Chapter 15

The jade talisman in his arms was so hot that it frightened him. Lin Yibai suddenly raised his head and looked at Yan Bujian——

The young man seemed to have sensed something, and his black eyes looked sharply in the direction where the jade talisman was lit.

Despite being severely injured and weak, the instincts and sense of danger of a peak-level Jindan cultivator still remained. He subconsciously shifted his feet, as if trying to block her behind him.

Lin Yibai's face was pale, and he couldn't help but feel a conflict between his conscience and his desires: if the people from the sect found out that Yan was missing, they would definitely take him back. And once he went back...

What awaits him is endless torture in the dungeon, and eventually he will be sent to the Demon Mountain as a sacrifice!

Although I know this is the only way for the hero to be reborn, but looking at his pale and weak appearance at this moment, especially the still hideous wound on his collarbone...

Her heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand, then twisted fiercely, bringing a sharp, suffocating pain. The pain overwhelmed her fear of the system's punishment, and an almost instinctive impulse was about to burst out of her throat—

Run! Yan is gone, now is the time! Get out of here! Don't go back!

[Warning! The host has been detected to have serious intentions that deviate from the original story! If the protagonist Yan is released, the main storyline will be completely destroyed! This will be considered the highest level of OOC behavior, and the host's soul will be immediately obliterated!]

【Repeat, instantly erased! 】

The system's bone-cold, emotionless mechanical voice, like a red-hot iron, fiercely and without warning, branded itself into the deepest part of her soul.

The voice was no longer a flat prompt, but was now filled with absolute and unquestionable authority. Every word was like a sledgehammer hitting her nerves, bringing a pain that almost tore her soul apart!

"!" Lin Yibai's face turned pale as paper, all the words were stuck in his throat, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.

Soul erasure... She had no doubt this damned system was capable of it! Since it could inflict excruciating pain and control her body when she violated the rules, it could easily take away the second life she had gained thanks to it.

Just as she froze in place because of this fatal warning—

"One white!"

A blood-red shadow broke through the air at an astonishing speed, carrying the tremendous pressure of a Qi-Consolidation Stage cultivator, and landed not far from the two of them.

The powerful air waves even lifted up all the sand and gravel on the ground, forming a miniature storm.

The next moment, Su Hong's figure emerged from the storm. She had her hair in a bun and exposed her temples. She accurately caught sight of Lin Yibai at first sight. Not far away, the girl's face was frighteningly pale, with two scars on her neck from being pierced by sharp weapons. Her clothes were torn and still stained with dust and blood. She looked extremely frightened and tortured!

She felt a pain in her heart, and then her eyes, like a poisoned blade, suddenly shot towards the young man standing next to Lin Yibai with cold and vigilant eyes!

Her beautiful face was now covered with frost, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent. The scene before her seemed to form a clear picture -

It was him! It had to be him! He was the one who colluded with that mysterious demon cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage, colluding with him to kidnap Yibai! It was even possible...that Yibai's injuries and shock were all caused by him!

If she hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been disastrous!

Heartache and anger instantly erupted in her chest like a volcano, drowning all her reason and judgment.

"You are such a daring slave! How dare you collude with the evil demons and humiliate my Boyeng Sect to this extent!"

Su Hong's beautiful eyes surged with murderous intent. She offered no opportunity for argument, not even bothering to consider how a medicine man could possibly collude with a demonic cultivator. In a split second, a vast, unreserved burst of spiritual energy erupted! Blood-red spiritual energy converged frantically in her palm, transforming into a terrifying beam of light that burned gold and iron, warped space, and struck Yan Bujian's heart with the force of a thunderbolt.

"Auntie, don't!" Lin Yibai was suddenly startled when he saw this. He struggled with a little strength from the residual power of the system's deterrence and subconsciously rushed forward, wanting to block the attack for him.

But her speed and strength were as small as an ant trying to shake a tree in front of the furious Su Hong. Before she could get close, she was blown away by the powerful energy!

Yan Bujian's pupils shrank sharply, a deadly sense of danger pouring down upon him like icy water. Severely wounded and weakened, his spiritual energy was in turmoil. The Spiritual Transformation Stage power he had just absorbed, belonging to Teng Yan, was not only unable to be summoned, but instead, it surged through his meridians, causing excruciating pain!

He was completely unable to avoid the fatal blow that locked onto his aura. He could only grit his teeth and rely on his fighting instinct to try to mobilize the remaining golden elixir power in his body. He crossed his arms to protect his chest, trying to withstand the blow!

"boom--!!!"

The powerful and violent crimson spiritual power slammed heavily and firmly into his crossed arms!

“Crack…!”

The teeth-grinding sound of bones shattering could be heard clearly, even drowning out the roar of the nearby demon sea. Yan Bujian groaned, feeling an irresistible and terrifying force surge towards him like a tidal wave, instantly destroying his defenses and tearing through his meridians.

His body then flew uncontrollably backwards from the ground like a rag doll hit by a huge hammer, drawing a bloody arc in the air, and finally crashing heavily into the huge black reef behind him!

"puff--!"

