Chapter 179: Given a Butterfly (2.5k)
Looking at the blood splattering everywhere in front of them, the onlookers were like ducks with their necks choked, their voices abruptly silenced. They quickly dodged the blood, and an inexplicable fear spread through the crowd.
“Help! Is there a Priest? Save me!” The female vendor, terrified, rushed towards the crowd. She found that her severed arm was gushing blood, and her mouth was getting drier and drier.
This was it, she was going to die!
The onlookers actively avoided her. How could they dare to touch the bad luck of the female vendor, fearing that it would happen to them? As they dodged, a chill emanated from their hearts as they looked at the retreating figures of Su Jiu and the other two.
“It’s too strange.”
Some of the vendors were from the Blood Clan. They speculated that this might be a bloodline skill of some sort of Blood Clan, but they were mostly from the lineage of the Piercing Duke, and their bloodline skills were mostly for frontal combat, so they could only speculate.
Soon, the commotion here spread all the way, even faster than Su Jiu and the others. Both passersby and vendors looked at the three of them with fearful expressions.
“I didn’t expect you to draw out the core skill of my lineage,” Yun Xi said, looking back at them as she sensed the disturbance, a hint of surprise in her voice.
With the skill “Blood Surge” at perfect level, it didn’t even require a wound. With just a thought, it could cause combat units much weaker than themselves to explode.
Then she turned her head again, looking at Bairnis like a rare animal, her gaze carrying a hint of scrutiny.
“Is she a vampire? But why are her skills blue? And there’s no unique bloody smell of a vampire either,” Su Jiu asked, confused, and looked at Bairnis, who had been lowering her head. She noticed that Bairnis was swaying, and her condition seemed a bit off.
Yun Xi’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and she said softly, “No… there is a lineage of the Blood Clan that does not have the blood-colored characteristic in their skills. It is the Priest from the Gemini you told me about. From birth until her demise, she probably didn’t kill many people.”
Bairnis, standing beside them, trembled slightly. She secretly glanced at Su Jiu, then lowered her head again, sighing softly.
Now it was Su Jiu’s turn to be confused. She asked in confusion, “Then why is she being hunted by the whole world?”
“Because… she aided and abetted evil! Although she saved many dying people, those dying people were dying because of her sister.”
“A sister who exterminated cities and a sister who cowardly followed behind to clean up the mess. Even so, she wouldn’t be hunted. But every time her sister was about to be killed, that sister would come out and give her buffs and healing, causing more than a dozen War God Level pursuers to fall.”
“And then she would hypocritically heal some injured people. Isn’t this aiding and abetting evil?”
Yun Xi stared deeply at Bairnis and said word by word, with a hint of disdain in her tone.
This person’s aura is so similar… but she looks a bit young, and only at War General Level. She’s probably just a descendant of that person. Am I being too sensitive?
“Sigh…”
With a soft sigh, Bairnis could no longer support herself and seemed about to fall backward.
Seeing her about to fall, Su Jiu quickly supported her back with one hand and used the Minor Healing Arts on her with the other. She then asked softly, “Are you alright?”
“It hurts… my heart really hurts. Ha, huff…”
Only then did Su Jiu see that Bairnis’s forehead was covered in sweat, her mouth gasping for air, and one hand tightly clutching her chest. Her dark hair was scattered on Su Jiu’s hand, looking extremely disheveled.
Seeing this, Su Jiu quickly called Laura. Upon learning that they had found accommodation, she half-dragged Bairnis and said helplessly to Yun Xi beside her,
“This girl seems to be seriously injured. I’ll take her back to our accommodation first. You can gather information around here. If money is not enough, I’ll transfer it to you.”
Yun Xi frowned as she looked at Bairnis, then pouted and said softly to Su Jiu, “This person is very likely a descendant of Gemini. You should be careful. You don’t know when she might erupt.”
“Can I borrow your Bluetooth?”
After speaking, Yun Xi reached into Su Jiu’s skirt pocket with one hand, pinched her leg, and took out Su Jiu’s Bluetooth, putting it on herself before walking away.
