Chapter 37: Mission Accomplished
Chapter 37: Mission Accomplished
Before he could finish speaking, Li Jia’s voice faded away.
Lin Sisi immediately rushed forward, hugging Wuque and sobbing, “Li Lang, Li Lang, come back, come back!”
“I forgive you, come back.”
She shook Wuque’s body desperately.
Wuque said hoarsely, “Miss Lin, he’s gone, completely gone.”
Then, he placed the dark jade pendant into Lin Sisi’s hand and said, “I’m giving this to you. My task is done. I have fulfilled Mr. Li’s dying wish.”
Lin Sisi exclaimed in surprise, “Are you crazy? Do you know this is the Demon Spirit Sea? Any human who enters will surely die. For the wish of a dead man, you would risk your own life?”
Wuque said, “Yes, I suppose I’m crazy. This world has some abnormal people, after all.”
At that moment, dozens of skeletal women in the hall were all crying.
“Sister, he is a good man.”
“Sister, he is handsome and so kind. Let’s spare him.”
These women had suffered greatly in life and hated men.
Witnessing the scene just now, they were moved not only by Li Jia’s suicide for love but also by Wuque risking his life to fulfill a promise.
These two men seemed to restore their worldview and their trust in men.
“Sister, let’s spare him.”
“No, if Mother finds out we secretly spared a man, she will torture us to death. She will condemn Sister to the Eighteenth Layer of Hell.”
Hearing this, Wuque understood everything.
This Lin Sisi before him was not the greatest Demon Spirit; behind her was an even more powerful and terrifying master?
But that made sense. How many years had Lin Sisi been dead? How many years had this Dark Domain existed?
Lin Sisi seemed to fall into a painful struggle.
If she let Wuque go, she would be punished by the old demoness, suffering hellish torment.
If she didn’t let Wuque go, she truly couldn’t bear it.
After a long struggle, she said in a trembling voice, “You, you go, leave.”
Wuque said, “I have an idea.”
Lin Sisi said, “Tell me.”
Wuque said, “You and Li Jia, aside from this dark jade pendant, do you have any other mementos?”
Lin Sisi shook her head. “No.”
Wuque said, “In many places, there is a custom: when a couple marries, they invite a skilled painter to create a painting of the two in their happy likeness, to be passed down through generations. It’s called a wedding portrait. I… I am also a skilled painter. I want to paint a wedding portrait for you and Li Jia. May I?”
Lin Sisi said, “You, can you really paint? Do you know what Li Lang looked like?”
Wuque said, “I do.”
Lin Sisi said, “Good, good, good… At least in the endless painful years to come, I can spend my time looking at this painting.”
Wuque said, “Is staying here very painful for you?”
Lin Sisi said, “It’s worse than death. I can’t even die, which is why I’ve become twisted.”
Wuque said, “Alright. Please change into your wedding dress, Miss Lin. Do you have one?”
Lin Sisi nodded. “I do. Wait a moment.”
Then, she walked into the back cabin.
A moment later, she came out wearing a red skirt, a beautiful wedding dress.
Wuque said, “Imagine Mr. Li Jia is by your side, and you are nestled in his embrace.”
Lin Sisi’s beautiful eyes grew dazed as she sank into a blissful fantasy, as if a man were truly standing there, and she gently leaned against him.
Wuque began to paint.
He painted very seriously and very well.
It was as realistic as a photograph.
After two full hours, he finally finished.
“Is it done?” Lin Sisi asked softly.
Wuque said, “It’s done.”
Lin Sisi said, “Let me see.”
She walked over and, with just one glance, was stunned.
The painting was exquisite, as if real people were imprinted on the paper.
Li Jia in the painting looked exactly as she remembered—so handsome, so scholarly, yet with a hint of untamed spirit.
Lin Sisi said, “I also studied painting, but compared to you, my skills are worthless. You painted so well. In the endless years to come, I can survive by gazing at it. Thank you.”
Wuque said, “This painting still lacks the final stroke.”
Lin Sisi said, “Oh, right! My eyes, they seem to lack pupils.”
Wuque said, “Yes, the final touch to bring them to life.”
Lin Sisi said, “Then paint it.”
Wuque said, “I, I can’t paint it.”
Lin Sisi said, “Why can’t you paint it?”
Wuque said, “Because once I paint it, I will take away your ability.”
Lin Sisi exclaimed in shock, “What do you mean?”
Wuque said, “And I have learned the Star-Draining Art.”
