151: Chapter 151 The Devil’s Heart

Chen Yan looked at her pitiful and miserable appearance, his mouth twitching a few times, but in the end, he didn't curse her.

However, in his heart, he had already begun to complain wildly.

"Save you? You think I want to save you!"

"I'm f*cking saving myself!"

"You crazy woman, you really don't let people rest easy anywhere!"

"One moment you're succumbing to inner demons, the next you have the Heavenly Demon Physique, and now you've f*cking been refined into some bullshit demonic weapon!"

"Do you think this is some kind of cosplay? Is it fun?"

But complaints aside, seeing her in such a state, there was no need for him to kick her while she was down.

Chen Yan could only say with a sorrowful face and a low voice, "You are a Disciple of my Taiqing Sword Sect."

Lin Qinger's body trembled violently, and her tears flowed even more fiercely.

Her gaze crossed Chen Yan's shoulder, looking at that peerless figure in the distance, her eyes filled with an inexplicably complex emotion.

"Before... I envied you, I hated you, because you saw me at my most pathetic!"

Her voice was very light, like cotton fluff that would scatter with the wind.

"I have always resented the heavens for being unfair! Why should a waste like you be protected by a Prodigy like Leng Qingshuang?"

"While I... I clearly also awakened the mystic ice sword tassel, and I have more talent than you! Yet I could only be trampled upon at will in the mud by that subhuman beast Li Qingxuan!"

"I hate her! I hate why she would rather take in a useless waste like you than give me a single glance!"

"If she had been willing to take me as a Disciple! Even if she just gave me a little bit more attention! I wouldn't have come to this point today!"

Lin Qinger's miserable voice echoed across the battlefield, every word dripping with blood.

The prodigies on the city walls listened in silence, many of them lowering their heads with complex expressions.

Although they were Sect prodigies, many of them had also climbed up step by step from the bottom!

They knew all too well what it took to survive in this cruel world!

Those who originally felt some resentment toward Lin Qinger now only felt sighs and sympathy.

Leng Qingshuang stood in the distance, quietly watching it all.

No emotion could be seen on that cold face.

Lin Qinger gave a bitter laugh and lowered her head, looking at her hands which had turned black and sharp after demonization.

Tears fell drop by drop onto the back of her hands, her voice full of self-mockery:

"But in reality, the one I hate most... is myself!"

"I hate myself for being useless, I hate myself for being cowardly, I hate myself for not hesitating to sell everything just for the sake of becoming stronger!"

"I twisted myself, sold my body and Soul, and in the end... I forced myself to become the very thing I used to hate, loathe, and look down on most..."

"I worked so hard to live my life as a joke..."

These words fell heavily on everyone's heart like a giant mountain.

This was the final monologue of a twisted Soul; yet it was also the most naked portrayal of this cruel, dog-eat-dog cultivation world.

Not everyone could be like Chen Yan, having a Revered Master willing to shield him from the wind and rain.

Nor could everyone maintain their original heart after rolling through this mud pit.

Every one of them was sinking and struggling within it!

For a moment, everyone's hearts were heavy with a mix of emotions.

But Lin Qinger suddenly raised her head and gave Chen Yan a relieved smile.

This smile, like a pear blossom in the rain and full of tears, was both beautiful and desperate...

She looked fixedly at Chen Yan, the hate, envy, and that bit of unwillingness in her eyes...

At this moment, it all vanished into thin air.

"But... it's enough..."

"For someone like me, someone who should have rotted and stunk in the filthiest gutter..."

"To actually have someone willing to risk their life for me, to have someone shield me with their own body..."

"That person... actually turned out to be you..."

"Chen Yan, thank you..."

Her voice became lighter and lighter, weaker and weaker...

"Thank you for letting me know that in this cold world, there can actually be such a sliver of... warmth that doesn't belong to me..."

"This is... enough..."

As her words fell, Lin Qinger's body suddenly began to crack inch by inch, turning into starlight that danced across the sky!

Three breaths of time were up!

The power of the Reincarnation Pill began to forcibly send her condensed Soul into Reincarnation!

Chen Yan's brow furrowed as he quietly watched Lin Qinger's body gradually dissipate. His eyes flickered, but in the end, he only let out a soft sigh:

"This mortal world is truly dull, it's better not to have come..."

Lin Qinger's Divine Soul looked blankly at Chen Yan, then suddenly gave a light laugh and said:

"If you are here, what does it matter if I came in vain..."

Just as her Divine Soul was about to completely vanish, the starlight filling the sky suddenly converged!

Lin Qinger used her last shred of obsession, and before Chen Yan could react,

She turned into a phantom and gently left an ethereal kiss on his forehead...

Whoosh~

Finally, the starlight scattered.

In this world, this person was no more!

Chen Yan: "!!!"

His entire body stiffened.

Holy sh*t!?

This crazy woman is f*cking repaying kindness with enmity!

Damn it, you're already leaving, and you still pull this at the end?

He subconsciously turned his head toward his Revered Master's side.

Sure enough.

Leng Qingshuang's already cold face instantly became as if covered in frost!

The air of the entire battlefield seemed to be frozen solid!

"It's over, it's over! It's BBQ'd!"

His heart skipped a beat, his mouth full of bitterness:

"This jealous jar is probably going to explode directly!"

"With Revered Master's expression, she won't think I'm an unfaithful lover and just draw her sword to clear the Sect, will she?!"

Apprehensive, he flew to Leng Qingshuang's side, about to take his Revered Master's hand and act cute to say he was also set up!

[Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission: Transcending the Heavenly Demon Physique! Mission completion reward: Five Elements Sword Domain (Micro-Perception Realm)!]

[Five Elements Sword Domain: A sword Dao Domain comprehended by fusing the Five Elements Sword Arts! Within the Domain, Five Elements Sword Qi generate and overcome each other in an endless cycle! Current comprehension Realm: Micro-Perception Realm!]

Five Elements Sword Domain?

A Domain Divine Ability!!!

Holy sh*t!

When he received this reward, Chen Yan's eyes instantly lit up!

A Domain Divine Ability!

This was a top-tier Divine Ability that only Mahayana Stage big shots could comprehend through the Law power!

Within the Domain, I am invincible!

That was no boast!

Just because he felt a moment of compassion and transcended that crazy woman Lin Qinger, he obtained a Domain reward?

This wave... was a massive profit!

Grinning, he was about to show off to Leng Qingshuang.

Swish!

A streak of black light suddenly shot straight toward Chen Yan from the place where Lin Qinger had dissipated!

It then stopped three feet in front of Chen Yan, revealing a fist-sized, pitch-black heart-shaped crystal covered in mysterious demonic runes, seemingly hiding endless Devilish Qi.

"heavenly demon heart!"

Seeing this, Xiao Shiyu immediately cried out in surprise!

Only then did she somewhat understand the fundamental reason why Lin Qinger was abducted by the Lihuo Immortal Abode and refined into a humanoid demonic weapon!

"heavenly demon heart?"

Chen Yan subconsciously threw an Appraisal Technique at it!

[heavenly demon heart: Imperial Rank Low Grade; a crystal condensed from the Heavenly Demon Origin and a lifetime of Demonic Techniques! After refining, one can obtain supreme strength! If one's mind is not firm, they will fall into the Demonic Path and become a Heavenly Demon Puppet!]

Imperial Rank Low Grade?

Good stuff!

Chen Yan's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously reached out to collect the heavenly demon heart!

He didn't care about falling into the Demonic Path.

He just knew this was an Imperial Rank item!

It must be worth a fortune, right?

But just as his fingertips were about to touch the crystal!

Rumble!

The entire Demon Suppressing City Secret Realm suddenly began to vibrate violently!

Zhang Yun, who was nearby, looked into the distance, and his face instantly turned pale!

He quickly retreated back to the city wall and roared at everyone:

"Fall back to defense! Quick, fall back!!"

"The third wave of the offensive has started early!!!"