"This beast is truly useless."
Chu Lingwei looked at the fourth-level Blazing Eagle lying on the ground, its cultivation destroyed, clinging to its last breath.
Once a spirit beast lost its cultivation, its contract with its master was severed, and the master suffered a backlash.
"Ah… you killed my spirit beast, I'll kill you." Cheng Shan, unable to sense her spirit beast, screamed like a madwoman, summoning all her magic tools and charging towards Chu Lingwei.
Although her true target was Chu Xiyin, Chu Lingwei would not let someone who constantly tried to kill her go easily.
The bell in her hand flew out, returning Cheng Shan's magic tools to her, striking her body heavily.
In a flash, Chu Xiyin had no time to intervene. With a quick movement, she had retreated far away.
She knew too well the power of Chu Lingwei's bell. It could not only disperse all spiritual energy but also repel these magic tools. Such an attack, with all the magic tools coming at her simultaneously, would result in either death or severe injury.
Chu Xiyin was not foolish.
"Shan'er, be careful." Having already retreated to a safe distance, Chu Xiyin feigned a pained reminder.
"Ah." Cheng Shan watched in despair as all her summoned magic tools hurtled back towards her. With no chance to escape, she could only scream.
As the magic tools flew towards Cheng Shan, Chu Lingwei flicked her hand, and an Ice Condensing Sword pierced Cheng Shan's chest, while the other magic tools exploded before her.
Cheng Shan could not die yet. The disciples of Xuanxin Sect were all bound by soul lamps. If they died, their soul lamps in Xuanxin Sect would extinguish.
Cheng Shan and Chu Xiyin were both elite disciples of Xuanxin Sect, one a direct disciple and the other an inner disciple. If Cheng Shan's soul lamp extinguished, people from Xuanxin Sect would immediately investigate.
"Ugh!" Cheng Shan was in too much pain to cry out. Her body convulsed, and she fell to the ground, feeling her life slowly fading. She turned her head to look at Chu Xiyin and found her standing far away, with no intention of helping. Cheng Shan's eyes were filled with shock, which slowly turned to disappointment, a hint of hatred seeping out.
This was the person she followed, who abandoned her when she was in danger.
At this moment, Chu Xiyin was shocked. Facing Chu Lingwei's single strike, Cheng Shan and her spirit beast were severely injured. Such power was far beyond the Spirit Awakening realm.
They had both been deceived by the woman before them.
She had deliberately lured them here.
"Who are you? Why did you lure us here?" Chu Xiyin's heart burned with hatred. Why had she listened to Cheng Shan and come to deal with someone of unknown origin?
"To kill you, of course." Chu Lingwei answered as a matter of course. Otherwise, why would she have gone to such lengths to lure them here? "You don't need to bother. Your message can't get out."
Here, Chu Lingwei had already set up a barrier with spatial power, which no one could break, not even Su Xianrou.
Chu Xiyin watched the spiritual talisman she had summoned in her hand fall powerlessly to the ground. Panic began to set in. Gritting her teeth, she took out the Thousand-Mile Transmission Talisman her father had given her. This talisman, worth thousands of high-grade spirit stones, could help her send a message from anywhere.
"How is this possible?!"
Seeing the Thousand-Mile Transmission Talisman fall to the ground like ordinary paper, Chu Xiyin could not believe her eyes.
Chu Lingwei had long known that Chu Xiyin possessed numerous magic tools. The spatial barrier she had set up was tailor-made for her.
"Chu Xiyin, today is your death day."
Chu Lingwei's gaze was ice-cold. The barrier manifested, turning the area into a frozen wasteland. Chu Xiyin summoned her magic tools to fight back.
"Do you know who I am?"
Chu Xiyin narrowly dodged Chu Lingwei's attack and summoned her three spirit beasts: a fifth-level Howling Moon Sky Wolf, a third-level Jade Qilin, and a sixth-level Twin-Headed Black Serpent.
These spirit beasts had been contracted for her long ago by her father and mother, in case she encountered danger. They could serve as her shield.
These three spirit beasts all had the potential to transform into human form. They were all coveted by other spirit cultivators, rare to find. Who would have thought Chu Xiyin possessed three?
Chu Lingwei knew Chu Xiyin had trump cards. Seeing the three spirit beasts shielding Chu Xiyin and lunging at her, she said coldly, "No matter who you are, you must die today."
The bell in Chu Lingwei's hand flew out, repelling the two Black Serpents. Looking at their dark bodies, Chu Lingwei felt uncomfortable. She disliked soft, crawling creatures the most.
The two Black Serpents were struck at their vulnerable seven inches by the spiritual energy manifested by the bell and fell to the ground.
Chu Lingwei did not stop. The pure spiritual energy of her Heavenly Water Spirit Root, imbued with spatial power, struck the Howling Moon Sky Wolf.
Today, she was determined to kill Chu Xiyin here, and she held nothing back. She needed to end this quickly.
However, the three spirit beasts attacking Chu Lingwei simultaneously put her under a slight strain. Two were defeated, and the third was already upon her.
Chu Lingwei's heart sank. A spectral silk ribbon appeared in her hand. Before she could attack, a faint spiritual energy flashed around her waist. The listless Phoenix Nether flew to her, opened its small mouth, and spat a ball of golden fire onto the Jade Qilin.
The Jade Qilin's fierce expression froze upon seeing the Phoenix Nether, and it was struck.
Strike while the iron is hot. Chu Lingwei's spectral silk ribbon struck the Jade Qilin like a sharp blade.
As the three spirit beasts attacked Chu Lingwei, Chu Xiyin had already drawn her weapon, waiting for the spirit beasts to launch their attack so she could sneak attack Chu Lingwei when she was caught off guard.
Before she could even get close, her body suffered a backlash, and she fell to the ground.
Her contract with the Jade Qilin was broken.
Her father had told her that the Jade Qilin was different from other spirit beasts. It possessed the bloodline of an ancient divine beast and would ascend the path of cultivation alongside her as her spiritual power grew.
Therefore, her contract with the Jade Qilin was not an ordinary master-servant contract but a soul contract, equivalent to an equal contract, a partnership.
Severing a master-servant contract would only cause a slight backlash to the master, but severing a soul contract would result in severe injury.
Chu Xiyin's heart ached. The Jade Qilin was a divine beast, and yet it was killed by the woman before her. She truly hated her.
"I am the eldest daughter of the Sect Master of Xuanxin Sect. If you kill me, you will be hunted by the entire Xuanxin Sect." Seeing Chu Lingwei up close, Chu Xiyin quickly swallowed an eighth-grade Restoration Pill and watched Chu Lingwei nervously.
Hearing Chu Xiyin's words, Chu Lingwei couldn't help but smile. Someone acting as interim sect master dared to call herself the sect master.
It was as obvious as day.
"Everyone in the world knows that the Sect Master of Xuanxin Sect is Chu Ze, and his daughter is Chu Lingwei. How did you become the eldest daughter of the Sect Master of Xuanxin Sect?"