Finally Laying His Cards on the Table to Ye Ling — No Worries, He Can Take the Blame Even in Death
Finally Laying His Cards on the Table to Ye Ling — No Worries, He Can Take the Blame Even in Death
“I really am the one chosen by destiny!”
Ye Ling couldn’t help but burst into laughter as he strode quickly toward the cave dwelling ahead.
At this moment, having braved countless dangers to finally arrive before the cave dwelling, he was trembling with excitement.
He could even see the treasure light radiating from within — all kinds of powerful and mysterious weapons, exuding hazy brilliance, surging forth from inside the cave dwelling.
“All this hard work wasn’t in vain!”
The spirit turtle inside his pendant couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
Although the journey had been arduous, it had been perilous yet safe. Now, Ye Ling only needed to enter the cave dwelling and refine its core.
Everything here would belong to Ye Ling.
With the Supreme Cave on his person, even if he were hunted down in the future, he could hide inside it — who would ever be able to find him?
At this moment, Ye Ling was incomparably excited, and he had already made up his mind.
He could finally reveal his identity openly and honorably.
Successor of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being!
Not some Successor of Demonic Arts.
With this cave dwelling, even if someone coveted his inheritance, he could escape unscathed.
Ye Ling feared nothing.
“After today, this will be my chance to turn everything around. I’ll make my identity known to the world, and let everyone understand who the real Successor of Demonic Arts is...”
Ye Ling said silently in his heart. He had always believed he could defy fate and change his destiny.
Even though his current situation was terrible — everyone wanted him dead, with little hope or chance of survival in sight —
he still believed he could turn danger into safety.
Because in the past, situations like this had been all too common.
Even in more dangerous circumstances, he had always managed to avert disaster.
In Ye Ling’s eyes, Gu Changge was nothing more than a stepping stone, a whetstone on his path to ever greater power.
And now, this stepping stone, this whetstone, would finally be crushed beneath his feet!
At the thought of this,
Ye Ling trembled with excitement, and even the hand he stretched out to push open the cave dwelling was shaking.
Inside, it was as if a peerless immortal secret lay hidden, one that could let him ascend in an instant and achieve immortality!
“Yin Mei, wait for me outside.”
At the same time, Ye Ling forced himself to calm down and said to Yin Mei behind him.
“Ye Ling, you won’t even let me go in and take a look?”
However, at that moment, Yin Mei suddenly spoke up. The usual gentle, charming expression on her face had vanished.
She looked calm and cold.
Her words made Ye Ling pause slightly.
Yin Mei wanted to go in and take a look too?
He suddenly felt a bit hesitant.
After all, this was an opportunity that belonged exclusively to him — everything here had been left for him by the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
He would share some things with Yin Mei, but only after he finished refining the cave dwelling.
At this point, he still hadn’t noticed the change in Yin Mei’s expression.
“Ye Ling, something’s wrong...” The spirit turtle inside the pendant suddenly spoke, its expression shifting slightly.
“Forget it. If you don’t want to, then never mind.”
Yin Mei cut through Ye Ling’s silence, shaking her head. Her expression was very flat, carrying a strangeness that felt foreign to Ye Ling.
“Yin Mei, what do you mean by that?”
At this moment, Ye Ling’s eyes widened, somewhat unable to believe it.
His head suddenly buzzed and went blank.
From Yin Mei’s eyes, he saw a faint mockery.
This was completely different from the Yin Mei he had known before.
Ye Ling’s heart instantly skipped a beat!
He wasn’t stupid — at this point, he too sensed that something was wrong, that something was off.
“You won’t even share your opportunity with me. Ye Ling, are you truly sincere toward me?” Yin Mei asked indifferently.
Ye Ling looked at this unfamiliar woman.
It was still that familiar oval face, lustrous white like mutton-fat jade.
A pair of curved crescent brows, a delicate upturned nose, rosy lips, pearly teeth, and hair as smooth as silk.
Such a beautiful and moving woman.
Why would she suddenly say such ice-cold words?
“How could that be, Yin Mei...” Ye Ling’s gaze carried a trace of pain and disbelief. He never imagined that, in the end, Yin Mei had been deceiving him all along.
The dagger was revealed when the map was unrolled.
So Yin Mei had been after his opportunity all along.
Now she had finally torn off all pretenses with him.
Ye Ling felt his heart ache. All this time, he had taken such good care of Yin Mei, told her so many things.
But now... Yin Mei had actually fallen out with him over the cave dwelling and its opportunity.
“Then Chi Ling...” Suddenly, Ye Ling realized something was wrong. Before, both he and the spirit turtle had suspected that Chi Ling had leaked his whereabouts.
“You wronged her. It was me,” Yin Mei answered calmly, without the slightest hint of unease.
“Good, good, good! You bitch, how dare you scheme against me like this!”
Ye Ling’s face abruptly turned pale, and sudden regret flooded through him. The cold look in Chi Ling’s eyes back then surfaced in his mind.
