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He noticed that one of the three bodies still had a faint breath. Though it was very weak, it couldn't escape Lin Jie's mental detection.
"Surprisingly, he's not dead. But, you still ended up the same."
Bang.
Lin Jie shot the corpse again, and only after confirming that the body was still breathing did he retract his spirit pistol.
Now, Lin Jie's eyes turned to the surviving leader. He walked towards her.
Although she had been shot by him, she seemed to be alive, only seriously injured. He was about to shoot her again, but as Lin Jie got closer, she looked more and more familiar.
Lin Jie also wanted to see who the masked person was.
"Ahem..."
The masked woman clutched her bleeding chest and watched Lin Jie approach. Her face was ashen.
Although she was a powerful Soul Master, the wound on her chest was too severe. The damage caused by the special bullet inside her was more serious than the damage on her outside. She was just a little unwilling to accept this, so she was struggling to hold on. But the next moment, her face turned ashen.
She discovered that the two Soul Emperors and four Soul Kings she had brought with her were all dead, and she was next in line.
She felt a little unwilling to accept this, but she didn't want to die yet. The thought of the person who had forced her here filled her with rage, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. She collapsed to the ground, unable to hold on any longer.
Lin Jie had just reached a short distance from her when he noticed her spit out blood and then faint.
"Oh, why are you spitting blood all of a sudden? Did she commit suicide to keep it a secret?" Lin Jie said, rubbing his chin.
"But they're all dead anyway, so whatever."
At this moment, Lin Jie looked at her face, and the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed. He reached out and lifted the black silk veil covering her face. Suddenly, his eyes froze.
"It's her."
"How could it be her?"
"Zhu Zhuyun."
No wonder he had felt so familiar just now. After a moment of shock, Lin Jie's face was filled with confusion.
"Why is she here? Didn't she go back to the Xingluo Empire? Why is she here to rob and kill me now? I don't have any grudge against her."
At this moment, Lin Jie suddenly remembered what Zhu Zhuqing had said before. She said that her family members came to see her, but she didn't elaborate later, perhaps because she was afraid that Lin Jie would worry about her. She just told Lin Jie that they didn't dare to act presumptuously with Liu Erlong around.
But what Lin Jie didn't expect was that Zhu Zhuyun would also be here. Logically speaking, this was impossible, but Zhu Zhuyun happened to be right in front of him.
At this moment, Lin Jie was a little entangled.
"What should I do now? Should I shoot her again? No one will know it was me anyway. You know, she was trying to kill me just now. Killing her doesn't seem wrong, does it?"
"But she's Zhu Zhuqing's sister. Killing her like that doesn't seem right, does it?"
"Why would it be wrong? Zhu Zhuqing and her don't have any family ties, anyway. Besides, she once sent people to hunt me down. Killing her doesn't seem wrong, does it?"
Lin Jie looked at Zhu Zhuyun, the delicate figure in black, bleeding profusely from her chest, and sighed. "Guess I was too kind after all."
He quickly tore open her clothes, revealing a white expanse. Against the white, a bloody wound stood out.
He quickly tended to her wound, then activated the magnetic field. The special iron bullet within her body was drawn to it, and Lin Jie quickly extracted it. Afterward, Lin Jie bandaged her chest wound and treated her. After confirming she was not seriously injured, he continued on his way.
As for the bodies, it wasn't long before wolves were plentiful in this wilderness, and they would be gone in no time.
Fortunately, Lin Jie's horse was clever enough to learn of the coming battle and saunter away, waiting for it to end.
However, the person now on the horse wasn't Lin Jie, but the unconscious Zhu Zhuyun.
Since Lin Jie had already saved her life, he naturally had to save her to the bitter end. Moreover, he still wanted to pry the truth out of her mouth, so why had she come to kill him? And why was she here? Although Lin Jie had some guesses, they were still just guesses.
At night, in a forest, Lin Jie roasted some food in his hand, glanced at the still unconscious Zhu Zhuyun, and sighed.
At his speed, he could have reached the next city before dark, without having to venture into the wilderness. But with Zhu Zhuyun's disability, his speed was greatly slowed. With no other options, he had to spend the night in the wilderness.
Fortunately, this is just an ordinary forest without any powerful soul beasts, otherwise Lin Jie would not be able to roast the fire and heat the food so easily.
It was not the first or second time that he had spent the night in the wild, and he had prepared a lot of things.
A moment later, with a soft moan, Zhu Zhuyun, who had been unconscious for a long time, woke up slowly.
When Zhu Zhuyun woke up and saw Lin Jie, she was like a frightened bird and almost fainted again.
What happened today shocked Zhu Zhuyun too much. The scene of the explosion still lingered in her mind for a long time. Two Soul Emperors and one Soul King were easily killed by Lin Jie.
