"First of all, not everyone can recognize that I possess a Heaven-gifted Divine Body."
"Besides, my power can also be concealed."
Zi Ling smiled softly, and the purple aura around her body instantly contracted. Then she lightly tapped the ground, and with a "whoosh," she burst out from within the transparent barrier. Her terrifying speed was no different from Chu Feng's, who had been using the Azure Dragon's Nine Heavens technique.
"Father, I'm here to rescue you!" After Zi Ling stormed into the great hall, she shouted up at the sky. Her voice was so loud it was like a clap of thunder, echoing through the entire hall.
"Where did this little girl come from?" This sudden turn of events startled the Four Great Demon Kings, because they realized Zi Ling had jumped right out of the walls. They knew those walls all too well — they were indestructible artifacts. How could anyone pass through such walls?
"Zi Ling, don't come closer! This grand formation is beyond your ability to resist — run, quickly!" When Qin Lei saw Zi Ling, his expression changed drastically and he shouted at once. It was clear he cared for Zi Ling a great deal.
"Don't be afraid, Father. I have a treasure my grandfather gave me. It can break any formation in the world and slay all demons and monsters. This formation is nothing in the face of my treasure." Zi Ling beamed a sweet smile, then drew a brilliantly shining artifact from her Universe Bag.
Zi Ling held the treasure in her hand. It was impossible to make out exactly what it was, but the dim green light it emitted was dazzlingly bright, blanketing everything within a hundred meters.
She raised it high above her head, looking almost sacred, and without a glance back, she charged toward Qin Lei and the others with her chest full of confidence, as if the item in her hand could truly save them.
"No good — go catch that girl!"
Seeing this, the Four Great Demon Kings' blood-red eyes went wide as saucers. They moved simultaneously, rushing toward Zi Ling while unleashing their powerful auras, hoping to envelop and suppress her movements.
But unfortunately, no matter how overwhelming their pressure was, it simply could not suppress Zi Ling in her current state. Having unleashed the power of her Divine Body, she possessed an imposing presence ordinary people lacked. Ordinary pressure was completely powerless against her.
"Hmph, four old monsters — if you dare come any closer, don't blame me for using this treasure to destroy you!" Zi Ling spun around and ran toward the other side of the hall.
"Damned girl, this King will swallow you alive!" The Four Great Demon Kings had been completely distracted by Zi Ling and now closed in on her from four directions.
"That girl Zi Ling really knows what she's doing. Now it's my turn."
Seeing that Zi Ling had successfully lured all four Demon Kings away, Chu Feng was overjoyed. He sent out his will, and a small azure dragon appeared beneath his hips. Then, in a flash of light, he shot forward and rushed straight for the stone platform.
"Not good — there's another one!" However, the moment Chu Feng entered the hall, the Four Great Demon Kings sensed his aura, and two of them were about to rush toward him.
"You four old monsters — this lady will put an end to you today. Prepare to die!" Seeing this, Zi Ling had a quick flash of inspiration. Then, with lightning speed, she hurled the brilliantly glowing treasure from her hand right into the middle of the four Demon Kings.
"Watch out!" Zi Ling's shout made all four Demon Kings flinch. Then all of them struck simultaneously, bombarding the shining object with their attacks.
But before any of their attacks could reach it, the object was already unable to withstand the energy released by their combined strikes. It was crushed to pieces, scattering into countless motes of green light that drifted down like rain.
"That was never a treasure at all!" In that instant, the Four Great Demon Kings realized the truth, because they couldn't feel even a trace of danger in those green motes. This was no treasure that could slay all things — it was nothing but junk.
"Four big dummies — look how scared you got! That was just an ordinary luminous pearl!" Seeing the particular looks of shock on the Demon Kings' faces, Zi Ling burst into giggling laughter, doubling over with amusement.
"Dead girl — I'll make sure you suffer every torment before you die!" After realizing they'd been duped, two of the Demon Kings raced toward the high platform while the other two lunged at Zi Ling once more.
"Chu Feng, it's all up to you now!" Zi Ling shouted toward the high platform. Her lithe body darted forward as she transformed into a streak of light, running while yelling: "Come on! Come chase me! If you catch me, there's a prize!"
Meanwhile, Chu Feng had already reached the top of the high platform. His heart was pounding with excitement because he noticed that the surface of the platform was covered in special runes. These runes formed a grand formation of extraordinary beauty.
But what truly caught Chu Feng's attention at this moment was not the rune-covered formation — it was the object at its center.
There, an enormous axe was planted upright. The axe was a full two meters long. Its body was originally pure black, but when light swept over it, one could see a blood-red glow emanating from the dark surface — as if that blackness was no simple color, but the accumulated essence of countless congealed drops of blood.
The shape of this axe was incredibly imposing. The front was a massive, standard axe head, razor-sharp, capable of cleaving through anything — it could easily sever the head of a giant elephant.
On the side of the axe was a crescent-shaped hook, resembling a large blade. It could serve a similar function to the axe head, but it looked more like a hook — the kind that could rip out a person's innards.
This enormous axe was nothing short of a weapon of slaughter, and Chu Feng also noticed with care that four large characters were inscribed on its center: "Asura Demon Axe."
"What a magnificent Asura Demon Axe — you're mine!" Chu Feng approached the axe and reached out with his hand, gripping it tightly. But when he tried to pull with all his might, attempting to wrench the Asura Demon Axe free from the formation, his expression shifted.
To his astonishment, Chu Feng found that he couldn't budge it at all. The Asura Demon Axe seemed fused with the stone platform as one, utterly immovable.
"Hahaha! Ignorant little brat — did you really think you could pull out the Asura Demon Axe?"
Just then, a mocking laugh rang out from behind Chu Feng. He turned to look, and there stood the Venomous Snake King, slowly closing in from behind. His overwhelming pressure had sealed off Chu Feng's only path of retreat.
"Whoosh!"
At the same moment, the Scorpion King also appeared at the other end of the stone platform, cutting off Chu Feng's escape route from behind. It approached while speaking to Chu Feng: "This Asura Demon Axe has been planted in this stone platform for several hundred years. Not even my master or the Demon Kings of old could pull it out. Did you really think you could remove it and become its master?"
"How naive, how laughable — hahaha…"