Chapter 248 Hope

The flaming “shooting star” that Zhang Yunyan longed for didn’t show up. Her dream had been shattered and she no longer had wishful thinking.

At this moment, the earth was dark, and the sea of people was vast. Yunyan was just as a drop of water in the sea and a grass on the earth. Now being imprisoned in “hell”, how could the mysterious thing high above find her?

At this stormy night, the mysterious thing had already been hiding. How could it still be cruising around?

Besides, she didn’t know if the mysterious thing was good or bad. If it really appeared, it might bring greater disaster.

This was the hope in despair and the desire to survive. She could only fantasize, and in the end all she could wait for would be death.

In despair, Zhang Yunyan remembered her friends who fought with her–Shikong and Turtle Elf. She had hope and desire.

However, it was useless to even think about such prayers, and the longing in her heart had no hope. The two friends didn’t know that she was facing death and couldn’t come here to rescue her from a thousand miles away.

Cloud-reaching Crane Bai Yunfei, Cloud-reaching Dragon Zhang Lianhu, and the “the second prince” Du Xiaotian in this world were also in her dream, but no one could save Yunyan in the extreme misery.

Zhang Yunyan vowed that she must not die and be alive to prevent Yan Xiaopeng from harming the people in her hometown and to fulfill the missions entrusted by the two families. However, the reality was so cruel, and what she never wanted was about to come.

She wanted to change her miserable fate, to escape from the desperate situation of death, but in the end it was just a fond dream and a delusional wish.

Downstairs, the oil lamp was listless and faint, and was covered by the lightning relentlessly from time to time.

Upstairs, the murmur stopped, but there was still a dull snoring sound which sounded disgusting.

The night was late, maybe the dawn was not far away. When the Yama of the “living world” woke up, Zhang Yunyan must go to see the Yama of the underworld, and there would be no hope of life at all.

The heroine was extremely sorrowful and painful. She was still thinking hard, she was anxious, and she was sighing…

To live or to die, her consequence would be decided. Just before the dawn, she didn’t know if good luck could miraculously appear, let the beautiful heroine escape from death, and survive despite all the danger.

In anxiety and despair, Zhang Yunyan remembered the horrible scene of the revenge last time. If it was not for Cloud-reaching Crane Bai Yunfei’s sudden arrival, she would have died in Yan Xiaopeng’s hands.

At this moment, she really hoped that Bai Yunfei would appear again to kill Yan Xiaopeng and save her life.

She hoped that the benefactors such as Zhang Lianhu, Shikong and Du Xiaotian would come here to rescue her. She also knew that this was impossible, but she was still yearning and fantasizing.

It was as difficult as reaching the sky to take revenge and survive.

However, Zhang Yunyan didn’t believe in fate. She believed that everything had to be done by herself. Now, she was still alive, and still had time to struggle. She was unwilling to end her life like this and was still thinking about ways to save herself.

She was encouraging herself to never give up. She must get rid of her predicament and fulfill her longing for revenge.

This was her only conviction before death. Anyhow she had to fight to change her destiny, and it must be done before dawn.

Time passed away silently. The lights in the room were dim, and the sorrowful person was anxiously praying, but she couldn’t see any hope of life.

Outside the small house, the wind and rain was violent. Thunder bombarded and lightning flashed, and the raging momentum didn’t change at all.

In the ghostly little house, the disgusting snoring sound sounded in the “living world”; in “hell”, death was approaching.

Suddenly, in despair, Zhang Yunyan’s eyes brightened, and it seemed that she found something. Her anger and frustration disappeared, she was eagerly thinking and trying, and a longing expression appeared on her beautiful face.

It was right. She did have an idea. Although this delusional idea was not feasible, she should and must try it in order to escape from death and take revenge.

She didn’t give up the slightest possibility, and before the death arrived, she must work hard to fight. Even if she failed, she could die without regret.

Zhang Yunyan stopped crying, and had no time for sorrow and pain. She was constantly twisting her body as hard as she could and hitting the binding stake. All she wanted was to break free from the binding around her body.

The stakes were solid and the ropes were thick. It was hard to break free. It was really delusional.

Yunyan didn’t give up. She couldn’t do nothing and just wait to be killed by Living Yama.

This was a helpless method in the time of urgency, and she must strive hard to try whether it could succeed or not. If it failed, she could only accept it.

This was a delusional idea and the last struggle before death. She must go all out to fight for the slim chance of existence, hoping to win a glimmer of hope.

Zhang Yunyan slammed hard and continuously into the stakes. The desire to survive surpassed everything, she no longer felt pain and fatigue, and was working hard.

The sweat was seeping out, and she was crashing hard…

Sweat was streaming down, and she was still stubbornly colliding…

The sweat moistened her clothes, but she didn’t stop. She kept trying harder…

Sweat had soaked in her clothes, she still didn’t feel fatigue and pain, and was still struggling for survival…

The streaming sweat moistened the ground. She didn’t stop, and kept working hard…

In the small house, except for the lonely and tragic life, everything went into dreamland and was very quiet. In the silence, in the dark and horrifying atmosphere, she had a feeling of hope and longing.

