The Devouring Domain and the Ink enveloped the Primordial Soul King’s entire body in an instant, beginning to transform him into text.
Ye Ling, having expended all his strength on the attack, had no Creation Power left to mend his soul. His entire being became riddled with holes, on the verge of dissipating at any moment!
“You lunatic!”
Seeing Ye Ling’s suicidal fighting style, the Primordial Soul King grew fearful. His power was being converted into text by Ye Ling’s Ink Between. Though he didn’t know the true effect of Ink Between, he could sense that if all his power turned into text, his fate would be unimaginably tragic! While this power was only a portion of him, his true form remained with the Overseer, this was all the strength he had left in the outside world. If this power vanished, he would be completely imprisoned by the Overseer! He absolutely would not give up his freedom for a mere lowly being!
The Primordial Soul King caved. He immediately retracted all his power, shattering Ye Ling’s Devouring Domain and Ink Between, while simultaneously severing the part of his power that had already turned into text. Ye Ling, due to the extreme weakness of his soul, could not forcibly maintain the Devouring Domain and Ink Between. Furthermore, his ultimate goal in attacking was merely to escape the Primordial Soul King’s control. Thus, the moment the Primordial Soul King retracted his power, Ye Ling also withdrew his Creation Power to mend his soul, which was riddled with holes. With the Seed of Origin and the Primordial Wisdom King’s power, Ye Ling’s Creation Power was practically inexhaustible. In the blink of an eye, his tattered soul was completely repaired.
Seeing Ye Ling restored to his peak, the Primordial Soul King snorted, “Good kid… I overestimated you. Your methods of survival are truly endless.”
After witnessing the powerful restorative ability of Ye Ling’s Creation Power, the Primordial Soul King realized that to defeat Ye Ling, he needed to deliver a killing blow! Otherwise, as long as Ye Ling could catch his breath, he would become an unkillable cockroach, bouncing back to life the next second! If it were any other being, the Primordial Soul King wouldn’t have found it troublesome; a single killing blow would merely require a bit more power. But Ye Ling was different… Ye Ling possessed the Primordial Wisdom King’s power, coupled with that bizarre ability to modify everything into text, meaning Ye Ling had the capability to kill the Primordial Soul King. If the Primordial Soul King attacked with full force and Ye Ling exploited an opening for a successful sneak attack, he could very well capsize in the gutter today.
With these thoughts, the Primordial Soul King began to weigh whether the benefits of killing Ye Ling and seizing the Primordial Wisdom King’s power were worth the risks he was taking. While killing Ye Ling and taking the Primordial Wisdom King’s power would benefit him, the benefit was not great enough for him to risk his own life. If he lost his life in the Primordial Chaos, it would mean eternal imprisonment by the Overseer, with no chance of ever turning the tables! This price was simply too high!
With these considerations, the Primordial Soul King lost his will to fight and began contemplating retreat.
Sensing the shift in the Primordial Soul King’s aura, Ye Ling realized that the Primordial Soul King was preparing to retreat. His mind began to race. He certainly didn’t want the Primordial Soul King to leave just like that, but he knew that if he didn’t figure out how to counter the Primordial Soul King’s direct soul-attacking methods, at best, he would perish with the Primordial Soul King. Such an outcome would only benefit the Overseer and be utterly meaningless!
For a moment, the atmosphere between Ye Ling and the Primordial Soul King became delicate. Neither wanted to let the other go, but neither wanted to lose their life here. Ye Ling and the Primordial Soul King appeared to be in a standoff, but it had actually devolved into a battle of wits. Before the Primordial Soul King made up his mind to retreat, whoever could devise a way to preserve their life while eliminating the other would achieve ultimate victory!
“Main body, I have a way to deal with the Primordial Soul King!” At this moment, the voice of his inner demon echoed in Ye Ling’s mind, startling him.
“Inner demon?” Ye Ling peered into his consciousness space and asked in surprise, “When did you awaken?”
“I woke up when the Primordial Soul King was tormenting your soul… but that guy, the Primordial Soul King, is extremely sensitive, so I’ve been hiding in the consciousness space and haven’t come out,” the inner demon replied quickly.
Ye Ling didn’t dwell on the inner demon’s awakening and quickly asked, “You said you have a way to deal with the Primordial Soul King?”
The inner demon said, “If you trust me, then let’s exchange control. You enter the consciousness space, and I will control your body to play a self-destruct game with the Primordial Soul King! This way, if the Primordial Soul King kills me, I will use Ink Between to completely modify his awakening, and then you can seize everything from him.”
Hearing the inner demon’s words, Ye Ling’s brow furrowed slightly. Although he and the inner demon coexisted now, and he had allowed the inner demon to reside in his consciousness space, it was impossible to say he trusted the inner demon one hundred percent. The inner demon was, after all, an inner demon; its very purpose of existence was to replace the main body and obtain everything the main body possessed. Once Ye Ling handed over control of his body to the inner demon and hid in the consciousness space, the inner demon could harbor malicious intent and seal off the consciousness space, completely taking over control of the body. Even if Ye Ling could eventually break through the consciousness space’s seal and fight the inner demon for control of the body again, it would be a very long time from now. During this period, Ye Ling had no way of predicting what the inner demon might do!
“Why are you willing to sacrifice yourself to help me?” Ye Ling hesitated and questioned his inner demon.
The inner demon replied, “There’s no special reason. I just want to help you become stronger. After all, you are me, and if you become stronger, it means I become stronger. As for sacrificing myself… honestly, I’m just a bit tired of staying in the consciousness space. Moreover, your growth rate is too fast. I feel that even if I occupy your body, I won’t be able to ascend to higher realms. I no longer have much meaning in existence. If I can help you seize the Primordial Soul King’s power and help us reach a higher peak, then I will have fulfilled the meaning of my birth and will have no regrets in death.”
Ye Ling: “…”
The inner demon continued, “Main body, I know that as an inner demon, my words are not very credible. If you don’t trust me, it’s fine. I’ll just continue to sleep in the consciousness space.”
Ye Ling fell silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and then said, “You are me, after all… so, I trust you.”