The entire room was deathly silent.
Sister Suit, looking at her severed, bleeding wrist with disbelief, hadn't yet processed the outcome.
Even Bai Qiao Xin Mo, standing behind Ye Ling, was stunned. She gazed at Ye Ling, never imagining he would be so ruthless!
She had thought Ye Ling would show mercy!
However, after a moment of shock, a morbid fascination flickered in Bai Qiao Xin Mo's eyes. She licked her lips and whispered, "As expected of Master... I truly... am so delighted!"
Sister Suit retreated, frantically trying to staunch the bleeding from her left hand, trembling, "N-no, impossible... how can you be so strong... I don't believe it!"
Sister Suit, struggling to get up from the ground, saw her sister's hand lying on the floor. Her pupils contracted sharply, and her heart pounded.
Ye Ling's body ignited with demonic flames, burning away the blood splattered on him. He then smiled at Sister Suit before him and said, "As I said, you bear the consequences."
*Thump...*
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Sister Suit slumped to the ground, her face already etched with despair.
If it were merely a severed hand, she might not have despaired. After all, with modern technology, reattaching a hand was incredibly simple, let alone in the Dragon Department, a place gathering the world's most cutting-edge technology. Even creating a new body would be child's play!
But what now filled her with despair was the power Ye Ling had displayed, like an insurmountable mountain blocking their path, suffocating them!
Sister Suit, from behind, gritted her teeth, channeling the Red Poison Breath into her palm. She suddenly lunged at Ye Ling, shouting fiercely, "Sister, you escape quickly!"
Sister Suit poured all her strength into her palm, striking at Ye Ling.
The surrounding space distorted due to the immense power she unleashed!
"Sister!"
Seeing her sister sacrificing herself to cover her escape, Sister Suit's eyes reddened with sorrow.
However, she also understood that against a being as powerful as Ye Ling, any struggle on her part would be futile. Rather than rushing to her death and wasting her sister's efforts, it was better to flee!
As long as she could escape and find Long Fei, her sister might still have a sliver of hope!
Without hesitation, Sister Suit seized the moment her sister attacked Ye Ling and fled towards the door at her fastest speed!
Ye Ling watched Sister Suit flee with all her might, a slight smile playing on his lips. He condensed a speck of black light on his fingertip and flicked it towards Sister Suit.
"All... futile struggles."
At this moment, on the edge of the seventeenth level underground.
Li Wuxin, his face ashen, curled into a ball, trembling in a corner.
Although he had escaped the sisters' encirclement, he had inadvertently allowed the Red Poison Breath to infiltrate his meridians.
The potency of the Red Poison Breath was unlike anything he had ever encountered!
The Red Poison Breath was now raging through his meridians, ravaging more than half of them. Half of the blood vessels in his body had been scorched and rotted by the Red Poison Breath. If not for the spiritual energy sustaining his last breath, he would have already died.
"Damn it... what kind of technique were those two using? My spiritual energy couldn't resist that poison at all..." Li Wuxin's expression was extremely grim, his eyes filled with sorrow.
He never imagined that after years of fighting on the battlefield, slaying countless legends, he would now fall to two unknown individuals!
"I have met visitors from the immortal realm, sparred with the Red Dust Immortal, and taken enemy generals' heads from the midst of ten thousand troops. What glory was that? Yet I, Li Wuxin, am to perish here today... Hahaha... how pathetic and lamentable!"
Li Wuxin mocked himself, his aura growing weaker and weaker. He was no longer able to resist the Red Poison Breath raging within him.
Death was merely a matter of time.
However, just as he was on his deathbed, all the experiences of his life flashed through his mind, like a fleeting panorama, countless scenes sweeping before his eyes.
There was sorrow and hardship, joy and sweetness.
Although he had grown up in the army and lived a life of military service, he regretted being born into a military family.
"Though my death is humiliating, at least I died for my country."
"My country's kindness, I shall repay in the next life." Li Wuxin's pale lips curved into a subtle arc. In the final moments of his life, he completely abandoned his resistance, accepting his current fate.
However, just as he thought the Red Poison Breath would consume his entire body and claim his life, the Red Poison Breath inexplicably began to merge with his spiritual energy, flowing within his meridians.
Those meridians, which had been ravaged and damaged by the Red Poison Breath, were now, with the help of the Red Poison Breath, completely restored!
Li Wuxin's aura began to rebound!
"What is this..."
Li Wuxin snapped back to reality, suddenly finding himself able to control the Red Poison Breath. A flicker of shock crossed his eyes, never imagining such a turn of events!
Soon, a look of ecstatic joy appeared on Li Wuxin's face. He exclaimed, "Heaven truly does not wish for me to perish! Great misfortune averted, great fortune shall follow!"
Realizing this was an opportunity for breakthrough, Li Wuxin endured the pain and sat down, beginning to control the Red Poison Breath, integrating it with his spiritual energy, seeking a breakthrough!
At this moment, Ye Ling, in the reception room, glanced in the direction of Li Wuxin, a subtle curve on his lips. He then turned his gaze to the two sisters lying before him, on the verge of death, and said with a smile, "It seems I can spare you two sisters."
The Suit sisters, believing they were all going to die here, were stunned to hear Ye Ling say such words at the last moment!
Sister Suit, with great difficulty, raised her head and asked Ye Ling, "Wh-why?"
Ye Ling smiled and replied, "Because I'm in a good mood, I don't wish to kill you anymore."
"However, if you two wish to leave alive, you must agree to one condition."
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Sister Suit gritted her teeth and asked, "What condition?"
Ye Ling glanced at the two sisters and chuckled, "Betray your master and become my servants."
Sister Suit's pupils contracted sharply, and she instinctively said, "That's impossible!"
Ye Ling smiled, "I know. Both of you have蛊虫 (gu worms) within your bodies, making it impossible to betray your original master. However, just now, I have eradicated the蛊虫 within both of you."
"Now, you have regained your freedom."
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, Sister Suit's heart leaped. She quickly closed her eyes and performed an internal scan, indeed finding that the蛊虫 within her had vanished. Surprise and joy filled her eyes.
She excitedly said to her sister, "Sister! The蛊虫 are actually gone!"
Sister Suit, weakened by excessive bleeding, was too frail to perform an internal scan. Seeing her sister's excited expression, she still found it hard to believe.
Could the蛊虫 embedded in their flesh truly disappear?
Ye Ling smiled, "As long as you pledge your loyalty to me, while you may not be entirely free, I will not excessively restrict your freedom, nor will I implant new蛊虫 within you. You simply need to do crucial things for me at crucial moments."
"What do you think?"
After discovering the disappearance of the蛊虫 within them, Sister Suit's last reservation vanished.
Upon hearing Ye Ling's offer of recruitment, she immediately prostrated herself before Ye Ling and said, "I, Gu Yixue, and my younger sister, Gu Siyu, are willing to follow you, Master!"