Ye Chen's declaration, which sounded like a devil's whisper, was like a series of poisoned ice spikes, piercing deep into Feng Lingyi's soul.
Never separate.
These four words filled her with more despair than any form of torture.
Her revenge ultimately wove a web that bound her to the devil forever. Every struggle, every act of resistance, only tightened the web further.
"No...no..." Feng Lingyi shook her head blankly, tears finally welling up and streaming down her pale cheeks. These were not tears of sorrow, but a physiological reaction stemming from her deepest fear.
She's finished.
Qin Xiao could clearly feel that the body in his arms, which had been shivering and cold, was now rapidly losing all its strength and warmth, like a flower that was quickly withering away.
"Host, Miss Feng Lingyi's mental fluctuations are rapidly declining, and she is at risk of mental collapse!" Yun Yiyi's anxious voice rang out.
Shi Wei and Elder Qian stood there, looking at each other, their expressions gradually shifting from anger and shock to apprehension and bewilderment.
Protect the young master? Is the monster before us still the young master?
Attacking the enemy? But now it seems that the source of the young man's power comes from the humiliation of the enemy and the betrayal of his fiancée.
What is this? Are they sending them up to help the enemy humiliate the young master so that he can become stronger?
This is beyond their comprehension and ability to handle.
In the midst of this bizarre stalemate, Qin Xiao made a move.
He didn't look at Ye Chen, who was immersed in his own distorted world, nor did he pay attention to the two elders who were caught in a dilemma.
He looked down at the woman in his arms, whose face was ashen and whose eyes were empty.
Then, he did something that no one expected.
He reached out, his movements not gentle, but rather forceful and unyielding, and lifted Feng Lingyi's chin, forcing her unfocused eyes to look at him.
"Feng Lingyi, look at me."
Qin Xiao's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a calmness and power that could penetrate all chaos.
Feng Lingyi's eyelashes trembled, and Qin Xiao's calm face was finally reflected in her empty pupils.
"I heard you clearly." Qin Xiao's gaze was sharp as a knife, piercing straight into her heart. "From this second onwards, you, Feng Lingyi, belong to me, Qin Xiao."
Upon hearing this, not only was Feng Lingyi stunned, but Ye Chen and the two elders not far away were also taken aback.
"You are no longer Ye Chen's fiancée. Your ridiculous engagement with the Dragon King Palace ends here."
Qin Xiao's tone was completely unambiguous, more like announcing a given fact, cold and absolute.
"Therefore, any action or decision you make from now on will be solely related to me. Your joy, your anger, your hatred, your betrayal... everything will bear my mark, Qin Xiao's mark."
He released Feng Lingyi's chin, then wrapped his arms around her slender waist, pulling her closer to him. He then raised his eyes, his gaze meeting Ye Chen's for the first time with an icy intensity.
"Did you understand, Ye Chen?"
"A person who has nothing to do with you, a woman who belongs to me, Qin Xiao, what she does is none of your business. How could her behavior... possibly humiliate you?"
"The sustenance you depend on for survival is cut off from now on."
These words were like an invisible hammer, slamming hard into Ye Chen's twisted logic!
"No...no!!"
Ye Chen's sickly smile froze instantly, then was replaced by an even more violent and ferocious rage!
This anger was different from the previous kind of energy he could absorb, which carried a sense of humiliation. This was a pure, devastating rage!
"You're talking nonsense! You're spouting nonsense!" Ye Chen roared like a wild beast whose only food had been stolen.
"She's mine! Her betrayal is mine alone! You can't take her away! What right do you have to take her away!"
For the first time, the eerie black aura emanating from him, which had been steadily rising, began to fluctuate violently and erratically, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, as if it were a faulty signal.
Qin Xiao's judgment was correct! The core of this "Reverse Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique" is "humiliation." It can only be valid if it is based on a specific relationship between "me" and the "traitor."
Once this relationship is forcibly severed by external force, Ye Chen becomes a fool demanding "humiliation" from thin air, and the logic chain of his cultivation technique is broken!
"Why should I?" Qin Xiao's lips curled into a cold smile. "Because she's in my arms right now."
Because, from the moment she decided to come see you, she had already chosen me.
And you, Ye Chen, from beginning to end, have only been an insignificant… sacrifice in this transaction between us.
"Aaaaaah—!"
The word "sacrifice" completely ignited Ye Chen's anger!
"I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"
He roared madly, his whole body transforming into a black lightning bolt, charging towards Qin Xiao once again without regard for anything else!
"Buzz!"
The invisible barrier of "absolute territory" has opened once again!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Like a madman, Ye Chen used his fists, his body, and his head to frantically slam into that invisible force field again and again, producing dull and teeth-grinding loud noises.
Each impact left him bleeding from his head, but he didn't care. He just stared intently at Qin Xiao and Feng Lingyi, who was being protected in Qin Xiao's arms, with his eyes that were now completely filled with black.
"She's mine! Mine! Mine!!" he repeated hysterically like a broken record.
Feng Lingyi leaned blankly against Qin Xiao's chest, feeling the warmth from his solid chest and the powerful heartbeat, while Ye Chen's frantic roars and crashing sounds filled her ears.
Her mind was in complete chaos, but the deep-seated, chilling fear miraculously dissipated considerably after Qin Xiao's domineering declaration.
Shi Wei and Elder Qian finally realized what was happening.
They watched Ye Chen frantically banging his head against the wall, then looked at Qin Xiao, who remained calm, and their hearts were filled with turmoil.
This young man named Qin Xiao... what a terrifying mind! What ruthless methods!
In such a short time, he actually saw through the essence of the young master's technique and used this radical approach to directly attack the foundation of the technique!
They now finally understand that the key to the problem was never Qin Xiao's humiliation of the young master.
Instead, the young master himself has become a monster who needs to be humiliated to survive!
Just then, fine cracks began to appear on the surface of Qin Xiao's "Absolute Domain." Ye Chen's frenzied attacks, coupled with the depletion of Qin Xiao's mental energy, meant that this defense wouldn't last much longer.
"What should we do, Elder Shi!" Elder Qian looked at Shi Wei anxiously. "If this continues, the young master will kill himself! Or... he will kill all of us!"
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