Trap

Zhuge Lan smiled and put down her phone, sipping her tea as she waited for "Lin Feng" to arrive.

She was currently sitting in a small teahouse, not far from where she had posted the message. The surrounding area was an old residential community, filled with six- or seven-story old-style apartment buildings. There were no enclosed walls, and the buildings were quite close together. In addition, there were many unauthorized additions, dividing the community into a maze-like terrain. It seemed to be interconnected, but in fact, the terrain was quite complex.

The location Zhuge Lan sent to Luo Jun was a pavilion in an open space in the community, next to some fitness equipment. You could see two middle-aged women standing on the waist twister, chatting as they twisted their waists, and an old man skillfully doing parallel bars next to them.

"What a spirited old man..." Zhuge Lan exclaimed.

Her little teahouse has two floors. She sits by the window on the second floor, where she can see the open space. As soon as "Lin Feng" appears, he will spot him immediately.

As for Zhuge Lan's plan, it was quite simple. When Lin Feng arrived and couldn't find her, he tried to contact her. At the same time, she posted a different location in the group chat, telling "Night" that there were two Polluter there. Simultaneously, she replied to Lin Feng saying he was too late, the Polluter had already escaped, she had lost them, and she was now heading to the new location posted in the group chat. She'd see how he reacted then!

If Lin Feng really is Ye, then he will definitely put on a mask before rushing there, and then he will be caught red-handed!

What, you're saying her location posting was too obvious?

Please, everyone has an alternate account, right? When Zhuge Lan came up with this plan, she dragged her alternate account into the group chat, calling it a newly recruited teammate. Anyway, it was Lin Feng who tricked her with his alternate account first, so don't blame me for being ruthless!

Zhuge Lan was so engrossed in her calculations that she focused all her attention on the open space outside the window, completely unaware that someone had come upstairs and sat down opposite her.

"You noticed too?"

Zhuge Lan was startled and turned around to see a beautiful girl with a high ponytail sitting opposite her.

"Ling... Ling Xin?" Zhuge Lan never expected to run into her teammate here. "You... what are you doing here?"

"Aren't we tracking down the Polluter?" Ling Xin looked at her strangely. "They're upstairs in this teahouse, probably on the fifth floor. I just scanned them."

"Huh?!" Zhuge Lan never expected that she had actually succeeded by accident in locating a Polluter!

"Why are you so surprised?" Ling Xin blinked. "Didn't you realize? You just happened to be having tea here?"

"Of course not!" Zhuge Lan retorted stubbornly. She didn't know why, but she had a vague feeling that she absolutely couldn't lose face in front of Ling Xin...

Strange... Why am I so concerned about her? We've never really interacted before... Could it be because the Zhuge Family has been overshadowed by the Ling Family for so many years? Turns out I have such a strong sense of Lineage honor...

"I spotted it too, and I even called a teammate..." Zhuge Lan said, "But you're quite confident, aren't you? You actually discovered the enemy's tracks without reporting it in the group chat?"

"A report will only get you 100 points." Ling Xin shook her head. "But what I need now is more than just 100 points."

Zhuge Lan frowned slightly. At this distance, she could see that Ling Xin had a very thin but stable aura... If she had unlocked the ability of the Heart Refining Realm, she should have been able to easily conceal her Hidden Qi, but now she needed to use such a difficult method to hide it, which meant that she was still in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Are you about to unlock the Mind Condensation?" Zhuge Lan asked.

Ling Xin nodded. "Thanks to Tuo Ye and Chen Fei's help, we're still a little over two hundred short."

"You're progressing faster than me..." Zhuge Lan naturally knew the name of the Golden Edge Witch. Ling Xin's Demon-Breaking Golden Edge was said to have the strongest frontal attack power in the Heart Refining Realm. It was said that even Peak Expert dared not take it head-on. She had unlocked the Mind Condensation, which was definitely a qualitative change!

"You'll be close to it too, won't you?" Ling Xin said. "It's said that the Zhuge Family has produced two Mystic Faction in this generation. You and your younger sister are about the same in ability, aren't you?"

"You saw Xiao Zi's video too?" Zhuge Lan sighed. "I told you she shouldn't be so flamboyant... It's true, we inherited our surname from our father, but our abilities are more inherited from our mother..."

