Chapter 241: Withering Law
As soon as the words fell, the scene from the alley corner in the previous second quickly faded away in the next.
In just the span of a few breaths, a greyish-white world with no end in sight suddenly appeared before Earle-Blood Red.
"This is impossible."
Looking at the unfamiliar scene around him, and thinking of a possibility, the extremely arrogant expression Earle-Blood Red originally had on his face quickly disappeared, replaced by disbelief and fear of the unknown environment.
"Whoosh—"
When his inner fear successfully triumphed over his covetousness for Jia Na's beauty, Earle-Blood Red, risking damage to his origin, immediately used flesh and blood magic to fully restore the wounds on his body that had been blown beyond recognition.
Immediately after, shadows spread. Under the thick darkness, Earle-Blood Red, whose hands had turned into shadow blades, quickly flapped the bat wings on his back,
carrying unparalleled killing intent, pounced towards Jia Na.
"Crack—"
Still the same as the first time, when the shadow blade pierced Jia Na's chest, her body shattered piece by piece like a mirror, disappearing from the spot.
"Damn it!"
Earle-Blood Red's idea was actually very simple: as long as he controlled Jia Na, all unknown problems would be easily resolved.
However, looking at the strange world filled with greyish-white surroundings, Earle-Blood Red, who could no longer sense Jia Na's presence at all, became increasingly agitated.
"How did you know the youth necklace was on me?"
Jia Na's figure appeared again. This time, Earle-Blood Red, unable to distinguish whether it was an illusion or not, did not rashly choose to attack forcefully, but instead stared straight at her, sneering.
"It was originally my item. What's wrong with me wanting to take it back? I'll give you one last chance. Answer my question."
"You're seeking death!"
Click—An enraged Earle-Blood Red still did not choose to answer Jia Na's question, but instead cast shadow magic again, breaking the second mirror illusion.
"Damn it, it's an illusion again."
After being tricked repeatedly, Earle-Blood Red gradually came to his senses.
This Second-level Wizard Apprentice, who seemed not very strong, was actually just pretending to be weak to trap the strong.
From the moment the other party saw through Earle-Blood Red's disguise, all his attack rhythms were completely led by Jia Na, with no initiative whatsoever.
And Jia Na's continuous fleeing and 'showing weakness' was also to lure Earle-Blood Red into the trap she had meticulously set—her purpose was to question him about the youth necklace.
"Rumble—"
Just as Earle-Blood Red was still searching for Jia Na's whereabouts, suddenly, an abrupt thunderclap sounded in the sky.
"This is—"
Dark clouds gathered, thunder rumbled. Looking at the huge vortex gradually forming in the sky, Earle-Blood Red's eyes were quickly enveloped by fear.
Is it a spatial storm!?
"Answer my question, or you will stay here forever—"
"I'll tell you!"
Earle-Blood Red, whose psychological defense line was on the verge of collapse, immediately yielded when he heard Jia Na's voice, as if he had grasped a Life-saving straw.
"I have a human blood servant in the Shuize Auction House. He told me—"
"What's his name?"
"His name is Cliff—but he's already dead."
Hearing this, Jia Na, hidden behind the mirror illusion,'s gaze slightly deepened.
"What exactly is inside the youth necklace, and why did you want to get it?"
When she asked this question, Jia Na could clearly see the struggle on Earle-Blood Red's face.
"Unless you let me out, I won't tell you—"
"You are not qualified to negotiate with me."
Rumble—
Responding to Earle-Blood Red, besides Jia Na's cold words, was the increasingly terrifying lightning in the sky.
As the two sides fell into a standoff, Jia Na, who was not in a hurry, simply timed silently in her heart.
Five, four, three, two—
Before Jia Na could count down to one in her heart, Earle-Blood Red, who was completely enveloped by the fear of death, finally chose to compromise.
"I only know that this necklace contains the power to grant eternal Life—but I don't know exactly what it is—"
The power of eternal Life?
Hearing Earle-Blood Red's answer, Jia Na couldn't help but frown.
Because she knew that there was no 'power of eternal Life' in the youth necklace at all; there was only a Growth Law Fragment.
"Besides you, is there anyone else who knows—"
Rumble—
—
This time, before Earle-Blood Red could even open his mouth to answer, the terrifying storm directly transformed into the sharpest spatial blades, slicing his body into pieces, leaving behind only a pool of blood.
"Silver Mirror, intercept his soul."
"As you command (smile)."
As a bystander to this spatial storm, Jia Na didn't feel much about Earle-Blood Red's death.
However, Jia Na couldn't help but feel a little regretful about the last question she didn't get to ask.
"Master, only this much was intercepted."
"It's alright, this much is enough."
Looking at the soul fire floating on the mirror surface, Jia Na, who hadn't held much hope to begin with, quickly began to cast the 【Memory Reading】 Witchcraft.
"This necklace was actually his—"
Through capturing the memories from the residual soul fire, Jia Na only saw some fragmented information.
But through interpreting this information, Jia Na discovered that the youth necklace she had previously purchased at the Shuize Auction House was actually pawned by Earle-Blood Red.
However, when he pawned the necklace, he was still just a down-and-out noble from the Lower City who had not yet been embraced.
Since he was currently just a human and also didn't have the Plant Affinity talent, he didn't discover any peculiarities of the youth necklace at that time.
It wasn't until a chance opportunity, when Earle-Blood Red, who had been turned into a vampire, was worshipping the dark sun, that he suddenly realized the extraordinary nature of the youth necklace through some channel.
But how exactly Earle-Blood Red discovered it, Jia Na did not find the answer in his residual memories.
"I didn't expect this vampire's faith in the Dark Sun Church to be so devout—"
When the Celestial Sparrow discovered the dark sun contamination aura on Earle-Blood Red, Jia Na guessed his identity as a Dark Sun Cultist.
However, what surprised Jia Na was that this vampire had already started believing in the dark sun during his human period. "Buzz—"
Just as Jia Na was preparing to continue exploring Earle-Blood Red's soul fire, suddenly, Jia Na's body seemed to have been subjected to a 【Petrification Spell】, standing still on the spot—
"Am I dreaming again?"
Jia Na, who was clearly in the Mirror Layer Domain the previous second, had her consciousness sink into the boundless forest sea in this second, observing again from the perspective of a giant tree.
"Ifulaysia, Growth is merely your most superficial understanding of nature. Withering is inherently the other side of Life—"
