Chapter 258: The Living Can Never Compete with the Dead

"Sigh, you are also a person of bitter fate. Master... will find a place of good geomancy for you and bury you properly."

The Poison Venerable sighed faintly, a glimmer of joy flashing 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, once Master returns to Great Xia, I will certainly take revenge for you."

"No need, I don't hate him anymore." Duan Ling's eyes were deathly dull. "Perhaps just as Master said... someone like me shouldn't have lived in this world."

At this moment, Duan Ling suddenly felt that death did not seem like such a terrifying thing; she even felt a sense of longing for it.

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

"Indeed, besides Master, there is no one left in this world who cares about you. The human world is too bitter; in your next life... do not come back."

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

A massive baleful aura surged into the sky, even triggering natural phenomena, and blood rain began to fall from the heavens!

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

Arriving with it was a roar of extreme fury.

"You old thing! Stop your damn farting!"

Ye Lin, covered in blood-red flames, arrived as fast as a shooting star; his speed was so great that even many Bright Moon Realm experts would feel inferior.

The moment the Human Emperor Flag landed, countless soul bodies swarmed out, but they were blocked by the seal set up by those two Sang Kingdom Bright Moon 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 experiencing a life-review flashback before death.

"Duan Ling! Don't listen to this old thing's nonsense, he is just gaslighting you! At the very least, I care about you! I care very much!"

While trying to persuade Duan Ling, Ye Lin cast forbidden spells, attempting to break the barrier.

One terrifying forbidden spell after another was thrown from Ye Lin's hands as if he didn't care about his own life, bombarding the seal before him until it was tottering, scaring the Sang Kingdom's Bright Moon 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 one more word, I will surely grind your bones to dust!"

Ye Lin's rage and the astonishingly immense baleful aura on his body surged into the sky together, like an Asura god of slaughter.

"What? Did I hit a nerve, and now you're breaking down?"

The Poison Venerable grinned, revealing a ghastly smile.

"I was young once too. In your heart, perhaps there truly is a place for Ling'er, but she is not that important to you, is she? At least not important enough that you would be willing to give up other women to spend your life with her."

"I will ask you one question: are you willing to divorce and take only my disciple Ling'er as your wife?"

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

If only Ye Lin would nod.

If only Ye Lin would nod, 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 immense pressure of emotions in his heart, the forbidden spells in Ye Lin's hands became increasingly violent.

That terrifying killing intent made the five Sang Kingdom Bright Moon Realm experts, including Edogawa Kazuteru, turn pale with fright.

"Block him! You must block him, absolutely do not let him in!"

Edogawa Kazuteru hurriedly urged the two Bright Moon Realm experts responsible for maintaining the seal.

If Ye Lin got in, they didn't know what would happen to the Poison Venerable, but they would certainly end up as corpses without a whole piece left!

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

"I see it clearly, Master. Begin."

Duan Ling suddenly smiled, a smile as clear and brilliant as it was the first time she discovered Ye Lin was not afraid of the poison on her body.

As soon as she finished speaking, Duan Ling cooperated with the Poison Venerable, actively drawing the toxins from his body—enough to slaughter the entire Sang Kingdom—into her own.

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

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

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

Liberation...

"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, agonizing pain surged straight to his heart. Ye Lin had thought that with his Undying Body, he should have long since become numb to pain.

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

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

The Poison Venerable laughed excitedly; the toxins that had plagued him for a lifetime were now disappearing from his body.

"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 Flag and thrust it into the barrier.

"Explode!"

Following Ye Lin's roar, all forty-plus thousand soul bodies within the Human Emperor Flag self-destructed at this moment.

Exhausting everything, scattering their souls and spirits!

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

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

That time, it was for the entire human race.

This time, it was for one person.

The forty-plus thousand soul bodies compressed continuously at this moment, compressing into a tiny point. The next instant, that point transformed into the most terrifying storm of destruction and swept outward.

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

Ye Lin charged directly toward the direction of the Poison Venerable and Duan Ling; the poison mist barrier laid by the Poison Venerable could not stop Ye Lin's footsteps at all.

The Poison Venerable opened his eyes. At this moment, except for his eyes which remained blind, his appearance was no different from an ordinary old man.

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

"You can play with these Sang Kingdom people yourself!"

Sensing the astonishing killing intent surging from Ye Lin, the Poison Venerable's expression changed abruptly; he did not want to face a Forbidden Spellcaster who had lost his mind.

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

Ye Lin did not pursue the Poison Venerable, but instead 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 even Duan Ling, as a Poison Warlock, could not withstand.

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

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

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

"Ye Lin, I want you to feel guilty for 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."