Chapter 790: Got Used to Touching

"Ye Tianling, you—don’t do anything reckless! This place, it’s not what you think!"

Qianyu hastily tried to explain, but certain rules prevented her from speaking. Even though she wanted to reveal the secret that the Cultivators here couldn’t die, she was unable to say it.

Hearing this, Ye Tianling couldn’t help but laugh. In a flash, he was inexplicably close to Qianyu, catching her completely off guard.

Ye Tianling raised a hand and grabbed Qianyu by the chin.

Qianyu’s body trembled. She discovered that she didn’t even have the strength to resist.

She was filled with shock, anger, and terror, and her face instantly went pale.

Still holding her chin, Ye Tianling tilted her head up slightly, as if toying with her. He smiled and said, "Sweetheart, don’t worry. I’ve told you before, I’m not interested in you. That said, how do I leave this place? Now, don’t get excited. I just got a little hands-on because I was afraid you wouldn’t cooperate. I was hoping you could offer some guidance."

After speaking, Ye Tianling casually let go.

The moment he did, Qianyu instantly regained control of her body.

On instinct, she swung her hand hard, aiming a slap at Ye Tianling’s face.

"Scoundrel!"

She cried out, her voice a mixture of shock and rage.

But before her palm could connect with his face, Ye Tianling caught her wrist.

Ye Tianling gave her wrist a squeeze, and a surge of Thunder Flame Power flowed from his hand. A jolt ran through Qianyu, and her entire body trembled, her strength instantly paralyzed, leaving her completely immobile.

’How... how can the gap be this big! He... what kind of power has he mastered?!’

The shock and anger in Qianyu’s heart were unimaginable. It was so intense that it even suppressed her shame, and she could only stare at Ye Tianling with eyes full of utter shock and horror.

"You—"

Her breathing grew ragged, and her ample chest heaved violently, a clear sign of her inner turmoil.

"Calm down, speak slowly. I know you’ve fallen for me and are dying to engage in some Yin Yang Harmony, but I’m just not interested. Don’t make this difficult for me, alright?"

Ye Tianling shrugged. His devil-may-care charm, combined with his invincible techniques and utterly shameless words, left the seventeen other disciples completely dumbfounded.

’So strong!’

’Hopelessly strong!’

’With strength like that, isn’t he comparable to a Daoist Ancestor?!’

’Has he achieved Harmonization Dao with this world? Mastered its special rules?’

’It must be that he’s mastered a special kind of Thunder Flame Power.’

’That’s the will of the Thunderbolt, the Power of Laws that brings divine punishment.’

’Is that the imposing might of the Emperor Dao? It has a hint of a Great Emperor’s Emperor’s Might.’

’I don’t know what it is, but it’s terrifyingly strong. We don’t stand a chance. We might as well just stick our necks out and let him cut us down.’

’Fighting back is pointless. It would just be a desperate struggle before death!’

’And to think we’re all at the Saint Son and Saintess Level. Many of us have even achieved Fusion with a large number of Dao Rhyme Fragments and reached the Sword Tribulation Fifth Refining Realm from the Great Perfection Realm... yet we’re this pathetic.’

’Even Qianyu Fairy seemed invincible to us, but this Tianling Divine Son... sigh, he’s a true monster!’

’In our generation, could anyone possibly be stronger than him?’

’Meeting him is an honor. We’re witnessing the rise of a peerless prodigy. But it’s also our misfortune. To be so completely crushed is just hopeless.’

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The murmurs and sighs from the crowd also hit Qianyu hard.

Qianyu was overcome with shame and rage, and utterly stunned by Ye Tianling’s shamelessness. But she was helpless, completely unable to struggle.

As Ye Tianling caressed her hand, her body grew weak. The feelings stirring in her heart were too complex to describe.

And yet, maddeningly, there was something exceptionally captivating about Ye Tianling’s devil-may-care charm.

"To leave, you just have to wait until the time is up. Or, you can go to a place with an altar and carve an Array to get out. But altars are hard to find. Besides, this whole area is shrouded by the Destruction Law, and it contains the murderous intent of an incredibly powerful Divine Thought. If you get too close, you’ll be instantly obliterated.

If you’re killed by a Divine Thought, your body and soul will be utterly annihilated."

Qianyu thought for a moment, and despite her shame and anger, she replied softly.

She was genuinely afraid of what Ye Tianling might do.

"Oh, so that’s how it works. Alright then, you all can continue fighting. I’m going to go look for an altar."

It dawned on Ye Tianling. He finally understood that to leave this place, he either had to wait or find an altar and carve a Void Array to teleport out.

Finding an altar wouldn’t be too difficult. However, the changing environment made Ye Tianling realize that the risks were indeed closing in.

But Ye Tianling didn’t want to waste any time here.

Besides, according to the rules of this world, it was likely that only one person could be teleported out from each region in the end.

And that person would surely need to have a special Mark. This was, after all, some kind of assessment for the War Dragon Academy. Qianyu had the assessment Mark, but he, Ye Tianling, was an outsider, not a participant.

If he simply waited for the time to run out, he might not be teleported out with the others.

Once this area closed, with Yanyan’s physical body and bloodline nearly exhausted, he wasn’t confident he could survive.

By that point, even if he found an altar, he probably wouldn’t be able to teleport out.

After a moment of thought, Ye Tianling decided to leave.

"Are you going to let go?! How long are you going to keep feeling me up!"

Qianyu stomped her foot, her voice filled with shame and anger.

Her crystal-clear, jade-like face was already beet red.

Being watched by so many prodigies, she was utterly mortified and wished she could find a hole to crawl into and hide.

It was utterly humiliating. It was practically as if Ye Tianling had assaulted her in public.

"Ah—force of habit."

Ye Tianling immediately released her. With a sly grin, his figure flickered as he activated the Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique Body Technique, traversing the Void and quickly flying off into the distance.

"Are you insane? That place is fraught with danger, and Divine Thoughts run rampant!"

When Qianyu saw Ye Tianling fly toward the distant purple clouds, a sense of panic and a strange worry crept into her heart. She couldn’t help but shout at him angrily.

"Oh, don’t you worry, sweetheart. I’ll be fine. They’re just Divine Thoughts. I’ll kill as many as come my way."

Ye Tianling chuckled, and his figure quickly vanished into the purple mist.

Qianyu’s beautiful eyes widened, a mixture of anger and helplessness on her face.

’Divine Thoughts are the lingering resentment of a Divine Spirit, an obsession born from a Heart Demon... you’re completely insane!’

’If you’re so determined to die, what can I do about it?’

’After you treated me like that, don’t you understand...?’

’Sigh...’

A complicated mix of emotions flickered in Qianyu’s eyes.

Soon, they settled into a look of deep sorrow and resignation.

Just as quickly, her eyes regained their coldness, and her expression became grim and murderous.

"Kill!"

The seventeen prodigies snapped back to reality. They all felt it was a pity and couldn’t help but sigh at the turn of events.

Although Ye Tianling’s Talent was extraordinary and his Battle Power was peerless, entering that death zone and being besieged by Divine Thoughts meant certain death.

It was a great shame for such a prodigy to fall here.

With that thought, they came to their senses and, without further hesitation, resumed their fierce battle with Qianyu.

Only by killing Qianyu first could one of the seventeen of them earn the right to survive. If Qianyu lived, all seventeen of them were doomed to die.

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