Chapter 570: Loseweisse’s Wail
Seven… seven pieces?
Lord Jie Luo’s soul fragments, there are seven?
Loseweisse was completely stunned by these words. Her gaze stared blankly at the resurrection magic array. The six soul fragments she personally placed on the array were gradually losing their luster.
No… This is impossible. How could there be seven?
Why didn’t she ever know about this?
In an instant, Loseweisse felt as if a piece of her heart had been ripped out… Ah, no, her heart had already been crushed by Qin Chu, it no longer existed.
Anyway, an indescribable fear and emptiness filled Loseweisse’s chest.
She trembled with fear.
An unprecedented premonition of doom washed over her.
Her wide eyes, filled with bloodshot threads, stared fixedly at Qin Chu. Her voice sounded as if squeezed from her throat: “Then… where is the last soul fragment?”
“Of course, it’s in my hands… but, ah, it was crushed by me long ago,” Qin Chu shrugged, his tone light.
Crushed… crushed?
Boom… Crack.
Instantly, Loseweisse felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her mind.
With a painful groan, Loseweisse’s body curled up. She felt a sharp pain in her stomach, as if her intestines were twisting together.
Crushed, crushed, crushed?
A soul fragment of Jie Luo, crushed by Qin Chu long ago?
Meaning…
The smile on Qin Chu’s face widened: “Don’t believe me? You can ask Athena. Back in the Snow Chain Mountains, I crushed that soul fragment right in front of Muse…”
“Understand now? The resurrection ritual you painstakingly prepared for so long, from the very beginning, it couldn’t possibly succeed.”
Qin Chu’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it was chilling.
A gust of night wind blew past. That cold voice made one feel chilled to the bone.
He didn’t torture Loseweisse’s body, didn’t beat or harm this woman, but the impact of his words on her mind was even more exaggerated, more cruel, and even more unbearable for Loseweisse.
This beautiful girl’s golden eyes instantly turned grey and empty.
As if her soul, her will, had been completely hollowed out at this moment.
“It seems you finally understand. Before you left the Imperial City, everything you did was just futile effort. You were just clinging to a dream that could never be realized, chasing a hope that never existed.”
Unbearable pain made Loseweisse’s body convulse uncontrollably.
Her stomach churned violently. Dry heaving sounds came from her throat, her neck stretched out. She seemed to want to vomit, but nothing came out.
She wanted to scream, but couldn’t make a sound.
Seeing Loseweisse’s state, the pleasure in Qin Chu’s heart grew stronger and stronger.
Loseweisse, oh Loseweisse, did you ever imagine that one day you would end up like this?
Nothing was more despairing than fervent hope suddenly turning to nothing.
Be sad, be in pain, be in despair.
Your pain and despair will become my most delicious meal!
Qin Chu spread his arms open, a slight smile appearing on his lips, letting the cold night wind brush against his face.
At this moment, Qin Chu felt refreshed.
Anyone seeing him like this would think Qin Chu was the villain, and Loseweisse the innocently bullied girl.
But Qin Chu didn’t care about this contrast at all. After a long while, he finally opened his eyes. Looking at the woman before him, plunged into despair and pain, Qin Chu seemed to feel this wasn’t enough.
Everything he experienced in his first playthrough flashed through his mind. How much affection he once had, that was how intense the hatred now was.
This woman was the culprit who caused his death in the first playthrough.
It was also this woman who, in the second life, still single-mindedly wanted to kill him.
And now, it was time for this woman to pay the price.
Loseweisse still wriggled and spasmed on the ground like a worm. The former Saintess, whose clothes, although worn, were always clean, was now completely disheveled.
Tears, mixed with the dust on the ground, stained her face with filth.
Her mind was completely blank, entirely immersed in indescribable pain.
That pain even numbed Loseweisse.
Her entire being, as if drained of all strength, just lay prostrate on the ground, breathing desperately in a morbid manner. The air inhaled into her nostrils seemed to carry countless tiny ice shards, piercing all of Loseweisse’s internal organs.
Her originally beautiful face was now contorted.
Her originally beautiful eyes seemed to have turned into round stones, still beautiful, but having lost their original light, empty and dull.
