"Fuck You!"

Hidden Needle couldn't help but swear, a flash of panic crossed his face, as his hand reached for the mask and then dropped down. He shouted sternly, "Is it worth doing this for that Hunter?!"

"You don't care about your own life and death, yet for him, you willingly commit suicide, it's downright foolish!"

Feeling the increasingly potent power within Lin Bingxuan's body, Hidden Needle shouted again, "If you think doing this will kill me, I can clearly tell you, such an idea is ridiculous and stupid. To put it in Huaxia's words, it's completely absurd!"

Lin Bingxuan, however, paid no attention to Hidden Needle's words. In fact, whether she could kill Hidden Needle through self-detonating her True Qi was not that important to her. She only knew her innocence cannot be tainted.

Having chosen Xiao Tian, she decided to be his for life, regardless of what he thinks. This was her choice, perhaps her last act of defiance!

As the Artifact Spirit Duoduo residing within Lin Bingxuan's Consciousness Realm, her situation naturally couldn't be hidden from the young girl's eyes, and it could be said to potentially explode at any moment.

The young girl, anxious, was frantically running around, not interfering with Lin Bingxuan's reckless acts, feeling helpless as she pounded her little head, with no way of resolving the present predicament.

Bad guy, if you don't come soon, my sister and I have to say goodbye forever! 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Out of immense desperation, the young girl began trying to use the previously established Divine Sense Realm link, attempting to awaken Xiao Tian, who was trapped in his emotional entanglement.

However, the surrounding black mist seemed completely isolated from the world, making the young girl's multiple attempts fruitless.

"Fine, since you want to die so much, I'll fulfill your wish!"

The expression hidden behind Hidden Needle's mask turned exceptionally vicious. With a shout of anger, he launched a fierce attack. All Lin Bingxuan's previous efforts would be in vain, yet the result would still be death.

Raising his hand, Hidden Needle slashed at Lin Bingxuan's neck with a hand chop, daring not to hesitate at all.

Just as the young girl in the Consciousness Realm began to despair, a familiar voice echoed: "Scared, aren't you?!"

"Eh?!"

The young girl hurriedly stood up, looked left and right but didn't find Xiao Tian's presence. Was it just a hallucination?

At this moment, the young girl saw Hidden Needle's hand chop was blocked by a sturdy arm, and the figure appearing in the mist was none other than Xiao Tian.

Blocking Hidden Needle's attack, Xiao Tian unhesitatingly patted the back of the tightly shut-eyed Lin Bingxuan, letting her fall into temporary unconsciousness.

The young girl quickly formed seals, calming the rampaging True Qi within Lin Bingxuan, wiping the sweat from her forehead with lingering fear.

It was really too dangerous, almost about to vanish completely!

Thinking about this, the young girl started complaining to Xiao Tian: "Why did you come just now? Do you know how dangerous it was for my sister? Even if you dislike me, you shouldn't leave my sister alone!"

"Who said I disliked you?" Xiao Tian retorted, then quickly said, "Now isn't the time to talk about this. Let's deal with the current situation first!"

The young girl pressed on relentlessly: "Sounds easy. Do you know my sister almost died because of you..."

Saying that, the young girl told Xiao Tian all about what happened to Lin Bingxuan after entering the black mist.

...

After listening to Duoduo's recounting, Xiao Tian's gaze suddenly turned blood-red, gradually spreading, with even his sclera dyed the color of blood, making his entire eyes appear like burning fireballs.

Of course, he was aware of what Lin Bingxuan was trying to do earlier, but after hearing Duoduo's recounting, he became even more furious!

Attacking Melinda, intending to harm Lin Bingxuan, and also Han Yan...

"Ready to die?!"

Holding Lin Bingxuan in one arm and blocking Hidden Needle's chop with the other, Xiao Tian asked with a voice cold enough not to seem human.

Feeling the other's aura, and the overwhelming murderous intent beneath the raging anger, Hidden Needle felt a chill creeping up his spine but still forced himself to retort.

"With just you?!" Hidden Needle endured the uneasiness in his heart, sneeringly said, "Are there women who want to stand up for you?"

Xiao Tian didn't reply, forcing Hidden Needle's attack aside. A sudden light burst from his chest, shining so splendidly that no one could truly see its essence.

Realizing the danger, Hidden Needle shielded his eyes temporarily, secretly gathering True Qi, ready to counterattack Xiao Tian after withstanding his initial assault.

A while later, not sensing any attack, Hidden Needle lowered his hand, strangely staring at Xiao Tian's chest. Such a grand presence, was it only for show?!

Next, Hidden Needle was horrified to see Xiao Tian now holding a prism-shaped crystal emitting multicolored light, the same Five Elements Crystal he tightly grasped before.

Quickly looking down, Hidden Needle couldn't help but step back. A pair of black-wrapped strips lay quietly on the ground.

And his ring finger and pinky had vanished, revealing white bones continuously dripping blood.

This was a historic moment. Since Hidden Needle's debut, until now, no colors had appeared on his body other than black, even the snowflakes had been rapidly evaporated by True Qi on his surface.

What seemed a redundant act to other experts was utterly essential to Hidden Needle, as if black was his supreme faith, forbidding any other colors upon himself.

Yet now, for the first time, white bones and red blood, colors not black, appeared on Hidden Needle.

Of course, Xiao Tian didn't know that at this moment, Hidden Needle truly hadn't the mental effort to pay attention to the issues of color, or perhaps temporarily didn't focus on which color to obsess about.

Hidden Needle's seemingly casual black clothes were actually armor woven with "Ink Silkworm" threads.

Capable of close-range bullet resistance, ordinary swords and daggers couldn't even leave a scratch.

That attire itself could be considered a priceless treasure. Combined with True Qi, it's stronger than Thunder King Salon's armor.

Hidden Needle invested eight years in assembling this outfit, enduring countless hardships and pressures, yet he persevered.

And to save fabric, the originally muscular Hidden Needle had to do everything to minimize his size, in terms of weight, the most successful dieter couldn't compare.

This was also the reason why someone suspected him of being female, as someone with Hidden Needle's slenderness is extremely rare among men!

Such tremendous efforts resulted in significant effects. Since his debut, no one had ever breached his defense, justifying his hard work.

Yet now...

Hidden Needle stared at his shredded attire, with anger spontaneously rising from his heart!