But in the blink of an eye, the red butterflies surrounded Mu Ling.
Shen Ying shook the silver chain bell and said coldly, "You've snatched people from my hands time and time again. Do you really think you can get away with it without paying a price?"
With a clear, tinkling sound, the red butterfly immediately fluttered its wings restlessly, spraying out streams of red powder as it attacked Mu Ling.
A speck of dust landed on Mu Ling's hair, instantly scorching a patch of her soul.
Shen Ying had clearly come prepared.
When she deleted Lu Heng's private messages in the background, she anticipated that Su Cheng was very likely to help Lu Heng.
The spatial locking device and this batch of red butterflies were things she prepared for Su Cheng at a high price; killing Lu Heng directly wouldn't lure Su Cheng away.
Shen Ying raised the corners of her lips slightly, and while Mu Ling and Hong Die were entangled, she tossed out five copper coins.
The moment the copper coin landed, it formed a star-shaped magic array, locking Mu Ling inside.
This is a prop specifically designed for the supernatural; Shen Ying to great lengths to obtain it.
Shen Ying took out the necklace from her chest, turned around and looked at Su Cheng was constantly slashing at the blue circle barrier. She narrowed her eyes and opened the small round cover.
A palm-sized, purplish-red butterfly flew out of the small box.
"Go ahead, eat her up." Shen Ying curled her lips into a smile.
The crimson butterfly flapped its antennae and hissed as it opened and closed its mouthparts, appearing outside the blue circle in the blink of an eye, as if traversing space.
Su Cheng swung his sword repeatedly, but the blue barrier only developed a single crack.
Although she couldn't hear what Shen Ying and Mu Ling were saying, she could clearly see the scene of the red butterfly devouring Mu Ling's ghostly energy.
Shen Ying really went to great lengths to resolve this issue.
The jade pendant around his neck suddenly became extremely hot, instantly burning a red mark on his skin. The boning knife vibrated with a "humming" sound, and a strong sense of crisis swept over him!
Su Cheng's cold gaze locked onto the graceful, purplish-red butterfly.
A butterfly the size of a palm is inconspicuous in the darkness; if Su Cheng didn't have night vision, she would never have noticed it.
Su Cheng looked up and met Shen Ying's gaze. The other woman's lips curled into a cold, contemptuous smile.
Su Cheng's expression remained unchanged as she calmly said, "Is this your ultimate move?"
Shen Ying's smile froze instantly.
As if to confirm some unpleasant suspicion she had, golden light erupted from Su Cheng's body, and her pupils reflected the image of a dragon soaring.
The golden light grew increasingly dazzling as two young dragons soared into the sky, their whiskers and manes fluttering, and charged towards the blue screen!
"Roar--"
A loud and deep dragon roar resounded through the night. Although the two dragons were still young, they already displayed the majesty of the king of beasts.
This is the ultimate power of the Dragon-Patterned Jade Pendant: Dragon's Roar.
"Crack! Crack!! Bang--" The cracks on the blue screen spread, and it suddenly exploded.
With no obstacles in their path, the two golden dragons swallowed the purple butterfly whole and charged straight at Shen Ying.
The whole process took only a few seconds. Shen Ying's pupils contracted slightly, and she was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, she retreated, but it was too late to run.
With a grim expression, she threw out a stack of yellowed papers. Her lips moved slightly, and the yellowed papers emitted a blackish aura, the writing on them flowing.
When the yellow paper touched the two dragons, it shattered into pieces, revealing human faces on the paper, their terrified expressions flashing by.
Strands of Qi, varying in thickness and a mixture of white and red, coiled around the golden dragon's body like chains.
Su Cheng recognized that the aura was the life force of a human.
He immediately realized that the yellow paper was a contractual tool, and the bound party would pay the price of their life to take the harm for Shen Ying.
Then, considering that Shen Ying was the leader of the Toward the Moon Society... so that's why she created the gang.
Those who join the Toward the Moon Society will likely sign this contract.
Shen Ying provided the tools, resources, and Protection, while those people were only focused on banding together to plunder, perhaps unaware that once they signed the agreement, they were risking their lives.
The stronger the signatory, the more powerful their Qi, which can shield Shen Ying from greater harm.
No wonder Xu Shaowei said before that anyone with even a little bit of ability would be targeted by Shen Ying.
Su Cheng had to admire Shen Ying's ruthless scheming.
But the other party had far more cards up their sleeve than she had imagined; the last time they met, Shen Ying only had Red Butterfly.
As she grows, Shen Ying also becomes stronger.
We cannot give them any more opportunities to grow stronger.
Su Cheng's eyes were dark and inky. The boning knife in her hand seemed to sense its owner's killing intent, its blade humming as if it couldn't wait to be soaked in blood.
She quickly circled behind Shen Ying, blocking her retreat, and slashed out with the boning knife, which carried a sharp gust of wind!
Shen Ying barely managed to dodge; the blade grazed her back, leaving a scarlet wound.
Su Cheng ignored him. Since the first stab hadn't killed him, she raised the knife and continued.
Just as Shen Ying wished for her to die here tonight, she has the same thought now.
"Su! Cheng!" Shen Ying spat out the two words through gritted teeth, her face contorted. She not only had to constantly use the contract to block the golden dragon's attacks, but also had to defend against Su Cheng at the same time. The double attack made her increasingly unable to cope.
