What was going on?
Chen Xi stared at the scene before her, utterly bewildered.
Was it some kind of illusion ability?
She tried to control Andres, intending to use the Origin of Death to erase this unknown power.
However, the answer she received was nothing.
There were no traces of any illusion.
That meant all of this was real.
Chen Xi gently stroked the centipede scar, her thoughts in disarray.
Then when exactly had it happened?
She hurriedly looked up at the two standing opposite her. "What happened? Tell me everything again."
When Lin Yue saw her expression, she had barely taken a step forward when Gu Yu stopped her sharply. "Sister Lin Yue! Don't go over there. Be careful—it could just be a disguised trap!"
"No." Upon hearing that, Lin Yue took another long look, her gaze carrying a certain conviction.
"It's her."
Breaking free from Gu Yu's hand, she walked to a dangerously close distance.
Or rather, with Ademos absent from the Black Moon Empire, Chen Xi was currently the most dangerous being in the entire world.
"You've lost your mind."
Even Lin Yue, who was usually so composed, could not help losing her composure. Her voice sank as she spoke.
"When?"
Struggling to suppress her own impulse, Chen Xi's breathing grew increasingly rapid.
"Halfway through the waltz, you suddenly attacked the candidates at the banquet without any warning."
"You used a variation of Water Blade."
"Only Gu Yu and I reacted in time."
Lin Yue spoke as if she were recounting something utterly ordinary, yet her words already brimmed with overwhelming killing intent and fury.
"And then?" Chen Xi clenched her fists tightly.
"And then..."
"And then, stop struggling." A high-pitched female voice suddenly rang out over the banquet hall.
The centipede scar covering half of Chen