“The Emperor who appeared earlier, was that you?”
Jiu Ling stared at Luo Fengxi, who had transformed into Ye Ling, with a look of horror, her heart churning with immense waves.
If this had been a trap set by Luo Fengxi from the beginning, and she had followed Luo Fengxi's predetermined path step by step, wouldn't that mean she had fallen into someone else's scheme?
Realizing this, Jiu Ling did not hesitate and scanned her divine soul around, searching for an exit from this space.
Luo Fengxi chuckled, "It's useless. This is my exclusive domain. I am equivalent to the Heavenly Dao of this world."
"As long as you enter this space, you must do as I say."
As Luo Fengxi's voice fell, he snapped his fingers lightly, and a saber appeared out of thin air before Jiu Ling, severing one of her arms.
Blood splattered, and the intense pain turned her face ashen.
"Damn it!"
Jiu Ling ignored her severed arm, quickly covered her wound, and retreated rapidly, attempting to create distance from Luo Fengxi.
Luo Fengxi squinted and smiled contemptuously, "I've already said it, within this space, I am the Heavenly Dao!"
"You cannot escape my grasp."
As Luo Fengxi's voice faded, a mountain of sabers appeared out of nowhere behind Jiu Ling, its countless tips pointing directly at Jiu Ling, about to pierce her!
Jiu Ling dared not collide with it and quickly transformed back into her nine-tailed demonic form. With a claw, she unleashed a spirit blade, slicing through the entire mountain of sabers blocking her path!
However, as soon as Jiu Ling cut down the saber mountain, numerous blades grew around her, shooting towards her like rain.
In her panic, Jiu Ling had no choice but to circulate her energy to defend herself. But those blades seemed to disregard spiritual energy, directly passing through her condensed spiritual energy barrier, leaving many bloody gashes on her body!
Blood bloomed in the air like roses, continuously.
Watching Jiu Ling's miserable state, the amusement in Luo Fengxi's eyes intensified, and he taunted, "In my domain, all your efforts are meaningless. Once you enter here, you must obediently accept the fate of waiting for death."
"Give up. The Tongtian Secret Realm, no one can enter."
"You just said... Tongtian Secret Realm, right?"
Suddenly, Ye Ling's voice echoed in the space, and the blades covering the mountainside turned into black mist and dissipated, allowing Jiu Ling to catch her breath.
"Emperor?"
Hearing Ye Ling's voice, a flicker of surprise flashed in Jiu Ling's eyes. She quickly looked towards the sound, only to see the sealed space reopening, and Ye Ling walking in.
When Luo Fengxi saw Ye Ling entering his domain, his pupils contracted sharply, and he exclaimed in shock, "This, this is impossible! How could you possibly enter my domain?"
Ye Ling glanced at the stunned Luo Fengxi and said mockingly, "A mere True Martial Realm brat dares to speak of a domain?"
"With your crude space, if I wished, I could crush it with a single finger!"
"You!!!"
Luo Fengxi stared at Ye Ling with a face full of terror. He no longer had any intention of fighting Ye Ling and fled into the distance like a madman.
The reason he had transformed into Ye Ling's appearance was to deceive Ye Ling and deal with Jiu Ling first!
As for Ye Ling, there were people above who would handle him!
But now, before he could even deal with Jiu Ling, Ye Ling had forcefully broken into his space. Nothing that happened in this space would be known to the outside world.
This meant that even if he were tortured to death here, no reinforcements would arrive!
Watching Luo Fengxi flee, Ye Ling chuckled mockingly, "Didn't you say you were one of the Twelve Pillars of the Shadow Hall? With such a grand title, why are you running like a stray dog?"
As Luo Fengxi fled, he shouted fiercely at Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, don't be too arrogant! The strength of my Shadow Hall is far beyond your imagination. Just you wait!"
After uttering the threat, Luo Fengxi rushed to the teleportation array he had hidden in the space and quickly activated it, preparing to teleport away.
However, as soon as the teleportation array was activated, Ye Ling instantly appeared before Luo Fengxi and pushed him out of the array.
"You!"
Luo Fengxi's face changed drastically when he saw himself pushed out of the teleportation array. He quickly flapped the eight wings behind him, trying to force his way into the teleportation array.
Unfortunately, as soon as Luo Fengxi reached the edge of the teleportation array, he slammed into a transparent wall, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.
Ye Ling smiled and watched Luo Fengxi's miserable state, then turned his gaze to the teleportation array, his divine soul spreading into it.
"Let me see where this teleportation array connects to?"
Ye Ling condensed a clone with his divine soul, passed through the teleportation array, and explored the world on the other side.
On the other side of the teleportation array was a world of birds singing and flowers fragrant, with abundant spiritual energy, spiritual beasts appearing, and immortal birds flying, unlike the mortal realm.
"Is this... the Immortal Realm?"
Ye Ling looked around and saw an altar not far away. On the altar, a person was hanging, seemingly a sacrifice.
However, before Ye Ling could get a clear look at the person's appearance, the teleportation array collapsed, and Ye Ling was forcibly teleported back.
Returning to Luo Fengxi's space, Ye Ling was still concerned about the scene he had just witnessed.
The person hanging on the altar, he felt a sense of familiarity.
"If only I could see it again."
Ye Ling murmured, wanting to reopen the teleportation array, but found that it was a one-time use array. After use, it would be destroyed, and its spatial coordinates would also be erased.
He could no longer go back.
"Reckless..."
Seeing that he could no longer activate the teleportation array, Ye Ling frowned and looked at Luo Fengxi, who was preparing to escape nearby. He reached out and sucked him into his hand.
Ye Ling's five fingers surged with demonic energy!
"My lord, spare me!"
As soon as Ye Ling grabbed Luo Fengxi, he screamed, "My soul is under a restriction. Once you search my soul, that restriction will immediately destroy my soul!"
"I will perish!"
"This trick again?"
Hearing Luo Fengxi's words, Ye Ling couldn't help but stop, his brow furrowed.
However, Ye Ling had no intention of giving up. He directly extracted Luo Fengxi's soul from his body and searched for the restriction within his soul with his naked eye.
As Luo Fengxi had said, Ye Ling found the restriction in his soul, sealing his soul.
Once the restriction was touched by external spiritual energy, it would immediately destroy Luo Fengxi!
"This is a bit troublesome now... Little Jiu's injuries haven't healed yet. I need to put this guy aside for now."
After confirming that Luo Fengxi was not lying, Ye Ling put his soul back into his body and bound him with demonic energy.
Having done all this, Ye Ling then brought Luo Fengxi to the heavily injured Jiu Ling.
At this moment, Jiu Ling was still gently licking her wounds, not daring to meet Ye Ling's eyes.
In Jiu Ling's opinion, she had fallen into the enemy's trap this time and messed things up.
She felt ashamed to face Ye Ling.
Jiu Ling blamed herself, "Emperor... I..."