A deathly silence, a suffocating silence, enveloped the devastated bottom of the pit.
Ling Qingxue and Ye Meier were both deathly pale, not the kind of paleness that comes from being injured, but the kind of paleness that comes from having one's faith collapsed and having experienced an incomprehensible and terrifying event.
They stared intently at each other, as if looking through each other at the damned mark on their own souls, their eyes filled with a mixture of shock, anger, and a barely perceptible hint of... panic.
"No...impossible!"
Night Enchantress was the first to recover from the immense shock, her voice shrill and hysterical.
"Something must have gone wrong! How could such an ancient restriction possibly... how could it happen to us!"
Still sticking with this ant!
She abruptly turned her head, her eyes, still alluring but now filled with rage, fixed intently on Zhang Shaozhong.
"It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, you good-for-nothing, accidentally barging in..."
Ye Meier's tendency to take her anger out on others resurfaced. Almost instinctively, she raised her hand, and even though her body was empty, she managed to gather a wisp of demonic energy, which transformed into a black fingernail wind blade, viciously clawing at Zhang Shaozhong's face!
She dared not lay a hand on Ling Qingxue again, the backlash would be too severe, but surely she could deal with this little good-for-nothing?
Kill him to vent my anger!
At almost the same moment, Ling Qingxue had the same thought.
She could not accept her fate of coexisting with the witch, and her overwhelming shame and anger desperately needed an outlet.
This scoundrel who defiled her purity must die! With a flick of her jade finger, a needle of ice, ten times weaker than before but still sharp, silently shot toward Zhang Shaozhong's throat!
Fast, accurate, and ruthless!
Zhang Shaozhong:
"???"
Holy crap! Not again?!
It's a mixed doubles game?!
He was so terrified that he didn't have time to dodge!
However--
Buzz!
That familiar, soul-chilling hum rang out once again!
The ancient, pale golden ripples flashed by in an instant!
*Sizzle!* *Smack!*
Ye Meier's black wind blade and Ling Qingxue's ice needles, just 0.01 centimeters away from Zhang Shaozhong's skin, seemed to have hit an insurmountable invisible wall, instantly collapsing and turning into wisps of black smoke and ice crystals, disappearing without a trace.
"Ugh!"
"snort!"
Almost at the same moment the attack was thwarted, Ye Meier and Ling Qingxue both let out a painful groan!
Ye Meier felt as if she had been struck hard in the chest by an invisible hammer. Her blood rushed to her head, her vision went black, and she almost spat out another mouthful of blood. She staggered back two steps and barely managed to stand up by holding onto the stone wall next to her. Her face was full of horror.
Ling Qingxue was also in bad shape. The backlash rushed into her meridians, causing her blood and qi, which she had finally managed to calm down, to surge again. A sharp pain, like being pricked by needles, came from her dantian. A fine layer of cold sweat instantly seeped out from her cool forehead. She bit her lower lip tightly to keep herself from losing her composure.
Zhang Shaozhong waited with his eyes closed for a long time, but instead of feeling pain, he heard two muffled groans. He secretly opened one eye and saw the two big shots leaning against the wall or clutching their chests in pain. Their eyes looked at him as if they wanted to skin him alive, yet they also had an incredulous fear.
"..."
Zhang Shaozhong swallowed hard and carefully moved his buttocks back a little.
He seems... to be safe for now?
This contract... is awesome!
Although I don't know what it is, it seems to be protecting him, this newbie.
"Why?! Why even him..."
Night Enchantress was panting heavily, her voice filled with despair and confusion.
It's one thing to be unable to kill the enemy, but how come you can't even move this piece of trash that you could easily crush?!
What on earth is this damn contract?!
Ling Qingxue also gritted her teeth, her beautiful eyes flashing with cold light, clearly unable to accept this fact either.
She tried to rekindle a hint of murderous intent towards Zhang Shaozhong—
hiss!
The piercing, needle-like warning from the depths of her soul immediately surfaced, forcing her to immediately dismiss the thought, and her face became even more pale.
They can't be defeated by fighting, and they can't be killed by killing.
The immense frustration and anger nearly overwhelmed the two proud and arrogant bigwigs.
Night Enchantress's eyes hardened, and she suddenly looked out of the pit:
"Fine! Very well! If I can't kill you, I'll just leave! Out of sight, out of mind! This damned contract, once I get back and report to my master, there will definitely be a way to break it!"
As she spoke, she took a deep breath and, disregarding her disheveled appearance, scrambled out of the pit with both hands and feet, wanting nothing more than to get away from this place that had brought her such humiliation and from these two people who made her want to vomit at the mere sight of them!
Ling Qingxue had almost the same thought. She glanced coldly at Ye Meier and Zhang Shaozhong, said nothing, turned around and headed in another direction. Her steps were a little unsteady but she was unusually determined to leave this nightmare place.
Zhang Shao opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he didn't dare to utter a sound.
Let's go, let's go, it's best if they all leave!
Although the contract is strange, what if it automatically becomes invalid if they leave?
However, reality once again delivered a resounding slap to their faces.
When Ye Meier climbed out of the pit and stumbled about a hundred meters towards the edge of the valley...
"ah--!"
She suddenly let out a shrill scream, as if all her bones had been removed, and collapsed softly to the ground, clutching her head tightly with both hands, her body curled up in a ball, trembling violently!
"It hurts...it hurts so much! My soul...is about to split apart!"
She groaned intermittently, her face as pale as paper, and sweat instantly soaked through her black clothes; her pained expression was no feigned.
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