After a long while, she finally forced out a sentence:
"I can't accept this!!"
"I know." Xu Xiao's expression remained calm, but the indifference in her pupils silently spread, gradually obscuring her gentleness.
"Precisely because you can't accept it, you weren't chosen to become one of the sacredly favored."
"That said, being noticed by the God of Slaughter and obtaining the corresponding authority was no easy feat either."
At this, a hint of interest suddenly appeared in Xu Xiao's eyes:
"After all, killing one's relatives—especially one's mother—isn't something just anyone can accomplish."
"And you carried it out twice without hesitation. Truly... remarkable."
"What?!" The complicated emotions in Li Luo's eyes peaked at that instant!
Shadow Rakshasa, who had slaughtered without end through thirty-nine reincarnations like a merciless blade, revealed an expression of extreme vigilance for the first time.
"How do you know about my trial process?"
"No... you're not Xu Xiao at all. Who exactly are you?!"
"I am Xu Xiao." Faced with Li Luo's tense reaction, Xu Xiao remained composed.
Yet the emotion quietly spreading through her pupils had completely devoured all warmth, casting an aloof chill over the woman's expression.
Her lips parted slightly as she suddenly replied in a voice layered with overlapping echoes:
"At the same time, I am not her."
"I am merely a spectator beneath the stage. I felt that I had some affinity with you two, so I intervened a little."
"Your reaction is quite sharp. As expected of a Chosen who has already passed the trial."
"I originally thought you would need to experience at least a few more memory scenes before noticing..."
"A spectator beneath the stage..." Li Luo's thoughts drifted for a moment before she sharply demanded:
"What exactly do you want?!"
At the same time, she gripped Bug Fang