So all of this had been Yin Mei scheming in the dark!
“The rift between me and Bai Lie, even me going to save you... all of it was your scheming, wasn’t it? What a vicious heart you have, Yin Mei.” Ye Ling stared coldly at Yin Mei, a chill running down his back.
This woman of stunning beauty — who would have thought she had the heart of a viper?
It made him both hateful and furious.
He had truly been blind before, to trust her so much, to be so infatuated with her.
Yet in the end, he gained nothing at all, and even got himself covered in filth.
“If you yourself didn’t have problems, I couldn’t have done any of this.”
“You didn’t trust others enough — is that my fault?”
Hearing this, Yin Mei couldn’t help but reveal a faint mocking expression.
She had long wanted to lay her cards on the table with Ye Ling.
Now that she finally had the chance, she naturally wouldn’t waste it.
Ye Ling was the type who was only allowed to betray others, but never allowed others to betray him.
Others treating him well was taken for granted; others treating him badly made him want to slaughter their entire families, without the slightest consideration for anyone else’s feelings.
Such a double standard — honestly, it disgusted Yin Mei to the extreme.
If it weren’t for Gu Changge’s mission, she would never have endured it until now.
“Shut up, you bitch! This is all because of you!” Ye Ling was furious. Yin Mei’s words had struck a sore spot, and he wouldn’t allow her to speak of him like that.
If she hadn’t sown discord from within,
how would he have been alienated, how would he have parted ways with Chi Ling?
“Do you think saying any of this is useful? This is a world where strength speaks. Any scheme or trick is worthless in the face of absolute power.”
“So what if you’ve laid your cards on the table? Yin Mei, you overestimate yourself. Today, this place will be your grave.”
At this, Ye Ling couldn’t help but laugh, then stared coldly at Yin Mei with a you’re-dead expression.
He was confident that the trump cards he possessed could kill Yin Mei.
Even if a Sacred Lord Realm existence appeared, he had ways to trap and kill or defeat them with his trump cards!
A mere Yin Mei — what waves could she possibly stir up?
“You take yourself far too seriously!” Yin Mei looked at him coldly, her ruby-like eyes devoid of any fear.
Calm and composed.
“Courting death!”
“If you want to die, I’ll grant your wish right now!” Ye Ling shouted coldly, his gaze icy as he moved to kill Yin Mei.
Victory was in his grasp; he was full of confidence.
In this instant, his early-stage Honoured King Realm cultivation erupted at full force.
Since his breakthrough during this period, he had already caught up with quite a few Young Prodigies.
If anyone witnessed this speed of breakthrough, it would absolutely cause enormous waves and create a huge sensation.
Boom!
A grand golden figure appeared behind him, like a young God King, its entire body ablaze, its hair radiant.
A palm struck toward Yin Mei, like a surging boundless sea, submerging the sky above.
This was Ye Ling’s Honoured King Dharma Body.
“At this point, do you still not understand?”
Yin Mei still wore that calm, mocking expression, completely unconcerned by Ye Ling’s sudden attack.
Since she dared to confess to Ye Ling, she naturally had the confidence to do so.
Just then!
Every inch of space in this area suddenly fell silent, as a terrifying divine power descended from the sky.
“What?!”
“Not good!”
Even the spirit turtle inside the pendant looked up with a face full of shock and uncertainty.
Weng!
A sky-blotting golden palm descended from the void in front of Yin Mei, its palm lines clear, wreathed in mist.
Within it, strands of Chaos Energy even rose and fell, as if it were the hand of an Immortal Emperor, shaking all the heavens!
“Who...”
Ye Ling’s heart suddenly lurched, and his expression changed drastically.
He never imagined that a powerful figure was hidden behind Yin Mei.
This was something he had never anticipated.
Boom!
This palm descended like the crushing weight of billions of jun of void, utterly terrifying.
Pu!
“So strong...”
Ye Ling couldn’t believe it. He violently coughed up a huge mouthful of blood, as if struck by lightning.
His grand golden Dharma Body was directly shattered.
He hastily activated an ancient talisman, a layer of black-and-white light emerging over his body to avoid being slapped to death outright.
Then he scrambled sideways in a sorry state, but was still grazed on half his body, his arm snapping.
He spat blood wildly, his whole body in agony, feeling his organs ruptured and many bones broken.
Boom!
But the palm showed no sign of stopping, continuing to press down.
“Break for me!”
Ye Ling gritted his teeth, his entire body shining brilliantly. Wheels of pitch-black sacred suns emerged behind him, black divine radiance flowing,
containing the power of time, illuminating the surroundings with terrifying killing intent.
A phenomenon!
Black Suns Scorching the Heavens!
Strands of black divine radiance erupted and swept out, their power unmatched, enough to gravely wound even an ordinary True Enlightened Realm existence!
Boom boom boom!
In this instant, it was as if several stars had exploded here, terrifying energy venting madly.
