The smug Qian Jiyin and Hao Long, along with a group of opportunists, were about to continue their journey when a little girl suddenly appeared and blocked their way.
"Stop! You can't go any further," the little girl said slowly to them all.
Seeing a little girl suddenly appear out of nowhere deep within these ruins, even a fool would know that her identity was definitely not simple. Even if she wasn't the guardian of these ruins, her background must be quite different.
So everyone stopped, and Qian Jiyin stepped forward and said, "Young lady, may I ask why you've stopped us? Are you testing us?"
"Yes, we did want to, but unfortunately you're too late," the little girl said. "There are already people who have cleared the ruins, so you'll have to turn back."
The little girl's words stunned everyone, who didn't even understand what she meant.
After going through countless hardships, even risking their lives to get here, she just sends everyone back with a simple "someone has already passed"? How can anyone accept that! What was the point of all this?!
Qian Jiyin, barely suppressing his anger, said to the little girl, "Haha, little girl, don't joke like that. This joke isn't funny at all!"
The little girl continued, "I'm not kidding, this is a place like this. Only the first person to pass will receive the reward. You don't even qualify to take the test!"
This enraged the desperados. Anyone who could get this far could be considered a master, so they naturally wouldn't take a little girl seriously. They immediately rushed towards her, wanting to kill her and continue their advance.
The little girl looked at these people's actions and sighed helplessly, saying, "Sigh, I never expected that you're not only clumsy with your hands and feet, but also not very bright? Is it really too difficult to expect you people to understand human speech?"
Among these people, Qian Jiyin and Hao Long did not rush forward. These two were very cunning and knew that the first person to step forward would never have a good ending. They would leave this to these brutes and follow them later if they rushed forward.
A moment later, both of them were incredibly grateful for their decision, because the little girl, facing so many fierce-looking people, simply stretched out one hand, her fair palm swiping downwards, and instantly, the dozen or so people running at the front were all sliced in half at the same time.
It's not an exaggeration; it's true that I was completely cut in two from head to toe, with no possibility of resistance whatsoever, as if it were a sudden natural disaster.
This shocking scene immediately stopped everyone in their tracks, and they stared wide-eyed at the dead with expressions of having narrowly escaped death.
"Alright, now do you understand who you're dealing with?" The little girl who had caused so much bloodshed seemed completely oblivious as she spoke, "Don't think that just because you're participants in this competition, I won't kill you. In my eyes, you're no different from wild boars."
"I'll say it again, this isn't a threat, it's a real order. Now, go back to where you came from immediately! Anyone who takes another step forward, or utters another word, I'll bury him under my locust tree!"
"Remember this, this is the Devil Realm, where strength is always the ultimate authority!"
Indeed, given such a huge disparity in strength, no matter how unwilling they were, they had no choice but to retreat, because preserving their own lives was the most important thing.
Everyone retreating from the ruins looked utterly dejected, because they didn't know what they had gained by doing all this. They had simply been played for a fool!
Hao Long, in particular, felt as if the sky had fallen. Although the little girl hadn't revealed who had cleared the level, he had a strong feeling that it was Qi Ling! There was no one else!
Could this Qi Ling really be the chosen one? In order to defeat him, I betrayed the Demon Alliance, betrayed Luna, and even risked my life to venture deep into the ruins, only to return without even seeing him, like a rat slinking back in disgrace.
"Damn it!" Hao Long slammed his fist into the nearby rocks, smashing the hard stone to pieces. "Damn it, what was the point of all this?!"
At this moment, Qian Jiyin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, Brother Hao Long, don't be so impulsive! Look at you, you're so anxious over such a small matter, how will you ever achieve anything great in the future!"
"But now I have nothing left. Luna will no longer believe what I say, and the Demon Alliance sees me as a traitor. What chance do I have to turn things around?" Hao Long said dejectedly.
"Hahaha, since ancient times, history has always been written by the victors!" Qian Jiyin seemed completely unconcerned about this defeat, and said to Hao Long, " Hao Long, as long as you can achieve final victory, you can wipe away this shame and make everyone look at you with new eyes, right?"
Hao Long listened to Qian Jiyin 'Qian Jiyin words without speaking, seemingly moved by them, and realizing that he truly had no better solution at the moment.
"Then, do you have any other ways to help me turn the tide?" Hao Long asked Qian Jiyin.
"You need to understand, right now, Qi Ling may not be the strongest, but she's definitely the most threatening," Qian Jiyin said. "So, if we want to win, we must first eliminate Qi Ling!"
"Deal with Qi Ling? That's easier said than done! That guy is clearly blessed by heaven; otherwise, why would everyone be helping him!" Hao Long said. "What other way do I have to deal with him?"
"Hehehe, Hao Long, don't you still have a card to play?" Qian Jiyin said to Hao Long with a sinister smile, "I've also discovered a weakness in Qi Ling, which is that he's too sentimental and will inevitably be influenced by that factor!"
"So, Saintess Luna, who just sacrificed so much for Qi Ling, is our last trump card! As long as we use the Saintess to threaten Qi Ling, we can do whatever we want, right?"
Hao Long stared at Qian Jiyin in shock, at a loss for words. Using Luna as a hostage to threaten Qi Ling? Was this something a human being could do?