A gloomy aura, like a dark grey fog, enveloped Loseweisse’s entire body.
Finally, Loseweisse seemed to finally digest Qin Chu’s words, finally understanding what had happened. The suppressed emotions and pain accumulated in her chest could no longer be contained. Her lips parted, and with a poof sound, a mouthful of crimson blood sprayed out.
Her pure white Saintess robe was stained with crimson, like winter plum blossoms.
“Aaaaaah…”
A shrill wail tore through the night sky, like the mournful cry of a cuckoo.
Unfortunately, here, no one would shed tears upon hearing it.
Behind Qin Chu, Little Shaye, having probably learned about Qin Chu’s past experiences from Big Shaye, wasn’t surprised by Qin Chu using such cruel methods to torment a woman.
Atrice, however, was horrified by Qin Chu’s methods.
Since following Qin Chu, Atrice thought Qin Chu was a gentleman who treated women quite well. But now, Atrice discovered Qin Chu also had such a cruel side.
Sylph, Ekaterina, and Athena’s faces were cold and gloomy.
Although former teammates, they didn’t feel much pity for Loseweisse.
After all, just now, Loseweisse even wanted to kill Ekaterina and Athena. They weren’t Saintesses who couldn’t bear to see others cry; they didn’t have that much sympathy.
In this world, when someone wanted to kill you, you had the right to kill them back, no matter how terrible the methods.
Qin Chu took a deep breath, the smile on his face not fading: “Loseweisse, I know you desperately wanted to resurrect Jie Luo. You love that man… I understand.”
“But why kill me?”
“If you just needed my blood, you could have just told me directly. I might not necessarily refuse to give it to you. Did you have to kill me?”
From the very beginning, Qin Chu had been suspicious about this point.
He didn’t understand why he had to die.
The resurrection ritual only required his blood, not his life.
Loseweisse’s wailing didn’t stop; she didn’t seem to hear Qin Chu’s voice at all.
Qin Chu just chuckled, not minding this situation. With a wave of his hand, a whirlwind swept across the magic array. The six soul fragments remaining on the magic array all returned to Qin Chu’s hands.
Weighing the seemingly beautiful stones in his hand, Qin Chu slowly picked one up with two fingers.
Crack!
A soul fragment shattered between Qin Chu’s fingers.
The fine dust scattered with the wind.
Although faint, the sound of the soul fragment shattering clearly reached Loseweisse’s ears.
This sound made Loseweisse’s body tremble violently as if electrocuted. The next instant, her face, covered in blood and tears, abruptly turned towards Qin Chu, just in time to see the powder formed from the soul fragment scattering from Qin Chu’s fingertips.
That scene made Loseweisse’s body tremble violently.
“No… No… No…”
Screaming almost madly, Loseweisse no longer cared about her appearance, letting her hair fall loose, her face dirty. Like a dog, she crawled towards Qin Chu on all fours.
That was Lord Jie Luo’s soul fragment!
That was the last thing Lord Jie Luo left in this world!
Loseweisse absolutely couldn’t watch these things be destroyed before her eyes. That was perhaps the last shred of hope remaining in Loseweisse’s heart.
Even if the soul fragments weren’t enough, even if only a fragmented soul could be gathered, it was still better than nothing.
Qin Chu crushing Lord Jie Luo’s soul fragment was even more painful and despairing for Loseweisse than him crushing her heart directly.
She wanted to pounce over, but her body suddenly froze in place, because another soul fragment was picked up by Qin Chu.
“Tell me, why did you have to kill me? Just taking my blood, wasn’t that enough?” Qin Chu asked again in a low voice.
Loseweisse’s gaze was fixed on the small crystal between Qin Chu’s fingers, her expression becoming somewhat hysterical. Hearing Qin Chu’s question again, Loseweisse just grinned strangely, that expression on her face chilling to the bone: “Why should I let you live? In this world, there can only be one Hero.”
“Only Lord Jie Luo is the true Hero, and you… are not worthy.”
Since things had already reached this point, Loseweisse no longer bothered hiding anything, a mocking tone in her voice.
Moreover, two tigers couldn’t share the same mountain.
