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Chapter 128 - 128 128 Its All Self-inflicted
Chapter 128 - 128 128 Its All Self-inflicted
?Chapter 128: Chapter 128 It’s All Self-inflicted Chapter 128: Chapter 128 It’s All Self-inflicted Just as the dagger was only ten centimeters away from Luo Ning’s chest, suddenly a dragon’s roar resounded.
Then a golden short sword, glowing with divine radiance, flew in from the window, knocking the dagger away.
Having just raised her Compass to defend herself, Luo Ning was taken aback. This short sword, bathed in a thick golden light of immense blessings, seemed to be on the verge of advancing into a Treasure.
Emperor Lu really had his secrets, owning such an item.
However, she felt no jealousy or envy, instead, she was happy for him to have such a fine thing.
She could feel that this short sword must have been carried and nurtured by Lu Xun all along.
The profound blessing it bore was not only due to the Dragon Energy within the sword but also because it recognized Lu Xun as its master and was thus endowed with the virtues he accumulated over the years.
He nurtured the short sword with the virtues of his blessings until it finally became a Treasure.
Whereas the old woman’s Yin Evil Dagger had no master; she could only barely exploit its power to cast Evil Magic, completely incapable of subduing it.
That was why she needed to use her own vital energy to nourish it.
Soon, a green and gold pair of Magic Artifacts engaged in battle, neither conceding to the other.
Seeing this, Luo Ning threw her Compass, cooperating with the short sword to deal with the dagger.
This was something the old woman had not anticipated at all; her expression twisted again, not expecting this wretched girl’s backup plans to keep coming.
Suddenly she felt a pain in her chest, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Her eyes showed disbelief, “How could this be.”
The last line of defense she had placed outside the door to save her life had been destroyed, resulting in her suffering a significant backlash.
With a hint of wariness, she looked toward the door, “Who’s there!”
Then she saw a masked man walk in, somewhat unable to sense his presence.
When she saw the centipede over a meter long being dragged by the man, her pupils contracted.
It was her pet, grown with Essence Blood and Yin Sha Qi, adept at escaping and particularly sensitive to the presence of positive energies.
She had been able to continually evade the pursuit of special agencies before by using the centipede’s blood to create puppets that could sense positive energies immediately.
Always meticulous and careful in her actions, she was confident in dealing with the Liu Family mother and son and the wretched girl, yet still had a backup plan.
She had placed the centipede outside the villa to guard against any unforeseen emergencies, to help her escape if needed.
Yet, she never imagined that this mysterious man would kill her precious pet, and because it was raised with her Essence Blood, she was now facing the backlash.
At this moment, she had a bad premonition, dominated by a single thought: escape.
While the old woman was trying to escape, Luo Ning stopped the motions of forming talisman gestures and took out several stones wrapped in talismans.
A virtual shadow of the Eight Diagrams also appeared in her palm, then she enveloped the stones within it.
The stones trembled, and the Yin Sha Qi on them began to leak out bit by bit, even burrowing toward the old woman’s body.
“No.” As the Yin Sha Qi on the stones gradually dissipated, and the red color on them dulled, the old woman let out a shrill scream.
Luo Ning snorted coldly, “Since you use Evil Magic to harm others, you should be prepared for the day when karmic backlash strikes.”
Suddenly, the old woman convulsed and fell to her knees, her once taut skin wrinkling bit by bit.
Her kindly visage transformed into a gaunt, shriveled old face, her entire appearance like an eggplant hit by frost.
The surrounding Yin Sha Qi continuously burrowed into her body, while the blood-red aura previously above her head completely backlashed onto her.
She was enveloped in countless resentful spirits.
While vomiting blood, she cried out in terror, “No, no!”
“What’s happening to her?” Xiang Bin, watching the old woman’s transformation, asked Luo Ning with some curiosity.
Luo Ning’s face was tinged with a touch of pallor at this moment, for she had nearly exhausted all of her Spiritual Energy just to intensify the old crone’s most severe backlash.
“She’s been backfired by her own Evil Magic, and now can no longer suppress the resentment she caused in killing those people.”
She looked at the old crone, who was writhing in pain with fear and remorse in her eyes, and continued, “From now on, she will be haunted by resentment, won’t live much longer, and will fall into endless nightmares every day.”
However, this old crone was not deserving of anyone’s sympathy. Her regret was not about the evil deeds she had done in the past, but rather that she had actively sought trouble today.
There is something detestable about those who are to be pitied, the old crone brought it all upon herself.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Bin breathed a sigh of relief, yet also felt a sense of satisfaction, “Serves her right!”
Soon, the dagger and the short sword also decided the victor.
Although the dagger was a millennium-old weapon of malice, strengthened by the old crone’s constant nurturing with Yin Sha Qi, it was very powerful.
But since it had no master, the Compass and the short sword, which were imbued with Shengji’s auspiciousness, kept wearing it down.
So it was defeated, trembling on the ground, but pinned down by the Compass on top of it, unable to escape.
Lu Xun quickly walked up to Luo Ning and asked with concern, “Are you all right?”
Before the old crone had arrived, he had already left the villa, ready to cooperate with Luo Ning from the inside and the outside.
He had discovered the centipede earlier and killed it to prevent the old crone from escaping.
He had not expected to finish just in time to see the dagger aimed at Luo Ning’s heart, which caused his own heartbeat to skip a beat, immediately intervening.
Luo Ning shook her head, “I’m fine, I’ve just exhausted quite a bit of energy, I’ll be fine after resting for a couple of days.”
“Thanks to your timely assistance, otherwise I definitely would have been injured,” she said with a smile in her eyes as she looked at Lu Xun.
If Lu Xun hadn’t intervened, she could have dealt with the old crone herself, using the Compass left by her father to temporarily suppress the dagger.
But she had only started her cultivation after coming back, and it hadn’t been long, so getting injured was almost inevitable.
Lu Xun’s intervention, the suppression of the dagger, the killing of the old crone’s pet nourished by Essence Blood, had caused a significant backfire.
It enabled her to succeed more easily, to backlash against her adversary, breaking the repressed resentment and making her reap the consequences of her own Evil Magic.
Lu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, “Glad you’re okay.”
Seeing Luo Ning’s pale face, he couldn’t help but feel distressed.
Luo Ning looked at the old crone, who was still writhing and withering on the ground, and said to Lu Xun, “Let them come over and take her away.”
Although she wouldn’t live much longer, a month or two might still be possible.
Lu Xun replied, “I already sent them the location just now.”
Luo Ning took out a talisman specifically designed to suppress Yin Sha Qi and walked up to the dagger, pressing it onto the weapon.
The dagger, which was still trembling, instantly stopped moving.
Luo Ning put the compass away and took out several pieces of yellow paper to wrap the dagger, then picked it up.
She stood up and asked Lu Xun, “This dagger is my trophy, so it’s okay if I take it, right?”
Lu Xun chuckled, “Of course, it looks like it was made for you.”
The smile in Luo Ning’s eyes deepened. Emperor Lu really knew how to speak, “Then it’s mine from now on.”
She then placed the dagger in her bag.
Just as she had finished packing, Han Lie and his companions arrived.
Seeing the giant centipede and the old crone suffering from resentment and backfire on the ground, they all felt a hint of admiration.
The Minister was still as formidable as ever.
However, they also realized that the old crone’s current state was not the handiwork of the Minister, which meant it was the doing of their new colleague.
No wonder she captured the Minister’s attention; indeed, she’s not simple—a formidable person in her own right.