Long Yu, who had retreated outside the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land, stared blankly at the white pillar of light shooting into the sky, his entire face frozen in disbelief.
"The First Ancestral Dragon... has truly been resurrected?"
Long Yu had already considered that Ye Ling might cause a major incident before entering the treasure vault, but he truly hadn't expected Ye Ling to cause such a colossal one!
The years that Long Zheng's dragon bones had existed in this Hidden Dragon Fierce Land were longer than Long Yu's own age. Setting aside the stringent conditions required to resurrect Long Zheng, the sheer amount of energy needed for his revival was unimaginable!
The dazzling light illuminated the sky of the Hidden Ruins. Countless powerful figures within the Hidden Ruins looked up, vaguely seeing a pure white giant dragon coiling in the air.
Some powerful individuals, upon seeing the Ancestral Dragon within the radiant light, attempted to fly higher to investigate. However, no matter how strong their cultivation, after reaching a certain altitude, they would be subjected to immense dragon might, and a significant portion of their power would be absorbed.
Across the entire Hidden Ruins, no one could approach the revived Long Zheng.
Inside the cave, Ye Ling stood within the white light, gazing at Long Zheng, whose power was continuously escalating in the sky. A faint smile played on his lips, as if he wasn't worried at all that Long Zheng's power would exceed his control, leading to a loss of order.
After fully reviving, Long Zheng descended into the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land. With a single claw, he shattered the cave containing countless treasures, forcing Ye Ling out.
"Sin, I will make you regret giving me life."
Long Zheng's massive dragon eyes fixed on Ye Ling, who stood amidst the ruins. Every scale on his body emanated a sacred glow, gathering the abilities of all dragon races in the void.
Even Long Yu, outside the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land, felt the connection between himself and Long Zheng, realizing that Long Zheng was gaining control of his power.
Ye Ling watched Long Zheng's power steadily increase and said, "Your strength is even greater than I imagined. If you were to truly recover your peak, I might not be able to defeat you right now."
Long Zheng sneered, "Hmph! You should have realized this sooner. Now that I am revived, it's too late for you to regret it."
Ye Ling smiled and asked, "How much longer until you recover your peak?"
Long Zheng declared, "You don't need to concern yourself with that. I am enough to subdue you now... Sin, come and fight!"
Boom!!!
As Long Zheng's words fell, he unleashed a surging dragon might, crushing down upon Ye Ling.
Under Long Zheng's terrifying dragon might, the entire continent of the Hidden Ruins violently shook, and the ranking matches were temporarily halted.
All participating powerhouses looked towards the direction of the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land with shock, wanting to know what terrifying existence had been revived.
Meanwhile, Ye Ling, directly facing Long Zheng's dragon might, still wore a faint smile. He actually took out a contract from his pocket.
Upon seeing Ye Ling's inexplicable action, Long Zheng narrowed his eyes. "What are you doing? If you want to fight, be serious, don't play these flashy tricks! I've already said, even if my soul scatters, I will never submit to you!"
Ye Ling replied, "Long Zheng... as I said just now, I am me, and Sin is Sin. Please don't mistake me for Sin."
Long Zheng retorted, "What's the point of debating these topics with me at this moment? Whether you are Sin or not, it doesn't matter much anymore. Between us now, it's a matter of life and death."
"That's not necessarily true."
Ye Ling looked at Long Zheng, wrapped the contract in his origin energy, and flung it towards him!
"Hmph! A meaningless action!"
Long Zheng didn't understand Ye Ling's reason for doing this, but he had no intention of letting the contract get close to him. He immediately spat out a stream of white flame, intending to incinerate the contract enveloped in origin energy.
However, just as Long Zheng's breath was about to touch Ye Ling's contract, the contract suddenly vanished from its spot and teleported in front of Long Zheng.
The contract unfurled, transforming into a large amount of origin script, which wrote a complete article in the sky, completely encircling Long Zheng.
"You want to forcibly capture me? You're too naive! Do you really think I'm like those ordinary immortal spirits?"
Long Zheng sneered upon seeing the origin script surrounding him. He immediately extended his massive claw, intending to shatter the contract directly!
But the moment Long Zheng made his move, his perspective suddenly shifted to Ye Ling's, and he saw himself surrounded by the origin script.
"This is..."
Long Zheng saw himself, was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Ye Ling had used the Realm Demon Heart again!
"You despicable fellow! I was clearly guarding against your Realm Demon Heart, why did I still fall for it?"
Long Zheng panicked at this moment and immediately manipulated Ye Ling's body to attack his own.
He wasn't foolish. After Ye Ling produced the contract and exchanged bodies with the Realm Demon Heart, he understood Ye Ling's intentions.
However, Long Zheng's realization came too late. Ye Ling had tampered with his own body beforehand. Long Zheng felt Ye Ling's body become incredibly heavy, and his speed was greatly reduced, making it impossible for him to stop Ye Ling!
Thus, in front of Long Zheng, Ye Ling manipulated Long Zheng's body and soul, signing an unequal contract with him.
The origin script surrounding Long Zheng surged with origin energy, then inscribed itself onto Long Zheng's body surface, merged into his soul, and finally disappeared.
The contract took effect.
Afterward, Ye Ling canceled the Realm Demon Heart and swapped bodies back with Long Zheng.
The entire process, from Ye Ling using the Realm Demon Heart to the contract being signed, took less than a second, but the situation had undergone a complete reversal!
Long Zheng's consciousness returned to his own body. Upon perceiving the connection between his soul and Ye Ling, his face turned ashen!
Indeed, his consciousness had not yet submitted to Ye Ling, but his soul and physical body had been imprinted by Ye Ling. Even if he were to self-destruct his consciousness now, Ye Ling could use special methods to cultivate an absolutely loyal consciousness within his body and soul.
At this moment, Long Zheng knew he had been utterly defeated.
He looked at Ye Ling and asked in a deep voice, "I was guarding against your Realm Demon Heart from the very beginning. How did you swap bodies with me so stealthily?"
Even though the Realm Demon Heart was a karma technique, Long Zheng, with his highly concentrated mental state, would have sensed it the moment the Realm Demon Heart was activated. He would then have prepared himself, just as Ye Ling had, rendering Ye Ling's attempt futile.
But everything that had happened was beyond Long Zheng's expectations.
Facing Long Zheng's question, Ye Ling smiled slightly and replied, "Actually, before I entered the cave, I had already planted the seed of the Realm Demon Heart within your dragon bones. And when I resurrected you, I rooted that seed deep within your heart."
"My primary goal this time was to make you serve me. The moment I resurrected you... the game was already decided."
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, Long Zheng looked at Ye Ling deeply and said, "Ye Ling, I admit... I underestimated you. This life of yours is truly different from the Sin of the past."