Lin Fan pouted, "Kill me? You are not capable of that!"
"Don't think I can't tell, you forcefully broke through just now, your strength is not stable yet. If we really fight, it will be at most a mutual destruction."
Ye Qingcheng sneered, "Then let's try!"
"Let's try!"
Lin Fan stopped wasting words and directly summoned nine banners materialized from spiritual energy.
He planted them in nine positions, trapping Ye Qingcheng in the middle.
"Roar..."
Purple dragons roared and flew out.
Each dragon was over ten meters long, emitting dazzling purple light, circling above the banners.
"Purple Dragon Suppresses Evil!"
Lin Fan gave the order, and the nine purple dragons quickly connected head to tail, their dragon heads all pointing at Ye Qingcheng.
"This is... a formation?!"
Ye Qingcheng was shocked and retreated rapidly.
The nine roaring purple dragons made her feel a terrifying pressure.
Streams of flames spewed from their mouths, attacking her with the momentum of destroying heaven and earth.
Ye Qingcheng dared not underestimate them. The malevolent energy around her surged, forming a black circular barrier.
However, it was useless.
As soon as the barrier of malevolent energy touched the flames, it was directly shattered and turned into ashes.
"I told you you're no match for me, I advise you to surrender immediately."
"Considering you helped my hometown elders, as long as you tell me who you are and what you're doing, I won't make things difficult for you."
As Lin Fan spoke, he bit his left index finger.
A drop of pure blood was added to the formation, making its power even greater.
Ye Qingcheng was dumbfounded.
Others strengthened formations with incantations or internal energy.
This guy actually used his own blood, he was a freak!
At this moment, she had no time to think.
The nine purple dragons swam between the nine banners, and waves of purple flames attacked.
Ye Qingcheng resisted for a few minutes before she was unable to continue.
"Pfft~"
A blast of energy hit her chest, causing her to spit blood and fly backward.
"Lin Fan, you are despicable and shameless!"
Ye Qingcheng was so frustrated!
While she was defending against the purple dragons' attacks, Lin Fan had secretly shot an energy blast at her.
"If it weren't for the rush of time and me not having enough time to refine the malevolent energy within me, you would be dead!"
She gritted her teeth in hatred.
"Still talking tough when facing death!"
Lin Fan shot another energy blast.
Slap!
This energy blast, the size of a palm, slammed hard onto her back, making a crisp sound.
"Lin Fan! I'll kill you!"
Ye Qingcheng's long hair flew wildly as she wished to tear Lin Fan to shreds.
Lin Fan glared, "Still want to kill me? Are you crazy!"
He said that and then used both palms, launching consecutive energy blasts at Ye Qingcheng.
"Good skills!"
Ye Qingcheng knew in her heart that it would be difficult to kill Lin Fan today, and if she continued to stall, she might be in danger.
She glanced at Ling'er, who was lying unconscious on the ground, gritted her teeth, and made a ruthless decision.
A large mass of malevolent energy condensed in her hand. With a loud bang, she actually punched the ground, creating a bottomless pit.
"This revenge, I, Ye Qingcheng, will repay!"
Ye Qingcheng leaped up and fled through the hole in the ground.
"Pfft~"
Lin Fan did not pursue. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
His face was pale, and his legs felt weak as he sat down on the ground.
The nine banners and nine purple dragons vanished instantly.
"This woman is quite formidable!"
Lin Fan had very little spiritual energy left in his body, and even his meridians were damaged.
If Ye Qingcheng hadn't run away quickly, he would have been the one to collapse in the end.
"The Great Witch realm experts, as expected, their strength is still above the Divine realm."
Thinking of this, Lin Fan felt a sense of lingering fear.
"Sigh~"
He sighed. He should have known earlier that Ye Qingcheng could absorb all the malevolent energy here, so her strength must be above his.
The multicolored radiant light completely disappeared, and the entire war-torn land returned to normal.
Lin Fan tied Ling'er up tightly and then entered the Sumeru spatial artifact.
Two hours later, his physical condition had recovered somewhat.
When he returned to the outside world, Ling'er had already woken up.
"Where is my mistress?" Ling'er asked through gritted teeth.
Lin Fan shrugged, "She abandoned you and ran."
"Nonsense!" Ling'er roared.
Lin Fan chuckled, "I'm still alive, and you've been captured by me. Is that nonsense?"
Ling'er lowered her head in silence.
She tried to break free from the ropes, only to find that her powers had been sealed by Lin Fan.
"What kind of beings are you? Why can you absorb malevolent energy to cultivate? Why do you want to kill me?" Lin Fan asked.
"Kill me! I won't tell you anything!" Ling'er stubbornly refused.
Lin Fan's lips curved into a wicked smile, "I like stubborn women like you the most, and I like dealing with stubborn women the most."
"It's okay if you don't say anything, I won't kill you."
"However, there are many old bachelors in our village."
"Look at how delicate your skin and flesh are. If I bring you back, what do you think those old bachelors will do to you?"
Lin Fan used this despicable tactic to threaten her as a last resort.
A flicker of fear flashed in Ling'er's eyes, "You are shameless!"
Lin Fan snorted, "I'm shameless? You and your mistress schemed against me with all your might, and now you call me shameless? My dear, I don't even know you!"
"I'll give you three seconds to consider, you have no other choice."
He looked serious, pretending to be very earnest.
Ling'er's big eyes darted around, seemingly thinking of a plan.
Lin Fan earnestly advised, "You are loyal and cover for your mistress, but what about Ye Qingcheng?"
"Seeing that she couldn't beat me, she abandoned you and ran away."
"When she ran, did she ever think about what would happen to you if you fell into my hands?"
Ling'er looked at the hole in the ground not far away. She could sense that Ye Qingcheng's aura had disappeared there, so Lin Fan wasn't lying.
"My mistress definitely has her own difficulties, she would never abandon me!"
"I advise you to release me, otherwise, when my mistress recovers, she will definitely kill you!"
Lin Fan slung her over his shoulder, "By the time she comes back, it'll be too late."
"Ah! I'll tell you!"
Ling'er was scared and begged for mercy.
In her impression, Lin Fan was an absolute scoundrel who would do anything.
Anyway, her mistress's business was not a big secret, and revealing it would not have any negative impact.
"My mistress..."
According to Ling'er, Ye Qingcheng had two souls in her body.
The other soul was an extremely malevolent yin spirit, which attempted to seize control of Ye Qingcheng's body. As a result, Ye Qingcheng fused with it.
Thus, she obtained the cultivation method of absorbing malevolent energy.
After much inquiry, she learned that Lingshan was a war-torn land where hundreds of thousands had died, making the malevolent energy extremely dense.
So she traveled thousands of miles to absorb the malevolent energy.
"My mistress is not trying to walk the path of demonic cultivation. After she absorbs the malevolent energy, she will refine it into spiritual energy within her body."
"Once my mistress has completely refined it, she will possess the purity of spiritual energy and the ferocity of malevolent energy, truly becoming invincible in the world!"
Lin Fan impatiently waved his hand, "I just want to know why you wanted to kill me?"