At this moment, black aura continuously surged from Bai Liluo's body, and her complexion grew increasingly pale. With a thud, she collapsed to her knees on the ground.
Bai Liluo was extremely weak—not just her, but the black shadow was equally feeble.
But then, the black shadow actually flew out from within Bai Liluo's body and landed beside Chu Feng once more.
After landing, the black shadow made the same movements as Bai Liluo, as though the two of them were perfectly synchronized.
"You…"
Looking at the black shadow before her, Bai Liluo's eyes widened in shock. She immediately pressed: "You were actually able to separate from me after merging with me???"
Yet the black shadow did not answer Bai Liluo's question. Instead, it shouted toward Chu Feng: "Chu Feng, strike."
Without a moment's hesitation, Chu Feng clenched his fist. Black flames swirled, and a long black spear materialized in his palm.
Then, step by step, Chu Feng walked up to Bai Liluo.
"Girl, you have committed far too many sins. Don't blame me for being heartless. What I, Chu Feng, do now is carrying out justice on behalf of the heavens."
With those words, Chu Feng drove the spear into Bai Liluo's heart.
Ugh—!
The black spear plunged into Bai Liluo's heart, and she immediately twisted her face in agony, rolling across the ground in pain.
Although the black spear had already dissipated, the pain on Bai Liluo's face only deepened.
But at this moment, Chu Feng noticed something—even though Bai Liluo was in such dire agony that her life hung by a thread, the black shadow showed no signs of suffering whatsoever.
"How are you unharmed? Didn't you say you shared one life with her—that if she dies, you die?" Chu Feng asked the black shadow.
"Chu Feng, since she was able to separate from me, we no longer share one life. Right now she can restrain me, and I can restrain her. But if I die, she will not."
"Although we still share an inseparable bond, she has already formed an independent life." Bai Liluo said through gritted teeth, her face contorted with pain.
"Precisely." As the black shadow spoke those words, an evil curve curled at the corner of its lips.
"So you lied to me?" Chu Feng's sharp brows shot upward, fury blazing in his eyes.
"You're only realizing I deceived you now? I'm afraid it's a bit late."
"Might as well tell you—the one who devoured Sister's soul and the souls of all those villagers back then wasn't her. It was me." The black shadow said.
"It was you?" Those words from the black shadow left not only Chu Feng stunned, but even Bai Liluo wore an expression of utter disbelief.
For so many years, Bai Liluo had believed she had lost control and devoured the villagers' souls. She never imagined it had been her own brother's doing.
"That power to devour souls is something only the two of us possess. Since it wasn't you, then it must have been me."
"The only one to blame is your own stupidity. You naively believed you had lost control, and never once considered that I was the one who devoured their souls."
The smile on the black shadow's lips was filled with nothing but mockery.
"Brother… they were all our kin. How could you bear to devour their souls just to awaken your power?" Bai Liluo's face was twisted with rage.