So, Zi Lin Ling retracted her attack and took two steps back.
She sat down, just as she was about to ponder how to win, when she heard the telepathic communication between Yi Ran and Elder Du.
Thus, Zi Lin Ling closed her eyes.
Within her spiritual consciousness, Elder Du, Yi Ran, a miniature version of Zi Lin Ling, and herself were sitting.
Zi Lin Ling tidied her thoughts, sighed, and said, "Elder Du, Yi Ran, the connection between the Nine Spirit Ring and the Goddess Hall was not voluntarily severed by me."
Elder Du's eyes widened, and his goatee twitched as he said somewhat angrily, "What do you mean it wasn't voluntarily severed by you?"
Yi Ran remained silent, but her pair of clear, water-like eyes fixed on Zi Lin Ling, awaiting her explanation.
Zi Lin Ling smiled wryly and said, "Elder Du, do you remember the place I asked you to look at last time?"
Elder Du was taken aback and asked, confused, "I remember! Didn't I say that place was very strange and told you to leave if it was too much?"
Zi Lin Ling smiled without answering, but her smile was truly bitter to the extreme.
Elder Du looked at Zi Lin Ling's appearance and seemed to think of a possibility, his heart sinking.
"You didn't leave, did you? You actually broke in?"
Zi Lin Ling nodded bitterly and said, "Night Ling Yuan and I were just curious. Who knew that after climbing those stone steps, we would..."
Zi Lin Ling vividly described what happened on the stone steps, then said, "Therefore, it wasn't that I voluntarily severed my spiritual consciousness, but rather that the Ghost Altar does not allow the use of spiritual consciousness."
"You mean... this is... this is the Vengeful Spirit Altar?"
Elder Du was so shocked he almost pulled off his goatee. Yi Ran's eyes were also filled with shock.
The Vengeful Spirit Altar was formed during the ancient great battle. Because a powerful being of the Divine Realm had fallen here, it was a truly ominous place, a pit of god-slaying that people spoke of with dread!
However, at some point later, for unknown reasons, this ominous place suddenly disappeared.
Afterward, no one found the Vengeful Spirit Altar again, so people gradually forgot about it.
But now, Zi Lin Ling and Night Ling Yuan had accidentally stumbled upon the Ghost Altar and unintentionally activated it. Should they be considered lucky or unlucky?
Zi Lin Ling nodded calmly and said, "The location I am currently in is precisely the Hell mode level of the Ghost Altar."
Elder Du's soul abruptly stood up, his fingers trembling as he pointed at Zi Lin Ling, "You're saying you not only activated the Ghost Altar but are also in the midst of its Hell mode trial?"
Having spoken of what happened, Zi Lin Ling felt calmer.
She nodded calmly again and said, "I have already reached the third level. The requirement for this level is to defeat myself with equal spiritual power and consciousness. It is precisely because of this that I can use spiritual power and consciousness again, and you can contact me."
Elder Du felt his heart falter!
Heaven! What did Hell mode mean? It meant an eighty to ninety percent chance of death, followed by a descent into hell!
But Zi Lin Ling and Night Ling Yuan? Not only had they activated Hell mode, but they had also reached the third level!
What was even more infuriating was that she was speaking such terrifying words so calmly!
Yi Ran's condition was not much better at this moment.
Her pretty face was filled with shock, but her shock was different from Elder Du's.
She knew more about the Vengeful Spirit Altar than Elder Du, after all, she was a spirit that had lived for a hundred thousand years!
The Ghost Altar she knew of was a relic left behind after a battle between the Merman tribe and a demon god.
This demon god was a true deity, not someone whose realm contained the word "god."
Therefore, to activate the Ghost Altar, something related to a god was necessary.
This could be divine blood, divine bone, or a divine position.
Divine blood and divine bone were easy to understand, but the divine position was known to very few.
In fact, the so-called divine position was, ostensibly, a god's seat, but in reality, it was a god's inheritance!
Yi Ran knew that Zi Lin Ling could activate the Vengeful Spirit Altar because she was one of the guardians possessing ancestral divine blood. But why could Night Ling Yuan also do it?
Did he also have divine blood?
Thinking of Night Ling Yuan's identical face to Qing Di Feng Bao Xi, Yi Ran couldn't help but harbor a sliver of suspicion.
Zi Lin Ling was unaware of the thoughts swirling in Elder Du and Yi Ran's minds. What she needed to consider now was how to defeat the fake Zi Lin Ling.
She frowned and said, "Elder Du, Yi Ran, what do you think I should do to defeat the me replicated in the mirror?"
Zi Lin Ling's question undoubtedly interrupted the stormy waves in their hearts.
Elder Du glared at her somewhat petulantly and said, "Aren't you very powerful? Why are you asking me?"
Although he said this, his mind was still rapidly working.
Yi Ran suppressed the doubts in her heart and pondered for a moment before saying, "Master, according to what you said, the you replicated by the mirror should only have copied your current abilities."
Zi Lin Ling nodded and said, "That's right, it is indeed the case."
She had already tried. The strength of the fake Zi Lin Ling was indeed no different from her current self.
Yi Ran's eyes brightened, and she continued, "In that case, what if Master's strength surpasses her current level?"
A glint of light flashed in Zi Lin Ling's eyes, "You mean... a breakthrough?"
Yi Ran nodded.
Zi Lin Ling was delighted, but her face immediately turned bitter, "A breakthrough? Easier said than done! I just broke through two major realms not long ago, and now I can feel my spiritual power is unstable. If I break through again, I'm afraid it will damage my foundation."
Yi Ran thought for a moment and said, "Master, your spiritual power cannot break through further. What about your soul power?"
Zi Lin Ling shook her head and said, "As you can see, my spiritual consciousness is somewhat strange. I haven't fully understood it yet, and I also don't feel any bottleneck."
"I see..."
Yi Ran fell into deep thought again.
Zi Lin Ling's situation was indeed not suitable for another breakthrough.
Furthermore, breakthroughs require reaching a natural culmination. Zi Lin Ling's "water" was not yet sufficient; how could a natural culmination be achieved?
Elder Du said proudly, "I say, why are you making such a simple matter so complicated?"
Simple?
Zi Lin Ling and Yi Ran both looked at Elder Du.
Elder Du stroked his goatee and said triumphantly, "Since it's a replica of you from a mirror, isn't breaking the mirror the solution?"
Zi Lin Ling was stunned for a moment, then a hint of joy flashed across her face, "Indeed, old ginger is spicier! That's a good idea, I'll go try!"
As she spoke, she exited her spiritual consciousness. Su Dan Fiction Network
After sitting for half the day, she suddenly stood up and, with lightning speed, charged towards the mirror behind the fake Zi Lin Ling.