A hazy, grey mist permeated this almost ethereal space, surrounded by silence, the environment damp and exuding a chilling sensation.
Ye Lin touched his chest, but there was no strong heartbeat; he was currently a pure spiritual energy.
His consciousness was in a state of seven parts clear and three parts muddled, his thoughts somewhat disjointed, all side effects of invading another’s spiritual world.
A faint green glow lit up not far from him; Celia, holding a flickering lamp in her palm, slowly walked over.
“This glow is the exit. No matter where you are, you can see it. Find Alice and bring her here. You have thirty minutes.”
“Alright!”
He quickly stepped away, because in this space, there was a faint, intermittent sound of weeping. He figured he could find the weakened Alice by following the sound.
Buzz~
His steps paused. A rhomboid crystal shard appeared before him, and the scene within the shard made him stop involuntarily.
A woman with half a mask on her face, long grey hair, draped in an overly large wool coat, yet her other attire was somewhat unique: a black side-cut bra and overly fashionable shorts, revealing the common wheat-colored skin of a Demon World inhabitant, her figure slender.
Even more striking was a tear mark beneath her left eye, a tear mark that had already solidified, adding a sense of sorrow to the woman.
Weeping Eye — Held.
She seemed to be smiling at him, that smile unexpectedly pure and joyful, as if she was looking at a work she was extremely satisfied with…
Ye Lin instantly understood that what he was seeing now were events Alice had experienced before, from Alice’s first-person perspective. The previous perspective must have been the moment Alice was born.
Continuing to walk forward, he saw a giant dragon breathing flames, raging under a dim sky, with an incessant rain of meteors, a scene of natural disaster like the end of the world.
This was the scene of Bakal being besieged in the Demon World…
When he saw the Demon World Arena, a childish green-haired girl used Huanglong Crescent Moon to strike at him, but she was blocked by the legendary instrument “Sage of Magic—Marylette,” and the little girl regrettably lost.
She played a beautiful piece of music to calm everyone’s spirits. The other party walked over to congratulate her and asked about her cultivation method, knowing that while Alice of Tarakuta was famous for her divination, her strength was generally considered to be among the weakest.
For the first time, Alice was confused. She suddenly realized that she seemed to have no memories before meeting Held, whether it was about cultivation or life…
Then, Held, who noticed Alice’s confusion, used the Evil Spirit Curse to completely control her creation.
Scene after scene, Ye Lin seemed to be experiencing a reversal of time, witnessing many famous historical events: the Dark Holy War, the Mad Dragon Rebellion, the Transfer Experiment, all bearing Alice’s shadow… or rather, Held’s shadow.
A puppet?
No, a puppet has no emotions; it’s inanimate. Within this body, there was still a pure soul watching its own actions, for over a thousand years…
Finally, beneath a tree with grey leaves, he found Alice curled up with her knees hugged. However, her current state was extremely poor; black threads wrapped around her wrists, ankles, neck, and hair all over her body, and wisps of black smoke continuously eroded her body.
Most of her body was already a deep black…
“Alice, wake up, come out with me, wake up quickly.”
He did not rashly cut these black threads; it would be better if he could awaken Alice.
Alice slowly raised her head, but her state startled Ye Lin; her originally magnificent purple eyes were now a pitch-black!
“Too late? No, not yet; her body hasn’t been fully eroded.”
Ye Lin stood up and shook his slightly dizzy head. Time was running out; he had to wake her up quickly.
He picked Alice up by the waist and quickly ran towards Celia’s light. And as Celia said, those black threads were a curse specifically targeting Alice and had no effect on him.
Jie jie~
A sinister laugh came from above his head. He saw that the threads extending from Alice’s body had transformed into a terrifying skull in mid-air, staring at the two with a cold sneer, and getting closer and closer.
“A curse that is almost intelligent. Well, this curse has been around for almost a thousand years, hasn’t it? Even a pig would become a spirit after living that long!”
Gently placing the dull and lifeless Alice on the ground, Ye Lin sighed, and a scorching light sword appeared in his hand.
All the energy here was generated by Alice’s mental power. Excessive consumption would be detrimental to her condition, but now, without severing this skull, they couldn’t advance at all. No one expected the Evil Spirit Curse to actively manifest.
“Borrowing Alice’s immense spiritual power, I can barely unleash a combination of Ghost Swordsmanship’s Draw Sword and Seghete’s Light Sword Technique… Light Draw Sword!”
Before he finished speaking, the Flame Sun in his hand instantly dissipated, and Ye Lin picked up Alice and continued forward.
And right on the skull’s brow, a dazzling crack appeared!
In the living room, Tana, who was watching the three, paused slightly, and said in surprise, “He severely wounded the curse in her mind? But the price is that Alice might be weak for a very long time…”
A wisp of thick black smoke dissipated and escaped from Alice’s forehead. The next moment, Tana caught it, rubbed it in her palm, and a flame emerged, completely reducing it to ashes…
“The rest is how to keep Alice alive, after all, many things were caused by her hand.”
The Evil Spirit Curse does not devour memories, so when Alice recovers her pure soul and faces her “sins” of the past millennium, will she directly collapse and commit suicide? This is the most difficult step.
“But that unscrupulous guy should have a way…”
Within the spiritual world, much of the grey mist suddenly dispersed, and the black spots on Alice’s body also rapidly faded. Celia, holding the light, breathed a sigh of relief at the sight.
“Alice, can you hear me? Wake up, we’re here to help you.”
After a brief silence, Alice slowly raised her head, seemingly not yet fully awake.
“Sin… My sin…”
She murmured, and rhomboid memory crystals rotated around her. Her newly restored body was rapidly dimming. At this rate, she would completely self-annihilate in just a few breaths.
As expected, she couldn’t bear that blow. The mistakes of thousands of years all surged forth at this moment. Anyone would collapse in her place…
“Celia, close your eyes!”
Ye Lin took a step, his right hand supporting Alice’s back, and his left hand grasped her Justice of the Universe!
Frozen…
The process of Alice’s body fading stopped at this moment, and even gradually began to solidify!
A surge of anger slowly rose from her, and the entire mental space rumbled loudly, directed at the mischievous Ye Lin.
Actually, her current state is easy to understand. After Alice was freed from the curse, she recalled her actions, filled with guilt, regret, and sadness. The accumulation of emotions over thousands of years was enough to crush anyone.
But Ye Lin’s mischievous act instantly pulled her thoughts to the present, indirectly making her ignore the painful memories.
It’s like someone is eating, their mind full of the sweetness of the food, and then suddenly someone comes and slaps you. The food is still there, but can you not be angry?
Hope can make people live, but anger and hatred can too…
