Ye Ling was blocked by the butler and had to stop.
"Damn it..."
Ye Ling stared intently at the butler, who exuded a terrifying aura, and slowly retreated. Suddenly, he felt the presence of the maid behind him.
He turned his head and saw the maid, whose ice was slowly melting, blocking his retreat.
He was in a desperate situation!
"Little brother..."
Zi You, held in Ye Ling's arms, looked worried. "I'm sorry... I implicated you. If it weren't for me, things wouldn't have turned out this way..."
"It's not your fault, don't feel guilty..."
Ye Ling comforted Zi You in a low voice, his mind racing, trying to find a glimmer of hope in this desperate situation.
The butler glanced at Ye Ling indifferently and said coldly, "Young friend, hand over the princess and the ice coffin. This old man will consider leaving you a complete corpse."
The maid behind them shouted, "Old man, leave this ant to me! I want to tear him apart with my own hands!"
Seeing the two of them closing in on him from front and back, Ye Ling couldn't help but laugh, "Do you two really think you've got me cornered?"
"Oh?" The butler raised an eyebrow. "This old man is very curious, how do you, a mere Supreme, intend to escape from this old man's grasp?"
"Just watch!"
Ye Ling suddenly unleashed his Devouring Domain, engulfing the butler and the maid, attempting to seize their power.
The cultivation of the maid and the butler surged towards Ye Ling, and his aura began to climb.
However, the cultivation seized by the Devouring Domain was like a drop in the bucket for the butler and the maid.
The butler's eyes flashed with surprise as he saw Ye Ling capable of seizing his cultivation. He exclaimed, "An interesting domain... For a mere Supreme to be able to affect this old man, I must say... young friend, you are truly a heaven-sent genius."
"If we were of the same cultivation level, this old man couldn't imagine how strong you would be. It's a pity... you are not."
As the butler finished speaking, a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes. He took a slight step forward, and Ye Ling's Devouring Domain suddenly collapsed. Ye Ling suffered a violent backlash and vomited blood again!
Easily breaking Ye Ling's domain, the butler's lips curled into a slight smile. He raised his hand slightly, and Ye Ling's body was struck by a powerful blow out of nowhere. His heart meridians were shattered, and half of his soul was shaken away!
In an instant, Ye Ling was covered in blood!
"Little brother!"
Zi You, in Ye Ling's arms, cried out in alarm as she saw Ye Ling heavily injured, her eyes filled with tears.
"I... I'm fine..." Ye Ling endured the pain and gently comforted Zi You, holding her tightly.
Ye Ling gently patted Zi You's head with his other hand and chuckled, "Remember me always, don't ever forget."
"But little brother, you..." Zi You looked flustered and quickly turned to the butler, "Butler, I beg you, I'll go back with you. Please spare little brother!"
The butler shook his head, "Little princess, I can agree to your other requests, but not this one. This is a forbidden area of our Can Xie clan. Even if a Can Xie clan member trespasses here, it is a capital offense, let alone that insignificant young man."
As he spoke, the butler beckoned with his index finger. The hand with which Ye Ling held Zi You instantly exploded, and Zi You flew from Ye Ling's arms to the butler's side, confined by a spiritual energy cage.
Seeing Zi You leave Ye Ling, the maid smirked. She instantly appeared before Ye Ling, grabbed his neck, and laughed, "Little mouse... I finally caught you!"
"Don't worry, I won't let you die easily. I will keep your soul and torment you for billions of years. Your entire future life will be spent with me."
"Who would want to be with a crazy woman like you..." Ye Ling was too weak to struggle now, and could only look at the maid weakly, spitting a mouthful of blood onto her face, taunting her weakly.
Having Ye Ling's blood spat on her face, the maid's expression instantly contorted. She tightened her grip on Ye Ling's neck, directly creating five bloody holes on his neck!
The butler, however, reminded her, "Before you vent your anger, take the ice coffin from the boy's back. Don't damage it."
"I know that, of course."
The maid sneered, took the ice coffin from Ye Ling's back, and brought it to the butler.
The butler seemed hesitant to touch the ice coffin, holding it with spiritual energy. He said to the maid, "This boy is yours to deal with. I will take the ice coffin and the princess back first. Hurry up, we need to report this to the master when he arrives."
The maid smiled, "Don't worry, it won't take much time."
After hearing the maid's assurance, the butler no longer lingered and vanished from the spot with Zi You and the ice coffin, returning to the palace.
After the butler left, the maid no longer restrained herself. Her body enlarged several times, returning to her original monstrous form.
A pair of scarlet wings sprouted from her back, flapping in the void!
With every flap of her wings, ripples appeared in the surrounding space.
In the maid's claws, Ye Ling was like a mere puppet.
The maid poked Ye Ling's head with her sharp claws and asked, "Little mouse, it's our time now. How do you want to play?"
Ye Ling did not answer the maid's question, but instead asked, "Has that old man left?"
"Otherwise?" The maid chuckled, "Dealing with a little mouse like you is enough for one of my fingers, I don't need that old fellow."
Ye Ling, however, smiled, "That's not necessarily true..."
Seeing Ye Ling suddenly smile, the maid couldn't help but be stunned. "You can still smile?"
"If there's a glimmer of hope, why can't I smile?"
"A glimmer of hope? Are you scared silly?" The maid was bewildered, looking at Ye Ling in her palm as if he were an idiot, not understanding why he could say such a thing.
Seeing the bewildered maid, Ye Ling shook his head and smiled, then began to use the remaining spiritual energy in his body to heal his injuries.
Seeing that Ye Ling still had the mood to heal his injuries, the maid couldn't help but mock him, "You don't actually think you can escape from my palm by yourself, do you?"
"Even if you try your best, you won't be able to harm me in the slightest."
Having healed his injuries, Ye Ling smiled and said, "By myself, of course not. But with the spiritual energy of you crazy woman and that old fellow, it is possible."
"What do you mean?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the maid's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition suddenly surged within her.
Then, she suddenly felt an extremely scorching heat emanating from her palm!
"So hot!"
The maid screamed and instinctively let go of Ye Ling, only to find a white rune had appeared on her palm at some unknown time!
The terrifying heat emanating from the rune instantly burned one of her arms to ashes!
"Ahhhhhh!"
The maid screamed in agony!
Ye Ling, freed from the maid, did not hesitate. He condensed a rune in front of him, constructing a teleportation array!
"With my blood as the guide, and the rune as the power, return to me!"
Ye Ling formed hand seals, burning his life essence, and poured power into the rune.
In the palace, Zi You, who had been placed in the hall by the butler, suddenly had a light glow on her forehead. The ice coffin, stained with Ye Ling's blood, also began to emit a blue light.
"Hmm?"
The butler, who was repairing the palace nearby, suddenly sensed a faint power. He looked towards Zi You and the ice coffin, only to see a rune teleportation array appearing beneath them!
"What is this?" The butler was stunned, then suddenly remembered Ye Ling patting Zi You's forehead and spitting blood onto the ice coffin. His mind was greatly shaken.
"Not good!!!"
The butler realized something and showed fear. He quickly reached out for Zi You and the ice coffin, but the teleportation array flashed, and Zi You and the ice coffin instantly vanished from the spot. The butler's grasp was empty!
"No!!!"
A shrill roar echoed from the great hall!