Nuo Ying shouldered her greatsword and stood before Tian Xing and the others, saying, "My brothers and sisters, all of you stand behind me. Leave those puppets to me!"
Mie Shi Ling Huo hesitated, "Nuo Ying, are you sure you'll be alright on your own?"
"No problem! Don't worry!"
Nuo Ying laughed heartily. Her six wings on her back fluttered, and she transformed into a streak of white light, charging into the crowd of puppets.
The lightning puppets, condensed from the power of the world, seemed to sense that Nuo Ying was an anomaly and prioritized eliminating her.
All the lightning puppets ignored Tian Xing and the others and swarmed towards Nuo Ying!
"Excellent!"
Nuo Ying roared with laughter, swinging her greatsword to unleash a blade of light that cleaved dozens of lightning puppets in front of her into two!
Seeing Nuo Ying cutting through the puppets like vegetables, Mie Shi Ling Huo's mouth twitched. He sighed, "What kind of monster is this woman?"
Although the lightning puppets possessed no divine abilities, their strength surpassed that of ordinary peak experts. Just three or two of them working together could kill a peak expert.
Yet, those lightning puppets were as fragile as paper under Nuo Ying's greatsword.
Mie Shi Ling Huo felt that if he went up, he wouldn't be able to withstand even one of Nuo Ying's swings.
"This girl's strength is probably even more terrifying than I imagined..." Ye Ling watched Nuo Ying laugh and hack her way through the puppets, pursing his lips. He increasingly felt he didn't want to be enemies with such a monstrously strong girl.
However, Ye Ling didn't just stand there in awe. He seized the opportunity while all the lightning puppets were distracted by Nuo Ying to accelerate the erosion of Mo Zhi Jian.
Time ticked by, and the Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm seemed to sense the threat posed by Nuo Ying, beginning to release more world power.
Dense lightning puppets condensed from all directions and charged towards Nuo Ying.
Nuo Ying was instantly engulfed by the lightning puppets.
"Break for me!"
Nuo Ying roared, and then a terrifying surge of vital energy erupted from her body, repelling all the surrounding lightning puppets!
Nuo Ying stood alone in the air, her silver-white armor turning black, her entire body crackling with dark red lightning arcs, making her look incredibly heroic!
Her eyes turned as beautiful as rubies, and on her forehead, a mark resembling a spark of fire appeared.
The Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm once again sensed a great threat from Nuo Ying. Immediately, the Tongtian Heart above struck towards Nuo Ying with pure lightning condensed from world power!
Crack!
Blinding lightning illuminated the entire Tongtian Heart!
However, facing the descending lightning, Nuo Ying merely grinned, then swung her greatsword and fiercely slashed at the lightning!
Boom!
That supreme lightning was directly split in two by Nuo Ying's greatsword!
Tian Xing and Mie Shi Ling Huo watched, dumbfounded!
At this moment, Nuo Ying was truly confronting the Origin Upper Realm alone!
However, the power of the Origin Upper Realm was clearly not limited to this. After Nuo Ying split one bolt of lightning, another immediately struck down!
"Come on!"
Nuo Ying laughed, and with another sword strike, shattered the lightning!
However, although Nuo Ying's sword speed was fast, it was ultimately no match for the supreme lightning condensed from world power. After Nuo Ying had cleaved four bolts of lightning, the fifth bolt, taking advantage of a gap in her swing, struck her fiercely!
Bang!
Nuo Ying was sent flying by the lightning!
The world power of the Origin Upper Realm seized this opportunity, and ten thousand bolts of lightning struck down, directly engulfing the flying Nuo Ying in a sea of lightning!
"Nuo Ying!" Mie Shi Ling Huo and Tian Xing cried out in alarm as they saw Nuo Ying swallowed by the lightning, their eyes filled with worry.
Although they wanted to help, the might of the lightning was too great, and they couldn't get close.
In this battle against the Origin Upper Realm, Mie Shi Ling Huo and Tian Xing felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Even with a Seed Source, they were useless in this place.
