"Swear with your life..."
Hearing Tianji's words, Ye Ling chuckled and said, "Isn't that obvious? You've already absorbed the Primordial Soul King. If I want to gather the power of the Seven Kings, I have to kill you, don't I?"
"Hmph! If you can do it, then come and try!" Tianji sneered at Ye Ling. "However, before you come looking for me, you should worry about yourself first... The territory of the Overseers is not as safe as you think!"
"Ye Ling, do you really think I was just dealing with the Primordial Soul King while you were absorbing the Primordial Martial King?"
A hint of playfulness flashed in Tianji's eyes as he looked at Ye Ling. As his voice fell, his phantom image suddenly dissipated.
Then, a red light shot out from the special communication device, soaring into the sky, and finally blooming like fireworks above the city.
Bang!
A huge sound echoed throughout the city. All the Overseers in the city, including the battling twins and Seventeen, turned their attention to the fireworks.
This sudden display of fireworks captured everyone's attention.
Bai Lan, seeing the fireworks blooming at the other end of the city from the city center, immediately transmitted a message to Ye Ling: "Master, someone suddenly set off fireworks in the east of the city. Everyone's attention is focused there. Something must have happened there. You absolutely must not go there!"
Hearing Bai Lan's transmission and looking at the fireworks blooming in the sky, Ye Ling's mouth twitched.
He had walked into a trap...
The Lord of the Upper Realm was also stunned. He stiffly turned his head to look at Ye Ling and asked tremblingly, "M-Master, what do we do now?"
"In this situation, there's nothing we can do..." Ye Ling took a deep breath and then looked seriously at the Lord of the Upper Realm.
Seeing Ye Ling's serious expression, the Lord of the Upper Realm couldn't help but swallow. He thought Ye Ling had some earth-shattering decision and became inexplicably nervous: "M-Master!"
"Run!!!"
Just as the Lord of the Upper Realm was expecting Ye Ling to make some decision to turn the tide, he heard Ye Ling utter that concise and powerful word, and he was completely dumbfounded.
Before the Lord of the Upper Realm could react, Ye Ling instantly appeared before him, grabbed his shoulder with one hand, and fled the scene with him.
The moment Ye Ling took the Lord of the Upper Realm away, a large number of Overseers appeared around them. Even the twins and Seventeen directly ended their fight and joined forces to seal off the entire city.
"Ye Ling is in this city. All units, act immediately, seal the space, and prohibit any living beings from leaving!"
The twins commanded in unison, and a powerful barrier rose around the city, covering the entire metropolis!
The Lord of the Upper Realm hid in the shadows of the city with Ye Ling, trembling.
He looked at the barrier that had risen around the city, and panic and despair appeared in his eyes. He said to Ye Ling, "Master, it seems Tianji has colluded with the Overseers to set us up! We've fallen into a trap!"
Ye Ling was not particularly panicked. He transmitted a message to Bai Lan: "Lan'er, I've been calculated here. You should temporarily hide among the Overseers and find an opportunity to escape using the 'Myriad Worlds Insight' I taught you."
"Master, are you alright?"
After hearing the twins' shouts, Bai Lan realized they had fallen into Tianji's trap and immediately expressed her concern for Ye Ling.
"Don't worry about me. Their combined strength is no match for me, and they won't find me for a while. What I'm worried about now is that 'Hand' might also be nearby, so I'll avoid taking action if possible. Currently, they don't know about your existence, so you should have a chance to get out."
"Okay... I'll notify Master after I get out. Then Master, you can use the source text on me as a coordinate to teleport out!"
After hearing Ye Ling's instructions, Bai Lan quickly put them into action. She disguised herself as an Overseer and headed towards the city's edge, preparing to find an opportunity to leave the city.
Ye Ling's Myriad Worlds Insight could ignore all barriers, and since the Overseers didn't know about Bai Lan's existence, it wouldn't be difficult for Bai Lan to escape.
After arranging this escape route for Bai Lan, Ye Ling looked up at the Overseers patrolling the sky above the city and couldn't help but say, "I miscalculated this time. I didn't expect Tianji to be able to cooperate with the Overseers..."
Previously, Ye Ling had always believed that after Tianji betrayed "Brain," he, like himself, had become a wanted criminal by the Overseers and was a primary target for elimination.
Therefore, Ye Ling had never considered the possibility of Tianji continuing to cooperate with the Overseers.
Now, Tianji's cooperation with the Overseers had also sobered Ye Ling up.
He had been too active in the Primordial Chaos. Not only had he devoured five Primordial Kings, but he had also killed two members of "them," making him the number one enemy of the Overseers.
It was likely that in the eyes of "Brain" at this moment, eliminating Ye Ling had a far higher priority than eliminating Tianji.
For the Overseers, both Ye Ling and Tianji were fugitives. However, when choosing between two evils, it was not impossible for them to cooperate with Tianji to eliminate Ye Ling.
Seeing that Ye Ling had not paid attention to him, and that killing intent occasionally flashed in his eyes, the Lord of the Upper Realm was terrified and thought Ye Ling was about to kill him!
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. The Lord of the Upper Realm knelt before Ye Ling again and pleaded, "Master, you must believe me! I had no idea Tianji had cooperated with the Overseers. My mission was truly just to observe the battle between the twins and Seventeen."
Seeing the Lord of the Upper Realm's current panicked state, Ye Ling waved a stream of spiritual energy, lifting him up, and said, "Alright, stop being so scared. I was not thorough enough this time and fell into Tianji's trap. It has little to do with you."
Ye Ling had now figured it out. The reason Tianji had the Lord of the Upper Realm come here to scout was to use him as bait to lure him into the trap.
Tianji's plan was gradually taking shape in Ye Ling's mind.
These things were easy to deduce. After he devoured the power of the Primordial Martial King, he would naturally choose to find the Primordial Soul King. Upon discovering that the Primordial Soul King was not there, he would undoubtedly take further risky actions.
The Lord of the Upper Realm, like him, was from the Three Thousand Universes. Upon seeing the furtive Lord of the Upper Realm, he would most likely seek him out.
As for when Tianji would have Seventeen cause a commotion among the Overseers, so that he would see it, it was not a difficult matter.
The commotion he caused while devouring the power of the Primordial Martial King was not small. If Tianji was willing, he could easily monitor the situation in the Extreme Martial Domain and then perform a play with the Overseers at the appropriate time.
After that, Tianji only needed to wait for him to take the bait.
As for the Overseers who died in this play, to "Brain" and them, they were insignificant cannon fodder. As long as Ye Ling could be eliminated, they would be happy to sacrifice more.
"This Tianji, unable to defeat me with strength, has started playing mind games... As expected of the most ancient of the Seven Pillars. It seems I underestimated him before." Ye Ling's eyes flashed with brilliance. His thoughts raced, and he quickly deduced Tianji's general plan.
The Lord of the Upper Realm's strength had long since fallen behind Ye Ling's. His vision and perspective on issues were also very limited. At this moment, after hearing Ye Ling's words, he thought Ye Ling was deliberately comforting him and felt a little touched.
After thinking for a moment, the Lord of the Upper Realm made up his mind and said to Ye Ling, "Master, actually, I know a place in this city that can help us avoid this crisis."
"Oh?" Ye Ling came back to his senses and looked at the Lord of the Upper Realm with surprise. "What place?"
"It's in the northern part of this city," the Lord of the Upper Realm pointed north. "There's a building there that is Mr. Bai's safe house. He once told me that if I encountered danger, I could hide there."
"Mr. Bai said that even 'Brain' cannot find that safe house!"