After a night's rest, the group's condition was at its peak.
"This Divine Demon Forest is filled with strangeness, everyone be careful!"
Zi Linling finished speaking and stepped towards the Divine Demon Forest.
Just as her foot was about to enter the Divine Demon Forest, someone rushed in front of her.
It was none other than Shen Liuxing.
"Sister Zi... it's inconvenient for you to lead the way with him on your back, let me do it!"
Shen Liuxing finished speaking and stepped into the Divine Demon Forest.
Zi Linling always felt a strange sense of familiarity about Shen Liuxing, yet she couldn't recall where it came from.
She smiled helplessly and followed.
Then, Rong Guang and Shangguan Yulin followed, flanking Zi Linling.
Xuanyuan Xun covered the rear, and the five formed a diamond formation, striding forward.
The interior of the Divine Demon Forest was even more gloomy and eerie than it appeared from the outside.
The trees were black, the grass was black, all the vegetation was black.
The dense, towering trees almost completely blocked out the sunlight.
Black leaves, blown by an unseen wind, swirled and danced in the air, refusing to fall.
Faint cries emanated from the darkness in all directions, chilling them to the bone.
"Why do I feel like I've arrived in the eighteenth level of hell?"
Shangguan Yulin tightened his clothes and said in a trembling voice.
Rong Guang gave a stiff smile and said, "You're a Divine King realm expert, can't you have a bit more composure?"
Xuanyuan Xun said with a tense expression, "This Divine Demon Forest is full of strangeness, truly worthy of being one of the Four Great Fiendish Lands."
Zi Linling said solemnly, "Something is not right here, everyone must not let their guard down!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Liuxing suddenly stopped.
Zi Linling almost collided with Shen Liuxing's back as she couldn't stop in time.
Zi Linling frowned and asked, "What is it?"
Shen Liuxing pointed ahead with a grim expression and said, "There's something there!"
The group approached and stood in a line, looking in the direction he pointed.
In front, shrouded in darkness, a patch of white light appeared.
Within the white light, the silhouette of a woman could be faintly discerned.
The woman sat elegantly on a stone, with a guqin in front of her.
Her left hand rested on the strings, and her right palm was upward, her four fingers repeatedly curling and extending, her lips parting as she said, "Come!"
Her voice was captivating, indescribably alluring and soft.
"Come!"
The woman beckoned charmingly again and said.
Shen Liuxing, Xuanyuan Xun, Rong Guang, and Shangguan Yulin's eyes immediately lost their luster.
Then, as if their minds were controlled, they walked blankly towards the woman.
Zi Linling, the only one still clear-headed, quickly stopped them, "Stop!"
However, the four seemed not to hear Zi Linling and continued to approach the woman.
"Come!"
The woman smiled provocatively at Zi Linling and continued to call to the four.
"Wake up!"
This time, Zi Linling used her soul skill.
However, the four only paused for a moment before continuing to walk forward in a daze.
The woman glanced provocatively at Zi Linling again and began to play the guqin.
Melodious notes filled the darkness, and combined with the swirling leaves, people's desires grew.
"Hmph!"
Zi Linling snorted coldly and took out four silver needles.
"Swish swish swish swish!"
She swiftly inserted the silver needles into the back of their necks.
At the same time, the "Human Emperor's Medical Canon" within her body vibrated, and wisps of unusual fragrance flowed out from it, following the silver needles into the bodies of the four.
A hint of struggle finally appeared in the eyes of the four.
There's hope!
Zi Linling thought to herself and communicated with the "Human Emperor's Medical Canon" with all her might.
As the unusual fragrance continued to be infused, the struggle in the four's eyes became more apparent.
The woman, seeing this, played the strings of her guqin even faster.
Suddenly, the guqin music and the unusual fragrance competed within the bodies of the four.
The struggle in their eyes intensified, and their steps finally halted.
Zi Linling's spiritual power and soul power were constantly being consumed, and the white light around the woman slowly dimmed.
Suddenly, with a "bang," one of the guqin strings snapped.
The music stopped abruptly, and the unusual fragrance gained the upper hand. The struggle in the four's eyes quickly faded.
In an instant, the four regained consciousness.
However, they had no memory of what had just happened, so they stood frozen.
Taking advantage of their momentary daze, Zi Linling quickly struck the back of their necks with her palms, forcing out the silver needles.
Then, she employed her Illusionary Dragon Step, holding a scalpel, and charged towards the woman.
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Seeing that a string had broken and the four had broken free from her control, the woman knew the tide had turned.
Moreover, she had also been greatly depleted in her previous confrontation with Zi Linling.
Therefore, looking at the charging Zi Linling, she did not hesitate. She rolled up the guqin in front of her and vanished into the darkness.
"We will meet again!"
A seductive voice echoed from the darkness.
"Hmph! You harmed my people and now you want to run? Do you think it's that easy?"
Zi Linling said, quickly forming seals with her hands.
"Darkness Erosion!"
She whispered, and the dark space from deep within her nascent world flew out.
Instantly, endless darkness surged forward.
Where the darkness passed, the last trace of light in the Divine Demon Forest was completely swallowed.
However, in a moment, the darkness returned to Zi Linling's side.
And within the darkness, the woman from before was clearly visible.
Zi Linling condensed the laws of darkness into ropes, binding the woman firmly, before retracting the dark space back into her nascent world.
As the darkness was withdrawn, the woman immediately woke up.
When she saw that she had been captured, she was extremely shocked.
"How is this possible? This Divine Demon Forest, enveloped in darkness, is our Demon Clan's home ground, how could you capture me?"
Zi Linling smiled faintly, "Demon Clan? As expected! Although your Demon Clan lives in darkness, it doesn't mean that darkness is your home ground."
The woman asked, "How exactly did you capture me?"
Zi Linling sneered, "You can't always walk by the river without getting your shoes wet. Darkness is your home ground, but darkness is precisely your bane!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
The woman retorted indignantly.
Zi Linling pointed at the ropes of dark law binding the woman and said faintly, "See, aren't you bound by darkness right now?"