At last, the First Lady revealed herself. Her bright red wedding gown stood out sharply against the night, and the piercing chill emanating from her body made her terrifying strength clear.
But more than anything, she radiated overwhelming resentment.
The First Lady struck without mercy. In just a few breaths, she had broken all four of Lu Qin's limbs and snapped her neck with sheer force. Lu Qin's head lolled to one side, while the successive cracks of breaking bones sent chills down everyone's spine.
Lu Qin was drenched in blood and left in a pitiful state. Her screams echoed through the silent night, making everyone's scalp tingle.
But Jiang Cheng noticed something strange. By all rights, anyone who suffered injuries that severe should have died, yet Lu Qin was still alive.
"It moved." Yao Shunyu couldn't help shuddering.
The Shecainv, which had been frozen in place, began to move. It stepped toward Lu Qin and the First Lady. The First Lady lifted Lu Qin's mangled body and, under everyone's horrified gaze, stuffed her into the basket on the Shecainv's back.
The basket wasn't small, but it was clearly much too small for Lu Qin's body. Yet the First Lady really did force her inside. Blood kept spilling through the gaps in the basket.
Yao Shunyu couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath. Now he finally understood where the old bloodstains on the basket had come from.
Clearly, Lu Qin wasn't the first victim.
Flesh scraped against the basket with a grating sound, as if Lu Qin were being flayed alive. Her body was left utterly mangled, with only her head crookedly sticking out of the basket. The terror and agony on her face were almost tangible.
What happened next caught Jiang Cheng and the others completely off guard. After