Far from the White Feather Continent, Ye Ling stood in a void, gazing at the vast expanse of small worlds in the distance, searching for Tian Xing's location.
When Nuo Ying had previously fled the Origin Upper Realm with Tian Xing and the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, the mark Ye Ling had left within Tian Xing's body had not been erased. Ye Ling could track everyone's whereabouts through this mark.
"Ye Ling! Ye Ling! When will we find Tian Xing and the others!"
Xiao Mao Mao, having slept his fill, emerged from Ye Ling's small world. He flapped his wings, perched on Ye Ling's shoulder, and asked.
"Soon. They are in a nearby world."
Ye Ling smiled, gently rubbing Xiao Mao Mao's head. He then used his divine soul to search the surrounding Origin Lower Realms, confirming Tian Xing and the others' exact location.
Now a supreme powerhouse, and with the mark within Tian Xing, Ye Ling located Tian Xing's Origin Lower Realm with little effort.
Sensing Tian Xing's presence, Ye Ling chuckled to Xiao Mao Mao, "Found them! Xiao Mao Mao, hold on tight!"
"Okay!"
Xiao Mao Mao replied obediently, his tiny claws gripping Ye Ling's clothes tightly, ready for anything.
In the next moment, Ye Ling transformed into a beam of light, traversing endless nebulae, and sped towards the Origin Lower Realm where Tian Xing was located!
Soon, Ye Ling entered the Origin Lower Realm where Tian Xing resided, only to find that this world was on the verge of shattering and imminent destruction.
"Why would Tian Xing and the others stay in a place like this?"
Ye Ling looked at the fractured void around him, attempting to search for Tian Xing's aura. He found traces of Tian Xing's presence in many parts of this world, yet he couldn't locate Tian Xing himself.
Xiao Mao Mao wrapped his fluffy body with his ears and wings, saying to Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, this world is so scary... I don't like it at all."
"Be good, Mao Mao. Go into the small world and play with the Myriad Poison Beast."
Ye Ling also realized the world was unusual. He gently took Xiao Mao Mao from his shoulder and sent him back into his small world.
Whoosh!
The instant Ye Ling sent Xiao Mao Mao into his small world, a black spike shot towards Ye Ling from the surrounding shattered space!
"Who?"
Ye Ling's eyes sharpened. He shattered the black spike and simultaneously flew towards where it had originated!
However, after Ye Ling cleared away all the spatial fragments, reducing the surroundings to nothingness, he found nothing there.
"Who is it? Could it be the Overseers again?"
Unable to find the attacker, Ye Ling's expression grew solemn.
The only ones capable of ambushing him undetected and escaping successfully, besides the Overseers, were beyond Ye Ling's imagination.
Even the Mandate of Heaven wouldn't be able to!
However, if a new Overseer had arrived, the attack just now seemed too weak...
Moreover, the Overseers were unlikely to resort to such stealthy tactics.
"This world seems a bit strange. I wonder how Tian Xing and the others are doing."
After searching the surroundings and finding no attacker, Ye Ling refocused his attention on finding Tian Xing and the others.
Although Nuo Ying, Tian Xing, and the World-Destroying Spirit Fire were now powerhouses at the pinnacle of the Origin Upper Realm, the situation they had just faced could still put them in danger...
Ye Ling searched several continents within the shattered Origin Lower Realm, finding them utterly desolate. Only the remaining ruins on these continents proved that life had once existed there.
"Strange... this Origin Lower Realm is as if it's dead. This lifeless ecosystem doesn't seem like the work of the Overseers. What is causing trouble here? Do Shan and E know about this?"
Ye Ling landed on another barren continent, finding it covered entirely in yellow sand, with not a single blade of grass in sight.
However, amidst the desert, Ye Ling could see countless skyscrapers and many cars on the streets. Yet, the desert cities were devoid of any life.
"The civilization on this continent should still be in a stage of rapid development, and their technology has already reached interstellar travel. Judging by the state of those high-rise buildings, the entire civilization seems to have vanished in an instant..."
Ye Ling surveyed the specific conditions of this continent and found that, like other worlds, all civilization had been destroyed in an instant.
Furthermore, it was only the living beings that had disappeared out of thin air, while other objects remained undamaged.
"Something major must have happened in this Origin Lower Realm, causing all the living beings in the entire Origin Lower Realm to vanish overnight. I wonder if these events are related to Tian Xing and the others?"
Ye Ling murmured to himself. Having found no information he sought on this continent, he was about to leave when a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart!
"It's here again!"
Ye Ling's eyes flickered slightly. He immediately dodged the black spike's attack and, at the same time, sealed the space of the entire continent with runes, attempting to capture anything trying to leave it!
However, after the rune barrier was constructed, Ye Ling still found no one. The spot from which the black spike had attacked left no trace.
"The moment that black spike attacked me, I had already set up the rune barrier. If the guy could still escape like this, it means his strength is above mine, possibly possessing the power of an Overseer..."
"But if the ambusher truly had such strength, why resort to sneak attacks? Direct confrontation would be far more efficient, wouldn't it?"
Ye Ling stood in the desert, not rushing to remove the barrier. Instead, he abandoned all defenses, attempting to put himself in danger to lure the enemy out.
Ye Ling was now completely relaxed, with no defenses against the outside world. If the hidden attacker were to strike at this moment, they could at least severely wound Ye Ling, gaining a significant advantage.
For Ye Ling, trading his own injury for the enemy's exposure was not an unacceptable outcome.
No matter how powerful or troublesome an enemy was, a lurking enemy was far more disgusting.
However, Ye Ling stood in the desert with a relaxed mind for a long time, but the attack never came again, which made Ye Ling even more perplexed.
"What is going on? Such a good opportunity, and they still don't attack me?"
With no further attacks, Ye Ling couldn't help but gather his thoughts, his eyes filled with growing confusion.
"This makes no sense at all... What is the attacker's objective?"
Ye Ling's brow furrowed. He couldn't fathom the attacker's purpose no matter how hard he tried.
However...
Just as Ye Ling's thoughts were racing, a black spike slowly materialized before him!
Seeing the black spike condense in front of him, Ye Ling's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in shock, "These black spikes... they form naturally?"