The murderous aura around Ling Zhu caused Mo Xing Yu's heart to go cold. He froze on the spot and was stunned. "Sister … Sister Ling Zhu, what are you doing?"
At that moment, Mo Xing Yu truly felt the murderous aura from Ling Zhu. He did not doubt that if he dared to take another step forward, Ling Zhu would definitely tear him into pieces, regardless of the friendship between them.
Ling Zhu said coldly, "I should be the one asking you this. I promised him that unless I die, no one is allowed to come within a hundred meters of him."
Hearing this, Mo Xing Yu was shocked. He immediately estimated the distance between him and Qin Shi. It was a little more than a hundred meters. His back suddenly broke out in cold sweat. "That … that was close … if I had come within a hundred meters, Sister Ling Zhu would not have stopped me. Instead, she would have killed me …"
Mo Xing Yu swallowed hard and whispered, "I … I wanted to save him. The Heaven Swallowing Serpent has transformed into a dragon. Its strength is very likely to reach the Advanced World Realm. Qin Shi will not be able to stop it. If this continues, he will lose his life."
Ling Zhu's eyes narrowed. She pondered for a while and finally shook her head. "No, let's wait a little longer. We cannot delay the refinement of the Demonic Symbol. Otherwise, he will be devoured by the beast. If that happens, even if we save him, his soul will be shattered and he will suffer a fate worse than death."
"Then are we just going to watch him die like this?"
"Believe in him. With the Dragon Energy, he may not lose." Ling Zhu clenched her fists.
The others hesitated for a while. Seeing Ling Zhu's insistence, Mo Xing Yu shook his head helplessly and retreated to the Miao Tribe's side.
Soon after, in the following process, the ground in the empty space collapsed. Countless extremely powerful bursts of Spiritual Qi spilled out from the Qin Stone Formation. Like ferocious cannonballs, they smashed into the stone wall, creating a huge, deep pit. The entire tomb seemed to be trembling. Occasionally, stones would fall from the sky due to the tremors, giving people the illusion that the tomb would collapse at any moment.
"What, what a terrifying power …"
The Miao Tribe's people felt a chill in their hearts.
"Ling Zhu, are you sure this is going to be okay?
If we act now, Qin Shi may still have a sliver of hope, but if he fails, he will die without a doubt. If his Spirit is shattered, it is very likely that he will never be able to recover even if he leaves the Deep Sea Genesis reservoir. "Miao Jiang finally could not help but say.
At this moment, Ling Zhu had lost her confidence. She clenched her fists tightly and broke out in cold sweat.
She shook her head. "Believe in him. We don't understand this formation. If we rashly go in, not only will we not be able to help him, we might even harm him. Based on his personality, he doesn't look like someone who will throw away his life. Since he dares to do this, he should be confident."
"Confident?
Haha, what a joke. I think he's just a guy who doesn't know the immensity of Heaven and Earth. World-realm beasts refine World-realm Devil Talismans one at a time, and it's extremely dangerous to refine them one by one. But he actually refined all three at the same time. Isn't that just courting death? "Xiahou Mo sneered.
"What did you say?" Roared Mo Xingyu.
Xiahou Mo nonchalantly said, "I'm just speaking the truth. In my opinion, since he's courting death, we might as well fulfill his wish and just leave him here. The Earth Tomb has been open for some time now, and others might have already obtained quite a few treasures. But we're just playing house with a dabbler here. If I knew this would happen, I wouldn't have joined you guys."
"Who wants you to join us?" Berated Mo Xingyu.
Swish!
Ling Zhu's figure suddenly flashed as she grabbed Xiahou Mo by the throat. Xiahou Mo was not short, standing at a little over 1.8 meters tall. His body was well-built, and he had the back of a bear and the waist of a tiger. Compared to him, Ling Zhu was extremely petite. But even so, Xiahou Mo was still lifted up by Ling Zhu as she icily said, "If you say any more nonsense, I'll send you out of here."
"I …" Xiahou Mo tightly clenched his fists, before he shut his mouth.
"Keke, internal strife huh?"
Suddenly, a sinister laugh rang out from the open space. In an instant, Ling Zhu and the rest stood up in shock.
Mo Xingyu squinted his eyes as he looked towards the fork in the road ahead. Over a hundred disciples had appeared at the fork in a majestic manner. Compared to Ling Zhu's group of a dozen people, it was like a huge army. However, the military discipline of this army was extremely poor, and their strength was uneven. The group of disciples revealed shameless smiles. The one who had just spoken was a slightly plump young man. That young man had a head full of fiery hair, and he was chewing on a broken piece of straw. His stomach was bulging, and he had a sinister look on his face as he looked at Ling Zhu and the rest with contempt.
"It's Ah Biao!" Seeing that young man, Ling Zhu and the rest were shocked.
Ah Biao … Sun Destroyer Palace was one of the top three thousand ocean palaces in the inner region, which was even more powerful than Ling Zhu Palace.
