Chapter 47: Wheel of Fortune

“Dear, you seem surprised?”

Keerman looked at Xin, smiling gently.

“Modifying the body isn’t something I can only do to others—I can do it to myself as well.”

Xin immediately understood Keerman’s intent.

He had fused the Struggle Divine Power into himself, gaining the same combat instinct as Xin, and judging by his performance, the fusion effect was even superior to Xin’s.

“Thank you for your efforts, dear. If not for your selfless dedication, the experiment wouldn’t have gone so smoothly…”

Before his words ended, Keerman had already assumed a starting stance at lightning speed.

He stepped forward, the tip of his blade pointing directly at Noah.

The next moment, a dazzling blade light crossed dozens of meters in an instant and arrived right in front of Noah, as if the next second it would cleave her in two.

“Combat Art—Celestial One Line Technique!”

Noah had seen Xin use this move.

She pushed Naya aside, then threw out the World Card and teleported away again.

Xin blocked Keerman as fast as she could, closing in to force him into fighting her again.

But Keerman’s target wasn’t Xin—it was the Star Divine Power on Noah.

Without Xin’s interference, even with Noah’s teleportation ability, Keerman could still catch up to her.

But the three of them had been using guerrilla tactics against him, preventing Keerman from harming Noah from start to finish.

After two or three more exchanges, Keerman finally grew annoyed.

“Little kitten, you really are… annoying…”

With that, Keerman pulled a packet of powder from his pocket.

He opened it and tossed it in Xin’s direction.

Xin couldn’t dodge in time and ended up stained by the gray dust.

Knowing this was definitely not good, she quickly retreated and distanced herself from Keerman as fast as possible.

But it was already too late.

The sensation of bones scraping became so clear, as if an iron brush was scrubbing her flesh from the inside out.

Xin’s will was instantly shattered by the pain, and even her heart seemed to skip a beat.

She collapsed in agony, letting out a despairing howl.

“Ahhh—! No—! Save me! Save me!”

Can you imagine your bones turning into sharp blades, where even the slightest movement makes you wish for death?

That was exactly what Xin was feeling.

She immediately realized that the gray powder was the antidote to her painkillers!

Without the suppression of the painkillers, Xin once again tasted unbearable suffering.

From her fingertips to her joints, from her skull to her chest, everywhere that flesh wrapped around bone, extreme pain erupted.

Xin nearly fainted, but the hellish torture kept waking her.

She writhed on the ground in agony, but each movement caused more bone friction, increasing her pain.

Keerman glanced at Xin struggling on the floor, then smiled and turned to look at Noah.

“Alright, owner of the Star Divine Power… now it’s your turn…”

“Combat Art—Dragon Flash!”

Impossible to describe how fast Keerman moved.

Before Noah could even unfold the World Card, he was already in front of her.

His Long Blade, with unparalleled momentum, came straight down toward her face.

At the critical moment, Naya stepped forward to shield Noah.

A flash of blade light passed, and black blood sprayed out.

The slash cut off half of Naya’s shoulder.

Not until the black blood splattered on her face did Noah realize what had happened.

Shocked, she raised her blade to block Keerman’s next attack.

With her right hand holding the blade, she pulled out the Magician Card with her left and slammed it onto Keerman.

Under the effect of magic, the Magician Card transformed into an Explosion Talisman.

The force of the explosion blasted Keerman away.

Only after Keerman was knocked back did Noah finally have a chance to unfold the World Card.

She held the severely injured Naya and immediately teleported backward, out of Keerman’s attack range.

Staring at the black blood on her hands, she didn’t even care about its color.

She took off her uniform and hastily wrapped Naya’s wound.

“You idiot! Why did you save me! I can’t die, you know! I can’t die!”

Noah felt her voice choking up.

She bit her lip lightly, trying not to let her tears fall.

Naya weakly opened his eyes and spoke to her in a tone as light as possible.

“Still unwilling to call me ‘dear’… cough cough… I guess I haven’t done enough…”

Noah felt both moved and guilty.

She knew she had never really regarded Naya as a husband, but his feelings had never changed.

Noah’s tears finally broke free.

She wiped her eyes while complaining,

“Still joking at a time like this…! You’re not hurt enough! Idiot!”

Keerman was pretty shaken by the magical talisman explosion.

He stood up and looked from afar at Noah who was bandaging.

Seeing that both Naya and Xin were down, he laughed arrogantly.

He raised his blade and strode straight toward Noah.

Suo’en and the Xiagai Squad were held up by the personal guards and couldn’t break free.

Xin and Naya were both severely injured and down.

There was no one left to protect Noah.

She gripped the hilt of her blade tightly, wanting to fight, but she knew she was no match for Keerman.

‘What to do, what to do!’

At the critical moment, Noah suddenly remembered the gift from the mysterious voice.

They had said, [When you’re cornered, you still have this trump card]!

With that thought, Noah raised her hand and drew this card.

She flipped it over, revealing the wheel that symbolized fate.

The patterns of an angel and a demon appeared on the wheel, indicating that the change of fate was about to complete.

This is Tarot card number 10, 【Wheel of Fortune】!

The wheel of fate never stops turning.

What can this card do?

She didn’t know.

The mysterious voice only told her that this card was a life-saving trump card, but didn’t tell her what would happen when she activated it…

Keerman was startled by Noah’s aura at first, but when nothing happened, he resumed walking toward her.

He smiled confidently, feeling that everything was under his control.

Just then, a soaring murderous aura erupted from behind him.

Combat instinct made Keerman immediately turn around to block, barely stopping the blade slicing down from behind.

He was shocked to find that the attacker was none other than Xin, whom he had already subdued!

“Impossible…! Weren’t you already…!”

Keerman suddenly felt the opponent’s blade as heavy as a thousand pounds.

The overwhelming momentum made him completely unable to resist.

Amid the boundless killing intent, Keerman heard a majestic voice roar lowly.

［“Struggle—! Blood—! Slaughter—!”］

［“To the death—! To the death—!”］

Keerman was too shocked to speak.

He didn’t know what Noah had summoned using Star Divine Power, but this endless killing intent made his hands and feet numb.

In the boundless void, it felt like a majestic gaze was looking down at this place.

The deity laughed heartily and declared in a bold tone,

［“Haha! Kurus, I did what you asked. Remember, you owe me one!”］

［“Black-and-white little kitten, I admire you! Remember my name—I am Kasijalade!”］