In a deserted alley in Sky City.
Ye Ling threw Li Xiao onto the ground and set up a barrier around them.
“W-what do you want to do?” Li Xiao stared at Ye Ling in terror, shuffling his backside backward, his heart filled with panic.
He never imagined that he would be abducted by Ye Ling even under the protection of mechanical soldiers!
Cultivators who could easily destroy mechanical soldiers made of special alloys were all above the Supreme level, and Ye Ling’s casual movements indicated his strength could only be higher!
He was just out for a drive, how did he provoke such a powerful individual?
Thinking of this, Li Xiao felt like crying without tears, wishing he could go back in time and slap himself twice!
Although the Eastern Xuan Continent was now advancing in both technology and martial arts, high-level cultivators still occupied the top of the food chain, with statuses far exceeding others.
Even as a young master from a wealthy family, Li Xiao’s cultivation was low. Once he was without protection, any passing cultivator could take his life!
Now that Li Xiao had been brought to the alley by Ye Ling, he no longer had any of his young master’s airs.
Ye Ling smiled at the terrified Li Xiao, “Don’t be scared, I won’t do anything to you for now.”
“F-for now?” Li Xiao’s eyes were filled with fear.
Ye Ling’s words made him feel an ominous premonition.
Ye Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled, “For now means, if you don’t cooperate, then I’ll have no choice but to turn you into a pile of rotten meat.”
Hearing Ye Ling’s words, Li Xiao shivered and immediately knelt down, kowtowing, “I’ll cooperate! I’ll fully cooperate! I only beg you, big brother, not to kill me!”
Seeing Li Xiao’s current demeanor, Ye Ling nodded with satisfaction and continued, “Since that’s the case, take out your tracker first. Although the barrier can block the signal now, it will be troublesome if they monitor your location after we leave.”
“Y-yes… I’ll take it out now.”
Li Xiao dared not hesitate, quickly unbuckled his belt, and respectfully handed it to Ye Ling.
Ye Ling burned Li Xiao’s belt and continued, “In addition, take out the chip behind your head.”
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xiao’s expression changed drastically, and a look of despair appeared in his eyes.
If Ye Ling only wanted the tracker, the security company could still locate Li Xiao’s exact position through the chip behind his head.
But now that Ye Ling was taking the chip, it meant the security company had no other means to locate Li Xiao!
Seeing Li Xiao frozen in place, Ye Ling added, “What, didn’t you say you would fully cooperate? Or do you want to struggle a bit?”
“N-no, I wouldn’t dare…” Li Xiao came back to his senses, quickly replied, and then tremblingly took out the chip from behind his head, respectfully handing it to Ye Ling.
The moment he handed the chip to Ye Ling, Li Xiao’s heart was bleeding!
That chip was a perfect chip he had bought at a great cost. It not only had a tracking function but also contained various skills and high-level cultivation techniques for practicing.
It could be said that this single chip could turn Li Xiao into an all-around superhuman.
Now that Li Xiao had lost the chip, he had directly regressed into a useless person who knew nothing.
Ye Ling took the chip handed over by Li Xiao and sensed the energy stored within it, his brows furrowing slightly.
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire said, “Even such an implanted chip contains the power of the Remnant Evil Clan. It’s likely that the Eastern Xuan Continent has completely become the stronghold of the Remnant Evil Clan. It’s probably not long before the Remnant Evil Clan discovers the matter of that research base! Kid… your time is running out.”
Ye Ling crushed the chip and said, “Now that the Remnant Evil Clan controls the Eastern Xuan Continent, and they can use time tunnels to bypass the universe’s barrier to hunt me, it means they can use the same method to destroy the universe’s barrier in the future.”
“This matter is no longer just between me and the Long Group… If this Eastern Xuan Continent is truly beyond saving, for the sake of other worlds in the inner universe, I will have to destroy it.”
