Ghostfire Command Sword

"If you can produce it right now, I'll turn around and leave."

The trace of delight on Auston's face vanished instantly. Only then did he realize that this woman had never intended to negotiate with him at all!

"No money? Then there's nothing to discuss!"

Before she finished speaking, she raised her scythe and slashed straight at Auston!

Auston reacted swiftly, grabbing the solid wooden chair in front of him and hurling it at her. The instant the back of the chair touched the scythe's blade, the sharp edge cut straight through it, sending wood chips flying everywhere.

He used that brief instant to retreat rapidly, his body slamming into the wall.

But Ling Chu did not stop. Her second slash followed immediately in a sweeping arc. Auston had no time to dodge again and could only raise his arm to block it.

Squelch!

The scythe sliced through flesh without resistance, nearly cutting into his shoulder bone.

Yet little blood flowed from the wound. The dark red blood that had already congealed for more than ten days only seeped out slightly before slowly sliding down his ashen skin.

A notification from Soulwarden's Eye appeared before Ling Chu.

[Warning: 36 souls are still connected to the Soul-Sinking Anchor. If the core soul is forcibly destroyed before the soul-lock nodes are released, the soul-sinking structure will lose control, and the bound souls may suffer severe damage.]

Ling Chu's gaze sharpened.

Even if she chopped Auston's corpse into ten pieces now, she would only be destroying a body that had long been dead. What truly kept him here was the Soul-Sinking Anchor hidden within his soul.

And that thing was connected to another thirty-six souls.

To kill him, she had to unlock it first.

Auston had clearly noticed Ling Chu's hesitation.