Seeing Su Xi before her, Xu Qingning couldn't help but tremble.
At this moment, she already felt the shadow of death. With just one wrong step, she would truly die here.
Taking a step back, she said with immense regret, "You're not at the Foundation Establishment stage at all, you liar! You've deceived me so badly."
Someone at the Foundation Establishment stage wouldn't possess such formidable abilities, nor could they possibly disrupt her Divine Summoning technique. The only explanation was that Su Xi had hidden her cultivation, feigning weakness to deceive her.
The thought of being ambushed made Xu Qingning feel deeply wronged.
It was even more unbearable than encountering a scumbag and losing everything. She had initially believed cultivators would be simpler, only to find them more complex than anyone else.
This damn complicated world had left her thoroughly wounded.
Hearing Xu Qingning's accusation, Su Xi couldn't help but laugh, almost to the point of dying from it.
Xu Qingning, unable to defeat her, was now blaming her for being cunning.
Alas, in this world, no one cared about the methods used in a battle; only the outcome mattered.
If you're outmatched, don't spout empty words. It only earns disdain and achieves nothing.
With this thought, Su Xi decided not to waste more words on Xu Qingning, which might disrupt her state of mind.
She reached out and grabbed Xu Qingning, who was lying on the ground, and hurled her towards the direction of the Silver Soul Wood.
These people had tried to harm her multiple times; not killing them would not suffice to vent her anger.
Although she had not been in this world for long, it did not mean her knowledge was shallow. Having read through so many books in the Scripture Pavilion, her knowledge had naturally increased by leaps and bounds.
Thus, when Su Xi saw the Silver Soul Wood, she had already recognized it. She knew even better that to obtain the Silver Soul Wood required an extremely cruel method.
And the Silver Soul Wood before her was clearly nearing maturity, indicating it had been nourished by blood before, and many people had already perished here.
These two had schemed to have her obtain the Silver Soul Wood, intending for her to become a sacrifice as well.
Since others harbored malicious intentions, she certainly had no reason to spare them.
When dealing with enemies, killing them was the best solution.
"Ah!" As Su Xi's grip tightened, Xu Qingning let out a scream, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, clearly suffering severe internal injuries.
Seeing this, Su Xi waved her hand towards the void and flung Xu Qingning towards the Silver Soul Wood.
"Pfft!"
In an instant, Xu Qingning's body was pierced by the Silver Soul Wood.
The blood from Xu Qingning's body flowed out, trickling down the branches of the Silver Soul Wood. The crimson blood flowed along the trunk, and was soon absorbed into it without any waste.
As her blood drained, Xu Qingning became an empty shell. With a gentle breeze blowing from the horizon, she completely dissipated from the world.
"These people schemed and plotted, only to benefit me in the end. I wonder what they were busy with."
Su Xi muttered to herself and walked towards the Silver Soul Wood.
Having been nourished by blood, the Silver Soul Wood had turned from white to a light red. Illuminated by the distant light, it appeared alluring and strange, clearly having matured.
The mature Silver Soul Wood emitted an eerie chill. Even though Su Xi had activated her protective divine light, she still felt a tremor deep within her soul.
"Truly miraculous," Su Xi marveled, then reached out her hand towards the Silver Soul Wood.
The mature Silver Soul Wood was no longer cursed, and she no longer had to worry about danger.
Plucking the Silver Soul Wood, Su Xi felt it was extremely cold to the touch, as if holding ten thousand years of frozen ice.
If Su Xi herself had not cultivated a fire-attribute technique, she would have been unable to withstand the intense cold. In mere moments, she might have turned into an ice sculpture.
However, even though she endured the cold, she still felt a bone-chilling coldness, her hands turning red from the frostbite.
She hadn't expected such a short Silver Soul Wood to contain such immense power.
"Grandmaster, why don't you try it first?" Su Xi tentatively asked.
This frigid rod, she didn't know if True Lord Tiangang would be completely finished, turning into an ice lolly, if he entered. Thus, everything depended on True Lord Tiangang's own opinion.
True Lord Tiangang glanced at Su Xi and nodded.
Without any apparent action, his body transformed into a white light and merged into the Silver Soul Wood.
As his soul-body integrated into the Silver Soul Wood, he felt an ineffable sense of pleasure from the depths of his being, like a summer breeze or a winter sun, making him incredibly comfortable.
The need to use spiritual power to prevent his soul from dissipating was now gone, and his soul even showed signs of strengthening.
"Ah!"
In millions of years, he had never felt so comfortable. He couldn't help but cry out in ecstasy.
Hearing True Lord Tiangang's untimely cry, Su Xi's expression instantly turned peculiar.
What was her Grandmaster doing?
This was a novel, and there were so many viewers.
"Grandmaster, are you alright?" She suspected her Grandmaster's mind might have been frozen, and she wanted to understand the situation before he did something so absurd.
"Why would I not be alright?" True Lord Tiangang emerged from the Silver Soul Wood, looking at Su Xi helplessly.
He was, after all, a master; couldn't she have a little more faith in him?
Sensing True Lord Tiangang's disdain, Su Xi realized she was worrying unnecessarily. Thus, seeing the situation, she wisely chose to remain silent.
Instead, she took out a radar from her person, retrieving the items she had on her.
Having finally arrived in the secret realm, she naturally had to do what was necessary.
Her purpose for coming here was not for the Silver Soul Wood, but for something else.
Moreover, now that Xu Qingning was dead, she would definitely have to take the Wood Spirit Orb back.
Otherwise, if the Heavenly Scar could not be sealed, and things that shouldn't be released were to escape, the problems would become very serious.
Taking out the radar she had made, Su Xi began to scan the third level.
Regardless, she had to obtain the Wood Spirit Orb first.
After a period of scanning, a location quickly appeared on Su Xi's radar. This spot emitted a gray light and was continuously flashing.
The moment she saw the gray dot, Su Xi's face lit up with a smile, knowing that what she was looking for was there. Without hesitation, she moved in the direction indicated by the flashing gray dot.
She had used the Fire Spirit Orb she held to perform an elemental reverse transcription program, finding a fragment homologous to the Wood Spirit Orb. Then, using this homologous fragment, she had conducted the search.
It seemed to have worked quite well; without much effort, she had successfully located the Wood Spirit Orb.
However, after walking in the direction indicated by the radar for a while, the smile on Su Xi's face disappeared.
This was because she had discovered a desperate truth.
She had arrived at a dead end.
Before this precipice, she had tried numerous methods, all of which had failed without exception.
This bottomless abyss seemed to be permeated by a special magnetic field. Above this strange magnetic field, nothing could fly over.
Anything that passed overhead would inexplicably vanish, its whereabouts unknown.
What could she do now?