Chapter 131 Crazy Women
The few stars above our heads grabbed the tail end of midsummer.

The inky hair dances in the night.

Yi Qingyan put down her fingers.

There was nothing in front of her. The evening breeze flowing past her was surging forward, but it could not even blow up a speck of dust. Everything evaporated into nothingness.

And beyond that, white cracks can be seen everywhere in every inch of space.

This is an overwhelming network of animal traps and deadly traps at every step. No one can survive in this desperate situation.

……

“Blade of Infernal Affairs——”

The ability to cut through space and cut off everything that stands in the way.

Apart from seizing the right opportunity to dodge, if you want to confront the “Space Slash” head-on, you have to have the ability to interfere with space, or the ability to not die even if you are killed, or the ability to be resurrected after being killed, in order to have a chance of surviving.

But this is not the scariest part of “Infernal Affairs”.

As the most advanced celestial curse, its characteristic that surpasses other similar curses is very simple, and that is extremely low consumption.

The celestial curses that interfere with space have always been known for their huge consumption. For example, the “space transfer array” of major forces will drain the true energy of a large number of curse masters every time it is used;
But “Avici Hell” is an exception. The consumption of its supernatural powers is negligible compared to the amount of true energy of a special-class spell-binding master.

Therefore, if a “Blade of Infernal Affairs” that Yi Qingyan casually ejected could be dodged by someone, then as long as she used it repeatedly in a short period of time, she could stack up a truly unstoppable force.

Based on this principle, Yi Qingyan developed two modes based on the original “Blade of Infernal Affairs”:
The “cluster mode” that is used frequently in a short period of time is used to deal with incredibly strong and difficult ghosts or curse-breakers; and the “wide-area mode” that expands the attack range is used to target groups of enemies and those who are good at dodging flexibly.

But on top of that, there is actually a comprehensive method of use…

It was called “annihilation mode” by later generations.

Countless space slashes converged at one point, and a white torrent shot out from the girl’s fingertips, destroying everything in front of her, turning the world into nothingness.

A “Zu” level Equal King can flatten an entire city with this one strike.

Although all of the “Ancestors” have the ability to capture a country on their own and destroy a city in a short period of time, the King of Equality is the most outrageous. He literally wipes out everyone and everything that has ever existed in this world, without leaving any trace.

Yi Qingyan has not yet reached this stage, but her destructive power has indeed touched the limit of a special-class spell-forbidden master.

This was not a skill she should have mastered in this era.

Facing “Cen Dongsheng” who was killed by her own hands, Yi Qingyan, driven by anger and murderous intent, once again surpassed herself…

In other words, it is one step closer to being completely out of control.

“Ha ha……”

Yi Qingyan breathed softly, and covered her forehead and chest with her hands.

“Ugh…!”

Intense pain came from the brain and the heart at the same time.

If a person’s thinking is composed of two sides, emotion and reason, then Yi Qingyan now feels that both sides are burning and stopping, like two wild horses running wild.

The powerful mental interference from the sky was like an ice pick. Every insertion was so cold, full of confidentiality and cruelty, and it penetrated into her brain bit by bit in a regular rhythm.

“Still… it’s not over yet…!”

She covered one side of her face, while her other eye burned with murderous intent.

All I could see before my eyes was a fragmented picture of scarlet hell and real life.

“Why… haven’t you died yet… You are as stubborn and annoying as a bug!”

But after a moment of silence, the tone of voice, which was full of disgust and murderous intent, quickly turned into a singing, high-pitched and cheerful one.

“Haha… But, that’s how it should be… That’s how you should be… worthy of being my enemy… That’s great, that’s great…”

Yi Qingyan staggered forward, her falling hair obscuring her face in the shadows.

……

An Zhizhen sat cross-legged in the darkness where he lost his sense of existence.

A strand of her hair was cut off – that was the mark left by one of the “Blades of Infernal Affairs” that passed by her.

It was not until the plan came to an end that the real her slowly opened her eyes.

The smile on her face was as gentle as always, but there was no smile in her pupils, and the light dancing in them could be described as cold.

An Zhizhen knew exactly what he was doing.

“Sister Qingyan, you seem to have made a mistake…”

The mental interference of “Tiankui Quanshou” was not aimed at transforming Yi Qingyan into a puppet from the very beginning, because she knew very well that she could not do it.

