In this world, nothing is more cruel and hurtful than the truth.

Rose Vesper's lips moved, she wanted to retort Qin Chu, mocking that he actually attempted to use such a despicable method to torture her willpower.

With Qin Chu's identity and status, and his strength, using such means is truly disgraceful...

But, looking at Qin Chu's face, Rose Vesper was already prepared in her heart, yet the words she had ready to retort were stuck in her throat, unable to be spoken.

On the contrary, the fear in her chest grew thicker and heavier.

The two of them stared at each other.

Their gazes intersected.

In the end, it was Rose Vesper who chose to retreat. Her eyes dared not glance at Qin Chu's face anymore nor look at the Demon King above the Blood Lake. She merely lowered her head, peering at her own toes. Thischapterwasoriginallypostedon*.

"Huh, what nonsense are you spouting? That is the Demon King, it can't possibly be Lord Jie Luo..." Finally, after a long silence, Rose Vesper launched her counterattack.

But this counterattack was weak and powerless.

Qin Chu merely smiled casually, his expression growing more mocking: "Unwilling to believe it?"

"What you all witnessed with your own eyes, Jie Luo being torn apart by the Demon King, was just an act he deliberately orchestrated with the Demon King before you."

"What died was just a shell."

"His soul had long entered the Demon King's body, continuing to live in another form."

"It is because of this that the Soul Fragments you collected are all empty shells, containing... nothing."

Every word from Qin Chu was like a dagger, stabbing directly into Rose Vesper's chest.

Her lover's death was just a play?

The Soul Fragments were all empty shells?

Impossible, this absolutely cannot be.

If this were true, then all of her years of effort and tears, what were they for?

Why had she gone through all these hardships, collecting Jie Luo's Soul Fragments, and preparing for his resurrection?

Rose Vesper did not fully believe what Qin Chu said, after all, the content was so incredible that it was impossible for one to believe.

But, these words still dealt an unprecedented blow to Rose Vesper, even more than the failure of the Resurrection Technique.

Rose Vesper's breathing quickened, her body involuntarily swaying, her face as pale as could be. Her mind was already a chaos, her head utterly dazed.

Her lips moved, but no sound came out.

"It's okay if you don't believe it now... soon you will." Qin Chu stretched his arms and said with a cold smile.

His gaze once again turned to the direction of the Blood Lake. The Demon King, who had already noticed the commotion here, seemed to understand that things here could no longer be ignored and could only temporarily set aside Luo Meng and fly over.

The four-meter-tall body carried an exaggerated sense of oppression.

The black wings on its back stirred up a fierce wind, blowing the endless blood mist.

The Demon King's gaze swept over Asina, Catherine, Silf, Rose Vesper...

All familiar faces.

Due to the fusion of souls, when seeing these former members of the Hero Team, the Demon King's heart also stirred slightly, but now controlling this body was still the primary consciousness of the Demon King.

This ripple was very weak, easily suppressed by the Demon King.

The gaze also swept over Atreus, pausing slightly, as if surprised that this daughter of his could survive.

Then he looked over Little Saye, and finally landed on Qin Chu, his massive pupils slightly contracting, his face finally showing its first change.

With the Demon King's strength, of course, he could sense that Qin Chu had already broken through the shackles of the Demigod.

Worthy of being the Hero who even made him apprehensive, his strength soared repeatedly in such a short time, this speed of increase was truly ridiculous.

Demon King Nage even felt that if given enough time, this guy could definitely cut him down alive.

If he had more time, achieving Godhood might not even be impossible for him... a fearsome guy.

No doubt, Qin Chu was not the Evil God of the Void, the fear he brought the Demon King was not as intense, but even now, the Demon King still did not want to become an enemy of Qin Chu, especially at such a critical moment in his plans, not to mention near Qin Chu was a Dark Witch...

Who knows if the sister or the other sister of the Dark Witch was hiding around the vicinity.

Of course, whether or not there was another Dark Witch, just Qin Chu and one Dark Witch in front of him was enough to give Demon King Nage a headache.

He had no intention of waging war against Qin Chu, at least not now.

He had attacked Qin Chu before, yet from the Demon King Nage's perspective, with strength reaching the Demigod Realm, one has enough self-control. Even if there is enmity in the heart, it must be suppressed, as forcibly confronting a strong opponent of the same level isn't a wise decision.

He might be unable to contend with two Demigods at once, but he had at least the assurance to drag one of them into the Abyss.

Standing four meters tall might be peculiar, with black wings on his back clearly showing Nage's non-human identity, though if you only looked at his face, he was actually quite a handsome guy.

On his face even hung an elegant, gentleman-like smile akin to that of a human noble.

The Demon King waved his hand, making Atreus and the other girls subconsciously tense up.

Only Qin Chu and Little Saye remained unmoved.