On the other side, the Black Knight repeatedly severed Ye Ling's chains, yet he also vaguely sensed something was amiss. Ye Ling's ability to reach this point, becoming the most troublesome enemy for the watchers, meant he wasn't foolish enough to waste time and spiritual energy on an ineffective attack. Unless, of course, Ye Ling had a hidden motive.
With this thought, the Black Knight began to intentionally evade Ye Ling's chains. However, Ye Ling had now locked onto his true form, and since the chains were generated from nothingness, even with the Black Knight's evasive maneuvers, he was often caught and entangled by them. Although Ye Ling's chains couldn't inflict any effective damage, as Ye Ling's speed in condensing chains grew more frequent, the Black Knight's unease began to rapidly escalate.
"No! This cannot continue! I must kill him quickly!" The Black Knight could no longer hold back. He began to manipulate his clones to charge at Ye Ling. The moment the first clone approached Ye Ling, it exploded, its immense force sending Ye Ling flying.
The body of the Primordial Martial King was blown away by more than half! "Ye Ling, can you handle this? If you can't win, quickly take this King's consciousness and run. Don't let us both get trapped!" Seeing that the Black Knight had shattered half of his body with just one clone, the Primordial Martial King became anxious and urged Ye Ling. After all, this was merely one of the Black Knight's clones! In the Extreme Martial Domain, the Black Knight had countless clones, numbering in the hundreds of millions. If all of them self-destructed, let alone the Primordial Martial King's body, even Ye Ling's true form hiding in the shadows would be reduced to ashes!
"Shut up! Just watch my performance!" Ye Ling silenced the Primordial Martial King, immediately using his power of creation to mend his body, while continuing to attack the Black Knight with chains, still attempting to steal information about the living armor. Although Ye Ling could now create living armor similar to the Black Knight's, he felt something fundamental was missing. It was this missing piece of information that made his created living armor inferior to the Black Knight's.
The Primordial Martial King, reprimanded by Ye Ling, became even more anxious. He couldn't understand Ye Ling's intention in constantly entangling the Black Knight with chains, but the situation was dire. He feared that his own actions might interfere with Ye Ling's judgment, leading to their mutual doom! Helplessly, the Primordial Martial King could only shut his mouth and worry in silence.
After silencing the Primordial Martial King, Ye Ling's speaking frequency also noticeably decreased, his attention fully focused on the Black Knight. The Black Knight had surely sensed something, which was why he had begun attacking at all costs. If Ye Ling were to reveal his true form now, he would likely be instantly annihilated by the Black Knight's myriad clones! If fighting with the Primordial Martial King's body was once a choice for Ye Ling, it was now his only option! Using the Primordial Martial King's body at least ensured his immediate safety.
"Still not enough..." Through persistent effort, Ye Ling finally managed to extract partial core secrets of the Black Knight's living armor through the information fed back by the Source Text. At this rate, Ye Ling would be able to perfectly replicate the Black Knight's living armor after two more instances of Source Text erosion on the Black Knight's living armor! However, these two instances, while easy to say, appeared incredibly difficult given the current circumstances!
"Next, twelve of the Black Knight's clones will attack from all directions. Only the explosion in the southeast corner will have the weakest impact!" Ye Ling quickly decided his next course of action through precognition and immediately moved towards the southeast.
Boom!!! Twelve Black Knight clones exploded, and Ye Ling was sent flying by the immense force, his body, newly repaired by the power of creation, once again shattered by a third. Before Ye Ling could even catch his breath, over thirty more Black Knight clones charged at him, exploding around him! Ye Ling condensed a barrier with the Source Text, barely blocking the impact. Simultaneously, seizing an opportunity when the Black Knight was unprepared, he successfully ambushed the Black Knight, once again obtaining partial core secrets of the living armor with the Source Text!
"Just one more time!" After collecting more information from the Black Knight, Ye Ling immediately retreated to evade the explosions of the Black Knight's clones!
"Ye Ling, you can't escape!" The Black Knight roared. After being eroded by Ye Ling's Source Text once more, his unease had reached its peak. Although the Black Knight didn't know the source of his anxiety, he increasingly felt the need to eliminate Ye Ling quickly. Otherwise, something bad would happen! Disregarding any losses, all of the Black Knight's clones surged towards Ye Ling, forming a net with no blind spots across the heavens and earth, intending to obliterate Ye Ling and the Extreme Martial Domain into dust!
Seeing the overwhelming number of Black Knight clones, the Primordial Martial King could no longer hold back and shouted at Ye Ling, "Kid! Stop enduring it! Take this King and run!!!"
Ye Ling did not respond to the Primordial Martial King. He closed his eyes, observing the future five seconds ahead, and found the only breakthrough point in this devastating self-destruction! "Got it!" Ye Ling's eyes snapped open. Before the Black Knight's clones could reach him, he flung his chains, wrapping them around the clone closest to the Black Knight's true form, and simultaneously inscribed an enhanced rune on it. "Shape-shifting!" Ye Ling activated the rune, swapping positions with that Black Knight clone, and then transformed himself into the form of the Primordial Time Emperor, erasing the space between himself and the Black Knight's true form! In less than the blink of an eye, Ye Ling was in front of the Black Knight's true form, grabbing his arm! A large amount of Source Text attached itself to the Black Knight's living armor!
The Black Knight was startled by Ye Ling's series of actions, but upon seeing Ye Ling daring to touch the living armor directly, he couldn't help but laugh, "Kid, have you learned nothing? You've suffered before, yet you do it again!" The living armor on the Black Knight's surface rapidly attached to Ye Ling's arm and began to spread throughout his body! This time, the Black Knight held nothing back, pouring all his power into his living armor. The living armor instantly enveloped Ye Ling, consuming him! For a moment, Ye Ling was encased by the living armor, his hand still gripping the Black Knight's arm, motionless.
"It's over!" Seeing Ye Ling enveloped by the living armor, the Black Knight directly broke Ye Ling's grip and wiped the Source Text from the surface of the living armor. "This kid is truly troublesome. He almost made me flip. Now, I just need to detonate this Extreme Martial Domain along with his true body, and it'll be done." The Black Knight twisted his neck, and the helmet covering his head dissipated, revealing his smiling face. Once encased by the living armor, even consciousness would be drained. No one could survive inside the living armor! However, just as the Black Knight was about to manipulate his clones to explode, Ye Ling, who had been motionless, suddenly transformed his arm into a giant axe and swung it fiercely towards the Black Knight's head!
Chiii!!! The Black Knight's head was directly sliced in half by Ye Ling's giant axe!