Ji Yongyan had gone mad. He no longer cared about his own people, planning to take everyone down with him. This scene left Lin Xincheng and the others both terrified and cursing inwardly. Are you insane?! Long Tianji already showed you rcy. Why are you still fighting to the death?
It was all over. Just as everyone closed their eyes to await their doom, suddenly, Lin Tang's Divine Sense pierced Ji Yongyan's brain like a sharp spike.
"Ah!"
Ji Yongyan's vision went dark. He clutched his head, scread in agony, and fell to the ground, his condition unknown. His token turned to ash, and the earth stopped trembling, gradually returning to calm.
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief. "A-a-are we alive?"
The vast, multi-level basent was as spacious as a subway station. Lin Tang entered the core room, where he saw one Holy Corpse after another, all linked together by a Formation. He instantly determined that this Formation served to stabilize and suppress them. This was necessary because the Holy Corpses were on the verge of collapse, and the righteous energy stored inside had beco violent and difficult to control. These were vastly different from the Holy Corpses that Situ Peiyuan and other students from the Heavenly Person Academy had brought to Jiangbei to fight him. Those, by contrast, had been quite stable and easily controlled. It was no wonder Ji Yongyan hadn't used these Holy Corpses imdiately when Lin Tang invaded the Heavenly Person Academy.
The mont Ji Yongyan used his token to try and detonate the Holy Corpses, Lin Tang sensed it and imdiately interrupted him. Then, he brought Ning Yuexi into the Formation with him, locking the door behind them.
Ning Yuexi couldn't help but ask, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"What do you think?" Lin Tang asked in surprise. "Besides Dual Cultivation, what else is there to do?"
Ning Yuexi was speechless. Is Dual Cultivation my only value?! Is he even human! Wait a minute! Dual Cultivation again? Could it be…
"You're going to break through again?" Ning Yuexi was shocked.
How long has it been since his last breakthrough? How can he be this fast! I'm sure of it. He's definitely using mass murder to rapidly increase his power. Otherwise, how could anyone progress this fast with normal cultivation?
Her heart sank. Her family's ancestral teachings recorded it clearly: ancient demons killed to cultivate. It was a highly efficient shortcut to power.
Lin Tang was unaware of her thoughts, and even if he knew, he couldn't be bothered to explain. He sat down in the very center of the Formation and hugged Ning Yuexi tightly.
Ning Yuexi's face was pale, her eyes shut tight. Since I can't resist, I might as well let him do as he pleases. I already promised to comply with his every wish, anyway.
But Lin Tang didn't eagerly tear off her clothes. Instead, he first covered all the Holy Corpses with his Divine Sense and decisively stimulated the righteous energy within them.
Hiss… so potent! It's truly violent, but I like it!
He was like a weightlifter attempting a snatch he could barely manage. Lin Tang's face turned red, and his entire body trembled. He seed to be on the verge of collapsing under the burden, yet he stubbornly persisted. The Demon Pattern on his forehead flickered in and out of existence, twisting into different shapes whenever it appeared, like a clay figurine being constantly kneaded.
SQUEAK— SQUEAL— CREAK—
It even emitted human-like screams, agonizingly ground down by the high-pressure righteous energy.
The Demon Thought wailed inwardly. If I had known I would suffer this much, I never would have co to the mortal realm!
While the Demon Thought was being tornted to within an inch of its life and Lin Tang's Divine Sense was being further tempered, Ning Yuexi noticed he still hadn't touched her. She began to feel conflicted once more.
Should I take this chance to escape? Or should I stay still? Or maybe…
She quietly slipped her hand into her inner pocket, where two small bottles were hidden. One bottle contained the "poison" Lin Tang himself had concocted for her. The other held sothing the Great Diviner had secretly given her, also said to be a counter to Long Tianji. A single dose would cripple its victim's cultivation.
She wasn't blind; she knew Lin Tang was in so kind of critical situation, leaving him at his most vulnerable. If I just administer both poisons to him now, I can finish him off for good! This is a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity! If I miss this, I might never get another one. Long Tianji is already completely out of control, murdering people to advance his cultivation and committing heinous acts. If I let him break through again and beco even stronger… heaven knows what other evil he will commit, or how many more people he will kill! I can't let him go on like this. I have to save the mortal realm. I'm doing the right thing. The Ning Family and demons have always been sworn enemies, and he has hurt ti and again. I…
She kept trying to convince herself, her fingers tightening around the poison vials. She was torn and in pain. I've already convinced myself, so why can't I bring myself to do it? Why am I hesitating?
And so, as she remained trapped in her endless tornt, ti passed. One Holy Corpse crumbled and disappeared, then another vanished, followed by a third, a fourth… All the while, Lin Tang's Divine Sense grew stronger and stronger, his presence becoming as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.
Finally, at the very mont the last Holy Corpse was destroyed, Lin Tang's Divine Sense surged to the Golden Core Peak, just a hair's breadth away from the Nascent Soul realm. Amid unwilling roars, the Demon Thought on his brow was completely obliterated, leaving no hidden dangers behind!
Now!
Lin Tang's eyes snapped open. He placed his hands on Ning Yuexi's collar and ripped it apart!
RRRIP!
Ning Yuexi's clothes were torn in two, fluttering to the ground. The two poison vials flew out in parabolic arcs, falling heavily. Just as they were about to shatter, they froze in mid-air before flying back into Lin Tang's hand.
"Heh," Lin Tang sneered. "What's this? Poison? Planning to poison ? Then why didn't you do it?"
With a heartbroken expression, Ning Yuexi reached out to caress his face. "I'm begging you," she pleaded, "please stop killing people. Please?"
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