"Hmph, I will kill you."
The Second Senior Brother and the Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion before them paused at Chu Lingwei's words. Their voices, filled with rage, turned towards Chu Lingwei as they charged, showing no mercy.
Chu Lingwei smiled faintly. Having already recognized who her Second Senior Brother was, she felt no concern in fighting them now.
"Then we'll see if you have the ability."
"How is this possible?"
The Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion was surprised that Chu Lingwei had found it so easily. It marveled at the cultivator's intelligence, its rage intensifying.
Today, neither of them would leave.
"Hahaha, since that's the case, you shall stay and keep me company." The Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion had lost its patience. Since they were seeking death, it saw no need to hold back.
Once they were dead, all their possessions would be its.
Suddenly, Chu Lingwei noticed that the sky and earth around them had changed color, and the people nearby had vanished.
"Junior Sister, are you alright?" Nangong Luo saw Chu Lingwei and immediately rushed to her side. "We must leave this place quickly."
Looking at the changes before him, a deep worry flashed in Nangong Luo's eyes. He still hadn't found an exit.
"Second Senior Brother, how did you get so badly injured?" Chu Lingwei placed a hand on Nangong Luo's arm. Her Second Senior Brother's body could no longer support him. If he continued to use his spiritual power, he might truly die here.
"It's nothing, I won't die." Nangong Luo forced himself to stand. In just this short moment, the heavens above them pressed down heavily.
Chu Lingwei tried to resist with her divine artifacts, but it was to no avail.
"Ah."
Chu Lingwei spat out a mouthful of blood. Nangong Luo beside her had long since lost consciousness.
"Second Senior Brother," Chu Lingwei could only continuously feed Nangong Luo spiritual items from her spatial dimension, hoping to sustain his life.
"Stay put inside. Within three days, you will be like me, becoming a remnant soul." The voice of the Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion came from outside. It turned out they were already within a magical artifact or a barrier.
Chu Lingwei tried every method, but she couldn't open it. Here, she couldn't use any of her magical artifacts, not even her divine artifacts.
"Junior Sister, I've dragged you down." Nangong Luo opened his eyes, his expression weak.
"Second Senior Brother, don't say that. We entered here together, and they won't let us leave. No one is dragging anyone down." Chu Lingwei shook her head. Even without Nangong Luo, she probably wouldn't be able to leave this place.
"I never expected to perish here." Nangong Luo could feel the spiritual power within his body slowly dissipating. Trapped here, even the power within his body that tried to control him was weakening.
"Second Senior Brother, have you heard of who the Overlord realm great expert's inheritance is within the Ascending Heaven Grand Hall?" Chu Lingwei still hadn't figured out whose inheritance this was.
Nangong Luo shook his head, "I don't know. No one knows. They only know that there is an inheritance hall here for an expert who broke through to the Overlord realm. The one who inherits it should know which great expert this is."
Alas, they likely didn't have the fortune to know.
"Second Senior Brother, is it possible that this is not the inheritance hall of some great expert at all?" Chu Lingwei continued to feed Nangong Luo spiritual medicine, which could protect their spiritual power from dissipating.
"It shouldn't be, right?" Nangong Luo furrowed his brow. This was a place countless cultivators had entered. Although not many had left, some were fortunate enough to escape. From the information they brought back, this was indeed an inheritance hall.
"If this is truly an inheritance hall, then that Overlord realm great expert couldn't have been a good person." Thinking about how many cultivators had died here, it seemed he never truly intended to pass on his legacy.
Nangong Luo remained silent. Not all great experts who ascended to the Overlord realm were good people.
In the path of spiritual cultivation, where could one find truly good people?
"Ah."
Suddenly, a surge of spiritual power struck the depths of Chu Lingwei's soul, causing her to collapse to the ground, unconscious.
"Presumptuous!"
Leng Xingzhi appeared before the Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion. Looking at the rapidly shrinking Soul Devouring Curse circle, rage erupted in his eyes.
Upon seeing the person before it, the Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion's massive body immediately shrunk, coiling on the ground and trembling uncontrollably.
"Die."
Leng Xingzhi slightly parted his thin lips, and the Nine-Tiered Soul Devouring Divine Lion instantly vanished like a gust of wind.
With a wave of his hand, the Soul Devouring Curse circle exploded with a "bang."
"Lingwei." Leng Xingzhi flew forward and held the unconscious Chu Lingwei in his arms. He saw her pale face and the severe damage to her soul.
His eyes were filled with heartache. She was truly a tenacious girl.
"Ugh."
Chu Lingwei felt her head throbbing as if it would explode. At this moment, a cool sensation flowed into her forehead, and the pain slowly subsided.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw a familiar face looking at her with concern.
"Eldest Senior Brother?"
Chu Lingwei thought she was dreaming. She was currently inside the Soul Devouring Pagoda, and her Eldest Senior Brother had not entered the Cangshan Secret Realm. How could she see him?
"You're awake?" Leng Xingzhi reached out and helped Chu Lingwei sit up. Before she could speak, a pill was fed into her mouth.
"Eldest Senior Brother, it really is you." Chu Lingwei turned her head and reached out to pinch her Eldest Senior Brother's face. It was soft, cool, and warm.
"You really don't make things easy."
Leng Xingzhi sighed. If she had just stayed behind Nangong Luo and the others, she would have been able to safely exit the Cangshan Secret Realm. He hadn't expected these reckless individuals to enter the inheritance hall.
"Eldest Senior Brother, my Second Senior Brother he..."
Chu Lingwei suddenly remembered that her Second Senior Brother was even more severely injured than her. She immediately sat up and saw her Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, Feng Ming, and Huan Mao lying on the ground, all severely injured.
"Don't worry, they won't die." Seeing that his Junior Sister had woken up, Leng Xingzhi reached out and tapped her head. "Was the inheritance hall easy to enter?"
Three cultivators of the Rongtian realm actually went to enter the inheritance hall. It seemed they had been living too comfortably before.
"Eldest Senior Brother, when did you enter here?" Chu Lingwei patted her head, which still ached slightly.
"I entered with you all." Leng Xingzhi stood up. "Lingwei, I'll watch over them here. I have something else to do."
"Eldest Senior Brother."
Chu Lingwei still had questions for her Eldest Senior Brother, but as soon as he spoke, he had vanished from her sight.
It seemed her Eldest Senior Brother had entered with a very important purpose.
Chu Lingwei sighed and walked to Nangong Luo's side to check his injuries. The extra power in his body had vanished, and though his soul was injured, it had already been repaired.