Chapter 463: How Could One Bow Their Head in a Lifetime

"But it doesn't matter, the new prey has already arrived!"

As she spoke, Xue Sha looked at Shen Yu, her burning gaze no less intense than when she looked at Dong Yu.

Seeing such a gaze, Shen Yu instantly felt a chill run down his spine. Great, another one coveting his body.

"Little Sha, you cannot obtain my power, so do you wish to plunder Lord Shen's power instead?"

"What is not one's own will never be one's own; it cannot be seized by force. You should stop."

"You are still worrying about others at a time like this? Dong Yu, oh Dong Yu, you had better look after yourself."

Slowly walking in front of Shen Yu, she looked him up and down. The greed in her eyes was no longer concealed, and at this moment, Xue Sha could not help but reveal a trace of a triumphant smile.

After looking Shen Yu over, Xue Sha turned her head to look at Dong Yu again.

"Do you think I covet his power, or that I fear he might pose a threat to me, so I must eliminate him?"

"Wrong. The reason I lured him here is solely because of you."

"I want to use his body as a catalyst to draw out the power within you!"

With a sudden wave of her hand, following Xue Sha's movement, a force appeared as if to trap Shen Yu.

This force was not intense, and Shen Yu instinctively resisted. But as he resisted, endless power surged forth, crushing down upon his shoulders.

In an instant, Shen Yu felt as if he were being pressed by ten thousand mountains; it was so heavy it made it impossible to breathe, yet it was not a completely hopeless situation.

For a moment, he even had an illusion: that as long as he exerted all his strength, he should be able to withstand this pressure.

Instinctively, Shen Yu began to resist the external force again. Powerful energy erupted, and the space where he stood stirred up intense waves.

Under Shen Yu's power, the space here seemed to distort along with it.

This scene, falling into Xue Sha's eyes, did not cause a single ripple; she seemed to turn a blind eye to Shen Yu's resistance. Instead, the triumph in her eyes was revealed once more, without a trace.

It was just that this trace of triumph faded quickly, so fast that one could not detect it at all.

"Something's wrong!" While resisting the endless pressure from all around with all his might, Shen Yu suddenly discovered something amiss.

It seemed that the stronger his power became, the stronger the surrounding power grew as well, keeping him in a state of suffering under immense pressure yet unable to collapse.

In other words, the force pressing down on him changed according to the intensity of his counterattack.

The more intense Shen Yu's resistance, the greater the force and damage he had to endure, yet it would never reach his limit.

It was like an unsolvable dead loop, making one see hope and strive desperately for it, only to find in the end that it was simply forever out of reach.

"No, no, this is intentional!"

Realizing something was wrong, Shen Yu wanted to withdraw his power, but he found that his power seemed impossible to mobilize; it was like a flood breaking through a dam, completely beyond his control.

The power within his body poured out like a torrential, endless tide. And this power, in turn, was transferred onto Dong Yu's body.

Shen Yu could clearly see that Dong Yu's consistently calm face had long since been drenched in sweat, and his entire skeleton seemed to be creaking.

And within his body, there seemed to be a force always present to maintain him so that he would not completely collapse or be crushed into powder.

As Shen Yu's power poured in, the power guarding Dong Yu's body also gradually began to release, leaking out bit by bit.

"Haha, that's it! Resist, resist with all your might!"

At this moment, Xue Sha no longer needed to hide anything; her goal had been achieved.

This place had been tampered with by Xue Sha from the very beginning; the Barrier laid out here was prepared specifically for Dong Yu.

During the long time he had been imprisoned here, the Barrier had been continuously absorbing Dong Yu's vitality to inject it into the Barrier itself.

And the power within Dong Yu's body had also been continuously maintaining his life force, preventing him from having any accidents due to the consumption of his vitality.

In other words, the power of the Barrier here was actually based on the power within Dong Yu's body. This process was subtle, and even Dong Yu himself had not noticed it.

If Shen Yu had not appeared, Xue Sha would have tried every possible way to break Dong Yu's mental defenses.

As long as his mental defenses were broken and the power within his body could be revealed, even just a tiny bit, it would be enough for her to utilize and thereby absorb it completely.