At this point, Zhuge Lan gave Ling Xin a sly smile, "But I must remind you, that child Xiao Zi, whether in terms of ability development or talent, is a tiny bit inferior to me!"

So what if Ling Xin? The strongest attacker in the Heart Refining Realm? The sister of the Number One Under Ascension?

For many years, the younger generation had mostly lived in Ling Yao's shadow... until later, when Ling Yao became the youngest Peak at Zhendan and earned the title of the Number One Under Ascension. This dazzling achievement, which should have inspired even more envy, ironically brought a sense of relief to those geniuses who had always chased after him...

When you earn 5,000 a month, you might be jealous of your supervisor who earns 8,000 a month, or resentful of your manager who earns 12,000 a month, but you would never be jealous of a billionaire with assets worth hundreds of billions!

Because you know, you're from completely different worlds and shouldn't be compared to each other!

Ling Yao is such a person!

A few years ago, he was a rising star among the younger generation, but suddenly he transformed into the Number One Under Ascension, trampling a group of well-established veteran powerhouses under his feet!

This talent is so despairing that it even leads to his exclusion from lists of outstanding young people.

Zhuge Lan, who also came from a prominent Aristocratic Clan, felt this most deeply... Zhuge Chi, the most outstanding member of the younger generation of the Zhuge Family, her cousin, had been a role model for Lineage younger siblings since childhood, someone they looked up to. At the celebration banquet for breaking through to the Peak, surrounded by his younger siblings, when Ling Yao was mentioned again, Zhuge Lan still remembered the expression on his face and the words he said.

"I may be a genius... but I'm just a genius... aren't all those who deserve to be trampled under Ling Yao's feet geniuses?"

Zhuge Lan could feel that when her elder brother said those words, the dazzling aura around him seemed to instantly vanish.

The eldest brother has given up on catching up with Ling Yao, but Zhuge Lan doesn't want to give up yet!

The Ling Xin before him is the mountain that replaced Ling Yao as an outsider and stood above the younger generation!

An 18-year- Genius Girl with the sharpest attack power... If Ling Yao is the Number One Under Ascension, then Ling Xin's position is not far from being the Number One Person Below the Peak!

Very powerful, but at least we can still catch up!

Zhuge Lan refused to admit defeat in front of this woman!

"Since we share the same goal, let's see who can take him down," Zhuge Lan laughed. "I won't let you have your way!"

This attitude surprised Ling Xin slightly, and she casually replied, "I think it would be safer for us to cooperate."

"Huh... huh?" This answer caught Zhuge Lan off guard, "You want to cooperate with me?" "Otherwise, why would I come up here to find you?" Ling Xin said matter-of-factly, "I could have just rushed up to the fifth floor."

That's true...

"I thought you were the kind of person who was very confident in your abilities." Zhuge Lan took a sip of tea to cover her embarrassment.

"Confidence is not the same as arrogance," Ling Xin explained. "After all, there are three of them, and it would be difficult for me to deal with them alone."

"Three?" Zhuge Lan was surprised again.

"What? You didn't know?" Ling Xin's gaze became even more peculiar. "Then how can you be sure there are people upstairs?"

"Well..." Zhuge Lan coughed, "I used the 10 o'clock scan... I only saw one person... I didn't expect there to be teammates too."

"I see..." Ling Xin nodded. "Those who can hold out this long and still travel in groups must be quite strong. We need to be careful. You just said you called a teammate?"

"Oh..." Zhuge Lan glanced at her phone, still not seeing "Lin Feng's" reply, "He should be arriving soon. This teammate of mine is very strong and has already racked up quite a few kills; he'll be a huge asset."

"Is it the ' Lin Feng ' you mentioned before?" Ling Xin asked.

Zhuge Lan was slightly taken aback. "You remember? I just said it casually..." She suddenly became wary. "You don't know him, do you?"

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Ling Xin shook her head. "I've only heard the name before... Never mind, it's probably not the same person. Let's discuss it together when you, ' Lin Feng, ' arrive."

"By the way, do you also have a detection function?" Ling Xin asked.

"Um... I still have a group exploration," Zhuge Lan replied. Actually, she hadn't used either exploration in order to accumulate enough points for the Foundation Establishment Realm, but she had to say that to cover up her previous lie.

"Very good." Ling Xin nodded. "I still have one more solo scout to do. Once your friend arrives, we'll confirm the enemy's location again... Three kills, one for each of us!"

