Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 426 Blood Kiss
"Soulless, call upon me..."

A faint call echoed in his ears, but the Ghost King ignored it.

It is learning.

While its understanding was indeed not as good as Jiang Si's, it didn't mean it couldn't learn. Even as it stalled for time with Jiang Si, it didn't let this excellent opportunity slip by.

Although it's unclear what gives Jiang Si this understanding, it's certainly something that can be learned and applied.

After observing for a period of time, it realized something.

Jiang Si is not a corpse in this world!
The Ghost King was right about the strange smell he initially sensed from Jiang Si; no wonder she hadn't reached that level even after all that.

However, what it had been pursuing for so long was fulfilled in Jiang Si.

Despite being forced to this point by Jiang Si, and even having to learn from a corpse he originally looked down upon, the Ghost King's pride has been shattered.

But after shedding that useless pride, its vision broadened.

It turned out that his understanding and application of spiritual elements and the soul, as a spirit composed of spiritual essence, was so shallow. Within this moving red model, the Ghost King gradually calmed down.

The obstacles that had been blocking its way have been gradually removed.

The flowers that were once only seen through the fog can finally be picked now.

What it saw was the "death" of the soul!
"There's no need to wait any longer!" The Ghost King's body trembled, his pale form fluctuating violently, and his once upright figure was now somewhat hunched.

The gray-white color spreads from it to the surrounding red lines of the model.

The smooth motion of the red line model suddenly becomes somewhat sluggish, which will directly lead to the collapse of the model.

"Hehe... Ahahahahaha!" The Ghost King's aura was weakening, but it laughed heartily. "State your name, Corpse. Thanks to you, I finally understand! This logic of the world, the answer of the soul! That's right, it's 'annihilation'! This world that belongs to death, its end will naturally be annihilation!"

"Your model can no longer stop me. I will use the answer I obtained from you to make you experience the fate of annihilation!"

The red thread moves, piecing together Jiang Si's figure in front of the Ghost King.

She was breathing heavily, her once cold and pale face now flushed, feeling the stinging pain in her mind.

The spirit essence on the red line is dissipating under the influence of the Ghost King. Even she cannot capture the spirit essence back. When the spirit essence decreases to a certain level, the model will collapse.

At that time, she would have no chance against the Ghost King when he was at full power.

She's done very well to have come this far. This opponent was far stronger than her to begin with. How easy is it to challenge someone of a higher level? There aren't that many cases of the weak defeating the strong in this world. Instead, the victor is the strongest.

However, ever since she finished piecing together the model, she had been filled with excitement and anticipation.

She should have already touched it, but since she is not a being of this world, she has difficulty controlling that mysterious feeling.

My body temperature is rising, and something in my chest seems to want to burst out.

A violent world is calling for its maturing darling, but Jiang Si is struggling to respond.

How could it be so painful...? But I couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

Violence causes injury and death; injury and death are the result of violence. One purpose of constructing the model is to seal off the Ghost King; the second purpose is to transcend space and time to facilitate guidance. What the transcendent soul guides is about to emerge…

"Jiang Si." Jiang Si smiled sweetly and told the Ghost King her name. Then she slowly walked towards the Ghost King: "Under the limitations of the model, you dare not unleash your power, big or small, as it may become a blade thrown at you. But when the model collapses, you will have no more worries."

"When I appear before you, your best option is to use—you just said 'annihilation'—this power for a direct and simplistic attack. The logic of dismantling the soul, how terrifying."

"Heh, you know very well, so why did you still dare to approach me, Jiang Si?"

"At your current rate of erosion, the model will collapse and fail in forty seconds," Jiang Si said with a bright smile.

"Hmm?" The Ghost King was somewhat puzzled by Jiang Si's attitude, but he still moved closer to Jiang Si without showing any weakness. "You actually told me the time limit directly. Is it a conspiracy, or is there another purpose?"

"I just want to make one thing clear." Jiang Si raised her hands, and silk threads extended from behind her. "I'm going to finish you off in the next forty seconds."

"Then let's give it a try!" Ghost King suddenly pushed forward with his palm, but Jiang Si didn't dodge or avoid it and instead threw a punch in response.

How dare she! ?

boom!
As fists and palms clashed, the logic of annihilation spread rapidly. Forget logic; in its current all-out state, this punch could directly kill Jiang Si—something confirmed during their initial exchange.

But! Is it really still going "full power" now?

Its hand slipped, grazing Jiang Si's fist, and then Jiang Si delivered a hard punch to its face. Its neck snapped to the side, and the entire spirit was stunned.

"How could..."

"Don't say such trashy things like 'how could that be!'" Jiang Si tossed his head and interrupted it with a wild laugh. "'Death' is such a good logic! Let me tell you something interesting, you country bumpkin from the corpse world! The first thing that is manifested in the user is the logic of the world before it is mastered!"

Zheng Fan's early absorption of the knowledge affected his own "delusion," and the "rottenness" that he had mastered but could no longer exploit... Jiang Si kept every story Zheng Fan told in mind.

