"Father, I really have a way to deal with Kunwu."
Chu Lingwei emphasized again, "Father, if I didn't have confidence, I wouldn't be here. Father, just let me try."
Chu Ze looked at his daughter with a conflicted expression. She was only a cultivator at the Huatian realm, how could she possibly deal with a controller realm mighty being?
"Father, let me try. If it doesn't work, I have my own way to leave."
After Chu Lingwei finished speaking, she stepped onto Fengming and flew towards Kunwu, her bronze ancient sword glowing red.
If they couldn't get Kunwu into the space again, they would have no chance of winning this time. Everyone here might perish.
"Weiwei..."
Seeing his daughter fly forward, Chu Ze quickly followed.
"Lan Xingning, do you really think you can kill me with just these people?"
Kunwu stood in the middle, smiling as he looked at the person who had trapped him. Two cultivators at the Supremacy realm, two at the Three Heavens realm. To him, he could easily kill them with a slight raise of his hand.
"Lan Xingning, as long as you tell me the secret art of the Phoenix clan, I can spare your lives and the lives of your Phoenix clan."
These people posed no threat to him. Kunwu, like a superior being, stood on the clouds looking down at everyone.
"Kunwu, even if our Phoenix clan is annihilated, I will not tell you our secret art."
Lan Xingning's eyes were filled with killing intent. It was this person who had pushed their Phoenix clan to the brink of desperation. He wished he could make him repay a hundredfold for the suffering his clansmen had endured.
"Since you are so stubborn, I will draw all the blood from your Phoenix clan to sacrifice to the sacred tree." Kunwu burst into laughter. What was so difficult about this? As long as he took their blood, he could still gain spiritual power.
"Kunwu, I will not let you go today."
Lan Xingning's anger and hatred had reached their peak. Even if he died, he would perish with the person in front of him.
For a moment, spiritual power and artifacts collided, and the entire Jingliang Forest was in turmoil.
"Shuiyi, help me."
The eldest uncle and father were no match for Kunwu. Chu Lingwei had to get Kunwu into the space to quell this battle.
Shuiyi transformed into her merman form, her water spiritual power stirred the lake water on the ground, turning it into sharp weapons that shot towards Kunwu.
"It's actually a merman!"
Seeing Shuiyi's true form, Kunwu couldn't help but be surprised. Cultivators all over the Xuántiān Continent knew about the formidable combat power of mermen.
"Die."
Shuiyi's eyes were as cold as the sea. The water spiritual power of the Supremacy realm caused the entire Jingliang Forest to freeze over.
Chu Lingwei, standing on the bronze ancient sword, flew towards Kunwu like a wisp of smoke. Just as she was about to touch Kunwu, a surge of spiritual power, like a giant hand, pulled her back.
"..."
Chu Lingwei really wanted to curse. Twice she had almost succeeded in her plan, only to have it disrupted.
"Kunwu."
A familiar voice sounded next to Chu Lingwei, causing Kunwu, who was fighting Shuiyi, to tremble. This gave Shuiyi an opportunity to heavily injure Kunwu.
"Leng Xingzhi."
Kunwu fell to the ground, his eyes filled with anger. "Leng Xingzhi, don't forget, you are from the Leng family. How dare you ruin my good deed?"
Kunwu stared intently at Leng Xingzhi, inexplicably feeling a tremor in his heart when facing the young master of the Leng family.
"Kunwu, it seems you haven't taken my words to heart." Leng Xingzhi embraced Chu Lingwei and landed steadily on the ground. He walked towards Kunwu, his killing intent making Kunwu's mind incredibly clear.
"Leng Xingzhi!"
"Eldest Senior Brother?"
Seeing her eldest senior brother, Chu Lingwei immediately stepped forward.
"Weiwei, step back." Eldest Senior Brother blocked Chu Lingwei with his spiritual power and stepped forward a few paces, using his spiritual power to tightly grasp Kunwu.
Even a controller realm mighty being, under Leng Xingzhi's spiritual power, could not resist.
Lan Xingning was shocked. He hadn't expected Leng Xingzhi's combat power to be so formidable.
"Weiwei, don't come closer." Chu Ze pulled Chu Lingwei back. Kunwu's anger had reached its limit. If Leng Xingzhi hadn't appeared so suddenly, Weiwei would have been injured just now.
"But Eldest Senior Brother..."
"Weiwei, Young Master Leng should be alright." Chu Ze transmitted to his daughter. Leng Xingzhi was much stronger than rumored.
Chu Lingwei stared at Leng Xingzhi's back. A killing aura emanated from him, an aura no weaker than Kunwu's.
"Leng Xingzhi, how is this possible?"
No matter how hard Kunwu struggled, he couldn't mobilize the spiritual power within his body. He was shocked. How was this possible?
"Kunwu, do you feel anything unusual in your body now?" Leng Xingzhi glanced sideways at his junior sister standing behind him, then turned back. Each word seemed to possess a mesmerizing quality, striking into Kunwu's ears.
Kunwu was greatly alarmed.
He could actually not control his spiritual power.
"If I wanted to kill you, it would be as easy as pie," Leng Xingzhi's voice rang out again, dispelling Kunwu's last shred of disbelief.
"How is this possible? How did they do it?" Kunwu was terrified. He was a controller realm mighty being, how could someone control him?
Leng Xingzhi sneered. Nothing was impossible. With a slight exertion of his hand, Kunwu felt the threat of death.
"Leng Xingzhi, you cannot kill me." Kunwu shouted, "Don't forget, I have a deal with your Leng family."
At these words, Leng Xingzhi's hand stopped its movement, and the artifact in Lan Xingning's hand also flashed with spiritual light. Their deal was to slaughter their Phoenix clan and obtain the Phoenix clan's sacred tree.
"Kunwu, who is the one you truly made a deal with?"
Leng Xingzhi sidestepped and threw Kunwu in front of Lan Xingning. "Clan Leader Lan, consider this my sincerity to your Phoenix clan."
Chu Lingwei looked up. Her Eldest Senior Brother and uncle had something they were hiding from her.
"Good."
Lan Xingning readily agreed, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. He raised the artifact in his hand and struck it into the center of Kunwu's forehead.
"Ah..."
A scream rang out. The controller realm mighty being perished, his soul along with it, disappearing into the Jingliang Forest.
Chu Lingwei returned to the Xiuling Academy with her Eldest Senior Brother, while Lan Xingning returned to the Dragon Manor.
Above the Jingliang Forest, the stars twinkled, and everything returned to a state of tranquility. The spiritual energy collision from earlier seemed as if it had never happened.
"Eldest Senior Brother, even if you take me back now, those who should know already know."
It was a joint decision by Leng Xingzhi, her uncle, and her father for Chu Lingwei to return to the Xiuling Academy with Leng Xingzhi.
"They wouldn't dare to spread rumors." Leng Xingzhi reached out and ruffled Chu Lingwei's head. "Why did you come back?"
Her third junior brother had already taken her away from Lingzhou, yet she had secretly returned.
Leng Xingzhi couldn't help but feel helpless. This was his junior sister's way of doing things.
"I didn't want to stand by and watch them die." Chu Lingwei didn't want to watch her clansmen die because they couldn't resist. These people were all her family. She couldn't be a detached observer.