188 A nasty run-in with the Xiao Clan* 1 - Discretion Advised (1/2)

The deafening sweep of the third breath spelled the gruesome fate glistening above the head of the Xiao Clan's drunken and hedonistic youngster.

An invisible toll of death and liberation seemed to have swept across the alarmed streets of the Peaceful Road.

The invisible fluctuation enveloped all wakening existences, returning them to a deep sleep to pass the night unhindered.

As for the youngster…

”ARGH!”

Pained shriek after blood curdling cry tore their path from his throat to flee into the atmosphere, scarlet trails of liquid seeping from every pore of his body.

The youngster rolled on the ground as he gasped for breath, his hands clinging and wrenching at various parts of his body in agony.

His delicately trimmed and maintained nails transformed into brutal torture weapons as they pierced through flesh and bone to scoop the mutilated substance and sacrifice it onto the ground, and the pupils of his eyes melted into murky seas of boiling fluid.

A small pool of blood enriched and besotted the ground on which he lay, the cobbled stones singing their jubilation towards their heavenly blessing.

The youngster attempted to crawl away from his predicament, whilst his nails continued their torment on his body.

Though they ruptured his liver and extinguished his left kidney, the youngster appeared to not have registered the pain, instead ramming his forehead onto the ground of the Peaceful Road as though to obtain salvation.

The young girl remained unmoving as she observed the flailing body before her in silence, the pair of scarlet irises flickering with interest.

”…help… help me…” the youngster cried in a weakening voice, his crossed body gorging a path of blood and spoilt spiritual essence.

He had, in his current agonizing and crippled condition, traveled a rather astonishing distance of thirteen meters.

All the while, the youngster's nails, limbs, and every weapon he possessed continued their duty of eviscerating his body to an astonishing degree, scooping, extracting, then sacrificing it to the ground for a sliver of penance.

It seemed he found a brief enjoyment and solace from harming his body, and the river of blood roiled in his suffering.

The metallic odor ravaged the solemn atmosphere of the Peaceful Road with a tinge of bloodlust and rage, but none of the residents aroused their consciousness to confront the anomaly.

The young girl's eyes were akin to indomitable sentinels as they followed each movement of the youngster, electing to remain in position to obtain an overview of his circumstances.

An Fei lightly blinked her eyelashes, a hint of unease quickly concealed underneath the malignant shine of moonlight.

All she had done was inject spiritual essence into his body, which should merely have blown him backwards, or if the diagram manifested within his body – explode his physique into smithereens.

She had not expected such a rather brutal… and coldly satisfying scene to occur.

…was the spiritual essence from the Sanctum that lethal to practitioners of the Shattered Star Continent?

If that were the case, had someone dared to infuse their spiritual essence into her body, wouldn't she suffer the same fate?

Drag her body as that of a measly caterpillar, scooping her internal organs as penance to the earth as she sought a twisted and depraved pleasure derived from the penultimate manifestation of pain?

Then… she would have to watch out for herse-

”Ahh… ah – argh! H-h-HELP! HELP!”

As An Fei suddenly found herself lost in her thoughts, the youngster appeared to have tapped into an unknown reserve of vitality and strength.

Ignoring the ravaging and harvesting conducted on his own body, the youngster gathered his vitality into a single breath, pain cries streaming from his half-removed lips and larynx.

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The originally quiet scream quickly rose in volume and intensity, and permeated the entire Peaceful Road as though it had been enhanced with spiritual essence.

The solemn and respectful atmosphere of the streets finally collapsed into a dismal chaos, and the trembling sound and sensation of encroaching footsteps could be heard soon after.

The footsteps appeared to be hurried and full of righteous gusto, and belonged to many, many people.

An Fei noticed that the cobbled stone ground visibly shook with each powerful step that rang across the Peaceful Road, and a few alarmed shouts pierced through the night sky.

The coldhearted and sadistic moon observed on, casually dispersing its silver rays onto various portions of the street, even highlighting the plight of the youngster of the Xiao Clan for several moments.

The stars dared not chastise their unruly neighbor, still unable to overcome their shock at the unexpected circumstance –

”Halt!”