Chapter 889: Chapter 889

Chapter 889: Chapter 889: Scarlett Jennings, Utterly Terrifying!

The Trident Demon caught by Cassian Wolf had killed a Demon Master at the Academy of Mystique and entered the academy wearing its Demon Skin.

Because the organization discovered that the contamination had a significant effect on juvenile demons, and if any place had the most juvenile demons, it was undoubtedly the Academy of Mystique.

After infiltrating the academy, it secretly injected contamination into the bodies of the demon students and then waited for the contamination to gradually taint their Demon Energy.

Luke Hearne was also one of their chosen targets.

Unlike other demon students, it did not hide its actions from Luke Hearne from the beginning.

Luke Hearne still remembers when the Evil Demon said to him with a bewitching voice,

“Don’t rush to report me, feel the gift I’ve given you first.”

He didn’t know what that gift was.

But later, when he went out with a cousin from his clan, they happened to encounter an Evil Demon murdering someone. The Evil Demon was strong, and his cousin couldn’t fully counter it. This update ıs available on novel fire.net

At the critical moment, the contaminated Demon Energy in Luke Hearne’s body erupted, surprisingly allowing him to severely wound the Evil Demon, enabling his cousin to subdue it.

He still remembers the look of approval his cousin gave him,

“They always say that Hannah Hearne is the most talented among the Hearne Clan’s juniors, but I think with your explosive power just now, your Four-tailed form may not be inferior to her Five-tailed form.”

That was the first time someone thought he could surpass Five-tailed Hannah Hearne.

It was also the first time he felt the benefits of that power.

For demons, nothing is more appealing than power.

Even though he always claimed publicly that Hannah Hearne was the standout of their generation in the Hearne Clan, who would willingly stay second forever?

Especially every time someone praised him, saying, “Your talent is excellent, but not as good as Hannah’s.”

Every time, such remarks were humiliating for him.

Even though he was already a leading figure at the Demon Level, he was never selected for the Special Demon Squad.

When he first heard of Scarlett Jennings, he didn’t take her seriously at all.

Even when he heard she was advancing steadily, Luke Hearne only intended to humble her a bit, to let her know there was someone like him in the Hearne Clan.

However, he didn’t even get the chance to formally meet her; she directly skipped grades into the Special Demon Squad.

The Special Demon Squad that he was never selected for accepted Scarlett Jennings, a Half-Demon!

With only a quarter of the bloodline, she transformed into a Four-tailed form in just three months!

He could accept losing to Hannah Hearne, but how could a Mixedblood Monster like Scarlett Jennings, a Half-Demon, surpass him?

What was wrong with wanting to become stronger?

Helping the Trident Demon secretly inject contaminated Demon Energy into other demon students was also an attempt to help them become stronger too.

“He only told me that those Demon Energies could make me stronger. I also admit that the power in its eruption puts one in an extreme state temporarily, but hasn’t it been without serious consequences?”

Hearing Luke Hearne’s “excuse,” Hannah Hearne couldn’t hold back and slapped him hard on the head.

She then forcibly grabbed his head to look at the demon students inside the venue, who were being taken away for treatment,

“Are you blind?! Look for yourself! Is this what you call no serious consequences?!”

Luke Hearne was grabbed by his hair and forced to look at the chaotic scene in front of him.

Apart from those contaminated demon students who were beaten and bruised, looking pathetic, many innocent demon students were injured during their berserk state.

Luke Hearne looked at the scene before him, gritted his teeth, and said,

“That’s because they were too weak.”

In the demon world, it’s survival of the fittest, the strong dominate the weak.

He was just helping the academy filter out the weak and useless ones.

Seeing his seemingly brainwashed rhetoric, Hannah Hearne was so enraged she let go of his head, stood up, and was ready to kick him.

Today, she had to kick out the nonsense in his head!

However, just as she was about to act, Scarlett Jennings stopped her.

Compared to Hannah Hearne’s anger, Scarlett Jennings was much calmer.

She looked at Luke Hearne, who still didn’t think he was wrong, and asked him,

“Do you really think obtaining power comes without a price?”

Luke Hearne said nothing, and Scarlett Jennings continued,

“Although I don’t really know what the essence of the contamination is now, from what I’ve seen, the process of contaminating the Demon Energy, while releasing tremendous power, is simultaneously consuming the demon’s own Life Force.”

“Can you really not feel it at all?

As you pursue this so-called power, your demonic power, and your lifespan have already been greatly eroded.”

Upon hearing this, Luke Hearne’s previously arrogant expression finally changed.

His pupils trembled slightly as he looked at Scarlett Jennings, yet still gritted his teeth, refusing to believe it,

“You can’t scare me, I don’t believe it!”

Scarlett Jennings looked down at him, her expression indifferent,

“Don’t you know that I originally studied Mystical Techniques? Divination and fortune-telling are my specialties. Judging by your current face, your lifespan has already been halved.

And those demon students who were tricked by you share a similar fate; after today, their lifespans have also been diminished. Luke Hearne, , do you still not feel that you’ve done anything wrong?”

Luke Hearne’s pupils widened in shock, his eyes turned red, and his usually composed demeanor fractured, as he muttered,

“Impossible… It can’t be, I never intended this. They didn’t tell me this would happen… They deceived me, I never meant to harm the entire Demon Clan, I didn’t…”

After all, he was still a young demon, and at this moment he couldn’t help but burst into tears. But Hannah Hearne had no mind to care about his breakdown.

She handed Luke Hearne over to the Mystic Regulation Office and followed Scarlett Jennings, her voice unable to hide her worry,

“Scarlett, was what you said just now true? Are these demons’ lifespans affected even if they recover?”

If that were the case, their Hearne Clan would truly become the sin of the Demon Clan this time.

This was also the reason Hannah Hearne was most angry with Luke Hearne.

He alone had tainted the reputation of the entire Hearne Clan!

She wanted to slap him a few more times.

Just as Scarlett Jennings calmly said,

Scarlett Jennings looked at her and simply stated, “People from the Mystical Sect cannot discern a demon’s lifespan; that’s common knowledge.”

She said, “But I bet he doesn’t know this common knowledge of the Mystical Sect.”

After all, the Academy of Mystique doesn’t offer courses on this subject.

Luke Hearne didn’t seem like someone who would understand this knowledge.

So just now, she indeed scared him on purpose.

Because… he caused such a huge mess yet still acted like he did nothing wrong.

It was just displeasing.

Hannah Hearne couldn’t help but widen her eyes in shock.

She never expected Scarlett Jennings to be !

The way she made it look so serious, there was no way to tell she was lying to scare him?!

While she herself dished out physical retribution, Scarlett Jennings went straight for a psychological strike.

Look at how Luke Hearne was crying just now; she’d never seen anything like it…

Now looking at Scarlett Jennings, even Hannah Hearne’s gaze changed.

No wonder she was a demon with three-quarters human blood.