I defeated the saint with a parry.

"don't want!"

Zhong Song gasped in surprise at his actions, immediately shoving aside the fox demon in front of him and turning to pounce on Xu Ling, trying to stop him.

Not only him, but Zhao Xiong and the others also moved closer to this side.

Even Li Xi stopped in her tracks, her beautiful eyes narrowing: "You want to commit suicide?"

Yes, Xu Ling's ink-black blade struck himself.

He's going to take a gamble.

Since the conditions for triggering the trial space are like this, what's wrong with killing yourself?

He was also pulled into the trial space... but he was both the master and the enemy, and he was the only person in the entire space.

At this moment, a bug appeared in the system.

"Ding!"

"An unknown bug has been detected. There are no enemy objects, and the user cannot trigger the exit condition."

The trial space seemed to have been invaded, with flashing red lights and blaring alarms.

This further confirmed Xu Ling's belief that the trial space and system before him were actually just a program. Since it was a program, even if it was AI, it meant there were loopholes to exploit.

Vulnerabilities are obvious to anyone who knows them; you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't exploit them.

We are currently planning a solution.

"System activation in progress... Please do not panic. The system will do everything possible to ensure your safety. Please wait patiently in the trial space."

Xu Ling wasn't in a hurry. He knew that time in this trial space was different from that in the outside world, so he watched quietly. But after the system uttered that sentence, there was no further movement.

He was naturally unaware that the world outside had changed the moment he drew his sword and slashed at himself.

As soon as Xu Ling's blade touched his skin, he slowly withdrew it, stood at attention, and stared intently ahead.

"Master Xu?"

Zhao Xiong was standing closest to Xu Ling, and he was the first to notice something was wrong. He tentatively asked, "Are you alright?"

He noticed that Xu Ling's entire body was stiff and his eyes were lifeless, like someone suffering from amnesia.

However, this situation soon changed.

Xu Ling blinked and forced a smile, but the stiffness didn't disappear much.

Everyone present felt a majestic power emanating from Xu Ling. The aura was both familiar and strange to them. All the frantic fox demons screamed and fled from this land immediately, tails between their legs, and ran away frantically. They didn't dare to stop even when they reached the edge of the void.

Several fox demons disregarded the void at the boundary between yin and yang and headed towards the void. They were fine when they first came into contact with the void, but they were unable to move on their own. However, some fox demons soon discovered that their bodies began to age and wither rapidly after leaving the land, and the traces of time appeared on them at an extremely fast pace.

In just a few breaths, those nimble foxes became dried corpses, completely still, and quietly drifted away into the distance.

This scene was chilling.

Chung Sung couldn't help but recall the legend about the boundary between Yin and Yang, the so-called "being able to see one's own life," could it be this kind of "seeing"?

What's even more surprising is the reaction of all the fox demons.

Li Xi roared, "Those who don't want to die, don't leave this land!"

After she finished speaking, she ignored her fellow clansmen and stared intently at Xu Ling, a sense of unease rising in her heart.

The aura that suddenly appeared on Xu Ling felt both familiar and unfamiliar to her.

She was just moments ago full of confidence, acting as if she could toy with Xu Ling, but now her face has darkened.

"Who are you? You are definitely not Xu Ling."

"Situation assessment in progress..." Xu Ling looked at Li Xi, his expression stiff: "Human-fox hybrid discovered in Guanhai Realm, currently matching with equivalent combat power."

The system's voice was ringing in Xu Ling's mind.

"Matching relevant storylines... Matching complete..."

"Matching characters from the character database..."

Xu Ling's head swept across everyone present in a strange manner, not even sparing the group of foxes hiding in the corners.

"Role matching successful".

Scene confirmed!

"Match confirmed!"

No one could hear any of these sounds.

Li Xi and Zhong Song watched as Xu Ling looked around strangely, his aura shifting from an imposing and unfathomable level to the Body Tempering Realm, and then rapidly rose to the Sea Gazing Realm.

Before they could think any further, Xu Ling had already charged towards Li Xi with his knife.

"Calculating the target's movement trajectory."

As Li Xi dodged and weaved, Xu Ling followed closely behind like a ghost, perfectly replicating her every move.

She couldn't avoid any of the movements.

