Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 167 - 168: The Unacceptable Truth

"Boom~~"

Accompanied by a terrifying surge of energy, the black light scattered! Benjamin’s body was instantly pierced by countless black spikes! Heart-wrenching howls echoed through the sky! Blood splattered all over the ground, and the magic gun in Benjamin’s hand was torn into pieces by the black light!

After a round of ghostly wailing,

The pain gradually subsided, and Benjamin regained some of his sanity. He opened his eyes in immense fear, looking at the terrifying black liquid that was suppressing him...

’What the hell is this?!’

Benjamin couldn’t help but wail in his heart.

However,

After seeing the familiar girl’s figure wrapped in the black liquid, Benjamin held his breath. Cold sweat poured down his forehead like rain, and his wildly beating heart seemed ready to burst out of his chest!

’This, this can’t be!! How, how did this happen?!’

At this moment,

Reflected in Benjamin’s blue eyes,

The eerie black liquid was indeed enveloping a pink-haired little girl! The black liquid entwined around her tender body.

She was a beautiful and adorable girl,

Her soft, water-like pink hair cascaded down like a waterfall, spreading perfectly over her delicate shoulders. Clear and bright blue and red heterochromatic eyes, curved willow eyebrows, long eyelashes trembling slightly, her fair and flawless skin exuding a faint blush, and thin lips as tender as rose petals.

There was no doubt that the pink-haired girl was very charming,

And given time, she would become a beauty of national grace.

However,

It was this delicate little girl who made Benjamin feel as if he had seen a ghost, showing an expression of utter terror! How could Benjamin not recognize this familiar face? It was the person who, in his heart, should have already been dead...

"Yuan’er?! How are you still alive?!"

After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, Benjamin couldn’t help but exclaim.

Although he didn’t know why Yuan’er not only survived but also turned into this bizarre form and why she had become an abyssal demon?! Benjamin could judge from the aura emanating from Yuan’er that the pink-haired girl now was incomparable to her past self! The pressure that the black light brought to him was unprecedented!

Benjamin even had the illusion that his soul was about to be crushed.

What’s more,

An unparalleled fear instantly engulfed Benjamin’s heart, like a raging river, submerging him in a quagmire of fear.

When he thought of what he had done to Yuan’er before, when he thought of his persecution of her and her sister, Benjamin couldn’t help but tremble all over.

Was she, here, for revenge?!

Facing the girl’s almost lightless heterochromatic eyes, Benjamin began to struggle frantically.

’No! No! I don’t want to die!’

’I can’t die!’

’I’m supposed to become a marquis, I can’t die! I haven’t even reached that position yet!’

"Yuan, Yuan’er!! I, I really didn’t mean to hurt you at that time! Your sister and our parents’ deaths have nothing to do with me! It was all done by the people of the Divine Punishment Sect! If you want revenge, go after them! Don’t, don’t come after me!! ..."

...

In his agitation, Benjamin, desperate for survival, ignored the intense pain in his body and begged Yuan’er for mercy.

However,

The pink-haired girl in front of him just looked at Benjamin indifferently, her emotionless heterochromatic eyes chilling.

The less Yuan’er responded the more anxious and fearful Benjamin felt.

"No, Yuan’er! You can’t kill me! We’re family! I’m your brother! When we were little, I used to take care of you!"

In order to survive, Benjamin tried to play the emotional card.

At the same time, Benjamin’s eyes darted around, trying to find Wilt’s figure! He hoped that the leader could save him!

However,

Before Benjamin could find Wilt, Yuan’er, who had been silent for a long time, finally reacted. She tilted her head, looking curiously at the disheveled pink-haired man.

"Bro, brother?"

Hearing that familiar voice, Benjamin nodded frantically.

"Yes! Yes, I’m your brother Benjamin! You, you can’t kill your brother, right, right?"

"..."

However,

As soon as Benjamin finished speaking, after hearing the name ’Benjamin,’ Yuan’er’s expression suddenly turned cold, as if she was triggered by the word. A chilling bloodlust gradually emerged in her heterochromatic eyes.

At this moment, although Yuan’er had successfully absorbed the power of shadow and become the new demon king, her consciousness had not fully awakened and was in a chaotic, nebulous state. Her previous actions, including killing the hero and coming to Wind City, were all instinctive behaviors.