As they were talking, the guests at the next table suddenly called out to the waiter.

"Hey! Why is there a fly in your head at this hour?!"

The waiter immediately came over, looked at the table, and hurriedly apologized, "I'm so sorry for the trouble. We'll remove it and replace it with a new one right away..."

As he spoke, the waiter picked up the plate of pastries and walked away. When he passed Ling Xin and Zhuge Lan's table, he suddenly flipped his hand and threw the pastries from the plate onto their table!

This move was quite sudden, Zhuge Lan didn't have time to react at all. However, Ling Xin had exceptional Root Bone and a very fast reaction speed. She immediately raised her hand and swept the pastries away!

However, before the pastries even hit the ground, they exploded, and several semi-transparent black Ghost Shadow suddenly shot out from them, accompanied by shrill screams, and pounced on the two of them!

"This is..." Zhuge Lan never expected such a turn of events and could only activate his internal energy!

As spirits, ghosts are basically immune to physical attacks, but they can still be affected by qi. Most weak ghosts can be dealt with by qi, but the killing efficiency is very limited. It can be said to be a typical case of being useful but not effective.

However, there was no other way at this moment! Relying on the protective aura, the ghosts rushed in front of Zhuge Lan as if they had run into a wall. They kept hitting her, and each time they could burn and smoke her claws, but she seemed to feel nothing at all. She just attacked as if she had no reason!

Ling Xin, who reacted even faster, clearly had a clearer target. She rushed past the ghost and struck the waiter down with a single palm strike!

Even in terms of physical strength, Ling Xin was a hundred times stronger than an ordinary person, not to mention that she also possessed internal energy. With this palm strike, she directly cleaved the waiter in two diagonally. However, the moment she made the move, she was shocked and her eyes widened.

At this moment, Zhuge Lan also realized what was happening and turned to go to the next table.

The two guests at this table were clearly working together with the waiter; they were obviously enemies!

However, just as she raised her hand, before she could even lower it, Ling Xin's voice came from behind her, telling her to stop!

"Don't do it!"

Zhuge Lan was slightly taken aback, and then she saw the two guests' skin turn ashen, their veins bulging, and their faces contorted as they lunged at her!

"Why aren't you making a move?" Zhuge Lan took a step back, somewhat confused by Ling Xin's words.

"They were ordinary people," Ling Xin replied, looking at the waiter's body, which had been split in two. "I just lost a point."

"Ordinary people?" Zhuge Lan narrowed her eyes, and then saw that not only these two, but all the guests and waiters on the entire second floor had turned into this ferocious appearance, roaring as they charged towards them!

"They must have been controlled by the Polluter!" Ling Xin said through gritted teeth.

"I remember now!" Zhuge Lan had been to the [Paranormal] place more than once, suddenly exclaimed, "This is the power of the ' Corpse King '!"

"The Corpse King?" Ling Xin frowned. "You mean the Corpse King, one of the Four Great Ghost Kings?"

"Exactly!" Zhuge Lan gritted her teeth and said, "This guy's ability is to use spiritual power to control corpses... Of course, with his skills, it's not just corpses; as long as the resistance isn't strong enough, he can control living people too."

"I heard that two of the Four Great Ghost Kings are at their Peak ..." Ling Xin's expression turned serious. "Including him?"

"Not including..." Zhuge Lan shook her head. "But even if he's not at his Peak, he's still a First-class Expert! And this ability is too despicable; he actually manipulates ordinary people to attack us, and we don't even dare to fight back..."

Seeing the Corpse King puppets closing in, the two had no choice but to smash through the window and jump out!

However, it's not safe outside the window either!

The two middle-aged women who were just chatting and laughing have now transformed into Blue Face Fangs, fanged monsters, roaring as they pounce on them. Just as the two women dodged, an old man leaped up from the parallel bars, using the force of his spin to fly towards them like a shuriken!

The two dodged the spinning old man and decided to leave first. But as soon as they ran out of the square, they saw hundreds of residents surrounding them. They all had turned iron-gray skin and bulging veins, looking like demons from Hell!

"So many puppets?" Zhuge Lan gritted her teeth. "This proves at least two things... First, the Corpse King has unlocked the Heart Refining Realm; second, he discovered us long ago... This is probably a trap!"

(End of this chapter)