Chapter 246: Do You Want to Die or Live

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Do You Want to Die or Live

On this day, Jiang Xu emerged from his Seclusion Chamber and headed straight for the "little black room."

When he opened the door, Wuji Fairy looked dazed, as if she had been separated from the world for an eternity.

She had been inside for a full month, surrounded by pitch-black darkness at every moment, with an Array that blocked all Divine Sense and sound.

In that deep, dark little black room, Wuji Fairy had spent thirty days and nights that felt like an eternity.

For the first few days, she tried to use her Divine Sense to probe her surroundings, but all her attempts were like stones sinking into the ocean—completely useless.

The little black room was like a giant beast that devoured all perception, imprisoning her sight, hearing, and Divine Sense in darkness and silence.

In this cramped space, Wuji Fairy could only faintly make out the sounds of her own breathing and heartbeat, which seemed abnormally jarring and piercing in the dead silence.

The concept of time grew hazy. Day and night lost all meaning, and only the sound of her own heartbeat occasionally reminded her that time was passing.

Cultivators were still human. Even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator couldn’t withstand this kind of torment.

As the days passed, loneliness, fear, and despair became her constant companions. She constantly dredged up memories, trying to use the past to fight off the suffocating oppression.

But those memories gradually blurred, devoured by the boundless darkness, pushing her ever closer to the edge of a mental collapse.

Every moment was a challenge to her mental limits. She repeatedly told herself not to give up, yet she couldn’t suppress her terror of the unknown.

The physical exhaustion, compounded by the psychological torture, caused her willpower to melt away, drop by drop, like ice under a scorching sun.

Finally, in that seemingly endless darkness, the moment Jiang Xu opened the door and a long-lost ray of light shone in, Wuji Fairy felt as though she had just walked through the Ghost Gate and back. That instant of seeing light again filled the depths of her soul with an intense sense of relief and the joy of rebirth.

"So, how was your stay?"

Jiang Xu walked up to Wuji Fairy and asked mockingly.

"You... you... you’re a demon."

Hearing Jiang Xu’s words, Wuji Fairy was instantly flooded with all the sensations she had experienced in the little black room. Rage, pain, and fear overwhelmed her reason, and in that instant, she forgot all about her external Defense and lunged straight at Jiang Xu.

"Hey, hey, hey, you’re the Demon Cultivator here, let’s not get that mixed up."

Jiang Xu easily dodged her.

"What do you really want? If you have the guts, then just kill me!" Wuji Fairy screamed, her eyes bloodshot.

"Do you really think I can’t kill you?"

Jiang Xu’s face turned cold. He directly slapped the first form of the Seven Injuries Palm, Heart-Shattering Scream, toward Wuji Fairy’s defensive shield!

Wuji Fairy’s face was full of scorn as she mocked Jiang Xu for overestimating his abilities. She immediately activated Infinite Yin and Yang, intending to absorb his attack and redirect it back at him to make him suffer.

But she never expected that Jiang Xu’s palm strike, which looked plain and unremarkable, contained an unfathomably deep power.

When the first form of the Seven Injuries Palm, "Heart-Shattering Scream," struck the defensive shield surrounding Wuji Fairy, an unprecedented impact erupted instantly, pouring forth like a bursting dam.

The moment the shield came into contact with the Seven Injuries Palm, its once incomparably resilient energy waves fell into a subtle disarray, as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly torn a crack in it.

Wuji Fairy’s face turned deathly pale in an instant. Her eyes widened, filled with shock and disbelief.

She discovered that the Yin Yang Infinite Skill she was so proud of was proving to be utterly fragile against this terrifying power. Not only did it fail to absorb and redirect the attack, but it also caused the energy within the shield to violently rebound and fall into chaos.

But what terrified her even more was that the power of the Seven Injuries Palm wasn’t diminished in the slightest by the shield’s obstruction. Instead, it pierced through into her body like a hot knife through butter.

A sensation of intertwining heat and cold, an unbearable agony, instantly filled her entire body. It felt as if countless sharp blades were simultaneously piercing her heart and lungs. The intense pain made her let out a muffled groan, and her entire body went limp. The mocking smile from before was long gone, replaced by a face full of agony and horror.

"Did you think we couldn’t do anything to you just because you’re hiding in a turtle shell?"

Watching Wuji Fairy cry out in agony, Jiang Xu felt a great weight lift from his heart.

He hadn’t been sure if the Skilled Level Seven Injuries Palm could break this woman’s Defense, so he had decided to test it on her.

’I didn’t expect it to be so effective. And judging by how much pain she’s in, the power of this palm technique is quite good.’

’A few more palms like that, and she’ll probably die on the spot!’

"How do you like the taste of my Seven Injuries Palm? To be honest, I’m very interested in your ’Infinite Yin and Yang.’ If you know what’s good for you, hand it over now. Otherwise... Hmph, hmph, you know the consequences!"

Hearing Jiang Xu’s words, Wuji Fairy finally understood his goal.

She slowly calmed herself despite the pain and sneered,

"So, you want the secret legacy Magic of my Yin Yang Annihilation Sect, the Infinite Yin and Yang. Let me tell you the truth: stop dreaming!"

"The Infinite Yin and Yang is a Secret Technique of my Sect, and it’s naturally placed under a Restriction. No disciple who has learned it can pass it on to others. Besides, even if I were to teach you, would you dare to learn it? Aren’t you afraid I’d alter it slightly and cause you to suffer cultivation deviation and explode?"

Jiang Xu froze when he heard her words.

’I actually forgot about that.’

Once you reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, almost all Cultivation Techniques and Magic within a Sect are kept secret, to say nothing of a Sect’s secret legacy Magic, which is even more strictly guarded.

Every form of Magic is placed under a special kind of Restriction. Before the Restriction is lifted, if someone tries to teach the Magic to another, the Restriction will activate the moment they try, making them forget everything related to the Magic.

Even a specialized Soul-Searching Technique cannot extract memories of Magic under such a Restriction from a person’s mind. There’s even a risk of being injured by the Restriction’s backlash.

’Does that mean I can only kill this Witch and be done with it?’

The thought left Jiang Xu feeling rather unwilling.

’If I just kill her that easily, wouldn’t the whole month in the little black room have been for nothing?’

’But if I can’t get the Magic from her, what other value does she have?’

"Do you want to die, or do you want to live?" Jiang Xu asked suddenly after a moment of thought.

Wuji Fairy was taken aback.

When she realized her Infinite Yin and Yang was useless and after experiencing a month in the little black room, she had already given up any hope of survival and only wished for a quick death.

But Jiang Xu’s sudden question gave her a new glimmer of hope.

However, Wuji Fairy feared it was a trap.

After all, the man standing before her was the one who had killed Young Master Ghost.

Of course, she had to be extremely cautious.