Ouyang Yude's face instantly turned grim. He had a bad feeling.
With the aid of the Phoenix True Fire, Zi Linling might indeed be able to refine a Royal-grade pill.
Zi Linling sneered, "You have some discernment. What, are you scared?"
She threw Ouyang Yude's earlier words back at him, word for word.
Ouyang Yude forced himself to calm down. "Hmph! You brat, don't be so arrogant! Royal-grade pills aren't that easy to refine! Without experience, even with the divine artifact Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron and the divine fire Phoenix True Fire, you can't refine a Royal-grade pill!"
Zi Linling coldly laughed, "Is that so?"
Dismissively, she picked at her ear and continued, "Oh right, what pill did you say you were refining just now?"
Upon hearing that Zi Linling couldn't even recall the name of the pill, Ouyang Yude's confidence grew by another third.
"Royal-grade Bursting Spirit Pill!" he said disdainfully. "From your look, I can tell you won't be able to refine it!"
Zi Linling chuckled coldly. A pile of medicinal herbs appeared before her.
She casually tossed these herbs into the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron and quickly formed hand seals.
Ten breaths!
Still within ten breaths, nine pills flew out from the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron.
The pills were crimson red, emitting a rich spiritual energy. What else could they be if not Royal-grade Bursting Spirit Pills?
Zi Linling slowly collected the pills into an empty porcelain bottle, mockingly saying, "Are these the Royal-grade Bursting Spirit Pills you mentioned?"
Ouyang Yude incredulously exclaimed, "How is that possible? How could you refine a Royal-grade Bursting Spirit Pill in just ten breaths? Moreover, among your medicinal herbs, three of them were clearly incorrect!"
Zi Linling sarcastically smiled. "Incorrect? Don't insult my intelligence with your shallow knowledge!"
"You!"
Ouyang Yude was so enraged he couldn't speak.
"What 'you'? Just because you can't do something doesn't mean others can't!" Zi Linling said dismissively.
"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! I don't believe it..."
Unable to refute, Ouyang Yude could only repeat these three words.
Zi Linling's voice turned icy cold. "Ouyang Yude, you lost! According to the rules, your life is mine!"
As she spoke, a surgical knife gleaming with cold light appeared in her hand.
Ouyang Yude was terrified!
His face turned deathly pale, and he retreated continuously. "No! You can't kill me! I am the Guild Master of the Alchemist Guild in Xuanyuan City. If you kill me, the Alchemist Grand Association will not let you go!"
Zi Linling coldly laughed, "You're overthinking it!" Su Dan Novel Network.
In her hand, a token now appeared – it was the token of the Guild Master of the Alchemist Guild in Linxian City.
Then, she continued, "Tell me, will the Alchemist Grand Association make trouble for me, a promising rising star, for the sake of an old man like you whose potential is exhausted?"
Ouyang Yude's face turned ashen.
Zi Linling was right. Between the two of them, the Alchemist Grand Association would inevitably side with Zi Linling.
"No! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
As Ouyang Yude spoke, he turned and fled towards the edge of the arena.
Zi Linling let out a cold laugh, and the surgical knife in her hand flew out, rapidly approaching Ouyang Yude's neck.
Just then, Huang Laohu, who had been crying while holding Huang Tao, suddenly appeared behind Ouyang Yude.
"Bang!"
A sword blocked the surgical knife, deflecting it.
The debt of killing his son was unpayable!
Huang Laohu roared hysterically, "Bitch, give me back my son's life!"
With that, his aura as a peak Divine Realm expert erupted without reservation. He raised his sword and charged at Zi Linling.
Ouyang Yude, having narrowly escaped death, scrambled down from the arena.
Seeing Huang Laohu charging at her with killing intent, Zi Linling's aura turned cold.
She raised her hand and a cold blade light met Huang Laohu's sword energy.
"Bang!"
The blade light and sword energy collided, emitting a deafening roar. A wave of energy spread rapidly outwards from the two of them.
Fortunately, the arena was reinforced with a formation previously set up by Zi Linling, preventing its collapse. It merely swayed slightly.
"Pfft!"
Huang Laohu, fueled by his rage and hit by the shockwave, spat out a mouthful of blood.
Zi Linling also felt a surge of blood in her chest, but by stepping back, she had dispersed the force and thus remained unharmed.
She coldly stated, "Since you can't bear to part with your son, I'll send you to reunite with him!"
With that, she shouted, "Blazing Fire Prarie!"
A ring of fire instantly appeared, surrounding Huang Laohu.
"Five Spirits Burst!"
As Zi Linling cried out, a colorful orb flew towards Huang Laohu.
Since Zi Linling had reclaimed her Five Elements Space, "Five Spirits Burst" was no longer composed of spiritual energy but of the power of laws.
The current "Five Spirits Burst" was slightly smaller than before, but its power had doubled.
Moreover, as Zi Linling's cultivation increased, "Five Spirits Burst" could now be cast instantaneously, eliminating the need for prior charging.
Huang Laohu's expression turned grave.
He sensed an extremely dangerous aura from "Five Spirits Burst."
Therefore, he dared not rejoice and mobilized the power of laws throughout his body.
"Shield of Gold Law!"
Huang Laohu roared, and a shield condensed from the law of gold appeared before him.
But that wasn't enough. The long sword in his hand spun rapidly, forming a large net condensed from the law of swords – "Net of Sword Law!"
Just as Huang Laohu finished condensing his shield and net, Zi Linling's "Five Spirits Burst" struck the "Shield of Gold Law."
"Boom!"
The "Five Spirits Burst" detonated, shattering Huang Laohu's "Shield of Gold Law" into fragments. The remaining force then slammed into the "Net of Sword Law."
If the "Net of Sword Law" hadn't transformed its rigidity into flexibility, absorbing the force and speed of the fragments, Huang Laohu would have been shot into a pincushion.
Even so, Huang Laohu stumbled back three steps before regaining his footing.
The rage in his heart was half extinguished by shock. He looked at Zi Linling incredulously and murmured, "Impossible! Impossible! Take another move from me!"
He roared, "Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect!" The entire arena was instantly covered by countless swords of law.
Then, without giving Zi Linling any chance to react, he launched his attack.
In an instant, Zi Linling was engulfed by the swords of law.
Huang Laohu said with a venomous expression, "Bitch, aren't you dead yet!"
"Dead? You're overthinking it!"
From within the deluge of swords, Zi Linling's calm voice emerged.
Before Huang Laohu could react, those swords of law rapidly disappeared.
Strangely, he could not sense the disappeared laws of the swords!
How could this be?
Soon, Zi Linling reappeared before Huang Laohu.