Held a Grudge All This Time

Chapter 717: Held a Grudge All This Time. Clink.

An empty blue potion bottle landed on the dirt.

While everyone's attention had been on Mortus, Ling Chu had taken the Intermediate Mana Potion from her Soulstone Pouch and drained it in one gulp.

At a recovery rate of fifty Mana Value per minute, her nearly empty mana bar began to rise again.

Ling Chu wiped a drop of blue potion from the corner of her mouth.

"I told you... you just didn't believe me."

Mortus finally turned his gaze from Smiley.

It settled on Ling Chu's face.

A smile slowly spread across his pale face, which had until now shown no expression.

"We finally meet."

The last shred of hope in Ling Chu's heart shattered.

He remembered her after all. From the sound of it, he remembered her very well.

Mortus went on. "Well?"

"Did you enjoy the game I designed especially for you?"

Ling Chu's eyes darkened, and Smiley whipped his head toward her.

Mortus seemed pleased with their reactions. With the black scythe resting against his shoulder, he sounded almost delighted.

"A pity these Soul Remnants were so useless."

"I went to the trouble of choosing so many murderous, greedy humans for you, yet you still survived."

"So in the end, I have no choice but to do it myself."

"But that makes it more interesting, doesn't it?"

A storm surged through Ling Chu's mind.

This challenge had been aimed at me from the start!

She had always thought Plucking Flowers and Seeking Willows had dragged her in with a fate-related skill.

Now it seemed she had only been half right.

The one who had put everyone on the board was this Death God, from beginning to end!

When Mortus had told her to wait for him, it