"Ye Ling, you have no way out."
Tian Ming forced Ye Ling into a corner, stepping on a sharp spike and looking at Ye Ling with a playful, mocking gaze.
"I thought someone who could force the Overseer to death would be someone extraordinary. But from what I see now, you're just a name without substance. That Overseer... was it forced to death by good and evil?"
"Whatever you say... But I admit, I truly don't have the ability to kill an Overseer right now."
Ye Ling stood on the last remaining patch of ground, smiling at Tian Ming who loomed over him. "However, while I'm no match for the Overseer, that doesn't mean a parasite like you, who can only operate using my body... has the ability to defeat me."
Tian Ming was unfazed by Ye Ling's words and sneered, "You're still so stubborn even without a body? Once I capture your soul, I'll let you truly experience despair!"
"Who says I don't have a body?" Ye Ling chuckled, causing Tian Ming to pause.
Before Tian Ming could react, the ground beneath Ye Ling's feet softened. Soon, a large amount of soil attached itself to Ye Ling's soul, condensing into a thick layer of clay armor around him!
The next moment, Ye Ling drew upon the immense world power from the earth, shattering the black spikes that permeated the heavens and earth!
"This is!"
Tian Ming's pupils contracted sharply as Ye Ling directly manipulated the world power of the Origin Upper Realm, a tempest of shock surging within him.
Ye Ling said, "I forgot to tell you, I have already conquered the Seed Source of the Origin Upper Realm. Now, the entire Origin Upper Realm can be considered my body!"
Rumble!
As Ye Ling spoke, a colossal palm formed from earth and stone surged from the ground, seizing Tian Ming.
Trapped by the stone palm, Tian Ming's expression turned grim upon seeing Ye Ling truly control the Origin Upper Realm. He gritted his teeth, "So what if you can control the Origin Upper Realm? I'll destroy this Origin Upper Realm right now!"
Boom!!!
Tian Ming roared, unleashing immense power from within his body, easily shattering the stone hand that bound him. He then punched the ground with all his might!
Bang!!!
With Tian Ming's punch, all his power surged into the earth, shattering half of the Origin Upper Realm with a single blow!
Endless spatial storms swept in, devouring the surviving beings within the Origin Upper Realm.
The vast Origin Upper Realm was now left with fewer than ten supreme powerhouses desperately holding on in the other half, which had not yet completely shattered.
Tian Ming's fist smoked as he looked up at Ye Ling, encased in clay armor, and said, "Ye Ling, so what if you can control world power? My next punch will destroy the remaining half of your world!"
"Then you'll have no power to resist!"
Facing Tian Ming's threat, Ye Ling's expression remained unchanged. He simply looked at Tian Ming calmly, as if everything that was happening was within his expectations.
Ye Ling knew very well that his opponent now was not Tian Ming, but the Overseer observing all of this from above.
Therefore, he had no intention of fighting Tian Ming head-on from the beginning. He also didn't have the ability to protect this Origin Upper Realm.
Everything he was doing now was merely to create a diversion.
However, Tian Ming was unaware of Ye Ling's true intentions. In his eyes, all he needed to do was destroy the Origin Upper Realm, causing its world power to dissipate into spatial turbulence, leaving the soul-only Ye Ling defenseless.
"Ye Ling, it's over."
Tian Ming sneered, transforming into a streak of light and flashing past Ye Ling, heading towards the other half of the shattered Origin Upper Realm.
"Almost there..."
Ye Ling glanced at the Overseer in the void, then looked at Tian Ming's retreating back. He formed a seal with one hand, channeling the spiritual energy within him.
The next moment, runes appeared on Tian Ming's body, transforming into chains that ultimately bound him.
The Devouring Domain materialized beneath Tian Ming!
The giant stone palm Ye Ling had conjured earlier to restrain Tian Ming was not meant to trap him, but to subtly engrave runes onto Tian Ming's body.
"This child... truly cannot be spared!"
The Overseer in the void, seeing Tian Ming temporarily sealed by Ye Ling's runes, understood that Tian Ming had fallen into Ye Ling's trap and his defeat was inevitable!
Witnessing this, the Overseer decided not to hold back any longer. A beam of laser light condensed in its eyes, launching a surprise attack on Ye Ling!
Whoosh!
The laser shot out from its massive eyes, flashing through the void and easily piercing Ye Ling's chest from behind!
"Cough!!!"
Ye Ling looked at the large hole that appeared in his chest, his consciousness blurring. The clay armor covering him began to dissipate, his aura weakening rapidly.
Even the rune chains that held Tian Ming, and the Devouring Domain beneath Tian Ming, vanished as a result.
Tian Ming seized the opportunity to break free from the rune chains and quickly pleaded with the Overseer attacking from above, "Overseer, please give me another chance! I will definitely kill Ye Ling!"
"No need. You watch from the side. I'll handle it myself."
The Overseer said coldly, ruthlessly rejecting Tian Ming's request. Simultaneously, a black claw materialized out of thin air in the void, grabbing Ye Ling.
The next moment, Ye Ling's soul began to be eroded by the Overseer's power. It was clear that the Overseer was now intent on killing him!
However, with his soul heavily damaged and his consciousness blurring, Ye Ling's lips curved into a subtle smile.
"Truly... I had to pay a steep price to lure the big fish..."
Ye Ling muttered to himself. The part of his soul that had been invaded by the Overseer's power suddenly transformed into runes, clinging tightly to the black claw.
The next instant, the runes attached to the black claw rapidly split, quickly covering the entire claw!
Boom!
The Devouring Domain erupted from the runes, and Mo Jian followed closely, swiftly transforming the black claw into text!
"When did these runes appear?"
The Overseer stared in disbelief as its power was corrupted by the runes.
Ever since Ye Ling appeared, it had been monitoring his every move, never noticing Ye Ling engraving runes on the surface of his soul.
"Could it be that time..."
The Overseer suddenly recalled that when Ye Ling was confronting Tian Ming, he had deliberately used clay to cover the surface of his soul with a layer of clay armor.
It was clear that Ye Ling had not condensed that armor for defense, but to conceal his actions of engraving runes on his soul's surface!
Within the runes on Ye Ling's soul's surface, he had hidden the Devouring Domain and Mo Jian.
The moment the runes attached to the Overseer's giant claw, the Devouring Domain hidden within the runes erupted, consuming the Overseer's claw almost instantly!
Concurrently, the Devouring Domain rapidly transferred the power it had seized from the Overseer to Mo Jian, allowing Mo Jian to easily alter the attributes of the Overseer's claw!
"This despicable insect!"
Realizing it had been tricked, the Overseer immediately severed ties with the black claw before its consciousness could be fully influenced by Mo Jian. At the same time, two beams of laser light shot from its eyes, hurtling towards Ye Ling in an attempt to obliterate him!
However, this time, the black claw that should have killed Ye Ling became Ye Ling's most powerful shield, easily deflecting the Overseer's two laser beams!
As Ye Ling lay in the palm of the black claw, the gaping wound in his chest slowly began to heal under the repair of the power of creation.
Seeing that the situation was somewhat beyond its control, the Overseer disregarded everything else and roared at Tian Ming, "Tian Ming, regardless of the cost, destroy the Origin Upper Realm first!"