"A more distant world..."
A Yun repeated Ye Ling's words, then looked at Ye Ling with a confused expression, saying, "I don't understand what you're saying."
"You don't need to understand, it has nothing to do with our current mission," Ye Ling smiled at A Yun, without further explanation.
"Oh." A Yun nodded, not pressing further.
After a brief exchange, the two fell silent.
A Yun stood quietly, paying attention to any commands the Overseer might issue, and waiting for Ye Ling's next instructions.
Meanwhile, Ye Ling was engaged in meditation training, constantly contemplating decisions to counter various variables.
The current plan targeting the Overseer was one of the most insane plans Ye Ling had ever undertaken.
Extreme madness meant extreme danger.
Ye Ling didn't expect his plan to be executed perfectly, after all, he wasn't an omniscient god, unable to control all variables.
He only hoped that if his plan failed, or if unforeseen variables arose, he could preserve his life and escape.
As time ticked by, Ye Ling's avatar broke through the first eight layers of space, absorbing the power of countless individuals with its Devouring Domain.
When Ye Ling's avatar reached the ninth layer of space, the terrifying surge of vital energy it emitted even threatened to collapse the entire space!
"How did this avatar become so strong?" Ye Ling exclaimed upon seeing the current vital energy strength of his avatar.
If anyone were to claim the avatar was the true body now, Ye Ling would have no grounds to refute them.
A Yun looked at Ye Ling's avatar standing above the stone tower and said to Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, your avatar seems stronger than you now. If the Overseer were to possess your avatar, his strength would increase even further. Do you have confidence in killing the Overseer?"
"I don't have confidence right now..." Ye Ling shook his head gravely. "The strength of my avatar is already close to the limit I can tolerate. If it gets any stronger, we'll have to execute Plan B."
"What is Plan B?" A Yun looked at Ye Ling in surprise, having never heard him mention it before.
"Run!"
Ye Ling said the word concisely, perfectly embodying the essence of Plan B.
"Oh... I understand." A Yun nodded, agreeing with Ye Ling's Plan B.
While Ye Ling and A Yun were talking, the island residents in the ninth layer of space began to attack Ye Ling's avatar.
However, before the island residents could even get close to Ye Ling's avatar, they were directly crushed into bloody mist by its oppressive aura!
The Devouring Domain unfurled from Ye Ling's avatar, absorbing the vital energy of all those island residents.
Ye Ling's avatar's power increased significantly once more!
Yet, despite the avatar's display of such formidable strength, the island residents hiding in the ninth layer of space still charged towards Ye Ling's avatar, fearless of death.
They knew it was like moths flying into a flame, yet they rushed forward without hesitation...
Seeing the suicidal charge of the white-clothed youths and maidens, Ye Ling sighed repeatedly, unsure if they were pitiable or foolish.
Or perhaps, both.
"Ye Ling, everyone is charging. Should we go?" A Yun asked Ye Ling, seeing others rush towards his avatar.
"There's no need. The scene is so chaotic, no one will notice if we two are missing. Let's hide ourselves first!"
With that, Ye Ling used runes to conceal his and A Yun's figures and aura, slowly approaching the avatar.
Ye Ling had successfully hidden himself from the Overseer's sight using runes before, so hiding two people in such a vast space was not difficult for him.
Ye Ling's avatar had also become bloodthirsty, even finding killing too slow. It directly extended its Devouring Domain to cover the entire ninth layer of space, forcibly stripping the vital energy from everyone in that layer!
The life force of the entire space was absorbed by Ye Ling's avatar's Devouring Domain, converting it into the avatar's vital energy.
"It's truly gone mad. Absorbing power like this with the Devouring Domain, its strength is increasing without restraint. It doesn't even consider if this is a trap..."
Ye Ling muttered in a low voice, feeling a sense of disappointment as he watched his avatar furiously absorb power.
However, this avatar was merely a puppet created with a portion of his soul force and creation power, and being ignorant of this space, it was normal for it to be unable to discern traps. Ye Ling couldn't overly blame his avatar.
As the last person in the ninth layer of space was absorbed by Ye Ling's avatar, the entire space began to collapse.
Ye Ling's avatar had no intention of lingering in this space and prepared to leave.
However, just as Ye Ling's avatar was about to depart, the Overseer's pair of eyes in the sky opened once more.
The shattered space stabilized again, and a large number of white-clothed youths and maidens poured in from the outer space, surrounding Ye Ling's avatar.
"They're here!"
Seeing the pair of giant eyes opening in the sky, Ye Ling felt an inexplicable tension. He then asked A Yun, "A Yun, has the Overseer issued any new commands?"
A Yun: "..."
A Yun suddenly fell silent, not answering.
"A Yun?" Ye Ling looked at A Yun in surprise. He saw that A Yun's eyes had become vacant, as if she were a puppet.
Seeing A Yun in this state, Ye Ling's heart was filled with a sense of foreboding. He disregarded bringing A Yun along and quickly activated the runes he had hidden in the first layer of space!
"Rune: Qian Kun Nuo Yi!"
Ye Ling rapidly activated the rune, directly swapping his position with the rune he had previously placed in the first layer of space!
The moment Ye Ling left, a beam of black laser pierced through the spot where Ye Ling had been standing.
"Tch... Ran away pretty fast!"
The Overseer's disdainful voice echoed in the air. Then, those eyes transformed into a black streak of light and drilled directly into Ye Ling's avatar, instantly erasing the avatar's consciousness and forcibly occupying its soul and body.
Ye Ling's avatar's eyes turned pitch black, and a third, unfathomably deep eye grew on its forehead.
"This body is weak, but it's still usable, I suppose..." The Overseer examined his palm, clenched his fist, and a slight smile curved his lips.
He then looked at A Yun, whose eyes were vacant and covered by runes, and said mockingly, "A stray fish has infiltrated my mental network. How could I not know?"
"Ye Ling, you are now... trapped like a turtle in a jar!"
The Overseer chuckled, completely sealing off the Central Heavenly Tower. With a wave of his hand, he commanded the surrounding white-clothed youths and maidens, "Those who capture Ye Ling alive will be richly rewarded!"
"Yes!!!"
Everyone responded in unison, their voices shaking the heavens and the earth!