NovelFastChapter 589 All Hope Lost It was the pair of silver spikes Jean had bought earlier at the mall. She had kept them hidden in her coat pocket. In a flash, she drove one into the man's arm and the other into his thigh.
"You!" The man didn't even register what had happened until the searing pain hit.
By the the realized Jean had ambushed him, it was too late.
He furrowed his brow briefly, but his expression quickly settled back into calm indifference, as if the spikes embedded in his body didn't exist. Then, with a sweep of his arm- He struck Jean hard on the shoulder with his palm.
The impact was brutal. Jean couldn't withstand it. Her body wavered, then crashed heavily to the ground.
Face down, Jean lay motionless. For a moment, she couldn't move at all. It felt like every organ inside her had been shaken apart. Ludwig, noticing something was wrong, turned his head and glanced toward her.
A flicker of concern crossed his eyes-but Jordan was relentless. He couldn't disengage.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSarah, watching Jean charge forward like that only to be smacked down, showed no emotion at all.
All she cared about now was the Ginger family. Whether Jean lived or died didn't matter to her.
Meanwhile, the man casually pulled the spikes from his body. His movements were slow, graceful, unhurried, almost lazy.
As if he were merely brushing dust from his coat.
When the spikes were out, he curled his lips into a faint, mocking smile as he looked at Jean. "Know your place." Jean braced herself against the cold ground, trying to get up.
But the pain was still blinding.
It felt like her organs were burning from the inside out; her whole face was twisted in agony.
The man had never once taken her seriously.
To him, she was nothing, just a fragile insect. Even when she managed to land a surprise blow and wound him, it hadn't mattered....
After pulling out the spikes, he barely bled. He didn't even seem to feel pain. Incredibly, he could still laugh.
At the stime, just as Ludwig was about to corner Jordan, the man suddenly summoned more puppets. Their appearance instantly changed the tide of battle.
Ludwig now had to fend off Jordan and the others and defend against the horrifying puppets.
Just like that, the advantage slipped away.
Ludwig began to struggle. Jordan seized the moment to strike; Ludwig, now surrounded on all sides, was barely holding on.
Chapter 589 All Hope Lost There was no telling how long he could last.
Jean shut her eyes in despair. What now? Is there really nothing we can do against this man? He had an army of puppets, it felt like he was invincible.
As the hopelessness swallowed her, Jean instinctively turned her head-toward her family.
Sienna still lay quietly on the ground, eyes shut tight, her- int, her face ghostly m pale like she was just sleeping.
Her brothers were still bleeding, more and more by the second. The stench of blood was so thick made Jean want to vomit. Was she going to lose them? These people weren't related to her by blood, and yet-they had truly cared for her...
A stab of pain ripped through Jean's heart, sharp enough to draw cold w colch sweat from her skin. Her head spun as if the worl had turned upside down, as if life itself had drained from her body. Suddenly, scenes flashed before her eyes-vivid, fragmented memories, like a dying soul's final vision.
Everything was so clear. Her eyes flew open wide, pupils trembling.
She clenched her fingers; her mind snapped into sharp focus. I remembered something, I am sure of it...
At that moment, the basement doors swung open again.
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