Convergence

"Had someone already been here before me?"

When Li Lingna followed the winding passage to the circular room at its end, the passage in the center of the floor had already opened. Tiny fragments of plants were scattered around the narrow passage—the very pieces that had fallen off when Yu Jing contracted his body earlier.

"Plants? Could the person who entered the prison below be that... man whom Lord Zhan Ling said was just as important as this mission?"

As far as Li Lingna knew, among the personnel from the three factions heading into the restricted zone, Yu Jing was the only one with plant-based abilities.

Li Lingna contracted her body inward, transforming into a demon spider that perfectly fit the narrow passage, and crawled downward. Waves of killing intent came from below, making the spider she had become tremble incessantly.

"Has she arrived? One of Zhan Ling's subordinates."

When Li Lingna dropped to the ground, she found herself facing Yu Gan, who was sitting in a wheelchair with his eyes closed, seemingly resting. Various detection devices were aimed at him, yet none could obtain any data... Clearly, this man was the ultimate target of Li Lingna's mission.

What was strange was that the killing intent filling the room did not come from him.

"You know Lord Zhan Ling?"

"I don't. My disciple does, which is why he agreed to let you in."

Following Yu Gan's gesture, Li Lingna turned to look behind her. A man stood ramrod straight in the center of the prison cell, and the icy killing intent was radiating from him.

"Slaughter Domain!"

A ripple spread outward. In the blink of an eye, Li Lingna found herself standing on the Potential Institute's field, which was covered in blood and the corpses of disciples. The man standing