CH 59

Chapter 59: Witchcraft Sacrifice (XXVIII)

Time seemed to come to an abrupt stop in this murder-filled room, and the person standing outside the door slowly withdrew her knife. The sharp blade grazed the wooden door that was stabbed through, making a shrill screeching sound, like countless iron combs scraping on one’s heart.

At that moment, Qi Leren hesitated.

Did he want to fight to the death? If the sneak attack failed when the S/L skill was used now, he would be faced with 100% death. The person outside the door has gained strength far beyond the limit of human beings. Could ordinary methods deal with her?

Wait a little longer, when the door opens…

“Come out, you can’t escape if you hide again.” Lu Youxin’s voice sounded outside the door, but it was in a very different tone, soft and cold, without a trace of malice.

Qi Leren still did not move.

“If you’re waiting for me to open the door and then kill both of us with that ridiculous little skill, you’d better give up early,” the person outside said coldly, with a mocking smile.

? ! !

How did she know? How could she know?!

Qi Leren was in chaos, countless thoughts came one after another, and his heart beat like it was about to burst.

How did Ye Xia know his skills? Had she ever seen it? Where? What time?

Just as he panicked, the door opened with a click.

The first light came in through the crack of the door, and her shadow swaying in the candlelight slightly shook with the signal of death. Her back to the candlelight on the wall of the corridor, her face blurred, she was like a silhouette, a symbol, but she really symbolised the coming of death.

At this moment, Qi Leren lacked the courage to fight to win or die..

He’d realized that he couldn’t win.

This was not a desperate escape under the killer’s pursuit, nor was it a desperate fight with the dead witch in the moonlight courtyard. No matter which time, he had known he had the possibility of survival because he still has a card, but this time, facing an opponent who was prepared for his tricks, he finally found his own weakness.

Save it now, then detonate the bomb? Would she give him this chance? Would she be unable to escape?

She would stand here and push the door open, telling him what a success was within her grasp!

The door was completely opened, and Ye Xia stood motionless outside the door. The projection of her arm and long knife was just like a sickle of death, which hooked at her feet. Qi Leren forgot to breathe, stared at her with a mouthful of anger, and his limbs seemed paralyzed.

“There is one thing I’m very curious about,” Ye Xia asked lightly.

“…What is it?” Qi Leren’s voice had a subtle tremor, so he tried to talk to Ye Xia calmly.

“How did you find out that I am not Lu Youxin? I personally think I didn’t reveal any flaws.” Ye Xia looked into his eyes and raised her own questions slowly.

“Because Isabel saw you three years ago, but she lost that memory until she remembered it just now. So we judged that you couldn’t have died a death as simple as that.” Qi Leren subconsciously concealed Lu Youxin’s last words.

“Saw me? Oh, you mean that you saw the body three years ago. She was really good, sensitive, strong and malleable. I was very satisfied with her at one time. My only dissatisfaction is that it was too ugly.” Ye Xia’s mouth rolled up a subtle arc. “Xie Wanwan’s body is also good, Lu Youxin’s is better, but what makes me most excited is Ning Zhou’s body.”

Qi Leren suddenly opened his eyes wide.

“Strength, agility, speed, reflex nerves are impeccable, I can’t even pick the slightest flaw in her appearance. That’s the body I want! Perfect! With such a body, she will definitely like me more, definitely!” Ye Xia’s mood suddenly became excited, and her expression was full of awe-inspiring fanaticism.

“If I become as beautiful as her, she will definitely notice me. I don’t want to be a worm crawling at her feet, so I begged her to look at me again, but she turned a blind eye. For three years, she never came. Even if I follow her will and return to this underground palace, she will never appear again. Even so, I won’t let anyone take my place! Only I can serve her, only I can! ”

Ye Xia slowly raised the knife in his hand and showed a cold smile to Qi Leren: “Goodbye…”

The blade refracted the flickering candlelight, and Qi Leren, who was holding a miniature bomb, finally relented, even though he knew it was impossible to win, he wasn’t resigned to just let her kill him like this!

In the moment of life and death, a silver flashing arrow shot from a distance, hitting the blade with a sonorous sound. The next second, the arrow exploded, and the shock wave made Qi Leren stumble and fall to the ground, surrounded by smoke. He struggled to climb outside the door, and the cold feeling spread from the ground. Qi Leren was startled to think that Ye Xia had the ability to freeze, and the terrible cold had already formed a thin layer of frost on his hand.

The frozen limbs were dull and stiff, and he couldn’t stand up at all. In the thick smoke, two figures could be faintly seen intertwining at an alarming rate, touching each other once again, and their weapons collided with each other and made a shrill sound, accompanied by dazzling light.

