Zi Linling, who was preparing to deal with Mei Renxing, frowned uncomfortably.
She turned her head abruptly and met Qing Dian’s hostile gaze, a sense of surprise washing over her.
Zi Linling was certain she had never met this female dark guard before, so why would the other party harbor such strong animosity towards her?
Qing Dian clearly hadn’t expected Zi Linling’s senses to be so sharp, leaving her momentarily flustered.
It was too late to conceal her feelings, so she could only avert Zi Linling’s gaze and look with lingering affection at the god-like figure.
Zi Linling understood, murmuring to herself, "So that's how it is!"
She stomped hard on Ye Lingyuan’s foot and declared, “Stop attracting peach blossoms everywhere!”
Ye Lingyuan, utterly bewildered by her action, followed her gaze.
He saw Qing Dian standing out from the crowd, and a flicker of displeasure arose in his heart.
His displeasure wasn't because Qing Dian hadn't paid her respects to him, but because she hadn't paid her respects to Zi Linling.
Qing Feng and Qing Lei sensed Ye Lingyuan’s gaze and only then noticed Qing Dian standing there, dazed.
They simultaneously tugged at Qing Dian’s clothes and urged, "Hurry and pay your respects!"
Qing Dian snapped back to reality, slowly knelt, and said reluctantly, "Greetings, Your Highness! Greetings, Your Highness Consort!"
Only then did Ye Lingyuan withdraw his gaze and look at Zi Linling, as if seeking praise.
Before Zi Linling could even acknowledge Ye Lingyuan, she felt another hostile gaze.
She raised her eyes and saw it was Chu Keran.
That made perfect sense.
However, she didn't have time to "entertain" this petulant princess right now.
Her gaze fell on Mei Renxing, and she said lazily, "Hey, you thing that can't see the light, what's your name?"
Mei Renxing, who had been thoroughly intimidated by Ye Lingyuan, subconsciously replied, "Mei Renxing!"
As the words left his lips, he realized something was amiss.
Hadn't he just admitted to being something that couldn't see the light?
Mei Renxing’s expression couldn't possibly improve after being insulted by a mere girl!
But what could he do? Hadn't he heard Mu Qingyan and the others address her as "Your Highness Consort"?
More importantly, Ye Lingyuan hadn't refuted it.
Fine, he'd swallow this insult.
But would Zi Linling let him off the hook?
Zi Linling paused, then asked, "No human form? Or no humanity?"
Mei Renxing's face turned as black as charcoal; he felt a surge of blood threatening to erupt from his throat.
A hint of cunning flashed in Zi Linling’s eyes. With her observational skills, how could she not see that Mei Renxing had been scared witless by Ye Lingyuan?
If he was already terrified, how could he possibly attack them?
But since Ye Lingyuan harbored murderous intent, how could she let Mei Renxing off so easily?
Therefore, she was deliberately provoking Mei Renxing!
"I wonder who named you, it's so fitting—neither human form nor humanity!"
"Pfft!"
The surge of blood in Mei Renxing's throat finally erupted.
He glared at Zi Linling in fury and exclaimed, "You wretched girl, you've gone too far!"
He took the bait?
Zi Linling was somewhat incredulous, but she continued to stoke the flames, "I never bully people, only beasts!"
As expected, Mei Renxing could no longer bear it. Dark spiritual energy rapidly gathered in his palm, and he launched an attack towards Zi Linling.
Dark spiritual energy!
Everyone present was astonished.
A dark spirit root was so rare that you couldn't find one among a hundred thousand spirit cultivators!
Only Zi Linling and Ye Lingyuan remained calm, as Zi Linling possessed a dark spirit root herself.
Zi Linling sneered, "That's more like it! If you didn't attack, I'd feel bad about killing you!"
Mei Renxing, mid-attack, coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Damn it!
You're humiliating me just to kill me?
Zi Linling casually remarked, "No humanity, your physique is too poor. Why are you spitting blood again?"
"Pfft!"
Mei Renxing spat out another mouthful of fresh blood.
Poor my ass!
Don't you know how infuriating your words are?
However, Mei Renxing could only curse in his heart; he no longer dared to speak.
Because as soon as he opened his mouth, blood would involuntarily gush out.
He raised the massive ball of dark spiritual energy in his hand and hurled it towards Zi Linling.
I'll kill you! I must kill you!
Mei Renxing roared in his heart.
Just as the black sphere of spiritual energy was about to strike Zi Linling, a surge of law fluctuations appeared around Ye Lingyuan.
Zi Linling said faintly, "Don't move!"
Then, her ruby lips parted, "Blazing Fire Ravages the Plains!"
As her voice fell, a fiery barrier appeared in front of the black spiritual energy ball.
The black spiritual energy ball collided with the fiery barrier, and without even making a hiss, it vanished without a trace.
Impossible!
This is impossible!
Mei Renxing stared in disbelief.
This woman, with her cultivation at the peak of the Spirit Gathering realm, how could she possibly block his full-powered attack!
He was a step away from the Saint King realm!
"Thing without humanity, why do you only have these tricks?"
Zi Linling's lazy voice echoed in Mei Renxing's ears once more.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Mei Renxing spat out three more mouthfuls of blood.
However, after spitting out blood this time, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed onto the ground, his breath completely gone.
He never could have imagined that his death would be so ignominious.
Infuriated to death!
He was actually angered to death!
"He's dead!"
Ye Lingyuan glanced indifferently at Mei Renxing on the ground and declared his end.
Everyone looked at Mei Renxing, who had been angered to death on the ground, and then at Zi Linling, and a chill ran down their spines.
The ability to anger someone to death—besides Zi Linling, who else possessed such a skill?
Especially the black-clothed figures, who stared at Zi Linling in terror, as if mortals were seeing a ghost.
"Sister-in-law, you're too amazing!"
Qian Pangzi looked at Zi Linling with adoration.
Zi Linling herself was also surprised.
This thing without humanity was too easily provoked!
She chuckled sheepishly and said, "This fellow was too short-tempered!"
She had already probed him with her divine sense; Mei Renxing's death was caused by extreme shock and anger, leading to his blood flowing backward, bursting the main artery and aorta at the entrance to his heart.
"Sister-in-law, don't be modest! Master Qian... bah, bah, bah, Fatty will follow Sister-in-law from now on!"
Qian Pangzi secretly vowed to master Zi Linling's infuriating skills.
After all, when it came to spiritual cultivation, he was a complete waste.
Otherwise, even with abundant resources, he would have barely reached the early stage of the Spirit Gathering realm.
Zi Linling chuckled sheepishly again.
Heaven and earth as her witness!
She had genuinely not intended to anger Mei Renxing to death directly.
She had planned to kill Mei Renxing with brute force to intimidate the others!
Oh well!
Since the outcome was already decided, it was Mei Renxing's fate to become the first peak Huayuan realm expert in spirit cultivator history to be angered to death.
Zi Linling glanced coldly in the direction of the black-clothed figures and asked, "Do you still want to fight?"