darknovel Chapter 254 Lin Miaoyin's Desperate Counterattack
Chapter 254 Lin Miaoyin's Desperate Counterattack
A column of grayish-yellow dust, mixed with the smell of mud, rose from the bottom of the deep pit ten miles away.
The night wind swept across the desolate plain, slowly carrying away the sand that obscured the view.
After the dust settled, Lin Miaoyin's frail figure, ravaged by extreme misery, was revealed.
Most of her body was embedded in a pile of sharp rocks, and the magnificent Taoist robe that once symbolized the supreme glory of the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect was now tattered.
The precious fabric was torn into hundreds and thousands of tiny tears by the violent demonic energy just now.
Large swaths of once fair and flawless skin were exposed to the cold, harsh air of the ruins, crisscrossed with horrifying, grotesque wounds that rolled and bled.
This extreme sense of desolation and brokenness creates a stark visual contrast with her former aloof and glamorous demeanor.
At this moment, even maintaining a normal standing posture had become an unattainable luxury for Lin Miaoyin; her body was trembling violently and uncontrollably.
This involuntary trembling is partly due to the severe displacement of the internal organs caused by the previous heavy blow.
The other half was an extremely domineering and potent lustful poison that was relentlessly burning away her reason within her meridians.
She bit her completely bloodless lower lip hard, stubbornly holding on with her extreme willpower that refused to bow down to outsiders.
She exhausted the last bit of strength in her dantian and staggered to her feet from the pile of sharp rubble.
Her hands gripped tightly the jade pipa, her personal magical artifact that had accompanied her for many years.
At this moment, a shockingly large crack appeared on the crystal-clear pipa.
The originally rich and pure Yin spiritual energy was flowing irreversibly and madly into the surrounding void along this crack, like peeling silk from a cocoon.
Even though she was in such a physically absolute dead end, her narrow phoenix eyes were still filled with an indomitable frost.
She stared coldly at the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect above, who believed he had everything under control.
At the edge of the pit, in the void, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect stood with one hand behind his back, not rushing down to kill like an ordinary demonic cultivator.
As a late-stage Core Formation cultivator who had carved out a bloody path in the demonic path, a breeding ground for treacherous creatures, he knew all too well the devastating consequences of driving a top prey to the brink of destruction.
He would never give Lin Miaoyin the chance to forcibly detonate her golden core, thus causing a backlash against him and resulting in mutual destruction.
He slowly and deliberately put away the arrogant and domineering attitude he had displayed when he had just crushed his opponent.
The future leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect then adopted an expression of shockingly rational sincerity.
The young master leaned forward slightly and began to peel back the layers of Lin Miaoyin's impending doom in a slow and methodical tone.
"You woman are now wanted by the highest-level bounty on your head by those hypocrites from the Haoran Sword Sect who call themselves a righteous sect."
"Within our demonic path, you have lost the elders who could protect you, and have become a complete loner."
"You're all alone, wandering around in this ancient ruin where people eat each other alive. Even if I were to take pity on you and spare your life today, you wouldn't live long."
"You, this helpless piece of fat meat, will sooner or later be surrounded and killed by those wolf-like sects outside. They will definitely devour you until not even bone fragments are left."
This cruel logic, built on absolute reality, is sharper than any high-level magical attack.
Every word he uttered precisely dismantled the deepest psychological defenses in Lin Miaoyin's heart.
Then, he changed the subject and offered a generous surrender offer that he believed no rogue cultivator could refuse.
"A smart person should make a smart choice. You might as well just submit to me directly and enter the Heavenly Demon Sect with dignity."
"If you simply nod and agree to become my dual cultivation partner, I can swear before the laws of these relics that I will give you a position of utmost respect within the entire sect, second only to the leader."
"I can also provide you with top-tier natural treasures to directly break through to the Nascent Soul stage. With me protecting you, you can walk around this ruin with impunity and no one will dare to stop you."
"Think about this carefully in your mind. This deal is absolutely a win-win situation for a desperate woman like you."
His words were sincere, and coupled with his air of authority as a powerful figure, they even created the impression of a ruthless leader recruiting the best talents in the world.
Hidden within a concealment formation ten miles away, Su Qingying clearly heard these shameless yet highly seductive words.
She was so disgusted that several prominent blue veins bulged on the back of her hand, which was gripping the hilt of the Jade Spirit Sword.
"The face of this demonic cultivator is truly disgusting. He can actually make such a despicable thing as taking advantage of someone's misfortune sound so noble."
Su Qingying lowered her already cold voice and uttered a comment to her companion with extreme disgust.
Yu Jianhuan, looking utterly bored, raised her exquisitely made-up eyebrows and toyed with a poisoned hidden weapon with her slender fingers.
"The Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect is usually as proud as a swan, but she doesn't know that in this situation, all she has to do is bow her head and submit."
"In a desperate situation where survival is the only option, can her tough spirit continue to hold on?"
Yu Jianhuan chuckled lightly, making casual speculations with a tone of watching a show.
Jin Qiaoqiao pulled her fox fur cloak tighter around her to keep warm, her golden vertical pupils reflecting the pitiful figure at the bottom of the pit.
"If it were someone from the lower ranks of our demon race, it would be normal to admit defeat if we couldn't win in exchange for the chance to survive and reproduce."
"Now let's see how much face you human prodigies really value."
Jin Qiaoqiao, in a somewhat weak voice, offered her realistic insights into the jungle law of the demon race.
Lin Miaoyin, at the bottom of the pit, listened to this speech that combined kindness and severity, but only coldly tugged at her chapped lips.
She forced out a bleak smile filled with endless sarcasm and disdain.
She looked up at the arrogant man above her and retorted fiercely in a voice that was unusually hoarse but extremely clear due to the effects of the poison.
"You keep saying you'll give me a position second only to the emperor, and that you'll give me top-tier resources, so can you give me a proper explanation about that top-grade healing pill?"
"Do you consider the Mind Control Powder you secretly mixed into the core of that pill three days ago as a demonstration of your sincerity in this great cooperation?"
As soon as this blunt statement ripped away all pretense and pretense, the facial muscles of the young master of the Heavenly Demon Sect in the void above momentarily froze.
There was indeed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
But this shrewd and cunning man showed no sign of panic or frustration at having his plot exposed.
He stared intently at his prey below for two breaths, then let out a deep, guttural laugh that sent chills down one's spine.
"As expected of a woman who could climb to the position of Saintess in a den of demons like the Joyful Union Sect, it seems you are indeed quite intelligent."
"I really didn't expect that you could accurately detect even the secret medicine that my Heavenly Demon Sect never reveals to outsiders."