Chapter 45.2 (1/2)
The both of them continued make their comments in a hushed voice and were led by Duan Hongzhen to a room that looked like a living hall. It was very large and also covered with soft carpeting and luxurious decorations.
There were several people sitting on the sofa in the middle of the living room. They were Yu Fuling and Sai Lulu, whom Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian knew from the previous instance, while the remaining one was the person they had just seen on Duan Hongzhen’s screen.
While Xiao Tangqiu was still secretly guessing who that person was, the latter spoke first, “Duan Hongzhen, you finally brought him back. I thought you died.”
God knows when Duan Hongzhen took out his knife again. He smiled and said, “There aren’t many people who can kill me in the city of the abyss.”
The man gave Duan Hongzhen a look, stopped talking and turned to Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, “Which one of you is Xiao Tangqiu?”
Xiao Tangqiu pursed his lips, “I am.”
Compared to Duan Hongzhen, this man was an alluring young man with beautiful eyes, elegant eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.
He was very young and didn’t even look 20 yet. He looked to be around 17 at most.
“I am Xue Junli.” The young man didn’t beat around the bush and went straight to the point, “Are you the one that caused Shen Yuan to fall into a coma?”
Xiao Tangqiu paused and gave a wry smile, “That should be me.”
Xue Junli looked at Xiao Tangqiu, his gaze somewhat complicated, but it was fleeting. Then, he snorted coldly, “He still hasn’t woken up until now. Do you know why?”
Xiao Tangqiu shook his head, “I don’t know.”
“Go through everything that happened carefully and don’t leave out any details,” Xue Junli said to Xiao Tangqiu in a commanding tone.
Xiao Tangqiu paused and began to narrate what happened at the time.
“…And then I fell unconscious. I don’t know what happened after.”
Xue Junli’s expression was complex. “You said Shen Yuan finally put his hand through your chest?”
Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help but feel a stabbing pain in his heart. His body seemed to recall the feeling at the time. He reached out and touched his chest subconsciously. “Yes, it hurt…”
Xue Junli paused for a moment before laughing coldly, “Then he must have hurt much more than you did!”
Tang Mianmian couldn’t help but retort, “Qiuqiu was also in a lot of pain at the time ah! His heart was ripped out while he was still alive!”
Xue Junli gave Tang Mianmian a chilly glare and he immediately shrank behind Xiao Tangqiu.
Xue Junli ignored Tang Mianmian. He coldly looked at Xiao Tangqiu and said, “The pain that Shen Yuan suffered was 100 times more than what you felt. You were parasitized by Lippinobert at the time. If your heart were eroded by the demon, you would’ve completely turned into a demon… He used his own body to absorb the fragment of ‘demon’s heart’ that invaded your heart. No matter how much pain you felt, his pain was 100 times or 1,000 times more than yours.”
“The demon’s heart? Fragment?” Xiao Tangqiu mumbled these words in a daze, not knowing how to respond.
“The Abyss Demon divided his heart into several fragments. Each fragment is a special prop – the demon’s heart. Those who take the demon’s heart will be reduced to lower demons without a mind if they can’t bear the overwhelming power of the demon’s heart. If they can bear it, they will get the power contained in the demon’s heart, but at the same time, they will gradually lose their minds while they grow stronger and eventually become demons.”
Xue Junli’s tone was calm without waves, “You should be glad that you haven’t become a lower demon who has lost his mind. Instead, Shen Yuan is one step closer to the demon…”
One step closer to the demon…
Listening to Xue Junli, Xiao Tangqiu didn’t have any reaction for some time. Although he had vaguely guessed that Shen Yuan’s situation wasn’t very good, he didn’t expect it to be this bad.
According to Xue Junli, the demon’s heart could turn people into low-level demons without intelligence. If Shen Yuan hadn’t made his move at the time, he would’ve become a low-level demon by now… But why did Shen Yuan save him at the time?
The atmosphere in the living hall was extremely solemn. Even Tang Mianmian, who was a little confused with the situation, didn’t dare to make a sound. Xiao Tangqiu was silent for a moment before he struggled to ask, “What will happen now that Shen Yuan absorbed the demon’s heart in my body? How is he now?”
Xue Junli said flatly, “I don’t know. We’ve tried everything but there’s no way to wake him up. That’s why we brought you here as our last hope… Almost no one can bear the great power of the demon’s heart, even if it’s only one fragment. At least, Shen Yuan is the only one we know so far who has absorbed the demon’s heart.”
“As for those who absorb two fragments of the demon’s heart at the same time… we’ve never heard of such a person before. It’s unprecedented so we don’t have any prior cases to refer to.”
Xiao Tangqiu hesitated for a moment and finally summoned up the courage to say, “Can I see him?”
Xue Junli asked coldly, “You have a way to wake him up?”
“I don’t, I just want to…” Xiao Tangqiu bit his lips. Although he knew how pathetic he sounded saying this, he still grit his teeth and continued, “I just want to personally see… how he is now…”
“Why should we let you?” Yu Fuling sneered coldly, “Will older brother Shen wake up?”