Chapter 1368: Qin Lians Secret

Chapter 1368: Qin Lian's Secret

The vast amounts of resonant power pouring out of her body suddenly halted. At the same time, the black flame chains that were rampaging around the battlefield began to retreat. This gave everyone a bit of breathing space.

Their surprised gazes were directed to Qin Lian's direction, ultimately falling upon Qin Yi.

"Qin Yi!" Qin Beiming's expression changed when he saw that a chain had pierced through her lower abdomen. Clearly, Qin Lian's sudden pause was due in no small part to Qin Yi's actions. However, Qin Yi was heavily injured. Everyone was now looking at this scene with bated breath. They didn't quite understand what Qin Yi had done, but if Qin Lian had been restrained, their dire predicament would be resolved.

"Martial Sister!" Chu Qing looked horrified as he rushed over in an attempt to rescue her.

However, Qin Yi stretched her hand out with much difficulty to signal him to stop. She had consumed a significant amount of her blood essence and fused it with her ninth-grade water resonance with a secret art in order to condense that droplet of Spirit Returning Water. The Spirit Returning Water didn't have much offensive capabilities, but it was an incredible stimulant when it came to revitalizing one's spirit. Qin Yi didn't know if it would be enough to awaken her mother, but she had to try.

Based on what she was seeing, it was at least somewhat effective. That said, she wasn't very strong when compared to her mother and thus didn't dare to let the others like Chu Qing approach, so as not to alarm her.

Qin Yi endured the agonizing pain coming from her body as she lightly called out, "Mother."

As she did so, Qin Lian's black, vortex-like eyes started to change, transforming back into ordinary pupils.

That change was observed by Qin Yi, and Qin Lian's expression changed slightly. In the end, a low, hoarse voice sounded out. "Little Yi, you... you've acted too recklessly."

A forced pale smile surfaced on Qin Yi's face. "Mother, I don't wish to see you ruin yourself. So please, wake up."

Qin Lian let out a screeching laugh. "I've always treated you so harshly and yet you still risked your life to save me, someone sinking further into depravity?"

"You're my mother. How could I give up just like that?" Qin Yi shook her head.

Qin Lian's gaze glumly swept across the chaotic, bloodstained battlefield, falling silent for a moment. "My good daughter, there is but one problem... how would you know if I was even willing to wake up in the first place?"

Qin Yi's delicate body shook as she responded in a trembling voice, "Mother, what are you talking about?"

Qin Lian answered almost robotically, "Perhaps what I truly wished was to take this opportunity to destroy everything?"

A smirk appeared on her face. "Look at how things are. I can use this chance to kill Li Luo. I think if Tan Tailan and Li Taixuan learned of this, they would be absolutely heartbroken."

Tears fell from Qin Yi's eyes as she asked painfully. "Mother, does your hatred run so deep? You've become more and more paranoid throughout the years, and today, you seem even more determined to destroy everything. Is this really worth it?"

Qin Lian's eyes turned gloomy. "My hatred is more than bone deep, especially towards that bitch, Tan Tailan! I hate her with every fiber of my being. You have to know! When I found out I was going to be engaged to Li Taixuan, do you know how happy I was? That man had even rescued me from the hands of the Others! Before Tan Tailan had ever appeared, his face had long been deeply imprinted in my heart. If not for her, I would have become the luckiest and most fortunate lady in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent! However, Tan Tailan ruined everything! I was the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's prized genius and my generation's most outstanding female. However, Tan Tailan just had to pop out from some crappy place. She firmly suppressed me under her feet, and Li Taixuan was willing to break up our engagement to get together with her! Who does she think she is?!"

Qin Lian's face became distorted with rage and hatred and her eyes oozed endless enmity. Qin Yi fell silent. Qin Lian was simply too proud, and Tan Tailan's appearance had caused the most outstanding genius of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin to suffer a blow. She was naturally unwilling to accept this result, and furthermore, the issue with Li Taixuan...

Qin Yi continued to look into Qin Lian's eyes, which had become like black vortexes again. Her heart was full of despair. She understood that her mother's heart had been filled with too much resentment and hatred. Now that those emotions had been ignited, there was no chance the Spirit Returning Water could possibly suppress them.

She had naively assumed that so long as she could awaken a trace of Qin Lian's sanity, her mother would take the initiative to suppress the corruption. Unfortunately, after the secret was unveiled, she knew that her mother never had any intention of saving herself.

She was looking to die!

However, before that happened, she would drag everyone down with her. Li Luo especially.

"Little Yi, you've suffered a lot all these years. However, you can't blame me for this. This road is one that I cannot look back on."

The vortexes in Qin Lian's eyes resurged with greater intensity than before, and just before her eyes were completely filled up by it, she flicked her finger and sent a ball of black light towards Qin Yi. It turned into a layer of feathers that completely enveloped her. "Little Yi, this is your mother's last gift of love towards you. I hope you'll be able to live through this catastrophe," Qin Lian softly said.

When the black feathers covered Qin Yi's entire body, Qin Lian's face regained a sense of serenity and boundless amounts of resonant power rushed out of her.

She stretched her hand out and viciously smacked the air.

The void shattered and a black flame hand that resembled a devil's claw appeared, directly reaching out towards Zhao Xiuyuan. Zhao Xiuyuan was completely taken aback. His five Duke Bergfrieds began to surge with incandescent light as he did his best to retreat. Bang!

Alas, the eye-catching radiance emitted by his Duke Bergfrieds were nothing compared to the black flame hand. With a mere smack, all of his Duke Bergfrieds began to crack.

In the end, he screamed in pain and his Duke Bergfrieds transformed back into motes of light that returned to his body.

Zhao Xiuyuan vomited out a large mouthful of blood as he retreated hastily. However, the black flame hand lunged straight at him, catching him before crushing his flesh and bones in an instant.

“Argh!”

Zhao Xiuyuan let out an anguished cry.

"Save me!" he screamed at Qin Beiming and the rest. Everyone had pale expressions. Zhao Xiuyuan was a fifth-grade Duke and yet he was as powerless as a newborn chick before Qin Lian. In their fright, the black flame hand then clenched into a fist, pulverizing what was left of Zhao Xiuyuan before flinging him away. His blood dyed the skies as he flew.

Before everyone's fearful gazes, Zhao Xiuyuan's pitiful figure fell from the sky, landing right into the open maw of the flower bud.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

The sharp fangs began to chew and the sounds of crunching bones were heard throughout the battlefield.

Deep despair welled up within everyone's eyes.