They intended to unleash countless alien monsters and wear down Zhuo Ling through sheer attrition. After nearly an hour, most of the monsters had been slain, yet Zhuo Ling's skin remained untouched. Seeing her painstakingly gathered monsters being wiped out, the woman grew anxious.
"Didn't you say her abilities would be limited in this world? I don't see any effect at all."
"That's because you haven't witnessed her true strength." She turned around. "No, the numbers still aren't enough. We need to find another way."
The woman refused to believe it. The air around her began to distort. "I refuse to believe she can defeat me after killing so many aliens."
"Don't..."
The distorted space moved countless times faster than her flight. It was too late to stop it; she could only follow immediately.
Zhuo Ling had long sensed the presence of the two women and guessed their intentions. As the woman approached, she killed the last few monsters even faster.
Turning with her long sword, she slashed horizontally before the woman could even steady herself. The woman's eyes widened; her staff emitted a faint glow, blocking the attack.
Zhuo Ling flipped her sword and slashed downwards. The woman was forced to let go of her staff and retreat a few steps, her fierce gaze fixed on Zhuo Ling.
The staff automatically flew up and charged towards Zhuo Ling. Zhuo Ling also let go of her sword, allowing the two spiritual weapons to fight in the air. Her body transformed into a wisp of red smoke, rapidly closing in on "Luan Yu," gathering her palm wind and aiming for her vital point.
"Luan Yu" moved her hand, and a special barrier erected itself between them, blocking her fierce wind while simultaneously attacking Zhuo Ling from the side.
The two of them fought fiercely in the sky, while on the ground, Luan Yu watched with trepidation.
She had killed so many monsters; her spiritual energy must be depleted. Although she didn't fully understand the source or function of this power, Zhuo Kong Beasts relied on spiritual energy to traverse time and space. Without it, they couldn't even protect themselves.
Did that mean she...
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Her thoughts were interrupted. She looked up; the other person had also arrived.
These were the two who had attacked her in that world.
The one identical to Zhuo Ling, said to be a part of her that had been peeled away from her body. Their relationship was even more distant than their different timelines. This person was definitely not as powerful as Zhuo Ling.
But the two of them together...
"Bang!"
Luan Yu stared dumbfounded at the fake being smashed not far away, spitting up blood.
She was too weak.
Zhuo Ling was disgusted by this entity. Upon seeing her, she immediately abandoned her fight with "Luan Yu," turned, and attacked.
The sword she had been robbed of by Rong Jin in that world had been lost somewhere. Then, she had found another one in some forgotten corner, intending to use it to ambush Zhuo Ling, but Zhuo Ling had cleaved it to the ground with a counter-attack.
The sword shattered directly, and she, like a butterfly with broken wings, drifted to the ground.
After a moment of shock, "Luan Yu" quickly fell. She had always known she wasn't this woman's match. She retreated while fighting, eventually falling back to the side of the person lying on the ground, intending to flee with her.
A sharp sound echoed through the night sky. A white shadow passed between the two. "Luan Yu" was sent flying. She had been attempting to escape, and the force of her attack was reflected back onto herself. The pain made her feel as though several ribs were broken, and she could taste a sweet, metallic tang with every breath.
Focusing her gaze, she immediately flew into a rage.
"Little beast!"
Little Tangyuan, having struck successfully, bounced a few times in the air and jumped towards Zhuo Ling. Zhuo Ling caught it and landed on the ground with it.
Luan Yu also hurried over and stood beside her.
The woman had intended to eliminate the little beast. Seeing the situation, she realized she wasn't at an advantage. Her eyes darted around, and as she got up from the ground, she said to Zhuo Ling, "Indeed powerful. But even the most powerful has weaknesses. If you want to find your little lover, meet me at SF's main star in three days."
After speaking, her staff erupted in light, forming a halo that sucked both their bodies in, and they quickly disappeared.
Zhuo Ling had no intention of giving them another chance but was drawn in by her words. By the time she reacted, the two had already left.
She turned to Luan Yu. "You owe me an explanation."
Luan Yu's face was helpless.
Just as she was about to explain, she saw the little white tangyuan in Zhuo Ling's hand and exclaimed in shock, "How did you get out? Where is Dongling?"
Little Tangyuan chirped softly twice.
Luan Yu instantly exploded in curses. "Damn it! I knew that scoundrel man had ill intentions!"
"What happened?"
"That person named Su Yanyun took Dongling away."
Zhuo Ling was silent for two seconds, then said, "Let's go back. I also have something to find him about."
At this point, she understood that the main system had been misleading her.
Or perhaps, it had lost the person.
How infuriating!
"Alright, it's a good time for me to tell you my guess."
"Guess?"
As they walked back together, Luan Yu said, "I mentioned before that I am the administrator of a parallel dimension. Time and space are completely chaotic there, which is why those monsters appear. Although I am not greatly affected, I dislike that place, so I visit other worlds every now and then. Last time, I went to Dongling's world. For some reason, my body and soul separated. My soul inhabited the body of an ordinary person in that world and was trapped for a long time. Later, I managed to break the seal and leave that world. When I returned to the parallel dimension, I found that she had taken my place."
"She? Who?"
"I don't know yet. For now, let's call her 'she.' She's another me who appeared out of nowhere in the parallel dimension. She knows everything about me, and some memories are even clearer than mine. She claims to be my past self, and because I was incompetent, she wanted to replace me. I killed her. It was also then that I learned killing another me would grant me greater power. I returned to Dongling's world, stayed for decades, and when I came back, I found the monsters from the parallel dimension had escaped. I came out to find them, and then I met you."
Zhuo Ling frowned. "What does this have to do with her? Who exactly is she?"
"I suspect she is a monster replicated by time and space from the person I killed. You don't know how chaotic the parallel dimension is. In that place, ordinary people can easily be replicated dozens or even hundreds of times. And because their memories from different time periods are jumbled and chaotic, most of them turn into monsters."
Zhuo Ling truly couldn't imagine how chaotic the place she described was. Normal human thinking would assume a past leads to a future, but in the place she spoke of, everything had clearly collapsed.