Within the Ten Thousand Underworld Mountains, Ye Ling extracted the memories of the sword spirit and read through its entire life.
Unfortunately, beyond learning that this sword spirit belonged to the Void organization, there was no other useful information.
Even his teleportation here was merely him rushing to his own death.
With nothing gained, Ye Ling withdrew his demonic energy from the sword spirit’s body and scoffed, "In the end, you were just a pawn used by others. Why did you try so hard?"
"You, you monster..." The sword spirit regained consciousness, looking at Ye Ling with terror, retreating continuously, then turning to flee!
It wanted to escape this place!
"If you take one more step, I guarantee you'll be buried in the Ten Thousand Underworld Mountains today."
But before the sword spirit could take two steps, Ye Ling's icy voice echoed in its ears, causing it to tremble and freeze in mid-air, daring not to move!
The sword spirit could feel Ye Ling's immensely powerful pressure. It had a premonition... if it took another step, its soul would be scattered!
Even though the Ten Thousand Underworld Mountains were its domain, in front of Ye Ling, it felt endless fear!
Before Ye Ling, the sword spirit felt that the underworld energy capable of devouring the three realms was like garbage, utterly useless!
Seeing the sword spirit stop, Ye Ling continued, "Turn around and face me."
"Yes, yes..."
The sword spirit swallowed hard, turned around tremblingly, forcing a smile onto its face, and said to Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, spare my life. What happened just now was a misunderstanding."
It didn't want to be sold out by Huang like this and die here.
"A misunderstanding?"
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow slightly, then smiled, "If you are willing to do something for me, I will consider everything that happened before as a misunderstanding and spare your life."
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, a look of joy flashed across the sword spirit's face. It quickly said, "What do you want me to do, Your Majesty? I will definitely help!"
Ye Ling smiled, "I suspect your organization's leader, Huang Jie, has taken my people. If you can help me find Huang, I will spare your life."
The sword spirit's face immediately turned bitter. It said to Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, you already searched my soul. As you know, every member of the Void organization is independent. Huang is elusive; only he can find us, and we have no way to find him."
"Moreover, it was Huang who sent me here. He definitely knew that Your Majesty could capture me, so I have no way to contact him."
Ye Ling: "Who said you need to contact Huang?"
The sword spirit was stunned: "Then what do you mean, Your Majesty..."
Ye Ling: "I found in your memories that you have several close friends. Those fellows should have considerable influence in the three realms. You go find them and figure something out."
The sword spirit's face changed drastically, and it exclaimed, "Your Majesty, absolutely not! They are all innocent. If they get involved in this matter, I'm afraid..."
Having witnessed Ye Ling's power, the sword spirit realized that others were not qualified to get involved in the dispute between Ye Ling and Huang.
The clash between two top powerhouses would only turn others into cannon fodder!
The sword spirit had already suffered. How could it let its friends wade into this muddy water?
Seeing that the sword spirit was unwilling, Ye Ling sighed slightly. Demonic energy surged from his palm, and he said, "Alas... I already gave you a chance. Since you can't grasp it, you'll have to die..."
Seeing the demonic energy surge from Ye Ling's palm, the sword spirit felt its scalp tingle. It immediately said, "Your Majesty, please wait! I'll go find my friends for help! I will definitely find Huang!"
Under the threat of death, the sword spirit ultimately could not care about anything else and had to agree to Ye Ling's request.
After all, having been treated as a pawn by Huang, it would definitely not be able to return to the Void organization. Now, if it wanted to live, it could only side with Ye Ling.
Seeing that the sword spirit had agreed, Ye Ling smiled slightly. He condensed several runes in the air and sent them into the sword spirit's body. "Then go quickly. Do your best to find Huang for me."
"The runes I've planted in your body can provide you with some strength, enough for you to walk freely in the three realms. However, if you don't prove useful before I find Huang, those runes will become your death warrant."
The sword spirit trembled all over and quickly said, "Okay, okay... I'll go find Huang now!"
With that, the sword spirit dared not waste any time and quickly fled the scene to seek help from its friends.
Seeing the sword spirit leave, Wang Liren immediately flew into the air and asked Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, what should we do next? Should we return to the Gobi Desert?"
Ye Ling shook his head, "There's no need. I've already sent a wisp of my divine sense there. The traces have been wiped clean. There are no more clues about Xue Sha. Xue Sha is no longer on Earth."
"That mysterious person went to such great lengths to create a teleportation array, even sending a Saint over, just to buy some time. They must know my strength very well, otherwise, they wouldn't be so cautious."
Wang Liren anxiously said, "Then we just wait? If this continues, we'll become more and more passive!"
Although Wang Liren knew he couldn't help much, he understood a truth.
If nothing is done, the situation will not progress at all.
Ye Ling said, "Of course, we won't just wait. Since we are already in the Underworld, I have something to do. You go back to the human world and find Yang Qi."
"Yang Qi?" Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren couldn't help but be stunned. "What are you looking for him for?"
Although Yang Qi was Li Xiaoxiao's father, he was just an ordinary mortal. What use could he be?
Ye Ling said, "Kill him."
"Kill, kill him?" Wang Liren thought he had misheard, staring at Ye Ling with a face full of shock.
"There's no time to explain so much. Just do as I say." Ye Ling tore open a spatial passage from the Ten Thousand Underworld Mountains and threw Wang Liren into it.
"Your Majesty, do we really have to kill him?" Wang Liren asked with a trembling voice on the other side of the spatial passage. After all, after investigating Li Xiaomei's affairs, he had some connection with Yang Qi. Now that Ye Ling suddenly asked him to kill Yang Qi, he found it difficult to adapt.
Ye Ling said, "I suddenly thought of something. Huang kidnapping Li Xiaoxiao is probably still related to Li Xiaomei's matter."
"If we want to save Li Xiaoxiao, Yang Qi is the key. If you kill him, I will bring his soul to the underworld."
Wang Liren was a bit confused by what he heard, but he also understood one thing: Ye Ling asking him to kill Yang Qi was not killing in the true sense, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He said to Ye Ling, "I guarantee the mission will be completed!"
"Go, be quick and don't hesitate." After Ye Ling finished giving instructions, he closed the spatial rift, ascended into the sky, and fled towards the underworld.
Not long after Ye Ling left the Ten Thousand Underworld Mountains, a large amount of underworld energy gathered in the mountains, condensing into a human silhouette.
The silhouette gazed in the direction Ye Ling had left and said hoarsely, "How many years... this day has finally come..."