And all her movements could be perfectly detected.

You can't hurt him, and you can't escape him. So this is what it feels like to fight Xu Ling.

Li Xi's face was already filled with panic.

"No! This isn't right, it shouldn't be like this. You shouldn't be able to use this supernatural power on people who aren't hostile..."

Li Xi blurted out without thinking, "You've summoned a spirit, haven't you?!"

"That must be it. That aura just now was similar to the Heavenly Dao, yet not quite the same. It must have been the method you used to summon a deity. Legend has it that in the ancient primordial era, this world was filled with gods, who later disappeared. Which deity is on you?"

That makes a lot of sense.

Zhong Song and Zhao Xiong's group had already retreated to the front of the City God Temple to watch the play. Upon hearing Li Xi's roar, they couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"Although it's a bit inappropriate to say it like that, what this fox girl said is quite right."

"You're just blinded by her good looks; you've been bewitched by a fox, that's why you agree with the enemy."

"You can't say that. Brother Xu Ling's strength is indeed quite mysterious. I've heard from my fellow disciples in the yamen that he seems to have fought enemies of all realms, but on the surface he's only at the Body Tempering Realm, which is really unreasonable. So there's always been a saying circulating in the yamen that Brother Xu Ling is playing dumb to fool others."

"If that's the case, then invoking gods makes sense. Different gods are in different realms, so it wouldn't be wrong to defeat any of them."

"Then do you think there are any methods for summoning gods at the saint level? If so, wouldn't he be invincible under heaven?"

"That can't be right. He's a saint; it's not something that can be achieved casually."

"But in ancient times, there were gods of all levels. Wouldn't it be easy to invite a god down and reach the realm of a saint?"

"Doesn't that mean Lord Xu is invincible?"

"Look at your face! Before, you kept calling me Junior Brother Xu, then Brother Xu, and now, what's with the attitude? Lord Xu?"

"If you're so capable, then shut up."

The group seemed quite relaxed.

After all, the core of the formation is Li Xi, and Li Xi has been suppressed by Xu Ling. This mission has gone from a life-or-death situation to one where there is no pressure to survive.

The only remaining question is when Xu Ling will be able to defeat Li Xi.

As soon as the idea came out, everyone shut their mouths and looked at Xu Ling and Li Xi, because Li Xi had been slashed to the ground by Xu Ling.

The knife was about to strike Li Xi's neck.

"stop!"

A demonic aura swept across the sky.

Even from afar, one can sense the immense power emanating from above; it is at least a Dragon Gate Realm realm stronger than the Sea-Gazing Realm.

Xu Ling recognized the voice.

A thought flashed through his mind: "The character 'Hou Le' has been matched."

Before Hou Leren arrived, the force that was blocking Xu Ling's attack was already nearby. A Dao artifact-level staff shot out from the void, pointing directly at Xu Ling.

"Action matched! 100% deflection path confirmed, perfect parry triggered successfully!"

"clang!"

Xu Ling stopped his execution of Li Xi, his body twisting and turning in an extremely strange manner. He swung his sword behind him, and the ink-black sword in his hand deflected the Dao artifact at an unexpected angle.

That was Lingbao's ink knife, completely undamaged, without even a crack.

Even the spiritual power contained within the Dao artifact was shattered by the ink blade and spread outwards.

Xu Ling himself only moved his clothes slightly, but the foxes watching the battle and Zhong Song's group suffered greatly, as they were directly thrown away.

A group of foxes nearly stumbled out of the area, while a group of ghost cultivators were thrown into the City God Temple, smashing the already dilapidated temple to pieces.

"Xu Ling, you brat, don't push your luck!"

Hou Le was covered in bruises. The moment he landed, he shielded Li Xi behind him, as he could tell that Li Xi was not in good condition.

It's like having your perception shattered and your Daoist heart struck a blow.

This is not good.

Hou Le shouted, "What did you do to the princess?"

Xu Ling was being managed by the system and naturally couldn't answer the question. He twisted his neck and, as before, stared intently at Hou Le.

"New enemy confirmed! Matching forces in progress!"

After an electronic voice sounded, Xu Ling's aura changed again. His spiritual energy remained unchanged, but his aura had indeed reached the Dragon Gate Realm.

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