Lin Ying shuddered again, a trace of fear and unease appearing in her eyes.
"Are you... joking with me?"
Lynn gazed quietly into her eyes and slowly advanced toward her.
"Would you dare? Without any medication, without knowing whether you might die, would you dare? Would you dare make the other person fear you?"
Lin Ying's body trembled.
Lynn stopped.
He did not advance any farther.
Her face was calmly reflected in his eyes. Then he slowly raised the knife in his hand, pushed it into his mouth little by little, and slowly drew it sideways.
The wet sound of flesh tearing accompanied the movement.
Under Lin Ying's terrified gaze, blood visibly flowed along the blade without stopping, yet Lynn's face remained expressionless, as calm as ever.
Rrrip-
Without so much as a tremor, he carved both sides of his face into an enormous, clownlike smile stretching back to his neck.
Amid the spraying blood, he looked as terrifying as a demon.
[Ding! Lin Ying's Sanity Value -10] [Ding! Lin Ying's Sanity Value -10]
"You... you..." Lin Ying said in terror.
Lynn calmly opened his mouth to show her and said:
"Does it hurt? Very much. An agonizing pain that leaves your mind blank. Your nerves keep trying to make you scream and go into shock, but you can't, because standing in front of you is a demon who means you harm. The moment he sees even a trace of fear, he'll know you're weak and bluffing, and he'll turn on you."
"They're chaotic, so you have to act even more chaotic than they are, because the moment you're afraid, you'll die."
"And that's also a prerequisite for gaining great power. If you can't keep your mind steady, then no matter how much power you get, it'll all