61: Chaotic Imprint, Sword Heart Inclined

Jiang Linfeng's five fingers were like dragon sinews and iron shackles, sinking deep into the startling softness of Xi Youqin's waist! The power was so overbearing it nearly crushed her slender waist! Even more terrifying was a surge of irresistible Chaos intent that followed his palm, brutally drilling into her meridians and heading straight for that newborn Sword Heart!

“Ugh—!” Xi Youqin's vision went black from the pain, her delicate body jerking violently like a fish caught on shore, but that large hand remained as immovable as a mountain, pinning her firmly to the cold prayer mat. The intense pain and sense of oppression nearly crushed the sliver of stubbornness she had just managed to raise. However, at the exact moment that unyielding sword hum was pressed to its limit and was on the verge of being extinguished—

Buzz!!!

The sword spirit origin within her, which had been dormant due to fear and shame, actually seemed to be 'provoked' and 'refined' by this overbearing power, suddenly exploding with brilliant silver light! That clear, unyielding sword hum did not disappear; instead, it became even more high-pitched and pure, like a newborn calf showing its horns for the first time. Carrying a primitive sharpness and life instinct, it actually managed to withstand the erosion of Jiang Linfeng's Chaos intent!

【Ding! Xi Youqin's Sword Heart resonance has surged to 50%! Unyielding Will has significantly increased! Sword Body potential has been preliminarily activated!】

【Congratulations to the host! The core talent of the target ‘Innate Sword Spirit Body’, ‘Unyielding Sword Heart’, has been successfully triggered! System compatibility +20%!】

The cold System notification flashed through Jiang Linfeng's mind, and a trace of satisfaction, hard to detect, flickered in the depths of his eyes. What he had been waiting for was precisely this stubborn streak! This girl's sword bones were treasures and her sword Soul was jade, but only by igniting that thread of true fire in her heart and forcing out that intent that would rather break than bend could this eternally rare Sword Spirit Body truly be activated!

“Hmph! Somewhat interesting!” Jiang Linfeng let out a cold laugh. Instead of withdrawing his strength, the hand covering the back of her neck suddenly formed a sword-finger and struck her Yuzhen Acupoint!

“Eee-yah—!” Xi Youqin let out a sharp cry that was longer and more trembling than before, her snow-white neck instantly tensing into a beautiful curve. This time, it wasn't pure pain or shame, but an indescribable, strange numbness that felt like an electric current coursing through her entire body, exploding within her! That finger, carrying the Chaos intent, seemed to strike not an acupoint, but a secret switch deep within her Soul concerning power and trembling!

The strength in her body was instantly drained, and she slumped onto the prayer mat like melting spring snow. Glistening beads of sweat seeped from her smooth forehead, sliding down her delicate cheeks and dripping onto her rapidly heaving, full breasts. Her gaze was unfocused, her small mouth slightly open, breathing like an orchid while carrying fragmented whimpers. That unyielding sword hum still echoed within her body, but now it carried a hint of watery confusion and a strange... dependence?

Jiang Linfeng's fingers slowly traced the exquisite curve of her neck bones, sliding all the way to her smooth shoulder blades. His movements were still overbearing, yet they held a bit more controlled scrutiny and... guidance? Chaos Qi flowed from his fingertips, seemingly silently combing through the sword spirit origin that was surging restlessly again due to the preliminary Awakening of her sword body.

“Do you understand now?” His voice poured deeply into her buzzing ears with an unquestionable authority. “Your sword cannot be established without being broken. Your heart, without experiencing fear and submission, how can it understand true stubbornness and control? If you want to master your sword, you must first learn to be... conquered.”

In her misty, tearful eyes, Xi Youqin saw his blurred yet powerful figure. The sword bones in her body were no longer just trembling with unease; under the refinement of that Chaos Qi, they seemed to have found a kind of support and... guidance? Under that extreme impact just now, the ‘unyielding’ brand on her Sword Heart seemed to have deepened, but at the same time, it left behind a blurry, hard-to-describe mark—the Chaos Brand belonging to the man behind her. Resistance was wavering, fear was twisting, and a sense of submission mixed with dependence grew quietly like weeds.

“Ugh... I... won't...” she murmured, her final resistance like the buzzing of a mosquito, more like a habitual reaction of her body. Even she couldn't be sure if this was true resistance or... the lingering charm of arousal.

“Heh.” Jiang Linfeng curled his lips into a cruel yet charming smile. His other hand, which was pressed against her waist, suddenly changed position, sliding toward the peak of her perky curve. At that peach-like, rounded, and firm fullness, he gave a pinch that was neither light nor heavy, with the strength of someone who controlled everything.

“Mm-hmm—!”

In the endless Void Realm, at the Ice Soul Divine Palace.

In front of the profound ice mirror, blood-colored Devilish Qi was rolling violently!

Ning Yudie watched the scenes in the mirror with her own eyes! From Xi Youqin's painful stubbornness to her dazed collapse, from her neck bones to her rear, she was being wantonly controlled by that devil! Especially when she saw Jiang Linfeng's fingers leave a deep mark on that vile maid's perky rear and heard that muffled groan with its aroused undertone—

“Pfft—!”

The demonic seal writhing violently at her heart suddenly erupted with a dark red blood-light! Ning Yudie was actually stimulated into spitting out a small mouthful of heart's blood! That wasn't an injury; it was extreme, desecrated fury!

“Jiang! Lin! Feng!” Ning Yudie's voice no longer sounded human, like eternal black ice scraping against a blade, every word carrying a bone-corroding demonic sound. “vile maid! You actually dare... to cater to him so despicably!!”

