"Ye Ling!!!"
Tian Ji roared as Ye Ling absorbed the Singer he had painstakingly defeated right before his eyes. His eyes glowed with endless red light, and the surrounding scarlet garbled text transformed into a series of ghastly faces, his aura unstable.
Ye Ling smiled, looking at the enraged Tian Ji, his body radiating primordial script. "What? You're not convinced?"
"You..."
Tian Ji's scarlet eyes swept over Ye Ling. He clenched his fists, gnashing his teeth.
However, Tian Ji quickly calmed down and said, "I admit defeat this time, but next time, I will definitely make you pay for what you've done!"
After issuing his threat, Tian Ji made a grand gesture, merging into the scarlet garbled text and fleeing into the distance.
As he left, Tian Ji, seemingly to vent his anger, swallowed many of the Observers with the scarlet garbled text, causing them heavy damage.
Ye Ling watched Tian Ji leave with a smile, not intending to pursue. He immediately concealed his figure and returned to Bai Lan's side.
"Master, is this Tian Ji giving up just like that?" Bai Lan asked Ye Ling, seeing Tian Ji leave without looking back.
However, Ye Ling's gaze became serious. He looked in the direction Tian Ji had left and said in a deep voice, "This Tian Ji is more terrifying than I imagined."
"Why?" Bai Lan asked, confused.
Ye Ling: "Tian Ji appears to be mad and completely irrational, but his judgment of the situation is incredibly sharp."
"I'm afraid he already knows that my strength has surpassed his after I absorbed the Primordial Time Queen. His attack on me earlier was destined to be fruitless, and would only benefit the Observers..."
"Therefore, Tian Ji forcibly swallowed his anger and retreated without hesitation."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Bai Lan's mouth dropped open in surprise. He exclaimed, "This Tian Ji can even endure such humiliation? I certainly couldn't. Even if it meant perishing together with Master, I wouldn't swallow this insult."
"So, Tian Ji is the truly terrifying enemy," Ye Ling sighed. "Although his current strength is inferior to mine, he also possesses means to increase his strength by absorbing the power of others, with limitless potential... If he doesn't die, the next time we meet, he will definitely be more terrifying than he is now!"
"Then why didn't Master pursue him just now?" Bai Lan asked curiously. "Tian Ji had a fierce battle with the Singer and must not be at his peak state now. Master should be able to easily defeat him, right?"
"It's not that easy..." Ye Ling shook his head. "I already intended to kill Tian Ji, but I could sense that Tian Ji still harbored a power we don't know about..."
"If I pursued him, it would only benefit the Observers."
"Master, you are also terrifyingly calm..." Hearing Ye Ling's explanation, Bai Lan couldn't help but retort, "If it were me, I would definitely not resist taking advantage of his weakness and killing him!"
"You... still have much to learn."
Ye Ling looked at Bai Lan helplessly, still unable to fully adapt to the significant changes after Bai Lan recovered his memories.
"Let's go. Our objective has been achieved. The Observers will surely clean up the battlefield, and there's a chance 'they' might come. We should leave first."
Ye Ling then took Bai Lan and left the battlefield, arriving at another location in the Primordial Chaos and creating an independent spacetime.
"Master, aren't we supposed to go to the Extreme Martial Domain next?"
Bai Lan asked curiously, seeing Ye Ling suddenly create an independent spacetime in the Primordial Chaos.
"Before going to the Extreme Martial Domain, I have a few things to do. Let's go in."
Ye Ling didn't say much more. After sending Bai Lan into the independent spacetime, he used primordial script to conceal its traces before following her in.
Upon entering the independent spacetime, Ye Ling spoke little. He separated the primordial script within his body and re-condensed it into the Singer.
"Singer?"
Bai Lan exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the Singer appear in the independent spacetime. "Master, you didn't absorb her?"
Ye Ling nodded slightly. "Yes... Although the Singer is powerful, her power is vastly different from that of the Seven Kings. Absorbing her would not result in a qualitative improvement in my strength."
"Compared to that negligible increase, I think prying some information about 'them' and 'the Brain' from the Singer is more useful."
"But Master... can you do it?" Bai Lan was still hesitant. "Last time, after you ambushed the Singer, she unhesitatingly committed suicide to protect the secret."
"Last time, the Singer was still at her peak, and I was unprepared, which is why she succeeded in committing suicide. But it's different now. She has already been severely weakened by Tian Ji, and her consciousness has been stripped away by my primordial script. She can no longer commit suicide."
"Oh..."
Bai Lan nodded, his gaze towards Ye Ling changing again.
Capturing one of 'them' alive... such a glorious feat, unique to the Primordial Chaos.
"Without further ado, let's see what kind of monsters 'they' are..." With the Singer under his control, Ye Ling was also worried about delays and began to extract the Singer's memories, perusing them.
Soon, information about 'them' appeared before Ye Ling's eyes.
"Black Knight, Twins..."
Ye Ling subconsciously uttered the names of 'them', but as he saw the second member of 'them', Ye Ling foresaw the appearance of the Obelisk!
"Not good!"
Realizing his foolish mistake, Ye Ling's expression changed drastically. He immediately absorbed a portion of the Singer's power, then pulled Bai Lan away from the independent spacetime, simultaneously erasing all traces of himself and Bai Lan.
The next moment, a colossal black obelisk appeared in the independent spacetime, shattering it completely. The Singer, who had lost consciousness, was also absorbed into the black obelisk and disappeared!
"Master!"
Bai Lan watched a massive black obelisk sprout from the Primordial Chaos and looked at Ye Ling in shock, completely unable to understand how the black obelisk had found them!
"Didn't I already lose my identity as the representative of the Primordial Chaos Will? But why did he..."
"It's not your fault this time, it's mine." Ye Ling's expression was quite grim, clearly filled with regret.
"Master's fault?" Bai Lan was taken aback.
"'They' all have a special method. Once someone mentions 'their' name, 'they' can sense the location of the person mentioning it."
"I was extracting information about 'them' from the Singer just now, and because I was engrossed, I subconsciously forgot about this."
"It's likely because I uttered those two names that we were exposed."
"Master, do you mean... that black obelisk is the method of Black... and Twin...?" Bai Lan asked again.
Ye Ling nodded. "Yes... it should be one of them."