She had a feeling that this black market was not as simple as Huang Erhua had said. This fog… it was supposed to be from some marine monsters, but she hadn’t seen any.
…
Su Jiu quickly arrived at the inn with Bairnis on her back. It was a small-looking guesthouse with a warm yellow light at the entrance. Under the surprised gazes of Laura and the other, she briefly explained, “This is a girl I met on the road. She seems to be injured. I’ll take her upstairs to treat her.”
Laura tossed her an electronic key and looked at the thin fog outside. “It’s full. We can only have one room for you two and one for us. Make do with it.”
“As long as there’s a place to stay,” Su Jiu smiled, took Bairnis upstairs, swiped her card to enter the room, and saw two small beds and a television inside.
Without hesitation, Su Jiu placed Bairnis on a bed and used the Ice Dragon Transformation. The ice that surged from her body was contained. Then, her hand glowed with green light, and she said softly to the other party, “Let go of your hand. I am a Priest. Let me see how your wound is.”
“Hmph… it’s useless,” Bairnis said, but she still released her hand. She propped her eyes open, looking at Su Jiu’s unfamiliar face. But soon, the pain caused her eyes to secrete tears, and her vision gradually blurred.
Su Jiu pulled open a slit in her dress and, as if peeling grains of rice, first revealed her fair arm, then slowly opened the middle part. A hideous scar ran through her entire lower abdomen, and further up, a horrifying scene appeared…
The right half was a ghastly wound, while the left half had no skin… not even flesh. Her chest cavity was empty, her heart was exposed, but no blood seeped out. However, her entire heart was black, with many small yellowish-brown worms wriggling on it.
Upon closer inspection, they were actually gnawing at Bairnis’s heart.
It was like worms growing on a corpse. Su Jiu’s brow furrowed. Just as she was about to reach out and remove the worms, she was stopped by a weak hand.
“Let them bite…”
Su Jiu looked down and saw Bairnis gritting her teeth and trying to get up. Her lips were becoming paler and paler. She tried to put on her clothes but coughed out some black blood, staining her body. She leaned back against the headboard feebly and said with a wry smile,
“Cough cough… When the worms die, I will die too. This is the price of staying alive.”
“The price of staying alive? I don’t quite understand what you mean. Are these worms very important to you?” Hearing this, Su Jiu asked confusedly. From a normal person’s perspective, she was self-harming, but after hearing her say this, Su Jiu felt it wasn’t entirely the case.
Leaning against the headboard, Bairnis looked at the dim yellow lightbulb, wiped the mist from her eyes, and murmured, “Because if I die, it is these Undead Insects and Xuan Nan Wood that gave me a chance to live again… Now I am controlled by these worms, and there is nothing I can say about it. I deserve it.”
“Sigh…” Su Jiu sighed slightly. In novels, she had heard of such necromantic arts, and she took her to be a pitiable person who had been resurrected and controlled.
Bairnis smiled and continued, “The worms are biting me because I have been away from the castle for too long. You don’t need to pity me. Sins must be repaid.”
Su Jiu could only sigh softly. She didn’t understand the other party’s past, nor her situation. She could only be a listener. The green light on her hand remained.
Although the other party said the treatment was useless, she could see that when she was being treated, Bairnis’s brows were not as tightly furrowed, and it could still alleviate some pain.
“Thank you… It’s been a long time since anyone has been this kind to me. I really hope to see you again in five days.”
As if the pain had lessened, she propped herself up with one hand, forcing a very reluctant smile, thanked Su Jiu, and walked towards the room door.
“Wait, here, take this… It’s better to live poorly than to die well.”
Su Jiu remained silent for a long time, then suddenly called out to her, tossing the butterfly hairpin she had earlier.
Catching the hairpin, Bairnis froze for a moment, then pursed her lips slightly without speaking and left.
“Heh… Resurrection Bos. I did think about leaving directly. Now… if I can stay alive, I really want to see this girl again.” Outside the door, she leaned against the wall, holding the hairpin to her lips. After an unknown amount of time, her entire face turned cold, revealing a cynical expression.
That white-haired girl just now was probably not Rose. This Sacrifice must not go wrong this time!
