“If you can handle everything by yourself, then whatever you do is correct.”
“There’s no need to feel guilty about anything. Others can only curry favor with you; others can only rely on you.”
“You are not wrong.”
“Violence is the underlying logic of the world, but no one can be sure when humans started seeing and experiencing Illusions…”
“It’s not just Illusion that can deceive people; what deceives people most is themselves. The human heart is the Illusion most easily triggered by oneself.”
“Are you truly clear-conscienced, or are you merely using this scab to seal old wounds?”
“Luo Ye…”
“Do you feel powerful now?”
… …
In a trance, a silent question echoed in her ears, and the one asking it was not anyone she faced.
Upon the first contact with the person in front of her, the weapon in her hand, used for parrying, was immediately knocked away. On the second contact, “Lin Yilin” punched her in the chest, piercing through.
Bang!
She spat out a new weapon and tried to counterattack, ignoring her injuries, but “Lin Yilin” pushed her, sending her flying down the corridor.
When she got up again, she saw a black spherical object the size of a football appear in “Lin Yilin’s” hand.
The sphere spun in “Lin Yilin’s” hand, from slow to fast, then shrunk, seemingly disintegrating.
Luo Ye keenly smelled a familiar scent from the object’s composition—it was the terrestrial catfish that had just been thrown up with Zheng Fan. It had already been completely drained, dealt with, and absorbed by Zheng Fan.
“Earth Dragon Overturn,” “Lin Yilin” said softly.
Immediately after, the entire building was shattered.
Luo Ye was buried in the ruins, but immediately struggled to push away the stones and get up.
She saw that “Lin Yilin” seemed to completely disregard her, having moved to the nearby Night Square at some point, looking around.
“I didn’t see the person you mentioned,” Zheng Fan said.
Lin Yilin’s shadow said, “Hmm, she retreated without hesitation after sensing Luo Ye approaching. Her anti-reconnaissance ability is very strong. It’s too difficult to track her in such a chaotic situation.”
“What do you mean?”
“We’ll talk about it later; there’s no rush. Let’s deal with Luo Ye first.”
“Alright.”
“Lin Yilin” then turned her head to look at Luo Ye, who had also arrived at the Night Square.
“What’s wrong? Your gaze isn’t firm enough,” “Lin Yilin” lifted her chin, easily looking down at Luo Ye from atop a pile of rubble.
Luo Ye: “…”
Not just unfirm, countless thoughts flooded her mind, and her eyes were already filled with confusion.
Even when Zheng Fan had previously pushed her to a desperate situation, with her intestines pulled out, she could bite off her own intestines to break free and desperately use Zheng Fan’s own high depth to counter and retaliate.
But now, after just a few initial exchanges, she seemed to have lost her soul.
“Defeat her,” Lin Yilin’s words were merciless.
Zheng Fan moved her body accordingly.
He didn’t know what had happened between him and Lin Yilin; the changes in this possession were so significant, producing changes beyond just her eyes and tear-stained patterns.
But undoubtedly, in this state, he felt a smoothness no less than when he was in the deep layers of the Black World. Aside from being unable to transform, in terms of pure output, there were no longer any restraints.
Black Earthworms surged out. At this moment, their heads had grown slender catfish whiskers, and their bodies vaguely showed fine scales.
They rushed towards Luo Ye at lightning speed.
Luo Ye still raised her weapon to respond, laboriously killing a few Earthworms, but the continuous onslaught of subsequent Earthworms quickly left her, lost and disheveled at this moment, unable to cope.
She was tackled by an Earthworm, and the violent tremor dislodged her weapon, leaving her arms numb and powerless.
Other Earthworms immediately followed, wrapping her into a black Earthworm ball.
Earth Dragon Overturn.
“Lin Yilin” raised one hand and clenched it.
Boom—
The entire Xixikeke could hear the loud noise, and the vibrations spreading along the ground, making those who didn't understand the situation tremble with fear.
Blood poured down, and Luo Ye stood up, still not easily falling. However, she was now a bloody mess, a veritable blood person.
Her blurry vision watched “Lin Yilin” slowly approach, and the twisting vortex spinning behind her head.
“Lin Yilin” took out a rusty long nail from her small bag.
She came before Luo Ye, held the nail in one hand, and directly stabbed it into her abdomen.
“Ugh—!” Luo Ye spat out a large mouthful of blood. After forcefully pushing “Lin Yilin” away, her legs finally gave out, and she knelt on the ground.
Her hands supported her body, preventing her from collapsing completely, but the severe pain and nausea from her abdomen tormented her mind.
“Blech!” She vomited a large mouthful of gastric juice mixed with blood.
She looked up, just about to say something, when another wave of intense nausea and vomiting hit her.
“What… did you do?” She asked with difficulty, one hand covering her mouth.
“Lin Yilin” stood indifferently, watching. Hearing her question, she spoke, and the voice was not an overlapping one, but Lin Yilin’s own voice; it was the true Lin Yilin speaking through this body.
“Anti-Illusion Art ritual.”
“Lin Yilin, you…”
“Ye-jie, we are very similar,” Lin Yilin said, her hands in the pockets of her loose coat. “You understand me, and I understand you. Perhaps at some point, out of curiosity, or perhaps I had already considered this possibility, I researched the Illusion Art on your body, Ye-jie.”
Luo Ye’s pupils trembled violently. She didn't know if it was because this powerful Illusion Art, passed down through her family for many years, had been deciphered by Lin Yilin, or because she realized Lin Yilin had started researching how to decipher Illusion Art so early on.
Lin Yilin extended one hand, spread her fingers, and casually inspected her fingernails, then glanced at Luo Ye: “It wasn’t very difficult, actually.”
This was what Lin Yilin had told Zheng Fan before the thirty-first, the thing she said “might not be needed, but still worth mentioning.”
She believed Zheng Fan’s strength could overpower Luo Ye, so it might not be needed.
But if possible, personally driving this nail of resentment into Luo Ye’s stomach was her genuine desire.
Binary Little Sister was such a terrifying girl.
Luo Ye uncontrollably began to vomit, almost emptying her stomach and intestines. After she had almost nothing left to vomit, besides blood and gastric juice, other strange things began to emerge from her mouth.
A large quantity of weapons, forcibly controlled by Illusion Art, were spewed out in a glutinous ball-like state, gushing out.
They piled up like a mountain in front of Luo Ye.
Luo Ye desperately covered her mouth, but she could not stop the process.
Her injuries healed rapidly, using the Illusion that continuously healed her body to restore her physique, but she was uniquely unable to pull out that nail.
She had to pull out the nail before the healing Illusion was vomited out! Otherwise…!
Just as she was about to act, “Lin Yilin” pointed a finger, and two small Earthworms wrapped around her hands, tying them behind her back and locking them in place.
“Blech!” Before she could panic, the power of Illusion was leaving her body.
Since childhood, after fighting her way out of the Black World, the feeling of powerlessness she had almost forgotten once again filled her body.
“No—”
As soon as she spoke, with one last uncontrollable vomit, a golden cross emerged from her mouth.
Luo Ye could no longer vomit anything.
Now, she was just an ordinary person.
Fortunately, when she had resisted earlier, she had tried hard to repair her body. Otherwise, if she had vomited out the healing Illusion with her injuries in that condition, she would undoubtedly have died.
She stared blankly at the pile of Illusions in front of her. These were her accumulated power, her past.
Her self-respect and pride piled up like vomit, covering the ground.
“Lin Yilin” came to her side: “Answer me.”
Luo Ye lowered her head heavily.
“I’m… sorry… I was wrong.”
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