Chapter 376: One Shot
"Morrigan, hang in there. I'm coming to save you." Ashlock couldn't believe what he was saying. Since when did he—a demonic spirit tree revered as an evil god—sprout such heroic lines?
"Why?" Morrigan replied through Abyssal Whispers of her own, as it was the language of the void. She sounded calm, too calm for her situation. Cultivators were very good at putting up a facade, but there was surely a limit. The Morrigan he saw being crushed to death under immense gravity sounded the polar opposite of the one in his head.
"What do you mean why?" Ashlock felt annoyed. Here he was, offering to save someone he would be pretty happy to let go, and they didn't even appreciate it. "Elaine would be sad if you died and would definitely get mad at me for not doing everything within my power to help."
"I'm fine, though?"
Ashlock squinted at her crushed body with his spiritual sight and had to respectfully disagree. She was one step away from becoming nothing more than fleshy paste.
"They aren't even stopping me from leaving."
"Leaving...?" What was she talking about? She was trapped by Vincent. Did he have mind control powers to make her delirious?
"Yeah, the Nightrose cultivators watching over the central street are simply watching me go. It's kinda creepy how statue-like they are."
Ashlock looked behind him, and sure enough, in the distance down the cracked and deserted central street, he saw a lone woman with black hair walking away. His vision blurred as he went to take a closer look just to confirm. Void Qi flickered across her skin, forming a sheen, making her a dead spot in his spiritual sight, which is why he hadn't noticed her earlier.