Run Fast

Golden lightning chains danced wildly like mad snakes, whipping frantically before Gu Chengyin's eyes. Every strike brought a piercing howl through the air, and every collision sparked blinding flashes.

The air was thick with the smell of scorching, and the ground was already covered in a crisscrossing web of charred cracks.

Cold sweat seeped from Gu Chengyin's forehead as his mind raced.

Hypnotize the inner demon. This crazy idea had already formed in his mind, but a fatal problem lay before him:

He didn't have enough hypnosis quotas.

If he successfully hypnotized Lin Qingyan's inner demon, it meant he would inevitably have to release another one.

But, release who?

Gu Chengyin's thoughts flashed like lightning.

There wasn't much time left.

The aura surrounding Lin Qingyan was becoming increasingly violent. The attack range of those golden lightning chains was expanding, and their power was growing.

Gu Chengyin could feel that the inner demon was gradually gaining the upper hand, and Lin Qingyan's consciousness was steadily retreating.

Once the inner demon took complete control...

Gu Chengyin had no doubt that he would become its first sacrifice.

"There's no time!"

Gu Chengyin clenched his jaw, his eyes full of absolute resolve.

The situation was dire; his life hung by a thread.

If he didn't start now, he would probably really die here.

He suddenly roared at Lin Qingyan:

"Auntie! I have a way to control your inner demon! But we need to maintain eye contact for five seconds!"

His voice echoed within the tower, drowning out the explosive crackle of the lightning.

Lin Qingyan heard it.

Although she didn't know what kind of method could make Gu Chengyin so confident, she had no other choice now.

She had comprehended too much from the complete immortal path that Gu Chengyin had revealed.

That was a true path to the heavens, the realm beyond the Golden Core, the possibility of Nascent Soul, Soul Formation, or even higher.

She had immersed herself in it, hungrily and frantically absorbing those Dao rhymes, laws, and supreme truths of heaven and earth.

But precisely because she had comprehended too much and absorbed it too quickly, her strength had skyrocketed in a short time, leaving her state of mind unable to keep up with the advancement of her cultivation.

The inner demon that she could originally suppress had now completely lost control, even beginning to usurp the host.

Lin Qingyan had already fallen to a disadvantage.

If this continued, in at most the time it takes an incense stick to burn, her original consciousness would be completely swallowed, and this Golden Core body would be entirely controlled by the inner demon.

What would she become then?

Lin Qingyan didn't dare to think about it.

Therefore, when Gu Chengyin said he had a way, she could only believe him.

Treat a dead horse as if it were alive—a desperate attempt!

"Alright!"

Lin Qingyan's voice rang out. Though hoarse and trembling, it was exceptionally firm:

"I will suppress the inner demon with all my might for five seconds! The rest is up to you!"

As her words fell, the aura around Lin Qingyan suddenly changed!

The pupil of that blood-red right eye suddenly shrank, as if it had been intimidated.

"Now!"

Gu Chengyin dashed out like a cheetah!

He ignored the lightning chains still dancing wildly in the air, ignored the terrifying pressure permeating the atmosphere.

In his eyes, there was only that blood-red right eye.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Gu Chengyin rushed right in front of Lin Qingyan, stopping only inches away from her.

He stared dead into that blood-red right eye, and that right eye looked back at him.

It wasn't that the demon didn't want to move, but it was forcibly pinned down by Lin Qingyan's original consciousness, completely unable to budge.

The eye contact began.

Gu Chengyin silently counted down in his heart:

Five... four... three... two...

Time froze at this moment.

The lightning chains inside the tower stopped their chaotic dance.

The madness and greed within the pupil of that blood-red right eye began to fade...

[Hypnosis Successful]

When these words floated before his eyes.

Gu Chengyin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how sketchy the system's hypnosis had been before, this ability to ignore cultivation realms was truly unreasonable.

And on Lin Qingyan's side, the pressure suddenly vanished.

The originally manic and tyrannical inner demon suddenly quieted down.

It wasn't destroyed, nor was it expelled, but rather like a wild horse fitted with reins, or a fierce beast locked in a cage.

It still existed, still powerful, but it was controlled by some invisible force, unable to act recklessly anymore.

This situation left even Lin Qingyan stunned.

She even forgot to withdraw the power suppressing the inner demon, forgot the lightning still wreaking havoc around her, forgot the blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

She just blankly felt the changes within her sea of consciousness. That inner demon that had nearly swallowed her was now as docile as a child?

This was too absurd!

What kind of method could control the inner demon of a Golden Core cultivator?

What kind of power could ignore the gap in cultivation realms and forcibly suppress a negative consciousness built upon countless accumulated desires?

Lin Qingyan looked at Gu Chengyin, her eyes full of unbelievable shock.

And Gu Chengyin was simultaneously observing her at this moment.

The space inside the tower gradually calmed down.

Those manic golden thunderbolts bursting everywhere began to slowly dissipate.

The crisis seemed to be resolved.

But Gu Chengyin's heart did not relax because of this.

Lin Qingyan's current state... was too bizarre.

Her left eye remained that clear pupil, her gaze filled with shock and bewilderment.

But her right eye, that blood-red pupil, had not disappeared.

Although the madness in the eye had faded, the pupil was still a scarlet color.

Logically speaking, since the system said the hypnosis was successful, then at least for this moment, the inner demon should be under control.

Lin Qingyan indeed looked to have calmed down, no longer showing signs of losing control.

But Gu Chengyin just felt something was wrong.

The inner demon was ultimately a derivative of Lin Qingyan's consciousness, the darkest side of her deepest heart.

If he hypnotized the inner demon, did that count as hypnotizing Lin Qingyan?

Although the inner demon was controlled, it still existed and could still affect Lin Qingyan.

Then what would happen?

Unable to suppress the doubts in his heart, Gu Chengyin cautiously called out:

"Auntie?"

His voice was very light, yet exceptionally clear in the silent tower.

Lin Qingyan seemed to be awakened by this call.

A sudden change occurred!

Lin Qingyan's right eye, that blood-red pupil, suddenly burst with blinding light.

That light was eerie and bewitching, instantly filling the entire Meditation Tower.

At the same time, Lin Qingyan exclaimed:

"Oh no!"

Before Gu Chengyin could understand what had happened, he saw Lin Qingyan's figure suddenly vanish.

The next second, Gu Chengyin found himself pinned against the tower wall behind him.

And Lin Qingyan was mere inches away from him.

Gu Chengyin could even see every subtle expression on her face, feel her warm breath, and smell the fragrance on her body.

But what startled him the most was Lin Qingyan's gaze at this moment.

Her left eye was filled with panic and fluster.

While her right eye held an inexplicable obsession and possessiveness.

Two eyes, two completely different emotions, appearing on the same face at the same time.

It was bizarre to the extreme.

"Gu Chengyin! Run!"

Lin Qingyan's voice came out urgently; it was her original consciousness desperately warning him:

"She has her eyes on you..."

Before she could finish speaking, her voice was forcibly cut off.

As if something had forcibly taken over her vocal cords.