Chapter 598: Chapter 469: Escaping, Hostage Exchange (Part 1)

All of this came too suddenly, Chu Mu never expected to encounter the defecting girl in the Seventh Realm, let alone find out that she had participated in The World Decree as a contestant.

After twelve long years, seeing the defecting girl again, Chu Mu’s resentment had turned into a chilling killing intent within his heart, his gaze sharp and cold, piercing into the eyes of the defecting girl.

The defecting girl wore a veil, her eyes devoid of the spiritual nature Chu Mu saw in his dreams. Instead, she appeared hollow, void of any emotional fluctuations, like an empty shell without a soul.

As her eyes stared at Chu Mu, it seemed as if she was looking somewhere else, making Chu Mu feel extremely uncomfortable, as if being despised.

“You may leave.” The defecting girl gestured with her hand, signaling the three people beside her to leave.

The three did not dare to question further and respectfully retreated to the other side of the flat-top mountain, turning their backs.

The howling wind blew wildly at the height they were, messing with the long hair of the defecting girl. She took a step forward, slowly approaching Chu Mu…

Watching her, Chu Mu couldn’t fathom why he couldn’t sense her presence as she drew closer. It was an extremely bizarre feeling, one he had never experienced with any other life forms.

The defecting girl slowly passed Chu Mu, her back facing him, looking out towards the continuous and winding mountain ranges with the raging winds blowing. She didn’t say a word.

“Young Master, she’s extremely strange, be prepared to let the White Nightmare Demon fight at any moment.” Fox Elder warned Chu Mu with a Soul Sense message.

Fox Elder also knew Chu Mu intentionally allowed himself to be captured this time, but the instinctual feeling that the oddities of the defecting girl were more worrisome than she appeared, putting him further on edge.

Chu Mu forcibly suppressed the emotions within his heart. As Fox Elder detected the peculiarities, Chu Mu himself was also aware of them. The veiled woman in front of him seemed to only share a similar appearance to the defecting girl, but her gaze, temperament, and feeling were all different.

“You can withdraw from The World Decree.” Finally, the defecting girl spoke.

Her voice was very ethereal, like the moaning of the wind, fluttering and shaking. If you didn’t listen carefully, you wouldn’t even notice she had spoken…

“You’re not her.” Chu Mu furrowed his brows.

“Don’t get in my way, or I will kill you too.” The defecting girl continued.

“Hmph, just a puppet, getting me agitated for no reason.” Chu Mu said disdainfully.

Without any soul connection, the veiled woman in front of him only possessed a part of the defecting girl’s appearance and aura, but she was definitely not the defecting girl herself.

If Chu Mu hadn’t entered the Di Sheng Domain, he might be confused by his instincts, but after returning to the dreamland, he gained a deeper understanding of the defecting girl.

The defecting girl was an incredibly vivid person with a perfect and fairy-like appearance, possessing a peculiar soul. Her eyes were beautiful enough to enchant people, and her expressions could captivate hearts.

She exuded a sacred aura all over her body, and even those who harbored the deepest hatred against her and had heightened vigilance could not resist her charm. Her allure was not enchanting, but rather the purest feminine charm…

However, the veiled woman in front of him only had the defecting girl’s shell, and apart from the exquisite body, she didn’t display any of the temperament of the defecting girl, and she didn’t even have a soul…

“Whether I am her or not is unimportant, I just want to tell you, don’t hinder me. This is a warning.” The veiled woman said hollowly.

Hearing the words of the veiled woman, Chu Mu suddenly wanted to laugh.

A warning, his own soul pet’s puppet was warning him? This was truly the most bizarre thing in the soul pet world! Chu Mu suddenly felt that everything was absurd!

“Where is she?” Chu Mu sneered.

“Bring Princess Jinrou to me, and I will let you withdraw safely from The World Decree. If you insist on doing that, don’t blame me for killing you too.” The veiled woman didn’t answer directly, but spoke coldly to Chu Mu.

Chu Mu took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.

“Before this, I couldn’t wait to dissolve the soul contract immediately. But now, even after The World Decree, I don’t want to dissolve the soul contract anymore.” Chu Mu spoke coldly and proudly.

“It’s up to you. Anyway, your weak soul will not have any impact on my actions, and you definitely won’t be able to control her.” The veiled girl said.

A slight movement on Chu Mu’s lips, he replied: “Really? A weak soul can’t control her, and it won’t have any influence on her?”

“Sometimes, having self-esteem and self-respect alone is not enough. What you really need is the most important thing – strength, which you obviously don’t possess. Here in the Seventh Realm, all you are capable of doing is killing some lowly assassins. That’s all. If I wanted to, I could easily have you killed now. I am offering you a chance to live – just discard your ridiculous dignity and willingly accept it. Otherwise, you will be walking down the path of death. Even if I don’t kill you, continuing down this path will still lead you to death, so I am actually saving you.” The veiled woman’s tone turned a few degrees colder.