If not for the several Bronze Pillars supporting this place, with numerous Array Patterns laid down,
and a strange power protecting it, this place would have been destroyed long ago!
Crack!
The black sacred suns directly exploded, turning to ash.
Even so, Ye Ling still violently spewed blood, flying backward like a tattered sack, smashing into the stone wall, instantly grievously wounded.
Boom boom boom!
Only then did the palm fully land, smashing terrifying great fissures into the ground, making the nearby palace and cave dwelling tremble.
“Who is it...” Ye Ling glared fixedly in Yin Mei’s direction, his body cracked all over, covered in blood, all his earlier confidence and certainty of victory gone.
“Master.” At this moment, Yin Mei called out respectfully and obediently.
“Worthy of being the Successor of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being — surviving one of my palms is enough for you to be proud of, enough to leave your name in this world.”
Accompanied by a faint, light chuckle, Gu Changge’s figure finally appeared in the void.
He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Ye Ling below — whose face was full of shock, pale with disbelief — and said with a faint smile.
Of course, this was only a casual palm of his.
Not his true strength — otherwise, how would Ye Ling have gotten off with mere heavy injuries?
If not for his life-saving treasures, he would probably have been slapped into a mist of blood on the spot, body and soul annihilated.
Following the markers Yin Mei had left, Gu Changge had naturally tracked his way here.
Of course, that it went so smoothly was naturally also thanks to Ye Ling.
“Gu Changge...”
Ye Ling was practically spitting fire.
His eyes glared fixedly at Gu Changge, who had appeared here, the three words practically ground out from between his teeth.
At this moment, he reacted, his entire body going ice-cold.
It was as if the top of his skull had been lifted off and ice water poured down.
Behind Yin Mei stood none other than Gu Changge.
This was something he had never dared to imagine before, but what he saw today truly horrified him, chilling him to the bone.
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, probably no one would dare believe that Yin Mei was actually Gu Changge’s person.
This hand had been hidden far too deeply.
Most likely, from the very beginning, Gu Changge had calculated everyone into his schemes — even Bai Lie had probably been killed by them like this.
And then the blame for killing Bai Lie had been pinned on his head.
Thinking of all this, and connecting it to Yin Mei’s composure,
Ye Ling’s heart kept sinking, the color draining from his face.
Things had gone beyond his expectations.
This was his first direct confrontation with Gu Changge.
Yet even going all out, he still couldn’t match a single casual palm from Gu Changge.
Gu Changge’s strength was truly as unfathomable as the rumors said.
He even felt that this palm just now had merely been Gu Changge toying with him.
Yet even so, he was powerless to resist.
At this moment, Ye Ling’s heart sank to rock bottom.
“Today will likely end badly. This Gu Changge’s scheming is too terrifying — it truly makes one’s blood run cold. How can such a frightening person exist in this world...”
The spirit turtle inside the pendant had an expression grave and solemn to the extreme.
It had seen too many prodigies — whether in talent or brilliance, each had suppressed an entire era.
But it had never seen anyone like Gu Changge — a young man who toyed with everyone under heaven in the palm of his hand.
A demon!
This was someone more terrifying than a demon.
“Spirit turtle, what do I do now?” Ye Ling’s back was drenched in cold sweat. All his earlier confidence and excitement had now turned into chill and regret.
Gu Changge had definitely been led here by Yin Mei.
And he had happened to clear away every obstacle for Gu Changge, letting him pass unimpeded.
Compared to Yin Mei, Gu Changge was absolutely the most terrifying one — never showing himself from the shadows, yet scheming and plotting against everyone under heaven, with no one any the wiser.
His own strength was also powerful to an inconceivable degree.
“We can only pray that Gu Changge doesn’t know what trump cards you have, or that the Supreme Being foresaw this day and left a contingency.” The spirit turtle said heavily, not daring to relax in the slightest.
Today was absolutely a matter of life and death.
“Gu Changge, what is your goal?”
At this moment, Ye Ling was also forcing himself to calm down. Wiping away the blood, he spoke, staring Gu Changge down.
Gu Changge surveyed the Supreme Being’s cave dwelling behind him and the Lake of Reincarnation within the palace, and replied casually, “No particular goal. Nothing more than killing you.”
Ye Ling indeed hadn’t disappointed him.
This place was indeed the legacy left behind by the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
That surging Power of Reincarnation had already thickened into a vast mist.
Only now, it no longer had the slightest thing to do with Ye Ling.
“Gu Changge, if you kill me, who will take the blame for the Demonic Arts for you?”
Hearing this, Ye Ling’s breath caught, but he calmed down, intending to negotiate with Gu Changge.
He did still have trump cards in hand, but since Gu Changge dared to show himself, he likely had enormous certainty.
At this point, no matter how reluctant he was, Ye Ling had to give all of this up in order to survive.
Gu Changge stared at the string of Fortuity points above his head and couldn’t help but let out a faint laugh, saying, “No worries, you don’t need to concern yourself with that. Even dead, you can still take the blame for me.”