly to avoid the soft flesh, then immediately used a twig to create a safe distance between his face and the Snake Woman's chest, before feeling a sharp pain in his back.
His "throwing himself into her arms" was clearly exactly what the Snake Woman wanted to do. Her sharp claws pierced Yu Xing's back, and she scratched him with great force, as if she wanted to tear him in two.
If an ordinary person were to suffer from this, they would probably have fainted from the excruciating pain.
But for Yu Xing, this was nothing.
His dagger plunged into the Snake Woman's spine once more. This time, he truly felt the dagger hit a hard obstacle and then sever it.
The Snake Woman let out a mournful cry.
Blood gushed from Yu Xing's back, and wisps of faint black mist permeated the blood. Before the Snake Woman could absorb it, it merged into the dense fog around her, giving her no chance at all.
He licked his lips and teased, "Want something more exciting?"
The Snake Woman opened her mouth wide, her sharp teeth about to bite down on Yu Xing's head.
At the same time, branches that were already prepared suddenly pierced through from all directions.
The sheer force and scope of that attack were clearly aimed at riddling the Snake Woman with holes.
The Snake Woman could have dodged.
But--
She was still being held by Yu Xing.
The branch plunged deep into her flesh, passing through Snake Woman back, chest, Snake Woman, navel, Snake Woman, throat, and finally into Snake Woman brain.
The branches were moving too fast; having reached this point, they couldn't stop. Only by continuing to move could the Snake Woman be thoroughly injured.
Yu Xing had almost no gap with the Snake Woman...
It was also pierced by its own branches.
The excruciating pain came from all directions, but compared to that, the Snake Woman's weakening claws were nothing.
The suicidal attack left the Snake Woman with no way to deal with it for a while. She was strung up like a candied hawthorn. Although she was not seriously injured and on the verge of death, her mobility was greatly reduced.
She stared with her snake-like eyes, bowing her head with difficulty, unable to comprehend it.
She saw only a pale, yet strikingly attractive face.
That human face was clearly being consumed by pain; his brow furrowed slightly, but there was no sign of retreat in his eyes, only a burning fighting spirit.
His blood-stained lips curved into a smile; compared to his usual disguises, this crazed appearance seemed to be the real him.
The disguise has been removed, making it even more attractive.
He was like a...
A beautiful monster.
Yes, the Snake Woman now feels that he is not human, but the monster.
It's absurd that she's going through a life-or-death battle with him, yet she finds him beautiful at this moment.
This kind of beauty transcends race; it is a tremor of the soul.
The Snake Woman, who should have glared angrily, inexplicably froze, looking rather foolish.
The "beautiful monster" laughed, first a muffled laugh that rolled from its throat, then the laughter grew louder and louder, gradually turning into an undisguised, rampant laugh.
Hahahahahahahahaha...
Not far away, Yi Qing, who only wanted to watch the show, frowned slightly.
The scene seemed extremely bizarre to him, an observer.
Countless thick, thorn-like branches emerged from the unseen black mist, piercing through the flesh and blood body at the very center.
The eerie light, emanating from an unknown source, rendered the Snake Woman and Yu Xing as silhouettes, stripping them of color and deepening their outlines.
The two remained motionless, like ancient statues, but one of them had its face tilted back, laughing heartily.
Is he a madman? Is he a devil?
Is it a monster?
Occasionally, a few drops of blood would fall down the path and onto the ground, blooming into a bloody flower, but no one would care.
If there were an audience here, no one would be willing to take their eyes off Yu Xing.
It was a kind of... soulful suppression.
They want to pay attention, to follow, and even to worship.
Even a thousand-year-old ghost like him felt a chill run down his spine, as if continuing to watch would plunge him into the abyss called Yu Xing forever.
For the first time, Yi Qing lowered her gaze.
Although Yu Xing was interesting, he only wanted to be an observer and did not want to become something like a believer.
No one can explain how to define the abstract concept of charm. Yi Qing had to admit that Yu Xing's charm always reached its unparalleled peak when she was self-destructive and hurting her enemies.
That's true, it seems to have always been like that.
He often wondered what other tricks Yu Xing had up his sleeve, but now he suddenly had a clear idea.
No matter how strong the enemy is, as long as Yu Xing hasn't used his own life to drag the enemy down with him, it means he still has the strength to spare and remains calm.
Destroying oneself while destroying others—that is Yu Xing's true fighting style.