This time, the World Annihilation Spirit Fire did not object to Ye Ling destroying the Eastern Xuan Continent. Instead, it cautioned, “You’d best be careful of the Lord of Remnant Evil. The Creator God is outside of time. Once he knows you are in this space-time not protected by the universe’s barrier, he will descend upon this space-time immediately.”
“Therefore, in this operation, you absolutely cannot expose your identity! If anyone recognizes you as Ye Ling, you must kill them immediately, then return to that research base and go back through the time tunnel, understand?”
Ye Ling nodded, “I will keep this in mind.”
After conversing with the World Annihilation Spirit Fire, Ye Ling picked up Li Xiao, who was slumped on the ground, and asked him, “Your father is sworn brothers with Long Ye, so bringing me to see Long Ye shouldn’t be a big problem, right?”
Li Xiao cried, “I-I’m sorry, big brother! I was bragging! My dad is just an ordinary high-level employee. He’s only had dinner with Long Ye once, and Long Ye doesn’t know my dad at all!”
Ye Ling’s eyes flashed with ferocity, and he said menacingly, “So, you have no value at all?”
Seeing the ferocity in Ye Ling’s eyes, Li Xiao was once again scared stiff, and quickly cried, “B-big brother, don’t make a move yet! I have value!”
“Speak!”
“Although my dad doesn’t know Long Ye well, Long Ye’s birthday is coming soon. My dad and I both have invitations to Long Ye’s birthday banquet. I can take you to see him then!”
“I don’t have that much time. Besides the birthday banquet, are there any other ways to see Long Ye?”
Li Xiao was on the verge of tears, “Big brother, please spare me! Long Ye is the chairman of the group. Compared to him, I’m like an ant. How could I have the means to see him? Moreover, Long Ye is not on the Eastern Xuan Continent right now. Even if I had a way to take you to see Long Ye, I couldn’t do it!”
“Long Ye isn’t on the Eastern Xuan Continent?” Ye Ling’s eyes flashed with surprise, “Then where is he now?”
Li Xiao cried, “I-I don’t know! Big brother, believe me! I really don’t know!”
Seeing Li Xiao’s snot and tears all mixed together, the World Annihilation Spirit Fire couldn’t stand it anymore and said to Ye Ling, “Kid, this dandy isn’t a big shot either. He probably really doesn’t know where Long Ye went. You’ve already attracted quite a bit of attention with what you’re doing. Let’s just wait for the birthday banquet.”
Ye Ling sighed slightly, “This is the only way now.”
The Eastern Xuan Continent was near the territory of the Remnant Evil Clan, and Long Ye’s whereabouts were unknown. They couldn’t just search the vast universe aimlessly for one person.
If they did, the Remnant Evil Clan would likely find them before they could find Long Ye.
With his decision made, Ye Ling patted Li Xiao’s shoulder, planted a rune mark within Li Xiao’s body, and smiled, “Give me all your valuables, and I’ll let you go later. I’ll come to find you on Long Ye’s birthday…”
“In the meantime, you should understand what to say and what not to say, right?”
Li Xiao felt Ye Ling’s power flowing within him and shivered again. He quickly handed over all his possessions to Ye Ling and said tremblingly, “I-I understand, I was just robbed! I don’t know anything about big brother!”
“Mm, take care of yourself.” Ye Ling patted Li Xiao’s shoulder again, then distorted the space around Li Xiao and teleported him to another part of Sky City.
Li Xiao fell out of the distorted space, collapsing onto the ground again, his entire body drenched in sweat.
He was so terrified by Ye Ling that he couldn’t move.
The conversation with Ye Ling just now had made him truly feel the fear of death.
After resting for a long time, Li Xiao finally managed to recover his senses. He stumbled out of the alley and onto the street.
He found a public phone and was about to call his father when a mysterious dark figure suddenly appeared behind him and placed a hand on Li Xiao’s shoulder, making Li Xiao tremble again.
“W-who is it?”
Li Xiao dared not turn around, his body stiff to the extreme, large drops of sweat sliding down his cheeks.
The mysterious dark figure grinned, his five fingers suddenly transforming into claws and directly piercing into Li Xiao’s head!