After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Under the powerful bombardment, the cave began to shake violently.

A vortex appeared, and she used her spiritual power to protect herself as she flew into it.

Indeed, there is nothing that power cannot solve.

Arriving at the familiar gate, she couldn't help but look around.

Except for the rare ones, all the spiritual plants that I had dug up before have recovered.

Not long after they entered, the palace gates slowly opened, and the boy ran out joyfully.

"Master, you..."

The boy's smile froze when he saw her. "What are you doing here?"

He had been asleep for an unknown amount of time under his master's magic. A few days ago, the magic disappeared and he woke up. The stone figure that had bound him also disappeared.

He thought that his master had taught him a lesson for his misbehavior last time and was now willing to let him move freely again.

Sensing the unusual activity at the entrance, he assumed it was his master returning and prepared to appease him, only to discover that the person who came was there to kill him!
"What? Are you surprised to see me?"

Lin Yan sneered, drawing her sword to confront the person.

"Back then... I had my reasons. Did you really have to kill me, sister?" The boy asked with a bitter expression.

"What's your predicament? Besides, what does your predicament have to do with me?"

Seeing his pitiful expression, Lin Yan couldn't help but feel disgusted and nauseous.

She sneered, "Did I cause your predicament? Just because you have your own reasons, does that mean others have to be sacrificed? Do you think you're the most pitiful person in the world, that everyone owes you something, and everyone should die for you?"

"Sister, you are now a Nascent Soul cultivator, and I deserve some credit for that. Why are you holding a grudge against me?"

When the boy realized that feigning helplessness wasn't working, he tried a different approach.

"I'm no threat to you now, am I? Why do you insist on killing me? Sister, spare me this time, and I promise to serve you like a slave from now on..."

Lin Yan scoffed lightly.

She's still being treated like a slave? I'm afraid he'll kill her without hesitation given the chance.
I can't leave such a hidden danger behind!
Thinking this, she was filled with unprecedented killing intent, and threw her sword at his face.

"Go down to the underworld and repent!"

The boy quickly cast a spell, and countless stone golems came to block the attack for him.

This was, after all, where he lived, and he knew half of the formations of the Sea God's Palace.

When the opponent made a move, he quickly used a magic circle to summon stone golems to defend himself, and then swiftly entered the gate.

The palace doors closed again, and the boy was nowhere to be seen, leaving only the stone figures surrounding her.

Is there anything she still doesn't understand?
The boy can control the Sea God's Palace; the monsters that attacked people when we first entered together were his doing.

After leading her to the place of sacrifice, they will push her into the blood pool without hesitation to sacrifice her.

She even showed that pained expression during the sacrifice, fooling him completely, thinking she was so affectionate and conflicted.

That damned bastard! Killing him outright would be too lenient.

They should kill him, cut him into pieces, and throw him into the pool of blood so he can taste what it's like to be sacrificed.

Power emanated from her body, turning all the surrounding stone figures into dust, which vanished with the wind.

She gathered her strength and struck the door.

The two collided, producing a deafening sound.

The material of this door is extraordinary; it actually withstood her attack!

--boom!

She struck again. The door swayed twice, but remained firmly in place.

The palace is protected by a barrier; you can't fly in without going through the main gate.

She didn't get angry and continued banging on the door in frustration.

The door couldn't be opened by bombardment, so there must be a defensive array that absorbs energy to strengthen the door.

Her power wasn't strong enough to cause the formation to collapse. Since attacking the door wouldn't work, she observed the entire Sea God Temple again.

Clearly, breaking through the barrier to get in is not a good idea.

We still need to focus on the walls and gates.

Once the flaws in the above formation are found and broken, then simple doors or walls are no longer a threat.

She would occasionally bang on the door from the outside, making a commotion that would put some psychological pressure on the people hiding inside.

She looked around, found a spot to pitch the tent, and took out gloves from her storage bag and put them on.

She dug up the spiritual plants that had grown and put them into her storage bag.

I wonder what kind of formation is used to maintain the flowers and plants outside, which allows the spirit plants that were dug up to grow back, and the quality of them is quite good.

After digging up the spiritual plant, she cut off the crystallized branch, poured the spiritual power from the spirit stone into it, and turned it into a dummy.

The Temple of Poseidon is exclusive; she can't touch the main gate, so how could she touch the mannequin made of plants here?

Under her control, the two mannequins walked up to the door and examined it carefully, even reaching out to touch it.

The door did not spring open with force; instead, blue runes appeared on it.

The mannequin tried to push the door open, but found it wouldn't budge.

It seems we still need to break the formation above before we can push it open.

After fiddling around for a while, she finally spotted the core of the array.

She took out a spirit stone and tossed it to the dummy, which then began to absorb spiritual energy under her control.

When they had accumulated enough power, the two of them worked together to break through the core of the formation.

—Click, click!

A cracking sound came from the door.

An invisible thin film turned into silver specks and disappeared.

The dummy pushed the door hard, and it actually opened slowly.

This door is at least half a meter thick, and I don't know what material it's made of; it's heavy and sturdy.

Knowing how to break through the barrier, she wasn't in a hurry to go in. She replenished the lost spiritual power of the dummies with spirit stones and then manipulated one of them into the temple.

As soon as she went in, the door closed.

The boy stood smugly before the sacrificial ceremony, looking at the intruding mannequin.

"Hmph, you've trespassed here, you're just waiting to die!"

As he spoke, he made hand seals, activating the killing formation. Countless plant-like beings, reef-like people, and sea monsters emerged, each one fierce and menacing, eager to kill the dummies.

The boy didn't know that the person entering the room was a dummy; he was waiting for it to come in so he could trap it like a turtle in a jar.

The dummy used magic to withstand the relentless attacks, but finally collapsed when its spiritual power was exhausted. It was then devoured and dissipated by the monsters.

The boy watched the person disappear and burst into laughter.

"Die!" This is what happens when someone tries to kill him!

Overwhelmed by the joy of victory, he hadn't realized it was a dummy and seemed to have suddenly lost his mind.

Perhaps he could recognize that the person who had just died was a dummy, but he needed to kill someone to satisfy himself, so he deceived himself.

The monsters retreated, the gate slowly opened again, and the person who looked exactly like Lin Yan reappeared.

"Oh, you seem quite pleased with yourself for killing me. You were all acting pitiful and weak before, and now you're acting crazy. You've got quite a few faces."

"you……"

"What? You're surprised I'm still alive? Don't worry, you'll definitely die before me!"

The dummy rushed forward, but before it could even touch the hem of his clothes, it was smashed to pieces by the immense force.

A giant stone figure stood guard beside him. (End of Chapter)