Chapter 301: Directly Crushing Lin Yueyao
Chapter 301: Chapter 301: Directly Crushing Lin Yueyao
Lin Yueyao’s face stiffened slightly. Her lips moved, but she still refused to admit it, maintaining her facade of gentle concern.
"Yun Sheng, what are you talking about? I’m genuinely worried about you. You look so pale after just finishing Xiao Hao’s channeling session. If something happens to you on the way home, how will I explain it to Mom and Dad? Just listen to your sister, okay? Go rest for a bit, and once you feel better, I’ll personally take you back."
Yun Sheng didn’t reply. She merely stared at her with cold eyes, as if watching a terrible actor overacting on stage.
Lin Yueyao felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze. Just as she was about to speak again, the terminal on her wrist suddenly vibrated. She glanced down, her expression changing instantly.
There was only a single, urgent line of text on the screen:
[We will arrive in five minutes. You must keep her at the hospital!]
Lin Yueyao’s heart tightened. She immediately took a step forward, reaching out to grab Yun Sheng’s wrist. "Yun Sheng, come with me."
Yun Sheng dodged sideways, her gaze piercingly cold. "Lin Yueyao, you—"
Before she could finish, a powerful surge of spiritual power bore down on her. The force stabbed straight toward Yun Sheng’s spiritual landscape like a sharp blade. Its speed was astonishing, making it clear that Lin Yueyao didn’t want to waste any more time and was resorting to brute force.
Yun Sheng’s eyes grew icy. She didn’t dodge. She didn’t even release her own spiritual power to block it. Instead, she simply allowed Lin Yueyao’s spiritual power to rush toward her spiritual landscape.
At the exact moment the force was about to invade, Yun Sheng’s spiritual power suddenly contracted. Like an invisible net, it tightly entangled Lin Yueyao’s wisp of power and devoured it instantly.
"You..." Lin Yueyao’s face was filled with shock. She tried to withdraw her spiritual power, but it felt as if it were glued to Yun Sheng’s, impossible to shake off.
Yun Sheng looked at her, the corners of her lips curling up slightly. The arc was faint, but it carried an undisguised mockery. "Heh, finally dropped the act?"
As soon as she spoke, her spiritual power rapidly retracted and then exploded outward. It violently rebounded the devoured wisp, along with a portion of Yun Sheng’s own spiritual power, smashing heavily into the weakest point of Lin Yueyao’s spiritual power barrier.
Lin Yueyao’s spiritual landscape shuddered violently. A sharp pain exploded from deep within her mind, causing her body to sway so heavily that she nearly collapsed on the spot.
"Yun Sheng, you... you!" Clutching her forehead, Lin Yueyao was as pale as a sheet, her eyes brimming with disbelief.
After their previous encounter, she had guessed that Yun Sheng possessed some ability. However, she never expected that she, an S-Class Guide, would lose in a clash of spiritual power to a piece of trash who didn’t even have a spiritual body.
"Yun Sheng, there really is something wrong with your spiritual power!"
Yun Sheng looked at her, the mockery in her eyes deepening. "Oh? So if you can’t beat me, it means I have a problem?"
As she spoke, the spiritual power around her suddenly boiled. A tremendous, almost tangible sense of oppression crushed toward Lin Yueyao. Cold sweat broke out on Lin Yueyao’s forehead, and her knees went weak. She froze in place, finding it difficult to even twitch.
She had met an SS Level Guide before, but even when that person’s spiritual power erupted, it hadn’t felt as oppressive as Yun Sheng’s. No wonder they were so interested in her, insisting she keep her at the hospital at all costs!
Seeing that she was no match for Yun Sheng, Lin Yueyao simply resorted to acting again. She bit her lip, her eyes reddening slightly, and softened her voice to sound pitiful and aggrieved. "Yun Sheng, I was just curious about how you got so strong. I didn’t mean any harm. Let’s go see Mom and Dad together so they don’t have to worry."
Yun Sheng scoffed, her gaze as cold as ice. "Do you not understand human language? Or are you just trying to stall for time?"
"Yun Sheng, what do you mean by that?" Lin Yueyao’s voice trembled. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, making her look incredibly pitiful.
"Nothing. You just can’t keep me here."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Yun Sheng’s spiritual power surged once more, stabbing directly into Lin Yueyao’s spiritual landscape.
Lin Yueyao’s pupils shrank violently. She instinctively released all her spiritual power to defend herself, but her barrier was as thin as paper against Yun Sheng’s attack, shattering silently. She looked as if she had been pinned in place, forgetting even to breathe.
Her spiritual landscape quaked violently. Under Yun Sheng’s assault, her originally stable spiritual power structures tottered, like a house on the verge of collapse. Lin Yueyao had never been so close to being utterly crippled! Her face went from pale to ghostly white. Her lips quivered, unable to utter a single word.
Yun Sheng withdrew her spiritual power and took a half-step back, looking at her with nonchalance. "Sister Yue Yao, are you okay? I was just curious about the strength of an S-Class Guide, so I made a move. I meant no harm. You won’t blame me, will you, Sister Yue Yao?"
Lin Yueyao remained frozen in place, her fingernails digging into her palms. She bit her lip, indignation and anger surging in her eyes. Yet, she didn’t retreat. Instead, she quickly reached out, her fingertips tapping furiously against her terminal—TAP, TAP—as if sending an encrypted message. Her movements were swift and urgent.
After sending it, she took a deep breath, once again donning her gentle mask, and softened her tone. "Yun Sheng, please stop being angry with me. You saved Xiao Hao this time, and Mom and Dad are definitely incredibly grateful to you. Let’s go. We can see them together; they’re still waiting in the observation room."
Yun Sheng looked at her, her patience finally exhausted. Too lazy to waste any more words on Lin Yueyao, a cold glint flashed in her eyes as she instantly increased the output of her spiritual power.
The already highly impactful spiritual power suddenly transformed into a domineering, fierce torrent. It recklessly churned, crashed, and crushed its way through Lin Yueyao’s spiritual landscape without reservation.
In an instant, Lin Yueyao’s spiritual landscape was turned upside down and left in shambles by this tyrannical force. Her once-stable spiritual power fell into complete disorder and lost control. Countless spiritual fragments frantically fractured and scattered. A bone-piercing agony instantly swept through her entire body. It felt as if her head was being ripped apart; the pain was so intense that her scalp went numb and her very soul trembled.
A second later, unable to hold on any longer, a shrill, bloodcurdling scream tore from her throat. Her body swayed violently as her legs gave out. She pitched forward, crashing heavily onto the cold floor. Her eyes rolled back as the pain caused her to pass out completely, leaving her motionless.
Yun Sheng didn’t even cast her a glance. With a cold expression, she turned and left decisively.
She had noticed Lin Yueyao tapping on her terminal just now. She was likely contacting someone, and her earlier actions had clearly been a stall for time. Therefore, she had to leave immediately. Otherwise, she would be put in a passive position and could easily fall into their trap.
With that thought, Yun Sheng quickened her pace, rushing rapidly toward the staircase. But just as she rounded the corner of the corridor, she saw a figure. Because she was walking too fast to stop her momentum, she crashed straight into them.
Her nose slammed into a rock-hard chest. Yun Sheng’s body tensed instantly. She instinctively looked up, only to see a completely unfamiliar face.
The man was tall with a cold, stern countenance, exuding an indescribable sense of oppression. Alarm bells blared in her mind. Her nerves tightened to the absolute limit, her entire body snapping into full alert.