Yi Qing would occasionally hear Carlos complain about this, and usually, Zhao Mou would agree with him with a helpless expression, joining in the complaint. Zhao Yijiu, sitting on the sofa, seemed not to participate in the conversation, but she always pursed her lips, a hint of resentment appearing in her eyes.
At that time, Yi Qing didn't care. She just thought humans were being pretentious because Yu Xing wouldn't die at all. What difference would it make if life were exchanged for life? Why bother with these pointless worries?
Now, Yiqing understands.
He didn't know what he had understood, only that he seemed to understand other people's feelings.
People who are too crazy will eventually burn themselves out.
The composed smile vanished from his face without him realizing it; the louder Yu Xing laughed, the colder his expression became.
A few seconds later, Yi Qing composed herself, looked up again, and planned to go up and separate the man from the Snake Woman, and tell Yu Xing that there was no need to go to such lengths for the sake of the system.
At worst, he can still do it... He has a way to kill the Snake Woman, and he won't be at a disadvantage. After everything is over, he can still squeeze a hefty sum out of the system.
The cyan figure moved, the crystal ornaments emitting a clear, crisp sound, like a final moment of clarity in the silent, chaotic space where only laughter echoed.
Little did they know, Yu Xing laughed heartily, while the branches cried out in helpless rage.
[Aaaaaah, I killed the mastermind! I killed the mastermind!]
[I saw it! She pushed Consort Xi! She pushed Consort Xi!]
[?]
[Idiot, the mastermind has gone mad and you've gone mad too? Remove "Empresses in the Palace" from your brain!]
[But the brain's blood tasted so good, I tasted it...]
[This snake tastes good too. I'm so full; I haven't eaten this much in ages...]
The branches initially fell into chaos, but became more unified as time went on.
[So delicious, I want more!]
[It tastes delicious, but I'm so full, I can't eat anymore.]
[I want to eat more, can I eat the main brain?]
[I want to eat the mainframe, I want to eat the mainframe...]
[I want to eat the mainframe!]
The increasingly unified will has led to a dangerous backlash, indicating that Yu Xing's subconscious is also being attacked by this ability.
He really overused it.
When mental fatigue and excitement come at the same time, one's ability to control subtle things decreases.
No one can say for sure whether it was the tongue itself that wanted to laugh, or the tongue that felt it had a chance to kill its master.
Just as the branches were getting more and more boisterous, a faint but disdainful voice rang out from one of the branches.
[With your abilities?]
[If you continue to misbehave, from now on the mainframe will only summon me, and you will all be killed by the mainframe. Instead, draw some obedient ones.]
The branches fell silent instantly.
These events happened in the blink of an eye. Yi Qing had only drifted halfway when Yu Xing's subconscious suppressed the raging energy, and her smile also faded slightly.
He stuck out his tongue, which bore a striking red mark, and licked the oozing blood. The taste of rust was like a delicious cake at a banquet, making his already pleasant mood even happier.
He sensed Yi Qing's approach, and as Yi Qing's sleeve brushed against his shoulder, he withdrew the hand holding the dagger and, as if expecting it, pressed down on Yi Qing.
They really got it under control.
After this exhilarating use of power, the curse seemed to have evolved once again. Black tree-shaped patterns covered the back of his hand, allowing him to directly touch Yi Qing's soul, which had not yet materialized.
His body was covered in bloody holes, and anyone would have thought he was about to die.
He still had the energy to turn around and reassure the somewhat surprised Yiqing: "Don't worry, I haven't lost control."
Madmen are frightening.
A lucid madman is admirable.
Yi Qing felt the urge to lower his eyes again, but this time he restrained himself and deliberately adopted an annoyed tone. "Does it have to be this way?"
"I didn't force you, I just like it this way." Yu Xing grinned, exuding an eeriness even stronger than a monster. Under his control, the branches slowly pulled out of his body, revealing bloody holes riddled with wounds.
Those bloody holes were visibly repairing themselves.
Perhaps he didn't notice, but Yi Qing saw it: all the branches had withdrawn from Yu Xing's body, yet he didn't fall, but remained suspended in mid-air.
Suspended in mid-air without any support, just like... just like him, the Sheqing Ghost.
Yu Xing's pupils overflowed with a deep blue light, this time no longer a dim light, but a dazzling color in the darkness.
Yi Qing didn't trust him at all.
He sensed a terrifying feeling that Yu Xing was on the verge of spiraling out of control from beginning to end, and this current alienation was a signal of that.
His intuition told him that he absolutely could not continue.
