Chapter 364 - The strongest vrs The evilest (1/2)

”So be it.” She challenged and flung the body away from her but none of them took their eyes off each other, eyes riveted on every limb, anticipating every move.

She knew he had woken up too early and was not at his true strength while she was powered by a hatred so strong she could taste it. She fired the first volley, she summoned her powers, the energy taking on a red cast before she blasted him.

He tore it apart with a belligerent wave of his hand but it cost him, she knew what it cost him, he was suddenly paler than before and she knew the sheen on his skin wasn't just because of his ethereal beauty.

Then he fired back, the color of his power was white, biting and hungry, flickering in the air for a moment as if tasting its target before it was released.

She darted behind Yan Mei's body, using her as a shield. Just as she expected, the unconscious body deflected the shot, scattering that power in a show of harsh light but the dimension did not escape its wrath, it ate at it, a darkness that was all consuming.

You would kill me for her, and I have loved you all my life.” Her words were a statement of fact, the evidence in the collapsing dimension between them

She is the world to me, nothing in heaven, earth or hell surpasses her” he admitted, stoic, not even making an attempt to spare her feelings anymore.

The surge of rage had her seeing red, she could see it now, long as she was alive, the Lord of hell would never see her, would never pay her attention, would never truly accept her.

She had claimed to love him earlier, she still did but she had also said she was proud. That pride warred with love and her heart broke.

Her hands wrapped around that delicate body though  already littered with bruises. She was determined to see this through, to enjoy it if this was the last thing she did.

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He'd sensed her intentions and for the first time in his entire existence, he knew fear. He watched those hands wrap around his daughters throat while her assailant looked him dead in the eyes with a suicidal determination. It was only suicidal for her to believe that anything less than a thousand years of torture awaited her but only after he stripped her of all her powers first.

It had destroyed her completely and somehow without even singeing Yan Mei , he flashed to her side and caught the body before it hit the floor. Although her assailant was destroyed, she remained untouched by the force of the power he had wielded but such was the strength of the protection on her.

The protection he had cast at birth on her. He cradled her, murmuring soft words of reassurance as he walked from that crumbling dimension into the real world.

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Her eyes fluttered, but Yan Mei kept them closed. The truth was that she was afraid, in death she could finally allow herself to acknowledge that truth. If she was in heaven or hell, she didn't want to know yet.