Ye Ling focused his attention on Yun Dandan, about to make a move. However, a new doubt arose in his heart, and he asked Zhen Hun, "I suspect there's a trial involving Yun Dandan and Ye Qiao. If I forcibly interfere with their trial, will it cause any irreversible consequences?"
The reason Ye Ling had sacrificed a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers for Yun Dandan to absorb earlier was, on one hand, to buy himself time to contact Ye Qiao, and on the other hand, for the "fairness" of the trial.
His intervention to help Ye Qiao regain her sanity clearly disrupted the fairness of this trial. If Ye Qiao defeated Yun Dandan, Ye Qiao might still be judged as having lost the trial.
That was why he had sacrificed a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to help Yun Dandan increase her strength, effectively helping both sides.
Both sides were strengthened, ensuring the "fairness" of the trial.
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, Zhen Hun nodded and said, "Listening to you… it does seem like a 'gu-raising' trial, with Ye Qiao and Yun Dandan as the subjects. If we rashly interfere, we'll disrupt the 'fairness' of this trial. If the trial is deemed invalid, we don't know what might happen."
Ye Ling then said, "How about I forcibly destroy the runes deep within Ye Qiao's soul? Although those runes are new characters, their power is similar to the runes I control. It's not impossible to destroy them forcefully."
"Absolutely not!" Zhen Hun immediately rejected Ye Ling's proposal. "Putting aside whether forcibly destroying those runes will cause permanent memory loss for Ye Qiao, just based on the fact that this trial uses those new runes, if we don't investigate this matter thoroughly, how will we deal with other runes that appear in the future?"
Ye Ling frowned and said, "Then what should we do now? Yun Dandan's power has been greatly enhanced again. If Ye Qiao is once again controlled by the runes and loses her sanity, and the two sides engage in combat, Ye Qiao will undoubtedly lose. At that point, forget the trial, Ye Qiao might even lose her life."
After all, Ye Qiao was Ye Ling's disciple, and Ye Ling couldn't just watch her go to her death.
Moreover, with the involvement of runes in this trial, if Ye Qiao were to die, she might not even be resurrected by the Great Dao of Reincarnation.
"Let me think…"
Zhen Hun pondered for a moment, then said, "How about this: you briefly teach Ye Qiao some runes, allowing her to use your runes to maintain her sanity and fight Yun Dandan. Yun Dandan has already been strengthened by the blood energy. Teaching Ye Qiao some rune knowledge won't disrupt the 'fairness.' If Ye Qiao truly can't win, then we'll intervene."
Ye Ling sighed slightly, glancing at Yun Dandan below, whose aura was continuously soaring. "This is the only way. To end this trial, it still depends on Ye Qiao herself…"
With that, Ye Ling wasted no time. He infused some of the relatively simpler rune knowledge from the Ancient Spirit Scroll into Ye Qiao's soul. Simultaneously, he channeled some spiritual energy into Ye Qiao, stabilizing her cultivation at the Saint realm.
After absorbing the blood energy, combined with the blood-colored giant hands behind her, Yun Dandan's strength reached the Half-Emperor realm. With Ye Qiao's current cultivation and the rune techniques, her displayed strength was on par. If Ye Qiao could use the runes more proficiently, her chances of winning would be greater.
After enhancing Ye Qiao, Ye Ling withdrew his soul power and concealed his presence.
After Ye Ling left, runes once again manifested on Ye Qiao's forehead, and her eyes became vacant.
However, this time, she had gained a lot of knowledge about runes in her mind. Coupled with the demonic energy from Ye Ling's assistance, she quickly broke free from the control of the runes and regained her sanity.
"What is this…" Ye Qiao regained consciousness, finding that Ye Ling was no longer around her. A hint of confusion flashed in her eyes as she wondered what had happened.
She only remembered that Ye Ling was going to help her recover her memories, but now she still remembered nothing.
At this moment, Ye Ling transmitted his voice, "Ye Qiao, you need to defeat Yun Dandan now. Use all the knowledge in your mind, and defeat your opponent by any means necessary!"
"Defeat Yun Dandan?" Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ye Qiao suddenly felt an extremely terrifying killing intent from below. She followed the killing intent with her gaze and saw Yun Dandan, with blood-red eyes and enveloped in dense blood energy, staring intently at her!
Seeing the terrifying blood energy emanating from Yun Dandan, Ye Qiao's scalp tingled, and she quickly said, "You want me to defeat her? How is that possible?"
Just the aura Yun Dandan exuded made her feel breathless.
Ye Ling said, "Use the knowledge in your mind; you can do it."
"The knowledge in my mind?"
Ye Qiao's mind was in a panic. Suddenly, she found a large amount of rune usage methods surging into her mind. Although she didn't understand the meaning of those runes, she could feel that they possessed terrifying power!
"Kill!!!"
Yun Dandan roared, her two blood-colored giant hands behind her transforming into wings. With a powerful flap, she shot towards Ye Qiao like a streak of blood-colored lightning tearing through the sky!
Seeing Yun Dandan charging at her, Ye Qiao's mind was in a panic. She haphazardly activated the runes, and several chains condensed from runes materialized around her!
Clang!!!
Yun Dandan formed her fingers into claws and fiercely struck the rune chains. Brilliant sparks erupted in the air, and the surrounding space shattered as a result!
The surviving cultivators in the capital could not even discern the movements of Yun Dandan and Ye Qiao. They could only see chains filling the sky and sparks flying from their collisions.
With every collision, space would shatter.
The sky above the capital had become a realm of spatial turbulence!
Ye Ling landed beside Ye You and removed the barrier of demonic energy surrounding Ye You.
Ye You, regaining her freedom, saw the fierce battle in the sky and asked Ye Ling with red eyes, "Brother, aren't you going to explain? You sacrificed a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and Nezha!"
Seeing Ye You on the verge of tears, Ye Ling felt a pang of heartache and comforted her, "It's alright. After this battle, they will all come back to life."
"Really?" Ye You asked with a tearful voice.
"Really…" Ye Ling smiled gently. "The more troublesome issue now is the battle between Ye Qiao and Yun Dandan. If Ye Qiao loses, things will become truly serious."
Upon learning that Nezha and the other immortals could still be resurrected, Ye You's mood immediately improved. She then had the mood to watch the battle in the sky and asked, "What exactly is going on? Do they have to determine a winner? And we can't interfere?"
Ye Ling nodded slightly and explained, "Due to an oversight on my part, Ye Qiao was pulled into some special trial. She and Yun Dandan need to determine a victor. Until the outcome is decided, I cannot intervene further."
Ye You looked at the battle in the sky, her brow furrowed, and then said, "But I see Ye Qiao is at a disadvantage. Can she really win?"
Clang!!!
As soon as Ye You finished speaking, Yun Dandan in the sky shattered the rune chains condensed by Ye Qiao. The blood-colored wings behind her transformed back into blood-colored giant hands, directly grabbing Ye Qiao!
Ye You's expression changed, and she exclaimed, "Danger!!!"