After Redeeming the Villain, I Was Obliterated by the System - Chapter 21

Xiao Qingyan searched his entire body but could not find a single piece of candy. He softened his tone to coax Lin Sui.

“Junior Brother Lin, please bear with it for a moment. Once I have dealt with this peach demon, I will buy candy for you.”

“You are not allowed to lie.” Lin Sui knew it was not the time to make a fuss about sweets. He wrinkled his nose and obediently let go of Xiao Qingyan’s sleeve.

Xiao Qingyan shielded Lin Sui behind him. With the threat removed, the spiritual power around him surged, and his sword pointed directly at the peach demon. “You want my heart? Come and take it yourself!”

“Little master, I advise you to hand over your heart obediently. Otherwise, both of you will die.”

The peach demon had never expected such a windfall today. She had actually encountered both a Natural Demonic Body and a Natural Spiritual Body at the same time! She was determined to keep these two youths here, even if it cost her life.

“Impossible!” Xiao Qingyan would never let things go as his Shizun intended!

Only Shizun knew about his constitution! He had to keep his life so he could properly repay Shizun for everything he had done to him.

Lin Sui heard every word of Xiao Qingyan’s inner thoughts, and his heart skipped a beat. What did he mean by “everything Shizun has done”? He had not seen anything like that in the original body’s memories!

“In that case, neither of you should think about leaving here alive! Stay and become nourishment for my child!”

The peach demon went completely mad and began to fight Xiao Qingyan again. Although she was heavily injured, she still held the upper hand. Every branch growing from her body lunged toward Xiao Qingyan’s heart.

Xiao Qingyan knew she wanted his heart, so he deliberately exposed his chest to lure her in. The moment a branch reached for him, he sliced it off. He had infused his sword with demonic energy, and that single strike completely withered the branch.

“You master and disciple are truly wonderful! You have broken two of my arms!”

More branches erupted from the peach demon’s body, clawing through the air as they entangled with Xiao Qingyan. He was gradually becoming exhausted. He held his sword horizontally before him and drew his left hand across the blade to cut a wound.

Fed with blood, the sword’s power jumped two levels, forcibly boosting Xiao Qingyan’s cultivation to the late Golden Core stage.

The peach demon had never seen a cultivator fight with such a suicidal style. Most terrifying of all, when her branches pierced the youth’s body, there was no blood and no visible wound!

No wonder! No wonder the youth’s Shizun said the boy’s heart blood was a fine medicinal catalyst that could cure a hundred poisons. Previously, she only needed a few drops of heart blood, but the youth’s Shizun had suddenly betrayed her and tried to kill her.

She would not let this youth go easily now! If the heart blood of a Natural Demonic Body was so useful, would the heart not be even better?

“Do not mention Shizun to me!” Xiao Qingyan’s spiritual power showed signs of going out of control.

The peach demon guessed it was normal for the youth to be unable to accept the truth. She continued, “Do you not hate your Shizun? He was the one who led you to me step by step.”

Xiao Qingyan could no longer control his spiritual power. Demonic energy surged from his hidden demonic core, swallowing the spiritual power and transforming it. His narrow eyes emitted wisps of demonic energy, his pupils turned crimson, and a bloodthirsty smile hung on his lips.

“Of course I hate him, but I have to deal with you first!” Xiao Qingyan put away his natal sword, and the demonic energy in his palm transformed into a long whip.

The peach demon realized things were going poorly. She had failed to throw the youth off balance; instead, he had gained the upper hand. She no longer wanted to fight and tried to flee using her old tricks, but her path was blocked by a wall of demonic energy.

Several tentacles made of demonic energy emerged behind Xiao Qingyan, and an arm-thick demonic whip was in his hand.

“You hurt my Junior Brother!” Xiao Qingyan roared. He lashed the peach demon with the whip while the tentacles simultaneously grabbed her flailing branches.

More branches grew from the peach demon’s body to entwine with the tentacles. However, she was heavily injured and at the end of her rope. She was unwilling to accept this! Even in death, she would drag this youth down with her! And that youth’s Shizun, she did not want to let either of them go!

The peach demon concentrated all her demonic power into a single branch. The arm-thick branch pierced through the web of tentacles and branches, heading straight for the youth’s heart.

The sound of a branch piercing flesh made Xiao Qingyan retract his tentacles. His demonic whip simultaneously skewered the peach demon’s body. He had used a plan to force the peach demon to reveal her weakness; he did not feel pain, and his wounds could heal instantly, so her final fatal strike was useless against him.

The flailing branches in the air hung limp, and the peach demon’s body gradually became transparent. Only when the tentacles and branches dispersed did Xiao Qingyan see that Lin Sui had somehow blocked the attack for him!

The arm-thick branch had impaled Lin Sui’s chest, missing his heart by only a finger’s breadth!

Lin Sui was in too much pain to make a sound. Only the slight rise and fall of his chest proved he was still alive. Blood seeped from wounds large and small across his body. His face was as white as paper, and his lips were transparently pale.

Xiao Qingyan was in a panic but did not dare to move Lin Sui. In this situation, rashly separating Lin Sui from the branch would only accelerate his death. He could only cut the peach demon’s branch, leaving the fragment inside Lin Sui’s body for the time being. However, as soon as the sword cut the branch, it automatically dissipated because its owner was dying.

Instantly, blood gushed from the hole in Lin Sui’s chest, soaking his dark blue robes until blood dripped from the hem.

“Junior Brother Lin!”

Xiao Qingyan carefully held Lin Sui as they descended to the ground. His hands shook uncontrollably as he pressed against the arm-thick wound. Bright red blood flowed through his fingers. He finally remembered to use spiritual power to stop the bleeding.

But what he used was not spiritual power; it was demonic energy. The moment the demonic energy touched the wound on Lin Sui’s chest, the tear grew even larger.

“Hahahaha!” Even in death, the peach demon did not forget to stir up hatred. “Your little Junior Brother is dying. You can thank your Shizun for this. If not for him, your Junior Brother would not be dying.”

Yes, if not for Shizun, if not for Shizun, Junior Brother Lin would not have been so seriously injured. Did Shizun disregard the lives of other disciples just to torture him?

Xiao Qingyan’s eyes were nearly bursting. He felt the person in his arms growing weaker. He suddenly used a tentacle to drag the dying peach demon over.

“Speak! You must have a way, right?!”

The peach demon only laughed. The demonic energy corroded her body, and the wound from the demonic whip grew larger. Xiao Qingyan stopped the spread of the demonic energy. “Give me a way, and I will let you live!”

Lin Sui felt so much pain that he thought he was dying. Xiao Qingyan’s voice grew more distant, and the system’s voice echoed in his ear.

“Congratulations, Host, for successfully saving the Villain’s White Moonlight.”

After the system’s voice stopped, Lin Sui suddenly sat up. The sharp pain in his chest made his breathing heavy. Blood fell from the corners of his lips, staining the snow-white bedding red.