Practiced for fifteen days? Learned just a little bit? Are you kidding me?

That last strike... almost cut the river water in half!

The corner of Qu Shui's lips twitched. Because her original body's shadow was hit by an arrow, her eyes were still bleeding, and the image of "Dr. Xiao Gu" in her eyes became very blurry.

But she could feel... that the other party was also very weak.

"You... should be out of strength now, right?" Qu Shui chuckled softly, "That strike was indeed powerful, I am no match for you."

As she spoke.

In the dark cave, a dried-up skeleton moved slightly.

No one could see... in the pitch-black darkness, a decaying and dilapidated shadow silently spread out, even more fragile and broken than before. If it appeared under the light, it would be discovered that this shadow was as thin and withered as a dead tree, with even its main body no longer intact. So at this moment, after struggling to break free from the wooden frame, it slowly, slowly crawled towards where Gu Shen was.

This strand of shadow was very weak.

But, it was still a strand of shadow.

"Dr. Xiao Gu... I didn't lie to you. I really encountered that strange man, he was holding a strange stone carving." Qu Shui slowly said, "Since that day... I have had trouble sleeping... until I went to your clinic."

Gu Shen frowned.

So that's how it is... Qu Shui's initial mental exhaustion was not fake.

Little Xinjie's pocket watch could alleviate insomnia to some extent, but it couldn't completely cure it.

Out of the intuition of a transcendent... she locked onto him, and at that time, the blazing fire had not fully awakened yet, so he only felt his power being peeped at and did not notice Qu Shui's presence.

There was a moment of silence.

Gu Shen repeated the initial question again, "How many people did you kill on the riverbank in total?"

"... " Qu Shui smiled, "Does that matter?"

She tilted her head and murmured, "You have that fire and that ruler. We are both beings that transcend order, and the rules should be made by us... right?"

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Seeing that Gu Shen didn't answer.

"Do the lives of those people still matter? It's just a game..." Qu Shui asked with a gentle smile.

"You shouldn't be like this."

Gu Shen spoke up, interrupting Qu Shui's voice.

The girl was somewhat stunned.

In the next moment, her face suddenly twisted in pain, reaching a state close to ferociousness.

Gu Shen suddenly took a step back, stomping hard in the darkness, twisting his toe as if crushing a cigarette butt!

From the darkness came a hoarse and painful roar.

Immediately after, a ball of blazing fire shot out from Gu Shen's forehead, illuminating the fragile and decaying shadow on the ground. The shadow was so broken that only a breath of old air remained. It had just floated out of the ground, ready to raise its hands and grab Gu Shen, but its whereabouts were discovered.

"I told you... not to move."

Gu Shen stared at Qu Shui expressionlessly and said, "I can't understand, and I don't want to understand your bullshit theory."

The measuring ruler of truth had no time to think.

After handing over the knife, his mind was filled with buzzing sounds, and he didn't even hear what Qu Shui was saying. He only heard a few scattered words when his mind was calm, just like knowing that something is dog shit without needing to taste it. Sometimes, it is not necessary to listen to a whole sentence to determine that it is bullshit, just a few words are enough.

All his mental power was used to capture the anomalies around him.

She probably didn't know... what a "spiritual transcendent" was.

When that broken and weak shadow separated from Qu Shui's father's skeleton, Gu Shen had already captured it. He was digesting the backlash of the measuring ruler of truth with difficulty, while quietly waiting for the arrival of that broken shadow.

It was laughable and ironic.

Because of the various abuses during his lifetime, the power of this shadow was the weakest. Qu Shui didn't even hope that this shadow could be of any use in the battle just now... Compared to the young and strong shadows hanging on the wall, this should be her most cherished collection, imprisoned, nailed, and powerless "beloved".

She didn't feel any sadness when those shadows shattered.

But this shadow was different.

This shadow... seemed to have a close connection with her original body.

If it hurt, she would feel the pain too.

Feeling the struggle under his feet, Gu Shen looked at Qu Shui with a complicated gaze.

Was there an innocent and struggling soul hidden in this fragile shadow?

A gust of wind could extinguish it.

A forceful step could crush it.

"No no no... I was wrong... I was wrong, Dr. Gu!"

After the shadow was stepped on, the girl's expression suddenly changed. She gave up all resistance and let the silver scissors fall to the ground. She knelt on the ground, screaming with bloodshot eyes that couldn't see anything, like a headless fly, groping around.

This girl had abandoned all her dignity. After not being able to touch anything, she forcefully knocked her head on the ground.

"I know I was wrong... I know I was wrong..."

Gu Shen silently took a step back.

He released the pressure on the ground, allowing that painful shadow to escape.

"Swoosh."

Qu Shui, with blood all over her face, hugged her father's fragile and withered shadow tightly, sitting on the ground. Her cheeks were a mixture of blood and tears.

The strand of shadow on her body also emerged and embraced each other.

["To resist the uncontrollable, there must be no mercy, and one must give it their all."]

At this moment, Gu Shen recalled Mr. Shu's teachings in his mind.The term "out of control" refers to those who have made serious mistakes in their Transcendent cultivation... Their minds are no longer under their own control. Before this, they might have been kind and good people, but after this, they will lose their subjective consciousness, and the Transcendent instinct will replace their original spirit.

As a fellow Transcendent, it's easy to feel pity for them.

Especially for those who have lost control in the spiritual aspect... Merely out of Transcendent instinct, they can manipulate people's hearts at will.

Therefore, when carrying out the judgment, one thing must be kept in mind.

No matter what the consideration... When facing those out of control, one must be resolute in execution, and must not waver!

Once out of control, it is irreversible. This is an iron law!

The "Transcendent Arche" of these people will undergo uncontrollable mutations, just like what Sister Luo said... They can no longer be considered as living people.

The shattered shadow held in Qu Shui's arms couldn't resist the call of the Transcendent power, but the pitch-black face was struggling to turn bit by bit, finally slowly looking at Gu Shen, trying to let out a whimpering cry.

"..."

Gu Shen didn't understand, but through the description, he could roughly feel some emotions.

"Let me... grant you release."

Gu Shen murmured in his heart.

The silver long knife gently stabbed through.

Qu Shui fell down.

The embracing shadow slowly fell into the pool of blood, gradually melting and disintegrating, becoming the black in the night.