Inside the cave.

  Although Ye Cangxuan was in a sorry state, his face bore a sinister and cunning smile.

  This cave was the lair of their Demon Race.

  Inside, a terrifying killing array was set up. Any outsider who dared to intrude would inevitably trigger it!

  By then, not to mention Xiao Lingchen, who was only at the Dao Palace Realm, even a powerful cultivator at the ninth level of Breaking Illusions would meet their end here!

  Ye Cangxuan took out a bottle of dark blood.

  He sprinkled it throughout the cave passages!

  This blood was from a Flood Dragon he had obtained by chance.

  Flood Dragons are inherently lustful; anyone who comes into contact with this blood will be instantly consumed by desire, losing control.

  He used this Flood Dragon blood as a precaution.

  Ye Cangxuan truly feared the black cauldron in Xiao Lingchen's possession.

  With that cauldron, it was possible even the killing array could be broken.

  However, with the Flood Dragon blood, Xiao Lingchen's mind could be disturbed, and if he entered the killing array, he would be unable to control the black cauldron.

  He would be killed by the array on the spot!

  Thinking of this, Ye Cangxuan's face twisted into a sickly smile.

  He rarely found himself in such a dire situation in his life, filling him with hatred for Xiao Lingchen.

  He couldn't wait to see Xiao Lingchen in a state of ecstasy and agony, only to be killed on the spot!

  "Come in! Hurry up and come in!"

  "Hehehe..."

  However, as he was lost in his fantasies...

  "Boom!"

  A loud explosion.

  Like a falling star, it crashed to the ground, causing the entire cave to tremble violently!

  "What happened?"

  Ye Cangxuan almost fell to the ground, his face full of terror, clueless about the situation. The next second, similar explosions followed one after another.

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  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!!"

  "......"

  The repeated explosions made the cave tremble violently, rocks fell, and the ground shook!

  The entire cave was on the verge of collapse!

  Outside the cave.

  Xiao Lingchen was controlling the Cauldron of Fate, expanded to several hundred feet, to repeatedly smash into the cave.

  "Come out!"

  "Come out, damn it!"

  "Damn it, I'll smash you to death!!!"

  Suddenly.

  A streak of light flew in from afar.

  It came to Xiao Lingchen's side.

  Xiao Lingchen turned to Yun Zhanyi and asked:

  "Why are you here?"

  Yun Zhanyi replied softly:

  "I was worried about you."

  "That guy has the strength of the fifth level of Breaking Illusions, and you dare to chase him, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

  Xiao Lingchen chuckled:

  "No worries."

  "That guy got hit by his own black lightning, his realm plummeted, and now he's hiding in the cave, not daring to come out!"

  Xiao Lingchen then asked:

  "How is Ning Huanhuan?"

  Yun Zhanyi replied:

  "She got a little hurt, but it's nothing serious."

  Xiao Lingchen nodded, relieved.

  He then focused on forcing Ye Cangxuan out.

  He controlled the massive Cauldron of Fate to smash into the cave repeatedly.

  Each strike caused the ground to shake and produced a thunderous sound.

  Before long, the cave couldn't withstand it and collapsed.

  "Stop smashing!"

  "Stop smashing!!!"

  Just as Xiao Lingchen was about to continue.

  A pitiful shout came.

  Then, a dark figure flew out of the cave, landing in front of Xiao Lingchen.

  Who else could it be but Ye Cangxuan?

  Covered in wounds and in a sorry state, Ye Cangxuan looked at Xiao Lingchen with a pitiful expression and pleaded:

  "Please, spare me!"

  "Now that you've slaughtered all the Demon Race members in this Dark Forest, I'm the only one left."

  "I don't want to die!!!"

  Originally, he hoped the killing array in the cave would kill Xiao Lingchen.

  But this guy didn't fall for it.

  Seeing the entire cave about to collapse, he almost got crushed to death.

  Desperate, he had no choice but to come out and beg for mercy.

  Yun Zhanyi glared at him:

  "Don't want to die?"

  "When you killed our sect disciples, did you ever think they didn't want to die either?"

  Ye Cangxuan cried bitterly:

  "I know they didn't want to die!"

  "But none of this is my fault!"

  "You don't understand, we're not really the orthodox Demon Race, just a branch. Because of our low status, we couldn't bear the oppression, so we hid in this Dark Forest."

  "We've kept to ourselves, never causing trouble."

  "This time, it was your sect disciples who killed my people first, forcing us to retaliate!"

  "Now, my people are all dead, and I'm all alone."

  "I don't dare ask for much, just to survive."

  "Please, give me a chance! Spare me..."

  "Please..."

  As he spoke, Ye Cangxuan was in tears.

  His pitiful appearance made Yun Zhanyi feel a bit uneasy.

  However, at that moment, a red light flashed suddenly.

  Blood dripped from the Phoenix Emperor Sword.

  Yun Zhanyi's eyes widened, staring at Ye Cangxuan's head flying off, stunned.

  It wasn't until she saw the hidden weapon falling from Ye Cangxuan's corpse that she realized what had happened.

  She looked at Xiao Lingchen and couldn't help but ask:

  "You knew he was up to no good, pretending to be pitiful to ambush us?"

  Xiao Lingchen replied:

  "I didn't know, I just didn't want to let him go."

  Hearing this, Yun Zhanyi was momentarily speechless.

  It made sense.

  Xiao Lingchen had killed countless people; how could he be a kind-hearted person?

  He probably never intended to spare Ye Cangxuan, killing him while he was off guard, and in doing so, thwarted Ye Cangxuan's ambush.

  Thus, they avoided the risk of being ambushed.

  Suddenly.

  Ye Cangxuan's corpse emitted a thunderous drum sound!

  Then lightning burst forth.

  "What is this?"

  Xiao Lingchen quickly retreated with Yun Zhanyi, watching the scene in shock.

  Yun Zhanyi immediately explained:

  "This is the companion spiritual treasure he just summoned."

  "A companion spiritual treasure is innate, merging with its owner. Once the owner dies, the treasure will also vanish from the world."

  Hearing this, Xiao Lingchen sighed:

  "What a pity, the Thunder Drum of the Netherworld was quite a treasure, and now it's just gone."

  Yun Zhanyi said:

  "Not necessarily."

  "My master once entered the True Martial Space and obtained a grade-less divine artifact and a unique secret technique, which can refine companion spiritual treasures."

  Xiao Lingchen said helplessly:

  "That's as good as not saying anything, your master isn't here."

  Yun Zhanyi smiled:

  "You don't know, I'm the chief disciple of Small Bamboo Peak, and my master has already taught me everything."

  "Including that unique secret technique for refining companion spiritual treasures, which I've already mastered!"

  As she said this, Yun Zhanyi's face showed undisguised pride.

  Xiao Lingchen was slightly surprised.

  He quickly reminded her:

  "Then hurry up and refine that Thunder Drum of the Netherworld."

  Even if he couldn't obtain it himself, it was better for Yun Zhanyi to have it than for it to vanish.

  Yun Zhanyi shook her head and then said:

  "I want to teach you that unique secret technique, so you can refine the Thunder Drum of the Netherworld."

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