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  Aphthita was originally very nervous, but suddenly let out a breath and reacted to her true thoughts in her heart. She actually didn't want to see Lord Lingdun kill Feng Junzi. But just as she relaxed, Lord Lingdun unexpectedly made his move!

  Marquis Lington watched from the shadows of the trees as Feng Junzi and Xiao Yunyi drew closer, then walked past him not far away, leaving behind their backs. In the darkness, his pupils contracted, revealing a ferocious expression, as if he had made a major decision with great determination.

  He pulled out something from his right pants pocket, a beautifully crafted pen. With one hand, he removed the cap, revealing a golden tip. His right hand held the pen tightly against his leg as he stood there watching Feng Junzi's back slowly walk by less than five meters away. This pen was not some sort of magical artifact, nor could it cast any spells; rather, it was a high-grade special agent's steel ball gun with a range of only five meters and only one shot available. The small steel balls shot out were coated with highly toxic cyanide and potent anesthetics.

  The steel ball hits any part of the body, causing only minor surface damage. The person will only feel a slight numbness, like being bitten by a mosquito, and then almost no sensation of being hit at all. By the time they react, it's already too late, the potent cyanide has paralyzed the entire body, leaving no chance for rescue. People who die from this method often don't discover the true cause of death until an autopsy is performed. The Duke of Lingdon had actually prepared such a thing to assassinate Feng Junzi, something even Aphrodite hadn't anticipated.

  Feng Junzi suddenly furrowed his brow while walking and growled: "There is a murderous aura in the fragrance!"

  Xiao Yunyi didn't speak, but instead half-turned and raised his hand to point to the side, directly at the location where Ling Dun Hou was hiding. He then turned back and walked shoulder-to-shoulder with Feng Junzi. Just as Xiao Yunyi pointed, Ling Dun Hou finally decided to take action. In the darkness, he took a step forward with his left foot, raised his right hand, and fired a steel bullet from his sleeve crossbow. His target was Feng Junzi's buttocks, and at such close range, it was sure to hit!

  But it seemed like nothing had happened, Feng Junzi and Xiao Yunyi walked slowly through the forest path towards the main entrance of Bin Hai Park. Lord Lingdun stood still, unaware that his whole body was already drenched in cold sweat. He let out a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that it was surprisingly easy to succeed! Just as he thought this, Lord Lingdun suddenly felt something was off - why hadn't he moved?!

  He should have his left foot forward and right hand raised, why is he still standing with his legs together and his right hand tightly holding the pen against his thigh? The steel ball isn't flying out, so why doesn't his wrist feel that slight recoil? He suddenly realized that his previous actions were all just a daze of illusion, he thought to himself that he was doing it, but in reality, his body hadn't moved at all!

  Have you ever had this brief "soul and body separation" experience? That is, your body is not under the control of consciousness for a moment, thinking that you have made a reaction but your body has not moved or acted slowly. For example, when you wake up from a dream. Why did Lord Lington behave like this? It was not his own reason, but because of Xiao Yunyi's finger movement, which is Xiao Yunyi's unique skill - Soul Control Technique. Lord Lington suddenly woke himself up and immediately regained control over his body, and now he's in big trouble.

  He "recovered" and instinctively made the move he had just thought of, his left foot stepping forward and his right leg naturally bending to push off the ground. His hand hadn't even lifted yet when his fingers unconsciously twitched, and the steel ball truly shot out at that moment. He had just reacted badly when he felt a slight tremble in his right wrist, and simultaneously his right calf felt as if it had been lightly pricked by a fine needle. Then, in an instant, there was no unusual sensation. Damn! He had shot himself!

  Marquis Lington accidentally fell into Xiao Yunyi's trap. It can't be said to be a trap, this soul-driving technique only makes people lose control of their body when they are not on guard, and it doesn't have any active harmful effect in itself. Once they react, they can regain control over their body. Marquis Lington was asking for trouble himself, his fingers were still in the tense state of shooting steel balls, and as soon as he could move, he shot the steel ball into his own leg.

