Then, Zi Lingsha turned around leisurely and looked at Kong Luan with an indifferent expression. She smiled and said, "Did you say that if I were here, I would be able to intimidate you?"
"You …!"
Kong Luan's expression immediately turned grave. An unprecedented pressure forced him to take a few steps back. She asked solemnly, "Are you the Thousand Mountains Serene?"
Zi Lingsha tacitly shrugged her shoulders. Her seemingly indifferent action immediately caused the entire mausoleum to boil, and waves of clamor arose.
"Thousand … Thousand Mountains Serene?"
"Oh my god, she's the Thousand Mountains Serene?
One of the two most favored demonesses in this God Territory Ceremony? "
Of course, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that everyone was looking at Qin Shi with jealousy in their eyes. "How … how lucky is this kid?
It's fine that the daughter of the Wasteland Domain Lord is following him, but even the Thousand Mountains Serene is willing to protect him? "
"Yes, this time, the Wind Region is really in big trouble. Look at the Thousand Mountains Serene, she must have a close relationship with that kid."
"Compared to the Thousand Mountains Serene, even Kong Luan can't be compared, right?"
They were not the only ones who were shocked. Even Haoyue and Kong Hyun-hui were dumbfounded. Haoyue choked and said, "She, she's the Thousand Mountains Serene?
Oh my god, what kind of person have I been with these few days? "
"So … she's the Purgatory Saintess."
Recalling Zi Lingsha's indifferent gaze, Kong Hyun-hui suddenly understood something. She looked at Zi Lingsha with a strange expression.
Standing behind Ziling Sha, Qin Shi was the most shocked. However, it was as if he had already expected it. He squinted his eyes and smiled, "Haha, you really hid it well."
"You didn't ask me." Zi Lingsha slyly found an excuse for herself.
Qin Shi could not be bothered to argue with her on this topic. He simply said, "In other words, the reason why the Purgatory disciples helped me just now was because of you, right?"
Ziling Sha pondered for a moment and nodded her head.
She knew that she couldn't hide it any longer even if she wanted to.
"You told me before that there's no knowing what's in a man's heart because you already knew that Kong Luan was hiding nearby, right?"
"Indeed."
"Then why didn't you tell me?"
"I only know that he's here, but I don't know what his purpose is. Besides, I've reminded you that you're the one who insisted on it, and I'll only support what you insist on." Zi Lingsha puffed up her cheeks and said in a low voice, feeling a little wronged.
When Qin Shi heard this, he couldn't get angry no matter how hard he tried. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the two of them were inextricably linked. Of course, reality proved that it was indeed so between the two of them. Until now, Qin Shi still couldn't figure out what Zi Lingsha meant when she said that they were the same kind of people.
However, Qin Shi knew that although their relationship was complicated, it wasn't like what outsiders imagined. Under such circumstances, this woman was willing to sacrifice so much for him. From Shang Shang City, she saved him at the expense of her life in the Han Family, and helped him time and time again without asking for anything in return. All these were enough to move him.
Hence, in the end, he didn't refute her. He just said to Zi Lingsha with concern, "Then … be careful."
Seeing that Qin Shi wasn't angry, Zi Lingsha smiled sweetly like an innocent girl. If it wasn't for the fact that he knew Zi Lingsha, Qin Shi thought that he would be bewitched by her.
However, in an instant, that smile disappeared. The aura emitted from Ziling Sha's body caused everyone present to tremble with fear. Even Qin Shi had never felt such an aura from her before. It was a kind of inviolable power.
She smiled in an imposing manner, "He can't hurt me."
"You …!"
Kong Luan was humiliated by Zi Lingsha in front of everyone. She clenched her fists and said, "Thousand Mountains Serenity, don't go too far. If you push me too far, you might not be my match."
"You'll find out soon enough."
Zi Lingsha didn't waste any time. Her figure flickered and she took the initiative to meet Kong Luan. Her entire body was shrouded in a thick purplish black mist, causing miasma to fill the air wherever she passed.
As she approached Kong Luan, she reached out her hand. Her fingernails broke free from her flesh and suddenly grew a few meters long. Like a witch's claw, she fiercely grabbed at Kong Luan.
"Flower Bone Demonic Claw!"
Kong Luan panicked. She quickly took a few steps back and struck out with her hand.
"Heavenly Wind Demonic Palm!"
Boom!
Rumble!
The rumbling sound echoed in the mausoleum.
Where the two of them clashed, a layer of shattered space extended for over a hundred meters, directly shattering the ground into thousands of bottomless, pitch-black ravines.
"I didn't expect the legendary Thousand Mountains Serenity to be just a little girl in the Nine Heavens Realm!" Kong Luan said shamelessly as she raised one of her hands.
"Dragon Wind Tornado!"
Kong Luan was still very nervous facing Zi Lingsha. Of course, it wasn't because Zi Lingsha was giving him too much pressure. It was mostly because of the rumors about Zi Lingsha that he was panicking.