On the other hand, Ah Biao's own strength was also very shocking within the inner three thousand. His strength could even contend against many disciples from the Three Pure Ones Group, and he would not give way even if he encountered Fuyang.
In the end, Ah Biao's gaze landed on Ling Zhu, and his eyes were filled with a disgusting wretchedness. He laughed and said, "Hehe, Ling Zhu, you spent a lot of effort to recruit people, and in the end, you only got a few pieces of trash?
I say, are you here to fool around?
Moreover, it seems like Brother Xiahou is not too willing to follow you? "
Ling Zhu's jade-like face darkened, and she said coldly, "We don't need you to worry about our own matters."
"Hehe, indeed, I'm not interested, and I can't be bothered to worry about it. However, I heard that the three Realm State sea beasts outside were subdued by you?
Interesting, the soul value of those three sea beasts should add up to a Level 100 soul token, right?
Hehe, I'm a little interested in this soul value. Ling Zhu, you see … what if you take the initiative to hand it over?
Or should we snatch it ourselves? "Ah Biao purposely paused, and his expression turned even colder.
In an instant, everyone on Ling Zhu's side held their breaths, and prepared to fight at any time.
Xia Hou Mo also retracted his domineering attitude. Even though he already had the intention to betray Ling Zhu, he knew very well that Ah Biao was not a suitable candidate for him. Ah Biao's vicious and ruthless personality was well known among the three thousand inner disciples.
"Don't be impulsive. They have the advantage in numbers, and if we fight, we won't have the advantage. Plus, I didn't set up any arrays here." Ling Zhu clenched her jade-like hands.
"Dammit!
Of all the times to meet them, why did they have to pick a time like this, when we don't even know if Qin Shi is dead or alive? "Mo Xing Yu said angrily. He was very concerned about Qin Shi's safety.
"No matter what, we can't let him disturb Qin Shi. Otherwise, it's very likely that Qin Shi will be disturbed. At that time, once his soul is shattered and he suffers a backlash from the vicious beasts, he will undoubtedly die!"
Xia Hou Mo snorted in disdain, "I maintain my original opinion. This brat can't possibly refine the Devil Sign. We are just wasting our time on him."
"What about you guys?
What do you think? "
At this moment, Ling Zhu looked at the others as if she was asking for their opinion.
Unexpectedly, the others looked at each other and did not follow Xia Hou Mo. The Vajra Brothers said, "Previously, Brother Qin saved us outside the tomb, but we betrayed him. However, he wasn't angry at all. Because of this, I can't do it again. This time, I have the same opinion as the other two."
You Labi pursed his lips. "I don't care. I'll follow everyone's opinion."
The Longevity Palace disciple said, "Me too. I also feel that we can't give up on Qin Shi. Actually, I'm the one with the weakest combat strength here. If I give up on him now, there will come a day when I drag everyone down, and you will all give up on me. I can't cut off my own path of retreat, right?"
Ling Zhu nodded her head in satisfaction. Actually, she didn't ask these people for their opinions. She had already made up her mind to fight to the death with Ah Biao and the others. She just wanted to know which of these people were worthy of her protecting with her life, and which ones weren't.
Clearly, she already knew in her heart.
"Haha, it seems like you're not going to comply?"
Ah Biao sneered. Then, he suddenly clenched his fists, causing the air around his fists to shatter. He sneered. "However, this is good too. In addition to the soul value of the three sea beasts, I, Ah Biao, will also accept your soul value!"
"If you're so capable, try and take it!"
Ling Zhu waved her lily-white hands. Similarly, rays of light shot out in all directions as she quickly set up several simple array formations in front of her.
"The Ling Zhu Palace's array formations are indeed unparalleled in the world. However, there isn't enough time to set up a large array formation. You might be able to deal with some small fries with these, but do you think you can stop me?"
Many of the disciples behind Ah Biao were shocked when they saw the array formations that Ling Zhu had taken out. Although the arrangement of the array formations was very simple, they were all interlinked. The five elements complemented and countered each other. When the eight gates were opened, they all corresponded to the laws of heaven and earth, causing their power to be not to be underestimated. This kind of array formation would be considered a protective array in some small sea palaces. However, in Ling Zhu's hands, it was easily made up.
However, Ah Biao was extremely relaxed. Although these array formations were profound, they were not stable due to the lack of time. Ah Biao was confident that he could easily break them.
Ling Zhu frowned. She also knew that these simple array formations were useless against Ah Biao.
"Haha, watch me destroy your array formations in three moves."
The corner of Ah Biao's mouth curled up. Then, without any feints, he clenched his fists tightly and punched the air in front of him.
Boom!
That punch clearly hit the void, but when it finally stopped, it caused a huge explosion, as if it had hit a real wall.
Crack!
Suddenly, the illusory space was shattered by a huge force at this moment … Huge cracks appeared in the air, causing the entire space to distort and crisscross. Immediately, when the fist wind landed, each crack seemed to contain a miniature sun. Then, under the huge impact, they rapidly exploded, one after another, turning into nothingness.
Boom!