"Soul Blade" paused, as if to emphasize something, then her tone grew even more cutting. "No, you don't even qualify as a remnant soul. You're nothing but an obsession—a stubborn obsession that refuses to dissipate, even in death."
Her voice rose sharply. "Why be so stubborn? I only want your Diary. I have no interest in your inheritance or your treasures. If you want to pass them on, you can still do so."
"Soul Blade's" tone grew colder and colder. Killing intent began to surface in those alluring eyes, like dark currents swirling beneath a sheet of ice.
"But you..."
"You're really pushing your luck!"
All traces of coquettishness vanished from her voice, leaving only bone-chilling coldness. "It's just... a pity about this body."
As the words fell, cracks began to spread across "Soul Blade's" face, countless and dense, like a shattered porcelain statue. They ran from her face down her neck, then spread across her body.
Black and red light poured out through the cracks, surging wildly, as if something terrifying were about to break free from within her body.
"[Heaven-Locking Talisman]!!"
The instant those three words left her mouth—
"Soul Blade's" body suddenly exploded. Flesh flew, bone fragments scattered, and she was reduced to a cloud of crimson mist.
The world abruptly lit up.
But the light that illuminated it... was bloodred.
It was a bloodred so chilling that a single glance made one's heart turn cold, as if the entire sky had been soaked in blood.
Jiang Tian's pupils contracted violently. Countless runes appeared in the sky.
Red characters on a black background, sinister and eerie, one after another, sheet upon sheet, almost completely covering the entire sky.
The runes writhed like squirming worms, twisting and crawling across the heavens, emanating an evil aura that made one