Even Ye Ling, seeing the surging lightning storm, had a look of deep concern for Nuo Ying in his eyes.
If he were submerged by this level of lightning storm, even with his Devouring Domain and Mo Zhi Jian set up in advance, he might not survive.
After all, those lightning storms were pure world power, infused with destructive force. Even with Ye Ling's Devouring Domain and Mo Zhi Jian operating at full capacity, he could at best modify the attributes of half the lightning bolts.
And if Ye Ling touched even one of those lightning bolts, he would surely die!
"Nuo Ying... can you hold on?" Ye Ling murmured, a hint of guilt welling up in his heart as he instinctively clenched his fist.
After all, Nuo Ying had entered the Tongtian Heart completely for free, without any benefit.
Now that Nuo Ying was in danger because of it, it was also Ye Ling's responsibility.
However, before Ye Ling could dwell on his guilt for long, he vaguely saw a figure standing unmoving within the lightning storm!
"What is this?"
Seeing the figure, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. He immediately reinforced his eyes with runes and assisted with Myriad World Insight, observing Nuo Ying's condition through the lightning storm.
Although Nuo Ying was continuously enduring the bombardment of lightning, the black armor covering her entire body was not only unharmed but was actively absorbing the lightning, converting it into her own power.
The absorbed lightning power all converged into the fire-like mark on her forehead, and was then transformed into her vital energy.
Behind Nuo Ying, a fourth pair of wings was slowly taking shape!
"Nuo Ying is actually... evolving by relying on world power?" Ye Ling was shocked to see Nuo Ying's current state, his heart churning like a stormy sea!
However, at this moment, Ye Ling had completely assimilated the barrier of world power with Mo Zhi Jian.
Ye Ling couldn't afford to observe Nuo Ying's growth any longer. He immediately opened an entrance in the world power barrier and shouted to Mie Shi Ling Huo, Tian Xing, and A Yun, "I'm done here, hurry and get in!"
Mie Shi Ling Huo and the others heard Ye Ling's words and immediately flew to his side. However, they didn't enter immediately but asked Ye Ling, "What about Nuo Ying?"
"I observed inside the lightning storm just now, Nuo Ying is fine, don't worry about her," Ye Ling said quickly.
"That's good, then we'll go in first!" Hearing Ye Ling's words, Mie Shi Ling Huo breathed a sigh of relief and eagerly plunged into the world power barrier.
Inside was the true core of the entire Origin Upper Realm, and Mie Shi Ling Huo had long wanted to witness it.
"This guy..."
Ye Ling shook his head and smiled as he saw Mie Shi Ling Huo rush in first. He then said to Tian Xing and A Yun, "Let's go in together. I've controlled the barrier around the Seed Source, so it should be safe inside."
"Okay."
Tian Xing and A Yun replied in unison, then, along with Ye Ling, entered the world power barrier, facing the Seed Source directly!
The moment everyone entered the barrier, they felt an extremely dense and pure energy surrounding them.
The Seed Sources of Tian Xing and Mie Shi Ling Huo began to autonomously absorb the surrounding pure energy, and then their Seed Sources began to split autonomously!
Not long after they entered, their Seed Sources directly split into two!
Meanwhile, A Yun, constantly nourished by the Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm, began to derive a new Seed Source within her body!
"Holy crap... this Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm is too fierce!" Mie Shi Ling Huo exclaimed in disbelief as he suddenly found himself with an extra Seed Source.
He knew the Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm was strong, but he didn't know it was this outrageously powerful!
And as the three of them received this immense fortune, they failed to notice that Ye Ling, who had also entered the barrier, now had hollow eyes.
Ye Ling stared blankly at the Seed Source ahead, which was comparable to the sun, his eyes vacant, as if his entire soul had been sucked into the Seed Source.
At this moment, Ye Ling's body was indeed just an empty shell.
The moment he entered, his soul was sucked into the Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm!