Chapter 620 - 298: Are You... Interested in Me?

"I suppose..."

Hua Jing’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

She opened and closed her red lips, as if wanting to say something, but ultimately, nothing came out.

Thousands of words locked within her chest; she felt that for the condemned, there was no need for chatter.

You Su drew the Mo Song Sword, and a chilling intent of murder accompanied the dark sword as it emerged.

"As the First Seat, as the Divine Maiden, you have been beguiled by demons, your crime is unforgivable, and you must be executed!"

A strand of change finally appeared in Hua Jing’s eyes; You Su saw that it was liberation.

Liberation from life, liberation from the fate upon her, liberation from the obsession in her heart.

The rotten flesh on the right half of her face surged frantically, as if trying to drag her body away, but Hua Jing remained unmoving as a mountain, silently watching the sword point aimed at her heart.

You Su’s eyes turned sideways, killing intent almost tangible.

Yet in the next instant, his sword did not thrust down but was tossed into the air, and he caught the tip, offering the hilt to Hua Jing.

"If you truly wish to die, why not take your own life? Why feign and come to me for execution?"

Hua Jing stared blankly at You Su, her lips slightly parted, not knowing how to answer.

"That is because you can’t bring yourself to do it! As Heart Buddha, the crazed fleeing rotten flesh has already exposed your thoughts! You are not so willing to die!"

Hua Jing’s whole body seemed deflated, she admitted in dejection:

"Yes... but I am doomed, death is my fate. Before I am completely devoured by it, kill me..."

You Su felt more irritated; as an observer, he saw clearly the source of the woman’s fragility.

She’s not afraid of the Master of Dreams at all; she’s afraid she can’t kill the Master of Dreams.

And her momentary thought of avoiding reality has become the ant hole that will break the dam.

He directly pulled out the Mo Song Sword and thrust it into the gray stone, shouting angrily:

"I said, if you want to die, then take your own life!"

Hua Jing trembled as she reached out her hand, dirty blood seeping on the fair skin of her hand.

Seeing this, You Su, in his anger, unexpectedly slapped away the revered hand.

"Have you ever thought! This is what the Master of Dreams wishes to see! They want to watch you die!"

A glimmer of light flashed in Hua Jing’s white pupils, as if she awoke from a long dream, struggling to retract her hand that was about to grip the sword again.

She painfully clutched her head, staggering back a few steps; the mutual devouring of her two faces grew more frantic. Despite possessing Divine Power, it could not aid her in the slightest at this moment.

You Su knew that a fierce struggle was happening now within Hua Jing’s mental domain.

He felt a slight relief and continued to ’fan the flames’:

"You don’t really want to die! You’re just scared and tired! Thinking if you can’t, there are others! But you should also know that choosing death is much easier than choosing life!"

"If you were really that insignificant in front of them as you think, you would have been dead long ago!"

"Who do you think Yiyi’s last words were meant for? For herself, and also for you!"

"She always saw you as a role model, and now she’s choosing the path of fighting evil with evil just to tell you! She can defeat the demon that tempts the heart; so can you!"

"You already disappointed her once; do you want to keep disappointing her?"

One sentence after another, loud and clear, entered Hua Jing’s ears like the ringing of a mighty bell.

She slowly rose into the air, standing aloft.

The rotten flesh belonging to the Heart Buddha seemed to be burning, escaping everywhere, the sash loosened, and the luxurious dark purple robe was blown by the wind, falling over You Su’s face.

You Su instinctively took a deep breath, feeling the cool fragrance akin to mint entering his nose, refreshing his nasal cavity; realizing his impudence, he hurriedly pulled it down.

The sight before him was a bewitching and enchanting figure, seemingly glowing with shimmering moonlight all over.

Her white pupils suddenly flared, like the sun, brilliant and dazzling.

You Su faced this radiant light, feeling as if it illuminated him completely.

He suddenly remembered seeing this same vision—

Gu Yao had once cast the Golden Eyes of Exorcism on him.

This elite Secret Technique of the Profound Sky Sect possessed the ability to expose all past disgraceful acts, vile thoughts leaving one without escape.

And as the former Divine Maiden of the Exorcism Bureau, Hua Jing’s white pupils, in fact, were naturally golden underneath, which is why she could see through all illusions.

You Su felt heated all over, intense flames spread from his eyes to his brain.

He saw the naked, gold-radiating Hua Jing, and the mountain-like giant shadow before her.

Numerous gray-white sturdy tentacles shot out from the shadow, accompanied by flashes of lightning and fetid seawater.

Each swollen tentacle resembled mythical sea serpents that devour whales, covered in densely packed, constantly writhing orifices, enough to arouse one’s innate fear of unknown dense objects!

You Su instinctively felt his own insignificance and powerlessness, yet something deep within him roared like a storm, urging him to gaze directly at that shadow unmoved, with his eyes turned pitch black.

He knew, this too would ultimately be his nemesis.

"Borrow your sword."

In the wind and rain, Hua Jing’s voice sounded like Brahma’s hymn.

In the next instant, her ice-white hand grasped a sword as dark as ink.

In the foul wind and flashing electricity, she soared to the sky, amidst the dark night like a dazzling morning sun, leaving no tentacle unexposed under the brilliance.

Under the evil threat, this Divine Maiden, whose life was bound to the Master of Dreams, was no longer afraid, radiating her most dazzling light of her lifetime.

Her Divine Thought reached unparalleled clarity, the Mo Song Sword, imbued with her incredible mental power, pierced through the sky, brighter than all the lightning in the clouds!

Heaven and earth suddenly turned white, the shadow dissipated like smoke.

You Su awoke as if from a grand dream, abruptly sitting up, heaving deep breaths.

A warm finger touched his chin, slowly tilting his head upward.

He saw a face of exquisite beauty, the golden eyes so brilliant it induced shame.

Hua Jing looked into those pitch-black eyes, silver brows furrowed in a haze.

"I am sorry..."

You Su, perplexed, could only shake his head repeatedly, cold sweat drenched on his brow.

"I have shattered its shadow, but beneath the golden light, inadvertently pulled you into my Sea of Consciousness. You’ve faced it, your eyes are pitch black now; it must have planted a demonic filth in your heart."

You Su’s face showed astonishment, only realizing Hua Jing had misunderstood something.

But his expression appeared thoroughly frightened in the Divine Maiden’s eyes.

"It projects through the body of the Heart Buddha, the power wielded is the power of the Heart Buddha’s desire. No need for fear, simply satisfy your desires, and the demonic filth will dissolve on its own. What do you desire?"

"I—I don’t really have any desires..." You Su stammered.

"You still don’t understand? The Heart Buddha’s means to control followers isn’t desire, it’s greed. Having desires is right and proper according to the law of nature, aligning with principles will keep your mind from being tainted by evil corruption."

Hua Jing’s golden eyes grew even brighter as if trying to see through You Su completely.

Her Divine Maiden’s expression suddenly stiffened, she stuttered:

"You... are interested in me?"