There was only one thing she wanted to do.

——”I’m going to drive you…completely crazy.”

*
There is no doubt that An Zhizhen was the one who fueled the situation for Yi Qingyan tonight.

What decides the outcome of a battle is often outside the fighting situation. From the moment the conflict between the two sisters was exposed, she was thinking about how to defeat her opponent.

There is no difference in attributes between special-class spell-binding masters: including the sharpness of spiritual perception, coverage, and the amount of true Qi, which are all very similar and do not play a key role.

However, there are different levels of compatibility between different spells.

The “Tian Kui Quan Shou” who can manipulate people’s hearts and control the power of his subordinates, and can build a huge force in a short time, is not as good as the “Wu Jian Hell” who puts all the points in individual destruction, mobility and defense in frontal combat.
That’s fair enough.

In fact, when An Zhizhen first met Yi Qingyan, he once mentioned that sentence –

“If you just want to compete with me, I can admit defeat now. I am not your opponent, and ‘Tian Kui Quan Shou’ is not the opponent of ‘Wu Jian Hell’…”

This was not just a rhetoric, but the woman was keenly aware of the fact; at least, she was only a special-class spell-binding master and was no match for him.

But An Zhizhen still accepted the challenge without hesitation, and was willing to fight Yi Qingyan head-on, including her current position, which was in the dangerous battlefield covered by the “Space Slash” network.

Although he couldn’t defeat him, it would still be easy for An Zhizhen to leave or escape if he wanted to;
And, in theory, she could hide somewhere else and remotely control the battle…

But she did not run away or hide, and chose to come here in person.

Is it out of self-respect or respect for others? No one knows the answer except An Zhizhen herself.

Yi Qingyan’s strategy was correct. Her trick of controlling the “sense of existence” had reached its limit. The nearly crazy girl had no ability to resist illusions; but illusions alone could not defeat the enemy.

Therefore, now is indeed a critical moment——

The devil’s sharp blade was really very close… maybe in the next second, it would chop off her head.

But An Zhizhen still did not move, just quietly waiting for the final moment to come.

Strength does not determine victory or defeat.

She is always the one who wins in the end.

……

When the two people who had never met each other were only one step away from each other, Yi Qingyan heard a voice ringing in her ears.

“Yi Qingyan, you are on the verge of losing control.”

“Hehe… hehe…”

At this moment, Yi Qingyan was filled with murderous intent and her mind was cold. There was no turning back now, but the trap set by An Zhizhen was reflected in her heart like a mirror.

“Isn’t this what you wanted to achieve? It was you… who turned me into this… Haha, that’s amazing, you really… did it.” The girl praised and laughed.

An Zhizhen keenly grasped the flaws of the two men and directed the victory or defeat to another “battlefield”:
That is, both of them became special-class curse masters not long ago.

An Zhizhen awakened “Tiankui Quanshou” three to four months ago, and Yi Qingyan awakened “Wujian Hell” only a few weeks ago.

A simple and clear inference is that since even she, who awakened earlier, was troubled by the inability to fully manifest her power, and the desire brought about by the life ban made the supernatural power itself difficult to control; then the problem of Sister Qingyan would only be more serious.

In addition, there is another decisive factor.

“You’ve heard what Dongsheng said, right? The so-called ‘life ban’ actually best reflects a person’s inner desires.”

From the moment she awakened to the life-suppression barrier, she knew what her most fundamental desire was, which was the strong and astonishing “desire for control”.

“I will not allow myself to be controlled by the desires brought about by the ban.”

An Zhizhen said slowly.

That is her power; since it belongs to her, she will never allow anyone to take over, which is also an aspect of the desire for control.

“But I don’t dislike it. I have always been that kind of person who holds on to things I like and never lets go. So, my choice is to accept it, embrace it, and coexist with it.”

Yi Qingyan just raised her finger silently.

…It’s the last moment, she thought.

“But you are different, aren’t you, Sister Qingyan?”

The hidden desire brought about by Yi Qingyan’s life ban is a primitive impulse to kill, which is inconsistent with the nature of a girl who has been influenced by simple moral concepts since childhood.

Therefore, her attitude towards the desires in her body is denial, repression and confrontation, and her attitude is more sharp.

Of course, controlling desires is a form of practice, and there is nothing wrong with that. As long as she is given more time, sooner or later, Yi Qingyan will be able to tame the beast in her heart.

