Chapter 106 : What Was Reflected in Her Eyes

“Drip—”

“Drip—”

The rain of flesh and blood fell upon the defensive barrier. The power of corrosion ran rampant, the barrier was constantly being eaten away, only to rapidly restore itself the next second.

“What terrifying corrosive power…” Seeing this, a city lord-level existence spoke, their voice trembling slightly.

“Especially within this mist born of demonic energy…”

“This mist is the perfect breeding ground for corrosive power. In this environment, it will grow wildly, and its corrosive capabilities will continuously strengthen,” another high-ranking human analyzed.

“Thanks to Lady Rumina giving the order in time, we would never have had time to deploy the barrier before the rainclouds arrived,” someone else said, letting out a sigh of relief at this moment.

Gradually, more rotten demons emerged from the blood rain, slowly walking step by step toward the direction of the main base.

But they often didn’t even have time to get close before being blasted to pieces by several long-range combat techniques.

The bodies of the rotten demons exploded one after another, making the corrosive power in the surrounding area even stronger.

The rain of flesh and blood, the rotten demons, the corrosive power… All of this made people feel increasingly horrified.

However, at this stage, the flesh-and-blood rain and the rotten demons had not yet reached a level that could threaten the defensive barrier.

“Was it the Valkyrie’s doing?” someone asked.

Not long ago, after giving the order, Rumina had charged alone into the demon’s core area.

Presumably, she must have found the source of the flesh-and-blood rain and the rotten demons and engaged it in battle.

“Boom—”

“Boom—”

Just as they were thinking this, several more tremendous sounds came from within the flesh-and-blood rainclouds in the core area.

The rainclouds before them also seemed affected; the rate at which the flesh and blood fell slowed considerably.

“As expected!”

“Truly worthy of the Valkyrie—”

Praise erupted from the crowd.

“Looking at it now, eliminating the source of the flesh-and-blood rain is probably just a matter of time,” someone else said hopefully.

At this moment, everyone’s gaze seemed drawn by the faint thunder within the distant rainclouds.

They had forgotten about Rozali.

They had also forgotten… Yuxia and the others, who had just gone out on a mission early this morning.

“Cecilia.”

Looking up at the rainclouds and remaining silent for a while, at a certain moment, Lu Mo suddenly spoke:

“Can I be excused for a moment?”

“Hmm?”

“I want… to enter the core area,” Lu Mo replied.

“Is it because of Miss Yuxia?” Cecilia asked.

She had seen it this morning—Yuxia had led a team out on a mission.

Lu Mo nodded at this, her expression slightly grave.

Of the entire team, only Rozali had returned.

Moreover, Rozali’s corrosive injuries were severe, almost fatal.

Did this mean… that Yuxia and the others had actually encountered some terrifying existence in the core area long ago, the master of that flesh-and-blood rain?

***

She could have ignored this matter.

Because this Simulated Reincarnation was false from beginning to end.

Her mission was also solely related to Cecilia.

But when she closed her eyes, the scene from yesterday—Yuxia forcibly linking pinkies and making a vow with her before running off like the wind—reappeared in her mind, impossible to shake off.

And the girl’s words, stubbornly clinging to her, urgent and flustered, echoed in her ears.

“You are Mo, aren’t you?”

“Mo, you’re alive?”

“Mo, fight me!”

…

A voice in her heart told her to go.

If she didn’t go, she might lose something forever, something she could never get back.

After a brief silence, Lu Mo still told Cecilia her thoughts.

She was going.

She was going to find Yuxia in that blood rain.

“Alright.”

Soon, Cecilia also replied to her:

“Do you want me to go with you? Perhaps I can help too.”

“No need. It’s very dangerous inside the blood rain. I can’t let you be in danger,” Lu Mo refused her. “I’ll be back soon too.”

Seeing Lu Mo’s refusal, Cecilia didn’t insist further. “Mmm… then be careful.”

“You too. If you encounter danger in the city, crush the thing I left for you.”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Lu Mo turned and walked toward the direction of the main base’s exit.

“Please come back, Miss Lu Mo.”

She heard Cecilia’s prayer-like whisper once more at this moment.

“Don’t worry, I will come back.”

So, she turned her head and gave Cecilia one last smile.

