Chapter 285: Ye Lin's Old Trade

Xie Lihou felt his scalp tingle; this person really could use dark magic! Could he truly be Ye Nangge himself?

However, given the Ye family's financial resources, it was normal for them to be able to afford a private tutor.

There was just one thing Xie Lihou couldn't understand: why would the tutor hired by the Ye family not let Ye Nangge use dark magic?

Xie Lihou had no time to ponder; the Xie family had only 16 people in the Heaven-Refining Secret Realm including Ye Lin, and two had already been killed by Ye Nangge before they had even done anything.

If this continued, their Xie family would meet their end before achieving their goals!

"Heavenly Craft Eight Directions!"

Xie Lihou attacked again. This time, he did not seek a one-hit victory, but used his metal spear to block all of Ye Nangge's retreat paths from every direction, simultaneously sealing the surrounding space.

"Xie Diao!"

"Xie Mao!"

"Quickly, help me!"

No sooner had Xie Lihou finished speaking than two Xie family disciples, one tall and one short, stepped out quickly.

"Shadow Prison!"

"Space-Time Web!"

Both were clearly professionals skilled in sealing arts. Xie Diao spread his ten fingers, and points of deep, dark light condensed and pulsed at his fingertips. A pitch-black cage was quickly woven, enveloping Ye Nangge and exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

The moment Xie Diao's shadow cage took form, Xie Mao also struck; the two were clearly accustomed to working together and possessed perfect synergy.

Xie Mao rushed out rapidly, his entire being as if he did not exist in this space-time, pulling an intricate web of space-time directly from the boundless void to seal the area where Ye Nangge was located!

Under the coverage of the space-time web, even the flow of time in the surroundings slowed down significantly; in the eyes of the Xie family members, Ye Nangge's movements had turned into slow motion.

Ye Lin's clone watched from the side, his heart tightening.

A team with three people skilled in sealing—if he believed the Xie family didn't have designs on him, he wouldn't even believe himself!

Facing the triple seal, Ye Nangge found it difficult to move, but he did not panic; instead, he revealed a hair-raising smile.

"Heh, the Xie family really is a tough nut to crack. Since that's the case, I'll just come back to settle scores with you later!"

Ye Nangge let out a roar, and the violent lightning in his hands intertwined, actually tearing a gap through the triple seal before he made his escape!

Xie Diao and Xie Mao wanted to pursue, but were stopped by Xie Lihou.

"Don't chase! That guy is extremely strange!" Xie Lihou's eyes were full of wariness. "This Ye Nangge must have learned some evil arts! The human race shouldn't have such things, so it can only... be obtained from the Demon race!"

Xie Lihou gasped; he was shocked by his own speculation!

If things were truly as he suspected, it meant the Ye family had already colluded with the Demon race in secret!

Xie Lihou turned his head abruptly to look at Ye Lin.

"I ask you, you said outside earlier that there was a rogue in the Heaven-Refining Secret Realm about to go on a killing spree; was that rogue referring to someone from the Ye family?"

"That's right." Ye Lin nodded with an innocent look. "I warned you all just now, but none of you believed me!"

Xie Lihou's expression was extremely ugly. If he were Ye Nangge, having already exposed his evil arts, he would absolutely not let anyone in this Heaven-Refining Secret Realm leave alive!

"Where did you get this information?" Xie Lihou continued to press.

"It was written in the silk pouch my teacher Zhuge Qianxing left behind before he died, saying that the Heaven-Refining Secret Realm would flow with blood," Ye Lin explained.

"We're in big trouble..."

Xie Lihou frowned deeply. The problem now was not how to seize the Spirit Mother, but how they were supposed to survive against Ye family members who had learned evil arts!

Just as Xie Lihou was at his wit's end, Ye Lin, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.

"Brother Xie Lihou, why don't we go and meet up with the other three great families first? If they know the Ye family is involved with the Demon race, they will surely help us deal with the Ye family together!"

"Given the current situation... that is all we can do."

Xie Lihou took a deep breath and confirmed their next objective.

Since they didn't know where the people from the other families were, they could only continue to rush toward the location of the Spirit Mother; after all, the goal of the five great families was the same!

Meanwhile, Ye Lin's true body, disguised as Ye Nangge, had already run a long distance away.

He was very familiar with framing others; it was practically his specialty. The first step had already succeeded, and with this group of eyewitnesses from the Xie family, a scapegoat was already hanging over the heads of the Ye family.

As long as he continued to implement the plan, Ye Lin was confident enough to make this scapegoat stick firmly to the Ye family. Just pinning the blame wasn't enough; he also had to try to unite the other four great families to deal with the Ye family together!

This road was long and arduous!

Just as Ye Lin was contemplating his specific plan for what came next, a low, hoarse whimper suddenly broke the silence.

Ye Lin stopped in his tracks, and a creature that could only be described as bizarre appeared before his eyes.

The creature had a twisted form, no facial features, and no limbs; it emitted a faint fluorescence and was permeated with an ominous aura.

"This is... a Spirit Prisoner?"

Ye Lin looked at the creature with curiosity, and the Spirit Prisoner clearly discovered Ye Lin's existence as well. It approached Ye Lin rapidly, its body expanding quickly, intending to swallow him whole.

Ye Lin naturally would not sit and wait for death.

Since he wanted to pursue excitement, he would see it through to the end.

To make his impersonation of Ye Nangge more realistic, Ye Lin searched through his storage ring on the spot for scrolls and began learning various dark-element skills.

Dark-element skills were known for being strange and unpredictable; as a sunny and cheerful boy, Ye Lin naturally didn't like using this type of skill.

The main reason was that the power of dark-element forbidden spells was far inferior to the lightning element. In terms of lethality and attack power, lightning-element forbidden spells were the most powerful of all.

Whenever he encountered anything, he would just throw a World-Ending Wild Lightning and kill the person, which was why Ye Lin rarely bothered to study other forbidden spells.

Seeing the Spirit Prisoner pounce, Ye Lin activated Dance of the Instant and dodged directly.

"Don't be impatient, let me find a skill to deal with you."

"Got it!"

Ye Lin's expression brightened.

"Dark Fang Magic Bullet!"

【Professional talent Ultimate Sublimation activated, Dark Fang Magic Bullet has been upgraded to Dark Verdict Arrow.】

【Forbidden Spell - Dark Verdict Arrow: The Forbidden Spellcaster uses their own body as a conduit to fire an arrow from the deepest part of darkness that destroys everything. The arrow's power doubles after piercing through the Forbidden Spellcaster's body.】

A spatial rift appeared behind Ye Lin, and behind the rift was an endless, eternal darkness; any light that approached that darkness would be swallowed.

A pitch-black arrow shot out from the darkness, pierced through Ye Lin's body, and then shot toward the Spirit Prisoner in front of him.

The Spirit Prisoner's massive body was pierced through directly, and the wound was as black as ink, constantly devouring the surrounding flesh.

The Spirit Prisoner, having been hit by Ye Lin's forbidden spell, not only didn't die, but seemed to have received some kind of message, and its massive flesh began to shrink continuously.

In the end, the originally strange and twisted Spirit Prisoner actually turned into the appearance of Zhuge Qianxing!

Zhuge Qianxing adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and revealed a gentle smile toward Ye Lin.

"Ye Lin, long time no see."

Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and fired a fully charged World-Ending Wild Lightning!

Boom!

The Zhuge Qianxing in front of him was instantly submerged by the violent lightning.

"I've told you how many times, you should address me by my title when working! You should be calling me Ye Nangge right now!"