But it seems that An Zhizhen is unwilling to do so. She wants to get to the bottom of it and detonate this time bomb in advance.

And Yi Qingyan herself… seemed even more reluctant.

“–How does it feel to have killed so many people?”

The illusion created by An Zhizhen became the best inducer for her to step into the abyss.

Countless hallucinations allowed Yi Qingyan to fully satisfy her desire to kill indiscriminately in the crowd.

Hallucination… yes, it was just an illusion. But the world that seemed both real and illusory made the boundary between the two blurred. In her eyes, she could no longer tell them apart.

“——How does it feel to kill the person you love most?”

I have imagined the scene countless times, and woken up countless times in the middle of the night from horrific and tragic dreams.

When she was young, the person she killed with her own hands in her nightmare was her grandmother; and now, that person is Cen Dongsheng.

Her delusion was also satisfied by An Zhizhen’s illusion.

“——Are you feeling sad… or happy now?”

Yi Qingyan was panting, covering her face with one hand, and a cruel flame was dancing in the scarlet pupils of the other hand, and her fingers were repeatedly raised and lowered.

“…Bad woman.”

She said that at a certain moment, the girl’s emotions seemed to have completely calmed down and she returned to her normal self.

But both of them knew that this state would not last long.

“You’ve driven me crazy, what good is that? If I kill you, my brother will be sad…but if you treat me like this, my brother will be sad too.”

There was a hint of sadness in her voice.

“We could have pretended that nothing had happened, just had a fight, vented our anger, and waited for Brother Dongsheng to stop us… It was your mental interference that made me lose my mind. Is this your purpose?”

“Use fighting with me to vent your stress… and then wait for a while before repeating the process again? I can see what you are really thinking. I won’t allow a time bomb like you to stay by Cen Dongsheng’s side forever.”

An Zhizhen said.

“From the very beginning, you have had some forbidden desire for him.”

Yi Qingyan had already walked in front of her. As long as she raised her finger, her body would be torn into pieces in the next second.

“The battle is over, Yi Qingyan. Your madness is beyond redemption. If you still have a bit of rationality, you will know what you should do now.”

At the last moment, their eyes finally met.

“If I could, I would really like to defeat you…I would control you.”

“Ah.”

Yi Qingyan just sneered.

After a while, when the murderous intent was about to dye her eyes red again, the girl raised her head and asked with a trembling voice:

“Brother Dongsheng…will be here soon, right?”

“Right. So, it’s time for you to make a decision.”

……

Just a few minutes ago, An Zhizhen “saw” Cen Dongsheng returning from the ring and running towards this side without saying a word.

Presumably, he would reach this corner of the city soon.

For her, who is ambitious, it would undoubtedly be the best choice if she could completely master the power of “Infernal Hell” by herself.

But she knew she couldn’t do it, and she was even less willing to do it.

On the one hand, she didn’t want to have a conflict with Cen Dongsheng, but on the other hand, the woman knew very well that the only one who could subdue the devil was the hero in the devil’s mind.

All she can do is provide opportunities.

“Alas, in order to maintain this loving little family with my brother… who can barely be considered a sister, I, as an elder sister, have been so worried!”

An Zhizhen couldn’t help but sigh.

“Next, it’s up to you, Dongsheng.”

Only by forcing Yi Qingyan to this point can she completely open her heart to Dongsheng; after that, this dangerous power can be completely controlled by the man.

As the saying goes, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.

The probability of successfully winning back Yi Qingyan is very slim, but An Zhizhen believes that the man can do it, and he and her will establish a brand new relationship.

For example, being a “sister”, a “pet” and a “slave” at the same time… She thought this was a good feeling.

…What if it really fails?
“Then it’s a failure.”

Yi Qingyan will truly degenerate into a demon. Before that, she, who has an overly strong sense of morality, will most likely choose to commit suicide… Or maybe she won’t, and then the city will be the one to suffer.

But she had a backup plan. She paid a heavy price to eliminate a fierce monster from the world ahead of time, but the result was still worth it.

An Zhizhen’s heart was pounding, and he felt the pleasure of a gambler.

Betting your life and all your chips on someone——

Although her expression is somewhat different from Yi Qingyan’s, she also has an incomprehensible… “crazy” side.

(End of this chapter)