Gu Xiao Su painfully curled up on the ground, black energy seeping into her body without respite.
It covered her original aura. Gu Xiao Su, in despair, watched as Xiao Ye drew the black energy from the surrounding demons and again infused it into her body. The demons roared with excitement.
Gu Xiao Su's eyes shed tears of blood. She was more despairing than dead.
"Ah!!"
Gu Xiao Su's screams echoed for a long, long time in the demon arena.
However, they did not elicit even a shred of pity from Xiao Ye.
When Xiao Ye brought Gu Xiao Su out, she was utterly exhausted, her clothes in disarray.
She lifted her head. Her clear blue eyes, characteristic of Blue Star humans, had turned pure black!
Black energy radiated from Gu Xiao Su, completely transforming her into an infected.
She heard the cheers of the entire city. They had witnessed the fall of their War Goddess.
Gu Xiao Su followed Xiao Ye in a daze, unable to accept her own defilement.
However.
Back in the demon arena, Xiao Ye had threatened Gu Xiao Su, "If you dare to kill yourself, I will strip you naked and throw you onto the judgment platform."
Gu Xiao Su's hatred for Xiao Ye reached its peak.
If there was even the slightest opportunity, Gu Xiao Su would mercilessly send Xiao Ye to a place where he could not be buried.
Gu Feng and the others, upon seeing Xiao Ye return, showed delighted smiles.
"Master, you're back!"
Gu Xiao Su felt the gaze of every infected. They looked utterly satisfied. The noble War Goddess of Blue Star was now like them.
Arriving in the grand hall.
Xiao Ye lifted Gu Xiao Su's chin. "Gu Xiao Su, you can never go back."
Hearing his provocative words, Gu Xiao Su bit him desperately.
"Even if I become an infected, I will not be as evil as you all."
Xiao Ye saw the deep bite marks on his hand and Gu Xiao Su's bone-deep hatred.
The black energy from his body spread, enveloping Gu Xiao Su.
Gu Xiao Su felt a primal fear, a dread she hadn't even felt when on the brink of death.
"My hands... my feet, they're not obeying me."
Gu Xiao Su's beautiful eyes widened as she realized her body was completely unresponsive due to fear.
Xiao Ye's expression was calm. He had Zhao Chen and others bring out demon meat.
"Eat."
Gu Xiao Su heard Xiao Ye's cold command and instinctively reached for the demon meat.
She stuffed her mouth full, tears streaming down her face.
The demon meat tasted sour and greasy.
It was disgusting.
So very disgusting.
Accustomed to the delicacies of Blue Star, Gu Xiao Su had never imagined eating anything as vile as demons.
"I don't want to eat, sob, I don't want to eat..."
Gu Xiao Su desperately tried to stop.
However, under the control of Xiao Ye's black energy, she had become like an obedient machine.
Gu Feng and the others watched coldly. "War Goddess, it's time you tasted our lives."
Though the demon meat was awful, it had become the sustenance for the infected.
Even with such scarce resources, Blue Star was still trying to exterminate them.
"Please, don't force me to eat..."
Gu Xiao Su's mind was in chaos. She pleaded with Xiao Ye.
She had thought she was strong enough to endure Xiao Ye's cruel torment.
But in front of Xiao Ye, Gu Xiao Su was utterly defenseless.
Xiao Ye retracted his black energy and watched Gu Xiao Su slump to the ground.
Her eyes were hollow, and she desperately wanted to vomit the demon meat.
When would the Blue Star Alliance come to save her?
Xiao Su was suffering too much...
Since becoming an infected, Gu Xiao Su truly feared what Xiao Ye had said.
She could never go back.
Even if she did, the people of Blue Star would no longer see her as their War Goddess.
Just then.
A commotion erupted outside. Hope flared in Gu Xiao Su's eyes.
Was it... was it the Alliance?
Had they sent people to rescue her from outside the city?
However, seeing the excitement on Gu Feng and Zhao Chen's faces, Gu Xiao Su knew her hope was dashed.
"Our comrades outside Blue Star have returned, receiving the King's command!!"
Their eyes blazed with joy, and they quickly rushed out of the hall to see.
A vast, dark mass of hundreds of men and women, like a tidal wave, appeared in Godslayer City.
They had survived and cultivated outside Blue Star, enduring humiliation, waiting for this moment.
The King has returned!
Countless infected, upon seeing Xiao Ye, had eyes that burned with a dazzling light.
Their breaths quickened, their cheers deafening.
"King, we are late."
Xiao Ye looked at everyone who had been summoned back. Some bore wounds, and some had died outside Blue Star.
They had survived hardships on Blue Star, their spirits unquenched.
"From now on, you will no longer wander. Follow me, and we will slaughter our way into Blue Star!"
"Kill!!!"
The infected roared with resounding voices, unleashing ten years of pent-up grievances.
Gu Xiao Su witnessed this awe-inspiring scene.
Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes and said faintly, "We should give the old dogs of the Alliance some sense of crisis..."
Gu Xiao Su looked at Xiao Ye in surprise, trying to guess his next move.
However, her heart was filled only with dread...
What Xiao Ye had done to Bai Xian'er that day had left an indelible shadow.
The entire populace of Godslayer City was also stirred, willing to join the fight for Blue Star.
The people of the city wished to contribute to their city.
They also wanted to follow Xiao Ye's lead! kuAiδugg
Xiao Ye ordered the history elder to be brought forth.
He then went to the hall to summon the system.
The system, knowing Xiao Ye intended to attack Blue Star, asked, [Host, if you attack Blue Star, are you abandoning the judgment platform?]
Xiao Ye shook his head and said gravely, [Editing Bai Xian'er and attacking Blue Star are not in conflict.]
The system was momentarily stunned.
It was true. They had left the judgment platform anyway.
The system also had the ability to play memories anywhere on Blue Star.
[Host, is your goal now to become the ruler of Blue Star?]
Xiao Ye did not answer the system.
When he escaped, he would confront the system.
From initial breakdown to numb acceptance, the system had come a long way.
It no longer knew what chaos Xiao Ye would wreak upon Blue Star.
After editing the memories and handing them to the system, Xiao Xi stood elegantly beside the hall. She wasn't wearing her red dress today.
She wore the same black attire as the infected, but Xiao Xi's exquisitely beautiful face exuded an aura that evoked protectiveness.
"Ye, I want to go with you."
Xiao Ye looked at Xiao Xi's serious gaze. She now possessed SS-grade power and should be able to protect herself.
He walked to her side and whispered, "Then don't wander off. If there's danger, stand behind me."
Xiao Xi quickly nodded. "I'm not a child anymore."
Xiao Ye's figure moved towards Gu Feng and the others. Their entire city was about to march, a disaster for Blue Star.
Xiao Xi's eyes, beautiful as crystals, followed Xiao Ye's retreating form.