Chapter 426 - 347: Ultimate Killing Move (3)
’If I had focused on cultivating every day, I might have stood a chance against this monster. But now...’
Wen Ying racked her brain, but nothing she had on her was particularly useful or had any real attack power against this monster.
"I’ll use my Merit Points for an exchange!"
This time, Wen Ying didn’t try to use prestige. Sure enough, the moment the system registered the word "Merit," its voice sounded. [Host currently possesses 188 Merit Points. Exchange all to deliver a heavy blow to the monster?]
"Exchange!"
Wen Ying felt as if something had left her body. A wave of exhaustion washed over her for a moment, but it vanished just as quickly.
The Director and Head Nurse vanished. Wen Ying then saw that the large hole she had smashed open had also returned to normal.
Violent, booming sounds—BANG! BANG! BANG!—filled the room.
The room was even shaking, as if the very earth was trembling.
Then, a crack suddenly appeared down the middle of the wall.
The crack spread, and the two halves of the wall slid open automatically, like a pair of sensor-activated doors.
Two dark figures shot out from the opening...
’Maybe "shot out" isn’t quite the right word...’
The Director and Head Nurse were flung from the opening, slamming into the opposite wall. They were in a sorry state, covered in wounds.
After slumping down from the wall, the Director quickly got back to his feet. Wen Ying watched him. "Hu... Human... COUGH, COUGH..."
After a couple of hacking coughs, he snarled, "Human, you actually dare to ambush me!"
An endless darkness engulfed the space, but despite being covered in wounds, the Director didn’t stop.
His entire body suddenly split into two, then four, then eight, then sixteen... before finally stopping.
The sixteen Directors sat cross-legged in place, and a large hole instantly appeared on top of each of their heads.
The holes were dark and deep, their origins unknown. Gazing into them, one could only feel a terrifying aura.
Plumes of black mist began to emanate from their heads. Their mouths moved, muttering, but their voices were too low for her to make out the words.
A blood-red moon appeared behind each of the Directors...
’It doesn’t seem to be a real moon, just something that looks like one,’ she thought. The whole scene had the surreal feeling of something out of a fantasy story.
"Human, you should be honored. As the first of your kind to provoke me, you will receive my... special attention. Aren’t you thrilled?"
Wen Ying: "..."
’This kind of villain archetype definitely has a few screws loose.’
Wen Ying gave a perfunctory nod.
"To witness my ultimate form and my greatest killing blow—and to experience it firsthand—human, you can die without regrets."
’He really likes to hear himself talk, doesn’t he? Blah, blah, blah, on and on.’
But just then, the moon behind each Director shot out a ray of red light, all converging on Wen Ying’s position.
"Sister! Run! If the Director succeeds, you’ll never be able to return to your world!"
The red beams of light all converged into one. Wen Ying felt her heart begin to beat abnormally fast.
The scene before her eyes began to slow down.
’Did time slow down, or was it space?’
In any case, everything slowed down, and Wen Ying felt dizzy and disoriented.
She couldn’t muster any strength; it felt as if she would collapse at any moment. At the same time, the Spiritual Energy within her body was sealed away.
Her eyelids felt heavy. ’So sleepy...’
’So sleepy...’
’So, so sleepy...’
"Sister! Wake up! You can’t fall asleep!"
Seeing the Directors sitting there motionlessly with their eyes closed, with only the red beams of light converging in the center, Sayia gritted her teeth and rushed forward.
In that instant, one memory fragment after another flashed through her mind.
Those people who bullied her every day, shoving dead critters into her desk, throwing her into a pit of snakes.
Forcing her to kneel in front of everyone, making her take off her clothes...
Not a single day passed when she wasn’t covered in bruises and cuts.
Until she met a child...
...and then ate him.
SPURT!
A spray of red and green blood erupted from her body.
It wasn’t a trickle; it was a fountain, spraying violently from her chest!
The red light converged inside her, utterly destroying her body from within.
She could feel her very soul shattering, piece by piece.
’Am I finally going to be free?’
Sayia looked toward Wen Ying. Enduring the excruciating pain, she bit off one of her own fingers and, with the last of her strength, threw it at her.
THWACK!
"Sister, wake up!"
When Wen Ying opened her eyes, this was the scene that greeted her. She was clutching Sayia’s severed finger, the rims of her eyes burning red.
"Sister, kill the Director now, while you have the chance! He’s about to wake up! Don’t let my sacrifice be for nothing. Sister... you have to... live..."