Chapter 118: Zuo Qiu: k*ll Me!!
When Bai Feng saw the swirling demon energy here, he immediately thought of a way to destroy the Black Lotus’s inheritance—Immortal Fire. He also didn’t expect that this Immortal Fire could suppress demon energy so powerfully.
“You’re planning to use this flame to squash the demon energy in my body?”
Zuo Qiu’s eyes flickered with hope. If it’s this flame, maybe she can really suppress the demon energy inside her and break free from Black Lotus’s control.
“No, it’s to REMOVE it!” Bai Feng smiled, took a step forward, and the flames inch closer to Zuo Qiu.
“What do you mean?”
Zuo Qiu’s face paled with rare fear. “What… what are you gonna do?”
“Relax, it’ll be over soon.”
Bai Feng slowly stepped in front of her and reached out to grab her arm.
Zuo Qiu looked terrified. She scrambled backwards, frantic with her limbs, but the raging flames blocked her path. In an instant, Bai Feng had her pinned to the ground.
“Don’t move around! If you accidentally burn something else, I won’t care!”
Bai Feng pressed his knee against her and covered her mouth with one hand. Then he summoned a strand of Immortal Fire and stuffed it into her mouth.
Zuo Qiu’s eyes went wide. Her body twitched as she struggled, and as the fire was swallowed into her, her once-pale skin turned scarlet—as red as a lobster boiled alive.
She could feel the flames piercing her body, flowing into her spiritual veins, darting through every nook and cranny to burn away the hidden demon energy.
But the flames also kept roasting her insides, making her suffer like she’d never suffered before.
“Ah ah ah! Stop it! Stop!!”
“Don’t move! What if I burn your vital organs by accident?”
Bai Feng kept his hands firm on her trembling body, controlling her movements to prevent her from thrashing. Plus, he needed to guide the fire to burn away her demon energy. Luckily, the Immortal Fire had gained a hint of intelligence; he only had to direct the general flow, and the fire would do the detailed control.
Otherwise, he’d be worried about accidentally killing her.
‘System, you didn’t think your reward would turn into a b*llet aimed at your own kid, huh?’
Bai Feng felt secretly pleased. When Zuo Qiu revealed she was controlled by Black Lotus, he remembered the little fire-control trick from the system—just enough control to let fire move inside her body, burning out poison or toxins.
He was initially too scared to try this on himself, but once the Immortal Fire gained some wisdom, the success rate skyrocketed. He figured he could give it a shot—if it failed, he could always stop halfway and do multiple sessions.
Most importantly, he remembered clearly: helping the Luck Child wouldn’t trigger system-generated Luck Points!
Though Zuo Qiu looked pained, he was genuinely trying to save her, helping her break free from Black Lotus’s grasp. It wasn’t torture or ab*se.
As for why he didn’t k*ll her outright, besides not wanting to give the system more Luck Points, there was another reason: She was under Black Lotus’s coercion—plus, she’d been delaying, trying to wait for the Heavenly Sword Sect elders to break the place open. If they had acted immediately, he wasn’t feeling so kind.
Moreover, he wouldn’t just go around trying to pick fights with other Luck Children over petty conflicts. Apart from Ye Tang, that reckless guy, Bai Feng didn’t intentionally target any other Luck Child.
After all, he wasn’t a bloodthirsty demon!
Meanwhile, Zuo Qiu, crushed underneath him, kept screaming in agony:
“Ah ah ah! k*ll me! Please, just k*ll me already!!”
“Shut up! If you keep thrashing, you really will d*e!”
Bai Feng frowned and reinforced his grip on her trembling body.
If the system thinks I’m abusing you because of your loud shouts, I’ll be in trouble!
But Zuo Qiu didn’t seem to hear him or had lost all control. She just instinctively screamed:
“Ah ah ah!!”
Her eyes widened—her intense pain seemed close to breaking her. Her skin, her meridians, even her bones felt as if they were being roasted from within by flames.
It was like swallowing a massive dose of fuel and tossing herself into a blazing fire—burning fiercely from inside out. Yet somehow, she felt as if she was unkillable, only able to endure the flames, unable to even d*e.
‘If I’d known it would be like this, I’d rather turn myself in at the Law Enforcement Hall—no, I should’ve jumped off a cliff and committed s*icide before coming here!’
Zuo Qiu inwardly cursed her foolishness—why did she have to accept the divine monarch’s inheritance just for a little power?
She cursed the divine monarch, cursed Black Lotus, cursed the weak-and-strong Refining God Sect, cursed Bai… her lips sealed tight on this one.
But the flames inside her refused to stop, instead crawling deeper into her body, searching for demon energy to burn.
Gradually, she stopped struggling—or rather, she ran out of strength to fight.
Only tears kept flowing uncontrollably from her eyes.
She just didn’t want to end up being bullied like her parents had been, finally killed by someone.
She’d only yearned for strength like everyone else, so why punish her like this?
Why was she so cursed?
Childhood brutal d*ath of her parents, endless ab*se at relatives’ homes, then finally entering the Refining God Sect only to be harassed and ostracized for lacking backing.
She fought for every chance to grow strong—climbing to the Golden Core stage, securing a spot to explore secret realms—and then, driven by greed, black lotus came after her.
If only she could get a second chance, she’d live in a world where no one oppressed her…
“Phew, finally done.”
Bai Feng eased up, wiping sweat from his brow. This trick was even more dangerous than he’d thought—almost lost the Luck Child entirely.
But luckily, he succeeded!
He lowered his gaze to Zuo Qiu, who was staring blankly at the sky, her body completely soaked in sweat. If not for her rising and falling chest, he’d have thought she couldn’t endure anymore and was dead.
“Uh, we’re probably okay now?” Bai Feng said uncertainly, pulling out a bottle of water from his storage ring and helping her up. “Here, drink some water.”
Zuo Qiu instinctively turned her head, her pupils reflecting Bai Feng’s figure. Suddenly, she crawled back with a frightened face:
“No! Don’t come near me!!”
“…Rest assured, it’s done. You’re free now.”
Bai Feng’s smile was a little stiff but as gentle as possible.
Was this flame detox method really so terrifying? Luckily, he hadn’t tried it on himself.
“Finished… finally?”
Zuo Qiu looked at her still slightly reddened arm, tears streaming down uncontrollably. “Is it really over? Haha… ha, finally… finally over!!”
Watching her, Bai Feng felt a flicker of doubt in his mind: Is she insane or what?
