"What in the world is going on with this guy?"
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, Huang felt his scalp tingle, his entire soul trembling.
He could sense that the current Ye Ling was on an entirely different level from him!
In front of Ye Ling, he didn't even have the courage to escape.
Ye Ling, seeing Huang's terrified expression, couldn't help but sigh. He suddenly lost interest in toying with Huang and raised his hand, pulling Huang into his grasp, his fingers closing around Huang's neck.
"Ye... Ye Ling... wait a moment." Huang grabbed Ye Ling's wrist with both hands, hastily pleading, the fear in his eyes growing stronger.
Ye Ling chuckled and asked, "Do you have any last words?"
Huang said, "You can't kill me. Behind me is the Void Palace. I am the successor of the Creation God Gui Que. If you kill me, you will be making an enemy of the Creation God! Have you thought this through!"
Ye Ling sneered, "Still talking about the Creation God here? Let alone Gui Que, even the Lord of Remnants and his Remnant race are already in the past."
Huang's pupils constricted sharply, and he exclaimed, "This is impossible!"
When Huang heard Ye Ling's statement, his first reaction was disbelief.
The Lord of Remnants and the Remnant race had been overlords ruling the Outer Domain for endless eons. Their strength struck fear into the entire Outer Domain. From ancient times to the present, no person or force had ever dared to challenge the status of the Remnant race.
How could such an overlord-level force be annihilated?
Huang didn't believe it one bit. He said to Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, stop trying to intimidate me. I'm negotiating with you in good faith. If you want to live, you must let me go!"
"And I can promise you, as long as you let me go, my Void Palace will withdraw from the Inner Domain and never again covet Earth. I swear it!"
Ye Ling looked at Huang's earnest demeanor, his eyes filled with increasing amusement. He then forcefully projected the scene of the Remnant race's territory being split open and the Lord of Remnants perishing into Huang's mind.
"This... this..."
As Huang processed the images flashing through his mind, his body trembled more and more violently, and his mind became utterly chaotic.
Is this real?
"How is this possible... You... why have you become so strong? Impossible... the Remnant race is destroyed? How is this possible?"
Huang began to babble incoherently, his mind gradually collapsing, his entire being bordering on madness!
Seeing Huang's mind on the verge of shattering, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire couldn't help but complain to Ye Ling, "Kid, this Huang is practically scum to you. Is it really interesting to torment an ant?"
Ye Ling chuckled, "You don't understand. No matter what, Huang was once my opponent for a time. Toying with a former adversary like this has its own unique flavor."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire said grumpily, "You just have a twisted sense of humor."
"Say whatever you want," Ye Ling said with a light laugh. Golden spiritual energy flickered between his fingers, completely engulfing Huang and drawing out his power.
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
Huang's screams echoed through the heavens and earth. The Earth, which had been blasted into holes by the Outer Domain cultivators, was nourished by Huang's energy and restored to its original state, even becoming stronger than before.
And the beings who had died due to the Outer Domain invasion were also resurrected!
No matter what, Huang was a supreme being. His power was more than enough to reshape the Earth.
Soon, Huang's power was completely drained, his aura vanishing into thin air.
The sky became clear once more.
After dealing with Huang, Ye Ling stretched lazily and transmitted a message to all the Outer Domain cultivators who had invaded the Inner Domain Universe: "Everyone, welcome to the Inner Domain Universe. Given that many of you are first-time offenders and haven't had time to cause damage to the Inner Domain Universe, I've decided to be merciful and grant some of you a way to live."
"Some of you?"
All the Outer Domain cultivators were stunned by Ye Ling's transmission, unable to grasp what he meant for a moment.
But Ye Ling's next words made all the Outer Domain cultivators understand.
Ye Ling continued, "Listen up, you trash. Only one in a thousand of you will be able to survive. Starting from now, the first one in a thousand to leave the Inner Domain will live."
As soon as Ye Ling spoke, all the invading cultivators in the Inner Domain were dumbfounded, frozen in place.
Many of them were still unaware of what had happened on Earth and dismissed Ye Ling's words as a joke.
However, when Ye Ling's aura, centered on Earth, spread throughout the Inner Domain Universe, and Outer Domain cultivators began to die randomly, they immediately realized Ye Ling was serious.
Ye Ling's aura directly crushed the spirits of the Outer Domain cultivators!
"Such terrifying pressure!"
"That's a monster!"
"Run... hurry and run!"
