I’m back.
At first glance, those words only seemed to mean that Ying Ye had returned to Bai Yue Ling’s side.
But Bai Yue Ling vaguely felt that Ying Ye meant something else entirely—
What she truly wanted to say was: that cold, merciless killer from the past… is back!
No, no, that’s impossible.
Bai Yue Ling shook her head hard, comforting herself inwardly.
What am I thinking? That old Ying Ye vanished forever into the river of time at the end of the first loop.
The Ying Ye now is brand-new from the tenth loop, Dark Fall 100%.
In Dark Lisa’s words, the most loyal slave, the most devout believer.
Slave… ehehehe
Realizing this, Bai Yue Ling’s mood instantly brightened.
Once we escape, let’s find some secluded spot and test just how loyal this big sister really is~
A big sister who obeys everything… a big sister who won’t dangle her feet at me… ehehe~
Even while being carried in Ying Ye’s arms, Bai Yue Ling happily wiggled her little butt.
Ying Ye felt a rubbing sensation against her lower abdomen. She glanced down at Bai Yue Ling, then skillfully raised her right hand—
SMACK!
“Kyuu?!”
Bai Yue Ling’s delicate body shuddered. She clung to Ying Ye even tighter.
“W-what was that for?!”
“Sorry, your butt’s too big. It was blocking the shuriken in my pocket.”
“Uuu… fine…”
Bai Yue Ling rubbed against her pitifully and scooted upward a little, but the burning sensation still hadn’t faded.
In past loops, once Bai Yue Ling’s scumbag nature was exposed, Ying Ye would retaliate exactly like this.
That familiar force just now really made her think, just for a second, that the Ying Ye from a previous life had returned.
Fortunately, that was impossible.
Ying Ye watched Bai Yue Ling’s every reaction and chuckled softly, who-knows-what going through her mind.
She kept firing her grappling claw, each shot latching perfectly onto the most stable point. Like a seasoned ninja, her long hair danced like black flames. Even while carrying someone, she left the soldiers far behind.
“What do we do? We can’t catch them!”
“If we chase any further, we’ll leave the magic-sealing barrier!”
While the soldiers panted and scrambled across the rooftops, General Taima of the Rose Kingdom watched coldly from the top of a distant, towering bell tower.
“So this is the brilliant plan you came up with?”
Taima’s indifferent voice carried a barely concealed violent killing intent. Standing beside her was a mysterious figure completely shrouded in a crimson robe.
“Heh heh, calm down, General. Getting too heated harms the harmony~”
“You’re talking to me about harmony right now?” Taima glared down at her. “When we set up the magic-sealing barrier, didn’t you say not even a fly could get in? What the hell was that ninja who suddenly appeared?”
“That ninja is probably from the Shadow Blade Assassins. They all have ways to conceal their presence—harder to detect than flies… Nothing we can do about that.”
The red robe gave a sleazy chuckle. “But it’s not entirely my fault, you know. If your soldiers had played a little dirty from the start and just broken the Priest Hero’s legs… we wouldn’t have all this trouble.”
“No use saying that now.” Taima snorted coldly. “They’re about to reach the crowded districts. If one of the Great Archbishops gets word and rushes over… neither of us will escape!”
“And if it really comes to that, what will you do?”
“I’ll snap your legs without hesitation and say you bewitched me.”
“Heh heh… The General really is heartless.”
The red robe drew a pure white bone staff and slowly walked to the edge of the bell tower.
The howling wind at that height whipped violently at her deep-crimson robe. She raised the bone staff high, aiming at the two fleeing girls on the distant rooftops. Her lips stayed closed, yet the incantation squeezed through clenched teeth.
“O voids that exist in every corner of the world, hear my call—open the passage between the bottomless abyss and this place: Grand Summoning!”
A jet-black flame laced with cursed runes shot up in the distance, weaving into a circular magic array covered in bizarre script.
And that array appeared directly on the ground ahead of Bai Yue Ling and Ying Ye.
In an instant, the surrounding buildings seemed to lose all color. Flowers and trees withered at visible speed. Chunks of black sludge gushed from the array, spreading a foul, bloody stench.
“Demons… the presence of demons!”
Dark Lisa said gravely. “Someone summoned a demon ahead!”
At the same time, Ying Ye sensed danger and halted immediately, warily staring forward.
As the black sludge continued surging, a terrifying giant hole gradually formed—a tear straight through reality.
Intense evil and chaotic aura poured out. Blood-red light danced wildly in the darkness, illuminating a horrifying world.
The ground shook violently. Buildings began collapsing one after another, dust blotting out the sun.
A massive pitch-black figure slowly crawled out of the hole. Its body was covered in deep purple stripes—like an enormous purple caterpillar, only far more grotesque and terrifying.
It opened a maw lined with rings of sharp teeth and let out a piercing screech toward Bai Yue Ling, the sound brimming with pure destructive desire and hunger for flesh.
【Name: Abyss Worm】
【Race: Demon】
【Level: 40】
【Description: A terrifying worm born in the deepest abyss. It feeds on flesh and pure negative emotions. That mouth lined with rings of sharp teeth can devour anything in its path—and even devour space itself, slipping into vast spatial rifts to hunt.】
【Note: The demon lords of the abyss love using abyss worms as mounts, but during the God War, the Light faction nearly exterminated them. Even after a thousand years, their numbers remain extremely low in the abyss—a rare species.】
“An abyss worm? A demon?!”
Bai Yue Ling stared at the scene in shock, momentarily dazed.
A demon from the abyss, appearing right in the Royal Capital of the Rose Kingdom… Is the second God War about to begin?
At the same time, the soldiers who had been chasing relentlessly also stopped dead, eyes wide with horror.
“It’s a demon! Demons have invaded the capital—hurry and inform the General!”
The abyss worm roared, writhing its colossal body and lunging straight at Bai Yue Ling.
The tremors from its movement caused buildings to crumble. Ying Ye felt the roof shake beneath her feet, instantly fired her grappling claw far away, and barely dodged the strike.
Why is a demon appearing in the capital? Is it after Little White?
From the distant bell tower, Taima let out another cold snort.
“So this is your final plan? Summon a damned demon and attract the attention of the entire capital?”
The red robe’s voice was somewhat weak, yet she still gave a sleazy laugh. “Of course I know the Great Archbishops will sense it soon, but it’ll take them at least thirty seconds to get here.”
“So as long as the worm swallows the Priest Hero within those thirty seconds, she’ll be taken straight to the depths of the abyss. Her respawn point will be fixed in the abyss’s main city.”
“From then on, she’ll spend every day surrounded by demons, never able to return to the surface world again.”