"Ah!"
The backlash from the damage to his mind made Hong Yi cry out in agony.
He clutched his head with both hands and wailed. At that moment, he finally realized he had stepped on a landmine. Enduring the pain, he pointed at Rita... Several venomous snakes formed from black spiritual energy lunged at Rita, while he turned and returned to the chained girl, wrapping his hands around her throat.
He did not want to kill anyone, but for the sake of his own life, he had no choice.
Facing the incoming black energy snakes, Rita raised the scythe in her hand, a symbol of frost and death, and swung it forward. A phantom of the Reaper appeared overhead, likewise wielding a scythe as it slashed at the black snakes.
As the scythe swept through the black snakes, those gaseous creatures turned directly into ice snakes, lost all vitality, fell to the ground, and shattered into icy fragments.
After dealing with the black snakes, Rita looked back at Hong Yi.
"Don't move! Otherwise, I'll kill her immediately. You came here to save her, didn't you? If you don't want her to die, put down that scythe... Throw it over here..."
As Rita's wine-red eyes fixed on him, Hong Yi jumped in fright. Fighting through the agonizing headache, he stiffly gripped the girl beside him by the neck, as though he would strangle her to death the moment Rita made another move.
He had not wanted to kill anyone. He had merely wanted to replenish his mana with cute girls, but... Rita's appearance had disrupted his plans.
Now... looking at the frost-covered scythe in Rita's hand, he had a feeling... This scythe was very likely a top-tier supernatural weapon. Rita possessed such tremendous power at such a young age because of