Chapter 217 : The Hallmaster Wants to Get Married Off 33 (2/2)
“I—” A hint of panic flashed through Qin Langyue’s eyes, but she quickly calmed down and spoke as if he was her last hope, “I’m your fiancée.”
“Well from now on, you’re not.” Jun Hanlin jerked his arm out of Qin Langyue’s grasp. Inwardly, he was smiling coldly. “Qin Langyue, you truly disgust me.”
Qin Langyue, you truly disgust me…
You truly disgust me…
Disgust me…
Those words reverberated throughout her mind, as if they had been set on repeat in her head. ‘How could he lie to me? He clearly isn’t a fool, so why did he lie to me? Why?’
The despair and hatred in her eyes was slowly being replaced by brutality.
By the time Zhong Shiyi had noticed something was wrong with Qin Langyue, it was already too late. She had already demonised[1].
Zhong Shiyi was the first casualty.
Once someone demonises, they lose all form of reason or conscience and will begin a widespread massacre. Furthermore, they are extremely obsessed with their heart’s demon[2].
And Qin Langyue’s heart demon was Shi Sheng.
Not long after, news of someone beginning a massacre in Four-Square City reached Shi Sheng’s ears. As the City Lord, Shi Sheng naturally had to go take a look.
Most of the people invited from outside still hadn’t left the city yet. After all, they didn’t have much energy left due to the poison, so it was already a wonder that they were able to walk as far as they had in the amount of time they’d taken.
No one had expected Qin Langyue to suddenly start a massacre. Many people were implicated and died quite tragically.
Why did Qin Langyue start a massacre, you may ask?
Ha ha. Can you use common sense to describe the actions of a person who’d been demonised?
In novels, whenever someone had demonised, even if they were on their last breaths, they’d still be able to activate another level of berserk to keep going.
By the time Shi Sheng arrived, Four-Square City’s forces had already surrounded Qin Langyue and were currently attacking her haphazardly.
The moment Shi Sheng showed up, Qin Langyue was like a predator that had caught the scent of prey; her pitch-black eyes immediately turned to stare at her. With a flash, she shot towards Shi Sheng.
Everywhere she passed, bits of flesh and blood sprayed.
The resulting wind caused her veil to flutter off and reveal her bark-like skin, causing everyone in the surroundings to suck in a cold breath.
‘Her figure’s clearly that of a young lady, so how come the face underneath the veil is so scary?’
“Shen Yaoguang… die!” Qin Langyue’s voice was strangely stiff, but the hate it contained was palpable.
Shi Sheng pulled out her sword.
At first, she’d planned on just coolly blocking Qin Langyue, but she underestimated the strength behind the attack, resulting inher figure stumbling backward ungracefully.
‘Oh fuck! Looks like demonised people actually deserve their reputation; this combat ability is through the roof!’
Her first hit having landed, Qin Langyue quickly made to attack a second time.
Shi Sheng put her focus into fighting back this time. Every once in a while, someone else would assist by attacking Qin Langyue and distracting her, giving Shi Sheng quite a few openings to attack.
Qin Langyue became extremely agitated from being repeatedly attacked and getting injured. Because of this, shedropped all thoughts of defending and just sprinted towards Shi Sheng, the darkness in her eyes wildly surging.
“Shen Yaoguang!”
Bu Jingyun’s voice suddenly rang out from behind her, nearly shattering Shi Sheng’s eardrums. Following which, a red shadow appeared in front of her and pushed her back.
BANG!
[1] The actual term is “入魔” and is used to describe someone who turned into a demon/devil due to extremely strong hatred/resentment or in some cases, is a consequence when you fail in breaking through to the next cultivation stage. So for the sake of simplicity, demonised.
[2] Just treat this as the opposite of heart’s desire. Someone you want to kill at any cost.