110: Chapter 110 Grasp the Heart and Break the Allure

However, Lin Yan did not hesitate for a moment. He raised his right hand abruptly, and his five fingers plunged deep into the flesh of his chest.

His fingers slowly wrapped around his heart, and then he exerted sudden force, forcibly suppressing its beat.

Thump! The heart stopped beating. The crimson mark! It returned to zero in an instant!

At that moment, he had won his gamble!

Warm, fresh blood gushed out frantically between his fingers, splattering everywhere. A few drops of scarlet blood happened to land on the exquisite, stunningly beautiful right cheek of Su Lianwu.

"Is he crazy?!" Su Lianwu's pupils constricted sharply.

This scene completely shattered Su Lianwu's long-standing perception of reality.

Her charm field dissipated instantly. Her mind went blank, and she stood frozen in place, completely stunned.

She had seen countless men go mad, self-mutilate, and willingly die for her, but this was the first time she had ever seen someone go so far as to forcibly stop their own heart just to resist her charm, using self-harm to brute-force through the rules of her ability.

The arrogance carved into her bones and her innate sense of superiority collapsed and shattered at that moment. A violent tremor rippled through the depths of her soul, and her heart skipped a beat, uncontrollably.

After a long while, Su Lianwu stiffly raised her fingertip to gently wipe away the warm blood from her cheek. Unconsciously, she brought the blood-stained fingertip to her lips and slowly tasted it.

"Why..." Su Lianwu murmured unconsciously, her expression filled with panic and confusion.

"Why didn't he kneel?" "Why did my ability become completely ineffective?"

She even subconsciously began to doubt her own beauty and ability. Her heart was filled with profound bewilderment and wavering, and she involuntarily took half a step back.

This was the first time in her life she had felt the urge to retreat, the first time she had felt so lost and helpless.

After a brief moment of shock, a sense of unwillingness surged in her heart. Su Lianwu gritted her teeth, forcibly suppressing the panic within, and prepared to activate her ability once more to attempt to charm him.

Lin Yan's Health Points were dropping rapidly. Even with his massive pool of HP acting as a safety net, meaning his life wasn't in immediate danger, he had less than 50,000 HP left after just a few seconds.

Feeling his body slowly regaining control, Lin Yan slowly released his grip on his heart. Relying on his formidable physical self-healing ability, he quickly sealed the wound as his blood-colored baleful aura surged once again.

Not wanting to entangle any further with Su Lianwu, who was in a strange state, he stomped his right foot heavily onto the ground. Terrifying power erupted, and a majestic wave of pressure bore down on Su Lianwu.

Thump! He threw a punch straight ahead, and a dull, explosive sound rang out.

The overwhelming force slammed into Su Lianwu. She hurriedly activated her protective crimson barrier, but it was still insufficient to withstand such brute force. She was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into a massive rock wall dozens of meters thick behind her.

With a deafening boom, the hard rock cracked and collapsed inch by inch. Su Lianwu fell heavily into the pile of rubble, a smear of bright red blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

This was the first time she had been injured since awakening her ability.

She braced herself against the ground and slowly sat up. There was no trace of anger; she merely stared blankly at the blood-colored figure standing in the distance, murmuring to herself with a tone of unspeakable loneliness and shock: "Why..."

The few surviving Contestants behind them watched this world-shattering scene, dumbfounded. They even forgot the lingering palpitations in their chests, their brains completely shutting down.

Only one thought remained in their minds: "Holy shit! Is... is this even human!?" "A monster!"

In the distance, Lin Yan's physical self-healing ability quickly repaired the wound on his chest. He glanced coldly at the crimson figure amidst the rubble, drew his long blade, and prepared to deliver a fatal blow.

Lin Yan showed no mercy. The icy blade light, shrouded in a thick, blood-colored baleful aura, slashed directly down toward Su Lianwu in the rubble. A lethal strike was already imminent.

Just as the blade was about to descend upon her, Su Lianwu stumbled and braced herself against the shattered rock wall, barely managing to stand. The blood at the corner of her lips had not yet dried. The bewilderment from having her worldview shattered a moment ago had faded slightly, replaced by a trace of unprecedented shame and unwillingness.

Since she was young, it had always been others who lost their composure and surrendered before her. Today, not only had her charm ability been broken by her opponent in such an extreme manner, but she had also been severely injured by a single punch. Such a humiliating experience left the arrogant woman feeling a complex mix of emotions.

