Beima was enveloped in dark energy, her eyes as crimson as blood, her gaze devoid of any emotion save for hatred and ferocity.
"Ye Ling, I've been searching for you for so long..."
Beima coldly scanned Ye Ling, killing intent blazing in her eyes. "You cruelly abandoned me back then. To find you... I gave up everything I had, left the White Feather Continent, and roamed the universe."
"But you never appeared, even when the Overseers descended and the Three Thousand Universes were destroyed..."
"Wait... what have you been through during this time?" Ye Ling pressed Beima, his face filled with disbelief.
Beima's aura had undergone a drastic transformation compared to before. Her power even far surpassed that of ordinary Overseers!
In such a short period, Ye Ling couldn't fathom how a woman from a lower realm could have grown to such a degree!
Furthermore, he clearly remembered that when the Three Thousand Universes were destroyed by the Overseers, Shan had saved them at the last moment and hidden them away.
How had Beima left the Three Thousand Universes?
"Hmph... what I've been through during this time is no longer important. You only need to know that I am now a Heavenly Mandate..." Beima smiled slightly at Ye Ling, and a blood-red sword slowly materialized in her hand.
"Heavenly Mandate?"
Upon hearing Beima's words, Ye Ling's pupils contracted slightly. "You defected to the Overseers?"
"No... it's not defecting to the Overseers. Lord Tianji saved me in despair... Lord Tianji, just like you, Lord Ye Ling, reached out to me in my most desperate hour, bringing the brightest light into my darkened life."
"But Lord Tianji is different from you. He didn't abandon me; instead, he bestowed upon me supreme power and created the me you see now..."
As Beima spoke, she looked at Ye Ling with deep affection. "However... Ye Ling, no matter how much grace Lord Tianji has shown me, the one I love most in my heart is still you. If you are willing to be with me now, I still won't hate you."
Ye Ling's gaze sharpened as he looked at the pathological madness in Beima's eyes. "Beima, you've gone mad..."
"Mad? Hahahaha!" Beima suddenly burst into laughter. "You're the one who's mad! To reject me time and time again, to trample my love underfoot!"
"Since you refuse to accept me, I will cripple you and lock you within my heart forever... We will be together forever from now on!"
As she spoke, Beima transformed into a streak of blood-red light and lunged towards Ye Ling.
"Your sanity has been completely destroyed..." Seeing Beima charge at him, a hint of coldness flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He began to condense runes around Beima, preparing to suppress her!
However, before Ye Ling's runes could touch Beima, a multitude of special characters appeared around her, nullifying all of Ye Ling's runes!
"That's..."
Ye Ling's gaze narrowed as he saw the special characters appearing on Beima's skin. "As expected, the Primordial Wisdom King and Tianji both mastered these special characters and found another way to use them."
After those special characters appeared on Beima's skin, she became immune to all attacks. Not only Ye Ling's runes but even the power of the void was nullified by those characters.
And Beima seemed to be able to draw power endlessly from this virtual world. No matter how many special characters Ye Ling erased from Beima's skin, she could instantly replenish them.
"It seems that to deal with Beima, I'll have to erase this virtual world first."
Ye Ling retreated, evading Beima's attack, and quickly scanned the virtual world.
Even though the World-Destroying Spiritual Fire and the others had begun their work, a large portion of the beings in this virtual world had not yet been awakened. If Ye Ling were to destroy this virtual world now, all the beings within it would instantly turn to dust.
"The Primordial Wisdom King and Tianji are certain that I won't sacrifice countless beings, which is why they sent Beima to intercept me?"
Ye Ling muttered to himself, his gaze returning to Beima.
Although Beima's offensive power was strong, her actual strength was only slightly greater than that of an ordinary Overseer. Her attacks posed no threat to Ye Ling.
"However... letting this girl run amok here isn't a good solution. I need someone to keep her occupied..."
Ye Ling evaded Beima's attack once more, and the image of someone flashed through his mind.
"Right... that guy would be perfect to keep Beima occupied!"
Ye Ling thought of Barton, immediately spread his divine sense to cover the continent, located Barton, and teleported there.
Barton was currently hiding in a cave, cultivating and evading pursuit by robots.
He had gained considerable benefits after obtaining Mu Bai's artificial intelligence and needed time to digest them.
"Barton!"
Ye Ling materialized in the cave and called out loudly upon seeing Barton seated on a large rock.
"My lord?" Barton opened his eyes, saw Ye Ling, and immediately jumped down from the rock. "Are you here to see me? So many things have happened lately, I truly..."
"We'll talk about that later. There's a girl chasing me. Can you block her for me?" Ye Ling walked quickly to Barton, patted his shoulder, and instructed.
"A girl is chasing you?" A hint of confusion flashed in Barton's eyes. Isn't that a good thing?
*Boom!!!*
Before Barton could ask, the cave he was trembling in exploded, and Beima, enveloped in dark energy, entered. Her powerful aura turned Barton's face pale.
"This, this..."
"Her sanity has been affected. Don't kill her, just suppress her," Ye Ling glanced at Beima and quickly instructed Barton.
"My lord... this isn't about whether I kill her or not. I, I can't beat her!" Barton was on the verge of tears, looking at Ye Ling with an innocent expression.
He hadn't even recovered from the previous pursuit, and now another monster appeared?
"I believe in you. You have infinite potential now."
Ye Ling smiled at Barton, then turned to Beima and said, "Beima... it's him who has always disagreed with me being with you. I just couldn't persuade him. Why don't you reason with him?"
Barton: "?"
*Boom!!!*
Beima's body suddenly erupted with monstrous dark energy, and Barton felt an icy chill.
"No, no..."
Barton stared at Beima, her face filled with killing intent, and instinctively retreated. He wanted to ask Ye Ling for help but found that Ye Ling had already vanished.
"Are you the one who has always stood between me and Young Master Ye?"
"Miss, you've misunderstood. I haven't..."
"I'll kill you!!!"
Beima screamed and transformed into a streak of blood-red light, lunging fiercely at Barton!
*Boom!!!*
The vast cave collapsed, and dust billowed everywhere.
In the air, Ye Ling looked down at the collapsing cave below and sighed. "Tsk tsk... so bloody. Barton... don't you dare die."
As Ye Ling spoke, he turned without hesitation and flew towards the shattered hole in the sky.