Chapter 1748: Unfamiliar Li Lingjing

When the youthful lady walked out of the vortex, her aura was just as oppressive as Li Luo's. It was akin to an apocalyptic storm that enveloped the wide battlefield. The soldiers of the divine continents looked horrified when they felt the pressure. Was this mysterious lady an expert on the level of a ninth-grade Transcendent? Where had she come from?

Ling Xuan, Xiao Lingzhu, Li Tianji, and the rest were shocked. They couldn't sense corruption source origin coming from her like the Others, but the fact that she had taken action to stop Li Luo meant that she was an enemy.

It only took a few moments for her identity to be deduced. "She's from the Origin Reversion Institute!" someone exclaimed. The only power that could produce a ninth-grade Transcendent was them, after all.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Did the Origin Reversion Institute really manage to produce a ninth-grade Transcendent?" The rest of the experts looked around, seeing the horror in each other's eyes. The relaxed atmosphere once again turned tense. If that truly was the case, then the situation would once again deteriorate.

While the divine continents' forces were embroiled in their own commotion, Li Luo's gaze was locked on the beautiful woman's familiar face. It had been six or seven years since they last met at the Xia Kingdom. When he had left his seclusion, Li Luo had used the Xia Alliance's networks to inquire about her. Even though they had managed to gather a lot of information about the Origin Reversion Institute's movements, there was nothing on her. It was as though she had vanished.

But here she was, standing before him once more. However, Li Lingjing gave him an unfamiliar feeling. Although her looks had not changed, the aura she emanated was different. Her eyes were black like ink, without even a trace of the whites. They were like onyx vortexes, giving one the creeps. Li Lingjing had cultivated a method unique to herself, giving her a gloomy aura. Every time he met her before, Li Luo still felt a sort of familiarity in that coldness, but that had completely vanished.

Li Luo's gaze then shifted the bamboo staff in her hand. It looked very similar to the weapon he had given her, the Aquamarine Bamboo Python Staff. This bamboo staff, however, was completely black, similar to her eyes, and it gave off an unsettling feeling. His heart sank bit by bit, as though he was falling into a bottomless pit.

The path that Li Lingjing had chosen was akin to skirting the edges of an endless abyss. If she wasn't careful, she would be swallowed up, losing that last bit of clarity and transforming into an existence that was a fusion of an Other and a human. Li Luo had always been worried about this and had even cautioned her to leave the Origin Reversion Institute. Even so, would it be that easy to leave? In addition, she wasn't interested in leaving.

In the end, Li Luo's deepest fears were realized in the most cruel way. Li Lingjing was no longer the cousin he once knew. Although he didn't know what had happened to her over the years, that last speck of light within her heart had undoubtedly disappeared. She was now a puppet of the Origin Reversion Institute. He felt dismayed in his heart, and his fury towards the Origin Reversion Institute soared.

While he was mired in his own complicated mix of emotions, the soldiers from the divine continents were also in a state of unrest. The opponent was clearly also a ninth-grade Transcendent, and she would cause the situation to change once again. That said, there was one pair of eyes in the crowd that were filled with disbelief as she took in Li Lingjing's figure.

It was Li Rouyun. The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li had brought over their bloodline protection formation to the Heavenly Star Plains. As a representative of the Dragon's Fang Lineage, Li Rouyun had naturally come as well.

Klang.

At this moment, her hand loosened and her jade ruler fell to the ground. Her eyes were filled with horror as looked at the extremely familiar figure in the air. She was Li Lingjing's aunt, and she had taken care of her beloved niece ever since she was injured by the Soul Eater True Devil. As a result, the relationship between them was no different from mother and daughter. Thus, there was no way she wouldn't recognize her.

Li Rouyun turned her head to look at Ox Biaobiao with great difficulty, her eyes turning red as she trembled. "Brother Biao... is that... is that Lingjing?"

Ox Biaobiao wasn't very familiar with Li Lingjing, but after being with Li Rouyun for so many years, he had heard her mutter Li Lingjing's name in her sleep many times. Thus, he was clear that with her love for Li Lingjing, seeing this person was a severe blow to her psyche. Ox Biaobiao put his arm around Li Rouyun as he consoled, "It shouldn't be. Lingjing left years ago. It doesn't make sense that she turned into a ninth-grade Transcendent either."

"No... it is her." Li Rouyun shook her head as tears fell from her eyes. She then cried out, "Lingjing actually didn't die. I told you in the past that I've seen her lurking in the shadows. It must have been her coming to see me."

Ox Biaobiao's expression turned heavy. Li Rouyun had mentioned this in the past, but he had always assumed it was just her overactive imagination creating an illusion she wished to see. "Ah Yun, you must calm down. Even if she really is Lingjing, she is no longer human. This is definitely not the niece you once knew," he said.

Tears began to flow from Li Rouyun's eyes. Although she didn't know what had happened to her niece, nor how she had become a ninth-grade Transcendent created by the Origin Reversion Institute, her heart was broken into pieces after seeing that once bright and spirited girl turn into this after countless torturous ordeals. "Lingjing... my child, you have lived a truly bitter life."

Li Rouyun was in complete anguish as she leaned on Ox Biaobiao. Knowing that Li Lingjing had lived such a cursed and miserable life broke her heart. If she could, she would have sacrificed her life in exchange for that pitiful child to live safely and well.

When Ox Biaobiao saw how sad Li Rouyun was, he sighed in his heart. He stretched his hand out and touched her neck, sending a surge of resonant power into her body that knocked her unconscious.

Although this disturbance had taken place in a tiny corner of the battlefield, it did not escape Li Luo's senses. He knew that Li Lingjing's appearance would bring great pain to Li Rouyun. He fell silent for a few moments before his figure flickered, reappearing before Li Lingjing.

At the same time, he glanced into the distant void, where the Slaughter Devil King of Sin's aura was rapidly growing more powerful, attempting to break into the Ninth Transcendent Duke Stage-equivalent and end the stalemate.

"Cousin Lingjing, do you plan to stop me?" Li Luo asked. She had undoubtedly appeared at this time to stop him from interrupting the Slaughter Devil King of Sin's evolution. He couldn't allow that to happen. If he did, then the situation would once again deteriorate.

Li Lingjing, however, did not respond. Instead, she lifted her staff and pointed it towards him. A terrifying power was emanating from the weapon, powerful enough to cause Li Luo's eyes to shrink. After all, he had felt this sensation before.

It originated from the extinction resonance!