Chapter 718: Chapter 630: I Will Crown You [Double-Length]
Watching the writhing storage-tentacles crawl closer and closer, Yu Lan braced her legs against the ground and began to struggle with all her strength.
Cold light flashed from both sides, and Angelina’s forearms spun off into the air.
Yu Lan’s eyes sharpened. Her waist twisted slightly as she bent forward to grip the scythe’s shaft, toes tapping the ground in a spin, and the Giant Scythe swung out along the motion in a sweeping slash.
Amid a great cascade of falling blood-light, Angelina’s head dropped to the ground with a thud, and her body collapsed straight down.
"Careful, she’s not down yet!"
Confirming that "Ash Burning" had not been dispelled, Yu Lan shouted at once.
"Even a headshot won’t kill her. Is this woman a monster?" Zhou Zhao’s face was ugly.
Several tentacles drilled out from Angelina’s neck. As he raised his finger to fire, the shrieking tendrils suddenly darted, carving a deep, bone-revealing gash into his calf.
Yu Lan looked toward Angelina’s fallen body. A faint black mist had shrouded the latter’s surface; the fog churned and boiled, Gathering into a black "3."
Her Death Contract had already struck the other side three times. As long as she stacked two more layers of the Contract, she could completely kill Angelina...
"Aim for her heart!"
Zhou Zhao took aim at Angelina again, and a tentacle slid like a snake at high speed, suddenly springing up to bite into his right leg.
Yu Lan watched, helpless, as Zhou Zhao was yanked to the ground by the tendacle, then hoisted high and slammed violently down, flung far away, with fissuring cracks spreading in great swaths!
The frenzied thrashing tentacles formed a savage blood-colored storm. Blood rose from the ground, accelerating into a turbulent torrent that flowed back in reverse into the girl’s body. Angelina’s body slowly lifted, and within the bloodstorm, her form began to reassemble.
Blood mist billowed, desire submitted!
The tentacles gently lifted Angelina’s head and set it back upon her neck.
Angelina put her hands on her head and gave it two twists. Her pale face flushed with color.
"Truly awful." Angelina let out a long breath, then suddenly covered her mouth as something churned inside her. "All things wither; the void...it’s enough to make one sick."
"You’re right," Angelina murmured.
"The world after death is just as meaningless, so empty it makes you want to puke. In a world like this, am I really supposed to look forward to tomorrow?"
Angelina reached out. The Abyssal White Flower pierced through space and flew back into her hand.
"Let’s wrap this game up. Dragging it out this long, I’m getting a little bored."
Zhou Zhao and Yu Lan assumed combat stances at the same time.
With Angelina’s fight-like-she-doesn’t-want-to-live style, even if they could win, it would very likely cost them someone. If Lu Shuhang really managed to snatch the black box, then they absolutely could not afford casualties...
"Angelina."
Xiao Xinzhu’s voice came from the side. Angelina arched a brow and turned her gaze over.
Xiao Xinzhu’s strings had fully seized control of Tang Xin, connecting separately to the girl’s torso and limbs. The blue-haired girl’s eyes were dim now, like a marionette on strings, enduring the control.
"Hecate’s Magic Tail is linked to her. If you attack me, she dies."
"This Enhancer must be very important to you. That second young lady from the Order Court and your commander are at the critical stage of fighting over the black box.
"One for one. With so many spectators watching, we won’t lie to you. This Miss Tang’s life, in exchange for yours."
Angelina turned her head, the Lance rolling once in her palm.
"That’s pretty straightforward."
Angelina’s face was full of disdain. "I told you to take care of yourself and stop dragging people down. You’re a damn nuisance, such a damn nuisance."
"If I were you, the moment I got taken over, I’d have chosen to end myself. Understand?"
Tang Xin remained silent, lowering her head without a word, the cracks on her shattered face spreading.
"Hey, she’s your teammate no matter what." Zhou Zhao couldn’t hold back anymore. "You should know she’s linked to all of you, right?"
"Yeah, and so what?" Angelina spread her hands. "She’s my teammate. Whatever I say to her, what’s it got to do with you?"
"I originally thought you just had a relaxed attitude. Now it seems you’re just a self-important egomaniac who refuses to take responsibility," Yu Lan said coldly.
"Everything you’re saying is right. I’ll own it."
Angelina slowly raised the Lance in her hand.
"But I don’t like multiple-choice questions."
"If you’re hurt, she’ll suffer the same damage."
"Does that mean if she’s killed, you’ll be killed as well?"
The three from Assassin’s Creed fixed their gazes, Xiao Xinzhu’s strings slowly tightening. Just as they were about to move, Angelina’s next words left them frozen.
"Big star, I know you’re from the opera academy. You’ve got a talent for acting," Angelina said languidly. "How long are you planning to keep the act going, Tang Xin?"
"What would Shakespeare say at a time like this?"
Tang Xin raised her head. In the slanting light, half her face was steeped in shadow, the other half exposed to the glow. Her blue eyes curved in a demonic arc.
"Things are often quite different from how they appear. People are easily deceived by superficial ornament."
Alarm bells exploded in Xiao Xinzhu’s mind. She immediately cinched the strings tight, trying to take Tang Xin out on the spot, but the Silent Hand had at some point melded into her shadow and turned the control back on her.
The sudden turn of events made Yu Lan and Zhou Zhao’s faces change drastically. They took a few steps forward, only to be stopped by Xiao Xinzhu.
At a time like this, Xiao Xinzhu was instead preternaturally calm. She looked at Tang Xin with icy eyes; the threads of Magic Tail had already burrowed deep into the other girl’s flesh, spreading toward that thudding heart.
She was very sure Tang Xin was still under her control. The Silent Hand had been deployed before she took control; the other side currently had no way to counter her.
And she only needed to adjust the angle of Magic Tail just a little, and she could...
Angelina hefted the Lance in her palm:
