Pressed underwater and struggling to breathe, Pei Yan didn't understand the changes happening outside, but he clearly felt Lin Junzhao's hands, which were desperately gripping his neck, starting to loosen. Life was fleeting; he seized the opportunity, pressed against her wrist, and kicked her away, rolling over and getting up to straddle Lin Junzhao, fiercely gripping her neck.

They rolled back and forth in the stream, neither yielding, but through this series of fights, Pei Yan clearly felt Lin Junzhao's strength waning little by little, which greatly boosted his confidence and ignited the hope of survival in his heart.

At the same time, Lin Junzhao, who was wrestling with Pei Yan like two children fighting, was both ashamed and anxious. She didn't expect to fall back into a cage again, just as Cen Xiaoran had said. Although their formation this time was far inferior to the first capture, years of imprisonment had seriously drained her strength. Just after escaping, without time to restore her power, she was plunged into this dire battle, and the situation was rapidly spiraling into chaos.

This embarrassing outcome was not only due to being calculated by old rivals but also because of this ungrateful Pei Yan before her. His stubbornness, stupidity, lack of gratitude, and persistent nagging nature were far beyond her expectations.

Once again blasting this extremely annoying person away, Lin Junzhao felt her main body outside unable to withstand enemy pressure. If this continued, she would inevitably face division and imprisonment again, a fate she was unwilling to accept under any circumstances. Thinking of this, she looked at Pei Yan, who crawled back and clung to her ankle, refusing to let go, and shouted angrily, "Let go! Let me consume your will, or we both die!"

"Screw you! Die then! I was already close to being beaten to death by you, dragging you down with me is worth it! Even if I die, I won't let this body become your puppet, glug glug!" Pei Yan defiantly cursed as Lin Junzhao desperately stomped on the back of his head, ultimately unable to bear it any longer, and she pressed his head into the water again, but even while bubbling he refused to let go, trying with all his might to topple her.

"I give up! How come Pei Jin has such a rogue for a brother! Let go and let's make a contract, you'll retain your will, but you must lend me your body for two days a week until I find a new host!" Feeling another heavy blow to her main body, Lin Junzhao rolled her eyes and said, adding, "The host won't be your sister, I'm afraid of you Pei Family people!"

After Lin Junzhao released her foot from his head, Pei Yan surfaced, stopped coughing, and asked back, "Why should I trust you?"

"If you don't, then forget it! We'll die together! By the way, let me tell you, I am born of heaven and earth, even if heavily injured, as long as my will remains, I can regenerate. I might as well self-destruct this time, spend forty or fifty years to rebuild, and if so, no one here today will leave alive! Including your sister and your friends!" Constantly humiliated and lowering her demands still led to Lin Junzhao being questioned by Pei Yan, and this finally ignited a fierce outburst from her.

Seeing Lin Junzhao's body on the verge of explosion, Pei Yan knew she wasn't joking. If he could survive, of course, he wanted to live, especially when it involved the safety of his sister and friends.

Two days a week? It's not unacceptable, it's already much better than the previous terms. With this thought, Pei Yan decided to negotiate further: "Then you can't use the body to do anything against..."

But before he could finish speaking, Lin Junzhao interrupted with an angry roar: "Shut up! Who do you think you are? Who are you to tell me what to do? This is my final offer. I can promise not to do anything that harms you, your family, or your friends! As for the rest, I will decide! I'll only give you three seconds to consider, after which we'll all perish!"

"Three, two..."

"Deal!"

After three divine artifacts shattered outside Pei Yan's body, Cen Xiaoran and others stared blankly at the once invisible and now suddenly lost main body that surged into Pei Yan's body.

"Cen Xiaoyou, have we subdued the main body source?" Elder Shui Ling closed his eyes, sensed the changes in the world, and was puzzled after failing to sense the main body source's aura.

"No, according to the instructions given by the master before departing, if successful, she should have been divided into multiple main body fragments by us, with her true body in a semi-comatose state. But now she's missing, did she teleport away? I didn't feel any spatial fluctuations." Another woman in a red robe with a longbow chimed in.

Cen Xiaoran ignored their words, descended gracefully beside Pei Yan, placed a hand on his wrist, and after a moment, sighed, "Are we still a step too late? She has already occupied this body and fused with this boy."

"So what do we do now? While he hasn't completely adapted to this body, should we kill him? Force the main body source out and reconsider?" The red-robed woman spoke, aiming her longbow at Pei Yan's forehead.

"Who dares!" A hysterical shout erupted from the crowd as Pei Jin fought off Gu Shenghui's grasp, leapt out, and stood in front of Pei Yan with arms outstretched. Her eyes were red, and tears streamed down her face. She looked like a mother beast protecting her cub; she would fight to the death before letting anyone harm her brother.

Simultaneously, Wang Wenze, Xia Yu, and others leapt out from the crowd, surrounding Pei Yan protectively. Though they feared disciplinary actions from the court and angering these powerful figures, they still resolutely stood their ground.

"What are you doing? Get back!" Leng Yang stepped forward to rebuke them.

"Pei Yan is our friend and colleague! You can't kill him without understanding the situation!" Ye Jiumu responded steadfastly, eyes glaring.

Beside them, Wang Wenze spread his arms and shouted, "That's right! Pei Yan saved my life! We've shared life and death! If you want him dead, you'll have to go through me first!"

"What do you know? He's already possessed by the main body source, he is no longer himself!" The red-robed woman refused to lower her longbow, sneering coldly.

"Exactly, do you understand the huge price we've paid to subdue her? And that was when she was severely weakened. If we don't force her out of the body now, weaken her a bit more, and seal her, once she fully merges with him, and seeks revenge, everyone here will die." A bearded middle-aged man, foreign-looking, in the team of six attackers, yelled in imperfect Chinese.

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