Chapter 546: It Can Also Be Considered a Release

"What is this?"

Just as Shen Yu was probing He Yuan with his Mental Power, suddenly, from deep within He Yuan's Spiritual Sea, a strange Mental Power seemed to flash by and vanish.

This power appeared quickly and disappeared even faster, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye. If not for Shen Yu's Super Perception, it would likely have been truly difficult to discover.

Moreover, by the time he discovered it, this power had already silently surged into his own body. It rapidly attacked his Spiritual Sea, as if wanting to secretly take root and sprout there.

However, Shen Yu's Mental Power was incredibly strong at this moment, and he was also holding the Soul Reflection Mirror in his hand.

As soon as he felt something was wrong, this Mental Power was immediately detected by the Soul Reflection Mirror.

At the same time, the Vast Righteous Qi that had been lying dormant within his body seemed to have received some kind of stimulation and suddenly erupted.

Once this grand and upright powerful aura appeared, it was as if it wanted to sweep away all haze, directly purging the Mental Power that had suddenly snuck in.

Although that Mental Power was also resisting extremely stubbornly, its strength was thin, and even if it was extremely difficult to deal with, it was hard to withstand.

Furthermore, this Mental Power was like duckweed without roots, so it vanished into thin air in an instant under the illumination of the Vast Righteous Qi.

"What a powerful negative force!" Although it was only a brief contact, Shen Yu immediately judged the characteristics of this Mental Power.

Dark, irritable, filled with bloodthirst and resentment, it was as if all the darkest things had been gathered together, like the most terrifying and hardest-to-suppress evil deep within a person's heart.

How could such Mental Power appear inside He Yuan? No, this could not be called Mental Power; it was more like a gathering of the purest dark energy.

Using the Soul Reflection Mirror to probe directly into the depths of He Yuan's Spiritual Sea, Shen Yu found a force lurking there like a dark spring.

This force was extremely peculiar; it was intertwined with He Yuan's Spiritual Sea and was silently growing as it constantly swirled.

When Shen Yu probed this energy, a portion of it split off again and charged straight at him, but it was once again swept away clean by the Vast Righteous Qi.

It seemed that this dark force was not only extremely terrifying but also highly aggressive.

Gradually, Shen Yu also seemed to understand the characteristics of this Mental Power.

It fed on human Mental Power to constantly grow stronger.

Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, greed, anger, ignorance, and evil; they have all kinds of desires. It is just that these are all suppressed and restrained by morality, beliefs, and so on.

Therefore, people know what should be done and what should not be done, and they understand propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame.

And this negative energy was capable of completely releasing these restrained emotions, infinitely magnifying the greed, desires, and so on suppressed within a person's heart, and digging out the evil in the deepest parts.

Once this Mental Power penetrated the body, it could rapidly change a person's original character.

It was just like a drop of ink dripped into water; although a drop of ink might look inconspicuous, it could instantly dye a cup of water black.

Moreover, what was before him was not a drop of ink, but a pool of ink; having been tainted by these things, how could one not turn black!

The most critical point was that this force was not only hidden but also extremely stubborn; let alone an ordinary person, if not for Shen Yu having the Vast Righteous Qi to protect his body, it would likely have brought him no small amount of trouble.

Once tainted by it, even if you were once a hero with an iron backbone, you would instantly turn into that kind of selfish, cowardly, and greedy treacherous villain.

All past negative emotions would be infinitely magnified; even the slightest bad thought would become the deepest craving in one's heart.

With all internal restraints gone, naturally, it was no surprise no matter what crazy actions were committed, and it was no wonder He Yuan had become like this.

Placing his hand on He Yuan's head, the Vast Righteous Qi wrapped around him and surged into the deepest part of his Spiritual Sea.

This Mental Power had already completely connected with He Yuan's spirit; if he were to destroy it, it was likely that even He Yuan would be affected.

However, Shen Yu did not care; He Yuan had done too many things, so many that they could not be redeemed even with a hundred deaths.

Even if he had a thousand reasons, even if he might have been tainted by an external force, what was done was done. Too many people had died at his hands; no matter what, he had to die.