What she saw was not Xi Youqin's struggle, but the young girl's infatuated posture under the hands of the man she could not reach! This made her more insane than any direct humiliation! Jealousy and resentment were like poisonous vines, instantly wrapping around her cold demonic heart.

“Good, good, good... let you sink! Let you be swallowed by desire!” Ning Yudie had gone completely mad. Her nails frantically slashed her palms, and thick, pitch-black demonic blood surged out, rapidly carving into the void. This time, it was no longer a demonic pattern to curse Xi Youqin, but... a summoning and sacrifice!

“Using my demonic Soul as the lead! Using the eternal Profound Yin as the sacrifice!” The runes outlined by the demonic blood were a hundred times more complex and evil than before, emitting an aura that would make gods and Buddhas tremble, frantically absorbing her own power and the ten-thousand-year extreme cold accumulated by the Ice Soul Divine Palace. The entire profound ice blood prison was wailing, and the blood-colored profound ice shattered inch by inch, turning into pure demonic essence to be injected into the runes.

“Open—The Gate of Chaos Blood Sacrifice!”

Buzz!!!

The mirror-like void suddenly split open into a hideous blood-colored rift. A destructive curse, a thousand times stronger than before, condensing Ning Yudie's heaven-toppling demonic resentment and Origin, was like a roaring Blood Hell Evil Dragon. It twisted space, instantly crossing the endless distance with a resolve to perish together, tearing toward the Green Cloud Thatched Hut!

Inside the barrier of the Green Cloud Thatched Hut.

At the moment Ning Yudie launched the ultimate blood sacrifice curse, Jiang Linfeng's hand caressing Xi Youqin's buttocks suddenly stopped! His deep eyes abruptly looked up, his gaze piercing through the thatched roof of the hut, casting toward the blood-colored evil dragon rapidly approaching from the depths of the void!

That power! It was no longer a spiteful attack that barely scratched the surface, but a true... sacrificial-level counterattack! It carried that madwoman Ning Yudie's reckless Origin and extreme Profound Yin demonic thoughts!

Almost at the same time he sensed it—

“Ya—!”

Xi Youqin beneath him suddenly let out an uncontrolled scream! It was more shrill and terrified than any time before!

That demonic thought curse power, which shared the same source as Ning Yudie and was extremely concentrated, had not yet truly struck the hut's barrier, but the malicious aura it carried—targeted at the core of Xi Youqin's sword spirit origin—had already pierced into her perception like a needle! The power this time was far beyond what the previous curse could compare to!

Xi Youqin's pupils instantly shrank to the size of needlepoints, and a feeling of extreme cold and a sense of impending destruction instantly occupied her entire mind! It felt as if billions of cold hands were grabbing her Soul, trying to drag her into an endless dark abyss! The sword spirit origin that had just been 'refined' and stabilized by him completely went berserk! The sword bones within her body let out a wail as they verged on shattering! Endless killing intent, Chaos, and darkness instantly swallowed her Sword Heart! Strange dark red blood-light began to seep from beneath her skin! The whites of her eyes were rapidly dyed blood-red! Her sanity was teetering on the edge of madness and total collapse!

【Warning! Warning! Ultimate Heavenly Demon Curse detected! Target (Xi Youqin) Divine Soul is extremely contaminated! Heart Demon berserk level at 99%! Sword Body collapse countdown: 30 seconds!】

【Emergency: Chaos Life Origin delivery channel is being interfered with by Devilish Qi! Delivery efficiency reduced by 80%! Forced expulsion is impossible!】

Seeing that Xi Youqin's sanity was about to be completely annihilated by that same-source demonic curse from Ning Yudie's Origin, and her sword body was on the verge of disintegrating!

Jiang Linfeng's gaze suddenly turned icy cold!

“Courting death!”

This time, he was no longer indifferent. That mad dog Ning Yudie actually dared to use this near-suicidal method to try and take Xi Youqin down with her! It was a blatant provocation to his control!

The hand he had pressed against Xi Youqin's neck was instantly withdrawn! Not out of fear, but because he needed to deal with this extraordinary curse with all his strength!

He took a step forward, and his figure appeared at the edge of the void outside the thatched hut, directly facing the blood-colored evil dragon that was tearing through heaven and earth!

The barrier shone brightly, attempting to block it.

Ripp—!

That cursed evil dragon was actually far too powerful! The originally sturdy Chaos Barrier was brutally torn open with a massive gap! Although the evil dragon's main body was rapidly worn down as it crossed the barrier, the essence curse at its core—which contained Ning Yudie's original demonic thoughts—was like an arrow leaving a bow. It broke through the final weakening of the barrier and shot straight for the hut, its target clearly the bloodshot-eyed Xi Youqin who was on the verge of demonization! Even worse, with the barrier forced open, a trace of escaping Profound Yin Demonic Qi was like a plague, silently enveloping the entire thatched hut!

“Waa... waah...” In the cradle, Jiang Xingyu's pure little face showed an uncomfortable expression of distress, his small brow furrowing tightly.

“Cough... Pfft!” Luo Yan in the corner felt as if she had been struck by a heavy blow. Her pretty face instantly turned pale, and a trail of dark red blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth! That extreme Yin and cold demonic thought was a terrifying poison for someone like her, whose Realm was not high and who had just recently given birth!

Inside the barrier, a dual crisis had descended! Xi Youqin was demonizing and collapsing, while Luo Yan and her son were injured!

Jiang Linfeng stood with his back to the crisis inside the barrier, facing the core of the curse that arrived in an instant, his face as calm as still water. In his eyes, time and space seemed to freeze instantly.