Bang!
The female Soul Emperor was sent flying by a swipe from a five- or six-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf. She was still in midair, and blood was already spraying out.
The other Gale Demon Wolves lunged over excitedly. Before she had even hit the ground, they had already surrounded the area below her.
Obscene light gleamed in the Gale Demon Wolves' eyes, and their long whips were already pointing at the female Soul Emperor. Terror shattered her nerve. She wanted to end her own life, but the Gale Demon Wolves seemed to have prepared for that long ago. From the spot where she had been struck, a toxin entered her body, leaving her completely weak, unable even to kill herself.
Despair filled the female Soul Emperor's eyes, tears streaming down her face as she broke down completely. With a bang, she crashed to the ground, and several Gale Demon Wolves pounced toward her.
Not far away, Zhu Zhuyun watched the scene. She had not even had time to flee very far before more Gale Demon Wolves surrounded her. There was nowhere left to run.
Zhu Zhuyun's heart turned to ash. With a sharp sound, she drew a keen short sword and stabbed it down toward her own chest.
Before death, her whole life flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern, finally freezing on that day, and on that face she had only seen once yet often thought of.
"If I'd known it would end like this, I should've been bolder that time."
The final thought flashed through Zhu Zhuyun's mind. The cold, gleaming dagger pierced into her chest, and she even felt a faint sting.
But that was all. No greater pain came, nor was there the blank mind and limp body people spoke of when death approached.
Zhu