The Black Knight, hidden amongst its many clones, felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of crisis upon witnessing Ye Ling's transformation.
Without hesitation, the Black Knight rapidly retreated.
The moment it moved back, a chain of darkness materialized out of thin air where it had just stood, missing its target.
Simultaneously, two other clones, unable to evade in time, were instantly strangled by the dark chain!
"It dodged... what a shame."
Ye Ling sighed as the Black Knight's true form evaded the fatal blow, then a slight smile curved his lips, "However, I've found you!"
*Screech!*
As Ye Ling spoke, the chain that had missed its mark shot back towards the Black Knight with extreme speed.
Seeing the chain approaching, the Black Knight showed no fear. It immediately manipulated its clones to unleash a barrage of black obelisks, some attacking the Primal Martial King controlled by Ye Ling, and others targeting the dark chain.
However, Ye Ling could foresee the future, and it seemed he intended to abandon the Primal Martial King's body to fully control the chain and strike at the Black Knight.
The dark chain, like a nimble black serpent, easily slipped through the gaps between the black obelisks, getting close to the Black Knight and coiling around the arm holding the long blade.
The Devouring Domain erupted from the chain, madly consuming the Black Knight's power, then converting the absorbed energy into Source Text, adhering it to the Black Knight's living armor to analyze its composition.
At the same time, the dark chain continuously tightened, aiming to crush the Black Knight's arm!
"Meaningless methods!"
The Black Knight, seeing a large amount of Source Text attached to its living armor, flashed a hint of disdain in its eyes. It directly swung its arm, severing the dark chain coiled around it. Immediately, the living armor on its body surface opened countless small mouths, devouring all the Source Text.
"Those armors are alive?"
Ye Ling's eyes flashed with surprise as he saw the armor on the Black Knight's body devour his Source Text. He immediately recalled the information he had analyzed using the Source Text and discovered that the Black Knight's armor was composed of metal-like cells.
Those cells were extremely tough and indestructible. More troublesome was that these cells seemed capable of infinite division.
In other words, unless Ye Ling could destroy all of the Black Knight's living armor in an instant, including the black armor covering its clones and the Extreme Martial Domain, his attacks would be meaningless.
The Black Knight could replenish its living armor at any time.
"Ye Ling, why don't you reveal your true form? Playing these petty tricks on me here poses no threat whatsoever."
After devouring the Source Text attached to its body, the Black Knight sneered at Ye Ling, its tone carrying a hint of contempt.
Having witnessed Ye Ling's attack methods, it believed itself to be invincible and smiled at Ye Ling, "You simply don't know how terrifying I am!"
Ye Ling was unfazed by the Black Knight's taunting words and instead chuckled, "Is that so? I find my little tricks quite useful."
With that, Ye Ling once again condensed chains around the Black Knight, coiling towards it.
"Hmph! Futile effort!"
Seeing Ye Ling repeat the same tactic, the Black Knight sneered. It had already determined that Ye Ling's methods posed no threat to it.
Perhaps to completely crush Ye Ling's confidence, this time it didn't dodge, allowing the dark chain to coil around it.
The Devouring Domain erupted once more, madly absorbing the Black Knight's power to convert it into Source Text, which once again adhered to the Black Knight's living armor.
However, shortly after the Source Text attached to the Black Knight's living armor, it was completely devoured by the armor.
Seeing this, Ye Ling remained composed, continuing to condense chains, repeating the same tactic, and coiling around the Black Knight again.
"I've already told you, no matter how many times you try, it's meaningless!"
Seeing Ye Ling repeatedly using these trivial tricks, the Black Knight grew somewhat annoyed. After severing the chain once more, it manipulated the surrounding clones to attack Ye Ling.
A large number of black obelisks attacked Ye Ling, instantly leaving the Primal Martial King's body covered in scars. Ye Ling also felt his suppression over the Primal Martial King weakening.
At this moment, the Primal Martial King's consciousness slowly awoke. Seeing his current predicament, he couldn't help but mock Ye Ling, "Kid! Didn't you say you'd beat that guy into a pulp with my body?"
"From where I'm standing now, it looks like you're the one being beaten into a pulp? If it's too much, just return my body to me, and let me handle it!"
"You should just give up... it's good that I'm controlling your body right now. If you were doing it yourself, you'd have been dead long ago," Ye Ling retorted to the Primal Martial King without any politeness.
"Hmph! Whether it's me or you, the outcome is death. What's the difference?" the Primal Martial King snorted, though he didn't deny Ye Ling's words.
During the period his consciousness was dormant, the Primal Martial King couldn't control his body, but he could still perceive everything happening outside.
The strength displayed by the Black Knight far surpassed his own. Under the Black Knight's relentless onslaught, he had no hope of survival.
After calming down, the Primal Martial King also didn't want to die. He said to Ye Ling, "Kid, how about we make a bet?"
"Bet on what?" Ye Ling asked, dodging the Black Knight's attacks while simultaneously using Source Text to erode the Black Knight.
"If you can defeat that guy using my body, I will willingly give you my power... Conversely, if you fail, you will escape with my consciousness and swear never to covy my power. How about it?"
"That's quite a favorable bet for you," Ye Ling smiled at the Primal Martial King. "You just mocked me, saying I'm no match for the Black Knight, and now you want me to defeat the Black Knight using your body. Aren't you making things impossible for me?"
The Primal Martial King laughed, "Weren't you very confident before? Besides, I don't mind telling you... my power is very special. There's a world of difference between you forcibly taking it and me willingly giving it to you!"
"Ye Ling, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Do you dare to bet?"
Ye Ling then asked, "What if you go back on your word?"
"I am the Primal Martial King, one of the Ancient Seven Kings. I would not stoop to breaking my promises," the Primal Martial King snorted. "On the contrary, I'm worried that you, a despicable and cunning fellow, might go back on your word."
"Ye Ling, I'm going all out to bet with you now. It all depends on whether you have the guts!"
"You say it so nicely, but aren't you just trying to get me to save you? However, fine. I accept your bet!"
"Then it's settled. If you lose, you take me with you!"
"Don't worry, I won't lose!"
Ye Ling smiled and once again repeated the action of coiling the chains around the Black Knight, using Source Text to erode the Black Knight's living armor!
His method of dealing with the Black Knight was not futile, nor was he just stalling for time.
Although the Black Knight's living armor could devour Source Text in a very short time, rendering it ineffective, within that brief window before it became useless, Ye Ling could still analyze some information about the living armor through the Source Text.
Each time Ye Ling coiled the Black Knight with his chains, he gained a little more information.
And this little bit of information was something the Black Knight was unaware of.
After multiple attempts, Ye Ling had basically obtained the information about the Black Knight's living armor and added it to his Primal Chaos.
What Ye Ling needed to do next was to personally create the living armor!
Since he couldn't defeat it...
He would join it!