Starting with a Breakup: Why Is the True Heiress My Possessive Ex? - Chapter 68
Su Qingya wanted to speak.
But it felt as though an invisible hand was wrapped around her throat.
No sound would come out.
She wanted to move.
Yet it was as if time itself had frozen her body in place.
Not even a finger would obey her.
Her eyes remained fixed on the corpse lying only a short distance away.
At this moment…
More than anything else…
She wished this were only a dream.
That when she opened her eyes again…
Everything would return to normal.
Her girlfriend would still be sleeping peacefully beside her.
Nothing would have happened.
But the body before her lay there quietly.
Peaceful.
Silent.
As though merely asleep.
Like a beautifully crafted doll.
The panic on Su Qingya’s face could no longer be concealed.
Endless negative thoughts flooded her mind.
Loneliness swallowed her whole.
Fear intertwined with despair.
Everything inside her dissolved into chaos.
She shouldn’t have come here.
If she hadn’t…
Would none of this have happened?
Why did this world have such terrifying powers?
Wouldn’t it be better if everything were ordinary?
If there were no bizarre creatures…
No strange abilities…
Only peaceful, ordinary days.
Why?
Why were they always targeting her?
Why did they always want to hurt the people she loved?
Why…
Why did every happiness in her life always end in unbearable loss?
It was all because…
The more she thought…
The more violently her head throbbed.
The more she struggled to understand…
The less she could think.
“Su Qingya!”
“Calm down!”
Xiao Ge roared.
The situation had already spiraled out of control.
He knew words alone were useless against someone whose emotions had completely erupted.
If Leng Xiao were here…
She could forcibly suppress Su Qingya’s emotions.
But he couldn’t.
A Wrath Path Fluxweaver possessed only one answer.
Violence.
What exactly had happened?
Why had Xu Nian become like this?
Why had she suddenly taken her own life?
At first…
He thought this was merely another bizarre Fluxbeast.
But now…
None of that mattered.
The only thing he had to do…
Was wake Su Qingya up.
He stepped forward.
Then…
He froze.
The black mist surrounding Su Qingya began changing.
Something…
was happening.
His footsteps stopped.
His body refused to move any farther.
Too late…
Had it already begun?
“Damn it…”
Was he really…
Powerless once again?
Forced to stand by…
Watching another teammate fall?
The anger burning inside him erupted instantly.
But before long…
It was swallowed by an even darker emotion.
Perhaps…
He truly was useless.
Even as a Four-Star Fluxweaver…
There was nothing he could do.
His path granted him overwhelming destructive force…
Yet it gave him no way to save others.
Only lonely fists.
Nothing more.
Helpless.
Powerless.
Worthless.
Perhaps…
Remaining alone…
was the only way to avoid losing anyone.
Perhaps…
Only solitude…
could prevent being hurt.
An invisible pressure descended upon Xiao Ge.
He slowly collapsed onto one knee.
Fragments of memories surfaced within his mind.
Old companions.
Old faces.
Old promises.
He reached toward them.
But they scattered like smoke.
Impossible to grasp.
The suffocating loneliness wrapped around him.
His body curled into itself.
…
Su Qingya noticed none of it.
Her entire world…
contained only the body lying before her.
A deafening buzz filled her ears.
Even her hearing began fading.
She slowly raised her hand.
Only then…
did she realize…
It was no longer human.
Pitch-black fox claws had replaced her fingers.
Dark fur spread across the back of her hand.
Something seemed ready to burst from beneath her skin.
Behind her…
A fox tail formed entirely from black mist slowly emerged.
Above her head…
Two fox ears burned like black flames.
Even her face…
was beginning to change.
Su Qingya ignored everything.
There was only one thing she wanted.
She wanted…
to revive Xu Nian.
Even if…
The one who returned…
was no longer the same Xu Nian…
She still wanted to bring her back.
The endless black aura surrounding her body seemed to answer that wish.
