He didn’t know what this trust was based on. Clearly, she was a demon, and he was a demon hunter; they stood on the most irreconcilable opposing sides.
Perhaps it was because their entanglement spanned several lifetimes, she had long become his obsession. At this moment, this obsession seemed to have sprouted into something else.
Thus, the soul-devouring nail in You Yi’s palm instantly floated up.
The next second, amidst the nearly tearing scream of the Red Fox, this soul-devouring nail directly plunged into her heart.
A red fox was instantly nailed in mid-air by the soul-devouring nail glowing with golden light, curling up and letting out heart-wrenching howls. The next second, like the green fox, this red fox also exploded.
It turned into a wisp of red smoke. Quickly, this wisp of smoke dissipated in the air.
—Her soul scattered to the winds.
The surrounding air seemed to fall into silence all at once.
If he hadn’t known Red Fox was still alive, You Yi would definitely have hunted her down along with the others over the years.
Seeing Red Fox’s soul scattered to the winds completely, he finally killed this wicked demon, and You Yi also felt a sigh of relief at heart and finally relaxed.
He subconsciously turned his head to look at Lu Sheng and spoke: "Lu Sheng, I..."
The words were not finished when he turned, and upon seeing something, his eyes widened.
His voice was trembling slightly: "Lu Sheng...?"
Just now, You Yi had only focused on confirming whether Red Fox’s soul was truly scattered to the winds.
When he turned around, he saw that Lu Sheng, who stood behind him, at some point had curled up on the ground, showing a painful expression.
The girl only let out a difficult gasp.
You Yi’s mind went blank; his body reacted faster than his brain.
When he came to his senses, he had already supported the pale-faced girl and was calling her name: "Lu Sheng! Lu Sheng! What’s wrong with you?!"
Lu Sheng also didn’t know what was wrong with her.
She just felt as if her heart had suddenly been thrown into a pot of oil, with intense burning pain surging up.
Her body seemed to be falling into a bottomless abyss, continuously falling, falling... the world around her growing darker and darker.
Her eyes tightly shut, and her consciousness becoming more and more blurred.
Upon seeing the soul-devouring nail, which was supposed to retreat automatically, emerge at Lu Sheng’s heart, You Yi also widened his eyes in disbelief.
How could the soul-devouring nail float out from Lu Sheng’s heart?!
The next second, countless black rose branches suddenly sprouted from Lu Sheng’s heart. Almost instantaneously, these rose branches began to spread over the girl’s entire body.
Then, blood-red roses simultaneously bloomed on the girl’s body, entwining her pale, delicate arms and neck, mesmerizing and dazzling.
A large cluster of blooming roses, surrounding the breathtakingly beautiful girl with closed eyes, painted a stunning picture.
But... this was the body of the rose flower demon.
It was the body of Lu Sheng.
The appearance and disappearance of the body signified the demon’s soul was also scattered to the winds.
No... he hadn’t even managed to say sorry to the person before him, Lu Sheng couldn’t just disappear like that.
Yet You Yi had no idea how to stop it.
In his terrified voice, the magnificent red roses that bloomed across the girl suddenly extinguished and disappeared at once.
Like those demons whose souls scattered to the winds, with the destruction of the body. In the empty Great Hall, only a body quietly lay with closed eyes.
The abrupt change stole You Yi’s breath for a moment. His hands and feet turned cold, trying to wake the girl in front of him.
However, the next second, a huge force slammed him down hard, accompanied by a man’s angry and trembling voice: "—Stay away from her!"
You Yi was thrown several meters away, and at the moment he hit the wall heavily, a metallic taste surged up in his throat.
He raised his somewhat blurred eyes and saw the tall man, reputedly revered and commanding, but now kneeling on the ground without hesitation.
Shoulders trembling, he tightly embraced the quietly closed-eyed girl in his arms, stroking her cheeks repeatedly, whispering as lovers do in a familiar tone.
"I’m sorry, it’s all my fault, I came too late... Baby, please wake up."
The man’s whole body was evidently shaking.
Yet when talking to the girl, he was so gentle.
The one she had said not long ago, the lover she wanted to protect for a lifetime.
"What did you do to her?"
You Yi saw clear pain and anger in Li Muchen’s eyes and a murderous intent as if he wished to cut him to pieces right then.
The man seemed calm, but in reality, seeing his beloved turn into this, who could remain calm?
...But, it wasn’t him.
He never intended to harm Lu Sheng; he wanted to apologize to her. He didn’t do anything, and he didn’t know why this was happening all of a sudden.
Li Muchen lifted Lu Sheng from the ground, his voice chillingly cold like never before.
The girl’s thin and fragile form was accentuated by the man’s towering and broad figure. In his strong and sturdy arms, she seemed as fragile as an exquisite porcelain doll that could shatter with a gentle touch.
At his command, a dozen trained bodyguards in black filed in one after another.
Previously, a barrier had been set outside this Great Hall; Li Muchen and his men couldn’t open the door no matter what.
As soon as the barrier dissipated, Li Muchen rushed in, only to find the person he cherished already lying on the ground.
...Nothing will happen to her.
Shengsheng will be okay.
If anything happens to her... this demon hunter, and that so-called demon hunter clan, all must die.
He would make sure they all paid with their lives.
Completely losing reason, Li Muchen’s voice turned cold as ice, wishing he could kill You Yi then and there.
With the fierce oppressive authority of a superior, he commanded: "...Take this man back, and bring all the best doctors in Beijing to the house."
Shengsheng was still breathing.
Although he didn’t know what exactly happened, he needed to take her home first.
Three or four bodyguards immediately came to restrain You Yi. Others took the two other bodies in the Great Hall back first for further handling.
But You Yi seemed unable to recover from the sudden change.
He just kept looking at Lu Sheng without any resistance, letting Li Muchen’s people take him away.
Just now, You Yi saw the roses that emerged after the soul-devouring nail surfaced, dissipating the instant they appeared from the girl’s heart.
So he believed the rose flower demon’s soul was scattered to the winds. No matter whether the original owner of this body, Lu Sheng, was dead or not, Qiangwei was already dead.
If it were a demon soul, to scatter the soul is indeed to die thoroughly.
But what if it wasn’t a demon soul under the cover of the demon soul?
You Yi did not see the momentary golden glow that appeared at the girl’s heart after the roses extinguished.
The soul-devouring nail emitted golden light because it was the divine artifact granted by the Divine Lord to the demon hunter clan thousands of years ago.
That is the color of a divine miracle.