This Heavenly Continent couldn’t possibly allow two Heroes to exist. Just like how she single-mindedly wanted to kill Qin Chu, in Loseweisse’s heart, Qin Chu naturally also wouldn’t allow the existence of the First Hero, absolutely wouldn’t cooperate, and would even try to sabotage her.
Since that was the case, killing Qin Chu was the only choice.
Was it that hard to understand?
Moreover, that mere Qin Chu, actually daring to claim the title of Hero, despicably stealing the identity, status, and glory that originally belonged to Jie Luo… Just this point alone, Qin Chu deserved to die!
From the very beginning, Loseweisse never intended to let Qin Chu live. It was that simple.
It was just her misfortune that she became the ultimate loser.
Qin Chu exhaled forcefully. He rubbed his forehead, feeling somewhat tired. Truly a vicious woman. Just for this reason, she wanted to kill him?
He just smiled at Loseweisse, a smile that made Loseweisse’s hair stand on end, a bad premonition instantly spreading.
Loseweisse’s eyes widened instantly. She screamed, wanting to stop him, but could do nothing. With a crack sound, Qin Chu’s two fingers exerted force again. The second soul fragment was crushed between his fingertips.
Loseweisse didn’t even dare move, because the third soul fragment was already between Qin Chu’s fingers. Her gaze, filled with endless, dense resentment, stared fixedly at the man before her, as if looking at a terrifying devil.
Qin Chu understood Loseweisse’s thoughts. This woman was in pain, in despair.
But her will, her spirit, hadn’t completely collapsed.
Some hope still sustained Loseweisse’s consciousness.
And what Qin Chu had to do was crush even this last shred of hope into dust.
“Loseweisse, let me guess your thoughts…”
“The resurrection ritual failed.”
“Jie Luo can’t be resurrected.”
“But you won’t give up so easily. In your heart, Jie Luo’s existence surpasses everything else. Even if Jie Luo can’t reappear before you, you still yearn for even just his soul. You still hope to find a way to reunite Jie Luo’s soul.”
“Even if this soul is fragmented, incomplete, you don’t care. As long as there’s something that allows you to sense Jie Luo, you can accept it, right?”
“And to achieve this, there must be some kind of medium. In your view, Jie Luo’s soul fragments are indispensable.”
“You might suspect that within these soul fragments, Jie Luo’s remnant soul exists. You want to find a way to draw out these remnant souls.”
“You might suspect there’s some connection between these fragments and Jie Luo’s remnant soul, that using these fragments can allow you to find Jie Luo’s remnant soul.”
“Guess what I’m going to do now?”
Loseweisse was afraid.
Truly afraid.
This man’s cruelty far exceeded her imagination. She seemed to have already understood what Qin Chu wanted to do.
Her head shook desperately, wanting to stop the scene about to unfold before her eyes.
“No, don’t.”
Crack…
“Don’t, aaaaaah…”
Crack!
“I beg you, don’t, don’t do this, don’t…”
Crack!
The sound of shattering crystals was overshadowed by Loseweisse’s screams.
But that seemingly faint sound was exceptionally clear in Loseweisse’s ears. Every crack felt like a blunt knife, cutting a piece from her soul, agonizingly.
Loseweisse couldn’t even maintain her pride anymore.
She pleaded bitterly, hoping Qin Chu would leave her with the last shred of hope.
But Qin Chu, at this moment, showed absolute ruthlessness…
No, Qin Chu wasn’t a heartless man. At least towards the girls around him, he was gentler than anyone. But Loseweisse, she wasn’t worthy.
Loseweisse felt as if she was standing at the edge of a bottomless abyss. Every sound of a soul fragment shattering was like an invisible force, pushing her from behind, making her closer and closer to the endless darkness.
She no longer cared about her dignity. Seeing the last soul fragment appear between Qin Chu’s fingers…
Loseweisse directly bent her knees, kneeling before Qin Chu. She lowered her proud head and pleaded in an almost hoarse voice: “Qin Chu, I beg you, please don’t, spare him…”
“Don’t you like women? I’ll be your woman.”
“I’m not bad looking, right? Right? Right…?”
