Under the dark clouds, shadows enveloped the land. It was clearly broad daylight, but it seemed like the night. Immediately after, bolts of lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled before it began raining heavily!
In front of the tall mountain wall, a girl was lying on the ground, breathing heavily. The dense rainwater fell on her slender body, causing her to feel pain and her body to twitch uncontrollably.
Her hands remained in the same position as she crawled forward. Her fingers were stuck in the mud, and her body was also stained by the mud. She didn't care and slowly moved forward.
She wanted to live!
Under the pouring rain, the words in her heart were firm yet indignant!
Blood kept flowing out from her chest. With such a serious injury, she should've collapsed long ago. However, she didn't give up and continued to move forward bit by bit.
Blood, mixed with rainwater, dyed her upper body red.
The area in which she had crawled was covered in blood!
The young girl raised her head and looked forward, revealing a pale face. She stopped to catch her breath.
From the beginning until now, she had only crawled one foot away, but she had already used up all her strength!
She wasn't unwilling to die like this; she wanted to live!
'Daddy… Daddy will save me. He is the person who loves me the most in this world.' These words kept echoing in her mind. She gritted her teeth and continued moving forward. The bloody memory from earlier flashed through her mind—
The handsome man held a long sword and looked at her expressionlessly, but his eyes were filled with deep disgust!
He raised his sword and had it pierce through the spot above her heart! Then, he withdrew his sword and said in a cold voice, "I didn't stab you in the heart. This is my last mercy to you."
She dazedly raised her head as if she could see the cold figure that was getting further and further away from her.
She curled her fingers into a fist and clenched them tightly—she was filled with hatred! 'Mercy!? If that person had shown me any mercy, he wouldn't have treated me like this!'
Then, the scene changed.
Her body trembled as grief, anger, and hatred filled her heart.
A slim figure slowly walked toward her. Although she was unconscious from the pain, she still knew who had come.
At the time, she actually thought it was someone who came to save her! But just as she thought that, she heard the cruelest words in the world!
"Xiao Muling, the first daughter of the Xiao family and a prophesied genius from birth. How does it feel to be killed by someone you like?" After saying this, the person laughed.
Her gaze landed on Xiao Muling's face. Who knew what she saw, but her smile disappeared and turned sharp. "A piece of trash who couldn't even condense spiritual energy from a young age and an ugly freak with a hideous birthmark on her face—just how did they think you were the genius of the Xiao family!?"
After pausing for a moment, she laughed again. "You must be curious why Xuanshuang suddenly treated you like this. I was the one who told him that you begged your father and the Xiao family's leaders to go to the Realm of Summoning, the place where geniuses gather and where he came from.
"I also told him that your father could take out the Xiao family's jade piece if you were dead. After all, it can revive the dead and give people unimaginable power. I could tell a long time ago that Xuanshuang had always wanted the Xiao Clan's jade piece. He only got close to you to get his hands on it.
"As for me, I've wanted you to die for a long time. Do you know how disgusting it was to have been by your side all these years!? I didn't do anything; your death has nothing to do with me. From now on, I—Xiao Liangxiao—will be the only genius in the Xiao family. It will no longer have a useless person like you!"
Her laughter was like cold blades in her heart. At that moment, Xiao Muling felt like her heart was going to shatter! 'Xiao Liangxiao—the person I called 'sister!' We grew up together, but she only wished for my death! Therefore, I can't die just like this! I can't let them succeed!'
Her nails and the muddy water sank into her flesh, causing her to feel a burst of pain. She—who was drifting into sleep—became a little more awake.
Xiao Muling wanted to continue moving forward, but her breathing was getting weaker and weaker. Her injuries were already serious, and with the rain pattering on her, it only added to them!
The two hypocritical smiles flashed through her mind, and she gritted her teeth with anger burning in her heart.
Xiao Muling's eyes closed uncontrollably, but she was unwilling to collapse just like that. She wanted to live!
Live!
She was desperate for more. Her breathing was getting weaker and weaker until it finally stopped—Xiao Muling was powerless to stop it.
The heavy rain came and went quickly.
The heavy rain stopped, and the clouds dispersed.
The blazing sunset dyed the horizon red.
In front of the stone wall, with Xiao Muling as the center, the water rippled against the blazing sunset on the horizon. The blood on the ground looked even redder!
Just then—
The person lying in the pool of blood opened her eyes abruptly, revealing a sharp glint!
Black light gathered around her left ear. The light faded, and a black ear stud was now on her earlobe that originally had no holes.
If anyone saw this scene, they would definitely be scared out of their wits.
A moment ago, Xiao Muling had clearly stopped breathing, and her heart had stopped beating.
The next moment, she opened her eyes again. Her breathing was smooth, and her heartbeat was strong.
Xiao Muling opened her eyes again and asked curiously, "Who's talking?" She wanted to look for the owner of the voice, but her body started to ache when she moved.
Xiao Muling was certain that she was injured, very seriously at that.
In all these years, this was the first time she was so badly injured that she couldn't even move.
Xiao Muling tried her best to get up, but in the end, she could only move her fingers.
'Damn!' She cursed in her heart, and then the voice from before echoed in her mind: 'I want to live!'
When Xiao Muling heard this voice, her vision went dark. When she opened her eyes again, it was like this.
She took a deep breath and tried to get up again. Suddenly, a handsome face flashed across her mind.
The man held a silver longsword in his hand, and then the sharp blade pierced through her chest!
Immediately after, those vicious words suddenly attacked her. Faces alternated in her mind as memories flooded it!
"As for me, I've wanted you dead for a long time!"
"I didn't do anything; your death has nothing to do with me!"
The woman smiled innocently and said those words.
In the end, Xiao Muling collapsed in the pouring rain. The rain beat down on her body, and her wounds hurt everywhere.
The rain drowned her, and the coldness corroded her body!
Xiao Muling desperately wanted to live. She used all her strength to crawl in the direction of her home. Bit by bit, inch by inch, she wriggled toward her home.
However, the wound on her chest and the chilliness of the rain made her feel more and more powerless. Her heartbeat became weaker and weaker until she finally felt despair…
Xiao Muling gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. She was so angry that her entire body was trembling. She was filled with rage that was about to swallow her up!
'Damn it!' An angry roar sounded in her heart, and her eyes were as cold as ice! 'I—Xiao Muling—have always been domineering and tyrannical. When people heard my nickname of 'Shura,' they immediately fled. I have never suffered such humiliation!
'I will tear them apart!'