Chapter 3: Mad Lilith

“Reverse! Reverse it for me, quick!”

Bai Jin’s soul let out a silent scream in the dead silence of the Underworld.
The power of the 『Reversal』 authority was instinctively mobilized by her.

And if the target of the soul-summoning spell was reversed, then the one forcefully summoned should be Lilith’s soul!

At that time, the tables would be turned.
This space, filled with the power of death, was clearly Bai Jin’s home ground.
At the very least, she could gain a moment of respite.

As the thought formed, the gray mist attempted to capture and distort the powerful pulling force originating from Lilith.

Pure, primordial death energy surged out, attempting to carve a mark of reversal on the boundary between life and death.

However—

[Warning: Target soul is under the 「Contract of Fate · Holy Blood」]

[Current Authority priority is lower than 「Contract of Fate · Holy Blood」]

[Reversal Failed…]

What?!

Bai Jin’s soul froze in the void.
Before she could even process what this sudden notification meant, the soul-summoning force from Lilith, like an irreversible cord of fate, abruptly tightened!

Resistance became futile.
The authority of reversal was like crashing against an invisible iron wall, only stirring a slight ripple before being completely suppressed by a grander power of rules.

Bai Jin’s consciousness was brutally yanked away by that tyrannical force, plummeting at high speed towards the lifeless body entangled in chains!

The flickering candlelight cast Lilith’s paper-pale face in and out of shadow.

Large patches of dark blood stained her wide priest’s robe.
The light of the Holy Blood crest on her forehead was dim.
Fine beads of sweat rolled down continuously, dripping from her tense jaw onto the cold stone slabs.

Lilith’s life force was nearly depleted from the consumption of the blood contract, and her soul was on the verge of collapse from the over-exhaustion of her mental power.

Her azure eyes, once filled with madness and obsession, now held only immense fear and a faint, flickering ember of hope.

Lilith stared fixedly at the lifeless body with silver hair cascading down on the cross, her nails digging deep into her palms, leaving crescent-shaped bloody marks.

“Sister…”
Lilith’s voice was dry and hoarse, laced with a trembling sob.
“Please… answer me…”

Just as her mind was about to break and her mental energy was completely exhausted—

Buzz!!!

A force carrying the cold, silent, primordial aura of the Underworld erupted from within the body on the cross!

Bai Jin’s eyes shot open.
The death energy overflowing from her soul transformed into black flames through her pupils, releasing an indescribable pressure.

Lilith’s heart trembled violently.
That familiar, unique contract was finally connected to her again.

Clear! Majestic!
Carrying the weight of the world’s rules!
And that continuously converting life force, repairing the wounds on Lilith’s body.

“Sis… Sister?!”
The shock in Lilith’s eyes was instantly replaced by incredulous ecstasy, and tears streamed down.

“It’s you! Is it really you who has returned?!”
She stumbled, wanting to rush forward, like a drowning person finally seeing land.

However, Bai Jin looked at her calmly, with a… frank coldness.

Bai Jin did not have the memories of Lilith’s sister.
Continuing to pretend to be her sister would only repeat the previous outcome, being seen through by Lilith.

It was better to be honest about her identity with this power, and negotiate properly with Lilith.
At least now, she wasn’t completely without the power to resist.

“Lilith…”
Bai Jin’s voice was steady, yet it pierced Lilith’s ecstatic bubble like an icicle.
“I am not your sister.”

The joy on Lilith’s face receded in an instant, like a receding tide, leaving only a deathly pale complexion and rapidly dilating pupils of confusion.

The link of the contract bound the two of them tightly.
The aura of that soul… was clearly the strange soul that had previously occupied her sister’s body!

Only now, this soul contained a vast and cold power, that was her sister’s power!

“No… impossible…”
Lilith staggered back, collapsing onto the cold stone slab, her voice choked with sobs.
“The contract… and that power… they are clearly exclusive to Sister… why…”

“I don’t know what happened to your sister.”
Bai Jin looked directly at her, feeling the surging power and authority within her body, and also feeling the continuous stream of death energy pouring from the contract link.

“My name is Bai Jin, an uh… outsider who occupied this body, but I seem to have inherited some of her things.”
She raised her hand, a wisp of gray death energy swirling at her fingertips.

“Inherited… hahaha! Inherited?!”
Lilith suddenly laughed, her laughter shrill and crazed, tears mixed with the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
“You inherited her power? Inherited the contract that belongs only to us? But you are just… not her?!”

The laughter stopped abruptly.
Lilith raised her head, all emotion dissipated from her azure eyes, leaving only a void of utter despair and… cold mockery.

“So, you thief not only stole Sister’s body, but also her power? Truly… disgusting!”

She cracked a mocking smile, looking at Bai Jin with a provocative gaze.
“What? Feeling proud to possess the power of the God of Death?”

“What do you want to do with this power? Crush me, this bothersome sister, like an ant?”

Bai Jin frowned.
“I never thought of hurting you… I just want to talk to you properly.”

“Talk?”
Lilith seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
She abruptly stood up straight, and although her body swayed weakly, a faint bloody glow emanated from her.

“Just you? A counterfeit who doesn’t even know how she came back to life?”
She approached step by step, her tone filled with venomous contempt.
“Come on! Use the power you inherited to kill me! Let me see what you’re capable of!”

“Calm down!”
Bai Jin sensed the intense will to die in the other’s soul, which was more frightening than her previous madness.

“Calm down? I waited for five hundred years, used every method, and in the end, what I summoned back… was you, this thief! How do you expect me to calm down?!”

Lilith screamed, suddenly waving her hand.
The splattering blood turned into a whip lashing towards Bai Jin’s cheek!
“Either kill me! Or… I will let you know the price of occupying Sister’s body!”

Bai Jin turned her head to dodge, a nameless fire also rising in her heart.
She just wanted to live, what was wrong with that? Why did this madwoman have to force her!

The flames in Bai Jin’s eyes almost erupted into substance.
She no longer hesitated.
Since words were useless, then she would use force to shut her up!

Her figure flashed, instantly closing in on Lilith.
Her right hand, wreathed in dense death energy, ruthlessly grabbed for Lilith’s throat!
She only wanted to subdue her, force her to calm down and negotiate!

However, facing Bai Jin’s attack, there was no fear in Lilith’s eyes.
Instead, a hint of relieved pleasure flashed through them.

She even slightly raised her neck, actively meeting the attack, with no intention of defending or dodging!

“Pfft!”

Bai Jin’s cold fingers clamped tightly around Lilith’s slender neck.
The force of the impact knocked Lilith down, and the power of death surged in like a venomous snake!

Lilith’s body trembled violently.
An unnatural flush appeared on her face from suffocation, but her eyes were even more vacant, and there was even a strange, satisfied smile on her lips.

“Just… like this… kill me…”