In Wang Xing's desperate screams, Wang Le absorbed all the power, leaving Wang Xing as a skin-and-bones corpse.
The corpse's face still bore an expression of pain, clearly indicating he had endured unimaginable suffering before death!
Wang Le didn't even glance at Wang Xing's body. He carefully savored the surging power within him, frowning in dissatisfaction. "After all these preparations, there's still a loss in energy absorption. My cultivation has only just stepped into the Saint tier, and I'm still some distance from fully breaking through to sainthood. It seems I'll have to continue the sacrifices."
Wang Le muttered to himself and walked directly to the staff Wang Xing had stuck in the center of the manor, pulling it out with a single motion.
The barriers around the manor flickered a few times and then fell silent.
The barriers still enveloped the entire manor.
"Hmm?"
Seeing that the manor's barriers hadn't been lifted, a hint of confusion flashed in Wang Le's eyes. He reinserted the staff into the hole in the ground and pulled it out again.
However, the barriers around the manor still showed no reaction.
"What's going on? Why can't I break these barriers?"
Wang Le, seeing that the barriers around the manor hadn't disappeared, realized something was amiss. He quickly grabbed Wang Xing's staff and flew to the edge of the barrier, attempting to break through by force.
But as soon as Wang Le touched the barrier, a powerful repulsive force erupted from its edge, pushing him back!
"What in the world is happening? Why can't I break the barriers?"
Wang Le began to panic, increasing his spiritual energy and blasting it at the barrier. However, no matter how much power he used, the barrier would rebound with twice the force!
After several attempts, Wang Le was already covered in wounds, and his spiritual energy was depleted by nearly half!
After a period of effort, Wang Le finally understood that he was trapped within the barriers.
He couldn't escape!
"Could it be that old man knew I would rebel and modified the barriers in advance?"
With this thought, Wang Le quickly ran back to Wang Xing's corpse and fumbled through it, trying to find something to break the barriers. Unfortunately, he found nothing.
"Damn it! This old undead has nothing on him. What method did he use?"
Finding nothing on Wang Xing's corpse, Wang Le became extremely agitated. He directly smashed Wang Xing's head with a palm strike, even leaving a massive pit in the stone slab!
"I refuse to believe that a barrier set up by a dead man can stop me now!" Madness flared in Wang Le's eyes. He tore off the headphones hanging around his neck, and his aura began to climb rapidly.
The Wang family manor began to shake violently.
Wang Le was about to use his full power to break through this barrier!
At this moment, outside the barriers.
Kirin looked at Wang Le, who was rampaging inside the manor, and asked Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, wouldn't killing that guy be as simple as flicking a finger? Why go to so much trouble to trap him inside?"
Ye Ling replied, "That guy is just an insignificant person. I'm planning to use him to lure out a bigger fish."
"A bigger fish?"
Kirin felt increasingly confused.
Ye Ling, having nothing else to do, patiently explained to Kirin, "Right now, Wang Le only thinks he's trapped by Wang Xing's barriers and doesn't know that I've reinforced them. This way, when he realizes he can't escape through his own efforts, he'll definitely ask for help from the people behind him."
Kirin asked doubtfully, "This trap is so obvious, Your Majesty, how can you be sure the people behind Wang Le will come?"
Ye Ling chuckled, "Even if the other party knows this is a trap, they'll still come. After all, the energy stored within Wang Le is not insignificant. There are very few people in these three realms who can ignore the energy within Wang Le. Moreover, if you and I don't say anything, who would know this is a trap?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Kirin subconsciously nodded, but there was still confusion in its eyes, clearly not understanding what Ye Ling was saying.
Seeing Kirin's less-than-intelligent demeanor, Ye Ling shook his head and smiled, not elaborating further. He simply said, "Don't overthink it. Just watch here."
"Oh..."
While Ye Ling and Kirin were conversing, Wang Le had finished accumulating his power and blasted towards the weakest point of the barrier!
Boom!
The terrifying spiritual energy collided with the barrier, and the violent force swept outwards, leveling the entire Wang family manor!
But even after Wang Le had wiped out the entire Wang family manor, the outer barrier remained as still as ever.
"Am I completely trapped inside?"
Wang Le slumped to the ground, looking at the surrounding blood-red barrier, a trace of despair appearing in his eyes.
He never expected that his plan had gone so smoothly, and he had obtained power close to that of a saint, only to be trapped within the barrier in the end!
"There's no other way, I have to ask the Venerable One for help."
Although Wang Le didn't want to alert his superiors for such a matter, he also knew very well that he couldn't fully convert the energy within him into his cultivation while trapped in this barrier.
If he remained trapped here, his power would eventually dissipate!
In his desperation, Wang Le gritted his teeth, took out a communication jade, and sent out a distress signal.
Not long after Wang Le sent out the distress signal, a blood-red eye appeared in the sky above the Wang family manor, peering into it.
