Li Ze moved so fast that no one noticed how he made his move. When they saw the bloody heart in his hand, everyone was shocked, but what followed was a feeling of exhilaration.
An eye for an eye, how wonderful.
Under the man's horrified and incredulous gaze, Li Ze decisively crushed his heart.
Not content with that, Li Ze, seemingly finding the man in the way, kicked him dozens of meters away.
The man slammed violently to the ground.
"Boss—"
The subordinates caught the man and, without saying a word, ran off with him.
"Chase!"
The soldiers shouted.
Li Ze ignored the people who had escaped, sat down cross-legged next to He Xingjue, and closed his eyes.
In the Demon Realm, demons possess demonic souls, and cultivators possess divine souls; both are what mortals refer to as souls or ghosts.
After a person dies, their soul can remain for about fifteen minutes before dissipating.
But even the soul itself is unaware that at the moment of physical death, consciousness also ceases; the soul merely exists in a daze, lasting only a quarter of an hour longer than other things.
Li Ze was extremely grateful that he was able to arrive within that short time.
Otherwise, it will truly be too late, and there will be no way to undo the damage.
Li Ze placed his palm on He Xingjue's forehead, where more than half of his spiritual sea had already perished, and the snow wolf within it had also lost consciousness, its body slowly fading away until it completely disappeared.
At this moment, an invisible giant hand grabbed the snow wolf, and the snow wolf grew smaller and smaller in the giant hand until it became the size of a fist.
The giant hand pulled the snow wolf out of the destroying mental sea and threw it into its own sea of consciousness.
That's all he could do for the snow wolf; whether it survives or not is up to the wolf itself.
Next, Li Ze went to search for He Xingjue's soul.
When the soul leaves the body, it will attach itself to a part of the body, such as the hands, feet, hair, or ears.
Li Ze searched all these places with his divine sense but couldn't find it. Finally, he pulled it out from He Xingjue's empty chest.
"If you want to live, then sign a contract with me," Li Ze said to it.
However, the other party seemed confused and did not respond, only continuing to struggle.
Li Ze frowned. "Since that's the case, I'll have no choice but to use force."
The Void Beasts hadn't been completely wiped out, and the battle continued, making this place seem like an isolated island. For some unknown reason, the Void Beasts all avoided this spot.
With their restraints lifted, Ishikawa and his guards were now standing before He Xingjue, their eyes red and tears streaming down their faces.
While shedding tears, Ishikawa straightened out his commander's twisted limbs.
His gaze fell on Li Ze beside him, and he hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but didn't.
He knew he shouldn't blame Li Ze, but he still couldn't bear to feel resentment. Why couldn't Li Ze have come sooner?
If he had arrived a minute or two earlier, their commander would not have died!
Looking at Li Ze's calm face, devoid of any sadness, he felt even more sorry for his commander. His commander was dead, yet the other party was stingy with even a single tear, refusing to shed a single act of kindness.
Does he have absolutely no feelings for his commander?
Not only Ishikawa couldn't understand it, but everyone present, as well as netizens on StarNet, couldn't understand it either.
"What is the big boss doing? Meditating? Performing a ritual for Commander He's soul?"
How could he remain so calm? The person on the ground was his partner! Even an ordinary friend would be heartbroken at this moment, wouldn't they?
"You might say that the big boss doesn't care about Commander He, but I could feel his murderous aura even through the screen just now."
"Perhaps in the eyes of the big boss, avenging Commander He is his responsibility. But he is unwilling to give anything beyond that responsibility."
"The analysis upstairs seems to make some sense. The big boss has always been very cold to Commander He."
"If this is true, I feel even more sorry for Commander He. He died without the person he loved loving him back. So pitiful! I can't take it anymore, I need to cry for a while."
......
Li Ze, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly swayed. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his exquisitely sculpted face, and his delicate brows were furrowed, as if he was enduring some kind of pain.
Those around him were either grieving or fighting off the Void Beasts; no one noticed his change.
Ishikawa took out the treatment pod, intending to use it as a temporary coffin to house He Xingjue's body.
Li Ze made no move, gave no orders, and probably wouldn't care. In that case, let the guards do these things.
After the beast tide, they will prepare the commander's remains and apply to His Majesty to give him a grand funeral with the highest imperial honors.
In any case, they will make sure their commander's funeral is held in a grand and glorious manner!
Just as Ishikawa was about to pick up He Xingjue's body, Li Ze, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly spoke up, "Don't move."
Ishikawa paused, anger rising within him. He wanted to question Rize about why he wouldn't let him move and why they had to leave their commander lying on the cold ground.
However, the moment he looked at Li Ze, all his words caught in his throat, and he couldn't say them.
How did someone who was perfectly fine just a minute ago become like this now?
Her originally fair skin was now deathly pale, and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead and down her cheeks.
His clothes were often soaked with sweat, sticking to his body and revealing his thin figure.
To Ishikawa's surprise, his body was trembling!
What's going on?
Ishikawa wanted to ask, but his intuition told him that Li Ze should not be disturbed by anyone at this moment.
So Ishikawa stood up, took out his gun and cannon, and said to the other guards, "No matter what happens next, no one, no Void Beast, can be allowed near the Commander and his wife."
The other guards, not understanding what was going on, but seeing Ishikawa so serious, all agreed, picked up their weapons, and firmly surrounded He Xingjue and Li Ze in the middle.
It seemed like a long time had passed, yet it also seemed like only a short while.
Just when Li Ze thought his sea of consciousness was about to collapse and explode, he finally succeeded in carving the intricate array.
A demon soul and an ordinary human soul signed an unequal contract within Li Ze's sea of consciousness, on the successfully inscribed array.
The moment the contract was completed, He Xingjue's soul returned to his body, and his originally cold corpse slowly became warm again.
Ignoring his exhaustion, Li Ze scooped up He Xingjue and placed him in the treatment pod. Then, he carried the pod into his mecha, piloted it into the air, and vanished from the sky above Vermilion Bird Star in the blink of an eye.
All of this happened so suddenly, taking less than ten seconds, that the guards didn't even have time to react.
Watching helplessly as Li Ze's mecha disappeared, someone finally came to their senses, "Where is Madam taking the Commander?"
Nobody knows, and nobody answers.
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