Zi Lingling did not know that Ye Lingyuan had once again become suspicious of her identity.
Because time was not abundant, Ye Lingyuan merely had a fleeting thought before returning to the questions.
The remaining ninety-odd questions almost drove Zi Lingling to the brink of collapse.
This was because half of them were knowledge from her previous life's world, covering foreign languages, chemistry, physics, biology, music, medicine, mathematics, and various other fields, leaving Zi Lingling dazzled.
Fortunately, Zi Lingling in her previous life had been widely learned and had a broad range of knowledge, which prevented her from capsizing in a narrow ditch.
Ye Lingyuan, on the other hand, answered almost all the questions related to this world.
However, he appeared to be doing so with ease, even helping Zi Lingling solve some calculation problems.
Even so, it was only as the incense stick was about to burn out that the two of them completed the correct answers to ninety-nine questions.
Zi Lingling had repeatedly wondered what connection the creator of this first trial had with her previous world.
However, the cold, emotionless voice did not give her time.
After receiving a Hua Yuan Dan, she and Ye Lingyuan appeared in the second trial, on the ninth step.
The cold voice rang out again.
"Welcome to Hell Mode, Trial Two. Rules for this trial: Within three days, each person must individually slay a thousand demonic beasts using only physical strength. Spiritual power and divine sense are forbidden. Those who pass will be rewarded with a Po Zhang Dan and enter the next trial. Failures will be sent to the Purgatory Pool for six days of punishment."
The voice paused for a breath before continuing, "The countdown will begin in three breaths! You will be transported into the Garuda Illusion, with your spiritual power and divine sense sealed."
Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan exchanged a glance and nodded.
The three breaths of time did not allow for any verbal communication, but that glance conveyed their mutual understanding. Perhaps this was what was meant by "hearts connected and minds aligned."
Their bodies rapidly faded, and after one breath, they appeared within the Garuda Illusion.
Zi Lingling felt a wave of dizziness before finding herself in a black world.
It was called a black world because apart from the bright moon hanging in the sky, everything else was black.
Black sky, black earth, black trees, black soil...
In short, everything that met the eye was black.
"Ye Lingyuan!"
Zi Lingling called out, but the surroundings were silent.
She then realized that Ye Lingyuan was nowhere to be seen.
She frowned. Had they been separated?
Never mind, hunting demonic beasts was more important.
But, it was so quiet here, where were the demonic beasts?
Zi Lingling stood still for a while, her eyes adjusting to the darkness.
Now, her spiritual power and divine sense were sealed, and the only thing she could use was ancient martial arts.
Seeing in the dark was the most basic skill for ancient martial artists.
Therefore, the darkness here did not pose any problem for her.
On the contrary, it gave her a feeling of surging blood.
Even before stepping onto the stone steps, she had a scalpel concealed in her hand.
This scalpel was originally for self-defense, but after stepping onto the stone steps and being unable to use her divine sense, it became her only weapon.
Zi Lingling's hand tightened around the scalpel, and she sprinted forward.
To slay demonic beasts, one had to first find them. Since the demonic beasts wouldn't just jump out, she had to use herself as bait to lure them out.
Soon, she encountered the first demonic beast – the Dark Mad Bull. Sudan Novel Network.
Zi Lingling's mind was highly focused, her senses completely unleashed, her feet treading the Dragon Roaming Steps and employing the Dragon Roaming movement technique, she attacked the Dark Mad Bull.
The Dark Mad Bull let out a low growl, its eyes emitting an eerie red glow in the darkness.
Seeing Zi Lingling charging, the Dark Mad Bull pawed the ground with its front hooves, then lowered its long, hard horns and charged at Zi Lingling.
Zi Lingling dropped to her knees, her right hand holding the scalpel raised slightly. She leaned back sharply, ducking beneath the Dark Mad Bull's belly, and with her scalpel, she slashed across the beast's abdomen.
Warm blood splattered onto Zi Lingling's face. She didn't bother to wipe it away, clenched her left fist, and struck the Dark Mad Bull's wounded abdomen.
In the blink of an eye, all this happened.
The Dark Mad Bull felt a slight pain in its abdomen, as if it had been scratched by something.
Before it could react, it felt a doubled pain in its abdomen, and a powerful force flipped it onto its back.
As the Dark Mad Bull tried to get up, it felt its abdomen suddenly lighten.
It looked down and saw its intestines spilling out, and a large patch of ground soaked with its blood.
The Dark Mad Bull let out an enraged roar.
It struggled to get up, but its limbs had lost their strength and could no longer support its body. It could only thrash about on the ground.
Its life ebbed away with its struggles, and finally, it lost the strength to even move.
Zi Lingling, having flipped the Dark Mad Bull with her punch, had already used the Dragon Roaming Steps to evade to a distance.
When the Dark Mad Bull completely ceased to move, a progress bar appeared before her eyes, showing "One."
Zi Lingling shook the scalpel vigorously, flinging off the bloodstains. The scalpel once again emitted a cold, eerie glow.
She gripped the scalpel again and continued to sprint forward, searching for her next target.
Soon, a giant spider appeared in her vision.
The moment the spider saw Zi Lingling, a look of salivation appeared in its eyes, and a string of drool dripped from its mouth.
Zi Lingling frowned. She had detested spiders in her previous life.
In her understanding, these multi-legged arthropods were disgusting and very difficult to deal with.
The spider before her was entirely black, with a row of red spots on its abdomen, clearly a black widow, the most venomous of spiders.
The "Black Widow" slowly approached Zi Lingling, viewing her as food.
Zi Lingling was on full alert, her eyes fixed on the "Black Widow's" abdomen, contemplating how to get close enough to kill it with a single blow.
Watching the approaching "Black Widow," Zi Lingling flexed the fingers of her right hand, which held the scalpel.
If anyone familiar with her were present, they would know that Zi Lingling was about to make her move.
The black widow's eight eyes suddenly narrowed, and a web shot out towards Zi Lingling.
In its view, once caught in its web, Zi Lingling would have no choice but to be slaughtered.
But would Zi Lingling be caught in its web?
Of course not!