I Received Messages From Future Self!
Chapter 566 - 562: So It’s You

Chapter 566: Chapter 562: So It’s You

Saying you’re not afraid would be a lie.

No matter who brushes past the Grim Reaper, they’ll always feel their heart pounding afterward.

Hummingbird was no exception.

Hummingbird secretly thanked her instincts for saving her life at the brink of death, allowing her to narrowly escape the Reaper’s grasp once again.

There was no time for emotional reflection; Hummingbird immediately retreated.

Heavily injured now, she wasn’t fit to fight any longer.

She could only seize this moment and escape with all her might.

If she continued to entangle herself with Bao Yuan and Jiang Shisan—

She would face certain death!

As soon as Hummingbird made her move, Bao Yuan immediately discerned her intent and swiftly blocked her path.

The arrow was already on the bowstring; it had to be released.

The situation had come to this.

Today, Hummingbird must die.

Bao Yuan would not let her leave alive.

Before Bao Yuan could close in, Hummingbird froze mid-motion and instinctively dodged to the side.

It turned out that Jiang Shisan, who had earlier fled the scene, was now blocking her escape route without her knowing.

A massive blade gleaming with a cold light was swinging directly at Hummingbird’s face.

Hummingbird narrowly dodged the forward swing of the blade.

Her Tang Dagger instinctively thrust out toward Jiang Shisan’s chest.

But before her dagger could pierce Jiang Shisan, she heard the rush of wind behind her.

Hummingbird gasped in horror and immediately retracted her blade.

She rolled tactically to the side, dodging an attack, as a blade swept past the fabric of her clothes.

Hummingbird rose to her feet, holding her Tang Dagger defensively in front of her chest.

Her gaze steeled forward in vigilance.

The blade that almost struck her had been swung by Bao Yuan.

Once again, she found herself surrounded and attacked by both Bao Yuan and Jiang Shisan.

Hummingbird felt a bitter frustration she couldn’t voice.

Her escape routes were all sealed.

Hummingbird knew that today might truly be the end for her.

Her life seemed destined to end here.

"Princess Your Highness, Hummingbird has done her best,"

Hummingbird whispered a lament in her heart.

"Princess Your Highness, Hummingbird is leaving now!"

Hummingbird silently bade farewell to Fang Xiaocao in her mind.

Clenching her teeth, she raised her blade and charged directly at Bao Yuan.

She was Hummingbird; she would rather die standing—

Than live kneeling!

Even in death, she was determined to take one person down with her.

She could not die in vain.

Seeing Hummingbird still persisting in her desperate struggle, Bao Yuan laughed, his bloodied half-face contorted into a gruesome and terrifying sneer.

A grin like a malevolent ghost crawled out from Hell.

"Together, let’s kill her,"

Bao Yuan called out to Jiang Shisan.

Before his words had fully left his mouth, Bao Yuan began to move.

Jiang Shisan also sprang into action.

Their coordinated assault enveloped Hummingbird, closing in from both sides. Though their movements appeared random and disordered, they concealed a deadly cooperative technique.

Hummingbird, who had initiated her attack, was quickly forced into a defensive stance, shifting from aggressor to prey. If she continued her aggression, even should she injure one of them, she was certain to fall victim to the other, perhaps killed outright.

Yet if she abandoned attack, she’d be trapped in an endless cycle of their relentless strikes.

Endurance only led to eventual failure; her fate was inevitable. Death loomed.

In the blink of an eye, Hummingbird’s thoughts whirled with endless calculations, weighing her options swiftly.

A moment later!

Hummingbird clenched her teeth and made her decision.

So be it—death was merely death.

Hummingbird no longer hesitated.

She committed herself entirely to the offensive!

Blood continued to pour from her wounds.

She couldn’t hold on much longer.

Rather than bleed out during their prolonged skirmish and die beneath the blades of Bao Yuan and Jiang Shisan, she opted to perish in one final charge, perhaps taking one of them down with her according to her plan.

Seeing Hummingbird choose the path of certain death, excitement flashed in Bao Yuan’s eyes.

Hummingbird had become his obsession.

Not killing her would rob him of peace and solace.

