"What? Do you have some connection with Jiuyuan?" Ye Ling asked, raising an eyebrow at the Original Flame King's incredulous expression.
"No... impossible... how could you, a little brat, kill that scoundrel Jiuyuan?" The Original Flame King shook his head repeatedly, his emotions somewhat collapsing as if unable to accept Ye Ling's words.
Seeing the Original Flame King muttering to himself, Ye Ling's confusion deepened. He turned to the Flame King's disciples behind him and asked, "Excuse me... for the presumptuous question, is your boss having some mental issues?"
A Flame King disciple replied earnestly, "Lord Flame King was personally defeated and sealed by Jiuyuan."
"Oh, my apologies!" Ye Ling suddenly understood. "I didn't mean to touch a sore spot for your master... Actually, I also took Jiuyuan's memories, but I haven't had time to look at them yet."
"Enough, young one!" The Original Flame King interrupted Ye Ling. "Stop telling such pointless lies. With your strength, you are absolutely no match for Jiuyuan!"
"I'll expose your clumsy lie right now!"
The Original Flame King roared and transformed into endless flames, lunging fiercely at Ye Ling.
"Flame King, I'll assist you!"
Seeing the Original Flame King launch his attack, the Flame King disciples also moved, flanking Ye Ling from the other side.
Ye Ling, seeing the sudden attack from the Original Flame King and his disciples, dared not be careless. He expanded his Devouring Domain, absorbing the power from the Original Flame Domain to resist their onslaught!
Boom!!!
The impact of the two powerful beings on Ye Ling's domain stirred up monstrous heatwaves. Violent power surged outwards, causing the entire Original Flame Domain to tremble violently.
Now possessing thirty percent of the power from both the Original Wisdom King and the Original Flame King, Ye Ling, facing a Flame King disciple and a weakened Original Flame King, was still holding his ground.
Blocked outside Ye Ling's Devouring Domain, the Original Flame King said to Ye Ling, "Young one, your ability to withstand my attacks now is merely by relying on my power. With your current strength, can you truly kill Jiuyuan?"
"Does it really matter if I killed Jiuyuan?" Ye Ling replied to the Original Flame King while defending.
In fact, Ye Ling hadn't expected the Original Flame King to react so strongly to Jiuyuan's death.
However, from the Original Flame King's reaction, Ye Ling suddenly had an idea: perhaps he could win without fighting.
After all, his opponent was one of the Original Seven Kings. Even in a weakened state, he was still one of the Original Seven Kings, an existence that even the Overseers couldn't erase.
Even if Ye Ling had a way to defeat the Original Flame King, he likely wouldn't have the ability to completely obliterate him.
Furthermore, with a large number of Overseers outside the Original Flame Domain, Ye Ling surmised that they were all targeting him. Lingering too long in the Original Flame Domain entangled with the Original Flame King would not be beneficial for him.
For Ye Ling, he didn't particularly want to fight the Original Flame King at this moment.
The Original Flame King sneered at Ye Ling, "If you can truly prove you killed Jiuyuan, it would be considered helping me avenge myself. I can spare your life for now and let you leave safely."
"My power can also temporarily remain within your body."
Hearing the Original Flame King's words, Ye Ling chuckled and said, "That's simple. Now that Jiuyuan is dead, the Overseers must be in an uproar. If you go outside the Original Flame Domain and catch any Overseer, you'll know."
"Hmph!" The Original Flame King sneered. "Young one, do you truly believe we are incapable of capturing Overseers by saying such things?"
"Your lie will be instantly exposed once I capture an Overseer!"
With that, the Original Flame King let out a laugh and raised his hand, causing the entire Original Flame Domain to tremble violently.
The next moment, a spatial rift tore open within the Original Flame Domain. The Original Flame King, with a grinning face, passed through the spatial rift and descended into the Primordial Chaos. Just as he was about to search for the Overseers' aura in the Primordial Chaos, he saw countless pairs of Overseer eyes staring intently at him.
The smile on the Original Flame King's face instantly froze.
"The Original Flame King has escaped!"
Suddenly, an Overseer recognized the Original Flame King's aura and shouted.
"The death of Lord Jiuyuan must have loosened the seal. Who will go and check the seal?"
"Quickly notify the other Seven Pillars! Another world-ending level powerhouse has emerged!"
In an instant, the Overseers erupted in chaos. The Original Flame King, seeing the dense swarm of Overseers, dared not linger. He retreated back into the Original Flame Domain and simultaneously used his divine abilities to completely seal it off.
If the Original Flame King were at his peak, he would naturally not fear the Overseers...
But now, only his consciousness had escaped the seal; his physical body was still with the Overseers... and the Overseers had the Seven Pillars, who were equal in strength to him.
After being educated by reality, the Original Flame King understood... the Overseers were not to be trifled with.
At least, until he recovered to his peak, it was better to lie low.
Ye Ling watched the grim-faced Original Flame King retreat from outside the Original Flame Domain and asked with a smile, "What? Aren't you going to catch an Overseer?"
The Original Flame King glared at Ye Ling and asked in a deep voice, "Young one, you already knew the situation outside?"
Ye Ling smiled and said, "Otherwise, why do you think I stayed here chatting with you two?"
The Original Flame King took a deep breath and said, "Well done, young one... that kind of scene outside only appeared when we Seven Kings fought the Overseers back then."
"Did you truly kill Jiuyuan?"
As the Original Flame King asked this question, his tone had softened considerably.
On one hand, after witnessing the commotion caused by the Overseers, he was gradually beginning to believe that Ye Ling had accomplished something significant.
On the other hand, he had been detected by the Overseers when he went out, and the Overseers could find the Original Flame Domain at any moment. Fighting Ye Ling at this juncture would be a great advantage for the Overseers.
Although he wanted to retrieve his power from Ye Ling as soon as possible, he wanted even more not to be captured by the Overseers!
He wouldn't be able to create a crack in the seal a second time.
Seeing the Original Flame King's softened tone, Ye Ling smiled slightly and said, "Flame King, there's a saying in my hometown: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although we don't get along, the Overseers outside are eyeing us covetously..."
"How about we put aside our past grievances and cooperate for now?"
The Original Flame King looked deeply at Ye Ling. After a moment of consideration, he said, "Very well... for helping me kill Jiuyuan, I acknowledge you, young one."
"How do you propose we cooperate?"