The consumption of vitality alone could not satisfy Xue Sha's needs. Therefore, she needed a catalyst, and Shen Yu was that catalyst.

Drawing out the power within Dong Yu to Shen Yu, and then using the power of Shen Yu's resistance to stimulate the power that had always been hidden within Dong Yu—this was Xue Sha's true purpose.

This person could not be too weak; if they were too weak, they simply could not stimulate the power within Dong Yu.

In this Great Contention Era, with the Spiritual Qi Surge, the strength of Martial Artists had increased significantly. But ordinary Martial Artists had shallow foundations and fell far short of the requirements.

Clearly, Shen Yu's strength was more than enough, even exceeding Xue Sha's expectations; the effect was incredibly good, which was the fundamental reason Xue Sha had set her sights on him.

She had been prepared to use her final resort, but who could have expected Shen Yu to appear at this time? Wasn't this just a piece of fat meat delivering itself to her door?

To Xue Sha, Shen Yu was like meat stewing in a pot; how could she let him run away?

Even if he hadn't come over like a fool, Xue Sha had plenty of ways to make him come. Who could have expected him to be so stupid, tricked into coming with just a few words and a few tears?

A Heavenly Pride of the current generation is nothing more than this; stupid to the point of being pathetic.

And just at this moment, a powerful force suddenly erupted from Dong Yu; the power within his body had completely exploded.

Dark and terrifying power filled every corner, as if it could pull people into darkness and drag them into the abyss at any time.

Even Shen Yu could not help but marvel at such extremely negative energy, and his body was instinctively trembling.

But the next moment, this dark power vanished completely, revealing the infinitely vast, upright, and righteous power within.

It was as if the sun had risen, and the sunlight had dispersed the darkness. At this moment, Dong Yu was like a bright jade, previously covered in dust, as dirty as grime dug out of mud.

But now, the dust on the surface had been wiped away, instantly blooming with infinite light, illuminating the firmament and all things.

"How could it be like this?" This scene truly baffled Shen Yu; he had originally thought the power within Dong Yu was of the utmost yin and darkness.

No matter how he looked at it before, it had been so, and even Dong Yu himself felt the same, always restraining himself and suppressing the power within his body because of it.

Now it seemed he was wrong; everything was wrong.

Within the blackest and darkest power lay supreme light; could it be that within that vast and bright power, there might also be darkness hidden?

Thinking of this, Shen Yu could not help but turn his head to look to the side, seeing the smug and triumphant Xue Sha.

And at this moment, the power within Xue Sha—which had seemed vast and upright to Shen Yu—gradually vanished, revealing the essence that had been masked by that vast uprightness.

It was a darkness concentrated to the extreme, a terrifying power that made one feel a shudder throughout their entire body.

Even coming into contact with just a little bit of it could lead a person into an abyss, from which they would find it difficult to extricate themselves.

"Are you wondering why it is like this? Why it is completely different from what you saw?"

"It's very simple, because what you saw was only the surface."

As she spoke, Xue Sha looked at Dong Yu, "Because the power on the surface of his body is mine, and the power on the surface of my body belongs to him!"

"People in the world always believe what their eyes see; the more capable they are, the more conceited they become, and the more they assume they are not wrong."

"Little do they know that some things are not necessarily true just because they are seen; what you all saw is only because I wanted you to see it!"

"I understand now, no wonder, no wonder Dong Yu could remain unaffected by the dark energy and always maintain his original heart without falling, because his own power is so upright and bright."

Looking up at Xue Sha, beneath this simple and innocent exterior, an extremely sinister heart was hidden.

"Was it you who sealed Dong Yu's power and made him mistakenly believe that his own power was so dark?"

"Clever, I have to say you aren't stupid sometimes, but it's a pity, it's a bit too late; his power is too strong, so strong that even I am wary of it."

"That is why I could only make him doubt himself and suppress himself. Only in this way could I have a chance!"

"And it couldn't be me who took action; if I took action and provoked the power within his body to resist, it would be difficult for me to merge with it later. Therefore, I could only borrow the hands of others."

"Shen Yu, Lord Shen, I really must thank you!"