Zhu Zhuyun covered the wound on her chest, and a trace of pain appeared on her face, "You didn't kill me."
"Why, do you really want to die?" Seeing Zhu Zhuyun wake up, Lin Jie said lightly.
Lin Jie ate his food as he walked over to Zhu Zhuyun. He reached out and lifted her face, which bore a striking resemblance to Zhu Zhuqing's. He said, "I remember you were Zhuqing's sister. Tell me, how did you end up in the Heaven Dou Empire? And why did you want to kill me? Your promise determines whether you can continue to live."
Zhu Zhuyun looked at Lin Jie, remembering how the man had told her about her relationship with her sister, how they had brought her to this point. She gritted her teeth and said, "Family orders must not be disobeyed."
Lin Jie sighed, "You should know this isn't the answer I want. You're so young, so beautiful, and have such a perfect face. You have wealth and glory waiting for you to enjoy! It would be a shame to die like this, wouldn't you think?" At this point, Lin Jie's tone chilled. "You probably don't want to die, do you?"
Hearing Lin Jie's cold tone, Zhu Zhuyun's eyes flashed with fear. [He's really going to kill me.]
She truly didn't want to die. She was only 23, in the prime of her youth. How could she possibly want to die? But when he thought of that cold family and the royal family, he felt even more afraid. "The family sent me here."
After finishing the food in his hand, Lin Jie stroked his face and sighed, "Alas, it seems that I am really too kind."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pressed in front of Zhu Zhuyun. Suddenly, the wound that had stopped bleeding opened again, and the red color gradually soaked the clothes in front of her.
"Ugh." Zhu Zhuyun's face was full of pain, trying to endure the stinging pain of the wound that had broken and bleeding.
Then, Lin Jie helped Zhu Zhuyun stop the bleeding wound and asked again.
But Zhu Zhuyun was still a little stubborn! Then Lin Jie pressed again, and the wound that was about to heal opened again. Then Lin Jie helped her stop the wound again.
Seeing Zhu Zhuyun, now pale and powerless, Lin Jie said coldly, "Does it hurt? Well... I'll give you another night to think it over. If you still can't figure out your situation tomorrow, don't blame me." With
that, Lin Jie left the pained Zhu Zhuyun aside while he gathered his things, stretched, and collapsed onto his sleeping mat.
As for Zhu Zhuyun, Lin Jie wasn't worried she'd run away or try to kill him. "You're kidding, did you really think his actions were in vain?" Zhu Zhuyun, now weak and powerless, wouldn't recover for days.
Zhu Zhuyun clutched the wound on her chest and looked at Lin Jie, who seemed to be asleep beside her. Her face was a mixture of hatred, anger, shame, and a touch of complexity.
She truly had no power to resist now; even if she wanted to escape, she couldn't. The shame and anger were due to Lin Jie's actions. He roughly ripped open her clothes in front of her, then slowly bandaged her wound. Then, bleeding again, he ripped open his own clothes again and slowly bandaged it. That was her private part, and he was playing with it like that.
Zhu Zhuyun bit her tongue, her eyes blazing as she stared at Lin Jie, who was not far away.
As for what she was thinking at that moment, only she knew.
A silent night followed. The next day, Lin Jie got up and prepared some food. He didn't rush to ask Zhu Zhuyun. After he finished, he turned to her.
"Have you thought it through? You're just meat on my chopping block now. I can chop you any way I want. As for your family, I don't know if you'll ever get a chance to return."
Lin Jie said, completely ignoring Zhu Zhuyun's resistance, and took out a rope to tie her up.
"What are you doing? Let me go, let me go."
But Zhu Zhuyun's struggle was in vain. After all, she was seriously injured and recovery would be slow.
"Asshole." Seeing herself tied up by Lin Jie, Zhu Zhuyun was almost furious. She had never been treated like this before.
At this time, Lin Jie checked her wound and said, "Well, you are recovering quite quickly. It seems that you will be almost recovered in a few days. However, do you want to let her bleed a little more? Well, let her bleed a little more." After Lin Jie finished speaking, he was about to start.
Zhu Zhuyun hurriedly said, "I will tell you." She really didn't want to suffer the same punishment as Zuo Wan.
"Oh, think it through! If that's the case, then tell me quickly. I still have to hurry."
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Zhuyun still said it. Just like Lin Jie said, she is now the meat on his chopping board. It is not certain whether she will have the chance to go back.
"It's my family, and the Dai family."
"Go on."
After that, Zhu Zhuyun slowly told the whole story.
More than half a year ago, Shrek Academy won the championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition and became famous all over the continent. And the Shrek Academy team, as contestants, also became famous overnight.
(End of this chapter)