If this continues, Yu Xing will become incredibly strong, but perhaps he will no longer be himself.
This is outrageous! What's the principle behind this power that makes you stronger just by being happy? Yu Xing is practically a person without faith; where do those mysterious and unpredictable increases come from?
Is it really all due to Yu Xing's own potential?
Yi Qing was briefly distracted when she heard Yu Xing causing trouble again.
Yu Xing turned her head back, instinctively covering the not-yet-fully-healed wound on her chest with her hand, while looking directly at the Snake Woman imposing aura had weakened considerably, and laughed, "I curse you."
"I curse you to sell miracle drugs, I curse you to lose the ability to think, I curse you, you thief, to your demise, I curse you..."
That sounds like a vicious curse.
Even more insidious was the way Yu Xing's tongue flickered, as if some unseen rule was descending upon her.
The curse seems about to be fulfilled.
The Snake Woman's pupils constricted, an extreme sense of danger looming over her.
Unlike attacks from tree branches, things at the level of rules are something that all the avatars of evil gods fear.
Those awful rules.
"Rules" can even trap evil gods, a power that no being can explain or know the origin of.
No, no, no, no!
The Snake Woman moved. She used her immense strength to break free from Yu Xing's restraints, released her tail, and retreated in the opposite direction, not even caring that some branches were digging deeper and deeper into her body.
The fear stemming from her numerous wounds was far greater than the impending arrival of new rules.
At this moment, she seemed to have lost all her advantages. She had never been so afraid of a human, no, a monster.
Yu Xing watched her flee without moving, displaying a calm acceptance that the girl couldn't escape.
It seems like a good thing, because if the Snake Woman loses her fighting spirit, she has already lost more than half the battle.
But.
Alarm bells rang loudly in Yi Qing's heart.
As a ghost who had always stayed by Yu Xing's side, he naturally knew how terrifying Yu Xing's tongue was. A casual remark could trigger fate and make Bad Luck come true.
This was the first time Yu Xing had ever seriously cursed someone.
However, if this curse were to come true, the cost would be enormous, extremely high.
Yu Xing is already on the verge of alienation and can no longer bear the price her tongue will pay!
Moreover, Yu Xing had absolutely no intention of doing this from the beginning; it was not part of Yu Xing's plan. It was only because of the mutation that Yu Xing was able to use his power so recklessly.
If she were sober, Yu Xing certainly wouldn't have done that.
Without a second thought, Yi Qing immediately covered Yu Xing's mouth, preparing to physically interrupt her.
Yu Xing was taken aback.
His excitement had not yet subsided, and the long-lost pain made him unusually clear-headed, as if his consciousness had risen to another dimension. He found it hard to describe the feeling at this moment, as if he had transformed from a human into a god.
But the cold, pale hand that silenced his mouth pulled him back from the path to "God".
His spirit seemed to be sinking.
It kept falling until it reached a familiar place.
The glint in his eyes dimmed slightly, and he stopped abruptly, leaving the curse unfinished.
Yu Xing looked back at Yi Qing with some confusion, and found that Yi Qing was very serious.
"Mmm-m..." (I really didn't lose control.)
"Shut up, little ancestor." Yi Qing felt like he was sweating even as a ghost. He avoided looking at Yu Xing and stared at the bloody hole in Yu Xing's heart with his deep blue eyes.
This person has always been very tolerant of pain; even when his vital organs are attacked, he can live for a long time. He still remembers that at the Sheqing Bar, this guy had his skull pierced by a red-clothed ghost with its five fingers.
However, Yu Xing quickly showed signs of weakness at that time, and still managed to defeat the red-clothed ghost with the help of Zhao Yijiu.
Now, does Yu Xing feel absolutely no discomfort?
This is not right; we must turn this situation around.
"Don't get so excited." Seeing that he didn't continue with the curse, Yi Qing let go of his hand.
He really wanted to pour a basin of cold water on Yu Xing, but the circumstances didn't allow it, so he could only use the chilling smoke to cool Yu Xing down.
Yu Xing: "I'm alright, not particularly excited. What are you worried about?"
Yi Qing frowned again. He thought for two seconds, then his eyes lit up.
"Think about it carefully, aren't you really excited? Isn't it because no one is watching you here, so you've let loose?"
Modern vocabulary doesn't often come from Yi Qing's mouth; he's already tried very hard.
As he spoke, he discreetly opened a fan to cool Yu Xing down. "You know the live stream isn't working here, are you just going to play like this?"
