Chapter 589 All Hope Lost

    It was the pair of silver spikes Jean had bought earlier at the mall. She had kept them hidden in her bcoat /bpocket. In a sh, she drove one into the man’s arm and the other into his thigh.

    “You!” The man didn’t even register what had happened until the searing pain hit.

    By the time he realized Jean had ambushed him, it was toote.

    He furrowed his brow briefly, but his expression quickly settled back into calm indifference, as if the spikes embedded in his body didn’t exist. Then, with a sweep of his arm-

    He struck Jean hard on the shoulder with his palm.

    The impact was brutal. Jean couldn’t withstand it. Her body wavered, then crashed heavily to the ground.

    Face down, Jeany motionless. For a moment, she couldn’t move at all. It felt like every organ inside her had been shaken apart. Ludwig, noticing something was wrong, turned his head and nced toward her.

    A flicker of concern crossed his eyes–but Jordan was relentless. He couldn’t disengage.

    Sarah, watching Jean charge forward like that only to be smacked down, showed no emotion at all.

    All she cared about now was the Ginger family. Whether Jean lived or died didn’t matter to her.

    Meanwhile, the man casually pulled the spikes from his body. His movements were slow, graceful, unhurried, almostzy.

    As if he were merely brushing dust from his coat.

    When the spikes were out, he curled his lips into a faint, mocking smile as he looked at Jean. “Know your ce.”

    Jean braced herself against the cold ground, trying to get up.

    But the pain was still blinding.

    It felt like her organs were burning from the inside out; her whole face was twisted in agony.

    The man had never once taken her seriously.

    To him, she was nothing, just a fragile insect. Even when she managed tond a surprise blow and wound him, it hadn’t mattered….

    After pulling out the spikes, he barely bled. He didn’t even seem to feel pain. Incredibly, he could stillugh.

    At the same time, just as Ludwig was about to corner Jordan, the man suddenly summoned more puppets.

    Their appearance instantly changed the tide of battle.

    Ludwig now had to fend off Jordan and the others iand /idefend against the horrifying puppets.

    Just like that, the advantage slipped away.

    Ludwig began to struggle. Jordan seized the moment to strike; Ludwig, now surrounded on all sides, was barely holding on.

    Chapter 589 All Hope bLost /b

    bThere /bbwas /bno telling how long bhe /bcould bst/b.

    Jean shut her beyes /bin despair. iWhat /iinow/i? iIs /ithere ireally /iinothing /ibiwe /i/bcan ido /iagainst this bman/b?

    He had an army of puppets, it felt like he was invincible.

    As the hopelessness swallowed her, Jean instinctively turned her head–toward her family.

    Sienna stilly quietly on the ground, eyes shut tight, her face ghostly pale–like she was just sleeping.

    Her brothers were still bleeding, more and more by the second. The stench of blood was so thick it bmade /bJean want to vomit. iWas /iishe /iigoing /iito /iilose /iithem/i?

    These people weren’t rted to her by blood, and yet–they had truly cared for her…

    A stab of pain ripped through Jean’s heart, sharp enough to draw cold sweat from her skin. Her head spun as if the world had turned upside down, as if life itself had drained from her body.

    Suddenly, scenes shed before her eyes–vivid, fragmented memories, like a dying soul’s final vision.

    Everything was so clear. Her eyes flew open wide, pupils trembling.

    She clenched her fingers; her mind snapped into sharp focus. iI /iiremembered /iisomething/ii, /iI iam /ibisure /i/bof iit/i…

    At that moment, the basement doors swung open again.

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