Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand-Chapter 782 - 492: Bai Ling Reveals Herself
That darkness capable of swallowing light came swiftly and retreated just as quickly.
When the suffocating darkness receded like a tide, what appeared before everyone's eyes in Celestial Capital City was nothing short of a hellish scene.
Above the skies, hundreds of top-tier fighters, supposed to be the last hope of Celestial Capital City, were now mostly dead or injured.
Their Lifebound Spirit Beasts were even more miserable; the weaker ones had long been eroded away by the darkness, turning into lifeless mummies and helplessly falling down from the sky.
The fortunate surviving powerful Spirit Beasts were all gravely wounded and dispirited, lacking the strength for another battle.
With just one encounter, their "Formation-Breaking Suicide Squad," which gathered the city's top forces, had utterly disintegrated.
The culprit behind all this was the terrifying Demon Beast, now several times larger than before, quietly hovering in the center of the shattered altar.
Its cold, black eyes stared indifferently downward, looking at the group of what it viewed as "food," no different than ants.
Despair swept like a cold current through the heart of every survivor present.
They had lost, lost completely, lost without a shred of suspense.
Just when everyone was in a moment of dead silence, devoid of hope, a figure that had remained inactive slowly moved.
Gu Ning lightly tapped his toes, rising through the terrifying pressure like a weightless feather to the high sky, eventually facing the enormous Demon Beast from afar.
His face showed no fear, only an ancient and unwavering calm.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze penetrating the fierce Demon Beast to the profound Void behind it, and spoke in a tone almost as if reminiscing:
"Bai Ling, I know it's you, come out!"
With these words, the crowd was utterly astonished.
"Bai Ling?!"
Many looked at Gu Ning in disbelief.
But Gu Ning was very confident.
He recognized Bai Ling's Spirit Beast, although it had died, it was still the only correct answer.
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Meanwhile, in the Exotic Realm above Celestial Capital, a woman dressed in a simple white dress stood quietly before an elderly man with an immortal demeanor.
It was Bai Ling and the old physician.
"Since everything is ready."
The old physician looked at Bai Ling and said with a gentle voice:
"Then go, reclaim everything that should belong to you, and conclude the karma that entangled you for half your life."
Bai Ling said nothing, she only bowed respectfully to the elder in front of her, performing the most correct and devout master-disciple salute.
Then she straightened, her eyes once filled with confusion and pain now left only with cold determination.
Her figure gradually became illusory and ultimately disappeared completely from this space.
In the next second, above Celestial Capital City.
Behind the terrifying Demon Beast, a ripple of space quietly unfolded, and a figure in a simple white dress slowly emerged from it.
Upon seeing the familiar yet unfamiliar stunning face, everyone in Celestial Capital City, whether the severely injured warriors in the sky or the trembling civilians on the ground, froze simultaneously.
"Bai... Bai Ling?!"
"Is it really the Immortal Venerable Bai Ling who defeated the Nine Netherworld Snake?!"
"Didn't she already become a cripple and disappeared without a trace?"
"How could it be her?!"
No one expected this name, almost completely forgotten by the entire Celestial Capital City, to appear in such a way before everyone again.
What chilled them even more was that the terrifying Demon Beast that had just blood-washed them and forced them into desperation was actually her Spirit Beast!
Who could've thought that Bai Ling, who in everyone's impression should have long been reduced to a cripple, was not only unscathed but possessed terrifying power enough to wipe them all out!
"Bai Ling, we have no enmity with you! Why do you strike such a deadly blow?!"
A surviving family elder summoned the courage to question viciously yet timidly.
"Yes! When you unexpectedly fell back then, we mourned for you for a long time!" Another warrior shouted loudly.
However, Bai Ling seemed to not hear their words at all, her frost-cold eyes locked firmly on Li Gu, Gu Youshan, and other members of the four great families at the forefront of the crowd.
"I think..." her voice was light yet clearly audible to everyone, "asking them might be better for this matter."
With a "swish," all eyes turned uniformly towards Li Gu, whose face had long turned ashen.
Clearly, there was an unknown earth-shattering secret hiding among them.
At that moment, Bai Ling's voice slowly arose again, without a shred of emotion, like Nine Nether Ice:
"Today, all others may leave. But the four great families... and the people of the National Master's Institute..."
Her gaze slowly moved to the young figure who faced her from afar:
"None of them can leave!"
These words caused an uproar throughout the crowd!
National Master's Institute?
Wasn't Bai Ling formerly a student of the National Master's Institute?
Why would she also want to kill the people from the National Master's Institute?
Countless people looked at Gu Ning with eyes full of amazement and suspicion, knowing that this matter might be far more complex than it seemed.
At this time, some older warriors seemed to recall something.
Back then Bai Ling suddenly suffered what seemed like a sudden illness, collapsing on the spot in full view.
Afterwards, the National Master's Institute had remained silent about this matter, never giving any clear explanation.
It now seemed that this was probably not an accident at all, but a grand conspiracy orchestrated by the four families and the National Master's Institute!
