Vine didn't hear what Lan Qi said. His attention was entirely on Xun Yu's words. In despair and helplessness, he closed his eyes.
'So that's how it is... So that's how it is...'
Before his consciousness faded completely, Vine was filled with a faint sense of regret. 'If only I had known... back when Vic used to snatch and brutally murder females, I should have stopped him. Then... I wouldn't have died...'
'So much regret...'
The moment Vine's breathing ceased, countless black poison bugs swarmed out of his mouth, nose, and eyes. The muscles on his body melted away in the blink of an eye, as if corroded by lava.
In just a few short seconds, a living, breathing person had become a pool of black liquid. A pungent stench filled the stone house.
