Chapter 4: The Reversal Contract

Alarm bells rang wildly in Bai Jin’s mind!
Something’s wrong! This is too easy!
The faint bloody glow on Lilith’s body hadn’t disappeared; instead, it brightened slightly when the death energy surged in!

Then, something even more terrifying happened!

The death energy Bai Jin intended to pour into Lilith’s body to incapacitate her, not only failed to cause the expected damage, but it was as if a floodgate had been opened!

The strange contract power within Lilith’s body, like a greedy black hole, frantically and actively siphoned the death energy from Bai Jin’s body through their point of contact at the neck and the re-established soul link!
The speed was far greater than Bai Jin’s output!

Bai Jin felt her power pouring out uncontrollably like a flood, gushing into Lilith’s body!

She wanted to stop, to pull her hand back, but found her hand was as if held by an invisible magnet.
The flow of death energy was completely out of control!

“Stop! Lilith! You’ll die!”
Bai Jin roared.
She could clearly feel that Lilith’s fragile body couldn’t withstand such a massive infusion of death energy!
Her life force, under the scouring of the death energy, was like a candle in the wind, rapidly dimming!

Lilith, with her throat constricted, let out a raspy laugh, her eyes staring blankly at the grimy ceiling of the dungeon.
“Die?… cough cough… That is precisely… what I seek… A world without Sister… is meaningless…”

“You lunatic!”
Bai Jin was both shocked and enraged, desperately trying to sever the connection of power, but the contract’s power and Lilith’s active solicitation formed a solid bridge.

The threat of death not only engulfed Lilith but also pushed Bai Jin to the brink.
Her power was being drained madly, and she herself was beginning to weaken.

In her desperation, Bai Jin’s gaze suddenly locked onto the crystal-clear contract link deep within their souls—[Soul Contract · Life and Death Conversion]!
The source of it all!

‘Reverse! Only reversal!’

The flames in her eyes instantly flared up!
The power of the 『Reversal』 authority was activated with reckless abandon!
All for the sake of reversing this contract!

“Reverse it for me!!!”

Buzz!

An invisible, subversive power of rules erupted along the contract link!

Instantly, the torrent of death energy that was madly pouring into Lilith’s body, as if hitting an invisible dam, abruptly stagnated and recoiled!

Bai Jin felt the power flow back, the pressure suddenly reduced, and just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, a sudden change occurred!

The moment the contract was reversed, the faint bloody halo on Lilith’s body suddenly burst forth with a blinding scarlet light!

At the same time, Bai Jin clearly felt the remaining death energy in her body begin to disappear into thin air!

It was no longer being actively siphoned by Lilith, but rather, as if it were being forcibly stripped away by the contract itself, poured into Lilith’s body through the reversed contract!

And at the same time, a force full of vitality poured back into Bai Jin’s body from Lilith’s side.

This power was warm and majestic, quickly repairing the weakness brought on by her loss of power, and even making her life force more vigorous.

Bai Jin was completely stunned.
‘What is the effect of this contract? After reversal, all the death energy in my body has turned into life energy.’

At this moment, she only felt a warm current filling her whole body, instantly relaxing her.
The hand clutching Lilith’s neck also loosened.

“Ugh… ah…”
Lilith also let out a confused yet satisfied moan.
The death energy she had struggled so hard to absorb before was now pouring in continuously.

And this death energy was still constantly ravaging Lilith’s body.
Her flesh turned gray and began to peel off her body, her face devoid of any color.

“Cough cough…“

Lilith coughed up a mouthful of black blood.
She slowly closed her eyes, her face showing no pain, only tranquility, as she savored the rampage of death energy within her body, letting the cold sense of decay spread.

She was waiting for this long-overdue, final release brought by her sister’s power.

However, just as Lilith was about to sink into that eternal darkness, her consciousness blurring, as if she had already touched the threshold of death.

The gushing torrent of death energy came to an abrupt halt, as if one was about to reach the summit of a mountain, only for the path to suddenly disappear.

She snapped her eyes open, her azure pupils filled with incredulous shock and a surge of anger from being fooled.

She struggled to sit up, ignoring the weakness of her body, and stared fixedly at the silver-haired girl kneeling not far away, who looked equally bewildered.
“You… what did you do?!”

Lilith could clearly feel that the connection between them still existed, but the effect of the contract had completely changed!

“I…”
Bai Jin was just about to explain when the death energy within her body vanished.

“Heh…”
Lilith, however, interrupted her.
“I see… the contract was 『Reversed』…”

“I really never meant to kill you.”

“You want me to live?”
Lilith’s voice suddenly rose, filled with sharp sarcasm and bone-deep hatred.

A resolute glint flashed in Lilith’s eyes.
She abruptly pulled out a dagger hidden at her waist with her left hand, while her right hand made a grasping motion towards Bai Jin.

“Ugh… Aah!!!”

Caught off guard, the cross-shaped chains binding Bai Jin tightened again.
Her body was once again immobilized, and she couldn’t help but cry out in pain.

At this moment, Bai Jin’s death energy had completely dissipated.
The authority of 『Reversal』 could no longer be activated.
She could only watch in terror as Lilith approached step by step with the sharp dagger, her eyes filled with fear.

Lilith sized up Bai Jin, unable to feel a single trace of death energy on her, her heart filled with despair.

Lilith dragged her body and pressed down on Bai Jin, holding the dagger to her neck.
“There’s only one thing I want to know now, do you hate me?”

Bai Jin’s heart was a mixture of emotions.
She deeply regretted her earlier action.
Why did she reverse that contract?
At that time, there was only suppressed anger, but if she had just let the death energy run rampant and kill Lilith…

Thinking of this, Bai Jin remembered the scene of Lilith crying her heart out, and an inexplicable desire to protect her arose in her heart.

She didn’t know if this was a physical instinct or a trick of her past memories.

But she followed her heart’s feeling, as if Lilith were truly her sister, a blood relative, and her gaze softened.

“Patter… patter…”

Large teardrops fell onto Bai Jin’s chest.
Although Bai Jin said nothing, Lilith read her meaning from her gaze.

“Why are you all like this? I’ve obviously done such terrible things to you, yet you still want me to live?”

Lilith grabbed Bai Jin’s hand, turned the dagger around, and pressed it against her own heart.

“Kill me…”

The choice was once again in Bai Jin’s hands.
Dark red blood trickled down the dagger.
Lilith’s body was now as frail as an old woman’s.

The weakness and decay brought by the death energy were entangled within her.
It seemed as if Bai Jin only needed to push forward to kill Lilith.