The Forest of Death.
Ji Ning's breathing had stabilized, and his cultivation had returned to its peak.
"Boss Ji, you should be almost recovered, right?" Zhou Wen tossed the crushed ball of World-Ending Spirit Fire in his hand, asking Ji Ning with a smile.
Ji Ning took a deep breath, calming his emotions, before looking at Zhou Wen, whose face was full of smiles, and saying, "Yes, almost."
"Since that's the case, let's quickly find Ye Ling and deal with him. That way, I'll be free," Zhou Wen said with a light laugh, his eyes brazenly scanning Ji Ning from head to toe.
Ji Ning felt uncomfortable being stared at by Zhou Wen, but she didn't dare to show any displeasure. She turned to Zhou Wen and said, "Ye Ling is skilled at using runes to hide his aura, and he now has the Heaven-Gazing Mirror. I can't pinpoint his location."
"You don't need to worry about that," Zhou Wen said, tossing the World-Ending Spirit Fire again. "Isn't this thing in our hands?"
"As long as we interrogate him properly, I don't think it will be difficult to find Ye Ling."
"You two scoundrels, wanting to get information from me is a fool's dream!" the World-Ending Spirit Fire retorted defiantly.
"It seems our friend isn't planning to cooperate with us."
Upon hearing the World-Ending Spirit Fire's words, Zhou Wen's eyes filled with even more amusement. He gradually tightened his grip, and powerful energy began to crush the World-Ending Spirit Fire.
"But I'm curious, how long can you remain stubborn?"
"Even if I die, I will not yield!" The World-Ending Spirit Fire struggled to resist Zhou Wen's power, but the disparity in their strength was too great!
Even with all its might, the World-Ending Spirit Fire could only slow down the pace of its demise.
"Futile resistance," Zhou Wen chuckled mockingly, increasing his strength again. The World-Ending Spirit Fire's resistance instantly collapsed!
"Ahhh!"
Zhou Wen's powerful energy broke through the World-Ending Spirit Fire's defenses and invaded its body, causing the World-Ending Spirit Fire to let out a piercing scream.
Even Ji Ning, standing nearby, felt a twinge of fear upon hearing the World-Ending Spirit Fire's pained cry.
She gradually realized that in her pursuit of revenge, she had unleashed a demon.
And she, too, might be devoured by this demon!
"Little fellow, I think you should just confess. Tell us Ye Ling's location, and at least you won't have to endure this pain," Zhou Wen said, temporarily ceasing his crushing of the World-Ending Spirit Fire, and then smilingly persuaded again.
The World-Ending Spirit Fire seized this brief respite to catch its breath, then looked up at Zhou Wen and said, "Do you want to know my answer?"
Zhou Wen narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Of course."
"Pah!"
The World-Ending Spirit Fire spat a small mouthful of flames at Zhou Wen, which landed on Zhou Wen's face. "Go eat your grandfather's shit!"
The smile on Zhou Wen's face instantly froze.
The atmosphere in the Forest of Death became incredibly oppressive.
Even Ji Ning could feel Zhou Wen's materialized killing intent, and fear flashed in her eyes.
"Good! Good fellow! You have courage, you have backbone!"
Zhou Wen burst into laughter, then his fingers tightened abruptly.
"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"
Boom!!!
Zhou Wen unleashed a sky-shattering aura, and the World-Ending Spirit Fire screamed again.
Ji Ning could clearly feel the World-Ending Spirit Fire's aura rapidly declining.
Zhou Wen had murderous intent; the World-Ending Spirit Fire could not escape death!
"It's fine if this ball of fire dies. Next, I'll find Ye Ling and deal with him, and then my great revenge will be complete..." Ji Ning muttered to herself, beginning to consider her escape route.
After all, Ye Ling's death didn't mean her life was over. She still had to guard against Zhou Wen.
"After all this is over, perhaps only Jian Shisan's master can protect me..."
Just as Zhou Wen was crushing the World-Ending Spirit Fire and Ji Ning was murmuring, Ye Ling's voice echoed from a distance.
"Brother Zhou, aren't you being a bit excessive in mistreating my Spirit Fire?"
Zhou Wen looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ye Ling entering the Forest of Death. He grinned and said, "Brother Wang... oh no, I should call you Brother Ye now. You actually dared to come looking for me."
"I truly have to admire your courage."
Ye Ling smiled slightly, glanced at the World-Ending Spirit Fire in Zhou Wen's hand, and said, "Brother Zhou, considering our past cooperation, how about returning the World-Ending Spirit Fire to me?"
"He's already crippled anyway."
"That won't do," Zhou Wen refused with a smile. "Even if he's weaker, he's still a supreme being. He might become a variable, and I don't have the habit of creating trouble for myself."
"That's simple."
Ye Ling chuckled softly, then shouted to the World-Ending Spirit Fire, "World-Ending Spirit Fire, hand over your origin inheritance to Brother Zhou."
"Kid, you..."
The World-Ending Spirit Fire looked at Ye Ling weakly, not understanding Ye Ling's current plan.
They were already at an absolute disadvantage. If he handed over his origin inheritance, the two novice supreme beings would have no chance of escaping!
However, when the World-Ending Spirit Fire saw the confident look in Ye Ling's eyes, it instantly understood that Ye Ling had a plan.
The World-Ending Spirit Fire couldn't help but shake its head and laugh, "Fine, I'm truly impressed with you, kid. You know this is a death trap, yet you still dare to jump into it."
With that, the World-Ending Spirit Fire abandoned its origin inheritance.
Zhou Wen's eyes changed slightly as the origin inheritance of a supreme being emerged from the World-Ending Spirit Fire's body. He hadn't expected the World-Ending Spirit Fire to actually give up its origin inheritance!
Although he didn't have much use for it, the origin inheritance could create a supreme being out of thin air. If he gave it to those ancient inheritances, he might be able to exchange it for a Seed of Origin from the lower realm.
After all, becoming a supreme being with the help of a Seed of Origin was far more difficult than becoming one through origin inheritance.
"Brother Zhou, how do you feel now?"
As Zhou Wen was lost in thought with the World-Ending Spirit Fire's origin inheritance in his hand, Ye Ling's words interrupted his reverie.
Zhou Wen snapped back to reality, grasped the World-Ending Spirit Fire's origin inheritance, and tossed the extremely weak World-Ending Spirit Fire to Ye Ling as if it were trash. He smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not an unreasonable person. Since he no longer has his origin inheritance, he poses no threat to us. It's fine to return him to you."
The World-Ending Spirit Fire returned to Ye Ling's hand, weakly saying, "Kid, I..."
"Don't speak. Leave the rest to me. You focus on recuperating."
Ye Ling interrupted the World-Ending Spirit Fire, retracted it to his wrist, then looked at Zhou Wen and Ji Ning, smiling and asking, "So, is it time to settle our business?"
"Yes," Zhou Wen said with a light laugh. "Although I quite like you, Brother Ye, my condition for leaving the coffin was to kill you. I can't help it."
Ji Ning appeared behind Ye Ling and said coldly, "Ye Ling, you have nowhere to run now. Are you ready to die?"
"To die, you say..."
Ye Ling took a deep breath, turned to look at Ji Ning, spread his arms, and asked with a defenseless smile, "Then, Senior Ji, how about you personally take my life?"