After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

"Hahahaha! You little bastard! You dare to fight me? Die!"

Although Luo Jian's face was also as pale as paper and his breathing was weak and disordered, it was clear that the attack just now had drained most of his hidden strength.

Upon seeing Lin Fengmian kneeling on the ground, severely injured, he burst into wild laughter, his laughter filled with madness and triumph.

He gritted his teeth and frantically urged the remaining lightning dragon. The lightning had dimmed by more than half, but it still carried enough residual power to kill as it pounced down on Lin Fengmian!

At the critical moment—

Bai Ruolan, who was severely injured and almost forgotten by everyone, slowly opened her eyes amidst the violent earthquake.

What came into her view was not only Luo Jian's crazed, demonic face, but also the spiritual vein deep in the valley, which was already so weak it was almost extinguished.

It was being fundamentally damaged by Luo Jian's frantic extraction of the earth's veins, and it emitted a mournful cry and sob that was inaudible to ordinary people but reached the depths of the soul.

That sound was like the child she had protected for a hundred years was dying inch by inch before her eyes.

The haze in Bai Ruolan's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a strange tranquility.

"Brother Jian... please stop..."

Her voice was hoarse and broken, yet it carried a gentle, settled quality.

"Don't make the same mistake again... We've already committed enough sins."

She looked up at the mournful vengeful vein, tears silently streaming down her face.

"Look... the spiritual vein is crying. It's us... who stole its life force of a hundred years... causing the seal of the Demon Abyss to weaken again and again... Today... it's time to pay the price. With my life... together with you."

With a struggle, she turned her head and, using her last strength, screamed at Lin Fengmian and Qin Lan:

"You two juniors... get out of here! Leave this place—!"

Lin Fengmian was jolted, his scalp tingling instantly!

wrong!

As Luo Jian's Daoist partner, Bai Ruolan's ability to remain unscathed after a century of entanglement with such an old monster is definitely not to be underestimated!

At this moment, her aura was violent and chaotic, her spiritual light flickering, like a furnace fire burning to its limit.

This is not a sign of ordinary spellcasting at all, but... self-destruction!

She wanted to use the last of her life to end it all and drag Luo Jian down to hell with her!

"Bai Ruolan! You crazy woman—stop it—!"

Luo Jian finally realized what was happening, and for the first time, a look of utter terror appeared on his face.

He lunged forward frantically, trying to stop it, his hands trembling as he tried to extinguish the expanding light.

But it was all too late.

"Brother Jian..."

Bai Ruolan smiled sadly, her eyes filled with tears of longing for a hundred years of companionship and a final sense of relief:

"I know... you have feelings for me. Don't be afraid... Ruolan is with you. We'll walk together... and never be apart again..."

The moment the words fell—

Bai Ruolan transformed into an extremely unstable, blazing white ball of light radiating a destructive aura, and suddenly expanded!

The ball of light, carrying all the spiritual power and remaining life force she had accumulated over a century, transformed into countless entwined white rays, locking the unsuspecting Luo Jian firmly within it!

"No—! You bitch! Who wants to die with you—let me go—!"

Luo Jian was filled with shock and rage, struggling frantically. Every punch and palm strike created violent ripples in the white light, but the embrace of death tightened more and more, as if a hundred years of karma had finally come knocking, making it impossible for him to break free!

"Young man... run!"

Bai Ruolan's last voice came, poignant yet resolute, carrying an indomitable courage.

Lin Fengmian was terrified. An unprecedented chill of fear shot from his spine to the top of his head—it was too late to escape!

Without any hesitation, he used the last of his strength to pull Qin Lan, who was stunned and had no time to react, behind him.

He faced the impending torrent of destruction head-on with his battered back, while frantically consuming the remaining spirit stones and pills in his storage bag.

He squeezed out every last drop of spiritual energy from his body, unleashing it without reservation, condensing it into a layer of energy that was solidified to its limit on his skin.

Yet, its protective aura is as fragile as paper.

He spread his arms wide, shielding Qin Lan firmly beneath him, his back taut like a bow.

"hold me!"

He only managed to squeeze out those three words through gritted teeth.

The next moment—BOOM!!!

A destructive white light, ten or even a hundred times stronger than before, devoured everything within a hundred miles like a falling sun!

The rocks crumbled into powder, the ancient trees turned to ash and scattered in the wind, and the earth collapsed like a paper-thin pavilion!

The dazzling light made everything in the world pale in comparison.

A terrifying shockwave, like a cataclysmic tsunami, spread wildly in all directions! Everything in its path was destroyed!

Luo Jian, who was at the very epicenter of the explosion, couldn't even utter a scream.

It was then completely engulfed by the destructive white light, its flesh and blood dissolved, its soul and spirit destroyed, leaving no trace of its body.

Even with Lin Fengmian's all-out protection, the two were still violently thrown away by this destructive impact!

The protective aura shattered instantly, and a layer of flesh on his back was ripped away by the violent energy, with blood splattering in the air like rain.

The two were thrown far away like kites with broken strings, spitting blood from their mouths, their consciousness rapidly fading amidst the intense pain—

Just before Lin Fengmian plunged into darkness, he felt an aura of destruction engulf him like a monstrous wave, cold, heavy, and irresistible.

It’s over.

This time... it's really all over.

Lin Fengmian suddenly noticed that Luo Jian's roar, Qin Lan's lament, and the wailing of the spiritual veins...

It was as if all sounds had faded away, as if separated by a thick curtain of water, blurry and distant.

He was thrown high into the air in the violent energy storm, his body like a leaf falling in a gale.

Every inch of his skin screamed in excruciating pain, as if it were being torn apart. A final thought surfaced in his mind.

"Damn, this self-destruction is too insane... I don't want to die!"

Before he could finish speaking, he had completely lost control of his body.

He held Qin Lan tightly in his arms, and the two of them were thrown far away by the violent air currents.

Like a stone thrown with tremendous force, it traced an arc in the air before crashing heavily to the ground with a loud "bang".

Mud flew everywhere, and stones scattered in all directions. They rolled several times before finally coming to a stop, leaving behind a shocking drag mark.

Lin Fengmian's hands remained in the embracing position, but his consciousness receded like the tide, plunging him completely into endless darkness.

Time seemed to have lost its meaning.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Fengmian suddenly awoke in the deep darkness—followed by an overwhelming, excruciating pain.

The feeling was as if every bone in my body had been crushed by a giant hammer, and every muscle had been repeatedly pierced by steel needles.

It was ten or even a hundred times more intense than the pain he felt when he first stepped into the void and his body was torn apart by the spatial turbulence.