Space twisted, and lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky.
All this seemed to tell Shen Qing that the Heavenly Dao would not allow Lin Yibai to die.
Shen Qing tightened her fists forcefully. No wonder Lin Yibai had shown such an expression. It turned out she was relying on something.
In the storybook Shen Qing had read, Lin Yibai was originally the protagonist. Without the protagonist, how could the story go on?
So as long as Lin Yibai died, their world would collapse!
Lin Yibai was certain that Shen Qing would definitely save her!
Needless to say, this must have been told by the system. It seemed that as long as Lin Yibai always had the halo of the female protagonist, she would never be in danger.
No matter how hard Shen Qing tried, she would always return to the starting point...
But she had come back to this world not to be a stepping - stone for Lin Yibai and a scourge to the entire cultivation world!
Even if their world was originally just a storybook, even if she, as a supporting character, could only revolve around the female protagonist, so what?
She was a cultivator. The path of the Great Dao was difficult, and she only believed that her destiny was in her own hands, not in the hands of the Heavenly Dao!
Having thought this, a hint of scorching heat suddenly came from Shen Qing's chest. She let out a loud shout, gathered spiritual power in her palm, and rushed towards Lin Yibai.
The people around had become stiff and motionless, with empty and numb eyes, completely unaware of what was happening here.
"Lin Yibai! I won't save you. Even if the Heavenly Dao helps you, I won't yield!"
"A cultivator is meant to fight against the Heavenly Dao and fate. I don't believe that after coming back, I still can't win!"
The Heavenly Dao seemed to sense Shen Qing's actions. The killing intent in her shocked it.
A thunderbolt fell. Shen Qing quickly dodged. The place where she had just been turned into a charred wasteland.
The space around her also began to twist, as if there was a great suction force trying to suck her in.
Shen Qing's speed towards Lin Yibai slowed down. She gritted her teeth and gathered all her spiritual power under her feet.
If the thunder couldn't kill her, she would rush forward.
If the Heavenly Dao wanted to stop her, she would defy it!
Nothing could stop Shen Qing's firm Dao heart!
Just as Shen Qing was about to touch Lin Yibai, the Heavenly Dao let out a roar, and several thunderbolts fell straight down.
The thunderbolts came from all directions. Unable to dodge in time, Shen Qing could only forcibly create a barrier with her spiritual power.
The barrier blocked the thunder for a moment, and then cracks appeared.
The fierce attack pressed Shen Qing down deeply. She almost knelt on the ground.
Due to the cracks in the barrier, a trace of fresh blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.
Lin Yibai was already within reach. Shen Qing gritted her teeth, creating a barrier to block the thunder while slowly approaching Lin Yibai.
Amid the loud thunder, Shen Qing seemed to feel the anger from the Heavenly Dao, which made people tremble with fear.
After that, several more thunderbolts fell towards Shen Qing.
At the same time, the spiritual bone in Shen Qing's body emitted a light, as if absorbing the attacks of the thunder.
The Heavenly Dao seemed to pause for a moment, and there came a faint sigh.
The thunder did not stop and still kept falling, but its power seemed much weaker.
The spiritual power in Shen Qing's body was running out. She gritted her teeth and threw herself on Lin Yibai with all her strength.
At the moment when the barrier shattered, several thunderbolts directly struck Shen Qing and Lin Yibai.
A white light flashed, and the distorted space around instantly returned to normal. The Heavenly Dao let out a wail, knowing that it was irreparable.
When the thunderbolt struck, Shen Qing only felt a tremor in her Golden Core. The blue - purple barrier around the Golden Core was also enduring the tempering of the thunder.
When it was struck by the thunder, the barrier broke, then quickly absorbed spiritual power to recover. Repeating this process, the blue - purple barrier became stronger instead of weaker.
Even her Golden Core was tempered to be extremely hard.
Lin Yibai had completely lost consciousness. Shen Qing wearily raised her hand. Recalling the pain when her spiritual bone was dug out by Real Person Hengling in her previous life, the hatred could no longer be suppressed.
She firmly pinched several acupoints on Lin Yibai's body and finally woke her up in pain.
Before the joy appeared in Lin Yibai's eyes, the next second, Shen Qing turned her spiritual power into a blade and cut open her skin.
Lin Yibai looked around and slowly came to her senses. Panicking, she shouted in a hoarse and unpleasant voice, "What are you doing?!"
Shen Qing's whole body was charred black from the thunder. She wiped her face forcefully, showing her white teeth and bright eyes, and laughed.
"I'm here to take back what belongs to me!"
The smile was full of cunning and the pleasure of revenge, which made Lin Yibai tremble all over.
Lin Yibai desperately shook her head, trying to struggle free, but her limbs were still fixed. The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall were still stiff in place, and Lin Yibai couldn't struggle out at all.
Shen Qing cut open her skin and flesh until the bones were almost visible. Vaguely, a layer of blue - purple thing could be seen covering Lin Yibai's bones.
That was Shen Qing's spiritual bone.
Lin Yibai grimaced in pain but still continued to threaten stubbornly.
"You can't do this. I'm the female protagonist, and you're just a vicious supporting female character. The spiritual bone is originally mine. You can't take it away!"
"Just now, the Heavenly Dao appeared. If you forcibly harm me, the Heavenly Dao won't allow you to exist in this world!"
The smile on Shen Qing's lips grew wider. She deliberately didn't hold back her strength, torturing Lin Yibai to the point of wishing for death.
"So what about the Heavenly Dao? It seems that after being here for so long, you still don't understand that a cultivator is meant to defy the Heavenly Dao!"
"Don't you notice that the Heavenly Dao has gradually stopped helping you? I'm digging out the spiritual bone from your body, but you can only lie obediently under me, allowing me to do whatever I want to you!"
"Lin Yibai, tell me, how does it feel?"
Lin Yibai looked at Shen Qing straddling her in fear. Shen Qing's face was covered in blood, and her hands were stained with Lin Yibai's blood and flesh, just like the cannibals in the primitive forests she had seen on TV before.
Now, Shen Qing was a devil!
This realization made Lin Yibai's hair stand on end. She shrieked sharply to vent her fear and helplessness.
But Shen Qing slapped her on the face and said impatiently, "Don't you know how unpleasant your voice is now? Shouting like this, people who don't know might think I'm killing a pig."
But the pain on her face was nothing compared to the pain of Shen Qing cutting open her skin and flesh. Lin Yibai still shouted regardless.
"Let me go! I'm the female protagonist! You bitch, if you harm me, my master, senior brothers, and my lover Ji Chongming will come to avenge me!"
"Shen Qing, you will be skinned and dismembered. You will wish you were dead!"
Shen Qing's movement paused for a moment. She slowly raised her eyes and stared directly at Lin Yibai.
"I've already been skinned and dismembered. I've already wished I was dead once. Now, it's your turn."
Shen Qing's sinister sneer made Lin Yibai terrified.
Lin Yibai was just about to retort when a sharp pain shot through half of her body, making her expression distort.
Lin Yibai watched in fear as Shen Qing slowly pulled out half of the spiritual bone from her body...