Chris's eyes flashed with a hint of horror as she saw the man appear.
She could feel immense pressure emanating from him.
"Such a figure..."
Chris murmured softly, then flapped her six wings behind her, transforming into a beam of light and breaking through the Tongtian Tower, flying outwards.
The man with the disheveled long hair indifferently watched Chris's retreating back as she flew upwards, muttering, "Tai Xuan Lock."
As his voice fell, a black cage materialized around Chris, locking her within!
With a pull of his hand, the man dragged the cage, along with Chris, back down!
"This!!!"
Feng Ke stared at the man who had captured Chris, her heart churning with monstrous waves!
Chris was now a six-winged angel, a true deity!
How could such a powerful being be imprisoned by that man in a single move?
Feng Ke couldn't believe the scene unfolding before her eyes.
Just how strong was that person?
Not only Feng Ke, but Chris herself was also filled with disbelief, never expecting the man to be so powerful!
"Wrath of the Heavenly God!"
Chris cried out sharply, condensing all her power into the Spear of the Heavenly God and slashing it fiercely at the black prison that confined her. Dazzling holy light spread outwards, illuminating the entire Tongtian Tower!
However, Chris's full-force attack left not even a white mark on the cage!
"Damn it!"
Chris glanced at the divine weapon in her hand, which had already begun to show cracks, and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
She was Talia, a six-winged Archangel from the Heavenly Realm, whose strength in the Heavenly Realm was second only to the eight-winged angel Gilgamesh. Not to mention in the mortal realm, even throughout the entire Immortal Realm, there were few who could defeat her!
Although she had descended into Chris's body through soul descent this time, her strength was far greater than that of ordinary rogue immortals!
Within the human world, unless she encountered other deities, no other living being could possibly defeat her, let alone now that she was imprisoned!
The gap in strength between the two sides was simply too immense!
The man indifferently looked at Chris, possessed by Talia. The surging black energy around him transformed into numerous chains, coiling around Chris, and then forcefully dragged Talia's soul out!
"No, I must escape this place!"
Seeing her soul bound by chains, Talia's expression turned extremely grim, and she began to struggle frantically.
Her physical body was still in the Immortal Realm; she had merely descended here with her soul. Once her soul detached from the host body it had descended into, it would become incredibly fragile!
If her soul suffered fatal damage, she could even be annihilated!
However, no matter how much Talia struggled, the chains binding her showed no signs of breaking; instead, they tightened!
Talia was completely pulled out of Chris's body. After losing the angel's protection, Chris's mortal flesh could not withstand the intensity of the long-haired man's power, and cracks began to appear on her body's surface!
The long-haired man clearly remembered that Chris was the one who had pierced his abdomen with a spear. He had no intention of letting Chris go. After extracting Talia's soul, he directly contracted the black cage!
Bang!
Chris's body was squeezed into a mist of blood by the contracting cage!
Feng Ke below, witnessing Chris's tragic fate, widened her eyes and covered her mouth, her mind subjected to immense shock.
The scene was simply too bloody!
Ye Ling, who had been observing all this, suddenly felt a powerful aura descend upon the area. His eyes shifted slightly, and he immediately enveloped Feng Ke with demonic energy, completely isolating her presence!
The long-haired man killed Chris and, holding Talia's soul in one hand, was about to kill the six-winged angel as well.
At this moment, a space opened on the altar, and a man in black robes emerged. He calmly looked at the long-haired man standing in the air and said faintly, "Xiaoyao, give me Talia's soul."
Upon seeing the man in black robes appear, Xiaoyao's eyes immediately turned scarlet, as if he had seen an enemy, and he roared fiercely, "I'll kill you!!!"
Before his voice even faded, Xiaoyao charged towards the man in black robes like a cannonball, the black energy swirling around him doubling in intensity!
Boom!!!
Before Xiaoyao could reach the man in black robes, he collided with an invisible wall and was sent flying backward.
Talia's soul slipped from his grasp.
The man in black robes casually collected Talia's soul, then formed new chains around Xiaoyao's limbs, suppressing him once again to the bottom of the abyss.
Effortlessly suppressing Xiaoyao, the man in black robes tore open space again and turned to leave.
"Roar!!!"
From the bottom of the abyss, Xiaoyao's unwilling roar echoed again, his shrill howls filling the entire space.
The Tongtian Tower trembled.
Ye Ling stood at the edge of the cave entrance, staring blankly in the direction of the altar, lost in thought.
"Ye Ling? Senior Uncle?"
Feng Ke, seeing Ye Ling lost in thought for the first time, was also surprised. She nudged Ye Ling and softly called out, "What's wrong? Who was that person just now? Do you know him?"
Ye Ling snapped back to reality and shook his head slightly. "It's nothing... Perhaps I was mistaken..."
Although Ye Ling didn't say it aloud, his heart was churning with monstrous waves!
That man in black robes, he didn't just know him; he was intimately familiar with him!
When Ye Ling had transmigrated to the Eastern Profound Continent years ago, the first sect he joined was the Jade Firmament Sect.
And within the Jade Firmament Sect, the man who became his master and taught him cultivation was the man in black robes just now, Xuan Xiao!
However, the Jade Firmament Sect was later annihilated by the Demonic Sect, and Xuan Xiao died in that battle while covering Ye Ling's escape.
Ye Ling had personally witnessed his master being pierced through by over a dozen demonic disciples and perish on the spot!
But...
Thinking of the man in black robes just now, Ye Ling felt his head become extremely chaotic, finding it difficult to comprehend what had just happened.
Was it a coincidence?
But if it were truly a coincidence, then it should have been a perfect resemblance in appearance. However, the aura emanating from the man in black robes just now was the same as Xuan Xiao's!
This could absolutely not be a coincidence!
If there was any difference to speak of, it was that the man in black robes just now was far stronger than Xuan Xiao!
'My master was only in the Heavenly Palace realm back then, not even reaching True Martial, two major realms below Sage. But that person just now... his aura was already at the peak of Sage, one step away from becoming a Great Emperor... Has my master truly been resurrected?'
'Who exactly resurrected my master? And what are the intentions of the person behind it...'
'And why is my master appearing on Earth?'
Ye Ling's thoughts were in disarray. After Xuan Xiao's appearance, his previously calm state of mind had been disturbed.
Suddenly, Ye Ling had a faint premonition...
A large net, woven for him, was constantly being spun in the shadows.
As for when this large net began to be woven and when it would be cast, he was completely in the dark!
"Perhaps..."
Ye Ling looked at Xiaoyao, who had been suppressed to the bottom of the abyss once more, his gaze deepening, his fists clenched.
"I should also start taking seriously... what Xuan Yu and Wang Die said."