It exploded outward.
The scarlet stage instantly turned black and gray.
The darkness spread rapidly in every direction.
In an instant…
Every trace of color inside the theater disappeared.
The girl’s body slowly stood up.
Like a puppet whose strings had been pulled.
Its movements were stiff.
Mechanical.
The corners of its lips remained frozen in a strange smile.
Creak…
Creak…
Creak…
Just then—
A clear bell rang.
Its sound was gentle.
Pure.
Like the most beautiful note in existence.
Su Qingya’s heart suddenly became calm.
[Fear Value: 91%]
The monstrous transformation covering her body rapidly faded.
But at the same time—
The standing corpse collapsed.
The moment her fear diminished…
The miracle she had desperately wished for…
also disappeared.
She had failed.
Without overwhelming fear…
She could no longer perform the impossible.
If she couldn’t bring Niannian back…
Then…
What was left?
How could they…
Even take away her final hope?
[Fear Value: 99%]
Su Qingya trembled violently.
A low fox-like growl escaped her throat.
The black mist became thicker.
Even her eyes were gradually swallowed by darkness.
At that moment…
Leng Xiao entered the theater.
The instant she witnessed the scene before her—
She immediately rang the bell in her hand.
The tranquil chime echoed throughout the theater.
Xiao Ge’s expression instantly relaxed.
The loneliness clouding his mind dispersed.
His thoughts returned.
“Damn it…”
“It’s that Solitude Path Fluxbeast!”
“Wasn’t it already dead?”
“When did this happen?”
The moment Xiao Ge recovered…
He understood everything.
Leng Xiao didn’t stop ringing the bell.
Its sound continuously spread peaceful emotions throughout the theater.
She stared directly at Su Qingya.
She was already giving everything she had.
But suddenly—
Her pupils contracted.
“It’s not working!”
“Captain!”
“I can’t suppress her emotions anymore!”
Something was wrong.
She was a Four-Star Tranquility Path Fluxweaver.
Suppressing emotional turmoil should have been effortless.
Unless…
Something was interfering.
A strand of black mist quietly drifted into her nose.
Leng Xiao’s heart instantly became unsettled.
The next moment—
Su Qingya appeared before her.
Like a ghost.
Her claws tore downward through the air.
Leng Xiao instinctively raised the bell to block.
Clang!
The bell stopped the strike.
But before she could react—
Su Qingya spun through the air.
The roaring chainsaw swept toward her.
Leng Xiao abandoned any thought of blocking.
She kicked Su Qingya away instead.
“Keep ringing the bell!”
Xiao Ge shouted.
“Yes, Captain!”
The bell echoed again.
Xiao Ge looked directly at Su Qingya.
“Su Qingya.”
“Listen to me.”
“Xu Nian isn’t dead.”
Those words…
Pierced through the chaos.
Under the bell’s continuous ringing…
Su Qingya finally heard him clearly.
“…Niannian isn’t dead?”
Those four words…
Were like the first ray of light piercing endless darkness.
Even with her fear reaching such terrifying heights…
They forcibly pulled her back from the brink.
“That’s right.”
“This is only an illusion created by the Fluxbeast.”
“It shows you the thing you fear losing most.”
“It destroys it before your eyes.”
“It uses that despair to create overwhelming loneliness.”
“Tell me.”
“Just now…”
“Didn’t you think…”
“It would be better if you were completely alone?”
Su Qingya’s body trembled violently.
She caught the crucial point.
As the bell continued ringing…
The negative emotions inside her slowly receded.
But…
She had never wished to be alone.
Never.
Just then—
Bang!
Leng Xiao was suddenly struck by an invisible force.
Her body flew backward.
Rows of seats shattered beneath the impact.
A voice slowly echoed from somewhere deep within the darkness.
“I finally got what I wanted.”
Unspeakable terror…
had been hiding in the shadows all along.
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