Being called out, Ye Qingyan looked towards the man holding a saber. Ye Ling, however, said, "No need to pay them any mind."
"Oh..." Ye Qingyan responded and then paid no further attention to the man with the saber, following Ye Ling towards the entrance of the pyramid-like structure.
Seeing himself ignored, the man with the saber felt a surge of anger. He cursed, "You dare to ignore me! You're asking for death!"
"Take my saber!"
The man with the saber shouted and slashed towards Ye Ling. However, before he could even get within ten meters of Ye Ling, he was sent flying back by Ye Ling's power, causing gasps from the surrounding crowd.
The old man in the yellow robe, who was casting a spell at the entrance, saw that Ye Ling and Ye Qingyan possessed considerable strength. His brow furrowed, and he said in a low voice, "The two of you, this place was discovered by everyone together. We are currently working together to break the restriction. It's rather inappropriate for you two to be causing trouble here, isn't it?"
Ye Ling stopped at the entrance of the pyramid-like structure and looked at the old man in the yellow robe. He said indifferently, "Your ability to come here is only thanks to the Stairway to God. This place is not an area you are meant to tread. You should leave quickly."
Ye Ling's words caused the surrounding cultivators to burst into laughter!
The old man in the yellow robe chuckled, "You are quite amusing, young one. We came via the Stairway to God. Are you two not the same? To come here and boast, anyone who didn't know would think you two were incredibly powerful!"
The man with the saber, who had been knocked away, got up from the ground and shouted, "Everyone, let's join forces and drive these two troublemakers out!"
The man with the saber led the charge, and the surrounding cultivators became agitated, shouting at Ye Ling and Ye Qingyan, "Why don't you two get lost? You're disturbing Elder Liao's spellcasting!"
"Stop standing at the entrance and embarrassing yourselves. Move aside quickly. Without Elder Liao's spell, none of us can get in!"
"If you don't leave soon, don't blame us for being impolite!"
The surrounding cultivators began to clamor, demanding that Ye Ling and Ye Qingyan leave.
The old man in the yellow robe was a renowned sorcerer named Liao Qing in this world, possessing half-saint cultivation. He also commanded a large Daoist lineage on the continent, holding both power and influence.
Now, all the cultivators on the island were relying on Liao Qing to break the seal on the grand entrance, and naturally, they did not want Ye Ling and Ye Qingyan to disrupt the process.
Upon hearing the support from the surrounding cultivators, Liao Qing smiled and looked at Ye Ling, saying, "Two young ones, have you heard everyone's call? It's best you leave quickly and don't delay my spellcasting."
"Truly noisy..."
Ye Ling said with a rather grim expression, and a cold killing intent emanated from his body.
"Ye, Ye Ling?"
Ye Qingyan felt Ye Ling's chilling killing intent, and a trace of shock flashed in her eyes. She hadn't expected Ye Ling to react so strongly!
Although the surrounding cultivators were noisy, in Ye Qingyan's opinion, it was far from enough to make Ye Ling enraged!
What exactly had affected Ye Ling?
Ye Qingyan sensed that something was wrong and began to look around, trying to find what was influencing Ye Ling's emotions.
Liao Qing's expression also changed slightly upon sensing Ye Ling's killing intent, and he felt a sense of fear. However, with a crowd watching, he couldn't back down. He could only brace himself and shout at Ye Ling, "Kid, you're playing with fire! I'll give you one last chance. Aren't you going to leave?"
"Scram!"
Ye Ling let out a cold snort, and an extremely powerful aura erupted from his body, forcefully impacting Liao Qing. Liao Qing was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into the forest, his fate unknown!
The noisy cultivators around them fell silent at that moment. Everyone shut their mouths!
Liao Qing was the strongest among them, with half-saint cultivation, yet he was now sent flying by a single word from Ye Ling...
They had no idea how strong Ye Ling truly was!
For a moment, the island became deathly silent.
The man with the saber who had led the shouting was so terrified that his legs went weak. He immediately knelt before Ye Ling, his face ashen.
It was, it was over!
He hadn't expected that by simply trying to impress Liao Qing, he would run into such a formidable obstacle!
After sending Liao Qing flying, Ye Ling did not seem to intend to stop. Demonic energy surged from beneath his feet, spreading towards the surrounding cultivators and transforming into numerous sharp spikes that pierced their bodies, suspending them in mid-air!
Screams filled the air!
Not only that, but more demonic energy surged out from the floating island, spreading towards the cultivators on the Stairway to God!
"Ye Ling!"
Seeing that Ye Ling was about to kill everyone, Ye Qingyan cried out in alarm, noticing that Ye Ling's eyes had turned blood-red.
"Stop quickly!" As Ye Qingyan was about to stop Ye Ling, her wrist suddenly felt incredibly hot. "Hiss... it hurts so much!"
Ye Qingyan looked at her wrist and saw that the red rune mark had lit up, seemingly reacting to something.
Ye Qingyan endured the pain and followed the direction indicated by the red rune mark. She saw the white deer from before hiding in the forest, staring intently at Ye Ling.
The white deer's eyes were also blood-red, and a strange curve graced its lips.
"It's its doing?"
Realizing that the white deer might be influencing Ye Ling's emotions, Ye Qingyan did not hesitate. She immediately summoned her treasured sword and attacked the white deer!
Seeing Ye Qingyan charge at it, a flicker of surprise flashed in the white deer's eyes. However, it seemed unwilling to fight Ye Qingyan and vanished from its spot.
Ye Qingyan's sword strike met empty air.
"It escaped?"
Seeing the white deer disappear, Ye Qingyan quickly looked at Ye Ling and saw that the blood-red glow in his eyes had vanished, and he had returned to his calm state.
The surrounding demonic energy dissipated, and the cultivators fell to the ground like dumplings, groaning everywhere. The ground was stained red with blood.
Although Ye Ling's demonic energy had not annihilated the cultivators, it had drained half their life force. Now, everyone was injured, and their gazes towards Ye Ling were filled with terror.
Seeing Ye Ling regain his composure, Ye Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly sheathed her sword and stood before Ye Ling, asking with concern, "What happened just now? You shouldn't have gotten angry so easily, should you?"
Ye Ling glanced at the cultivators lying on the ground groaning and frowned. "I was pulled into an illusion by something just now. I only just broke free... I didn't expect there to be something here that could affect me. I was careless."
Ye Qingyan quickly said, "I noticed that white deer staring at you just now, and its expression was very strange. It's very likely it was behind this."
"Also, the mark on my wrist reacted when you got angry!"
"The white deer was behind it? Your wrist reacted?"
Hearing Ye Qingyan's words, Ye Ling's heart slightly stirred, realizing that the matter was not as simple as it seemed. He immediately extended his divine sense to cover the entire floating island, searching for the white deer's trace.
However... Ye Ling did not find the white deer. Instead, he discovered the corpse of a white deer that had been killed on the western end of the floating island!