Scalding pain spread down her throat into her lungs, bringing tearing agony as though her internal organs had all been shredded.
The veins beneath her skin bulged faintly, twisted and knotted, as if countless living things were crawling and crashing about beneath her flesh.
Her bones let out soft, grinding creaks, as though they might burst apart and reform at any moment.
The excruciating pain came in wave after wave, nearly drowning her consciousness.
I can't lose... Absolutely not...
Bai Lan bit down hard on her lower lip, tasting the thick tang of blood. Her teeth nearly pierced her lip, yet she refused to let out even the faintest groan.
Sweat rolled down like pearls from a broken string, soaking through her coarse cloth dress and clinging tightly to her back. When the damp chill of the secret chamber swept over her, it pierced her to the bone.
The burning agony inside her grew ever fiercer, as though a wildfire were raging through her organs, nearly burning her to ashes.
Bai Lan's consciousness teetered on the brink beneath the agony.
Just as she was about to collapse, Bai Zhi's innocent, smiling face repeatedly appeared before her eyes.
Her younger sister's hopes and the humiliations of the past became a powerful force that supported her, allowing her to grit her teeth and endure wave after wave of pain.
As he watched Bai Lan's body tremble relentlessly from the extreme agony, Qian Cheng's gaze remained as cold as ice.
It was as though everything before him had nothing to do with him, as if he were merely observing an ordinary experiment.
After an unknown amount of time, the first faint ray of dawn finally filtered through the window, dispelling part of the darkness in the secret chamber.
Bai Lan felt the world-ending