It was indeed a missed opportunity but to be fair Lin was injured saving Ji Bai from Ji yue causing them to separate so nobody knew about Lin Tuo betrayal unlike the Novel where Lin was strike behind while fighting by Ji Yue, she didn’t save Ji Bai unlike the Novel if I remember correctly but I don’t remember if Ji Bai send her to Huo Lei, actually no He didn’t In the Novel only Lin & Ji Bai went to confront Ji Yue while in the Manhua, they went as a trio Ji Bai, Huo Lei, and Lin. After Lin passed out and was injured Ji Bai transform into Bai Ji. in that arc so many things were different between Novel and Manhua but they all lead to the same thing and character status that happened except Lin Tuo being a traitor was too early
P.S. Just reread that part in the novel and well I just wanna say it it even more brutal Lin got done dirty by Ji Yue attack, golden spear pierce through her chop her arm off and pierce her to the wall causing her to cough blood 💀 to top it off Ji Yue also forcefully pull the Spear from her body and then threw her off with her other arm to a pillar hitting it really hard, really brutal in the Novel, Novel been much more violent compare to Manhua