Cat Princess and Human Knight

Chapter 71 Mutual Destruction Like a Nuclear Explosion

Yi Yin scrambled to his feet and ran. Astraea, who had turned her head, wore a disdainful expression. In her eyes, who was studying the true meaning of life, all life before her was laid bare. Where could Yi Yin possibly escape to?

Ilya, however, was overjoyed. Ignoring the fact that her hands were bound and her strength was weakened, she turned her last bit of power into frost and scattered it over the forest in front of her.

Astraea frowned. Ilya's frost had blocked out her life force, leaving the area in front of her blank. She couldn't even lock onto a running man with her eyesight alone.

I glanced at Ilya, who had collapsed after trying her best. Her wrists were still wrapped in vines, and her weak, kneeling posture resembled that of a effigyed man being supported, which was quite pitiful.

Astraea sighed and said.

Why are you doing this to yourself?

After saying that, Astraea floated up into the air and stretched out her left hand.

The withered thorn ring in his pupils was reborn, and the magic patterns at the corners of his eyes extended into his arms, which transformed into a giant bow. The giant bow continued to open, and the umbrella-like branches transformed into countless bow arms.

Astraea then raised her right hand, assuming an archery stance.

The sapling in the other pupil came to life, and streams of green vitality burst out of the pupil, turning into countless arrows that stuck around the countless bow arms.

The dandelions at the hem of the skirt were blown by the gentle breeze, scattering, gathering, and transforming into countless green arms, nocking the bowstring and shooting arrows.

Astraea, like a Valkyrie, caught countless arrows in mid-air with her countless hands, pointing them forward.

She said coldly.

"Since we can't lock onto them, let's destroy them all."

Ilya, trapped in the cage, looked up at Astraea in the air and let out a desperate cry.

"No! I beg you! Astraea! Please don't kill him!"

Hearing the proud Ilya's shameless plea, Astraea was deeply moved.

She knew Ilya well, and knew that this proud woman never uttered a single soft word, let alone humbled herself before others.

Did she really throw away her self-respect for that man?

Astraea sighed deeply and said.

"I'm sorry... Ilya... I'm so sorry..."

Astraea's pupils cracked and connected with magical runes, instantly illuminating them all. Arrows mounted on the giant bow poured out, a volley of arrows covering the entire mountain forest in front of her in a fan shape.

One moment growing, the next withering; in the constant cycle of life and death, the hills and forests, like ice cream under the scorching sun, gradually melt away.

Ilya lowered her head in the cage, tears of despair falling from her cheeks and wetting the ground.

"No...no...no!!!"

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Yi Yin, who was running wildly, did not know what was happening. He just felt that he was suffocating, his internal organs were failing, and the trees and rocks around him were like plastic that had been baked by high temperature, twisting, shrinking and dissolving.

For a fleeting moment, he genuinely thought he was going to die, but the next second, he returned to normal.

However, his body hair vanished once again, and his silk robe was destroyed, leaving him a hairless, naked man.

Yi Yin's heart rate spiked wildly: 10,000... 20,000... 100,000... 200,000... finally settling at a terrifying 480,000.

(The host was attacked by humans, increasing its affection value by 480000, currently at 483100.)

Yi Yin stared in disbelief, carefully counting the number of zeros several times before confirming that he was right.

Holy crap, that's incredible?!

At this moment, he truly breathed a sigh of relief. Ilya, with only a little over 7,000 affection points, was already so clingy; Astraea, on the other hand, had already spent 480,000 on him. She…

Relieved, Yi Yin bent over, panting. He had run too fast and was a little exhausted. He looked down at his bald body, touched his head, and sighed.

Here we go again. As expected, he won't die, but Mao can't be saved.

He patted his bald head, turned around and walked back. Now he could have a good talk with Astraea, and Ilya wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

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The giant bow arm turned into green light and dissipated, and Astraea breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally over. That otherworldly king, who has no extraordinary powers, couldn't possibly survive my full-force attack.

But in an instant, a strong emotion suddenly welled up in her heart, shaking her soul. She clutched her chest and breathed rapidly, and something seemed to seep into her eyes.

