Bai Ye Dynasty, the royal capital.
Ye Ling, with Barton, flew to the sky above the royal capital. From afar, he saw thick smoke rising from the palace of the Bai Ye Dynasty, and a large half of the buildings had turned into code, exactly the same situation as in the Zihuo Royal City.
"It seems the main god of the Bai Ye Dynasty has also fallen victim..."
Seeing the situation in the Bai Ye Dynasty's palace, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. He immediately took Barton to the palace and found that the entire palace had been wiped out, and the gods of the Bai Ye Dynasty had also disappeared.
"My lord... this..."
Barton did not expect the Bai Ye Dynasty to suffer the same fate. He looked at Ye Ling, not knowing what to say.
Ye Ling's expression showed no change. After failing to find the main god he was looking for in the Bai Ye Dynasty, he said to Barton, "Take me to the next kingdom to find another main god."
"Yes, yes..." Barton stammered, "There is also a You Bai Empire to the north of the Bai Ye Dynasty, and there is also a main god there."
"Let's go there!"
Ye Ling did not linger in the Bai Ye Dynasty and headed north with Barton.
This time, Ye Ling borrowed a bit of his本体's power, using Mo Zhi Jian to modify the attributes of the virtual world, increasing Barton's speed tenfold.
Not long after, Barton brought Ye Ling to the You Bai Empire north of the Bai Ye Dynasty.
However, like the Bai Ye Dynasty and the Zihuo Empire, the You Bai Empire's royal palace was also destroyed, and the main god had disappeared.
"My, my lord... this..."
Barton was completely stunned. He had no idea what had happened... He couldn't understand why the main gods were disappearing one after another!
After all, the main gods who possessed the main godhead were at the pinnacle of this world. Let alone mortals, even upper gods could not harm a main god in the slightest!
But now, three main gods had disappeared consecutively, and the world was collapsing with them. Barton felt his worldview, which he had cultivated since childhood, begin to crumble.
Ye Ling looked at the You Bai Empire's palace engulfed in flames, his eyes narrowing slightly. He said in a deep voice, "I estimate that all the main gods of all the kingdoms have been abducted. We were a step too late."
"All the main gods have been abducted?" Barton exclaimed, his mind blank.
"Barton, besides the main gods who protect the kingdoms, are there any hidden main gods in this world who do not belong to any kingdom?"
Ye Ling suddenly asked Barton.
Only the main godhead could allow Ye Ling to exert his power reasonably in the virtual world to the greatest extent. Without a main godhead, if he had to make do with an upper godhead, then Ye Ling would ultimately have to rely on Mo Zhi Jian to forcibly exert his full power in this virtual world...
In other words, it was cheating.
Although Ye Ling was not yet clear about the consequences of cheating, judging from the frantic abduction of main god powers by third-party forces, this was clearly not a good thing.
Therefore, as a precaution, Ye Ling still intended to exert his power within reasonable rules.
"Hidden main gods..."
Upon hearing Ye Ling's question, Barton was taken aback and fell into thought. "It seems... there is indeed a hidden main god."
"Do you know where he is?" Ye Ling's eyes lit up slightly, surprised that there was indeed such a thing as a hidden main god.
Barton nodded slightly. "Yes... When my father stripped me of my godhead and banished me from the royal city, I once strayed into the Void Swamp in the far west. That place is filled with endless evil spirits, and the monster levels are all above eighty. It's a place that even gods are unwilling to go."
Mie Shi Ling Huo couldn't help but complain, "Then how did you survive there?"
Barton said, "I was hiding in the thick fog, looking for a way to leave the Void Swamp, when I met an old man in a gray robe there."
"That old man in the gray robe was only level one, but he could move freely in the Void Swamp. All the evil spirits, even the evil spirit king of level two hundred, feared him! He was the one who brought me out of the Void Swamp."
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow slightly. "You mean that level one old man in the gray robe is the hidden main god?"
Barton said, "I'm not entirely sure. I didn't feel any divine power from him. However, the evil spirit king is comparable to an upper god of level one hundred and fifty. I can't think of anyone else who could make the evil spirit king fear him, other than a main god."
"Then let's try our luck. The Void Swamp is in the far west, right? Let's go now..."
"Wait! My lord, the Void Swamp isn't a place you can just go to." Barton quickly stopped Ye Ling.
"What do you mean?"
"Although the Void Swamp is in the far west, the far west is an extremely vast desert, and the Void Swamp has no entrance. You can only enter it by luck or by specific methods."
"Luck or specific methods?" Ye Ling frowned slightly. The outcome between the Original Wise King and the third party could be decided at any moment, and he didn't have much time to find the Void Swamp by luck.
Barton continued, "If we wander in the far west, there is a certain chance we will be swallowed into the Void Swamp. Besides this method, we need the Void Scepter of the Evil Spirit King."
"With the Void Scepter, we can enter and exit the Void Swamp at will, and even control the actions of the evil spirits."
Mie Shi Ling Huo said impatiently, "Aren't you talking nonsense? The evil spirit king is in the Void Swamp. How can we get his Void Scepter if we don't go in?"
Barton said, "There is more than one evil spirit king. As far as I know, there is a hidden dungeon of level one hundred in the You Bai Empire, and the boss of that dungeon is the Evil Spirit King, who holds a Void Scepter."
"However, my lord, I must remind you that killing the Evil Spirit King does not guarantee obtaining the Void Scepter. It still requires a certain amount of luck..."
"Luck..."
A faint glow flashed in Ye Ling's eyes, and he said, "Let's go to that hidden dungeon first."
"Alright!"
Barton did not hesitate and immediately led Ye Ling to the hidden dungeon where the Evil Spirit King was located.
That dungeon was in the Dead Spirit Forest in the southern part of the You Bai Empire, near the border of the Bai Ye Dynasty.
The monsters in the Dead Spirit Forest had an average level of seventy, and most of the monsters there were undead, making them extremely difficult to kill. This also led to very few high-level adventurers venturing into the Dead Spirit Forest, thus making it a natural barrier between the Bai Ye Dynasty and the You Bai Empire.
Barton led Ye Ling and Mie Shi Ling Huo to the center of the Dead Spirit Forest, where a huge altar stood. Around the altar, five level eighty undead priests were worshipping something.
"My lord, that altar is the entrance to the hidden dungeon. We can enter as soon as we kill those five undead priests."
Barton hid in the woods, watching the five undead priests on the altar, and whispered to Ye Ling.
"Mm."
Ye Ling glanced at the five undead priests and then instructed Barton, "Go and kill them."
Barton: "Me?"