Zhou Huai's words were like a sharp thorn, piercing precisely into Ying Yinman's most arrogant nerve.

The pair of pitch-black eyes belonging to "Natsume Rinku" flashed wildly with crimson light.

She stared intently at Caesar, ancient and venomous rage almost solidifying.

"A mere Mortal's will, dares to compare itself with mine?"

The hoarse, overlapping voice was filled with disdain.

"I will make you witness with your own eyes how she is crushed bit by bit, completely devoured by me!"

Before her words finished, the energy within Natsume Rinku's body surged violently again.

However, this time the outburst seemed to be strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

The dozens of Alien Parasites lurking within her body, like the most greedy leeches, frantically absorbed the immense power.

Ying Yinman's face grew increasingly grim.

She could feel her strength draining away at an unprecedented speed.

"Damn bugs!"

She tried to mobilize her power to expel the Parasites, but Zhou Huai's Mental Energy stimulation arrived at that very moment.

Countless chaotic, messy thoughts, surged into her consciousness like a tide through the Parasites' mental link.

That was the collective will of the swarm, cold, chaotic, with only the most primitive instinct to devour.

Ying Yinman's Soul trembled violently.

She had to divert most of her attention to resist this mental pollution.

As one waned, the other waxed.

The faint speck of light, Natsume Rinku's own will, which had been suppressed in the deepest part of her Soul, began to flicker intensely.

An opportunity!

Zhou Huai's eyes narrowed.

"Natsume Rinku!"

"It's now!"

His voice was like a clap of thunder, resounding deep within the girl's Soul.

Natsume Rinku's body trembled violently.

An expression of extreme pain appeared on her face.

Two completely different wills began a brutal struggle within this fragile shell.

"Let... go... of... me..."

A tender, trembling voice, laced with a sob, was squeezed out of the girl's throat with difficulty.

That was Natsume Rinku's voice.

"Give up, Rinku."

A single voice, yet it spoke with two distinctly different tones.

One second, it was Ying Yinman's, a seductive and authoritative plea for surrender.

"This world is far crueler than you imagine, only I can protect you better."

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

"As long as you give up resisting, I will bestow upon you eternal life and supreme glory."

The next second, that voice turned into Natsume Rinku's own faint, tearful plea.

"No... don't..."

"Please, leave my body..."

Ying Yinman's patience seemed to have run out.

"Stupid girl! You have no idea what a great gift you are refusing!"

"You cheap hussy!"

"You lowly ant, what right do you have to contend with me?!"

Ying Yinman's voice became sharp and piercing, filled with the fury of being provoked by an ant.

She tried to mobilize the energy within her body again to completely tear Caesar apart.

But the dozens of Alien Parasites lurking within her body were like the most stubborn maggots clinging to bone.

They clung tightly to her energy core, frantically absorbing every wisp of power that escaped.

Each act of devouring was accompanied by a sharp mental stimulus, like steel needles, fiercely piercing Ying Yinman's arrogant Soul.

The intense pain made her almost go mad.

Zhou Huai, controlling Caesar, watched this spectacular "schizophrenia" with his arms crossed, full of interest.

He spoke again:

"Natsume Rinku, did you hear that?"

"She says you're an ant."

"She says you're a hussy."

"Are you just going to watch her take your body and erase your existence?"

Every word Zhou Huai spoke was like a heavy hammer, fiercely striking Natsume Rinku's fragile Soul.

"No... it's not like that..."

Natsume Rinku's voice trembled, filled with helplessness.

"I... I can't beat her..."

Ying Yinman let out a hearty laugh, full of disdain and mockery.

"Hahahaha! Did you hear that? She herself has given up!"

"You outsider, why bother meddling!"

She once again aimed her hostility at Zhou Huai, her voice venomous.

"Once I completely control this body, the first one I kill will be you!"

Zhou Huai shrugged indifferently. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Is that so?"