She steeled her heart, realizing it was time to gamble everything, and threw all the remaining contracts at the Golden Dragon.
A dense network of red and white lines appeared, and the young dragon roared, its form much weaker. Even though it stopped the golden dragon's attack, it couldn't withstand the overwhelming power of the boning knife.
The boning knife struck Shen Ying's jeweled scepter as he parried, and with a "bang," the jewel shattered, and the scepter handle broke off as well.
Shen Ying's face turned pale, and she drew her longsword to dodge.
Su Cheng had not studied professional fighting techniques; every offensive move she made came from practical experience. Each time, she aimed for her opponent's vital points.
The boning knife inherited its master's will, containing an intense killing intent, carrying a madman-like ruthlessness that would stop until blood was drawn.
The longsword in Shen Ying's hand broke after only two rounds.
Fear finally appeared on her face.
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Chapter 135
Shen Ying believed in the supremacy of the strong, and that the weak are only fit to be trampled underfoot by the strong.
She was excited when she heard about the apocalypse and the system from her family; she was already tired of that world full of restrictions.
After deliberately near-death several times, she finally bound herself to the system.
In this new world, there are no constraints; the strong are respected, and the strong can do whatever they want.
Shen Ying wants to become the strongest, and she wants to collect all the items that can make her stronger.
To her, everyone else is simply a matter of those who obey and those who defy. In any world, once she sets her sights on someone, there is only one path: a fight to the death.
At first, Su Cheng was no different from anyone else to her, except that she was a bit more troublesome.
It was this arrogance that led her to make a fatal mistake, one from which she could never recover. She underestimated Su Cheng's strength, allowing the opponent to grow powerfully without her even realizing it.
As a result, she was unable to take the props from Su Cheng, kill her, or even deceive her.
Whenever Shen Ying thought of this, a deep resentment would well up in her heart.
If she had met Su Cheng earlier, perhaps Su Cheng would already be a dead man under her command.
The blue circle and the Soul-Devouring Butterfly are Shen Ying's trump cards. One is a prize from a previous competition, and the other is something she dug out from the body of a Gu Master in a dungeon. Both are extremely valuable items.
But Shen Ying still miscalculated.
The competition had shut down most of her high-tech gadgets, but Su Cheng's trump cards were far more powerful than hers.
Shen Ying relentlessly used every usable item in her Smart Bag. There was no pity in her eyes, only a strong will to survive.
If she can escape this time, she definitely will next time...
"Pfft--"
A jet of blood spurted from his neck, shooting out in a crimson arc.
Shen Ying's face was frozen in resentment and regret. Her eyes widened slightly, as if she hadn't expected to lose, or as if she had just come to her senses.
With a "thud," the boning knife swiftly pierced Shen Ying's heart!
Su Cheng wouldn't give Shen Ying a chance to breathe. Slitting her throat wasn't enough to reassure her. She stared at Shen Ying's bloodshot eyes, which she refused to close, and twisted the knife tip, piercing her heart.
The boning knife frantically sucked up the blood, and in the blink of an eye, the flesh withered and dried up, the skin clinging to the bone, and Shen Ying's original appearance was almost unrecognizable.
The withered corpse lay on the ground, from which a thick, black, indistinct soul emerged. It tried to escape, but was enveloped by blue ghostly flames.
Su Cheng quickly chanted the incantation, and the flames crackled and popped, while the black mist that protected her soul like armor thinned out.
The blue flames grew ever stronger, and the sunlight patterns flashed by in an instant, as if some kind of Protection had failed, and the black mist dissipated.
As Shen Ying's fragile soul regained its appearance, it turned into a wisp of gray smoke.
Su Cheng took out gasoline and a lighter and burned the corpse on the ground.
The entire process of killing, finishing off the victim, and disposing of the body was executed flawlessly, without the slightest pause or flaw.
Staring at the burning flames, Su Cheng was certain that there would be no further complications, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In this battle with Shen Ying, she cannot afford to lose, nor can she let her opponent escape.
If Shen Ying survives this time, the other party will definitely be much more cautious and less aggressive next time. A hidden venomous snake is far more dangerous than a confident and flamboyant one.
Su Cheng knew very well that Shen Ying not only died at her hands, but also from her own overconfidence.
People who spend their entire lives in a superior position always think that everyone else is an ant that cannot escape their control.
Now that Shen Ying's soul has been destroyed and her physical body has been ruined, even with the best methods, it is impossible for her to be brought back to life.
Su Cheng felt relieved and glanced at Mu Ling, who was squatting on the ground, wholeheartedly chewing on the red butterfly.
With Shen Ying's death, the Red Butterfly, which she had created by nourishing with her blood, was greatly weakened.
The red butterfly, which originally intended to devour Mu Ling, ended up becoming her food instead.
Whether between the supernatural or between people, there seems to be a relationship of mutual devouring.
Su Cheng shook the boning knife in her hand, which conveyed a signal of satiation. Shen Ying's blood seemed unusual, its crimson color seeping into the blade.
Nowadays, boning knives exude a menacing aura; just looking at them makes you feel that they are full of killing intent, unlike good knives.
Su Cheng put the knife into her bag; she hadn't forgotten Lu Heng in the tunnel. Turning around, she saw Yun Xi stumbling out of the tunnel entrance.