"That means I have no choice, right?" Jingni spoke, her face still expressionless, but her eyes were icy cold.
But the Ghost-Face Killer, who didn't know if his brain was broken or what, continued to provoke her, madly courting death: "This has been destined since the day you were born, and it will only end when you die."
"To achieve our goal, we will fight to the death?"
Jingni raised her head and closed her eyes in pain, letting the cold rain hit her delicate face, but she didn't care.
At this moment, she finally made up her mind.
"Yes!" The Ghost-Face Killer sneered, as if he was sure that Jingni would not dare to betray Luowang.
Jingni did not reply. The scene suddenly became quiet, and no one spoke. There was only the increasingly loud thunder and the increasingly heavy, icy rain.
Suddenly, Jingni opened her eyes, killing intent flashing within them.
Just as she was about to take action, an abrupt voice suddenly sounded: "No, she still has a choice."
"That is killing intent!" Everyone, including Jingni, had a look of shock on their faces.
As killers, they were very familiar with killing intent.
But they had never felt such a strong killing aura. It was stronger than that of top-notch killers, almost tangible and suffocating.
Everyone's eyes were instantly drawn to the back of the Ghost-Face Killer, where a tall man in a black robe and hood walked out of the darkness.
The moment the man in the black robe appeared, the whole world seemed to be stained with a layer of blood. The air became increasingly icy and biting, and even the rain turned into ice chips.
But the man exuded a burning aura. The rain and ice turned into steam before they could even get close to him, unable to approach him at all.
"Who are you? You're meddling in Luowang's business. Step aside if you know what's good for you," the Ghost-Face Killer turned around suddenly. He could see that the man in the black robe was not someone to be trifled with. The most important thing right now was to capture Jingni.
It was not advisable to provoke powerful enemies again.
The man in the black robe did not answer but just looked at Jingni quietly. Five circles of dazzling halos of yellow, purple, and black rose from beneath the feet of the man in the black robe.
The fourth soul ring suddenly lit up, and a thumb-sized red energy sword appeared before him out of nowhere, held in his right hand.
Dozens of strong red lights were released from his fingers, and the red light instantly filled the jungle.
At the same time, the jungle was filled with the screams of all the Luowang killers, including the Ghost-Face Killer, "Ah!"
The red light faded, the Luowang killers disappeared, the rain also vanished, and the jungle within a hundred-meter radius turned charred black. Only Jingni, with her swollen belly, was left, looking at the man in the black robe with a vigilant expression.
Qin Xuan looked at everything around him with satisfaction and nodded secretly in his heart. After the fourth soul ring was upgraded to ten thousand years, the Changming Stab Array was obviously much stronger.
Not only did the attack power and range increase significantly, but it could also be cast instantly. Additionally, it granted the sword formation flexibility, allowing the blade to soften to trap or stab the enemy, and it came with a passive ability that forcibly stunned opponents.
However, the specific level of opponents that could be stunned and how long the stun would last remained to be tested.
"Why do you want to help me?" Jingni spoke, still expressionless, with no emotion in her words.
But she held the Jingni sword tightly in her hand, her thumb gently pushing the sword guard to reveal a hint of the blade.
It seemed like she was ready to fight if they couldn't agree on something.
The black-robed man in front of her, who looked extremely killing, was most likely a killer.
A mother is strong. Even if she cannot win, she will fight for a chance of survival for the baby in her belly and never let the child repeat her mistakes.
"Your body is extremely weak. If you attack me now, let's not talk about whether you can kill me. Even if you could, once you use your true energy, your body might not be able to sustain it. It is very likely that you will have a premature birth. Even if you don't consider yourself, you should consider the baby in your belly." Qin Xuan answered the question indirectly and spoke indifferently.
Upon hearing this, Jingni's bright black eyes swept across her abdomen, and she slowly released her thumb that was pressing on the sword guard. The blade returned to the scabbard with a hum.
Then, Qin Xuan continued, "A person is called a person because she has feelings. As a mother, you are willing to fight against Luowang for the child in your belly, which shows that you are not an emotionaless killer. I admire that."
"And as I've said before, besides continuing to be a killer and being hunted by Luowang, living on the run all day until you die, you have another choice."
"What do I need to pay?" Jingni asked in a deep voice. She knew there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
"Be my woman."
Now, Jingni's heart was focused entirely on the child in her belly, so it was unrealistic to talk about love with her. Instead of doing that, it was better to be straightforward.
In the original novel, for the sake of her daughter, she was willing to marry that ugly guy Tian Meng, so why not someone like me, Qin?
As expected, Jingni agreed, but she still set a condition, "Fine, but you can't touch the baby in my belly."
"Don't worry, although I'm not a good person, I'm responsible towards my family." Qin Xuan casually threw out the character recruitment card that belonged to Jingni.
"What is this?" Jingni glanced at the golden card, which had her portrait and modern simplified Chinese characters she had never seen before. She couldn't help but frown.
Qin Xuan explained, "You can think of it as a kind of contract. Drop a drop of your blood on it, and Luowang will never be able to touch you or the fetus in your belly again. As a price, you will become my woman."
"Of course, I won't force you to do anything. You just need to do your duty as a wife."
There was one more thing Qin Xuan didn't mention: after signing this contract, Jingni's life and death would be in his hands. If she ever betrayed him, she would instantly lose the ability to move, and he could kill her instantly.
"I understand." Jingni took a deep breath, scratched her fingertip with her nail, and let a drop of blood fall onto the card.
For the sake of the fetus in her belly, she had no other choice.
Rather than having to live a life of hiding with the child in the future, constantly facing the danger of being hunted down, it was better to take a gamble.
And at the moment when the blood dripped onto the golden card, both sides felt a sense of connection, as if, should Jingni ever harbor the idea of harming Qin Xuan, something terrible would happen.
Qin Xuan then let down his guard, took off his hood, and walked in front of Jingni, revealing his true face, "Very good. Congratulations, Jingni, you've made the right choice."
"I believe you won't regret it in the future."
"You just got caught in the rain, and you're very weak now. If this continues, the fetus in your belly will be in danger. Take this pregnancy-preserving medicine; it will replenish the energy needed by the fetus."
Qin Xuan looked at his remaining emotional value of just over 40,000, gritted his teeth, and spent 10,000 emotional points to buy a top-grade pregnancy-preserving medicine.
Then, he took out a fur coat worth thousands of gold and put it on her.
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T/N - The girl in Jingni's belly is MC's. As for how, you will know about in the future. MC also doesn't know about it yet.
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