Chapter 89

Lin Haoming watched this scene and was also somewhat surprised. He was quite familiar with Xie Ruolan, but he was certain that the Yin Soul Banner she held did not contain a Foundation Establishment-level Yin Soul the last time he saw it. This meant that Xie Ruolan had only incorporated the Yin Soul after she reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Moreover, she had not left the sect after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, which could only mean that Xie Ruolan had a Foundation Establishment-level Yin Soul with her from the beginning. She was just afraid that her cultivation level was insufficient to integrate the Yin Soul without being counterattacked, so she waited until she reached the Foundation Establishment stage to refine it.

Understanding this, Lin Haoming found Xie Ruolan increasingly mysterious. What had happened to her in these few years? How could she have become so powerful? After all, Yin Souls were not something that the Treasure Pavilion seemed to sell, at least the Blood Refinement Sect's Treasure Pavilion did not sell them.

The ghost head was surrounded by three Yin Souls and was about to be overwhelmed. The face of the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator became distorted. He directly threw the bone staff in his hand, which instantly grew to a thousand times its size, turning into a huge bone club that smashed down toward Xie Ruolan.

Xie Ruolan had been paying attention to this. As the bone club came down, she directly threw a talisman.

The talisman transformed into a thick lightning snake under a beam of light, directly heading toward the bone club.

The bone club was struck by the lightning snake, and with a loud "boom," it was instantly split into two pieces, returning to its original size and falling to the ground.

Seeing his magical tool destroyed, the Yao-surname cultivator was both angry and anxious. Although he hated Xie Ruolan to death, he had no good plan at the moment.

As the ghost head was about to be torn apart by the three Yin Souls, and with more Yin Souls surrounding him, he decided to save face and urgently shouted to Xie Ruolan, "Xie Junior Sister, I admit I was wrong today!"

Xie Ruolan only sneered in response, saying, "This is the Life and Death Platform!"

After saying this, she patted her storage bag, and a small mirror appeared in her hand. She casually pointed it at the ghost creatures released by the Yao-surname cultivator, and they instantly turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared.

The Yin Soul Banner was waved again, and with a惨叫 from the ghost head, the three Yin Souls directly tore it apart and devoured it, then moved toward the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Xie Ruolan's stance was clearly to take the Yao-surname cultivator's life. This made everyone onlookers feel a chill, thinking that the woman who had once flattered the two major young masters of the inner sect was actually a female demon.

Seeing the Yin Souls rushing toward him, the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator patted his storage bag, and a red sand was thrown out. The blood-red sand sprinkled on the approaching Yin Souls caused them to scream and then disintegrate.

Everyone could see that the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator was fighting with all his might.

But just as he threw a few handfuls of the blood-red sand, a white light suddenly appeared in front of him.

Everyone saw the white light flash across his forehead, and the next moment, the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator, who was still dealing with the Yin Souls, had his head explode.

Seeing the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator fall directly on the Life and Death Platform, not only the group of Qi Condensation disciples but also the four Foundation Establishment cultivators watching the match were shocked.

Although some guessed that Xie Ruolan must have had extraordinary abilities to dare to act, no one expected that she could not only defeat someone one level higher than herself but also directly kill them.

At this moment, everyone finally noticed what the white light was—a silver hairpin. After killing the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator, Xie Ruolan caught the silver hairpin and put it back in her hair, completely ignoring the fact that the magical tool had just exploded someone's head.

Lin Haoming felt a chill run through his body at this moment. He had always known that Xie Ruolan was strong, but he never imagined she was this strong. She had only recently reached the Foundation Establishment stage and could directly kill someone one level higher than herself. This was beyond his comprehension, as the difference between one level in the Foundation Establishment stage was much greater than in the Qi Condensation stage.

Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, Xie Ruolan on the Life and Death Platform grabbed the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator's storage bag, a satisfied smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. She paid no attention to the others' gazes and scanned the other four Foundation Establishment cultivators, each of whom felt an indescribable chill.

"The match is over. Shouldn't the cave abode be given now?" Xie Ruolan released a fireball, directly burning the Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator, and said to the four people in a calm tone.

The older-looking cultivator nodded awkwardly and then took out an array disk, saying, "This is the array disk for Cave Abode No. 16 of the Earth Rank!"

Xie Ruolan's jade hand reached out, and the array disk in the old man's hand flew directly into her hand. After a few glances, she saw that it was the one she had submitted initially and then directly threw it to Lin Haoming.

Lin Haoming caught the array disk and felt it was somewhat warm. At this moment, he heard Xie Ruolan say, "Let's go back to the cave abode. I have some things to ask you!"

"Yes!" Lin Haoming responded and watched Xie Ruolan fly away, immediately following her.

Seeing the two of them leave, the others finally burst into a commotion.

"Senior Mi, Xie Ruolan killed Senior Yao. How... how do we explain this?" At this moment, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who looked the weakest in cultivation asked the older Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The old man glanced at him and said, "Of course, we tell the truth. Senior Yao was really unlucky. He lost his life for a woman. How could Xie Ruolan become so powerful after only being a disciple of Senior Luo for a short time?"

"I heard that Senior Luo's former husband, Elder Iron of the sect, was rumored to have directly killed a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator in a one-on-one battle when he was at the early Foundation Establishment stage. Could it be that Elder Iron gave her some guidance?" the last Foundation Establishment cultivator asked.

"I heard that Senior Luo and Elder Iron had a bad relationship long ago. This is unlikely, but with her abilities, the sect will probably have another powerful figure in the future. If she doesn't fall, her future prospects are boundless!" the old man sighed.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators sighed in this way, and the surrounding Qi Condensation disciples, at this moment, had already taken out sound transmission talismans to spread the news, with some even flying directly to the core area of Linglun Mountain.

Although Lin Haoming followed Xie Ruolan away, he also understood that Xie Ruolan's shocking performance today was probably a long-suppressed outburst.

Before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, she had to deal with Ling Shengjie and Kong Yuanliang and others with feigned compliance. Now, perhaps because she had Senior Luo as her backing, she no longer needed to care about others' opinions, so she unleashed her long-suppressed grievances. Poor Yao-surname Foundation Establishment cultivator became the unlucky one.

But with this, Xie Ruolan's reputation was established, though it might not be a good one. Fortunately, the Blood Refinement Sect was a demonic sect, so even if she was confirmed to be a female demon, so what?