Chapter 258: The Living Cannot Compete with the Dead

"Sigh, you are also a bitter person. Master... will find you a place with good feng shui and bury you properly."

The Poison Venerable sighed faintly, a flash of joy appearing in the depths of his eyes.

Since Duan Ling was willing to cooperate voluntarily, this matter would be easy to handle.

"That Ye Lin and Xie Xiaoxiao, when Master returns to Da Xia, I will definitely take revenge for you."

"No need, I don't hate him anymore." Duan Ling's eyes were lifeless. "Perhaps just as Master said... people like me shouldn't be living in this world."

At this moment, Duan Ling suddenly felt that death didn't seem like such a terrifying thing; she even felt a bit of longing for it.

The Poison Venerable raised a withered, shriveled hand and pressed it down onto the top of Duan Ling's head.

"That's right, besides Master, there is no one left in this world who cares about you. The human world is too bitter. In the next life... don't come back."

Just as the Poison Venerable was about to transfer all the toxins in his body into Duan Ling, the sky in the distance suddenly changed color!

The massive baleful aura that shot into the sky even triggered a heavenly phenomenon, and blood rain began to fall from the sky!

A dark golden banner arrived at high speed from beyond the nine heavens!

Arriving with it was an extremely angry roar.

"You old thing! Stop your damn bullshitting!"

Ye Lin, covered in blood flames, arrived rapidly like a meteor. His speed was so fast that even many Hao Yue Realm experts felt inferior.

The moment the Human Emperor Banner landed, countless soul bodies swarmed out, but they were blocked by the seal set up by the two Sang Country Hao Yue Realm experts and could not enter.

This seal was to prevent the Poison Venerable from escaping, and also to prevent anyone from coming to rescue the Poison Venerable.

"Ye Lin?"

Duan Ling widened her eyes, looking at Ye Lin in astonishment. Clearly, she had not expected to see him in this place.

She even thought she was starting to see her life flash before her eyes before death.

"Duan Ling! Don't listen to this old thing's nonsense; he's just PUA-ing you! At least I care about you! I care very much!"

While persuading Duan Ling, Ye Lin cast forbidden spells, trying to break through this barrier.

One terrifying forbidden spell after another was thrown from Ye Lin's hands as if he didn't care about his life, blasting the seal in front of him until it was tottering, scaring the Sang Country Hao Yue Realm experts until their faces turned pale.

"Ling'er, do you still believe what he says?" The Poison Venerable sneered. "If he cared about you, how could he have silently married another woman?"

"Old thing! If you say another word, I will definitely grind your bones to dust!"

Ye Lin's fury and the astonishingly baleful aura on his body rose together, like an Asura god of slaughter.

"What? Did I hit the mark, and now you're starting to break down?"

The Poison Venerable grinned, revealing a creepy smile.

"I was young once too. Perhaps there really is a place for Ling'er in your heart, but she isn't really that important to you, is she? At least not important enough that you'd be willing to give up other women to spend your whole life with her."

"I'll ask you one question: are you willing to divorce and marry only my apprentice Ling'er as your wife?"

Duan Ling raised her eyes, a trace of imperceptible emotional fluctuation showing in their depths.

As long as Ye Lin nodded.

As long as Ye Lin nodded, even if it were a lie, she would be willing to believe it.

Ye Lin did not speak; he did not want to lie to Duan Ling.

Under the extremely suppressed emotions in his heart, the forbidden spells in Ye Lin's hands became increasingly violent.

The terrifying killing intent made Edogawa Kazuki and the other five Sang Country Hao Yue Realm experts turn pale with fright.

"Block him! You must block him; don't let him in!"

Edogawa Kazuki urged the two Hao Yue Realm experts responsible for maintaining the seal in a panic.

If Ye Lin got in, they didn't know what would happen to the Poison Venerable, but they would definitely die without a whole corpse!

"Ling'er, do you see it clearly now?" The Poison Venerable asked triumphantly, looking at Duan Ling.

"I see it clearly. Master, let's begin."

Duan Ling suddenly smiled. That smile was clear and brilliant, just as beautiful as when she first discovered that Ye Lin was not afraid of the poison on her body.

As soon as she finished speaking, Duan Ling cooperated with the Poison Venerable, voluntarily drawing the toxins on the Poison Venerable's body—enough to slaughter the entire Sang Country—into her own body.

The gray-white toxins continuously eroded Duan Ling's body, and her delicate skin began to rot continuously at this moment, like a flower about to wither.

In just a few breaths, Duan Ling's body grew countless pus-filled abscesses, just like the Poison Venerable's.

Yet, a gentle smile hung on Duan Ling's face.

Relief...

"No!"

Ye Lin's eyes were splitting. He felt as if an invisible giant hand was grabbing his heart and pulling it out with all its might.

Pain.

An extreme pain rushed straight to his heart. Ye Lin had thought that with his immortal body, he should have long since become numb to pain.

But now he realized that there was pain in this world that even an immortal body could not recover from.

"Good, good, good, obedient apprentice, you have done very well!"

The Poison Venerable laughed excitedly. The toxins that had plagued him for a lifetime were continuously disappearing from his body at this moment.

"Ah!!!"

Ye Lin let out a painful roar like a wounded beast. At this moment, he had no reason left.

Ye Lin grabbed the Human Emperor Banner and plunged it into the barrier.

"Explode!"

Following Ye Lin's roar, the more than 400,000 soul bodies within the Human Emperor Banner all self-destructed at this moment.

Giving everything, souls scattered and spirits destroyed!

The entire Human Emperor Banner vibrated violently, and the patterns on the flag lit up with brilliant golden light at this moment.

Many years ago, the Human Emperor Banner had also self-destructed all its soul bodies.

That time, it was for the entire human race.

This time, it was for one person.

The more than 400,000 soul bodies continuously compressed at this moment, compressing into a small point. In the next instant, that point transformed into the most terrifying storm of destruction and swept out.

The seal that had been struggling under Ye Lin's forbidden spells was instantly destroyed. The two Sang Country Hao Yue Realm experts who had been struggling to maintain the seal didn't even have time to scream before they were directly annihilated by the self-destruction of the soul bodies.

Ye Lin rushed directly toward the direction of the Poison Venerable and Duan Ling. The poison mist barrier set up by the Poison Venerable could not stop Ye Lin's footsteps at all.

The Poison Venerable opened his eyes. At this time, except for his eyes still being blind, he looked no different from an ordinary old man on the outside.

Clearly, the toxins on his body had been successfully transferred to Duan Ling.

"You can play with these Sang Country people slowly yourself!"

Feeling the astonishing killing intent rising from Ye Lin, the Poison Venerable's expression changed abruptly. He did not want to face a forbidden spell master who had lost his reason.

The Poison Venerable threw the festering Duan Ling toward Ye Lin like trash, then turned and fled directly.

Ye Lin did not pursue the Poison Venerable, but rushed over to catch Duan Ling.

Duan Ling's pupils had turned white; clearly, her eyes had also gone blind due to the toxins.

The terrifying toxins on the Poison Venerable's body were something Duan Ling could not withstand, even as an Evil Poison Warlock.

Duan Ling raised her pus-filled hand, wanting to touch Ye Lin's face, but quickly retracted it.

As if she had thought of something, she suddenly revealed a happy smile.

"Hehe, so what if Xie Xiaoxiao married you before me? The living can never compete with the dead."

"Ye Lin, I want you to feel guilty toward me for the rest of your life."

"I want you to never forget for the rest of your life that you failed a woman named Duan Ling." ===== CHAPTER 259 =====