Astraea wiped her eyes, staring in astonishment at the water stains on her fingertips.

I'm crying. Why?

A surge of unfamiliar emotions overwhelmed Astraea, leaving her bewildered and confused. She was enveloped in boundless sorrow, not knowing what was wrong with her.

Throughout her long life, she had never felt this way, never experienced this kind of impulse.

It seems like sadness, it seems like loss, and it seems like there's no strength left to be sad or lose anything, just unbearable pain from losing a loved one.

At that moment, Ilya, who was sobbing in the cage, suddenly clenched her hands, which were bound by vines.

The suppressed magic runes resurfaced, and Ilya's skin cracked and bled along with them, blood seeping from the corners of her mouth and eyes.

Before the blood could flow out, it was evaporated into the air by the icy flames, which ignited the vines on the wrists and burned the entire cage to ashes along the vines.

Astraea, who was in the air, seemed troubled by something. She didn't notice Ilya's unusual movements. By the time she realized what was happening, Ilya had already floated up and was behind her.

Ilya's arm slipped under Astraea's armpit, and she grabbed Astraea's shoulder blade with her other hand, activating her magic rune talent without hesitation.

Astraea exclaimed.

"Ilya, stop! You'll die!"

The intense pain almost tore Ilya's body apart. Her face was covered with uncontrollable magical runes, but at this moment she felt no pain, her eyes filled only with the determination for revenge.

"I don't care whether I live or die, I only want you to die, I want you to be buried with him!"

Ilya transformed into ice and flame, enveloping Astraea within it. Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and then the ice and flame condensed and exploded from within, like an airburst nuclear bomb.

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Yi Yin looked up and saw the whole thing. He ran back as fast as he could, waving frantically in hopes that Ilya would see him.

"No, no, no, no, no... please don't!"

The ice and flames exploded, and the shockwave spread outwards. The ground, already weakened by Astrea's attack, crumbled into powder in the face of the second impact.

The shockwave was followed by intense heat, sweeping across the ground with light pollution. The enormous energy melted hills and broke mountain ranges.

A section of the long mountain range collapsed in the middle, and the three rivers running from north to south and the three mountains running from west to east in the rocky hilly terrain were directly pierced through a large hole in the middle.

The rugged terrain that once gave way to the Bloodthorn River, Anvil River, and Sentinel River, which were branched off by the hills and mountains in the north and central regions, has disappeared, and the lack of barriers has led to floods that have turned the area into a swampy wasteland.

Yi Yin watched helplessly as Ilya self-destructed, the enormous impact sending him flying, his heart rate soaring rapidly.

(The host was attacked by humans, and the heart value increased by 240000, currently at 723100.)

Seeing the rapidly increasing heart rate, Yi Yin felt no pleasure, only sorrow.

Yi Yin stood up and ran naked across the scorching ground towards the center of the explosion, but saw nothing.

He collapsed to the ground, bowed his head, wept, and called out her name.

"Ilya!"

Before him, a point of green light appeared in the air, and then point after point of green light appeared, condensing into the figure of Astraea.

Astraea looked at Yi-yin, who was pounding the ground and crying, and showed a complex expression before slowly landing in front of him.

Yi Yin saw the white, tender toes in front of him and looked up with joy to find his Ilya, but instead saw Astraea.

Joy turned to hatred, and he got up and punched Astraea hard, roaring.

"What are you doing coming at me?! Why did she die?! Why?! Give Ilya back to me!"

Astraea silently watched Yi Yin, without blocking his attack. His fist struck her, and the physical contact between them gave Astraea an indescribable feeling.

Astraea sighed.

Am I going crazy, or has the world gone mad? I've become so strange.

Yi Yin's body was pushed away by an inexplicable force, and Astraea suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which of course could not have been caused by Yi Yin hitting her.

She sighed.

"She's not dead, you're not dead, but I'm about to be killed by you."

"That Ilya, she really doesn't care about the consequences of her actions."

As the green light flashed, Ilya's body appeared between the two. She was sleeping peacefully, gentle as water, a true sleeping beauty, so quiet that it was almost unbelievable.