Lin Sisi said, “The Star-Draining Art from the Dark Academy?”
Wuque nodded. “You know of it?”
Lin Sisi closed her eyes, then opened them and said, “My life may have been flawed, but I can rest in peace now.”
And at that very moment.
“Boom, boom, boom…” Loud noises came from outside.
The waves began to churn violently, and lightning several thousand meters long tore through the air.
Countless tendrils of blood stretched out, steadily creeping toward the large ship, grabbing hold of the entire vessel.
All the skeletal women trembled in terror, saying, “Sister, the master is here. Mother is here.”
They were filled with infinite fear toward the “Mother” they spoke of.
Lin Sisi said to Wuque, “The painting, paint it quickly, quickly!”
Wuque picked up the brush and dabbed it on the eyes of Lin Sisi in the portrait.
The final touch!
Instantly…
Lin Sisi in the painting seemed to come to life, becoming vivid and spirited.
At the same time, a glow drifted out from Lin Sisi’s body.
Extracted Ability: Magnet Control!
Immediately after, terrifying sounds rose from the sea surface, as if vengeful ghosts were wailing and caves were moaning.
“Sisi, my good daughter, how many men’s souls and yang energy did you absorb this time? Let me see how big this Demon Spirit Pearl is.”
“Hurry and offer it to your granny.”
“There’s also a fair-faced man. Perfect, granny is hungry and craving—let me devour him alive.”
“Hahahaha…”
This powerful Demon Spirit emitted sharp shrieks and loud laughter.
Lin Sisi grabbed Wuque’s hand and threw him outward, shouting, “Go, run, run!”
Instantly, Wuque’s body flew out like a kite, soaring toward the Aurora Wall.
Then,
Lin Sisi suddenly took out the pearl from before.
It was formed from the souls and energy of dozens of Scholarium warriors she had devoured. After her refinement, it had become pure Demon Spirit energy, originally intended as an offering to her master.
Now, she flung it fiercely toward Wuque.
“Boom!” The entire Demon Spirit Pearl exploded violently.
Like fireworks, light filled the sky.
Wuque activated the Star-Draining Art within him, greedily absorbing the power of the Demon Spirit Pearl.
Countless pure Demon Spirit energies surged into Wuque’s body.
This massive influx of power nearly made Wuque faint. He felt his entire body swelling, as if about to burst.
“Traitorous wench, you dare betray me?” the terrifying voice roared.
Lin Sisi shouted angrily, “I’ve long wished for death. Every day is worse than death. Just scatter my soul…”
Immediately, countless blood-red tentacles stretched toward the sky, also devouring the light from the exploded Demon Spirit Pearl.
Other blood-red tentacles madly coiled toward Wuque.
No one who entered her domain could leave alive.
It seemed Wuque was about to be caught by these blood-red tentacles.
In the face of this immense power, he appeared extremely weak.
Yet, the next second,
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…” Dozens of skeletal women rushed out.
Lin Sisi’s hair suddenly grew longer, dozens of yards, hundreds of yards long, and tightly entangled the blood-red tentacles, preventing them from grabbing Wuque.
“Shen Wuque, promise me, don’t make the woman who loves you sad, don’t let her hate you.”
At the same time!
A figure rushed in.
It was Mountain Master Wen Daozi. Hearing the commotion, he couldn’t help but charge inside.
He caught Wuque.
But it was useless. They couldn’t break through the Aurora Wall, couldn’t leave this Dark Domain, couldn’t escape the barrier of the Demon Spirit Sea.
Just then, a tall and strong skeletal woman, carrying a coffin on her back, sprinted over.
Other skeletal women followed behind her.
This skeletal woman said to Wuque, “Handsome brother, I beg a favor. My father searched for me for over a decade, eventually entered the Demon Spirit Sea, and died inside. Can you help bring his body back for burial?”
Wuque was stunned, then nodded and said, “Okay!”
Immediately, the tall skeletal woman spread her arms and used all her strength to tear a crack in the Aurora Wall.
“Handsome brother, remember us, remember us poor women.”
“Handsome brother, remember to take my father back to our hometown and lay him to rest.”
These skeletal beauties called out sweetly to Wuque, grinning widely.
After the Aurora Wall was torn open, sunlight from outside shone upon them.
Instantly, they turned to dust and their souls scattered.
“I will, I will.”
Wen Daozi held onto Wuque’s body, grabbed the coffin, and at the fastest speed, rushed through the Aurora Wall, left the Demon Spirit Sea, and returned to the human world.