  It wasn't until later that he realized what had happened, and by the time he did, it was too late. He felt a surge of fear as he realized that the steel ball had hit him. Marquis Ling, who was known for his mastery of magic and martial arts, and was a Temple Knight specially appointed by the Church, quickly sprang into action. He threw away his pen and waved his hand, summoning a gust of wind blades that sliced through the air with precision, cutting off a chunk of flesh from his right calf along with two layers of pants. He then immediately cast two healing spells on himself to stop the gushing blood.

  None of these were the most pressing concern, as he continued to chant in a low voice, imbuing himself with various purifying lights, fearing that if he delayed even slightly, the poison would take effect. As a result, he couldn't afford to open his mouth again. Although he immediately used a large piece of leg meat to dig out the steel bead, he was still extremely worried, and he knew best how vicious the specially prepared weapon for dealing with Feng Junzi was. Whether it was the effect of the poison or psychological, Ling Dun Hou felt a chill run down his spine, and he didn't dare relax for a moment as he continued to cast spells to save himself.

  On the other side of the road, Aphrodite was unaware of what had happened. She only saw Xiao Yunyi turn around and point, then see off the Feng couple, and for a moment she was distracted, not noticing what Lord Lingdun was up to. In fact, even if she had noticed, she wouldn't have known what Lord Lingdun had done, her puppet eye technique was excellent but it couldn't know everything, when Feng walked over there wasn't the slightest movement or magic power fluctuation from Lord Lingdun's side.

  Feng Junzi left, and Aphrodite was suddenly awakened from her trance-like state by Lord Linton, who was not far away. At this time, Lord Linton's breathing was rapid, his body trembling, and a wave of magical fluctuations came from the tree cluster in front of him, causing Lord Linton's figure to flash out with various faint glows in the darkness. Just now he didn't move at all, how did he make such a big commotion after Feng Junzi left? Judging by his reaction, it was as if he had been threatened greatly! Fortunately, there was no one around, but strangely, there was also no one around.

  Aphrodite rushed to the side of Lord Linton, her eyes widening in shock as she took in his injured state. There was blood on the ground and a fist-sized wound on the back of his right calf, with torn flesh visible beneath. Lord Linton's face was contorted in a mixture of pain and panic, desperately casting various healing spells on himself that would have been enough to treat an entire herd of wounded elephants.

  "Lindon, what's wrong?" Aphthite asked as she cast a blessing spell on him, not a healing one but an awakening one, for Aphthite had taken in his condition at a glance and found nothing seriously wrong.

  "I've been poisoned, hurry, use the antidote!" The Earl of Lingdun said in a weak and flustered voice, his body suddenly going limp as he leaned against Aphthina.

  If he was wounded in battle, it would be reasonable for Aphrodite to lean him against her body. Perhaps it's even a good way to win the heart of a beauty. But now that he's inexplicably fallen into her arms, Aphrodite frowned and stretched out a hand to both support and block him, guiding him to lean back against the tree trunk and slide down along the tree bark, while also applying a high-level healing technique to his leg. "You haven't been poisoned! What happened to your leg? This is a wound from a spinning wind blade."

  Marquis Lington: "But I feel a chill all over my body, it's the symptoms of poisoning."

  Aphthene: "That's the result of overusing magic, causing you to become faint. As a Temple Knight, how can you be so inexperienced and flustered before battle? Who hurt your leg?... No, that's not it, no one came by earlier, you did it yourself. What were you doing?"

  Marquis Lington: "Dead, Dead Spirit Master, Feng Niang is a Dead Spirit Master. She just used the Dead Spirit Control Technique to attack me."

  Aphrodite's face changed and she sternly shouted: "What are you talking about! This is a shameful accusation!"

  Why did she have such a big reaction? Because the accusation of necromancer is too serious! Necromancers are not dark creatures, but humans, and they are more terrifying than all dark creatures. Because they are human, and they master various advanced magic, but sell their souls to demons, can communicate with devils in hell, and gain powerful dark power.

  It's not that one can become a necromancer just by wanting to, thoroughly falling and selling one's soul to the devil is not enough, one must also have great power to haggle with the devil to be qualified. Before someone falls into becoming a necromancer, without exception, they are all magicians who have reached the highest level of grand magician. When they gain power from darkness, they can summon evil spirits from hell and even manipulate people's souls and dark creatures, becoming incredibly terrifying.

