Hearing the ethereal and distant voice, Ye Ming suddenly looked up, his eyes sharp as needles. A sense of unease he had never experienced before slowly sprouted within him.
Amidst that trace of unease, there was also a strong… apprehension.
"Since you can control time and space from here, who exactly are you?" Ye Ming's nerves were stretched taut, his gaze fixed ahead.
At this moment, his back was already growing cold.
The other party could isolate him from the outside world without a sound, and also stop the flow of time in this space. This was simply too terrifying.
After all, he was at the Celestial Human Realm!
Such a thing was indeed enough to make one's scalp tingle.
"Could she be a Time-Space Spirit!"
At this moment, a wild guess formed in his mind.
But then, he decisively discarded it.
Before he could ponder further, a hazy figure gradually materialized from the multicolored cloud path before his eyes, walking towards him step by step from the air.
At this moment, they were less than a hundred meters apart.
Yet, strangely, even with Ye Ming's strength, he could only see a plain white dress. The other party's face and form seemed hidden in an unknown mist, and any perception would be swallowed by it.
Seeing this, Ye Ming's apprehension and unease intensified.
"Unfathomable!"
This was Ye Ming's evaluation of the person before him.
"It seems only by using the power of the 'Three Stages of Pursuing Immortals' can I possibly ascertain her true nature," Ye Ming thought to himself.
Through this statement, it indirectly indicated that the woman's strength had also entered the "Three Stages of Pursuing Immortals."
"Are you surprised?"
Just as Ye Ming maintained his vigilance, that ethereal voice reached his ears again.
This time, the distance between them was about fifty meters.
"Yes! I am very surprised!"
Ye Ming took a deep breath in secret, trying his best to calm himself, and said, "Since I entered the world, you are the first person I have found to be this troublesome!"
Although he felt apprehension, it did not mean he was afraid.
"Is that so?"
The woman's voice was very soft, yet incredibly pleasant and comforting. "Then do you know that I've actually been watching you for a long time!"
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Ye Ming's heart trembled violently. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Secretly observing me is a very dangerous thing!"
At this moment, Ye Ming couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
If, as the other party claimed, she had been watching him for a long time, and he hadn't noticed it at all.
Then, if she had malicious intent, what about the people around him…
"Very dangerous?"
The woman's tone seemed to carry a hint of amusement. "What makes you say that?"
However, this amusement, falling into Ye Ming's ears, might have been interpreted as… a provocation.
"Fine! Then I'll show you!"
Hearing this, Ye Ming's expression completely darkened. A seductive red light flashed in his pupils, and he took a step forward.
Boom!
With one step, a terrifying power surged from his body, instantly filling the entire space.
Crack!
Under this power, the spatial barrier that had isolated them from the outside world began to crack, and the stopped time was also thrown off balance.
Ye Ming continued to walk forward. With every step, the space collapsed, and the flow of time shifted continuously. The entire world gradually lost its original colors, leaving only black and white as the dominant hues.
The ground of the entire Sky Guard Land trembled violently. The air was filled with a suffocating sensation, making one tremble and dare not look directly at the might of the heavens.
This time, Ye Ming had truly gotten serious.
At the same time, all the ancient martial artists in the Sky Guard Land wore expressions of terror.
"What… what is happening! Why does it feel like a ten-thousand-zhang mountain is pressing down on my head!"
"Ah! I… I can't breathe! Help… help me!"
"Is the apocalypse about to descend?! Ah!"
"Who can tell me what's happening? Why have the heavens and earth changed color?"
"The heavens… the heavens seem to be about to collapse! We… we're going to die!"
"…"
This sudden calamity made everyone feel as if the end of the world had arrived. Endless fear and unease instantly began to spread.
The only place in this world that still retained other colors was that multicolored cloud path.
Yes!
Only the clouds beneath the woman's feet were unaffected.
She looked at the young man emanating an aura of world destruction before her. The beautiful eyes, which could not be discerned, flickered with faint starlight, and the corners of her mouth curved upwards slightly.
One could only wonder what she was thinking.
"Disperse… for me!"
At this moment, a cold voice boomed in the air.
Bang!
The instant the sound fell, the multicolored clouds beneath the woman's feet were instantly wiped out. And Ye Ming's figure, bizarrely, appeared before her.
They stood facing each other, less than ten meters apart, their gazes locked.
"Then let me see who you truly are!" Ye Ming slowly extended his right hand, a mysterious power swirling around his palm.
"Innate Realm?"
The woman looked at the power in his hand and chuckled, "The power of the Innate Realm won't let you see me clearly. How about…" While speaking, the woman paused deliberately, then continued, "Why don't you use the power of the Celestial Human Realm? Perhaps there's still a chance?"
Use the power of the Celestial Human Realm?
Hearing this, Ye Ming found himself unable to describe the shock in his heart with any words.
The other party had understood him to this extent.
"Your strength is only at the Innate Realm, what confidence do you have to make me use the Celestial Human Realm's power?"
Ye Ming said coldly.
After raising his strength to the Innate Realm, he finally saw some of the other woman's true capabilities.
Her strength was indeed at the Innate Realm.
However, he still could not see her face clearly.
This was somewhat inexplicable.
"Confidence… I have some! But then again…"
Perhaps she thought of something, and then shook her head. "Never mind! Once your strength is fully revealed, it will cause considerable trouble!"
After speaking, she muttered to herself, "Although I really want to witness the power of the Celestial Human Realm!"
Will cause trouble?
Hearing this, Ye Ming's expression tensed. He waved his hand, dispersing the power in his palm.
He had almost acted rashly.
But from her words, Ye Ming caught a hint of… a warning.
He looked at the hazy woman before him, his gaze gradually becoming complex.
At this moment, he realized that he had never felt any hostility from the other party from beginning to end.
However, through the brief exchange just now, Ye Ming had also guessed her identity.
"If I'm not mistaken, you should be…" A sharp glint flashed in Ye Ming's eyes. It was:
"Xia Baiyi!"