Chapter 462: You Know Nothing About This Place

"Wanting to leave now, isn't it a bit too late!"

A cold voice rang out, accompanied by waves of scorching heat.

Suddenly, the surrounding temperature rose sharply, as if the earth were being scorched by the sun itself. Even someone as strong as Shen Yu found it somewhat unbearable.

This kind of flame seemed to ignite from the very bottom of one's heart; as long as there was even a trace of distracting thoughts in a person's mind, this Heart Fire would never cease.

The more distracting thoughts one had, the more one would feel that irresistible scorching heat, which could even burn a person to death.

This was not an Array, but rather something more like a Barrier, trapping the two of them in this small space.

"Xue Sha, it really is you!" Upon seeing Xue Sha's familiar face, Shen Yu was slightly stunned.

When he had met her before, this young girl was soft and weak, and her voice even carried a hint of trembling, making it inevitable for one to feel a sense of protectiveness.

Yet, at this moment, it would be no exaggeration to describe Xue Sha as domineering; she exuded the aura of a powerful woman in every way. She was telling them quite bluntly: I am amazing.

Every movement, every frown and smile, seemed to carry an inexplicable majesty and unimaginable power.

So, the power within her had not been lying dormant all along; she had long since mastered this power.

"It's me, you seem very surprised?" She looked at Shen Yu with a smile, but the next moment, that soft and weak expression appeared on Xue Sha's face once again.

"Hero, please help me save Brother Dong, he is a good person!"

At this moment, Xue Sha was just as Shen Yu had seen her before, with an indescribably innocent look on her face, her expression earnest and stubborn.

The next moment, that domineering expression appeared on Xue Sha's face again; two completely opposite temperaments kept switching on her face.

This was not something faked; it was simply two different people.

His Super Perception had not been wrong; no wonder he hadn't been able to sense that there was anything wrong with her before—she completely possessed two faces.

Was this someone possessing another's body while retaining the other's will?

After looking closely, Shen Yu then completely overturned his own guess. This was not possessing another's body; this was purely a split personality, with two spirits existing within a single body.

One spirit was innocent and guileless, the other was domineering and insidious; it was truly impossible to guard against.

It was not that he hadn't been on guard, but that the enemy was simply too cunning.

"Xue Sha, why?" Looking at the now triumphant Xue Sha, Dong Yu felt somewhat heartbroken.

Even though he had been mentally prepared, when the truth was actually placed before him, it still made one feel deeply pained.

And that scorching flame that burned away distracting thoughts caused Dong Yu, who should have been unscathed due to his calm heart, to feel waves of heat washing over him.

His heart, which had always been calm and without ripples, was finally touched deeply.

"Brother Dong, we meet again!" Slowly approaching, Xue Sha looked at Dong Yu through the prison door.

"Brother Dong, I can only say I'm sorry. I am just craving power, craving to survive."

"Xiao Sha, don't let power control you!" Looking at the face that now seemed completely unfamiliar, Dong Yu was dazed for a moment, as if seeing a stranger.

The sister who had once been as close to him as kin had, in the end, failed to resist the temptation of power and fallen into this state.

It was heartbreakingly strange, and terrifyingly strange.

"Xiao Sha, turn back. You will sink deeper and deeper like this, just like I once did."

"The 'you' of the past? Dong Yu, you don't know, we are actually different!"

"We are the same; I, too, was once trapped in darkness yet still yearned for the light."

Staring intently at the person opposite, Dong Yu hoped to see a different look in her eyes, but he was destined to be disappointed.

In Xue Sha's eyes, he saw only coldness and arrogance, along with a trace of mockery toward him.

Yet, facing such a gaze, Dong Yu did not mind, and continued, "Xiao Sha, you also know that the power within me is dark, evil, and uncontrollable."

"But even someone like me can walk out of it; you definitely can too!"

"Hahaha, ridiculous, truly ridiculous. Dong Yu, things have come to this, have you still not realized what is wrong?"

With a wave of her hand, the entire prison cell collapsed instantly, and Dong Yu, who had been trapped inside, was released.