  The Necromancer is the arch-nemesis of the Church, claiming to be the guardian of God. As long as they encounter each other, there is only one way - to eliminate each other! The number of Necromancers is extremely small, and after experiencing large-scale persecution in history, they have almost become extinct. The Church has also paid a heavy price for this. In recent decades, the Necromancer has never appeared again, neither Aphthene nor the Marquis of Lington have seen a Necromancer, only hearing legends.

  Marquis Lington attempted to assassinate Feng Junzi with a steel ball gun, but was pointed at by Xiao Yunyi and suddenly lost control of his body for no reason. When he came to, he had shot himself in the leg and almost lost his life. Everyone was frightened out of their wits. This was not any kind of magic that he knew of, and it seemed that even among Eastern cultivators, no one had heard of such a technique. Instinctively, he had a most terrifying guess - Xiao Yunyi was using necromancy. In fact, although necromancy could summon the spirits of the dead or dark creatures, it couldn't "summon" Marquis Lington. Of course, once things were clear, it would be known that it wasn't, but at this moment, Marquis Lington had no way of knowing, and in his panic, he thought this way.

  He thought so, but Aphthita wouldn't think so. Xiao Yunyi was absolutely not a necromancer. Not to mention that this was the Kunlun continent, where necromancers didn't appear, and there wasn't any dark aura on Xiao Yunyi's body at all. If she had hidden it deeply and couldn't be seen normally, then when casting necromancy spells, the dark aura would be impossible to hide. Although Aphthita hadn't seen a necromancer before, she had fought against dark creatures and dangerous spirits many times, and any hint of dark aura wouldn't be able to deceive her.

  Just now, Xiao Yunyi pointed to the hiding place of Lord Lingdun with her finger. After she left, Aphthita found that Lord Lingdun was injured. He clearly hadn't been poisoned but claimed he had been, and then said such a thing about Xiao Yunyi being a necromancer. This accusation is serious and shameless! Because once the Church determines someone to be a necromancer, they will often send a large number of people to eliminate them. In order not to alert the enemy, sometimes they won't even confirm in person again, because necromancers are really too terrifying. It's better to kill by mistake than to let one go.

  Upon hearing Aphrodite's inquiry, Lord Linton also realized the severity of his words and explained with a gasp: "I'm not sure either, but she pointed at me with her finger, and I hurt my own leg. This might be the Death Spirit Spell."

  Aphrodite stood up: "Are you a vengeful spirit? Can you accept the summon of a necromancer? Indeed, it was you who hurt yourself, why do you say you were poisoned?"

  Marquis Lington was momentarily speechless and muttered: "It's just a suspicion, I didn't confirm it."

  Aphthita: "Some suspicions can't be spoken out loud, even if you want to help me. God's dignity is unparalleled because his glory shines on the truth of humanity... My God! What are your intentions? From now on, I refuse any private assistance from you." As soon as she said this, she suddenly felt a chill and the words "conspiracy" rose in her mind. The actions of Duke Lington had become a terrifying conspiracy in her eyes.

  It was because of the Marquis of Lington's confidential report that Feng Junzi was pushed into danger, and he framed the unrelated Feng Junzi, saying that Feng Junzi killed Archbishop Rahis and Bishop Buni. Today, he deliberately injured himself to suspect that Feng Junzi's wife, Xiao Yunyi, is a necromancer, so Feng Junzi must also be related to the necromancer. If this gets out, it will bring unimaginable danger to Feng Junzi and his family. Even if the Vatican does not openly intervene, countless Western monks who claim to be guardians of God will come.

  Although the accusation is baseless, don't forget who Marquis Lingdun is. He's not only a noble Knight of the Temple, but also a member of the royal family of Spia with good reputation and prestige internationally, so his words will be believed by many people. Feng Junzi's identity in the Kunlun cultivation world is special and it's inconvenient to make accusations casually, but Marquis Lingdun has directed his suspicions at his wife Xiang Yunyi in the mortal world, suspecting her of being a necromancer, which can also harm Feng Junzi.