Chapter 371: Blackened Junior Sister (76)
However, she did not expect to learn that it would be easy for Yue Ran to kill these male protagonists in the end. Looking at the change in temperament, Qing Xi was sure that Yue Ran had no intention of gaining the favor of men at all.
It was obvious that they were no longer playing in the same league.
It was no wonder that the system notified that the rating of this world has risen to the dangerous S level. This mission was no longer a problem that could be solved with beauty and tricks alone. What in the world could have happened to make the female lead change so drastically?!
Although the background and life experience of the female lead were intriguing, and her strength was also pretty powerful, the female lead obviously does not have this kind of personality in the original plot! At least the female lead would never kill ordinary people indiscriminately as she did now!
In the present circumstance, the female lead was behaving more like a villain boss than a protagonist.
Qing Xi was also confused. If Yue Ran really had such a great ability, enough power to kill anyone in her line of sight, why did she not directly breach the security of the imperial city and head straight to the Sky Breeze Sect to exact revenge? Why did she set up an ambush in a place like the imperial city and wait until the day of the Immortal Sacrifice Festival to launch her attack?
The real question was: does the female lead really have such a great ability to do so in the first place?
Qing Xi dropped her head and did not dare to utter anything for fear that she would attract unwanted attention. In view of the fact that she was able to think of this, then there was no reason why Cheng Mo, the emperor, and Qiao Jie could not think of it.
It was just that... they did not dare to take a gamble—a gamble that could lead to a fatal outcome.
Even if there was a probability as high as nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine in ten thousand chance that this circumstance was all a trick, they still could not afford to leave things to likelihood.
They could not afford to place a bet on the lives of the majority of the population of the Eternal Peak City.
The voices of the sea of people were like waves, pushing and pulling one after another. It was as if their chaotic chorus of voices were going to overturn the ship and boats in the river.
Jiang Wen Xiu sat on the ground, blood still dripping from his chest. He looked at the blood on his hands in a stupor and came to a painful and horrifying realization that Yue Ran was no longer the same Yue Ran that he knew before. She had changed from the person he had known.
She was now a real evil witch who was capable of taking his life with one single blow. She would not feel compassion for him, nor would she like and care for him all the time. Not anymore.
He had never realized things so clearly as he did now.
The cries and shouts of the people resounded through the sky. Jiang Wen Xiu and the disciples of the Sky Breeze Sect behind him stood pale, seemingly bloodless. The crowd continuously begged and swore at them, as if doing so could really spare their lives.
No one could understand why Yue Ran, who should have been cursed by everyone, was standing so calmly high up in the sky. Meanwhile, those of the Sky Breeze Sect were being insulted, condemned, and cursed by the world as though they were real evil people.
"What is the matter? The things that the Sky Breeze Sect had previously done… Your Majesty, do you have no knowledge of them at all?"
Yue Ran then shifted her attention to someone else, her form bathed in the chillingly cold moonlight.
"What about you, the righteous and revered Alliance Leader Cheng Mo? Are you also not aware of what they have done?"
The young woman let out a lazy yawn, still looking ever so charming, after she spoke slowly, each word landing loud and clear. Yet the sentences in her mouth could push them to a dead end one after another. When have these two—one a majestic emperor and the other an upright hero—ever encountered anything like that when they have always been worshipped and respected by others almost all the time?
Yue Ran waited for a while, but all she heard as a response was only silence.
"Well then, let us do things this way," the young woman said. "The life of Jiang Wen Xiu, along with that... woman next to him. Why do you not exchange the two of them for the lives of everyone in your Eternal Peak City? Do you not think that it is a very good deal?"
Yue Ran seemed to have shown great generosity by making such a huge concession. As if she was moved by her own magnanimity, Yue Ran spun around and fell into Long Yuan's arms, revealing a charming smile. A pair of phoenix eyes were like two exquisite black gemstones glinting in the silver light of the moon. Her movements were smooth and pleasing to the eyes, effortlessly highlighting her devilishly sensuous figure.
Long Yuan felt his unstirred heart skip a beat.
Jiang Wen Xiu's body trembled as he stared straight at Yue Ran with his eyes wide open, his contracted pupils full of disbelief. The air froze for a moment, and suddenly, the scolding and curses of the people directed at the Sky Breeze Sect as a whole immediately turned to Jiang Wen Xiu and Qing Xi.
When has this noble immortal cultivator ever suffered such a thing? He has always been admired by thousands of people, and it was the first time...