Ye Ling looked over at the sound and saw a child with a giant sword on its back standing behind the opened stone door.
The child was less than half a meter tall, dressed in a black robe, its head covered by a hood, making its gender indiscernible.
Although its physique clearly indicated it was a child, the aura it exuded was comparable to that of a Saint!
Gu Yixue looked at the child behind the door with terror, exclaiming, "Such strong pressure!"
The child was like a demon emerging from hell, possessing terrifying power, even distorting the surrounding space.
However, Bai Qiao's inner demon, upon seeing the child, became vacant and listless, standing frozen as if its soul had been snatched away.
Long Fei was pinned to the ground by the child's formidable aura, his eyes filled with panic. Trembling, he stammered, "M-m-mighty one, I-I have brought Ye Ling here as you requested. Please spare my life!"
The child in the black robe chuckled in a childish, loli voice, "Mm… you did well with this matter. However, ultimately, the reason Ye Ling could come here is because a bunch of you ignorant fellows provoked the Demon Palace, causing this place to be exposed prematurely."
"Since Ye Ling is here, you are no longer needed."
Hearing the little girl's words, Long Fei's eyes instantly filled with fear, his entire face contorting in terror. He quickly pleaded, "Spare me, mighty one! Spare me! This truly isn't my fault! This was all Yun Shanhe's decision, it has nothing to do with me!"
Long Fei cried and begged on the ground, but black sparks began to appear on his body.
Soon, those sparks transformed into black flames, engulfing Long Fei.
"Ahhh ahhh ahhh!"
In the blink of an eye, a living eighth-rank异士 was reduced to ashes by the black flames, leaving only a patch of charred ground.
Gu Yixue and Gu Siyu were stunned to see Long Fei, who had controlled them for years, turned to dust by a little girl. Their legs trembled uncontrollably.
If even a little girl was this terrifying, what had happened to the world?
The only one who remained calm was Ye Ling.
Ye Ling calmly observed the little girl behind the stone door and asked, "Are you from the Shadow Hall?"
"I am not just from the Shadow Hall, Senior Brother." The child removed its hood, revealing a cute loli face. "I am also your junior sister."
"Junior sister?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow. "When did I get a junior sister like you?"
The little girl chuckled, "Senior Brother naturally wouldn't know me, but ever since Master took me as a disciple, I've always heard Master talk about you. My ears are almost worn out."
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. "You are Xuanxiao's disciple?"
"Correct!" The little girl clapped her hands repeatedly. "Too bad there's no prize!"
Looking at the girl's lively demeanor, Ye Ling shook his head and smiled. He hadn't expected to gain a junior sister so suddenly.
However, after learning that Xuanxiao was the Hall Master of the Shadow Hall, Ye Ling no longer considered Xuanxiao his master.
Naturally, he did not acknowledge this junior sister.
If necessary, he would show no mercy.
Ye Ling asked the little girl, "Then what is Xuanxiao's plan for you to come here this time?"
"No! No! No!" The little girl wagged her index finger. "I came here on my own this time."
"You came on your own?" Ye Ling was quite surprised.
The little girl said, "Didn't I say it? Master always talks about you. He always says you are his most outstanding disciple, and compared to you, I am useless."
"I refuse to accept that, so I secretly ran out and secretly controlled the Dragon Department, cultivating my own forces, planning to capture you and your Demon Palace in one fell swoop!"
"Just for this reason?" Ye Ling was stunned by the little girl's answer, finding it hard to process.
He had thought that the Shadow Hall controlling the Dragon Department was to secretly corrupt China, while simultaneously using China's strength to grow its influence and expand globally, thereby contending with the Demon Palace and seizing territory in the human world.
He never imagined that all the incidents in the Dragon Department were orchestrated by a mere little girl!
And this little girl, who claimed to be his junior sister, came to cause trouble for him, solely to prove her worth to their master…
Thinking of this, Ye Ling felt utterly speechless, unsure how to describe his feelings.
After a moment of recovery, Ye Ling came back to his senses and continued to ask the little girl, "Then where did the people in the Dragon Department's living quarters go?"
The little girl put her hands on her hips. "My palace in the mortal world isn't finished yet, so I captured them to be laborers."
Ye Ling's forehead broke out in black lines. He continued to ask, "Then what are you doing here?"
"This is the Genesis…" The little girl stopped midway, seemingly realizing she had let something slip. She quickly covered her mouth, preventing herself from saying more.
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow. "Are you trying to say Genesis God?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the little girl's face turned red. She said sternly, "You, Ye Ling, are so cunning! You dared to trick me into talking!"
Ye Ling was speechless. "I was just asking casually, and you answered yourself. How is that tricking you?"
"I don't care! You are truly despicable!"
The little girl shouted, drew the giant sword behind her, which was taller than herself, and glared fiercely at Ye Ling, saying with a childish fierceness, "I'm going to kill you!"
As the words fell, the little girl stomped on the ground and charged at Ye Ling like a cannonball.
Although the little girl looked like she was only six or seven years old, and her mind was like that of a child, her strength was undeniably that of a Saint.
Her sudden charge was as fast as lightning!
The Gu sisters beside Ye Ling hadn't even seen the little girl's movements before she reached Ye Ling and swung her giant sword down fiercely!
Boom!
The giant sword glowed with dazzling light, and violent spiritual energy spread outwards. The ground was directly shattered by the power unleashed by the little girl!
The space warped as a result!
Ye Ling, seeing the little girl angrily attacking him, shook his head and smiled. He extended a single index finger and easily blocked her descending giant sword!
Clang!!!
The little girl's giant sword struck Ye Ling's index finger, producing a sound like colliding steel. The Gu sisters instinctively covered their ears, and the surrounding space rippled.
The little girl suffered a backlash of immense force. Her hand was injured, and she could no longer grip the giant sword!
The giant sword flew out of her grasp, and the little girl was flung backward, rolling several times on the ground before managing to stop herself.
After just one exchange, she was already disheveled.
"Damn… damn it…"
The little girl struggled to get up from the ground. Before she could gather her strength again, she found herself enveloped in shadow.
She looked up and saw Ye Ling standing before her.
"You!!!"
Just as the little girl was about to resist, Ye Ling grabbed her hood and lifted her into the air.
"Let go of me!"
The little girl kicked and flailed at Ye Ling in mid-air, but her short limbs were no match. No matter how hard she swung her fists, she couldn't touch Ye Ling at all.
The scene at the lowest level of this Dragon Department base became quite comical.