A large mouthful of bright red, boiling blood spurted out of his mouth, forming a blood mist in the air and splattering all around.

The young man slid softly along the rough surface of the reef and collapsed into the cold sand and gravel. He then struggled to raise his head. His gaze penetrated the scattered hair on his forehead, which was sticky with blood, and he looked stubbornly in one direction.

In the distance, he saw a young girl sitting on the ground in a mess, her face terrified, staring at him intently, with a look of confusion on her face, as if she had not yet reacted.

He felt relieved. A ridiculous sense of relief arose from the depths of his heart, despite the excruciating pain of being shattered. It seemed that the female cultivator's attack on her had nothing to do with her. She had even just tried to stop him...

But the next moment——

"Don't be afraid, Yibai. It's all right now. Auntie has avenged you." Su Hong succeeded in her attack and quickly ran to the frightened Lin Yibai. She hugged her tightly in her arms with heartache and patted her back gently to comfort her. Then her eyes swept across the dying Yan Bujian in the distance like an icy blade and coaxed her, "Auntie still remembers that when you got on the boat, you said you wanted to torture him severely with your own hands, and then kill him after you got rid of the rage in the dungeon. But letting him die now would be too easy for this lowly slave! I think it would be better to bring him back to the sect. There are plenty of tricks in the dungeon. He will be forced to live and die because of what happened today!"

Yan Bujian collapsed in the cold sand and gravel. Su Hong's poisonous words, word by word, were like red-hot steel needles, piercing his eardrums, penetrating his skull, penetrating his blood vessels, and straight into his heart!

——"I said when I got on board that I would torture him severely with my own hands."

——"I can't live, and I can't die."

......

Every word was like a heavy hammer, smashing the ridiculous, nascent thought in his mind that "maybe it has nothing to do with her"!

It turned out that she didn't want to stop him just now, but felt that... such a death would be too easy for him?!

The violent energy and blood rushed up instantly. The pain brought by Su Hong's words was far more severe than her palm, enough to completely tear and shred his internal organs!

"puff--!"

He suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood again, his body convulsing violently due to the extreme emotional shock and severe pain, his vision went black, and he almost fainted completely.

It's not a misunderstanding.

It's not an accident.

It was a calculation, a thorough and carefully planned calculation!

The medicine secretly delivered from the dungeon was a plot! The support they'd given after experiencing life and death together in the maze was a plot! The sharing of the thousand-year-old stone marrow milk in the treasure house was a plot! Even pushing him into the shallows just now...it was all a setup for this moment, the most vicious and hypocritical calculation!

Let him relax his guard, let him have that ridiculous hesitation, let him be like a clown, and actually think at some point... this witch may have her own difficulties, and may not be completely vicious!

And he was like a complete fool, actually believing the performance of this venomous snake!

Raging rage and the shame of being fooled instantly overwhelmed him, far colder and more suffocating than the waters of the Demon Sea. His dark eyes, somewhat blurred by his severe injury, suddenly refocused, their gaze fixed fiercely on Lin Yibai's terrified, pale face.

In that look, there was only deep disappointment, disgust and... a cold hatred that was almost destructive.

The intense emotional shock made his injuries worse, and his consciousness began to blur, but that cold and hateful look was like the last obsession, firmly imprinted on Lin Yibai, as if to remember her appearance and the pain of being completely betrayed, and bring them into the endless hell!

On the other side, Lin Yibai, when she heard Su Hong's "thoughtful" words which were like poison to her at this moment, she felt as if struck by lightning. She suddenly raised her head from Su Hong's arms, the blood drained from her face, and she became three times paler than before.

"No! Aunt, it's not like that! Listen to me..." She wanted to explain herself eagerly, her voice trembling with fear. She subconsciously grabbed Su Hong's sleeve, trying to explain this terrible misunderstanding.

However--

[Warning! The host's behavior is seriously deviating from the character setting! Lin Yibai will never defend the medicine man! Mandatory correction!]

The system's cold and ruthless voice once again acted like the strongest shackles, tightly tightening around her throat and blocking all the truths that were about to come out of her mouth.

The familiar sharp pain made her speechless instantly, and all the words turned into a painful and suppressed whimper stuck in her throat.

Boundless terror and despair spread wildly in her eyes. She opened her mouth, but no meaningful sound came out. She could only shake her head in vain, tears streaming uncontrollably, mixing with the dust and blood on her face, winding down.

She saw Yan Bujian spitting blood, and also saw his eyes instantly frozen, filled with only deep hatred. That look was like a poisoned dagger, stabbing into her heart, the pain making her cold and trembling.

She wanted to rush over, wanted to tell him that it wasn't like that, wanted to stop it all...

But her body was tightly embraced by Su Hong, her throat was locked by the system, and her soul was nailed to the spot by the threat of "erasure".

There was nothing she could do.

She could only watch helplessly as the last glimmer of light in the boy's eyes faded, consumed by endless darkness and hatred. An unprecedented, suffocating feeling of powerlessness also spread through her limbs, like seaweed rising from the deep ocean, tightly wrapping around her and pulling her down...

Until they are completely dragged into the abyss from which there is no escape.