Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

Chapter 360 will remain here.

The battle at Duanshui Pass is fierce, and the desolate region is rife with treacherous demonic forces.

In a secluded spot between the two places, however, the night was clear and the morning breeze was blowing through the moon.

The season inside the grotto is different from the outside. Outside, it is already late autumn and winter is just around the corner. But inside the grotto, it is early summer, with orchids with bright red veins on their leaves blooming all over the valley.

The fragrance is delightful.

Amidst the lush flowerbeds sat a young woman with an injured shoulder and a stern expression.

The young woman had handcuffs on both wrists, connected to long chains that led deep into the valley.

The inner ring of the handcuffs was covered with sharp iron spikes. Every time the woman moved, these spikes would pierce her flesh.

and……

Ji Jinjin slowly raised her hand and reached for the Xuan Sha Spear not far away.

Just as her fingertips were about to touch the Xuan Sha Spear, the iron spikes inside the handcuffs suddenly seemed to come alive and grew, piercing directly through the woman's wrist.

The woman bit her lip, and bright red blood oozed from between her teeth.

The thing on her wrist was very sensitive to demonic energy. No matter which part of her body came into contact with the demonic energy on the Xuan Sha Spear, the iron spikes would grow and pierce her wrist.

Then the pierced wrist quickly recovered, only to be stabbed again and bleed profusely.

The most serious incident occurred when Ji Jinjin's wrist was severed by iron spikes inside the handcuffs the instant her hand touched the Xuan Sha Spear.

Those fine iron spikes resembled the interlocking teeth of some animal, slowly grinding and pulverizing the bones in Ji Jinjin's wrists.

The sharp pain coming from my wrist came in waves, like a tide.

It's as fine and delicate as a thousand ants gnawing at your heart.

However, Ji Jinjin stubbornly continued to try to retrieve the Xuan Sha Spear time and time again.

An aged voice echoed from the depths of the canyon: "If you can't get it, don't persist. Go further in. Wouldn't it be better to abandon your murderous intent and stay here?"

Ji Jinjin's eyes were cold and her voice was stubborn:

"I want my gun, you kill them!"

The aged voice sounded somewhat helpless: "Didn't I tell you? This is an illusion. As long as you are willing to put aside your murderous intent and stay here, I will let them leave from outside."

Ji Jinjin reached out again, watching her wrist fall off.

In the blink of an eye, the woman's purple eyes sharpened, and in the instant her wrist broke, she used the severed stub to touch the Xuan Sha Spear, leaving a trail of blood on the shaft...

As a sharp pain shot through her other wrist, Ji Jinjin lost her hand once again.

The surrounding space seemed to distort and recede backward, and when I came to my senses again, the handcuffs were on my wrists again.

The aged voice gasped, "Why are you doing this? Didn't I already tell you?"

"As you go deeper, the iron spikes will slowly disappear, and the chains will gradually open. Your friends will also return."

The voice was full of temptation, trying its best to persuade Ji Jinjin to stay.

Ji Jinjin slightly curled the corners of her lips, her voice cold:

"Indeed, you can become a coward after turning around!"

"Senior Ye Jing, you can be a coward yourself, don't drag me into it!"

This sentence seemed to enrage the old voice, and Ji Jinjin heard a sharp shout:

"You brat! You think you've entered the path of violence? Who do you think you are?!"

"You're just a lowly being from the lower realms; the laws of good and evil in this world can't control you!"

Ji Jinjin was pressed to the ground by the oppressive force emanating from the depths of the canyon, and in an instant, she felt as if her internal organs had shifted position.

The woman couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, but her eyes remained stubborn, and sharp lightning seemed to flash in her purple eyes.

The woman spoke each word slowly and deliberately, her voice sharp and hoarse yet unwavering:

"With the Yuanming Realm facing a great calamity, the Heavenly Dao cannot control the invasion of foreign enemies, and presumably it has no time to care about me either!"

"Senior also entered the Dao through killing, and doesn't really respect cause and effect!"

"What nonsense!"

The aged voice shouted again, and Ji Jinjin was swept up by spiritual energy and pulled directly to a dark room deep in the canyon.

"Cough cough!"

Ji Jinjin coughed up several mouthfuls of blood and looked up at the old man sitting on the stone platform not far away.

The old man was dressed in a tattered, dark red robe. His face was aged and wrinkled, and his old eyes, hidden by his disheveled hair, were filled with anger.

"It is precisely because I entered the path of killing, and because I do not respect cause and effect."

That's why I'm stopping you here!

"If I find out who allowed you to pursue a path of violence and bloodshed, I will definitely kill that person!"

Ji Jinjin didn't speak. The woman struggled to her feet and limped toward the Xuan Sha Spear again.

Feeling the pain return to her wrist, the woman gritted her teeth and whispered:

"If you're so capable, then go ahead! You coward who only dares to hide in the secret realm and make things difficult for me probably don't have the guts to come out at all!"

"Although I entered the path of cultivation through killing, I have always been killing demons since I entered the path."

"If you feel that killing demons is against the laws of nature, then let nature destroy me!"

"My sect has been fighting against the demons for a thousand years without end. My senior master lost his disciple to the demons and his hair turned white overnight."

"My senior sister was ambushed by the demons and is now riddled with injuries..."

"My sect, which raised me, my senior uncle who protected me, and my senior sister who taught me have all said nothing about my killings. Why should outsiders criticize me here!"

The red-robed elder narrowed his eyes slightly: "You mean, your cultivation of the Dao through killing was taught by your senior sister?"

The old man's voice carried an imposing aura, and even Ji Jinjin, with her strong will, was suddenly intimidated.

The woman immediately replied, "Yes!"

The old man's beard trembled with rage: "Where is your master? Why didn't he teach you! Such a muddle-headed teacher, he ruined a Heavenly Grade Thunder Spirit Root!"

Ji Jinjin's eyes turned cold: "Senior, a teacher for a day is a father for life. Do you know the principle that it is an enemy to have one's son curse his father?"

The old man was still angry:

"So what? He allowed a mere child to lead you down this deadly path of slaughter, which is unforgivable."

Ji Jinjin slowly walked towards the Xuan Sha Spear: "I hope you will be kind in your words, senior! My master saved me from danger, and my senior sister taught me immortal techniques..."

The woman turned to look in the old man's direction and spoke softly:

"I know that your illusion is profound, but it is not without a way to break it."

"If you truly touch my sore spot, I won't hesitate to sacrifice a portion of my soul to break free from this place!"

After saying this, Ji Jinjin continued walking towards the Xuan Sha Spear with unwavering determination.

As the woman reached out towards the Xuan Sha Spear once more, she heard the old man sigh:

"What a crazy little lunatic!"

"Let's wait and see if your good master and senior sister will come to save you!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Jinjin smiled slightly, and the image of Xue Lan appeared in her mind:

"It won't be long!"