The veiled woman’s words were like needles, piercing Chu Mu’s body. It was difficult for anyone to link the graceful image of the defecting girl with such an extremely wicked soul, but the fact was that she was just such a woman with a completely opposite appearance and inner nature, as evidenced by the words of the female marionette in front of her now.

She placed herself high above others, treated them as the most wretched dirt to be trampled upon at will, and did not even realize that if she hadn’t played the pitiful victim and begged him to sign a soul pact with her in the first place, she would have been an even more lowly mixed-blood creature!

“Young Master, I can’t stand to listen to her anymore. We need to capture her, strip off her beautiful yet deceitful outer shell, and throw her into the Soul Demon Flames to be burned a thousand times over. That’s the only way to relieve our hatred!” The voice of Fox Elder echoed indignantly!

Fox Elder was usually timid and fearful, but today even he could not bear to hear the words spoken by the marionette, who was one of Chu Mu’s Soul Pets!

He secretly gritted his teeth: If the Young Master gets too angry, even if he has to go through demonization, he will agree to let the Young Master enter the half-demon state and use those terrifying claws to tear this marionette and the defecting girl into pieces!

“Am I wrong? She is trying to save you.” The veiled woman finally turned her head and looked directly at Chu Mu.

However, what surprised her was that Chu Mu’s face did not hold the anger that she had imagined, but a completely cold smile.

This smile made the veiled woman feel extremely uncomfortable, as if he was standing on a higher level and looking down at her.

“What are you laughing at?” The veiled woman asked.

The veiled woman’s speech was emotionless, and her face was expressionless, but one could still sense her disdain for Chu Mu.

In the veiled woman’s view, he set up his position too high. He regarded himself as her master just because his soul contract was signed with her. It was laughable that the weak soul pact hardly had any binding force, and she never considered the soul pact as a master-servant relationship!

“I’m laughing at you, a dead woman who is completely ignorant about the concept of humility and arrogance. Humility and arrogance are not measured by Species Ranking and the strength of power… Let me tell you that the condescending kindness she showed me today is another form of insult. Including those from before, I, Chu Mu, will return them tenfold!” Chu Mu sneered.

“Don’t talk to me about such childish and unrealistic nonsense. I can control your life and death. If you don’t appreciate my leniency…” The veiled woman said.

“Unfortunately, you can’t.” Chu Mu replied indifferently.

After speaking with the veiled woman, Chu Mu’s anger subsided.

For a woman like her, furious roars were meaningless. Only by completely breaking her arrogance, trampling her dignity severely, would she understand the foolishness of her words today.

“You are in my hands now. As long as I give an order…” The veiled woman was about to teach Chu Mu a lesson to prevent him from getting in her way.

But at that moment, the assassin Vice Captain knelt before the veiled woman and bowed his head: “My Lord… ”

“What is it?” The veiled woman asked.

“We found Princess Jinrou…” The Deputy Leader said without raising his head.

“Bring her here.” The veiled woman said coldly.

“She… She is at the foot of the mountain…” The tone of the Deputy Leader became very strange.

The veiled woman heard the cover-up in the assassin Deputy Leader’s words and snorted coldly, “Don’t waste my time!”

“We…we didn’t catch Princess Jinrou…Shen Yicheng, Lord Shen…he fell into the hands of Princess Jinrou…she’s demanding that we release Chu Chen.” The Vice Captain said with trepidation.

The expressionless eyes of the veiled woman finally changed, and she deliberately glanced at Chu Mu, who was smiling.

Chu Mu curled his lips, thinking that Princess Jinrou must be quite a reliable teammate.

Chu Mu initially wanted Mo Ye to find Princess Jinrou so that she could help him fight back, but he realized that doing so would put both of them into a fierce battle.

So, when Shen Yicheng arrogantly sent out his soul sense and taunted Chu Mu that he had nowhere to escape, Chu Mu changed his strategy and deliberately shook off Shen Yicheng, attracting the attention of all assassins. Then Mo Ye and Princess Jinrou ambushed Shen Yicheng!

For a moment, Chu Mu thought the veiled woman was Princess Jinrou; at that time, his heart raced violently, because if the veiled woman was Princess Jinrou, both he and Mo Ye would have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Fortunately, they were not the same person, and he had overthought the situation.

(The change in the synopsis was to make it more accessible to the general reader and provide a clearer structure of the story. This does not imply any changes in the plot…) (To be continued. If you like this work, please join me at Qidian (qidian.com) and offer your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)