Kirin noticed the blood-red eye in the sky, its gaze instantly sharpened, and it excitedly said to Ye Ling, "Your Majesty! Someone has really come!"
Ye Ling said calmly, "No rush. The other party has only used a technique; their main body is still hidden. We'll talk when the person themselves appears."
"Alright!"
Kirin suppressed its excitement, its eyes fixed on the blood-red eye in the sky, extremely thrilled.
It was the first time it had experienced this feeling of waiting for a rabbit to run into a trap.
It felt like hunting prey in the jungle!
The blood-red eye in the sky confirmed that only Wang Le was in the manor and no one else was around. It then transformed into a blood mist and slowly disappeared.
Soon, a red-haired man descended from afar and stopped in the sky above the Wang family manor. He stared coldly at Wang Le, trapped within the barrier, and said in a deep voice, "This good-for-nothing! He actually requires me to personally come out!"
"Your Majesty! His main body has appeared! Let's go!"
Seeing the red-haired man appear, Kirin was about to excitedly pounce on him, acting as Ye Ling's vanguard, but it was firmly held back by Ye Ling.
"What are you rushing for? The one who came is just a clone; the main body is still behind."
"This is still just a clone?"
Kirin felt the terrifying aura of the red-haired man, its face filled with disbelief. "Didn't he already check the surroundings? Does he need to be this cautious?"
"He's probably afraid this is a trap. But people from the Shadow Hall are all like this; I'm used to it," Ye Ling yawned. "Although I can find his main body through this clone, it's still more troublesome than him delivering himself to my doorstep. Let's keep waiting. You help me keep an eye on him."
With that, Ye Ling lay down on the clouds and closed his eyes to rest.
"I, I'll help keep an eye on him?"
Seeing that Ye Ling had actually fallen asleep, Kirin felt like crying without tears, unsure how to describe its feelings.
With its cultivation, how could it possibly keep an eye on such a powerful being?
However, since Ye Ling was asleep, it couldn't say anything. It could only continue to stare intently at the red-haired man above the barrier, afraid of missing even the slightest clue.
With Ye Ling's barrier providing cover, it didn't have to worry about its presence being discovered by the red-haired man.
The red-haired man didn't notice a Kirin secretly watching him from behind. After confirming that no one else was around, he attempted to enter the barrier.
The red-haired man expected to encounter strong resistance when entering the barrier, but to his surprise, he encountered no obstruction and passed through directly!
Seeing the red-haired man enter, Wang Le's face lit up with joy. He quickly got up to greet him, saying, "Welcome, Venerable One!"
The red-haired man glanced at the barrier behind him, suppressed the confusion in his heart, and landed directly in front of Wang Le, asking with a stern face, "What happened? Why do I need to personally intervene?"
Wang Le dared not hide anything from the red-haired man. He quickly knelt and replied, "It is my subordinate's incompetence. I was unable to break through the barrier and could only ask the Venerable One to help."
The red-haired man frowned, "This mere blood barrier can be destroyed by someone in the True Martial realm. You've absorbed so much energy, yet you still can't break it?"
Wang Le stammered, "Reporting to the Venerable One, Wang Xing seems to have used some unknown method to modify the barrier, causing it to mutate. With my current strength, I cannot break through it yet."
"Truly a waste!"
Upon hearing Wang Le's words, the red-haired man couldn't help but curse, "A barrier of this level, I could destroy it with a single finger. You actually can't break it; I've truly cultivated you in vain!"
"It is my subordinate's incompetence! Please, Venerable One, do not be angry!"
Wang Le trembled, not daring to refute the red-haired man's words.
After scolding Wang Le, the red-haired man calmed down and sighed, "Fine. The energy within you needs to be absorbed quickly, and you can't delay here. I will help you this time. If there's a next time, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Wang Le replied fearfully, "Your subordinate understands."
"Watch carefully!"
The red-haired man clasped his hands behind his back and turned to face the barrier.
Wang Le looked at the red-haired man's back with anticipation, waiting for him to break the barrier and take him away from this wretched place.
The red-haired man scanned the barrier, finally finding a slightly weaker point. He pointed into the void and said, "Break!"
A beam of blood-red light shot out from the red-haired man's fingertip, merged into the barrier, and disappeared.
The two waited for a while, but the barrier showed no reaction.
Wang Le stared intently at the barrier, and upon discovering that it had suffered no damage, his expression froze.
The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and an awkward atmosphere filled the air.
"Ahem! A mistake! This one doesn't count."
The red-haired man coughed twice to cover his embarrassment and then slapped the air out of nowhere, "Break for me!"
A beam of blood-red light, more than ten times stronger than before, shot out and slammed heavily onto the barrier!
But this time, it was the same as before. The red-haired man's spiritual energy was absorbed by the barrier and vanished.
The atmosphere around them became even more awkward.