"What if Zhao Yijiu and the others could actually see you right now? What do you think they would think?"
Yu Xing's carefree and relaxed smile gradually froze.
"If you don't behave yourself, when we get back, I'll tell him everything you did," Yi Qing observed Yu Xing, then changed her wording, "... tell them all."
"Zhao Mou will at least try to find a way to examine your brain, Qu Xuanqing might even understand you, Carlos will only probe you indirectly, but guess what, what about Zhao Yijiu?"
"That kid's going to start denying himself again," "Oh dear, our captain has no intention of staying with us long. He doesn't care about his own life or our feelings."
Yi Qing's tone was completely off. Yu Xing followed his words and thought that Zhao Yijiu would just sit silently in the dark, like an abandoned cat.
He muttered to himself, but didn't show it on his face, and perhaps he never will.
Because, in fact, Zhao Yijiu, a silent and aloof person, has already bravely expressed her fear of this kind of thing.
It's like being in Yin Yang Corridor.
If such pleas are ineffective, perhaps Zhao Yijiu will give up, feel disappointed, let things take their course, and think, "Forget it, I have no right to interfere with Yu Xing's choices," and then fall into an emotional slump.
Yu Xing shook her head.
He's regaining some of his senses.
Come to think of it, it's because he knows that kid's faults too well. Yi Qing only gave him a hint, and he could almost imagine what would happen next in his mind. He even imagined Zhao Yijiu's expression.
He can't do this. He's not a good person, but he's not a scumbag either.
He couldn't keep telling Zhao Yijiu "Don't worry," "You can rely on others appropriately, don't keep everything bottled up inside," and then go back on his word, could he?
If he's going mad and wants to end it all, then he shouldn't have provoked Zhao Yijiu in the first place.
There's also Zhao Mou.
And Carlos.
They shouldn't have kept Qu Xuanqing and Zhu Yan either.
He brought such a dangerous situation involving Lingren to their side; he should be held responsible.
Yu Xing's thoughts drifted away, going further and further.
Seeing him lost in thought, Yi Qing turned her head away and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "This guy really is a powder keg. If no one's watching him, he might just ignite himself at any moment."
So, should we tell the other members of the Broken Mirror group after we leave?
"Don't say it," Yu Xing suddenly said.
He seemed to know exactly what Yiqing was thinking, and his tone lowered and became quiet. "Don't tell them."
The unusual blue light in his eyes completely disappeared, leaving only the usual pale blue.
Even the branches that were about to stir drooped down, looking utterly obedient.
Yi Qing could tell at a glance that he had truly calmed down, and couldn't help but click her tongue twice.
Even his own attempt to Sheqing Ghost was useless, but mentioning others worked wonders, like a miracle cure?
Tsk tsk tsk.
Tsk tsk tsk.
The jade-bone fan folded and stabbed fiercely into a bloody hole in Yu Xing's body. "You owe me one."
"Hiss--" Yu Xing gasped in pain, belatedly realizing that he was in pain.
My whole body aches.
My head is spinning.
The cooled curse power was no longer churning like boiling water; it had become much milder. Black lines crawled around the wounds, stitching them up like needle and thread, accelerating the healing process.
The system said in his head.
[I've completed the fusion. I called you just now, but you didn't respond. I thought you had become an irreversible ghost.]
Those on the Fallen Path often face this problem: once they cross the critical point of Personality Assimilation Degree, they will irreversibly become ghosts, standing on the opposite side of the deducer.
Logically speaking, Yu Xing, being a Mutation Path, shouldn't have this kind of trouble for the time being.
However, Yu Xing is not a normal person. His degree of alienation has long exceeded the critical point, and the system cannot determine what it is. Therefore, based on his daily behavior, he is classified as being on the Mutation Path.
[If you become a ghost today, I'll feel really sorry for you.]
The system's female voice seemed devoid of any emotion, yet it also seemed to genuinely express a feeling of regret.
Yu Xing glanced at the time.
Those fifty-odd seconds have long since passed.
The Snake Woman hid in the boundless darkness, where half of it was his cursed black mist, and the other half was an invisible and colorless distortion of perception.
It could be said that the Snake Woman's whereabouts were constantly appearing in his mind; in any case, she was still in this container space, because the container door would make a loud creaking sound, and if she wanted to go out, she would definitely be discovered.
Yu Xing let out a long breath and summoned a branch to step on.
He was inexplicably floating in the air just now, it seemed to happen as his consciousness gradually rose.
