Test-Chapter 16: Sharp Scream

Chapter 16: Sharp Scream

Hearing this, Shen Yan looked up and stared coldly at him. She had long guessed his identity was not simple, and she also thought he was a scheming person.

In their repeated transactions, it seemed he could always see through what she needed most urgently at the moment.

Feng Xingyao looked at her angry-but-not-angry appearance and found it very interesting. He spoke softly, “One.”

“Fine!” Shen Yan spoke up, interrupting his count.

Feng Xingyao’s expression paused slightly.

Then he asked, “Have you really decided? Are you really willing to part with these white and smooth hands?”

“What do you think?” Shen Yan retorted with a cold expression.

She looked directly at him. “How do we remove it?”

“Grab the chain directly, and then I will guide you to pull it out.” Feng Xingyao looked at her tough and cold expression and, unusually, felt inclined to remind her. “The removal process needs to be fast.”

“Understood.”

Shen Yan nodded. She stared deeply at him. “Why choose me to remove the chains?”

Feng Xingyao said, “Because you have no Spiritual Energy.”

A person without Spiritual Energy just happened to be able to touch his seal. They wouldn’t be forcefully repelled or suffer backlash like others would.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yan’s expression did not change, but her gaze fell on the sealing chain piercing his left wrist. After pausing for a moment, she looked at Feng Xingyao.

The two of them seemed to have a silent understanding.

His right hand slightly tightened around her slender wrist. The coldness pressed against her skin, making her extremely alert at this moment.

“It’s starting.”

As he finished speaking, Shen Yan reached out and firmly grabbed the sealing chain. In an instant, her palm felt as if it were being burned by scorching flames, a searing pain.

“Pull!”

Shen Yan gritted her teeth. She pulled with force, and Feng Xingyao also quickly gripped her wrist and yanked it upward. Instantly, the sealing chain was pulled out from his flesh and bone. Clang! Clang! The sound came from the bloody sealing chain hitting the ground.

Feng Xingyao’s face turned deathly pale.

And Shen Yan’s right palm had a layer of skin corroded away, flesh mangled and dripping with blood.

The two looked at each other.

Without a word, Shen Yan reached out again to grab the sealing chain on his right wrist, and Feng Xingyao exerted force once more.

Another sealing chain was removed.

By now, blood from Shen Yan’s hand dripped down rapidly drop by drop. The flesh was badly corroded. It hurt so much! It could be called heart-piercing pain, and that was no exaggeration.

Shen Yan’s lips turned pale, and fine sweat beaded on her forehead.

At this moment, Jiuzhuan instantly transformed into his human form. He rushed quickly to their side. Seeing both of them in such a sorry state, he said anxiously, “Are you both crazy?”

“Master, how dare you agree to his request? You are just a mortal right now. Stop quickly! Otherwise, your hands will be completely ruined!”

“And you, are you crazy? Forcibly removing the sealing chains—if you can’t withstand it, you’ll die!”

Jiuzhuan was anxious to death and really wanted to separate their hands.

Shen Yan clenched her teeth. “Jiuzhuan, bring the Wound-Healing Powder and Rot-Removing Flesh-Regenerating Ointment.”

“Master, you…”

“Hurry!”

Shen Yan’s firm voice made Jiuzhuan obey. He immediately brought the two medicines and hastily but carefully applied them to Shen Yan’s right hand.

The process of applying the medicine was undoubtedly the most painful, almost forcing Shen Yan’s physiological tears out.

After finishing, Shen Yan signaled to Jiuzhuan. “Give him some too.”

Jiuzhuan was stunned for a moment. After realizing, he understood his master meant Feng Xingyao!

Feng Xingyao’s wrists on both sides were dripping with bright red blood, looking quite terrifying too.

Feng Xingyao frowned in distaste. “No need.”

For him, this was basically useless.

Shen Yan gave a light ‘Mhm’ and offered no persuasion, only saying, “I’m switching hands.”

Feng Xingyao immediately understood her meaning and then reached out to grip her left wrist, holding it quite tightly.

Shen Yan didn’t mind his grip. Her gaze fixed on the sealing chain on his ankle. Then she decisively grasped the sealing chain and pulled hard.

Sizzle! Sizzle! The sound came as her left hand quickly became corroded, blood dripping down along the chain.

“Ahhh!!!” Jiuzhuan witnessed this scene and let out a sharp, piercing scream. He anxiously circled around them.

“It’s over! It’s all over now!”

“Master is going to lose her hands!”

“He is going to lose his life!”

When the third sealing chain was removed, the color almost completely drained from Feng Xingyao’s handsome face, revealing a sickly, weak aura.

And Shen Yan’s hands were both trembling, the mangled flesh looking extremely terrifying.

There was still one last sealing chain.

Shen Yan caught her breath, gritted her teeth, and decided since she had gone this far, she might as well go all the way. She directly grabbed and pulled.

Feng Xingyao assisted with the force.

Rip! The last sealing chain was removed.

“Ahhh!” Jiuzhuan let out another sharp, piercing scream. He helplessly covered his small head with a look of wanting to cry but having no tears.

“Annoying.”

Feng Xingyao’s one word directly forced Jiuzhuan back into the Jiuzhuan Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.

Shen Yan, her face pale, looked at her hands. She wasn’t feeling heartache, but was thinking about how to fabricate a lie to deceive her Father.

Such conspicuous injuries would definitely arouse her Father’s suspicion.

Right at that moment—

A shadow suddenly loomed over. The man seemed to have lost all his strength and directly collapsed onto Shen Yan.

Caught off guard, Shen Yan was instantly pinned to the ground under him.

Thud!

His ice-cold lips accidentally brushed past the nape of her neck, bringing a tingling numbness and slight itch.

It made Shen Yan’s whole body stiffen for a moment.

“Get up.” She frowned, wanting to push him away, but he was too heavy, like a small mountain pressing down. He looked thin but was especially heavy.

He seemed to have fallen unconscious.

Finally, Shen Yan mustered all her strength and forcefully shoved him aside.

The man collapsed to the side, eyes tightly shut, face extremely pale, blood staining the corner of his lips. He looked bewitchingly beautiful, terribly attractive, making one can’t help but feel a sense of pity.

Shen Yan reached out a finger to check his breath. It was faint, but he was still alive.

She let out a sigh of relief.

As long as he was alive.

Shen Yan got up. Just as she was about to apply medicine to her hands, suddenly her expression changed slightly because her hands were actually healing quickly, scabbing over, and returning to normal.

What was going on?

Shen Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Earlier, when she pushed Feng Xingyao, she accidentally touched the blood from his wound. Could it be because of his blood?

To test her thought, Shen Yan half-knelt down and reached out a finger to dab a bit of his blood when the man suddenly opened his eyes.

His pupils were as dark as night, staring fixedly at her without blinking.

It made her feel a bit guilty.

Feng Xingyao’s lips were pale but curved into a faint smile. “The more you know, the sooner you die.”

Shen Yan knew he was warning her, so she silently withdrew her hand and got straight to the point. “I’ve already helped you. Next, you need to tell me about the Blood-Devouring Pearl.”