“I told you, today you will die!” The ghost’s expression was ferocious, with a fierce glint in her eyes. “There is not a single good man in the world. Let my resentment baptize you! After you die, I will finally escape my fate and exterminate all the men in this world!”
The malevolent intent of the ghost struck Leo’s soul like a tangible force.
“Hahaha…” Leo struggled to swallow the blood in his mouth and laughed.
“Laughing at death approaching, what’s so funny?”
“I find you pitiful.”
“Pitiful?” The female ghost sneered, “I’ll let you see why all men should die!”
Two black beams shot out from Alicia’s eyes and entered Leo’s eyes. Suddenly, Leo couldn’t see anything, and in his mind, a scene appeared:
This time, the protagonist was not himself but a seemingly fragile scholar.
In the morning, Alicia sent him off, and the scholar said, “Alicia, no matter whether I pass the exam or not after a month, I will definitely come back to be with you. You wait for me.”
Tears welled up in Alicia’s eyes as she nodded, “Darling, go with peace of mind. I will be waiting for you at home.”
They clasped hands, then embraced each other. Finally, tearfully, Alicia bid farewell to her husband.
As expected, the scholar indeed passed the imperial examination and was chosen as the top scholar this year.
From that point on, everything that scholars dreamt of was realized in him. He became an official in the capital.
Just when he planned to bring Alicia to the capital, the steward of the prime minister’s residence invited him, claiming there was an urgent matter to discuss.
It turned out that the prime minister wanted to marry his daughter to him. Initially, he refused, but he couldn’t resist the persuasion of the prime minister’s words.
If he married the prime minister’s daughter, with the prime minister as his backing, his official career would undoubtedly be smooth sailing.
After struggling in his heart, he decided to forget Alicia.
Poor Alicia, she had been patiently waiting for her husband at home. One year, two years, three years… ten years… waiting with aching anticipation.
Little did she know, the deeply beloved husband had already forgotten her, enjoying a prosperous life in the capital with multiple wives and concubines.
In the tenth year, a flash flood occurred, and the entire village perished. Alicia, who had been waiting at home, was not spared either.
Alicia died, carrying loneliness, pain, and resentment.
A few days before the disaster, she received news that her husband was already a high-ranking official in the capital. However, she refused to believe it. She intended to set out for the capital to find her husband, but everything was too late…
Not long after Alicia’s death, the official in the capital contracted a strange illness and died shortly after.
This was Alicia’s fourth time dying out of resentment.
The subsequent scenes revealed the reasons for Alicia’s resentful deaths. What shocked Leo was that Alicia had died with resentment in each era, all the way to the present day.
The protagonist this time was a deputy director of a certain bureau in Langstel.
The general process was that the deputy director went on a business trip to the capital and coincidentally met a woman named Mariah.
This woman named Mariah was Alicia’s ninth reincarnation. Over time, they developed a romantic relationship, and Mariah gave her first time to the deputy director. After the deputy director’s business trip, he secretly returned to Langstel without Mariah’s knowledge.
However, Mariah’s feelings for him had already deepened, perhaps due to her excessive infatuation. Although he hid his true identity from her, Mariah, through various means, found out where he was. Despite knowing that he was already married before meeting her, she disregarded everything and went to find him.
At this time, the deputy director was in the process of transitioning from a deputy position to a formal one, and any slight mistake could ruin his chances. Even a bit of gossip could shatter his dream of getting a permanent position.
Mariah appeared at the wrong time. Upon learning the news, an evil thought arose in the deputy director’s mind. Evil thoughts are the catalyst for sin, and with this thought, the deputy director began to carry out his wicked deeds.
He had secretly dealt with people in the gray area of Langstel before, and making someone disappear from the world unnoticed was an easy task.
So, the deputy director secretly hired an assassin, kidnapped Mariah in Unlit Alley, and killed her. Her body was buried under the old locust tree in the now overgrown yard.
This became Alicia’s ninth resentful death.
Thus, with Alicia’s ninth resentful death, she could no longer reincarnate. She could only stay in the human realm, becoming a “Nine-Lives Grudge Spirit” seeking revenge for the injustices against her in the mortal world!
With a jolt in his mind, Leo woke up, and Alicia’s grotesque and terrifying face reappeared in his eyes.
At this moment, Leo looked at Alicia, and there was a trace of sympathy in his heart. Nine lifetimes! A woman betrayed and abandoned by men, dying because of men. How could one not feel sympathy for such a woman!?
However, despite the sympathy, if she were to bring calamity to the mortal world, venting her resentment on the living, Leo would have to stop her at all costs.
“You’ve seen it. This is the resentment of my nine lifetimes. Soon, I will make all the men in this world pay the price. As for you, overestimating yourself, wanting to seek death, I will fulfill your wish!” The ghost Alicia grinned.
Leo struggled to stand up from the ground. Alicia seemed to be playing a cat-and-mouse game, feeling confident of her impending victory and not rushing to attack Leo.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Leo once again took out a talisman and chanted, “Thunder roars from all directions, crushes souls, capture!” The talisman was thrown towards Alicia, and the dazzling light flashed as countless lightning bolts shot towards her.
This was a Thunder Talisman!
“Chi!”
Alicia was struck by lightning, and her whole body erupted in billowing white smoke. However, she seemed unaffected, laughing sinisterly, “Trivial skills! Witness my soul-snatching black silk!”
Alicia’s long black hair suddenly stood upright, and countless strands shot towards Leo like needles.
Leo took out another talisman, threw it in front of him, and a golden light formed in front of him. The countless black strands struck the light and disappeared, but Leo couldn’t hold back a mouthful of blood.
Alicia looked up at the night sky. Her expression stiffened at first, then changed, “No time left. I won’t play with you anymore. I’ll use your life as a sacrifice – ‘Myriad Spirits Blood Sacrifice Soul-Devouring Great Formation’!”
Alicia suddenly shouted, and the ground around began to show abnormalities.
The ground under her feet unexpectedly started moving. Gullies appeared, flowing like water on the ground, finally forming a strange and mysterious pattern, with Alicia at its center.
Alicia opened her hands, her long hair fluttering behind her. The nine colors on her face changed alternately, her eyes closed, and her lips moved slightly.
Suddenly, blood emerged from those gullies!