There came the sound of a blade piercing flesh. Ning Zhou snorted with frustration, and retreated to Qi Leren’s side in a flash, and the wound on her arm seeped out blood that spilled all over the floor. Her blackbird also flew out of the thick fog, flapping its wings and stopping at Qi Leren’s feet.

“The Vatican’s dog? The Holy City has fallen into the hands of demons, and you’re not dead yet? It’s really annoying.” Ye Xia stepped out from the smoke and looked at Ning Zhou calmly. “Is it necessary to struggle? I admit that you’re very good, but now you can’t be my opponent unless you find four witches to kill one by one. ”

Ning Zhou’s eyes were cold, and she rushed up without hesitation, heedless of her injury. The two short knives were emitting dazzling silver light, just like two flying rainbows. Ye Xia stepped back half a step, holding the long knife, her short knife violently colliding, and the force of the meeting of weapons lifted Ning Zhou up. She turned her body in the air strangely and squatted on the ground. The impact even took her to slide out a few meters before stopping, dragging a long bloody mark on the ground.

Terrible, this kind of power, human beings were incapable of contending against it.

“Can’t you just obediently throw in the towel? I don’t want to ruin your body. Forget it, I’ll get rid of this little one first.” Ye Xia seemed to sigh helplessly, and the cold line of sight turned to Qi Leren.

Qi Leren struggled to stand up with his hands and knees frostbitten, but he still stood. Even if he died, he would die while standing.

Ye Xia smiled and raised a knife to kill him. From the corner of his eye, Qi Leren saw Ning Zhou pull out a chain from her chest and she flung it at his feet. A crisp sound came into Qi Leren’s ears at this moment, and everything around him was blurred. The killer Ye Xia, the blackbird at his feet, and Ning Zhou standing in the distance. Everything seemed to be distorted in the time tunnel.

The holy light rose from his feet, and engulfed everything in holy white.

The sound of pious singing descended from the sky, and Qi Leren was bathed in pure white. He was in a magnificent temple, and countless pilgrims in white sacrificial clothing prayed piously with songs to the huge cross in front of him. Every one of them was vague and unreal, so he could see at a glance that they weren’t living creatures.

Where was this?

He looked in all directions in a panic and saw Ning Zhou nearby, so he was relieved.

Under the giant cross, a blonde woman wearing a white sacrificial dress prayed to God, as if she felt their arrival. She opened her eyes, and her blue eyes were almost identical to Ning Zhou’s.

She smiled at them and closed her eyes again to continue praying. The prayer from her mouth seemed to bring a holy magic, which bathed the temple in incredible power and healed people’s souls.

“Where is this place?” Qi Leren asked blankly.

The blackbird resting on Ning Zhou’s shoulder said: “…The Barrier of the Holy Spirit can maintain absolute defense for five minutes, remove all negative influences, and heal all wounds.”

Qi Leren was shocked to see Ning Zhou’s arm. The arm cut by Ye Xia was healing at the speed visible to the naked eye, and even his own wounds disappeared quickly.

It was… It was amazing. But it only lasted five minutes?

In Five minutes, they still would have to face death.

Ning Zhou stood in front of him, looked at him quietly for a while, and then lowered her eyes. The black bird on her shoulder said, “When the barrier is broken, you should run as far away as possible.”

“What about you?” Qi Leren asked in a hurry.

“Stay.”

“No, she can’t be defeated now, and you’ll die if you stay!” Qi Leren guaranteed.

“……”

The arduous situation was drenched in the ethereal holy light, and Ning Zhou’s originally excessively bright facial features were stained with a layer of shadow. Her beautiful blue eyes looked into Qi Leren’s and didn’t speak.

Qi Leren took a deep breath, covered his forehead and thought: “There must be a way. I don’t believe this is a deadlock situation. There must be a way. Ning Zhou, listen, don’t fight with her stupidly. I can’t live if you die. I would rather die than let you die!”

The current situation was that Ye Xia had killed four witch candidates, and even if Ning Zhou killed him and Isabel now, it was impossible to surpass her strength, which was an absolute difference in quantity. The system also said that “every time a witch candidate is killed, all attributes can be greatly improved” …Every time?

Qi Leren’s eyes lit up. It said every time, not every one?

At this moment, he was like a hungry and tired traveler walking alone in infinite darkness. Suddenly, he saw the lights swaying in the night ahead, which was the light of life, the flame of hope, and the vitality in despair.

“Ning Zhou, I have a way, maybe we can all live.” Qi Leren excitedly looked at Ning Zhou.

The singing in the Barrier of the Holy Spirit became more and more ethereal, and countless gold and silver spots were flying in the void, entwining the two people.

Qi Leren couldn’t help but smile: “It’s very simple: kill me.”