Chapter 63: You, Can You Escape?

The moment Fang Siqi’s voice faded, Lin Xiaoyou’s figure rushed out from the second-floor stairwell.

"Brothers, charge!"

Instantly, led by a young man, the entire crowd surged forward blindly, without even bothering to clearly see who their target was.

Seeing this unfold, Fang Siqi pivoted and bolted toward the exit of the library.

"You are all courting death!"

Gazing at the horde rushing toward her, Lin Xiaoyou’s eyes turned ice-cold.

Though she did not know why these people had turned against her, it no longer mattered.

She was no longer the soft-hearted, gentle girl she used to be.

In Lin Xiaoyou’s hand, a massive black greatsword slashed outward.

A fiercely sharp sword beam swept across the air, and the heads of the seven or eight people charging at the very front instantly flew off.

Fresh blood sprayed out, showering the faces of those behind them.

In a split second, everyone snapped back to their senses. Staring at Lin Xiaoyou, who seemed like an entirely different person, they abruptly slammed on the brakes, halting their advance.

"All of you deserve to die!"

Watching Fang Siqi fleeing out the doorway, an overwhelming wave of killing intent surged through Lin Xiaoyou.

Her frigid gaze swept over the crowd, making everyone feel as though their bodies were being sliced by invisible blades.

"Sister Xiaoyou, please... please don't kill me."

"We were all forced by Fang Siqi! We didn't actually want to turn on you..."

"Xiaoyou, considering we were classmates, please spare me."

Faced with Lin Xiaoyou, who looked like a god of carnage, everyone began to tremble violently.

Some dropped straight to their knees, begging frantically for mercy.

Good heavens, what had happened to this woman?

How could she have transformed so suddenly? If she hadn't exactly been a naive saint before, she had at least been a rather kind-hearted girl. Yet now, she had instantly morphed into a terrifying fiend of slaughter.

"I am weary; let everything be destroyed!"

"Terminal Annihilation: Blade Storm!"

Lin Xiaoyou swung her massive black greatsword, and countless sword beams instantly fluttered and danced, ravaging the entire space.

At this moment, her mind contained only slaughter.

To slaughter these ungrateful wretches. To slaughter those she had once protected.

With every swing of her blade, she was slaying more than just them.

She was also slaying her own kindness and her reluctance to be cruel. In this moment, she felt not a single trace of hesitation.

She would completely sever and utterly eradicate the kindness, the meddling, and the softness that lay deep within her heart.

*Splat.*

*Splat.*

Sword Qi crisscrossed the air, tearing everyone present directly into shredded chunks of flesh that splattered in all directions.

When everything finally came to a halt.

Not a single intact corpse remained within the entire library, and the earth was stained crimson with blood.

Even the surrounding walls and pillars had been shredded by the sword Qi, riddled with gaping holes and teetering precariously.

Before tomorrow dawned, the entire library would likely collapse.

"Do you really think you can escape?"

Having finished the massacre, Lin Xiaoyou cast her gaze in the direction Fang Siqi had fled.

With a powerful flap of the black wings unfurled behind her, she transformed into a streak of black light and shot out after her.

*Huff... Surely she won't chase me all the way here, right?*

After running for seven or eight minutes, Fang Siqi glanced back over her shoulder and let out a tentative sigh of relief.

Then, a look of furious rage distorted her features as she began to roar, "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Fang Siqi could not accept this.

Having finally attained a certain level of status and power in this apocalyptic world, it had all been destroyed in the blink of an eye.

She blamed everything on Lin Xiaoyou, refusing entirely to reflect upon her own faults.

"That bitch, how did she suddenly become so powerful?" Fang Siqi muttered curses under her breath as she hurried along.

Suddenly, a freezing voice rang out directly behind her.

"Are you talking about me?"

Hearing that voice—both unfamiliar and yet deeply familiar—Fang Siqi’s entire body shuddered.

Stiffly, she turned her head back and met Lin Xiaoyou’s eyes, which were frozen to the absolute extreme.

"X-Xiaoyou..."

Her voice trembled. "Xiaoyou, I didn't mean it. Please, spare me, okay?"

At this moment, survival was her only desire.

*Bang!*

Her response was a heavy kick that struck her squarely in the chest, sending her tumbling head over heels to the ground.

Lin Xiaoyou landed on the earth and slowly approached her.

"Xiaoyou, don't kill me! I'm begging you!" Fang Siqi was now just as pathetic as she had previously been arrogant.

*Crack!*

The sound of shattering bones echoed through the air.

Turning a deafening ear to her pleas, Lin Xiaoyou stomped down, directly snapping both of Fang Siqi’s kneecaps.

"I treated you as my best sister. Why did you try to harm me?!"

"And you even plotted such a vicious method to deal with me—are you even human?!"

Lin Xiaoyou spoke as if to herself.

The next moment, she snapped Fang Siqi’s arms as well.

"Ahhh!"

Fang Siqi shrieked in agony; the excruciating pain nearly caused her to blackout entirely.

Seizing her by the collar from behind, Lin Xiaoyou dragged her across the ground like a dead dog, step by step, heading back in the direction of the library.

"Xiaoyou, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

"I'm begging you, spare my life!"

Enduring the agonizing pain, Fang Siqi continued to wail for mercy.

Alas, no one paid her any heed.

Lin Xiaoyou slowly dragged her along, leaving a long, crimson trail of blood smeared across the ground.