No, not just in his demeanor and expression, but in his words as well, he had reached the state of madness.
In fact, throughout the past, Sun Zhuo had shown chameleon-like behavior in front of me, far more than just this instance.
When he thought he was going to be killed by Wei Youming, he still called out to me in a pleading tone.
It seems that Sun Zhuo's tendency to bow down and play emotional cards in such situations is disgusting to others.
With someone else, what if they softened their heart?
Sun Zhuo is truly terrifying.
The fear of losing face is terrible, but when one can even forsake their dignity, it becomes terrifying to an extreme!
I quickly pulled out something from my pocket.
A dark, horseshoe-shaped object.
Without hesitation, I opened Sun Zhuo's jaw and forcibly shoved the dark horseshoe into his mouth!
Mao You San wouldn't let him destroy his appearance, so I was careful, making sure the teeth were lodged in the cracks of the black horse's hoof!
Sun Zhuo continued to make whimpering sounds, but he could no longer speak.
With this, the room fell into a momentary silence.
Time passed slowly, and Mumei grew increasingly focused.
I kept adjusting my own breath.
The twelve zodiac palace's life-threatening method, I've seen it more than once. Specifically, my understanding is greater than Mumei's.
But Mumei has mentioned that she wants to personally inject the needles.
Moreover, it is indeed true that having someone cooperate in the casting of the spell makes the life-threatening method more reliable.
After what felt like an eternity, Mumei let out a long breath and softly said, "I've got it."
A sudden jolt of excitement shot through my heart.
Mumei's understanding ability and talent are indeed strong. She learned it faster than I did, yet she was confident enough to say she's got it, which speaks volumes.
"Mumei, I'll go ask Mao You San for some candles. You wait for me here," Mumei smiled sweetly at me.
"Okay." I nodded.
Sun Zhuo didn't know when he closed his eyes, but his body's tremors betrayed the emotions he was feeling at that moment.
A few minutes later, Mumei returned. She pointed to a specific spot and gestured for me to stand there.
After I stood in place, she began placing the candles one by one.
There were a total of sixty-four candles, arranged into a shape that was deeply etched in my mind.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became gloomy.
As the candles were lit, the flickering flame and the eerie burning light cast a distorted shadow of me onto the wall, looking like a gluttonous demon waiting to devour its prey.
Sun Zhuo trembled even more violently, and his eyes were tightly closed!
Dimly, tears began to leak out bit by bit from his tightly shut eyes.
Mumei looked at Sun Zhuo's expression with a cold and indifferent gaze.
My heart was equally cold and hard.
It seems pitiful and hopeless for Sun Zhuo now, but what is the actual situation?
Ten years ago, when I was nine years old, it was him and Sun Dashan who put me on the bed and used needle after needle to take everything away from me!
"Mumei, it will be a little painful. You just bear with it for a moment," Mumei's gentle voice sounded in my ears.
She first pierced a steel needle into various parts of my body, including my head and limbs.
The needle prick wasn't deep, and it was a far cry from the bone-piercing pain in my head.
I kept a stoic expression, my gaze unwaveringly on Sun Zhuo.
Soon, Mumei was by Sun Zhuo's side.
She held a steel needle in one hand and, with a fierce determination, plunged it into the right chest of Sun Zhuo's lung.
Sun Zhuo's eyes, which were originally closed, suddenly widened, and a series of whimpers escaped from his mouth.
I knew well the pain of a needle piercing into the internal organs and bone marrow!
His body still couldn't move due to Mao San You's methods, and he could only tremble uncontrollably.
Following that, Mumei picked up another needle and plunged it into Sun Zhuo's liver.
The whimpers turned into mournful howls. Blood was trickling from his mouth, oozing out from the corners of his lips. It was unclear if he had damaged his tongue or if he had bitten his gums too hard.
Mumei stabbed him with four needles in a row!
Sun Zhuo was in so much pain that his heart trembled, and his eyes were about to overflow with blood tears.
Afterward, Mumei took a brief pause. A relaxed smile appeared on her face.
"Does it hurt?"
"Pain is nothing compared to the pain you felt when you were possessed by the deity. The deity once regarded you as a brother who could shield him from the storms, but you acted like an brute."
"What makes you think you can stand up, and me, the deity, have to fall down?"
"What makes you think you can take away from the deity, having nothing at all?"
"Because there is hatred on his person, it would lead to revenge? No! It's because of your greed!"
"He who wounds, others will wound in return! He who harms, others will harm in return!"
"What doesn't belong to you, you can't have it!"
"Each ghost you've wronged will come to take your life in return!"
"I borrow the deity's needle to seek revenge for my sister!"
Mumei raised her hand again and forcefully plunged a needle into Sun Zhuo's left arm!
The unpleasant creaking sound seemed as if the needle had pierced through the bone.
Following that, three more needles pierced the remaining three limbs.
Three needles at the top, forming a confluence.
There are twelve needles in the twelve zodiac palaces, and at the moment, four in the internal organs, three in the limbs, and three at the top of the head. Only one needle is needed on the heart!
Mumei took a deep breath, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
After all, piercing through bones requires considerable strength.
She raised her forearm, and the last needle was driven deep into Sun Zhuo's heart!
The needle punctures won't be fatal!
The art of the twelve zodiac palace has been completed in full!
I could clearly see wisps of white vapor seeping out from Sun Zhuo's wounds!
The candles burned fiercely, and on the wall, my shadow made wild, voracious swallowing motions!
Those white vapor disappeared without a trace.
Yet, I felt as though something had burrowed into my body……
Although I didn't feel empty, this thing made me feel as if my body was incredibly full!
It was as if the things I had lost had come back to me!
With wide eyes, I took big gulps of breath, greedily sucking in the air like a person who is about to die of thirst.
Sun Zhuo's complexion gradually turned ashen white. He originally had a trace of vigor, but that vitality slowly dissipated, revealing the dark hue of his features.
That sense of fullness made me let out a low, contented sigh.
Beside me, Mumei's face was alight with an unprecedented smile of joy.
When Sun Zhuo's face turned ashen and devoid of any trace of blood,
The sense of fullness in my body reached its peak!
Even so, I felt my eyes become unusually bright. No, it wasn't just my eyes; it was as if my heart had suddenly become clear and open!
This is what Old Qin's head said; I lost my fate and also lost my companion heart eye?
Heart eye, is it this feeling!?
But this feeling only lasted for a moment, and I sensed something was wrong!
The sensation of fullness turned incredibly painful. The bone marrow, veins, every inch of skin on my body felt as if it was about to crack. Invisibles were crowding and battling!
I let out a trembling scream!
Poof! A gush of fresh blood with white vapor erupted!
The blood mist scattered in mid-air, making the candles appear redder!
A large amount of white vapor diffused from every part of my body, forming a phantom figure in front of me.
This figure had tightly closed eyes, and its appearance resembled Sun Zhuo.
Yet, upon closer inspection, it resembled me more.
Gradually, it fully transformed into my appearance!
Mumei covered her mouth, her eyes wide with shock as she stared at the "person."
"What...what is this?"
In the next moment, Mumei looked at me.
She trembled even more and stammered, "Who are you!?"
