ALL NOVEL Chapter 138: Self-Sacrifice! Almost Lost My Life to Gain the Trust of the Eerie Goddess Girl!
Chapter 138: Self-Sacrifice! Almost Lost My Life to Gain the Trust of the Eerie Goddess Girl!
When planning to reveal the truth to Huang Yiyi, Lin Tianming had already prepared for the possibility that she might choose to run away.
But actually seeing her about to transform into a Holy Golden Butterfly and vanish, even though Lin Tianming was mentally prepared for failure, he still couldn't accept this reality.
"Yiyi, calm down! If you leave like this and get found by the Yellow-Clad Church or the disaster zone monsters first, I won't be able to help you! They have ways to prevent you from using this escape method. You’ll be controlled by them, turned into a tool to unseal the Demon Tomb, and humanity around the world will be hunted by god-level monsters. Do you want to see such a world?"
If Huang Yiyi still trusted Lin Tianming, with her kind nature, she would surely be persuaded by him.
But because Lin Tianming admitted that he initially approached her with the intention to capture her, she now had no trust in him.
"Liar! These are all your words to calm me down, inviting me to eat ice cream… saying you want to be friends with me… giving me a name… all to wait for your companion to come and capture me. I trusted you so much!"
Huang Yiyi ran wildly, wiping away tears, while accusing Lin Tianming of deceiving her.
The crucial part is that Huang Yiyi was not wrong. Lin Tianming did initially do all that to wait for Hua Yufei to arrive and discuss how to deal with Huang Yiyi together.
But while it was true that he waited for Hua Yufei, his promises to Huang Yiyi were also genuine. He really didn't intend to imprison her or kill her!
Lin Tianming chased after Huang Yiyi, but seeing him approaching, her body, glowing with holy golden light, began to turn ethereal.
As long as Lin Tianming's hand touched her again, she would be provoked and escape as a Holy Golden Butterfly, just like last night.
Facing such a dilemma, Lin Tianming, whose mind was racing for solutions, had to stop and decided to take one last gamble.
He wasn't sure if this gamble would make Huang Yiyi stay, but he had no other choice!
Slowly dispelling the Ascension Light protecting his body, Lin Tianming exposed himself to the eerie black mist caused by Huang Yiyi's emotional breakdown.
Hua Yufei, still protected by Lin Tianming's Ascension Light behind him, thought he was exhausting his power to protect her from the eerie black mist.
So Hua Yufei anxiously shouted, "Tianming, you don't have to protect me! If you can't hold on in this black mist, protect yourself first. I'll find a way to endure!"
This shout was heard by Huang Yiyi, who was running ahead.
Even though she felt deceived by Lin Tianming, kind-hearted Huang Yiyi didn't want to hurt anyone with her black mist.
Huang Yiyi really wanted to escape as a Holy Golden Butterfly like last night, but just like she couldn't control the black mist, she couldn't control her ability to escape in that form either.
Each time she escaped, it was only when her emotions were out of control to the extreme that she would passively turn into a Holy Golden Butterfly.
Now hearing that Lin Tianming was in danger, she couldn't help but stop and nervously looked back at him.
Seeing Lin Tianming exposed in the black mist, with a pained expression from the eerie black mist's corrosion, Huang Yiyi's tears flowed even more.
"I… I didn't mean to hurt you… really… I don't want to kill anyone… even if you lied to me… I didn't want to retaliate… really!"
Because of the overwhelming worry that she might harm Lin Tianming, the golden light around Huang Yiyi's body gradually faded.
But what came with it was the black mist from her body becoming even more rampant.
So her ability's activation is related to her emotions, huh?
As long as I don't chase her, and instead find a way to stabilize her emotions, she won't turn into a Holy Golden Butterfly and escape!
Although the erosion of the black mist was becoming more terrifying than before, Lin Tianming had to take this risk to keep Huang Yiyi.
*Cough cough…*
Corroded by the eerie black mist and coughing up blood continuously, Lin Tianming took a deep breath and said, "Yiyi, I believe you don't want to hurt me. I know you're a kind person, not a monster. As long as you control your emotions, the black mist will dissipate, and I can be safe…"
Lin Tianming's words slightly stabilized Huang Yiyi's emotions. She rubbed her red, tear-stained eyes, "You… you really believe I didn't mean to hurt you?"
"Of course, as long as you calm down now and control your emotions, I can survive… cough cough…"
The price of this self-sacrifice was too high. Lin Tianming's body was being corroded by the eerie black mist, and his mind was also being invaded by a maddening thought process, his rationality eroding bit by bit.
Just speaking a sentence caused Lin Tianming, who was not defending himself, to cough up blood again.
Seeing Lin Tianming coughing up blood and looking more and more pained, Huang Yiyi tried her best to control her emotional breakdown to avoid hurting him.
The eerie black mist shrouding the deserted street also gradually thinned as Huang Yiyi controlled her emotions.
"That's right, just like that, Yiyi. I feel much better. Once you completely calm down, I'll be out of danger!"
Lin Tianming didn't forget to encourage this eerie goddess girl.
With Lin Tianming's encouragement, Huang Yiyi, who didn't want to harm anyone, gradually stabilized her negative emotions to the point where no eerie black mist was produced.
Although Huang Yiyi still had a worried and anxious expression, the eerie black mist enveloping the street dissipated.
Hua Yufei, seeing this, quickly ran up and nervously supported the half-kneeling Lin Tianming.
"Tianming, are you alright?"
"I'm fine… just a bit tired…"
Lin Tianming smiled slightly. Fortunately, he had gambled correctly.
If he had bet wrong, this eerie black mist would have consumed his life.
The maddening thoughts left with the black mist's dispersal, and the physical corrosion disappeared as well.
"I'll heal you. Hang in there, you'll recover soon!"
Hua Yufei said as she used her Flourishing Flower Whisper ability, surrounding Lin Tianming with colorful petals to provide continuous healing.
Huang Yiyi, standing aside and feeling guilty, hung her head low. She felt like a disaster star that only brought calamity.
Her emotions grew increasingly low, and the tear-filled Huang Yiyi's body began to emit a faint eerie black mist again.
Knowing that she releases the black mist when she cries, Lin Tianming quickly said, "Yiyi, as I said, as long as you control your emotions, you won't hurt anyone. Be strong, don't cry so easily!"
"Mm…"
Huang Yiyi rubbed her tear-filled eyes, and the faint black mist dissipated with Lin Tianming's timely encouragement.
Facing the unavoidable question again, Lin Tianming felt anxious, but he maintained a sunny and sincere smile.
"Yiyi, even though I was almost dying, I still believed you wouldn't hurt me. Can you trust me just this once? Did I call Hua Xuejie over here to imprison you?"
If even this display of self-sacrifice couldn't make Huang Yiyi trust him, Lin Tianming would have no other way to keep her and could only watch her leave without trying any more tricks to retain her.
Although Lin Tianming hoped to touch Huang Yiyi, he remained pessimistic about the outcome.
Huang Yiyi silently lowered her head.
Knowing she needed time to think, Lin Tianming gave Hua Yufei a look, and the two waited patiently together.
After an inner struggle for a long time, Huang Yiyi finally broke the silence, giving Lin Tianming a surprising response.
"I don't trust her, but I trust you!"