The logic of the world can backfire if you don't truly grasp it!
The Ghost King was awakened and immediately noticed that while the logic of extinction filled his body, his self, which was composed of spiritual elements, was also rapidly dying!
But something's not right. Even if there really is a backlash, it can't happen this quickly!
This...this is...!
It has a fresh, plant-like fragrance, and a magenta hue flows through its pale body!
“I didn’t expect this poison to be effective. When you’re normal, it can’t hurt you at all, and you can’t even notice it… Of course, it’s also because the blood I deliberately sprayed blurred the scent. But now, it’s in accordance with the logic of extinction. It dissolves into your body and begins to catalyze your demise.” As Jiang Si spoke, he waved his hand again and punched the Ghost King once more. This time, it couldn’t even stand up straight and staggered uncontrollably.

"Now, choose. Stop the logic of annihilation, and let's continue to see who has the better endurance. Or continue to enjoy with me the next forty seconds of hell—no, right now it's twenty seconds!"

"You damned corpse! Don't try to fool me! Even as I perish, your insignificant soul will never be able to overcome me under the erosion of logic!" The Ghost King's body trembled violently, and he suddenly straightened up, throwing a flurry of punches at Jiang Si.

It's clear that although it can condense spiritual energy into its body, its close combat skills are a complete mess. Expecting a spirit to have any close combat skills is really too much to ask.

After all, how could it have imagined that one day it would be cornered to this extent by a corpse?

Jiang Si's smile remained unchanged as she easily parried and deflected the soft fist, kicking the Ghost King in the chest and forcing it to retreat. The stinging pain in her mind intensified, and her consciousness began to blur under the influence of death. But the thrill of being so close to death again after "death" made it increasingly difficult for her to control herself.

The suppressed emotions broke through the bottleneck and surged forth.

Although brief, she endured the baptism of war, the red of violence was ignited within her, and the limitations of her zombie transformation were completely broken!

The clouds in the sky shimmered red.

The violent world, unable to summon its own mature darlings, simply arrived.

A tiny patch of blood rain replaced the blizzard, pouring down on Jiang Si's body and staining her figure red.

Jiang Si delivered a punch that pierced through the Ghost King's chest. Her crimson blood stained the Ghost King's body, making it appear as if the pale spirit was bleeding.

The logic of the world of corpses is something Jiang Si, who came from another world, cannot comprehend.

But the logic of a violent world is already readily available to Jiang Si.

The logic of violence is "violence." There is no injury that cannot be caused. Once a violent act has occurred and landed on the other party, the only result will inevitably be "injury," an injury that to some extent conforms to the perpetrator's intentions.

Punch after punch, and then another...

The Ghost King was pinned to the ground and beaten mercilessly by Jiang Si. It was on the verge of death, and the blood made its body look even more filthy and mixed with other colors.

Time is up.

The decay eroded all the spiritual energy that Jiang Si had spread out, causing the model to completely fail and begin to collapse. The taut threads broke and fluttered in the air.

However, the Ghost King's body could no longer maintain its human form and began to become blurry.

The injuries caused by violence, the corpse poison in the body, the logic of death...

It's going to die.

It really was... no match for Jiang Si...

"Soulless, summon me..." In the darkness, it heard that call again. It was somewhat urgent, but this time it seemed very clear.

It knows who is calling it.

Long ago, before even the Ghost King himself could remember, a fragile spirit was born, only to be captured and wantonly abused by its own kind, who used its spiritual essence to strengthen themselves...

What changed it was a wolf… in appearance only, but in reality a notorious otherworldly demon. Unless chosen by them, one is superior to their spirit form, invisible and untouchable.

It was precisely because it became the object of this demon's favor that it gained the opportunity to reverse the situation.

The Ghost King couldn't remember his past name, and Wolf Soulless's name was given to him by that otherworldly demon.

However, its relationship with the other party has always been bad. Because of the encounter in its early days, and the experience of having its body taken over by the other party, the Ghost King felt insecure. This made it grow stronger like crazy, both because it did not want to be humiliated again, and because it did not want to be completely taken over by the other party.

Gradually, it deliberately ignored the wolf, not wanting to give it an opportunity to take advantage.

This is somewhat despicable, but the Ghost King has never cared about such things. As long as it continues to take from the outside world, it will one day rise to the highest point in this world.

Its humble past led it to mask its inferiority complex with pride, and it also believed itself to be successful.

But now...

Jiang Si shattered that fragile and laughable pride. The Undying King, whom it had always regarded as a formidable rival, didn't even get to see it once when it was on the verge of death.

Ridiculous.

"Whatever, wolf." The Ghost King completely lost consciousness.

The moment it responded, the already blurred spirit body suddenly expanded, sending Jiang Si flying.

The Ghost King was dying, but the logic of "extinction" had not ended. Jiang Si was almost mechanically throwing punches, his consciousness was already unclear, and when he was bounced away, everything went black before his eyes.

Swish!
Suddenly, she was caught in an embrace. It was a very romantic princess carry, which instantly jolted her awake from the darkness, allowing her to see Zheng Fan's face in the wind and snow.

"That's really amazing, little zombie, your evolution speed... huh?"

Zheng Fan was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly saw Jiang Si grinning broadly, reaching out to wrap her arms around his neck and leaning in close.

This wasn't Zheng Fan's first kiss, but it was certainly the first one filled with bloodshed.

It's quite sweet.

(End of this chapter)