As her gaze fell upon the distant flesh-and-blood rain, she walked step by step toward the main gate of the base.

And then… she charged forward abruptly!

She was too fast.

Too fast for anyone to react.

So fast she became a blur.

“Stop! It’s dangerous ahead!”

A city lord spotted Lu Mo’s figure and immediately shouted.

***

The blood rain had finally drifted to the very front of the main base.

People finally got to see the full scale of that downpour.

It was a rain of flesh and blood.

Blood, corpse fluids, and severed limbs mixed together, falling toward the world below.

Rainclouds of black, blood-red, and deep yellow increasingly shrouded the sky above their heads.

The smell of blood and rotting corpses wafted over.

While feeling nauseous, they also felt an increasingly strong… palpitation and fear!

Forget whether the girl would be corroded by the flesh-and-blood rain.

Right now, the defensive barrier, due to the Level One Alert, was set so that only those at the Heavenly Dominion realm could freely pass through.

Anyone not at the Heavenly Dominion realm would only collide with the barrier and be injured by the recoil force!

They wanted to stop Lu Mo, but it was already too late.

They saw Lu Mo’s figure rapidly charging toward the edge of the barrier, and then…

She passed through without any obstruction whatsoever!

Space fractured, and her figure completely vanished from everyone’s sight.

“???”

The crowd froze on the spot.

The human high command, the city lord-level existences, upon seeing this, also revealed expressions of extreme shock and disbelief.

She just… passed right through?

Was the barrier broken?

No, no, the barrier couldn’t possibly be broken.

If the barrier had a problem, the flesh-and-blood rain would drown them all in an instant.

But if that wasn’t it…

Then the truth could only be one thing.

The girl… was at the Heavenly Dominion realm!

And if they knew Lu Mo had actually stepped into the Heavenly Dominion realm long ago, they would likely be even more incredulous, shocked beyond measure.

***

At this very moment, deep within the flesh-and-blood rain.

“Rip—”

The sound of tearing flesh constantly rang out.

The bodies of one rotten demon after another were torn apart by spatial force and then devoured.

But after one rotten demon’s corpse was devoured, even more rotten demon figures would emerge from the mist.

Right now, the concentration of corrosive power within the mist had almost… turned deep crimson.

Even demons would find it difficult to survive in such an environment.

But Yuxia was still cutting down the rotten demons, persisting until now.

The shield formed by God-blood power was on the verge of shattering.

Strands of corrosive power continuously seeped through the cracks, corroding the only two living people left present.

“Cough… Lady Yuxia, there’s no need to waste more God-blood power expanding the protective range anymore…”

A woman behind the girl spoke.

She coughed, black blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

She was dying.

The corrosive power had completely destroyed her heart and would soon penetrate her brain as well.

“…”

Yuxia didn’t answer her, but she didn’t shrink the divine power shield either.

Without turning her head, she continued to annihilate the rotten demons before her, again and again.

She had fought against the Archduchess-level woman, struggling to hold on for a while, finally waiting for the Valkyrie’s arrival.

The Valkyrie blocked the Archduchess-level woman’s attack, with one spear slash annihilating the surrounding rotten demons and corrosive power, ordering them to retreat from here.

Immediately after, she also used her own Heavenly Dominion phenomenon to suppress the flesh-and-blood rain and engaged the Archduchess-level woman, quickly gaining the upper hand.

For a moment, everyone saw a glimmer of hope for survival.

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred!

A second demon Archduke actually emerged from deep within the mist, suddenly attacking the Valkyrie!

The Archduke controlling the flesh-and-blood rain and rotten demons wasn’t just one as they initially guessed, but two!

With two Archdukes attacking, Rumina had to recall part of her Heavenly Dominion phenomenon to face the enemy.

The corrosive power returned.

More and more rotten demons also emerged from the mist at this moment, coming toward them.

Under these circumstances, everyone could only fight.

Rotten demons couldn’t be killed by ordinary methods at all.

Coupled with the influence of the corrosive power, the entire team suffered heavy casualties.

As the rainclouds spread, they were now deep within the flesh-and-blood rain, with almost no possibility of escaping.

Actually, the woman should have died long ago.

Yuxia had saved her.

Although she said she wouldn’t take responsibility if they died, Yuxia had actually saved many people just now.

The divine power shield was deployed, allowing them to catch their breath.