She raised her eyes and stared fixedly at Lin Yan, a hint of coquettish shame in her expression. She gritted her teeth and snorted, "I'll remember you, hmph!"

As she spoke, a dense crimson mist suddenly rose around Su Lianwu, rapidly distorting the surrounding space. Her figure transformed into a faint crimson streak of light, vanishing instantly at the edge of the battlefield, leaving only the slowly dissipating crimson mist behind.

The blade light descended, slamming into the rock where Su Lianwu had just been standing. The hard rock was instantly split by a long, deep crack, and gravel tumbled down with a rustling sound.

Lin Yan sheathed his blade and stood still, gazing in the direction where the crimson mist had dissipated. Spatial fluctuation? She actually possesses spatial abilities. In just an instant, my blood aura perception could no longer detect her.

Wen Xiaoyou hurried to Lin Yan's side. She looked up at him with a worried expression, examining him from head to toe: "Brother Lin Yan, is your wound alright? It looked so scary just now."

The few surviving Contestants behind them finally recovered from their extreme shock. Their gazes toward Lin Yan became increasingly awe-inspired, and they didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.

Even that stunning woman with her inescapable charm had been thwarted and forced to flee by him. The extent of this young man's terror had already exceeded the limits of their understanding.

Lin Yan raised his hand to feel the healed flesh on his chest and said calmly: "It's fine. My self-healing ability has finished repairing it. Let's continue on our way."

"Wait, Big Shot..." a surviving Contestant behind him called out.

"If I'm not mistaken, the woman from just now should be Su Lianwu, the granddaughter of the head of the Su Family."

"The Su Family is one of the five major families in the Third Super Safe Zone; they are very powerful. Furthermore, I've heard that the head of the Su Family is extremely protective of his own, and the woman from just now is his most beloved granddaughter..."

"So, I wanted to warn you, Big Shot. After you leave, their family might come looking for trouble, so be careful."

Lin Yan nodded silently at him, but he felt no fear in his heart. A powerful family? Are they more powerful than the Federation!? In reality, the Federation would block any petty moves the other side might make. He was confident that as long as he was in a Dungeon, he was invincible.

...

Su Lianwu used the crimson streak of light to escape several miles away, landing steadily atop a desolate, ruined wall.

The wind around her was bleak, and the roar of the collapsing battlefield could be heard from afar, yet it could not suppress the raging waves surging within her heart.

The blood at the corner of her lips had long been wiped away, but the dull ache from the heavy punch was still clear. This was the first time in her life she had been defeated head-on and left in such a wretched, injured state.

In previous trials, while hunting down fleeing Contestants, her heart had always been as still as water. In her eyes, all the male prodigies and top experts in the world were nothing but ants and insects that swarmed to her, bowing and surrendering. They were boring, vulgar, and monotonous—not even worthy of a second glance.

Yet, that scene from just moments ago was branded deep into her mind, impossible to shake off. That blood-colored figure, in order to break free from her charm, had not hesitated to tear open his own chest with his bare hands and grip his heart until it stopped, letting his hot blood gush out. In the most decisive and insane way possible, he had forcefully torn apart the rules of her inescapable ability.

The extreme shock of that moment caused her emotions, which had been dormant for many years, to be thrown into complete chaos for the first time. Uncontrollably, she gently pressed her hand against her chest; her heart was beating with unprecedented rapidity.

Countless people had gone mad for her, fallen for her, and sacrificed their lives for her, but it had always been others who felt palpitations for her. She had never felt even a hint of an unusual ripple for anyone.

Shame, unwillingness, and confusion piled up layer upon layer in the depths of her heart. Yet, beneath these emotions, a sense of unprecedented curiosity and interest was taking root and sprouting wildly.

She couldn't understand why, when ten thousand people would kneel, he alone remained standing. She couldn't understand why her own invincible Crimson Heart Charm would be completely ineffective against him.

The cool breeze stirred her long crimson hair. Her cold, stunningly beautiful features had shed their usual contempt and arrogance, replaced by a touch of paranoid stubbornness.

She murmured, every word filled with defiance: "Lin Yan..." "I have already left my exclusive Crimson Heart mark upon you." "No one in this world has ever been able to break free from my charm." "I have noted today's humiliation." "Sooner or later, I will personally uncover your secrets and make you willingly surrender at my feet."

As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look toward the direction of the central Safe Zone. A faint light flashed in her palm as [Crimson Shadow Tracking] quietly restarted. That unique soul mark belonging to Lin Yan was crystal clear, and it was firmly locked on.