Bao Yuan had this inexplicable feeling that if he could personally execute Hummingbird, he would be one step closer to becoming top-tier.

Faster than words could describe.

Bao Yuan deliberately hung back a little.

Allowing Jiang Shisan to face Hummingbird head-on.

A cornered beast always fought back; the dying struggles of such predators were often the deadliest.

Bao Yuan was not a kind soul by any stretch.

Let others charge into the jaws of death—that was his calculation.

He was determined to reap the spoils without taking the risk.

Witnessing this scene brought a flicker of joy to Hummingbird’s heart.

The situation she faced was precisely what she hoped for.

She only wanted to take one of them down with her.

For her, who it was didn’t matter anymore.

Hummingbird swung her Tang Dagger, aiming for Jiang Shisan.

Jiang Shisan raised his blade to block.

Hummingbird immediately shifted her tactics, changing her attack from a slash to a sweep toward Jiang Shisan’s neck.

Jiang Shisan cried out in alarm.

At this moment, it was too late to block. Jiang Shisan gritted his teeth, learning from Hummingbird as he pivoted his blade, sweeping it toward her chest instead.

He was as ruthless as she was, ready to trade lives and perish together.

Hummingbird squinted, staring at Jiang Shisan.

She gave up evading.

Perishing together—this was precisely what she wanted.

It was the best outcome she could envision.

Thump—

The sickening sound of a blade piercing flesh rang sharply.

In an instant, blood erupted in all directions.

Clang—

The massive blade crashed to the ground with a resounding noise.

Jiang Shisan collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

Hummingbird froze, staring in disbelief. Her Tang Dagger hadn’t even touched Jiang Shisan; how could he already be dead?

Jiang Shisan’s blade hadn’t struck her either.

Hummingbird looked up in confusion, only to see Bao Yuan’s ghost-like face—terrifyingly, unmistakably—etched into her view.

Bao Yuan was pulling his blade from Jiang Shisan’s body.

Taking advantage of Hummingbird’s momentary lapse, Bao Yuan swung his blade.

Thump—

Pain tore through Hummingbird’s abdomen.

Bao Yuan’s blade had pierced through her frail body, its bloodied tip protruding from her back.

Ah—

Hummingbird couldn’t contain it as blood sprayed from her mouth.

She felt her strength draining rapidly.

Hummingbird raised her blade, intent on slashing Bao Yuan.

But the strike was feeble, powerless.

Barely had she lifted her arm before Bao Yuan seized her wrist.

With a slight exertion of strength in his single hand.

He deftly disarmed her blade.

Bao Yuan tossed the Tang Dagger away with a flick of his wrist.

Smirking coldly, he stared at Hummingbird.

"Die already."

"Death will be your freedom,"

Bao Yuan sneered maliciously at Hummingbird.

Hummingbird, stubborn and fiery-eyed, glared at Bao Yuan. For the first time, she had the chance to truly scrutinize this man before her.

So familiar, even with half his face drenched in blood, she recognized him...

It was Bao Yuan!

Recognition lit up Hummingbird’s eyes with realization; it turned out to be him. That was why he had felt so eerily familiar.

"So it was you!"

Hummingbird spat out the words through clenched teeth.

"Indeed. Surprised?"

"Die now!"

As Bao Yuan twisted the hilt of his blade, agony washed over Hummingbird’s face.

"Is this really the end?"

"Princess Your Highness..."

The acute pain robbed Hummingbird of breath, her vision dimming into darkness.

Hahaha—

Watching Hummingbird’s anguished face, Bao Yuan laughed uncontrollably.

The laughter was so wild it left him gasping for air.

Amid Bao Yuan’s laughter, Hummingbird felt her eyelids grow heavier and heavier.

Her body trembled uncontrollably.

The excessive blood loss left her feeling cold all over.

Even drawing breath became a laborious effort.

Each rise and fall of her chest seemed to sap the last remnants of her energy. Cold sweat poured down her temple, dripping to the floor and mingling into the pool of blood.

Then—out of nowhere!

"Shut your damn mouth!"

A cold voice suddenly rang out, piercing through the tense air.