Very quickly, the dark energy lurking within his body was completely swept clean by the Vast Righteous Qi, and along with it, He Yuan's own Mental Power also suffered significant damage.

His complexion, moreover, became visibly much paler.

When he lowered his hand and withdrew his aura, the people around them finally breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Just a moment ago, when that terrifying aura on Shen Yu appeared, everyone felt as if a massive mountain had pressed down on their hearts.

This kind of terrifying aura was different from before; previously, his aura was powerful and horrifying—that was an aura that made people feel despair and fear.

But this current aura seemed to make people feel their own unworthiness; the aura was dignified and inviolable, causing deep respect to emerge involuntarily from the depths of their hearts.

The terrifying aura was not only strong, but it also inexplicably made people feel inferior and timid. It was just like being caught slacking off by a teacher when reading books as a child.

Now that this aura had vanished, it naturally allowed them all to breathe a sigh of relief.

"All these years, what have I done!"

Opening his eyes, the pale-faced He Yuan seemed unable to accept some things, slumping to the ground and muttering to himself.

"My Lord, He Yuan, he is..."

"His will was locked away by dust; at this moment, once the dust has scattered, the He Yuan of the past has returned. But the mistakes made over so many years can never be undone!"

"Lord Shen! Go to the center of the lake in my mansion's garden; everything I know is hidden under the large stone at the bottom of the lake!"

Straightening his clothes, He Yuan suddenly spoke to Shen Yu, and then walked straight to the front of Du Xushi and knelt down with a thud.

"This old man has committed many evils over these years; I have failed you and am willing to die to atone for my crimes. This old man is guilty, a crime that cannot be forgiven!"

Picking up the knife nearby, he used force right in front of Du Xushi, fiercely cutting his own throat.

Very quickly, He Yuan lay in a pool of blood, twitched twice, and then had no more movement.

"Ah!" Seeing He Yuan's corpse, Du Xushi first felt a bit cold, and then could not help but roar loudly as if to vent.

Seeing the knife on the ground, she rushed up, picked it up, ran to He Yuan's side, and stabbed down with the blade repeatedly.

Fresh blood splattered and bits of flesh scattered; she seemed to want to reclaim all the grievances she had suffered over these years. One strike after another, as if she did not know what fatigue was.

Forgive? How could she forgive? Just because He Yuan was tainted by someone else when he did these things, was she supposed to choose to forgive?

She had watched with her own eyes as her child was smashed to death at her feet, and, right in front of her father-in-law and her husband, she was stripped of her clothes by He Yuan and defiled by a group of people.

She had watched with her own eyes as her dearest ones fell one by one into pools of blood; she would never forget the despair and hatred in their eyes.

Her hatred for He Yuan was as deep as the sea and engraved in her bones; this was a hatred that could not be washed away no matter what!

These past few years, every day had felt like hell to her; she had endured such pain for so long, and at this moment, there was only infinite hatred in her heart.

"I've avenged you! Husband, I have finally avenged you all!"

Finally, after not knowing how long, perhaps because the pent-up anger in her heart had been vented, or perhaps because she had exhausted all her strength, Du Xushi slumped to the ground.

Immediately after, Du Xushi's face looked as if she were crying yet not crying, smiling yet not smiling, as if she were both crying and laughing at the same time, appearing as though she had returned to her crazed state, which was heart-wrenching to behold.

But the next moment, Du Xushi placed the blade directly against her own neck and exerted force suddenly, and fresh blood gushed out in an instant.

Very quickly, the luster in Du Xushi's eyes dissipated, yet a smile of relief still hung at the corners of her mouth, as if she had not felt this relaxed in a long time.

The Black-Clad Guard nearby saw this and immediately rushed up to investigate, then shook his head at Shen Yu.

"Sir, she is dead!"

"Dead? Du Xushi! Du Xushi!!"

Trembling as he went over to take a look, seeing Du Xushi who had completely lost all signs of life, Wu Si'an opened his mouth but could only let out a helpless sigh in the end.

In the end, he could not help but mutter to himself with a sense of loss, "It is better that she is dead; death can be considered a release. These past few years have been hard on her!"