This move, Zi Donglai had used before, so Zi Lingling was not unfamiliar with it.
She scornfully said, "As expected of siblings, you're equally foolish."
Then, with a slight parting of her lips, her verbal power unleashed, "Shatter!"
The cage made of thorns, just like before, lost its moisture, dried up, shattered, turned to ash, and vanished.
Before Zi Yi could attack again, Zi Lingling's voice rang out.
"Next, it's my turn to attack! Water Dragon Slash!" Su Dan Fiction Network
Water Dragon Slash, a water-element spirit technique, was something she had spent ten days comprehending in the Goddess Hall.
It was fortunate that the time flow in the Goddess Hall was ten times faster than the outside world; ten days inside was only one day outside.
With the Water Dragon Slash, a dragon formed from water spirit energy erupted from the scalpel, carrying a dense killing intent. It flew above Zi Yi's head and lunged viciously towards Zi Yi's skull.
If this bite landed true, Zi Yi would surely be decapitated and perish forever.
Just then, a familiar voice from Ye Ling Yuan echoed in Zi Lingling's mind.
"Ling'er, Zi Donglai has been captured by me. Do not dirty your hands with insignificant people like Zi Yi."
Zi Lingling rejoiced and immediately recalled the divine sense from Water Dragon Slash.
The water dragon instantly shattered, transforming back into water spirit energy elements.
Zi Yi, who had thought she was surely going to die, never expected Zi Lingling to stop her attack at the critical moment.
Even so, she was so frightened that her face turned pale. She collapsed onto the ground, her eyes devoid of their former malice.
Zi Lingling ignored her, her gaze falling upon the figure descending from the sky.
His black brocade robe, illuminated by the setting sun, exuded an unparalleled nobility. Coupled with his peerless beauty, it instantly made the heavens and earth lose their color.
Ye Ling Yuan threw the half-dead person in his hand to the ground, casually cast a cleansing spell on his hands, and then walked towards Zi Lingling.
"Ling'er, I've brought the person to you!"
He smiled seductively, his eyes filled with an unyielding depth of affection.
Zi Lingling casually glanced at Zi Donglai on the ground, who was barely clinging to life, and asked curiously, "What happened?"
She even suspected that this fellow Zi Donglai might have miscalculated his teleportation when using the spatial teleportation talisman, sending him directly to the Underworld King's manor.
But that didn't make sense! Even if he had teleported to the Underworld King's manor, how would Ye Ling Yuan know that Zi Donglai had escaped from the Zi family? And brought him directly to the Zi Yun Pavilion.
"I was heading to South Mountain and happened to pass by this place. I saw this scoundrel trying to escape and captured him on the way."
Ye Ling Yuan said it so casually, as if it were a mere coincidence and a trivial matter.
However, Zi Ji Tian, who was present, widened his eyes and looked incredulously at the man who could lie so smoothly without a change in his expression.
South Mountain was to the south of An Ye City, while the Zi family was located on the north street of An Ye City.
If this could be considered "on the way," then where in this vast world wasn't "on the way"?
The only explanation was that Ye Ling Yuan, the cold and emotionless Underworld King, had been at the Zi family all along and had witnessed Zi Donglai's escape.
But since Ye Ling Yuan had said it, Zi Ji Tian would certainly not expose him.
He just couldn't understand how the ruthless and heartless Underworld King could also have such a subtly flirtatious side.
"Heading to South Mountain? On the way?"
Zi Lingling blinked in surprise and then broke into a brilliant smile, saying seriously, "Alright! Regardless, thank you."
Ye Ling Yuan smiled even more unrestrainedly, showing no sign of embarrassment from being caught in a lie.
He was pleased that Zi Lingling wasn't being polite with him, bringing them closer.
Ye Ling Yuan chuckled, "If you don't tell that dragon and that tiger to stop, the losses will be substantial."
Zi Lingling patted her forehead and looked towards the battlefield of Long'er and Xiao Hu, only to find that Zi Yun and Zi Zhu were no longer able to hold on.
She quickly issued an order, "Long'er, Xiao Hu, spare their lives!"
"Yes, Sister!"
"Yes, Master!"
Long'er and Xiao Hu responded and retreated.
However, Long'er asked in confusion, "Sister, why did you let them go?"
Although Xiao Hu didn't ask, his round, bulging tiger eyes were also filled with bewilderment.
Zi Lingling laughed exasperatedly, "If we don't let them go, we'd have to deal with the corpses, which is troublesome! Besides, they are more valuable alive!"
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Long'er and Xiao Hu were even more confused.
Ye Ling Yuan glanced indifferently at the two beasts and said, "Two foolish beasts!"
Although Long'er and Xiao Hu were unconvinced, they dared not challenge Ye Ling Yuan and could only look pitifully at Zi Lingling.
Zi Lingling said with a sly smile, "The Imperial Zi family is incredibly wealthy! If I don't make them bleed a little, I won't feel comfortable."
Long'er and Xiao Hu remained somewhat bewildered.
Zi Lingling rubbed her forehead and explained, "If we kill them, according to the Imperial Zi family's modus operandi, they will definitely send another group of people. By then, the situation will be beyond our control."
"It's better to imprison them and force them to fleece the Imperial Zi family, allowing the Imperial Zi family to continuously provide us with resources."
It had to be said that this idea was excellent.
It not only stalled the Imperial Zi family and bought them some time but also obtained a batch of resources, truly killing two birds with one stone.
Ye Ling Yuan had already anticipated that Zi Lingling would act this way, which was why he had stopped Zi Lingling from killing Zi Yi.
Long'er and Xiao Hu's eyes lit up. Who would dislike having more cultivation resources?
Zi Ji Tian also nodded in agreement, his gaze towards Zi Lingling filled with a hint of relief.
His granddaughter was truly about to soar to unprecedented heights!
Zi Yi, Zi Yun, and Zi Zhu all looked at Zi Lingling in disbelief.
As members of the younger generation of the Imperial Zi family, this was the first time they had heard someone openly declare their intention to fleece the Imperial Zi family right in front of them.
Moreover, from Zi Lingling's words, it seemed that this task of fleecing would fall upon the shoulders of the four of them.
Was the world going crazy, or were their horizons too limited?
It was akin to telling a tiger's son, right in front of him, that you planned to pluck the tiger's whiskers, and asking the tiger's son to do it himself.
"Sister, this idea is indeed good, but will they obey obediently?"
Long'er transformed into human form and asked Zi Lingling with a cute expression.
"If they don't obey obediently, then we'll find ways to make them obey!"
Zi Lingling's sharp gaze swept across Zi Yi, Zi Yun, and Zi Zhu, and she continued, "They probably haven't tasted the feeling of a thousand ants gnawing at their hearts, have they?"
A thousand ants gnawing at their hearts!
The bodies of Zi Yi, Zi Yun, and Zi Zhu trembled simultaneously.
"Heart in a turmoil," like a thousand ants gnawing at one's heart. This poison was acquired by Zi Yun from an auction at the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce.
"No!"
Zi Yun shouted and threw the bottle containing "Heart in a turmoil" into the fire wall that imprisoned them, attempting to incinerate it completely.
His idea was indeed good; if this fire wall could burn their spiritual energy, it could also burn this unprotected bottle.
However, he had overlooked one point: the controller of this fire wall was none other than Zi Lingling.