273 Danube River of Blood (2/2)

Bearing the pain, he looked down at the Ripper. He could not see her face clearly but the eyes behind the bloody veil were wild yet hollow. She seemed to be trapped in a nightmare.

”I don’t know who you are but it doesn’t feel good to be controlled by either King Arthur or Hyakume, right?” Ye Qingxuan murmured. ”It’s useless to just bear the abuse. You must fight back to receive freedom!” He paused as the eerie waltz played on. He squeezed a smile onto his painfully twitching face. ”The waltz has already started. Don’t let the guests wait for too long.”

Ye Qingxuan reached out and grasped her cold wrist, murmuring in her ear, ”Dance with me, crazy killer lady!”

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Above the rippling Danube River of blood and within layers of chains, Ye Qingxuan gripped her hand and guided her to take the first step. The surging murderous aura shot in all directions. It disrupted the river, tearing the bloody brides into pieces.

Half of Ye Qingxuan’s body was covered in wounds as well during this attack. Blood rolled down his face but he did not stop. Ye Qingxuan guided her to step to the rhythm of this eerie and strange melody, twirling gently. The moonlight in his eyes illuminated.

”Let me see what you’re hiding inside!” Coherence began instantly with the moonlight as a bridge!

If Lola was here, she would definitely slap him for not caring about his life. Coherence for the School of Mind was the most dangerous of all schools. This represented the clashing and assimilation of two minds. If their strength was too different, he would be destroyed if he relaxed for a second. The terrifying emotion was contagious as well. He would definitely be influenced if he underwent coherence with someone as crazed as the Ripper. This meant that there were now two maniacs.

Unfortunately, this was not the first time Ye Qingxuan flirted with death. In fact, as for going crazy…He had never been this calm since he decided to return to Avalon. How could he be normal if he wanted to overturn the verdict for humanity’s number one traitor?

He instantly passed into the Ripper’s damaged heart and entered her mind. He was at once practically brought to his knees by the tidal wave of negativity.

Nope, there was no hope. Even someone as determined as Ye Qingxuan suddenly had the urge to give up. The Ripper seriously had no hope.

The moonlight guarded his mind, allowing him to see the Ripper’s current situation clearly. Right now, there was a large consciousness spreading quickly in her. It was a negative emotion that was as bottomless as the sea. This was the curse of Hyakume—anger, fear, jealousy, greed, brashness, cowardice…every negative feeling known to man appeared continuously.

The Ripper was powerless. Her mind was already at the brink of cracking. Now she had completely lost control under the erosion of the negativity. Some power gradually awakened and appeared. Now, it was too large to control. She could only vent out the anger in vain.

Ye Qingxuan was frustrated. Was she really possessed by King Arthur? What terrible thing had she done to fall to this state? What was this constantly swelling power? It was obviously a curse!

Now, they were entangled and could not be separated! It was as if a mentally ill patient on the brink of schizophrenia suddenly had another even more debilitating disease. Adding madness to madness and a disease to a disease!

Hyakume was not the strongest. Ye Qingxuan could casually extinguish any bit of it. The scary part though was that it would reappear just as fast. It had no true form or core that could be attacked. The thousands of negative feelings rose in waves, forming dark chaos. It was just chaos.

Even if a shred remained, it could instantly come back to life. Now, the chaos had polluted more than sixty percent of her mind. This meant that it was going to succeed. The patient was beyond saving!

Seeing this situation, Ye Qingxuan had a migraine. He could not help it. At this point, it would require a true miracle. No medicine could help. Furthermore, if he rushed in with his consciousness, he would be attacked by both sides. The best case scenario would be to be assimilated by one of them.

At that time, he would be worse off than becoming a dark musician. He would be completely obliterated!

His features twitched; his expression was troubled and ugly. It was not that he did not want to help her. It was just that nothing could save her at this point.

Unless the Ripper woke up by herself and truly grasped her power. But was that possible? She would not lose control and run to kill people at the Whitechapel Church if that was possible. So there was only one solution.

”I’m sorry.” Ye Qingxuan sighed. ”I’m not an official psychologist. I only learned some random music theory from the School of Mind. You’re unlucky for being stuck with me.”

The youth had opened his eyes again after a second.

”Clench your jaw!” He glanced at the dull girl before him and punched her forehead suddenly. ”Let’s try the trick of fighting fire with fire!”

Boom!