"Your grandfather wasn't very strong. Even as an SSR, he'd be at the bottom of the barrel."
Hearing Qian Ni's words, Dugu Yan pressed her lips together, wanting to pout but lacking even the strength for that.
Making the Scarlet Flower bloom a third time had left her body almost completely consumed by scarlet rot.
The fact that she could still open her eyes and remain conscious was already the result of the Seventh-Generation Alien Queen, which had devoured the world's consciousness, secretly lending its strength.
Invisible vitality seeped from the void into Dugu Yan's body, preparing her for her next transformation.
Dugu Yan buried the side of her face against Qian Ni's chest and murmured softly.
"Thank you for giving me the power to take revenge...
"This power is too strong. I'm almost rotten. Is there anything I can do for you?
"Please let me be useful one last time."
"Oh, right, I remember now!" Qian Ni slapped a thigh.
Smack-!
A crisp sound rang out.
The sound alone made it clear how firm and smooth the skin of that thigh was, brimming with youthful vitality.
A faint blush spread across Dugu Yan's face, but she did not move her leg away.
Her heart tightened, and her breathing grew somewhat hurried. Instinctively clutching Qian Ni's lapel, she stressed,
"My body... has already been eaten away...
"You..."
She looked at the grayish-brown, rotting skin on the exposed half of her arm, and her voice sank.
"If you want to.
"Use the places that haven't been eaten away by the rot..."
Qian Ni paid little attention to what she was saying. Instead, he lowered his head and spoke excitedly.
"I hadn't even issued your final revenge quest, and you went and beat the boss yourself.
"Normally, that wouldn't count toward the