Once he realized what was happening, he was in a difficult position, feeling that even the slightest movement would break his balance and cause him to fall to the ground.
It feels more reassuring to have something under your feet.
His broken heart pounded violently. Ignoring the system, he said to Yi Qing, "Yeah, I owe you one."
"So what are you planning to do now? How about I just kill her? When we get back, you cook me something nice, like that hot pot you guys had last time, and make it spicy," Yi Qing said casually.
Yu Xing coughed a few times, covering her mouth, and shook her head.
His slightly long hair was messy, disheveled, and stained with blood, and he finally looked somewhat as weak as before.
"Hua Subai has resolved the altar issue, and the Snake Woman used a great deal of power to escape the curse rules from before. Like me, she can't hold on much longer."
Yi Qing: "You still know you can't hold on much longer?"
"There's no way around it, this is the price of being sober." Yu Xing still had the mood to joke.
If he becomes alienated, he can hold out for a long time, even forever.
If he is conscious, he is still himself; the power of the curse will eventually wane, and his body will eventually be unable to withstand it.
So what if I die once?
Compared to the alienation that leads to abandoning treatment, death that allows for rebirth is already within the acceptable range for the Broken Mirror Squad.
Yi Qing gave a cold snort.
Yu Xing knew that Yi Qing had genuinely cared about him just now. To be honest, the sound of those floating crystal bells was truly beautiful, like a cleansing experience.
Feeling slightly guilty, he smiled sweetly at Yi Qing, "The Snake Woman has no trump card, but I still have you, so I have the upper hand."
Yi Qing snorted again, this time covering half of her face with her fan.
So, does this mean he still wants to deal with the Snake Woman himself?
The originally tight schedule seemed to have become much more relaxed Yu Xing's sudden outburst. Hmph, I wonder how many aftereffects this near-mutation will have.
Oh well, it's Yu Xing's going to suffer in the end, why should he worry about it?
The Sheqing Ghost, fell silent and retreated, resuming his role as an observer.
He watched as Yu Xing gathered the pervasive curse power, leaving only a corner untouched.
That is where the Snake Woman hides.
The Snake Woman's Combat Power is undeniable, but her greatest advantage lies in her cognitive distortion.
However, Yu Xing's resistance to cognitive distortion was gradually increasing, which meant that he had rendered the Snake Woman's strongest method useless from the very beginning. The Snake Woman also understood this the moment she saw the Qianjie Mark, and therefore she continued to fight Yu Xing bare hands.
However, she could not break Yu Xing's curse.
I was injured by the branches earlier, not fatally, but the mental shock was quite obvious. Now that my source of strength is gone, I must be mentally broken.
Dealing with a snake-man ghost that has already lost its fighting spirit, as long as Yu Xing's body doesn't collapse first, it's already like catching a turtle in a jar.
Yu Xing used branches to surround that area. He noticed that the Snake Woman wanted to resist again, and even wanted to launch a sneak attack. His eyes darkened, and he seized the opportunity to use the Sheqing Dreamscape to pierce the Snake Woman's forehead.
The Sheqing Dreamscape possesses two inherent sacrificial abilities: one is the presence of the Sheqing Ghost, and the other is an ability he doesn't often use.
Each time a target is hit, one of the following emotions will be randomly triggered: "Loneliness," "indifference," "hope," and "nightmare." If Yu Xing actively chooses the effect, Yu Xing become dizzy after using it.
Because the Snake Woman has a higher rank, she is naturally able to suppress all attacks before the Sheqing Dreamscape, and none of them were able to trigger this effect.
This time, however, it's different.
The Snake Woman was already at a disadvantage, and the effect was triggered when Yu Xing stabbed her in the forehead.
[This attack triggered "Nightmare"]
Whether it was the system helping him cheat or not, among the four emotions, Yu Xing precisely triggered the one he wanted most at the moment.
This "bad news" refers to the bad news.
This can further shatter an already broken mentality, amplifying the prey's worst state of mind and causing it to collapse.
The Snake Woman is about to break down.
From the high and mighty ruler of Nanshui Town to discovering he had been deceived.
Then comes the horrifying discovery that the humans who deceived her possess power comparable to hers.
Then, the evil gods' favoritism dealt another heavy blow.
Everything she possessed was disappearing. All she originally wanted was a Fang family bloodline to help him stabilize Nanshui Town. Now, Nanshui Town could no longer be stabilized.
Her sacred tree also died.
She was about to lose her own life.
