Zi Linling continued to casually crack melon seeds, allowing Zi Jinling's sword to point at her chest.
"Dodge quickly!"
"Be careful!"
The princess was anxious, and the eunuch was more so.
Those who admired beauty shouted in distress.
Zi Linling seemed not to hear.
She slowly shelled out a melon seed kernel and put it in her mouth.
Below the arena, those who had closed their eyes, unable to bear to watch, all let out a sigh from their throats.
A cruel and sinister smile appeared on Zi Jinling's face.
If her sword tip moved forward just a fraction more, it could pierce Zi Linling's heart.
But would she have that chance?
Of course not.
Zi Linling's lips parted slightly, "Scram!"
The sword tip that had been pressing against Zi Linling's chest, with this soft shout, quickly retreated.
The speed was as fast going as it was coming.
Even Zi Jinling, who held the sword, tumbled several somersaults in mid-air before falling to the ground in a sorry state.
At the same time, this soft shout also made those who had felt pity for Zi Linling subconsciously open their eyes.
Their instinct for beauty immediately drew their gazes to the incomparably beautiful Zi Linling.
Then, one after another, sighs of relief rang out.
Then, one after another, screams of surprise erupted.
"Heavens! What happened? Who is that disheveled madwoman?"
"Nonsense, don't you see that Miss Zi San is still standing calmly? If so, that madwoman must be Miss Zi Er, who seduced her fiancé."
"But that's not right! Isn't Miss Zi Er only at the third level of body refinement? How did she become at the peak of Qi Gathering?"
"Right! What did we miss?"
"Don't you notice that Miss Zi San's hair isn't even messy?"
"So what if it's not messy? Isn't that normal?"
"Normal my foot! Miss Zi San is a waste who can't cultivate... oh wait, she's a normal person who can't cultivate!"
Only then did everyone realize.
Zi Linling, who couldn't cultivate, stood unharmed, not even a speck of dust on her.
And Miss Zi Er, at the third level of body refinement... oh no, now at the peak of Qi Gathering, was in disarray and quite embarrassed.
A huge contrast formed between the two.
This made the onlookers regretfully slap their thighs.
They regretted it!
They regretted not keeping their eyes open, regretted missing the exciting scene.
However, what was missed was missed, and regret was useless.
Ye Lingyuan's lips curved into a faint arc.
While this outcome was within his expectations, it also exceeded them.
What he hadn't expected was that his Lin'er had truly used just "one breath" to blow that suicidal woman into such disarray.
Xiong Tai, Li Luo, and Fu Liuyun twitched their mouths repeatedly.
To be able to blow away a spiritual practitioner at the peak of Qi Gathering with "one breath," to what level of refinement must the control of spiritual power be?
It seemed that their defeat in the Misty Forest that day was not in vain at all.
Moreover, they discovered that in just a few days of not seeing her, Zi Linling's strength had improved again.
"Alas, she truly is a heaven-defying prodigy!"
As for Zi Wenchang, his jaw was about to drop to the floor.
His daughter's transition from the third level of body refinement to the peak of Qi Gathering was already incredibly astonishing to him.
And his renowned useless niece was even more terrifying, having "blown" his daughter, who was at the peak of Qi Gathering, into a somersault with just "one breath," making her extremely embarrassed.
Could this be considered a surprise?
It probably shouldn't be!
If it had to be counted, a shock would be more fitting, wouldn't it?
The thought of his niece becoming so powerful gave Zi Wenchang a splitting headache.
When she was a waste before, he couldn't even get the Patriarch's token, let alone now?
Seeing the four elders with sparkling eyes, he feared that his patriarch succession ceremony would once again be in turmoil.
Fortunately, behind him stood Zi Donglai, the young master of the Zi family of the empire.
Although Zi Donglai was also using him, it was because he had value to be used, wasn't he?
Unfortunately, Zi Wenchang did not know that his backer, Zi Donglai, had already been imprisoned by Zi Jitian.
When he sold his father, Zi Jitian, to Zi Donglai, Zi Jitian was utterly disappointed in him.
Therefore, Zi Jitian kept the news of Zi Donglai's imprisonment from him without a leak.
Thus, Zi Wenchang's coveted position as patriarch was destined to be a futile effort.
On the stage, Zi Jinling's resentful gaze was mixed with a trace of shock.
"You're not a spiritual practitioner at the Qi Gathering realm?"
Zi Linling rolled her eyes, cracked another melon seed, and said casually, "Who told you I was at the Qi Gathering realm?"
Zi Jinling's heart skipped a beat.
Judging by Zi Linling's tone, she must be beyond the Qi Gathering realm.
If not Qi Gathering, then could it be... Spirit Gathering realm?
Thinking of this, Zi Jinling said incredulously, "You can't be a Spirit Gathering realm spiritual practitioner, can you?"
Zi Linling smiled faintly and said, "So what if I am?"
Her confident demeanor undeniably revealed the terrifying truth that made everyone tremble.
Spirit Gathering realm at twelve years old!
This was something that had never appeared in the history of the Tianyuan Continent.
The Spirit Gathering realm was already enough to make their hearts unable to bear it. If they knew that Zi Linling was not only at the peak of Spirit Gathering, but also at the peak of Spirit Gathering that could rival the Saint King realm, would their eyeballs still be intact?
This was what it meant to leap over the dragon gate in one go, shaking the vast mountains and rivers!
The jealousy in Zi Jinling's eyes could dye half the sky red.
"Impossible! Impossible! You, a mere waste, how can you be a Spirit Gathering realm spiritual practitioner? A month ago you were clearly a waste, how could you have broken through to the Spirit Gathering realm in just a month? I don't believe it! I don't believe it..."
Zi Jinling shook her head frantically, trying to deny a fact that she could not accept.
But facts were facts, no matter how much she disbelieved, it had already become a fact.
"What does it matter to me whether you believe it or not?"
Zi Linling sneered and said, "Fine, for the sake of our blood ties, I'll give you another chance to make a move, only this time, and never again! You'd better grasp it well, my second *sister*!"
To make someone perish, first make them go mad.
There are some people, even if given a sliver of hope, they will stir up monstrous waves.
Therefore, letting her soar high above the clouds and then casting her into hell was true revenge.
If others don't offend me, I won't offend others. If others offend me, I will return tenfold!
Zi Jinling took one of the original host's lives, and she would take ten of Zi Jinling's lives!
Even if she didn't have ten lives, she would make Zi Jinling pay for this one life ten times over!
As expected, Zi Jinling had completely gone mad.
The fire of jealousy, the fire of anger, and the fire of resentment intertwined, completely burning her remaining sanity to ashes.
She wanted to kill Zi Linling!
Thus, she raised her sword again and stabbed towards Zi Linling.