Zhang Yunyan persisted stubbornly, worked tirelessly, and kept hitting hard…

The stakes were loose, and she had confidence…

The stakes were gradually shaking. She saw the chance, and was greatly encouraged…

Yunyan had been fighting tenaciously for survival. With the rapid breathing and streaming sweat, the stakes could be slightly moved up and down, which gave her greater confidence…

She leaned back against the stake and tried to pull her body down… Then she clamped her arms, took a deep breath, used all her strength and stood up while pulling up and shaking the stake.

In the continuous shaking and pulling, for a short period of time, the stake was finally pulled out of the ground.

Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time she felt extremely weak and fatigued, but she had great hope.

Zhang Yunyan lay on the ground gently and rested for a while. She didn’t dare to make any sound.

She didn’t dare to delay in case of causing trouble and losing the little hope she had just seen. As soon as she recovered slightly, she acted. With the cooperation of her arms, her body kept moving, and finally she broke away from the stakes. She was delighted and felt relieved.

Yunyan gently removed the lashings on her body, and with the joy of regaining her freedom, her body and mind were extremely happy. A smile flashed on her nervous face, and she looked rosy and excited.

This result was hard-won. If she had not experienced the hardships in the cave of Jiuyou Sage, which had greatly increased her internal strength, she would never be able to shake a solid stake, let alone pull it out the ground, and she could not break away from the rope.

Seeing the hope of living, Zhang Yunyan breathed a long sigh of relief.

At this time, although her hands and feet were bound, she was able to move, and to stay alive was no longer a dream. It could be said that victory was in sight.

Her strained body and mind was relieved, and her mood was greatly improved. Yunyan no longer had to struggle for her life. She had to find ways to release her hands and feet and kill Living Yama.

Zhang Yunyan thought of Magical Dragon Sword and sighed secretly. If the sword was here, she would already be freed from the shackles and kill Living Yama.

She looked at the oil lamp on the table which was faint and listless; she heard the disgusting snoring upstairs, and then stood up gently.

She tightened her body and using the bound feet to jump towards the table. She was very careful not to make any noise, and was afraid to alarm Living Yama.

Zhang Yunyan came to the table and sat up with her back to the oil lamp. Her tied hands slowly reached the oil lamp. She tightened her eyebrows, bit her teeth, gently removed the extremely hot lampshade, and placed it quietly on the table.

Then, the tied hands carefully reached to the lights, trying to burn the rope with the weak flame.

Although the flame was low, it was extremely hot. Not only could it burn the ropes, but also her wrists. And the pain was overwhelming.

Yunyan’s teeth were rattling. Her face was stiff in great pain, and she was slightly shaking, and beads of sweat were streaming down frequently.

The feeling of being burned was no better than being scraped. She felt heartache and the organs inside her body were also burning.

Zhang Yunyan had no choice but to endure severe pain in order to get rid of the shackles and kill Yan Xiaopeng. This was a whimsical idea which she suddenly came up with after helpless thinking, and it was only and feasible.

She won the hope of life, and also won the opportunity to slaughter Living Yama. It was no longer a dream to fulfill her revenge.

Moreover, the burning pain was not a pain compared to death, nor could it be compared with the anger of hopeless revenge.

The rope and her clothes were burning. Her skin was squeaking in the fire.

Zhang Yunyan endured in pain. Her body twisted involuntarily, she shivered and struggled.

She gritted her teeth and insisted tenaciously. Her rigid face was still trembling, and the beads of sweat were streaming, but she didn’t dare to make any sound.

She couldn’t alarm Living Yama anyway. Otherwise all her hope would only be a dream.

“Crack!” The rope on her wrist was finally broken, and her arms were free again. Zhang Yunyan hurriedly rolled over to put out the flames on her body.

The burnt flesh was excruciatingly painful. She clenched her teeth and forced herself to make no noise.

Zhang Yunyan was finally free from the hand of death. Her desire for revenge was very promising. Although the pain of the burned skin was unbearable, she was extremely excited and happy.

At this moment, she had no time to take care of the pain, and hurriedly untied the straps on her legs.

In the “hell”, the sadness and despair were fading. In a blink of an eye, the fire of life was lit.

This was the fire of hope, which was rising accompanied by thunder and lightning, and she vowed to completely change the ruthless “hell”.

Zhang Yunyan’s slack face was full of anger, she looked a bit stiff because of the tension, and her eyes were wide open, looking murderous. The fire of revenge became more vigorous.

Yunyan knew that Yan Mansion was no better than hell at this time. It was very dangerous. Red Hair King Ghost was raging here, and the monster Monoclonius was protecting the home of her enemy. If her action was perceived by the demons and monsters, it would bring shocking changes, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

She must kill Yan Xiaopeng as soon as possible, not giving the enemy any chance to live. She finally broke away from the embrace of death, and was about to slaughter Living Yama. She must not let the terrible things happen again and reverse the good situation.