As a demigod clone of Qianjie, she could have lived a very long time. Even if, in a complicated way, she was actually a ghost, she would still be a ghost that could live as long as this world.
She just wanted to have her own world, so what if she killed so many people for it?
Life is too short, and in the eyes of someone of her high status, humans are nothing more than inferior beings.
Their true form, the evil god, probably thinks the same way. In Yin Yang City, humans are likely just puppets for the evil god's amusement.
And now, her long life has come to an abrupt end?
The person opposite her was not human, but a monster in human skin, a being she could not even comprehend.
This monster even had the support of Qianjie, while she was completely isolated and helpless.
It seems that from the moment Fang Xing appeared in Nanshui Town, everything was already destined. Her aloofness was a joke, and her struggles only added to the absurdity.
The roles have reversed; she is now the monster's toy.
The Snake Woman became increasingly agitated as she thought about it, her tense body gradually softening, and her will to resist fading.
The Sheqing Dreamscape was working its magic, giving her a nightmare that would never fade.
If [He] were here, he might feel a sense of kinship, because what Yu Xing did to the Snake Woman was a form of mental pollution.
His power is omnipresent. Just as the Doctor said, every human being has the potential to become a believer in an evil god, especially Him. When the time is right, a person can become His believer without any warning.
For example, Mingzhu.
Yu Xing's situation just now was also similar to [His], but because he possessed the power of curses, he didn't see [His] during the transformation.
But he was indeed inflicting mental pollution on the Snake Woman, a very serious kind of mental pollution. This pollution could cause the Snake Woman to disintegrate and, under the clash of the source of power, lose her qualification to become [His] believer, and be directly dissolved.
Yu Xing looked up at the darkness above.
It's time.
He located the container door precisely and broke down the iron door with a branch.
Brush--
Light instantly seeped in.
The alternate dimension began to shatter, like the shutters of a cathedral, broken into pieces by cracks, and finally, unable to withstand the pressure, it exploded with a deafening roar.
Sunlight shines down.
The Snake Woman squinted and looked up in a daze.
She hadn't seen the sun for over three months.
This was the sunshine she had longed for. She had thought that once the new bloodline of the Fang family arrived, Nanshui Town would regain its light and reintegrate into the world.
But now the sun shines, yet her earthly existence is gone.
She turned her head in confusion. The port, which had been covered in ice, had returned to normal, but the pedestrians who had been encased in ice were gone.
The port was deserted, with only water and land remaining.
On the land, there was only a metal shipping container broken into several pieces.
This place has been systematically evolved; all existences originating from the stories in the "book" have been erased along with the disappearance of the book.
There is no port, and no one is written about.
The same applies to Nanshui Town.
The dilapidated town looks just like it did many years ago, with low, flat houses, peeling walls, and cobblestone streets.
All the modern facilities were gone; it was completely empty, without a single living person in sight.
This was the true appearance of Nanshui Town before Fang Deming obtained that book.
Even the heavy snowfall he caused killed all the original townspeople who had participated in the event.
In the entire town, the only things still breathing are the Fang family Fang Mansion, located in a remote corner, and the "tourists" who survived the turmoil in Nanshui Town.
The Snake Woman was heartbroken at just one glance.
The dagger was still stuck in her forehead. Her snake-like eyes gradually dimmed. She lost all her strength and fell to the ground with a thud.
Countless forces began to erode her.
She didn't know which forces were taking the opportunity to devour her; it could be the Gui Chen, [His], a spirit, a book, or even the original form of Qianjie.
She no longer wanted to resist.
Its translucent body lost its blood color, and starting from its tail, it turned into specks of dust as if it had been weathered away.
"You win, Fang Xing."
"While the head is still intact, "the Snake Woman said listlessly.
Yu Xing collapsed to the ground just like her, but he was completely exhausted.
Even without the ability to actively choose the Sheqing Dreamscape, his body had already reached its limit after overusing his power.
The blood hole, which had been almost healed, was still aching, and large areas of cracks reappeared on his body. These cracks spread along the black lines resembling curses, fine and dense.
Damn it, I'm so tired I feel like dying.
But he still had the energy to provoke the Snake Woman again.
Yu Xing laughed out loud, but this time the laughter was just a little mischievous and not tinged with madness.
He said, "I'll tell you a secret."
The Snake Woman glanced at him with little interest.
Yu Xing smiled and said, "Actually, my surname is Yu."
Yiqing, standing nearby, watched him act foolishly and finally felt completely at ease.
Yes, this is Yu Xing's usual self.