Hearing Ye Ling's question, Ji Ning did not hide anything. She said, "I learned of it by chance. When Zhou Wen sealed himself in the Tianyou Ancient Realm back then, the powerful expert who forced Zhou Wen into a coma left a contract on Zhou Wen's bronze coffin."
"The content of that contract was that if Zhou Wen wanted to obtain freedom, he had to complete one task for the person who released him."
"So, the condition for you to release Zhou Wen was to have him kill me?" Ye Ling asked.
"It's all in the past, there's nothing to hide anymore. That's right... After you destroyed my Seed Member and escaped with the World-Ending Spirit Fire, my hatred for you reached its limit, so I recklessly released Zhou Wen."
"Even now, I still hate you, but I hate Zhou Wen a little more at the moment."
Ji Ning did not hide her hatred for Ye Ling at all and spoke frankly.
She now understood that Ye Ling saw things more clearly than she did, and her thoughts could not be hidden from Ye Ling.
Rather than being completely figured out by Ye Ling, it was better for her to confess proactively and play a straight game with Ye Ling.
Anyway, they had signed a soul-bound contract, and with Zhou Wen as a common enemy, she was not afraid that Ye Ling would set a trap for her midway.
At worst, they would all die together, which would benefit Zhou Wen.
Ye Ling was not surprised by Ji Ning's answer and continued to ask, "Can you release your soul and let me take a look at that contract?"
"What do you want to do?" Ji Ning asked vigilantly.
Releasing her soul meant completely exposing her most vulnerable side to Ye Ling.
Although Ji Ning and Ye Ling had signed a soul-bound contract, this did not mean that Ji Ning completely trusted Ye Ling.
Ye Ling continued, "I know this request is abrupt, but I want to find a way to restrain him from Zhou Wen's contract. If you don't trust me, I can also release my soul for you to peek into my secrets."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ji Ning pondered for a moment and then said, "Alright, I can release my soul, but the premise is that you release your soul first and let me peek into your soul."
"No problem!"
Ye Ling did not hesitate at all. He immediately used the soul-bound contract to subtly draw a part of Ji Ning's soul to himself, showing complete trust to Ji Ning.
Ye Ling also knew very well that what he was doing now was extremely risky. If Ji Ning had malicious intentions, he would be in an irrecoverable situation.
Moreover, he and Ji Ning were still enemies. After Zhou Wen's matter was resolved, there might still be a battle between him and Ji Ning.
If Ji Ning were to peek into his trump cards, it would likely be much more troublesome to fight Ji Ning in the future.
However, this was the only way to make Ji Ning completely let down her guard and open her soul.
Fortune favors the bold. Ye Ling might find a way to defeat his enemy from Ji Ning and Zhou Wen's contract!
"You kid... you have so many secrets? What kind of world is the lower realm you came from?" Ji Ning peeked into the depths of Ye Ling's soul and discovered incredibly incredible secrets such as runes, the power of creation, and the World-Suppressing Pearl!
What was even more incredible to her was that in the depths of Ye Ling's soul, there were two names that she dared not even peek at.
Although Ji Ning did not know why, she had a premonition that if she peeked at those two names, she would fall into an abyss of eternal damnation, even more miserable than falling into Zhou Wen's hands!
Who exactly was this kid?
Ji Ning realized that Ye Ling's origin was extraordinary, and a storm of shock instantly surged in her heart, causing even her soul to fluctuate.
"What are you thinking?"
At this moment, Zhou Wen sensed Ji Ning's emotional fluctuation and questioned her.
"Not good!"
Ji Ning secretly thought it was bad and immediately severed her connection with Ye Ling, explaining to Zhou Wen, "My, my soul is injured, and the pain is unbearable."
Ye Ling, who was hiding not far away, immediately concealed himself within the runes and simultaneously erased the drop of essence blood he had left in Ji Ning's body.
"So, you're blaming me?" Zhou Wen asked, narrowing his eyes.
Ji Ning's expression changed slightly, and she quickly shook her head, "No... I dare not blame you, my lord! I'm just in some pain and can't help it..."
"You are blaming me!"
Zhou Wen snorted coldly, his eyes turning red again. He immediately pulled Ji Ning to his hand and said coldly, "I think you're itching for a beating!"
Before his voice could even fall, a large amount of spiritual energy surged from Zhou Wen's palm, piercing Ji Ning's skin once more and tormenting Ji Ning's soul!
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Ji Ning let out another piercing scream, as if to pierce through the heavens.
"This bastard, is he never going to stop?"
Ye Ling, hiding in the dark, cursed in a low voice, enduring the pain in his soul, his face extremely pale.
He had already signed a contract with Ji Ning, and now that Zhou Wen was tormenting Ji Ning's soul, he would suffer the same pain.
And Zhou Wen seemed to be getting more excited as he played, his eyes glowing redder. He was about to tear Ji Ning's soul apart, causing permanent damage to Ji Ning!
"I can't stand it!"
Seeing that his soul might suffer permanent damage, Ye Ling could no longer bear it. He immediately released his aura and shouted at Zhou Wen, "Zhou Wen, your grandpa is back!"
"Ye Ling?"
Zhou Wen saw Ye Ling suddenly appear, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He casually dropped the dying Ji Ning, then looked at Ye Ling and asked, "You've already escaped, why are you coming back to throw yourself into the net?"
"I left something here."
Ye Ling smiled at Zhou Wen while using the power of creation to heal the damage to his soul, "Zhou Wen, I didn't expect you, with your human-like appearance, to be more brutal than a beast."
"You're not qualified to judge me," Zhou Wen sneered at Ye Ling.
"Although I don't know why you ran back, this saves me a lot of trouble. Perfect timing!"
As he spoke, Zhou Wen threw a rope condensed from spiritual energy at Ye Ling. However, the moment the spiritual energy rope touched Ye Ling, the potent poison of the Myriad Poison Beast within Ye Ling spread out, eroding towards Zhou Wen's heart meridian along Zhou Wen's spiritual energy.
Seeing the potent poison approaching, Zhou Wen's expression changed slightly. He immediately severed his connection with the spiritual energy rope and simultaneously released a large amount of energy to erase the poison of the Myriad Poison Beast, fearing even the slightest contamination.
He had spent an endless amount of time with the Myriad Poison Beast in the Tianyou Ancient Realm and knew very well how troublesome the Myriad Poison Beast's poison was!
Although the poison at that moment was not fatal, he did not want to suffer even the slightest loss while crushing an ant!
After destroying the poison of those Myriad Poison Beasts, Zhou Wen looked at Ye Ling and sneered, "Ye Ling, you don't actually think that by smearing some poison on yourself, I won't be able to do anything to you, do you?"
Ye Ling chuckled lightly, "From the current situation, it seems you really can't do anything to me."
Zhou Wen's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he said, "Ji Ning, kill him!"