Strictly speaking, Yuan’er’s mind was in a mess now, as her human nature and abyssal demon nature were continuously merging and clashing...

Originally, Yuan’er,

Instinctively wanted to kill Benjamin, but after seeing the tragic scene at Duke Manor, she was stunned in place...

If Benjamin had chosen to stay silent, he might have had a chance to survive.

But now...

"Yuan’er?!"

Seeing the murderous intent in Yuan’er’s heterochromatic eyes grow heavier, Benjamin’s fear intensified, and his face twisted into a grotesque expression due to terror, making him look repulsive...

And just as he was about to beg for mercy again,

The intense pain suddenly surged from his wounds, instantly making Benjamin let out a heartbreaking scream.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah! No! Don’t! Yuan’er, you can’t...kill me...I am..."

Benjamin’s wailing had no effect.

On the contrary, it made the madness on Yuan’er’s face grow even thicker! More and more black spikes penetrated Benjamin’s body! Despite the pain being enough to make one faint, Benjamin somehow managed to stay conscious.

But,

What use was being conscious? He had no strength to fight back, only letting out a series of helpless cries!

Accompanied by Benjamin’s wails, which sounded like touching music,

Dozens of black spikes piercing Benjamin’s body suddenly emitted a burst of black light! As the black light shone more and more brightly, Benjamin’s body gradually withered, turning into a mummy, his vitality continuously being stripped away...

His pleas and cries grew weaker,

Intense feelings of despair and incredible pain occupied Benjamin’s mind,

"No, why...why is this happening...I don’t..."

However, before Benjamin could finish his last words, as if annoyed by his noise, Yuan’er, without even wrinkling her brow, suddenly flicked the whip made of black energy!

Under the shocked gaze of Xiumu on the side,

Benjamin, who was wailing in pain, had half of his head directly blown off, and his wailing stopped abruptly.

Dead beyond doubt.

For a moment, brain matter and blood were scattered everywhere.

Yuan’er’s cute little face, after being stained with blood, became even eerier, making Xiumu feel even more estranged...

’Yuan’er? How...how did she become like this...’

After witnessing the scene before him, Xiumu couldn’t help but clench his fists, and a feeling of inner turmoil surged into the old duke’s heart. Yuan’er being alive should have been a joyous and celebratory event, but what if she had turned into this now?!

Becoming an abyssal demon?!!

For Xiumu, who hated abyssal demons and had fought against them his entire life, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

The Yuan’er of the past, though a bit willful, was essentially kind and timid. However, the weak girl who once didn’t dare to kill even a chicken was now killing Benjamin without a change in her expression?!

And even showing such a cruel smile?

’Is she really Yuan’er?’

Or,

’A monster wearing Yuan’er’s skin?!’

As if to verify the doubts in his heart, Xiumu, enduring the pain, slowly began to speak, gathering his courage and standing up,

"Yuan’er..."

As Xiumu ’s call reached the pink-haired girl’s ears,

The pink-haired girl, surrounded by black liquid, slowly turned her head, looking at the sorrowful old duke behind her.

In an instant,

The pink-haired girl’s unfamiliar, bone-chillingly cold gaze, which even contained killing intent and bloodlust, locked onto Xiumu , making the old duke’s heart suddenly stop! His ominous premonition seemed to be confirmed at this moment. The pain in his heart now far exceeded the pain on his body.

’Yuan’er, have you truly become a monster?’

what had happened to you...

Being noticed by the Demon King-level abyssal demon was undoubtedly seeking death. However, at this moment, the heartbroken Xiumu didn’t care about any of that, and helplessly collapsed to the ground once again...

In his current state, he simply couldn’t withstand the pressure emanating from the Demon King level.

However,

It seemed like she sensed something,

Perhaps it was also because Xiumu was too weak and posed no threat,

Yuan’er didn’t attack Xiumu. Instead, she raised her head to look at the sky, at the silver figure floating in mid-air.

Upon sensing the aura around the silver-haired girl and seeing that golden light, chilling killing intent and brutal ferocity suddenly erupted from Yuan’er’s heterochromatic eyes...

And at this moment, the silver-haired girl felt a suffocating chill...