The next moment, the light vanished, and Little Ling's figure appeared before Ye Lin.
"Boss, I didn't expect you to still remember Little Ling. Little Ling thought you had forgotten all about me."
Little Ling blinked his adorable, large eyes, looking full of resentment.
"Little Ling, it's up to you now."
Ye Lin didn't waste any breath on chatter; after all, his current state was far from ideal, even though that Demon Core now looked as if it were on the verge of shattering.
Even so, without the suppression of the Phoenix Fire, he feared he wouldn't be able to hold on.
The Demon Core was simply too terrifying, so much so that it surpassed anything he had ever encountered.
Not even a True Lord at the Dao Integration stage could compare to it.
"Fine, Boss is so annoying."
Little Ling pouted, then reached out his small hands, and streams of spiritual energy surged into Ye Lin's body.
Ye Lin split this spiritual energy in two, channeling one part to the Phoenix Fire and the other to his Nascent Soul.
Supplied with fresh energy, the Phoenix Fire stood back up, beginning to absorb the essence from the Demon Core with all its might.
At this moment, Ye Lin was trapped in a bizarre scenario: externally, Little Ling was pumping in spiritual energy, while internally, the Phoenix Fire was devouring the mysterious Demon Core.
He felt like nothing more than a middleman—damn it, this sensation was agonizing.
In the blink of an eye, with a thunderous boom, the Demon Core could no longer hold together and shattered directly inside Ye Lin's body. However, the next instant, Ye Lin, who had been prepared, used his spiritual power to crush the fragments.
The pulverized Demon Core released waves of spiritual power that began