Once, I wanted to be a good person

Hearing Fang Ze's words, the woman stood shocked in place, mumbling, "Impossible... impossible... How can this be possible!"

Yet, as she muttered, scenes from the past incessantly surfaced in her mind.

Before, no one had pointed out these issues, and it was her first Awakening, so she hadn't noticed the problems.

But now, with the awakening brought by Fang Ze's reminder, she suddenly noticed many peculiarities and discovered many unusual aspects over the years!

After a moment, she regained her composure and looked at Fang Ze, who was drawing patterns on her body, and struggled to say, "I believe what you've told me! Please, give me a chance!"

"I shouldn't have come to assassinate you! I'm sorry!"

"I'm willing to join you, to be your partner, servant, no, slave!"

"My body, my Martial Skills, everything I have, can be yours! Just give me a chance!"

Fang Ze gave her a strange look, but his hands didn't hesitate at all.

As he continued his drawing, he said, "Big sister, have you got something wrong?"

"We are enemies. I nearly lost my life at your hands."

"A life-and-death feud is greater than heaven."

"Do you think a simple 'I'm sorry' can cover it all?"

"Then, in the future, if I can't defeat an enemy, can I just say sorry too?"

"I give you a chance, but who will give me one?"

"Who will give my armor a chance?"

"If I hadn't been cautious and brought several pieces of armor, wouldn't you have already killed me, huh?"

"Also... you overestimate yourself."

"Besides having a Bound Spirit, what else is left of your body, your Martial Skills, your everything?"

"Moreover... after I let the Bound Spirit devour you, wouldn't all these be mine?"

As he spoke, Fang Ze was finishing the preliminary steps of the ritual.
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He pulled out a silver dagger, then gestured a few times over the leather-clad woman's body, ready to plunge it in.

Possibly realizing she couldn't escape her fate, the leather-clad woman looked at Fang Ze with despair, tinged with a sliver of hope, and asked, "Then... can you avenge me?"

Fang Ze: ...

"Big sister, you're an assassin. I'm the target, right?"

"I help you avenge? Are you out of your mind?"

As he spoke, Fang Ze's dagger finally found its target. He looked at her coldly and said, "It's a pity you messed with the wrong people, followed the wrong crowd," then he viciously plunged the dagger into the woman's abdomen.

After saying that, he closed his eyes and started the latter half of the ritual.

The leather-clad woman looked at Fang Ze and shed tears, "I am filled with such hatred~!"

For a moment, she only felt intense, piercing pain in her soul as the Bound Spirit, which had only been restrained by her as a medium for Awakening, broke free and pounced on her soul, beginning to devour it.

She felt her soul being excruciatingly tortured, her consciousness fading more and more.

As her consciousness dissipated, her last thoughts were of Fang Ze's words, "It's a pity you messed with the wrong people, followed the wrong crowd."

Afterward, she vanished from this world, carrying endless regret and Fury…

Half an hour later, Fang Ze looked at the Bound Spirit kneeling before him, identical in appearance and stature to the leather-clad woman, and then threw the leather jacket and firearms at it, "Try these?"

The Bound Spirit stood up expressionlessly and slipped on the leather jacket in front of Fang Ze, then picked up the handgun.

After a moment, the handgun faintly glowed as the Spirit Attachment succeeded! Then she aimed at a big tree in the distance and shot in one smooth motion!

Only a crisp "Bang!" was heard as the bullet was fired, followed by a loud "Boom!" which blew half of the tree trunk into pieces!

For a moment, perhaps due to losing balance, the big tree slowly collapsed to the ground. "Boom~" dust flew up, startling a group of already sleeping birds and insects…

Looking at the fallen tree, Fang Ze walked over and sensed the lingering Power of Laws on it.

Fang Ze felt that this Bound Spirit had at least increased in strength by fivefold.

If initially the Bound Spirit's amplified firearm was comparable to a first-tier Fuser's full-on attack, now it was at least at the second tier.

It matched the power output of Fang Ze's hundredfold amplified "Throwing Stick."

In this world where offense is high and defensive power is low, being an assassin was more than enough!

Besides the increased power, the number of items it could amplify also increased from three to six.

Beyond the giant handgun, the body-hugging suit, and the helmet, she could now amplify three more items for Fang Ze and herself!

Fang Ze had already planned these three items.

Two for himself, and the last one for the Bound Spirit.

The two items for himself were simple, one was Armor and the other a Weapon.

As for the Armor, Fang Ze planned to buy a suit of tight-fitting clothing when he returned.

This outfit was a suit, able to directly boost Fang Ze's overall defensive power.

As for the Weapon, he planned to choose a dagger.

It was easy to carry, and in a critical moment, he could use "Throwing Stick" to throw it as a Hidden Weapon. It truly was a Divine Artifact essential for murder and arson, burglary, and home defense!

As for the last remaining item, why it was left for the Bound Spirit.

It was because Fang Ze discovered that the reason the leather-clad woman could only fire once was that to ensure power, each shot would fully deplete the Power of Laws attributed to it.