Ye Ling was taken aback when the World-Ending Spirit Fire blocked his path. Before he could understand the situation, the World-Ending Spirit Fire suddenly attacked him.
"Damn it! What's wrong with you, World-Ending Spirit Fire?"
Ye Ling narrowly dodged an attack from the World-Ending Spirit Fire and realized that its strength and speed had far surpassed its previous state, reaching a level that could threaten him.
At this moment, the World-Ending Spirit Fire was unnaturally powerful!
"Bold fiend, you dare to dodge!" Seeing Ye Ling evade its attack, the World-Ending Spirit Fire's killing intent intensified.
"This guy seems to have lost his mind and needs a good thrashing..."
Observing the World-Ending Spirit Fire's current state, Ye Ling realized it was being controlled. He gathered runes around himself, preparing to fight.
"How dare you resist me! You seek death!"
The World-Ending Spirit Fire's eyes burned with even greater fury upon seeing Ye Ling's intent to counterattack. It unleashed a pitch-black fire dragon from within, which lunged towards Ye Ling.
That pitch-black fire dragon, carrying the inextinguishable flames from the Primal Flame Domain, surged towards Ye Ling like a tidal wave.
The flames, born alongside chaos, were capable of incinerating everything to ashes.
Ye Ling calmly watched the black dragon approaching him. He raised his hand and flicked out runes, which materialized out of thin air and attached themselves to the pitch-black fire dragon.
"Suppress!"
With Ye Ling's soft command, each rune attached to the pitch-black fire dragon became immensely heavy.
"Roar—!"
Under the powerful suppression of the runes, the fire dragon struggled for only a moment in mid-air before dissipating into flames.
The scorching wave of fire struck Ye Ling's face, making him feel unbearably hot.
"It seems the World-Ending Spirit Fire has inherited some of the Primal Flame King's power... Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to make me feel heat..."
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the surging flames ahead, sensing something was amiss.
He himself had obtained thirty percent of the Primal Flame King's power. Logically, this Primal Flame Domain should be considered half his territory. Yet, the World-Ending Spirit Fire could make him feel heat within the Primal Flame Domain. This could only mean that the World-Ending Spirit Fire had also mastered the Primal Flame King's power.
"Logically speaking... the Primal Flame King's power outside is all with me. Where did the World-Ending Spirit Fire get its power from?"
"The power the World-Ending Spirit Fire is displaying now is almost thirty percent of the Primal Flame King's power, isn't it?"
Ye Ling possessed thirty percent, and the World-Ending Spirit Fire had thirty percent. If they added up, the Primal Flame King's power outside would be sixty percent. Had the Overseer sealed nothing but emptiness?
While Ye Ling was contemplating the source of the World-Ending Spirit Fire's power, the World-Ending Spirit Fire, now in human form, emerged from the sea of fire and attacked Ye Ling again.
"Fiend, witness my ultimate move!"
"Immortal True Flame!"
The World-Ending Spirit Fire roared, and all the flames within the Primal Flame Domain obeyed its command, transforming into swords of blazing fire that surged towards Ye Ling once more.
Doubting the source of the World-Ending Spirit Fire's power, Ye Ling decided not to use runes to counter it this time. He unleashed the Primal Flame King's power, attempting to control the flames in the Primal Flame Domain with it, wanting to ascertain the authenticity of his own power.
As Ye Ling released the Primal Flame King's power, the flames that were surging towards him halted, all being manipulated by Ye Ling!
"What's going on?"
Seeing Ye Ling suddenly manipulate the flames of the Primal Flame Domain, the World-Ending Spirit Fire was stunned, its eyes filled with deep confusion.
"It seems the power the Primal Flame King gave me is real... then the World-Ending Spirit Fire's power is fake?"
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed as he saw the bewildered look on the World-Ending Spirit Fire's face. He instantly teleported in front of it, pressed down on its head, and covered its entire body with runes.
"You scoundrel, what are you doing to me?"
While still in a daze, the World-Ending Spirit Fire was suddenly ambushed by Ye Ling and let out a roar, twisting its body frantically in an attempt to break free from Ye Ling's grasp.
"World-Ending Spirit Fire, you'll have to endure a little inconvenience."
Ye Ling smiled at the World-Ending Spirit Fire and directly used the Mo Zhi Jian domain to transform the World-Ending Spirit Fire into text.
Ye Ling was astonished by what he discovered as he transformed it.
After the World-Ending Spirit Fire's entire body turned into text, Ye Ling found a red crystal core within it. The core's surface had fine cracks, from which the Primal Flame King's power was continuously flowing.
The power within the World-Ending Spirit Fire was indeed real!
The Primal Flame King was using the World-Ending Spirit Fire to break free from its seal in its own way!
The current thoughts of the World-Ending Spirit Fire were also being controlled by that crystal core!
"It seems the Primal Flame King doesn't fully trust me either. The other side of that crystal core... is likely the sealed Primal Flame King?"
Ye Ling noticed the crystal core within the World-Ending Spirit Fire and immediately attempted to separate it from the World-Ending Spirit Fire.
However, the crystal core seemed highly sensitive to external changes in power. Before Ye Ling's power could even touch it, the core contracted and began to vibrate violently, appearing as if it could explode at any moment.
Seeing this, Ye Ling immediately withdrew his power, and the violently vibrating crystal core returned to its calm state.
"It seems there's some kind of restriction on this crystal core. It's still inside the World-Ending Spirit Fire. If it explodes and injures the World-Ending Spirit Fire, it would be a loss. I shouldn't act rashly for now..."
Ye Ling abandoned the idea of touching the crystal core and instead separated the text that formed the World-Ending Spirit Fire, reassembling it nearby.
While meticulously manipulating the World-Ending Spirit Fire with Mo Zhi Jian, Ye Ling also split off a divine sense and flew into the Primal Flame King's domain to rescue Nuo Ying.
As Ye Ling stepped into the massive fireball, the surrounding temperature instantly increased tenfold, making Ye Ling feel as if his divine sense was about to melt.
"In such a harsh environment, how long can Nuo Ying hold on?"
Feeling the incredibly high temperature, Ye Ling realized the danger within the fireball and no longer hesitated. He enveloped himself with the Primal Flame King's power and flew towards the center of the fireball.
Soon, Ye Ling saw Nuo Ying's body.
In the center of the fireball, Nuo Ying had no protection whatsoever. Her skin had been scorched to charcoal, and more than half of her soul had been burned away.
If Ye Ling had arrived any later, Nuo Ying would likely have been reduced to ashes.
The Primal Flame King had never intended for Nuo Ying to survive!
"That damned fellow, was he lying to me from the very beginning?"
Seeing Nuo Ying's tragic state, a flicker of heartache crossed Ye Ling's eyes. He immediately enveloped Nuo Ying with his creation power, brought her out of the fireball, and helped her repair her skin and soul.
Meanwhile, under Ye Ling's meticulous manipulation with Mo Zhi Jian, the World-Ending Spirit Fire was completely separated from the crystal core and returned to normal.
Ye Ling withdrew Mo Zhi Jian, and the World-Ending Spirit Fire gradually regained its consciousness.