255: Chapter 255 Self-Destruction to Whitewash

In an area filled with jagged rocks, Leng Ningshuang had just been teleported here by a spatial jade slip.

At this moment, she was hiding in a very well-concealed spot, restraining her aura to the absolute limit.

It would take another seven days for the Secret Realm's portal to reopen, and she only had one spatial jade slip left in her hand.

If she were besieged again, she would only have one chance to escape.

Suddenly, her Divine Sense detected several streaks of light flying overhead.

One of them, however, abruptly stopped in the area where she was hiding.

Leng Ningshuang's pupils constricted.

The figure's eyes were calm, and three eternal flames billowed from its body; it was none other than Su Mo's Incarnation.

Just as Leng Ningshuang held her breath, hoping that the Incarnation had only stopped by chance and would soon leave—

The Incarnation floating in mid-air slowly swept its hollow gaze over the jagged rocks below, seemingly failing to discover her, despite her deliberate concealment.

Leng Ningshuang's heart settled slightly, but she still did not dare to relax in the slightest.

However, in the next moment, something happened that made her skin crawl.

The Incarnation did not leave; instead, it slowly raised its hands, and the Three-colored flames burning around it suddenly became violent as a wave of destructive energy began to gather frantically!

"What... what is he doing?!"

An ominous premonition rose in Leng Ningshuang's heart.

The answer was revealed in an instant!

The Incarnation plummeted like a falling star, charging resolutely toward a relatively open area within the jagged rocks, and then exploded mid-air!

Boom—!

A terrifying explosion rang out once more!

Although it wasn't directed at Leng Ningshuang's hiding place, the destructive energy of a True Immortal's self-detonation swept out like a storm.

Leng Ningshuang instantly understood Su Mo's intention.

He wasn't sure of her exact location at all; he was using the self-detonation of his Incarnations to perform an indiscriminate carpet bombing, forcing everyone who might be hiding to reveal themselves.

She couldn't stay here any longer!

Who knew if the next self-detonating Incarnation would land right on top of her head?

"Go!"

Leng Ningshuang gritted her teeth and, without hesitation, crushed the last spatial jade slip in her hand.

Her figure vanished once again amidst spatial fluctuations... When she reappeared on a desolate wasteland, her heart was filled with helplessness and a hint of despair.

Her last trump card had been used up.

She didn't dare to linger and immediately restrained her aura, choosing a direction to fly away at full speed, hoping to find a safer hiding place to survive the remaining few days.

However, Su Mo's search network was even tighter than she had imagined.

Less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn later, as she flew over a low hill, a Escape Light rapidly approached from the flank and locked onto her again.

Another Incarnation!

Leng Ningshuang's expression changed, and she immediately shifted directions to accelerate her escape.

But that Incarnation followed her like a shadow, clinging to her relentlessly.

And soon, a second, a third... more and more Incarnations converged from all directions, forming a pincer movement to intercept her.

Leng Ningshuang pushed her speed to the limit, attempting to shake off her pursuers.

She even resorted to a secret technique that consumed her Origin to briefly increase her speed.

But there were too many Incarnations, and they seemed to never tire.

No matter how she changed directions, a new Incarnation would always appear ahead to block her.

Her immortal essence was being depleted rapidly, and her mind was utterly exhausted.

Finally, after forcibly breaking through the interception of several Incarnations, her Escape Light faltered slightly, and her speed inevitably slowed for a split second.

That was the moment!

More than twenty Incarnations seized the opportunity, closing in from all angles like ghosts, completely sealing off all space for her to dodge and forming a massive encirclement that trapped her in the center.

Leng Ningshuang stopped in mid-air, her chest heaving slightly. As she looked at the silent and terrifying figures surrounding her, her heart sank to the bottom.

She had no more spatial jade slips, her immortal essence was mostly depleted, and she was at the end of her rope.

Just then, the encirclement parted, and Su Mo stepped out slowly, coming before her.

"Fellow Daoist, it seems your luck ends here."

Su Mo looked at her, his tone indifferent, betraying no emotion.

Leng Ningshuang tightly pursed her pale lips, her cold eyes staring directly at Su Mo. Though she was in a desperate situation, she still struggled to maintain her final pride:

"Kill me or do as you wish, I am at your mercy!"

Hearing this, Su Mo laughed and shook his head:

"You have backbone; I appreciate that. However, becoming a mindless Puppet would be too much of a waste for someone like you."

He changed the subject:

"I'll give you a chance. Submit to me, and I can grant you power equal to these Incarnations—eternal Lifespan, undying and indestructible."

Leng Ningshuang's delicate body shuddered violently, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

She had thought Su Mo would treat her like the others—either death or becoming a Puppet—but she hadn't expected him to offer such... "lenient" terms?

"Eternal Lifespan," "undying and indestructible"—each word struck her mental defenses like a heavy hammer.

"How is that possible?! A Golden Immortal can attain immortality, yet they still face the Five Declines of the Celestial Being. Even the legendary Great Luo Daoist Venerables face the danger of extinction... On what basis do you dare to make such a grand claim?!"

Leng Ningshuang still refused to believe it.

Su Mo ignored her completely and spoke calmly:

"Whether it can be done, wouldn't you know if you tried? Besides, you only have two choices before you. One is to follow me, and the other..."

He didn't finish, but the meaning was already clear.

If she didn't agree, she would be transformed into a mindless Incarnation in the next second.

Leng Ningshuang's body shuddered again. Su Mo's words were like a cold dagger, piercing her last shred of hope.

She looked at the Incarnations around her, with their hollow eyes and deathly auras.

Submit?

Submit to a Lower Realm Cultivator of unknown Origin and eerie methods?

This made the pride and Sect honor she had upheld for years feel as if they were being scorched over a fire.

Her eyes flickered violently; struggle, resentment, and various emotions intertwined, making her face even paler.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Su Mo did not rush her, merely watching her calmly.

After a long hesitation, Leng Ningshuang's clenched fists slowly relaxed, her fingertips losing color from the excessive force.

She seemed to use all her strength just to difficultly raise her head and meet Su Mo's gaze, her voice low and raspy:

"I... Leng Ningshuang... am willing to follow you."

A mark appeared in her hand, containing a trace of Divine Soul power.

"This is my Soul Seal..."

Su Mo waved his hand, a meaningful smile curling at the corner of his mouth:

"No, no, no. I don't want your Soul Seal."

A Tribulation Crossing Stage Incarnation was summoned before Su Mo:

"I want you to perform Possession on him."

"Possession?!"

Leng Ningshuang was full of bewilderment, but deep down, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief, even feeling a hint of secret joy.

Handing over a Soul Seal meant placing her life and death entirely in another's hands, but performing Possession on a Puppet?

That sounded like it wouldn't impose any actual constraints on her at all!

Could it be that some subtle Restriction had been planted inside this Puppet to control her after the Possession?