The more quick-witted Outer Domain cultivators were the first to react. As if their feet were greased, they immediately fled from the Inner Domain to the Outer Domain.
One followed by another, all the Outer Domain cultivators began to flee in a desperate rush, countless cultivators abandoning their armor and weapons, heading towards the cracked cosmic barrier, seeking to escape the Outer Domain as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, Ye Ling patiently counted them.
There were a million cultivators who invaded the Inner Domain Universe. Only one in a thousand would survive, meaning Ye Ling's quota was only a thousand!
Although a thousand people sounded like a lot, compared to the scale of a million, it was extremely scarce.
Almost the moment Ye Ling began his slaughter, five to six hundred Outer Domain cultivators who were close to the cosmic barrier had already escaped!
And as the number Ye Ling announced dwindled, the random deaths of the Outer Domain cultivators accelerated.
The cultivators fleeing towards the cosmic barrier felt their fear growing.
Seeing the dwindling quota, some even began to attack their companions in front of them, desperately trying to survive!
In an instant, the Outer Domain invaders descended into chaos!
Watching Ye Ling count with such a serious expression, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire asked Ye Ling, "Kid, what are you doing? Why aren't you killing all the invaders? Wouldn't that be as simple as snapping your fingers? Why make it so troublesome?"
Ye Ling chuckled, "If I kill all the invaders here, who will go out to spread my might?"
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was taken aback, "You want to spread your reputation?"
Ye Ling explained, "Only by thoroughly intimidating the people of the Outer Domain and allowing the Inner Domain Universe to ascend to the position of the Remnant race can the Inner Domain Universe be truly safe. If I kill all the invaders, then the cultivators of the Outer Domain will still be unaware of the Inner Domain's strength, and in the future, there might still be some foolish individuals who want to covet the Inner Domain Universe."
"The reason I'm letting a small portion of them live is to have them sow seeds of fear throughout the Outer Domain. Only then can the petty individuals be truly terrified and dare not covet the Inner Domain Universe!"
With that, Ye Ling transmitted another message to the Outer Domain cultivators who had not yet escaped, "The quota is full. To those who couldn't escape, I wish you better luck in your next life."
*Snap!*
As Ye Ling finished speaking, he snapped his fingers. Golden light spread out from Earth, and those Outer Domain cultivators who had not escaped the cosmic barrier were directly engulfed by the golden light, vanishing into nothingness!
The cultivators outside the cosmic barrier stared at the golden light within the Inner Domain Universe with terrified expressions, their legs trembling uncontrollably, filled with lingering fear.
If they hadn't escaped in time, they would have been scattered into dust by now!
"What... what kind of power is this?"
"The Inner Domain Universe... has such a powerful guardian?"
"A million-strong army vanished in the blink of an eye. We fools... actually thought of invading such a terrifying place!"
"The Inner Domain is not a weak land at all; it's a death zone!"
The hearts of the cultivators trembled, and the seeds of fear took root and sprouted within them.
The image of the Inner Domain as a weak land in the minds of the Outer Domain cultivators completely collapsed!
At the Void Palace's stronghold, Xu Wu Jue's expression also turned extremely grim. He stared intently at the continuously healing cosmic barrier, his fists clenched so tightly they creaked!
"Damn it! How could that brat be so strong?"
This time, the Void Palace suffered heavy losses!
Not only had his Black and White Guardians died, but even Huang, the successor of Gui Que, had perished on Earth!
Without Huang's bloodline as a guide, Gui Que could no longer be resurrected!
After this battle, his Void Palace had no hope of becoming a top-tier force!
As Xu Wu Jue gritted his teeth, a Void Palace disciple ran in with a panicked expression, asking Xu Wu Jue, "Palace Master, what should we do now?"
Xu Wu Jue's face was extremely grim, but he knew he couldn't avenge his subordinates. He took a deep breath and said sternly, "Issue an order: all disciples retreat and stay away from the Inner Domain Universe!"
"Xu Wu Jue, you alone... are not on my list of pardons."
Just as Xu Wu Jue gave the order, Ye Ling's voice echoed from behind him, causing Xu Wu Jue to tremble violently!
The terrified Void Palace disciple looked back and saw that Ye Ling had, at some unknown time, infiltrated their base and was standing right in front of them!
"Palace... Palace Master..."
The Void Palace disciple was so scared that he fell to the ground, pointing at Ye Ling and trembling, "Ye Ling is here!!!"