By the time the whipping reached the thirties, Shu Zhen suddenly fell silent.
Lin Yun looked closely and saw that Shu Zhen had fainted, but the Soul-Extinguishing Whip’s lashes continued unabated.
Soon, the forty lashes were completed.
“Take him away!” the red-robed elder waved his hand.
Two Heavenly Fire Guards entered the hall and carried Shu Zhen out.
“Next, Lin Yun!”
The red-robed elder raised the Soul-Extinguishing Whip and struck Lin Yun harshly.
Crack!
As the sound rang out, Lin Yun felt the whip wasn’t striking his body but his soul, causing it to tremble!
The soul-deep pain made Lin Yun feel as if his heart and lungs were being torn apart!
“Hm? Not even a sound?” The red-robed elder, seeing Lin Yun clench his teeth, was somewhat surprised.
The elder then swung the Soul-Extinguishing Whip again, striking Lin Yun.
Crack!
The whip struck Lin Yun again, lash after lash.
“Elder Falcon, you’re not going easy on Lin Yun, are you? He hasn’t made a sound. Who can endure the Soul-Extinguishing Whip without crying out?” the red-robed elder on the right said.
“Come, you try,” the elder whipping Lin Yun handed the whip to the other red-robed elder.
“Fine, I’ll do it!”
The new elder took the Soul-Extinguishing Whip and struck Lin Yun.
Crack! Crack!
After two consecutive lashes, Lin Yun still didn’t make a sound.
“Is something wrong with this whip?” The red-robed elder inspected the whip, finding no issues.
Unfazed, the elder continued wielding the Soul-Extinguishing Whip, striking Lin Yun.
With each lash, beads of sweat covered Lin Yun’s forehead, clearly in significant pain.
Soon, the forty lashes were finished.
“To endure forty Soul-Extinguishing Whips without fainting is rare. If you can still move, leave and reflect on your actions!” the red-robed elder said.
Lin Yun gritted his teeth and said, “Three Elders, I request to take Commander Guang’s forty lashes for him!”
“Lin Yun, don’t be reckless!” Guang Tiancheng hissed at Lin Yun.
“Lin Yun, not everything can be taken on behalf of another, but if you insist, you can reduce Guang Tiancheng’s lashes by twenty, and you’ll take forty more. Are you willing?” the red-robed elder said.
In other words, Lin Yun would bear double the reduced amount.
“I’m willing!” Lin Yun replied without hesitation.
Guang Tiancheng quickly said, “Elder, enduring eighty Soul-Extinguishing Whips could be life-threatening!”
The red-robed elder smirked playfully. “He seems tough. I’m curious to see his limit.”
With that, the elder swung the Soul-Extinguishing Whip again, striking Lin Yun with increased force.
Crack! Crack!
With the crisp sound of the whip, it landed on Lin Yun repeatedly, hitting his soul and causing unbearable pain!
Lin Yun clenched his teeth, still not making a sound!
By the sixtieth lash, Lin Yun’s body began to tremble slightly.
At the seventieth lash, Lin Yun started feeling dizzy, the soul-deep pain tearing through him, his vision spinning.
Crack!
The eightieth lash finally landed.
“To endure eighty Soul-Extinguishing Whips without fainting, you’re quite something!” the red-robed elder exclaimed in astonishment.
The other two elders were equally shocked.
“Since you haven’t fainted, go back and reflect!” the red-robed elder said coldly.
Lin Yun struggled to his feet and walked out.
But after a few shaky steps, just as he reached the hall’s entrance, his vision blackened, and he collapsed.
“Take him back!” the red-robed elder ordered with a wave.
Two Heavenly Fire Guards stepped forward and carried Lin Yun away.
…
When Lin Yun opened his eyes again, he was lying in his room at the camp.
“Hiss…”
Lin Yun gasped in pain, his soul wracked with tearing agony, his head dizzy and throbbing.
In this state, even getting up was difficult.
Unable to move, he could only lie there.
On the bed, Lin Yun began to think.
His current situation made him feel utterly powerless.
Though he hadn’t been in the ancestral land long and didn’t fully understand it, he had heard from many that the Heavenly Fire Temple was a force that committed countless evils.
After this incident, Lin Yun began to seriously consider how to escape the Heavenly Fire Temple.
But the Death Servant bond kept him trapped.
Before, Lin Yun thought he could take things one step at a time, but now, it was clear this issue was urgent.
“I must start looking for a way,” Lin Yun resolved inwardly.
He couldn’t think of a way to break the Death Servant contract, so he would have to search for one. The ancestral land was vast; perhaps there was a solution out there.
