The room was a soft pink.

The lamplight cast a dim glow, making the girl’s silhouette appear even more fragile.

It also magnified the shadow of the man approaching her—towering, terrifying.

“Don’t… come any closer…”

Luyi whispered, pressed flat against the corner. Her petite frame, clad in cartoon-patterned pajamas, tensed with fear. Beneath lashes trembling slightly, her clear eyes shimmered with unshed tears—utterly pitiful.

*Why…*

*How did it come to this?*

The man advanced slowly.

He was the Champion.

Embodying light and holiness.

Redemption and judgment.

Nobility and grandeur.

—*That’s what he should have been.*

Yet now, his smile twisted with lewdness. His beast-like gaze devoured the girl, raw greed laid bare.

“Come now, Miss Luyi. Don’t refuse me. Tomorrow, I depart for the Trial Path… I won’t see you for a long time…”

“Why resist? Merge with me. Let me guide you into adulthood. Taste the ancient rapture of that primordial tide. Savor the tremors echoing from the depths of your soul—isn’t that bliss?”

He licked his lips, corners trembling upward with feverish delight.

“Mmh…”

Luyi hugged herself tighter as the Champion’s expression warped.

She wanted to scream for help—but the room was sealed by his barrier spells.

No one… could save her now.

He drew closer. Her vulnerable look ignited him further.

“Hahaha… HAHAHA! So sweet! This room’s scent… your fragrance, Virtuous Maiden… it thrills me!

But you, Miss Luyi—you’re the true temptation! Since our first meeting, I’ve been unable to forget you!

That flawless purity… that fragile beauty… I crave to defile it. To hold you. To bite. To shatter you to pieces!”

Only centimeters separated them. Breathing in her faint aroma, drinking in her fear, the Champion lost all restraint.

Mad laughter burst from him. Sacred light erupted from his core, crushing all power in the air. Every elemental force froze.

No battle skill could stir here.

“Yes… yes! My little canary! My dear Miss Luyi!”

He stood before her. His trembling hand reached out, eager to savor her from the strands of her hair downward. “Embrace it… this pain! This pleasure!”

“No… stop…”

Luyi still resisted.

Again and again, she strained to summon her power—though hope was near zero against his absolute might.

Again and again, she failed.

Again and again, she tried.

A fierce, burning refusal swelled within her.

The moment his fingers nearly brushed her skin—

A violent resonance erupted from her soul.

An ancient gate materialized before her. Its locks shattered one by one. Beyond lay void and the unknown.

But she knew: this was her last chance.

No hesitation. She slammed both palms against the gate and thrust it open!

*Vvvvv—*

Countless memories drowned her—vast, ancient.

And that same abyssal power surged into reality—

*Crack—*

The sacred light around her shattered.

A deeper, more terrifying pressure descended—shattering the Champion’s technique, freezing him mid-motion!

Primordial darkness tore through the veil of time and space, fracturing the very air.

The Champion’s eyes shifted from lust to pure terror.

“No! Power of this rank—you—”

Dark energy rippled out. Space tore. Flesh ripped. A bloodcurdling scream pierced the air.

The final sound was a dull *thud*—Luyi collapsing, her forehead striking the floor as memories overwhelmed her.

Silence swallowed the room.

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