His hands formed a circle in front of his chest. After a cycle of spiritual power, from his eyebrows, a golden gust of wind appeared. That gust of wind was very different from the ordinary wind. It traveled thousands of feet around his body, and there was even a dragon's roar. Suddenly, it shot towards Ziling Sha.
Zi Lingsha didn't seem to care about the Golden Dragon Wind. She let the wind roll up her purple dress. She slowly reached out her jade-like hand and flipped it a few times in the air.
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
A purple aurora pierced through the space, shocking the winding wind dragon. Explosions sounded like fireworks in the sky, and purple vortexes appeared out of thin air one after another. Looking into them, it was like a boundless galaxy in the night sky, but there were nightmarish sounds mixed in them that terrified everyone.
"This, this is the Purgatory Gate?"
Kong Luan's eyes widened. The feeling that the purple vortex gave people was the same as the Purgatory Gate formed by the forty-nine Purgatory disciples. But didn't the Purgatory Gate require forty-nine people to open?
How could Zi Lingsha open it by herself?
Moreover, the power contained within it was not inferior to anything else. The ferocious feeling that made one fall into it was simply the highest level of purgatory in the world.
Not only Kong Luan, but many people were also shocked. Some disciples who didn't know what to do became absent-minded and panicked when they saw the purple vortex.
Qin Shi frowned. This was the first time he saw Zi Lingsha fight without using poison. Instead, she used her spiritual energy as a foundation. He didn't expect her to be so violent.
"What a strange power." He secretly praised.
"That's our Holy Maiden's Purgatory Realm."
"Purgatory Realm?"
Qin Shi was slightly stunned. He turned around and saw that the leading disciple had already stood up and was looking at the purple vortex with a solemn expression. He was extremely respectful.
"Lingsha is only at the Ninth Heaven Realm. How could she have a realm?"
Qin Shi was puzzled. He paused for a moment and said, "Moreover, the realm is determined by one's element. Is there another element called Purgatory in this world?"
The disciple was stunned. It was obvious that Qin Shi thought he was lying. He smiled helplessly and said, "The Holy Maiden's Purgatory Realm is different from ordinary realms. Her realm doesn't exist in the real world. It's grafted onto the passage to Purgatory.
"In our Purgatory Realm, we don't care about your cultivation. What we really care about and determine your strength is the suffering you endure."
The disciple's eyes were filled with ruthlessness. "Our cultivation is cultivation. The more suffering we experience, the stronger we will become."
"Is that so?"
"Otherwise, do you think that our Purgatory Realm is just a name?"
The disciple let out a long sigh. "The Refinement Realm is truly a living hell, and the Holy Maiden is the one who has endured the most pain and suffering in Purgatory in the past thousands of years. Although we don't know what she has experienced … her willpower is enough to allow her to enter Purgatory without so much as a frown. That is also why she is able to cultivate this Purgatory Domain."
Qin Shi came to a sudden understanding when he heard this. Immediately, the gaze he used to look at Zi Lingsha became strange. Some pity involuntarily rose in his heart towards this girl, "Just what have you experienced … that you are unwilling to say?"
Qin Shi sighed. However, at this moment, Kong Luan completely panicked. He crazily attacked Zi Lingsha. Under the Purgatory Gate, all his attacks were useless.
"How, how is this possible? You're just a puny cultivator of the ninth heavens. How could I not be your opponent?" Kong Luan roared in rage.
Zi Lingsha shook her head mockingly. Then, she slowly stretched out her jade-like hand. A purple ray of light pierced through Kong Luan like an endless mountain.
This caused Kong Luan to stare blankly. When he turned around, he suddenly realized that Ziling Sha's target was not him, but Yin Bingming who had been hiding behind him all along.
Bang!
Seeing the purple ray of light approaching, Yin Bingming instantly panicked. However, he didn't have a chance to escape. The ray of light wrapped around his neck. Zi Lingsha twisted her jade-like hand and his body directly left the ground. He didn't even have the chance to struggle. He was forcefully dragged in front of Zi Lingsha.
"Don't, don't kill me."
Yin Bingming involuntarily shouted. His emotions were completely dominated by fear.
"You've betrayed his trust."
Zi Lingsha shook her head in disappointment. Then, she clenched her fist and pierced Yin Bingming's throat like a bayonet.
Yin Bingming was in the seventh level of the sky. Under Zi Lingsha's power, he didn't even have a chance to resist. He was directly dismembered. His eyes were wide open when he died.
Zi Lingsha's coldness was directed at everyone except Qin Shi. Therefore, she didn't show any emotion after killing Yin Bingming. It felt like she hadn't killed a person, but more like she had stepped on an insignificant ant. She squatted down and searched Yin Bingming's body. She took down the light orb floating on the altar and smiled sweetly.
However, what was shocking was that she didn't even take a second look at the ball of light. She turned around and threw it at Qin Shi. "You've always wanted this. Take it."