But it was only a temporary respite.

Many had already been invaded by the corrosive power.

They were gradually losing their physical form, their consciousness, turning into mindless zombies like the rotten demons.

Someone screamed that they didn’t want to die, but in the end, the corrosive power still burst their head open, spreading along with brain matter, promptly isolated.

Someone wanted to die as a human and ultimately chose to run out of the divine power shield, detonating all their power to perish together with the rotten demons.

That young man who said he would go home and get married after the war ended had already died somewhere deep in the mist, a place no one could see anymore.

That man, a father full of hope to return home, had also been completely devoured by the rotten demons.

Blood-stained medals of merit were trampled over and over, finally buried in the gray-black corrosive soil.

They were all dead.

Yuxia… seemed to have been unable to save anyone.

And now, even that woman was…

“Take care, Miss Yuxia.”

The woman took one last look at Yuxia and spoke with a smile.

The next second, she stood up again and suddenly ran forward, charging toward the rotten demons about to attack Yuxia.

She ignited her entire body. Geothermal flames erupted, setting dozens of surrounding demons ablaze.

“Boom—”

The flames exploded. The woman’s body and the rotten demons turned to ash together.

She wanted to use her last bit of strength to do something for Yuxia.

But it was meaningless.

More rotten demons walked over, filling the gap.

Yuxia didn’t speak.

She just continued to channel the artifact’s power, blasting it toward the demons around her.

She rarely stayed silent like this.

At this moment, her physical condition was also far from optimistic.

The corrosive power had almost invaded her entire body.

She wasn’t pretty anymore. Corrosive power seeped from her cheeks, ruining her fair, delicate face.

Her lovely twin-tails were now completely undone, stained with blood, messy, and foul-smelling.

Her clothes were torn in several places. Her arms and shoulders bore claw marks and bite marks, large and small.

Her legs were severely infected, having almost turned black-purple. The corrosive power was further deforming her legs.

Take care?

Take care of what?

Yuxia smiled bitterly.

She had already been severely injured in the battle with the Archduchess-level woman.

In this situation, there was simply no way to escape.

She was probably beyond saving long ago.

It was the God-blood’s corrosion resistance that had allowed her to hold on until now.

And now, even the God-blood was struggling to suppress the corrosive power.

She felt she was losing control of her body.

Her consciousness was also growing fuzzy.

She looked down at her twisted legs.

Legs like these couldn’t wear anything anymore.

Even if she put something on, it wouldn’t look good at all.

She couldn’t give that person a surprise anymore.

She really wanted to see what expression that person would make.

And she herself… couldn’t go back, could she?

She had made a promise with that person—if the war ended, that person would acknowledge her as the fiancée, and the two of them would definitely have a good fight then.

“Forget it…”

“Looking at it now, the main base should be safe. That person managed to get back alive.”

“As for me…”

“Dying in a place like this where no one can see… doesn’t seem so bad—”

At least, her current pathetic, ugly appearance wouldn’t be seen by anyone else.

At least… in that person’s eyes, she would still be that proud, twin-tailed beauty.

The rotten demons walked toward her step by step.

She swung her artifact again and again.

How many rotten demons had she killed?

One hundred?

Two hundred?

She couldn’t remember anymore.

She only felt her strength draining away more and more, her consciousness growing increasingly hazy.

At a certain moment, she suddenly lost her balance and fell to the ground.

The artifact fell far away. She struggled to prop herself up, trying to retrieve it.

But at that moment, a rotten demon had already stepped on the artifact and was walking toward her.

“…”

It seemed this was the end of her life’s journey.

Yuxia thought to herself.

She closed her eyes, preparing to detonate her cultivation realm like the woman before her.

“Rip—”

And at that instant, a large swath of flesh-tearing sounds erupted from behind her!

Sword radiance howled forth, annihilating all the surrounding rotten demons!

That sword intent… felt incredibly familiar to her!

Her eyes snapped open.

And at that moment, the girl landed right in front of her!

“…Mo?”

Yuxia spoke weakly, her breath like a gossamer thread.

Mo’s appearance temporarily revived some of her spirit.

And when she looked into Lu Mo’s eyes, she saw…

The girl’s eyes were no longer a haze of indifference and coldness.

For the first time, they reflected her own image.