"Then I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you."

He looked into the girl's painfully struggling eyes, enunciating each word.

"Natsume Rinku, answer me one question."

"Why don't you want to die?"

"Your life is full of suffering, your father abuses you, °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° your mother is addicted to gambling, and your brother treats you like a plaything."

"Isn't living a torment for you?"

"Why not just give up, hand over your body to her, and end it all?"

This question, like a bolt of lightning, exploded deep within Natsume Rinku's Soul.

Yes... why?

Why must I live so painfully?

If I give up, will I be free?

A moment of confusion allowed Ying Yinman to seize the opportunity.

Her powerful will, like a breaking dam, instantly gained the upper hand.

The last trace of clarity in Natsume Rinku's eyes was about to be swallowed by endless darkness.

"That's right..." Ying Yinman's voice was full of seduction, "Sleep, once you're asleep, you won't feel pain anymore..."

But at this moment.

Zhou Huai's voice rang out again, like the morning and evening bells.

"Because you still have hope!"

"Because you haven't seen the true beauty of this world!"

"You haven't worn pretty dresses, haven't eaten delicious cakes, haven't been to the beach, haven't seen fireworks!"

"Your life has just begun, are you willing to let it end like this?!"

"Are you willing?!"

For the last three words, Zhou Huai used his Mental Energy, echoing like thunder in the girl's mind.

Natsume Rinku's consciousness, on the verge of sinking, trembled violently.

Unwilling... I... am unwilling... The desire to live, like wild grass blown by a fierce wind, stubbornly raised its head again.

Ying Yinman let out a shriek of shock and rage.

"Shut up! You shut up!"

She could feel that the resisting will, which had been extremely weak, was re-condensing and growing at an incredible speed.

The Parasites within her body let out joyful hisses, greedily devouring the immense and uncontrolled energy.

Ying Yinman's power was already greatly depleted from the previous battle.

Now, with the Parasites frantically absorbing it, her advantage was rapidly disappearing as one waned and the other waxed.

She completely panicked.

"You damned girl! I'll kill you!"

"I'll kill you!!!"

Violent energy surged wildly within her body, and Natsume Rinku's body was like a balloon about to explode, the blood vessels under her skin bulging, and black cracks spreading again.

But this time, Natsume Rinku no longer cried, no longer pleaded.

An unprecedented courage surged from the deepest part of her Soul.

"No..."

A faint, yet incredibly clear voice, came from the small, blood-stained mouth.

"It's you... who should get out!"

Ying Yinman's will paused abruptly, as if struck by a heavy hammer.

"You... what did you say?"

Natsume Rinku's voice was still faint, but like starlight piercing through ancient darkness, it carried an undeniable resilience.

With difficulty, word by word, she spoke the words she had held in her heart for so long.

"Be...cause...I...want...to...live!"

The last five words seemed to drain all her strength, yet they were also like sparks igniting a prairie fire.

Now!

Zhou Huai's thought moved, and the suction force of those dozens of Parasites instantly surged to its extreme!

The already weakened Ying Yinman, coupled with this sudden mental impact and energy drain, her will's defense line, collapsed at this moment!

"No—!!!"

A mournful and unwilling shriek echoed in the courtyard.

The shriek grew fainter and fainter, until it completely dissipated into nothingness.

The cold, tyrannical aura around Natsume Rinku vanished without a trace, like a receding tide.

The girl's eyes, once consumed by blackness, returned to their original clarity.

She slowly raised her head, looking at the figure not far away that was identical to her brother.

She revealed the purest smile.

"Brother, we... seem to have succeeded..."

After saying that, her eyes rolled back, and she simply fainted.

Zhou Huai, controlling Caesar, flashed and appeared in front of her in time, steadily catching her light body in his arms.

The little girl's body was very light, as light as a feather.

She lay quietly in Caesar's arms, breathing steadily, having fallen into a deep sleep.