And for Xue Sha, this was just a trivial wave of her hand; he had already felt the strength of her power.

"Brother Dong, you are indeed very impressive and very admirable. I know all too well the price that must be paid to trap this power for so long with an ordinary body."

"But you are also stupid, pitifully stupid. Why are you still suppressing it now, refusing to release the power within you!"

"You are clearly very powerful, why don't you use it!"

The next moment, one of Xue Sha's feet was already stepping directly on his face, grinding down hard, burying half of Dong Yu's head into the dirt.

However, Dong Yu felt no anger at this; his face had long since returned to its former calm, and even the scorching sensation within him had vanished.

When the heart is still, all thoughts vanish. With no distracting thoughts in the heart, one is naturally unassailable.

"Xiao Sha, you should know why I have always maintained restraint, and why I keep my state of mind calm and unruffled."

"It is not that I don't understand what sadness is, nor am I a machine without feelings, but that I cannot, I must not!"

"You also experienced that night, only you didn't see it with your own eyes. If you had watched all your friends and family die by your side, die by your own hands, I believe you, Xiao Sha, would have made the same choice as me."

"The power within me is too terrifying. Once released, I would become a monster that only knows how to kill, without even basic consciousness, until not a single person remained by my side."

Seeming to recall that scene from the past, Dong Yu's calm heart stirred with a few ripples, but he immediately suppressed them.

He had to remain clear-headed at all times; he did not want the scene from back then to happen again.

"Yes, the power within you is indeed terrifying, but there is one thing Brother Dong might not know."

"Because the one who killed everyone that night was not you, but me!"

She smiled and shook her head; a trace of a smile appeared on her cold, arrogant face, as if she were showing off, or perhaps mocking.

"Our powers awakened at the same time back then, only I woke up a little earlier than you. I know clearly what happened that year."

"It was me who killed everyone, leaving no one behind. That feeling of slaughter, that immense power, is truly addictive!"

"But the moment your power awakened, my power was firmly suppressed by you. You might not know what a vast power is hidden within your own body; it is a power that even I have to shy away from."

As she spoke, the force of Xue Sha's foot grew heavier, and a look of greed inevitably appeared on her face.

"I have wanted to kill you countless times to absorb your power for my own, but every time, I have returned empty-handed."

"Brother Dong Yu, I didn't want this either, but only by letting your state of mind completely shatter could I have a chance."

"But why, why have you always had that same expression, always that calm face that makes people so annoyed!"

"Even when I was defiled right in front of you, you never wavered in the slightest; you are the one with a truly heart of iron and stone!"

"So that's how it is!" Closing his eyes in slight pain, Dong Yu muttered in disbelief, "So back then, it was also just a play!"

"That's right, the dozen or so years we spent supporting each other through thick and thin were all just a play."

"But these scenes, which even made my own heart ache, couldn't shake your heart at all!"

"How do you know it couldn't be shaken? In fact, you once succeeded, only you didn't notice it!"

He tried hard to crawl up, but under Xue Sha's crushing pressure, Dong Yu could not move a single inch.

At this moment, all the feelings of the past seemed so fake that they made one want to laugh.

"You could never obtain my power, so now you want to kill me and destroy me!"

"No, you are wrong again; how could I bear to destroy such power."

"If it weren't for the fact that every time I targeted you, another consciousness within my body would always fight me for control, perhaps I would have already succeeded."

"Every time I wanted to deal a lethal blow to you, that other consciousness would always interfere. But now, the two of us have completely merged into one!"

As she spoke, Xue Sha's face changed back to that innocent and pure expression, the entire process transitioning without a single flaw.

It was hard to imagine that two completely different consciousnesses could be switched so easily, and in a controlled manner at that. This woman is truly not simple.

"There is great terror between Life and Death; I have used all my methods in the past, but unfortunately, none of them worked. I really want to know if you are not even afraid of death."

"I just want to let you know your own death date, to let you spend every day in fear and unease; I want to see if even death cannot make you waver."

"Unfortunately, it seems I have failed again!"