Can We Change Partners?

The flames unleashed by the Lord of Blazing Flames were immensely powerful. They filled the sky, directly turning the world before them into a sea of fire, and the temperature of the entire world rose sharply along with them. Looking at the flames that covered the heavens, Song Zhong found the Lord of Blazing Flames genuinely adorable.

I told you to make a move, and you actually made one. You really are a good cultivator.

And you even unleashed such a wide-ranging attack.

Then let me test the power of your flames.

I don't mean anything else by it. I just want to see whether the rule stating that cultivators cannot attack other cultivators means spells have no effect on other cultivators, or whether attacking another cultivator brings punishment.

In an instant, he appeared within that sea of flames.

Then...

Then there was no then. The flames were clearly incomparably scorching. When they fell among the Pangolin Beasts, they burned obvious cracks into the seemingly incomparably tough shells covering those Strange Beasts, and waves of charred stench drifted through the air.

Yet when those flames fell upon Song Zhong, they had no effect whatsoever. It felt as though some sort of team mode had been activated, automatically grouping the four of them together.

Song Zhong stared straight at the Lord of Blazing Flames, only to discover that the Lord of Blazing Flames was perfectly fine and had not received the slightest punishment. He was immediately greatly disappointed. So, attacking other cultivators was simply ineffective? At least give out a punishment!

The Lord of Blazing Flames looked at the male cultivator standing within his fire and quickly realized what had happened. His eyes flew wide as he roared, "You're trying to harm me!"

"How is that harming you? I'm helping you kill Strange Beasts." As Song Zhong spoke, he simply unleashed bolts of lightning, bombarding the Pangolin Beasts. However, the lightning he released was considerably weaker than what he had used on the first level.

Seeing that the Lord of Blazing Flames still seemed about to say something, the Lord of Ink Flames directly interrupted, "Enough. Stop talking. Let's destroy these Strange Beasts first."

As she spoke, streams of flame shot out from all around her. Unlike ordinary flames, however, hers were dark green.

She was truly speechless over this Lord of Blazing Flames. He was practically an idiot. He had heard the rule that they could not attack other cultivators, yet he still dared unleash such a wide-range attack.

Fortunately, the rule merely made it impossible to attack other cultivators; it did not punish them for doing so. Otherwise, this idiot truly would have gotten her killed!

If the token had not been produced by him, she truly would not have wanted to enter the Sage Ruins with someone weaker than her and devoid of brains!

Look at this idiot, then look at the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor before them. Leaving everything else aside, the gap between their minds was anything but ordinary!

Song Zhong did not use his full strength, nor did the Lord of Cherished Flowers. In fact, she held back even more than he did.

Song Zhong felt that the Lord of Ink Flames opposite him had likely held back as well. Perhaps only the Lord of Blazing Flames had not concealed his strength.

He had also observed that these Strange Beasts were the same as those from the first trial. Of the Pangolin Beasts that burrowed up from underground, only his attacks and the Lord of Blazing Flames' attacks were effective. Likewise, his attacks and the Lord of Blazing Flames' attacks did nothing to the Poisonous Bee Beasts.

Although these Strange Beasts were considerably stronger than those from the first trial, the Strange Beasts around them still continued to die one after another.

Gradually, the final Poisonous Bee Beast was blasted apart by a mass of flame from the Lord of Ink Flames.

In the distance, a Golden Light appeared.

The four of them swiftly flew toward the Golden Light.

In the blink of an eye, they had arrived before it. Yet no passage appeared within the Golden Light. Instead, there were four tokens—two black and two white.

As they flew over, the four tokens directly descended before them. The two black tokens flew before Song Zhong and the Lord of Blazing Flames, while the white tokens landed before the two female cultivators.

Before they could make any move, Song Zhong discovered that the Yin-Yang Fish pattern on his hand suddenly flew out and entered the token before him.

The other three cultivators experienced the same thing. At the same time, a voice descended from the void.

"This is the Twin Fate Token. Some of the cultivators entering this place may not be Dao companions, so these Twin Fate Tokens offer you an opportunity.

"Your marks have already entered the Twin Fate Tokens. You may hold your Twin Fate Token together with the Twin Fate Token of another cultivator of the opposite sex. In this way, you may change your twin Dao companion!

"At the same time, all the Strange Beasts of the second trial have been slain, and you may now attack the other cultivators."

Song Zhong was dumbfounded. This inheritance Ruins knew how to play? Wasn't this that legendary... partner swapping?

This worked too?

At the same time, the Lord of Ink Flames looked at the Twin Fate Token before her, and her heart stirred as a thought suddenly surfaced. Wasn't this prepared specifically for me?

This Lord of Blazing Flames was weaker than her and had no brains.

If the token for entering the Ruins had been in her hands, she would never have chosen such a weak cultivator to enter with.

If she was going to choose someone, she should choose a cultivator like the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor.

And now, an opportunity had truly been placed before her eyes, and the person opposite her was the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor.

She absolutely did not believe that the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor's strength was as weak as he had displayed while fighting the Strange Beasts.

At the early Immortal Emperor Realm, he was already the strongest Immortal Emperor in the entire Universe. Finding such a cultivator and then splitting their strength would definitely not be a loss. At worst, if she later encountered a cultivator stronger than the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor and had another chance to switch, she could switch again.

For now, she would replace the Lord of Blazing Flames with Immortal Emperor Song Zhong first.

At the same time, the Lord of Blazing Flames' voice rang out in her mind. "Lord of Ink Flames, let's just leave." He was somewhat frightened as well. He was not that clever, but he was not utterly stupid either.

Although the male cultivator opposite them had performed rather ordinarily in battle, the Lord of Ink Flames knew his name and had clearly indicated that he was not necessarily ordinary.

Now that they could change Dao companions, what if the Lord of Ink Flames wanted to switch?

The Lord of Ink Flames did not respond to the Lord of Blazing Flames' voice transmission. Instead, she suddenly said, "Death-Sending Immortal Emperor, I know your name, and I can guess your strength, but..."

As she spoke, she raised a hand and pointed at the Lord of Cherished Flowers. "From watching her battle earlier, it is obvious that she is unworthy of you. She could even be said to be holding you back.

"I am a top cultivator of the Supreme Path Realm. Looking across the entire Universe, I would not dare claim to be among the top ten, but I have no problem being among the top twenty.

"Death-Sending Immortal Emperor, are you interested in changing Dao companions?

"Of course, words alone prove nothing. Perhaps the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor does not trust me, and that is fine. Death-Sending Immortal Emperor, are you interested in watching a battle?

"Let me fight her once. Then the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor can decide whether to change Dao companions."