The [Subconscious Invasion] skill ended. Lu Heng slowly opened his eyes, drew out the Aurora Blade, and prepared to chop the Supreme Female Demon’s head in two, then use Star Realm Travel to leave the cave. Tiness instantly broke free from the state of subconscious control, gasping heavily and hurriedly grasping at the last chance to survive: "Spare my life, and I can promise you anything. Whatever you demand, I will never resist." "Sorry, I’ve already gotten what I wanted, it’s time to go back." Lu Heng rejected her plea. "I will be your servant!" Tiness shouted hurriedly, her tone urgent and seeking life: "You can command me to do anything, I will be your infiltrator within the Bloodline Clan." Admittedly, Lu Heng was indeed interested when he heard her proposal. However, there was one problem that couldn’t be solved. Lu Heng still shook his head: "I have no means of remotely controlling you. Sorry, I still have to kill you." Tiness quickly exclaimed: "I have, I have a way to become your servant, I have..." Lu Heng had been using a clone to monitor the situation outside and had not yet discovered any Bloodline Demons arriving, so he patiently listened to her continue. Tiness pleaded: "Could you first put my head back on? My blood’s running dry, I won’t last much longer." The life force of the Bloodline Clan was indeed tenacious, but if the head was separated for too long, they would still die. The reason she could hold on for so long was that the Bloodline Clan had an exceptionally strong blood clotting ability, so when the head was severed, the wound would seal up due to the racial trait, slowing blood loss significantly. But regardless of how slow, if dragged on for dozens of minutes, she’d still die. Now was already her limit. Lu Heng grabbed her hair, picked up her head, and pressed it back onto her body. Once Tiness’s head was reattached, the wound clotted and scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a few more minutes, she could slowly move her limbs, but was heavily injured, her fingers trembling. Lu Heng waited a few minutes, then said coldly: "Your time is running out." Tiness took a few gasping breaths and hurriedly said: "I’m willing to hand over my heart and become your servant." Upon hearing this proposal, Lu Heng became even more interested. Because he had indeed heard in a previous life that the Bloodline Clan handing over their heart was a way of swearing allegiance. However, he wasn’t sure about the specific procedure. Curious, Lu Heng asked: "If you hand over your heart, won’t you die?" Tiness pointed her finger at the corpse of a Bloodline Demoness in the hall corner and replied: "I can use their hearts." Lu Heng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Since you can replace hearts, taking your heart doesn’t seem like much of a threat to you." Tiness hurriedly explained: "Handing over my heart makes me your servant. Even if there’s no binding power, as long as you display my heart, other high-ranking bloodlines will kill me." The Bloodline Clan indeed had a form of swearing allegiance by handing over their heart. Even without actual control effects, it still had indirect control. After all, Tiness was the Supreme Female Demon, one of the three existing factions of the Valendar Bloodline Clan. There was a competitive relationship between these three factions. Once the other two factions knew Tiness had handed over her heart, the only result waiting for her was death. After understanding these key points, Lu Heng thought this plan was worth attempting. Just killing her now only kills a high-rank Bloodline Demoness, but it doesn’t cause deeper consequences for the Bloodline Clan. Keeping her alive might prove useful in the future. As Lu Heng was contemplating, a Blood Crow flew in from outside, forming a mass of blood shadow in the hall. Lu Heng’s gaze condensed, and the Aurora Blade had already been swung. Tiness quickly shouted: "It’s a message! It’s a transmission from the Bloodline!" Lu Heng asked coldly: "What message?" Tiness: "Abyss Battlefield, a Abyss Battlefield appeared in the cave, a Shadow Demon summoned over." Regarding the appearance of Abyss Battlefields in the Demon Territory, Lu Heng had heard about it before, but only heard of it, never seen it himself. Curious about what was happening, Lu Heng asked: "What Abyss Battlefield? What’s the task given by the Shadow Demon?" Tiness, panting, said: "The message just now didn’t contain that information. I need Bloodline messaging to communicate and ask about the task to tell you." Lu Heng squinted his eyes, raised his hand, summoned a Star Gate from the ground, then placed the sword on her neck, saying: "Hand over the heart first." Tiness’s expression struggled, but she had no choice. She used her nails to slash open the flesh in front of her chest, took out the heart, placed it in a container, and handed it to Lu Heng with both hands. Lu Heng took the container, checked it, and said: "You can inquire about the task content now." Tiness hurried to a Bloodline Demoness’s corpse, dug out a heart, stuffed it into her chest cavity, then collapsed on the ground, panting heavily. Sustaining two consecutive severe injuries nearly exhausted her life force, further coupled with the discomfort of heart replacement, she had reached her limit. She panted for a long time until her breathing steadied, then released a blood shadow that transformed into a Blood Crow and flew out. Lu Heng had already opened the Star Gate, so if the Blood Crow she released was reporting to other Bloodline Demons, he could leave directly through the Star Gate. 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