Boom!
Bargo's aura erupted completely, and the dark beasts surrounding Ye Ling and Bai Ling began to roar furiously, shaking the entire Tian You Prison violently!
A large amount of dark power seeped out from the bottom of Tian You Prison, staining the surrounding land!
In an instant, half of the land within the Tang Estate withered, alarming countless beings!
The first heaven appeared incredibly fragile under the invasion of dark power!
Feeling Bargo's extreme oppressive force, Bai Ling could not hold on again and warned Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, you must not be careless. Moon Wheel Saintess is a powerful being from the Nine Heavens, originally superior to us. Now that she is also being eroded by dark power, the power she unleashes is absolutely extraordinary!"
"I also feel an extreme sense of pressure from the Moon Wheel Saintess. Her strength may be no less than yours!"
"Bai Ling, you worry too much." Ye Ling smiled at Bai Ling, then pointed at Bargo, "For a second-rate trash like her, I can deal with her with just one finger."
"O-one finger?" Bai Ling was stunned, standing frozen, her mind a blank slate!
With the Moon Wheel Saintess's current strength, Bai Ling felt that the Moon Wheel Saintess could crush her with a single finger, and now Ye Ling claimed he could deal with the Moon Wheel Saintess with one finger?
Was he speaking human language?
Not only Bai Ling, but Bargo, not far away, also heard Ye Ling's extremely mocking words, and his heart instantly burned with rage, his eyes turning red!
"Chosen One, you are too arrogant. I will make you pay for your words!"
"All of you, attack!!!"
Bargo roared, and the beasts condensed from black energy around him lunged at Ye Ling and Bai Ling.
Facing the beasts rushing from all directions, Ye Ling merely smiled faintly.
"Barren Domain."
Buzz!!!
A strange sound emanated from Ye Ling's body, and then the Barren Domain rapidly expanded!
The dark power permeating Tian You Prison surged towards Ye Ling at an extremely fast pace!
That dark power, capable of eroding everything in the world and controlling all personalities, now seemed to submit to Ye Ling, being absorbed by him and transforming into Ye Ling's own strength!
In almost the blink of an eye, the source of Bargo's confidence, the dark power in Tian You Prison, was completely absorbed by Ye Ling.
"This, this..."
Bargo stared blankly at the empty surroundings, blinking hard, completely unable to comprehend what had happened.
Where was his dark power?
That was the dark power bestowed upon him by the Third Star Pillar, capable of sweeping away all powerful beings except those in the Nine Heavens!
But now, all that dark power had been absorbed by Ye Ling?
Bargo looked at Ye Ling with disbelief, and a terrifying thought suddenly surged into his mind. He looked at Ye Ling in horror and asked tremblingly, "You, you... are already the Eighth Star Pillar?"
As a subordinate of the Third Star Pillar, he had naturally heard that the Lord of the Upper Realm greatly appreciated the Chosen One of this generation, extended an olive branch to him, and had even successfully corrupted the Chosen One's soul with dark power!
With the Chosen One's soul tainted by dark power, a second personality would inevitably emerge, eventually devouring the main personality and becoming the Eighth Star Pillar appointed by the Lord of the Upper Realm!
And now, Ye Ling could casually absorb dark power without changing his expression, which meant Ye Ling had become the Eighth Star Pillar!
The moment Bargo realized he had just provoked the Eighth Star Pillar and even threatened to take his life, his legs instantly went weak, and he knelt directly before Ye Ling, kowtowing, "Eighth, Eighth Star Pillar, it was my fault for being blind and offending you just now! Please spare my life!"
Ye Ling, who had intended to take Bargo's life, was also taken aback when Bargo suddenly knelt before him and called him the Eighth Star Pillar. He asked the World Exterminating Spirit Fire, "World Exterminating Spirit Fire, what is going on?"
"How did I suddenly become the Eighth Star Pillar? Didn't Bargo just call me the Chosen One earlier?"
The World Exterminating Spirit Fire said, "I suspect he mistook you for the Eighth Star Pillar when he saw you could freely manipulate dark power."
"After all, only Star Pillars possess the primordial power of the Lord of the Upper Realm and can continuously generate dark power. As for minor figures like Bargo, although they can also manipulate dark power, their authority to manipulate dark power is actually granted by the Star Pillar powerhouses."
"If the Third Star Pillar wanted to revoke Bargo's authority, Bargo would also be corrupted by dark power."
"Is that so..."
Hearing the World Exterminating Spirit Fire's explanation, Ye Ling fell into deep thought, his mind working at lightning speed.
Seeing Ye Ling start to hatch a scheme, the World Exterminating Spirit Fire curiously asked, "What, have you thought of another wicked idea?"
Ye Ling asked the World Exterminating Spirit Fire, "If I pretend to be the Eighth Star Pillar and feign allegiance to the Lord of the Upper Realm, do you think I'll be exposed?"
Hearing Ye Ling's question, the World Exterminating Spirit Fire was stunned, "Ah... you've stumped me there. Let me think..."
Pretending to be a Star Pillar and feigning allegiance to the Lord of the Upper Realm was something that had never happened before, nor had anyone thought of it!
After all, to become a Star Pillar powerhouse, one needed to obtain the primordial power of the Lord of the Upper Realm, and the primordial power of the Lord of the Upper Realm could erode anyone's consciousness, even that of a Creator God!
Once one became a Star Pillar, they would continuously receive power from the Lord of the Upper Realm, and the price to pay would be to forever become the Lord of the Upper Realm's slave, driven by him.
Historically, there had been Star Pillars who successfully betrayed the Lord of the Upper Realm and broke free from his control.
The World Exterminating Spirit Fire was a living example.
But correspondingly, after breaking free from the Lord of the Upper Realm's control, Star Pillar powerhouses would also lose the power provided by the Lord of the Upper Realm and would be unable to activate dark power.
If a Star Pillar powerhouse who had broken free from the Lord of the Upper Realm's control later came into contact with dark power again, they would still be re-enslaved by the Lord of the Upper Realm!
But Ye Ling, this freak, had not actively severed the primordial power of the Lord of the Upper Realm. Instead, he had absorbed all the power of the Eighth Star Pillar and converted it into his own strength.
Perhaps even the Lord of the Upper Realm did not know that Ye Ling had now become a monster who could both use the power of the Soul Suppressing Ladder and wield dark power!
Not controlled by the Lord of the Upper Realm, yet able to arbitrarily wield the dark power of the Lord of the Upper Realm, this was a genuine bug in the chaotic battlefield!
After carefully analyzing, the World Exterminating Spirit Fire told Ye Ling, "Kid, don't say it, your idea is actually feasible!"
"Now, besides you and me, no one else knows that you have fused the power of the Soul Suppressing Ladder with dark power!"
"Others who see you wielding dark power will indeed mistake you for the Eighth Star Pillar! And more importantly, the Lord of the Upper Realm did indeed say that he wanted you to be the Eighth Star Pillar, which will make no one suspect!"
"In this way, unless the Lord of the Upper Realm confronts you face-to-face, no one will know you are faking it, not even the Seven Star Pillars!"
Hearing the World Exterminating Spirit Fire's words, Ye Ling's lips suddenly curved into a wicked smile, "In that case, things are about to get interesting..."