Ye Ling looked at the pitiful state of the Qilin and sighed softly, placing his hand on its forehead. "Hold your breath and concentrate, accept my power."
"Thank you, Your Majesty..."
The Qilin weakly replied, then closed its eyes, carefully sensing Ye Ling's power and guiding it into its body.
Ye Ling's demonic energy flowed from his palm into the Qilin, repairing its internal injuries and awakening its paralyzed spirit.
Soon, the Qilin's aura began to rapidly recover, its spirit becoming clearer, its unfocused pupils regaining their focus.
Rumble...
The entire underground space of the Dragon Department began to shake violently. The Qilin's aura continued to climb, and the altar below could not withstand the power emanating from within the Qilin, beginning to crack!
"Roar!!!"
The Qilin recovered, stood up, and roared. Its immense power directly dispersed the surrounding electromagnetic barrier, shattering numerous instrument screens!
The Qilin let out a long cry, venting its pent-up emotions. Feeling refreshed, it then prostrated itself before Ye Ling, wagging its tail gratefully. "Your Majesty has saved me again. Mu Rui is immensely grateful. I truly don't know how to repay Your Majesty's great kindness. If Your Majesty does not mind, Mu Rui is willing to become Your Majesty's battle pet."
Seeing the Qilin's condition improving, Ye Ling smiled and shook his head. He said to it, "We'll discuss the battle pet matter later. You are still bound by chains. With your current strength, it shouldn't be difficult to break free, right?"
The Qilin glanced at the iron chains binding its limbs, then grinned. "Of course! With Your Majesty's power assisting me, these mere chains cannot hold me!"
With that, the Qilin raised a claw!
Crack!
The meter-thick iron pillar was directly torn apart, and the entire altar began to collapse!
"Roar!!!"
The Qilin stood up again, all the chains binding it snapping. Dark demonic energy surged from its body, engulfing the entire lower space!
In an instant, the entire space was swallowed by demonic energy.
Zuo Yuan, seeing the Qilin's tall and mighty form, sat down on the ground with a thud, his young mind utterly shaken!
After breaking free from all the chains, the Qilin once again raised its head and roared, "Roar!!!"
Ye Ling patted the Qilin's leg with some helplessness. "Alright, alright, stop howling. It's giving me a headache."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Qilin immediately prostrated itself obediently like a puppy, showing utmost respect to Ye Ling.
After the Qilin quieted down, Ye Ling calculated the time and directly cut open the space beside them, saying to Zuo Yuan and the Qilin, "It's about time. You two go out from here."
Zuo Yuan looked at the spatial rift connecting to the outside. He was somewhat numb to the methods Ye Ling displayed. After composing himself, he quickly got up from the ground and walked quickly into the rift.
The Qilin stared at the meter-high spatial rift with its bell-sized eyes and said to Ye Ling with some grievance, "Your Majesty, this rift is too small. I'm afraid..."
"Just go in!"
Ye Ling instantly appeared behind the Qilin and kicked its backside, directly sending it through.
The spatial rift quickly closed. Ye Ling glanced at the elevator entrance of the lower space, a smile flashing in his eyes, then waved his sleeve and vanished from the spot.
Shortly after Ye Ling left, the cultivators from the four great families, alerted by the commotion, arrived late. They rushed out of the elevator and saw the hellish scene in the lower space.
"What, what exactly happened here?"
Everyone looked at the space stained with blood, falling into a daze, their minds ceasing to function.
Wei Bingbing, who walked out from behind, saw the shattered altar, a cold glint appearing in her beautiful eyes. Frost erupted from beneath her feet, instantly freezing several nearby cultivators into human ice sculptures!
"Who exactly rescued the Qilin?"
"You useless fools, all of you go and investigate!!!"
Wei Bingbing's angry voice echoed through the lower space, her boundless chill even freezing the smell of blood in the air!
Outside the Dragon Department base, at the secret passage.
A large number of Dragon Department cultivators escaped from the base. Under the organization of Wang Liren and others, they systematically hid in the wild forest to avoid being discovered by the cultivators of the four great families.
After Ye Ling emerged from the spatial rift with Zuo Yuan and the Qilin, he had the Qilin hide in the clouds. He then brought Zuo Yuan down in front of Wang Liren and asked, "How is the evacuation work going?"
Wang Liren was in a great mood. He smiled and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's renowned name, we didn't have to persuade much to win over our former brothers. Our Dragon Department personnel, including their families, have almost all been evacuated."
Ye Ling glanced at the Dragon Department base and asked with a smile, "So, those still inside are all people from the four great families?"
"Yes, basically." Wang Liren glanced at his watch and smiled at Ye Ling. "The timing is just right. Your Majesty, please feel free to act without worrying about us!"
"That's good."
Ye Ling smiled slightly, left Zuo Yuan with Wang Liren, and ascended into the air.
The Qilin, hidden in the clouds, saw Ye Ling flying over and quickly poked its head out, excitedly asking Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Ye Ling pointed to the Dragon Department base standing in the mountain forest below and said, "Go and flatten it."
Upon hearing Ye Ling's command, ferocity instantly flashed in the Qilin's eyes, and it grinned. "As you command! I've long wanted to raze it!"
With that, the Qilin roared, invoking a celestial phenomenon. The clear sky for thousands of miles instantly became overcast, and thunder roared within the clouds.
Rumble!!!
The Dragon Department base's anti-aircraft system detected the external threat and began to sound the alarm. However, with Wang Liren and others secretly poaching personnel, the Dragon Department employees responsible for responding to the alarms had long since packed up and left. The vast Dragon Department was half empty. The cultivators of the four great families had no idea that danger was imminent and were leisurely enjoying themselves in the base.
Bang!!!
A bolt of black lightning descended from the sky, and the Qilin landed directly on the Dragon Department base!
The dome of the Dragon Department base was shattered, the ground instantly collapsed, and the steel bars and iron plates embedded in the ground snapped!
The massive Dragon Department base was engulfed by the lightning surrounding the Qilin. The thirty-odd floors of underground space collapsed at that moment!
A large number of cultivators were crushed into pulp by the falling giant rocks from above!
Smoke and dust filled the air.
Wang Liren watched the Qilin rampaging through the Dragon Department base, his mouth agape, stunned. "This, this is also..."
He knew Ye Ling would take action against the four great families and the Dragon Department, but he never imagined that Ye Ling would summon a Qilin!
Lightning flashed within the sky-obscuring smoke. The screams from inside the Dragon Department were drowned out by the Qilin's roars. A large number of cultivators, in a state of panic, fled from the Dragon Department.
However, before these cultivators could even escape the base's main gate, they were crushed into meat patties by the Qilin's claws!
Lives were harvested by the Qilin, one after another!
Flesh and blood splattered everywhere!
The Dragon Department cultivators who escaped, looking at the collapsing base and the faintly visible Qilin within the lightning, felt not only shock and terror but also immense relief!
If they hadn't escaped with Wang Liren, they would likely be dead under the Qilin's claws by now!
The power of gods is beyond the reach of mortals.
"Bold beast! How dare you cause trouble in my Dragon Department!"
Just as the Qilin was wreaking havoc in the Dragon Department, a stern shout echoed from deep within the Dragon Department base. Subsequently, a large number of yellow talismans flew out from underground, forming a grand formation above the Qilin.
A golden cage manifested, and the Qilin was instantly restrained!
Ye Ling, standing in the high sky, looked at the formation that had taken shape below, a slight smile curving his lips. He chuckled softly, "The shrimp have been dealt with. It's time for the main character to appear."