The next moment, a figure appeared before the woman. He took out an enormous wooden casket and set it before him. The terrifying energy sphere struck the wooden casket with a thunderous boom.
The terrifying energy sphere instantly dissipated, while the figure did not retreat even half a step.
"Are you all right?"
Ye Lin turned to look at the man and woman and asked softly.
"I... I'm fine."
The woman stared blankly at Ye Lin before her and replied.
"As long as you're all right. Take him down now. Leave this place to me."
After speaking, Ye Lin slowly rose into the sky. Holding the Chaos Sword Casket, he stood in midair and looked at Gale before him.
"You're quite good. State your name."
Gale gave Ye Lin a faint nod. From that simple move just now, he could tell that this person was several times stronger than the one called Lu Xuan.
He was worthy of Gale's full attention.
"You waited for me for half a shichen. What, now that I'm here, you don't recognize me instead?"
Ye Lin looked at Gale, his expression unchanged and his tone cold.
"You're Ye Lin, the Human Race's co-lord?"
At those words, Gale finally put away his earlier contempt. His face turned incomparably solemn as he spoke in a grave tone.
Ye Lin's name resounded throughout the entire Shadow Clan. Back in the Heavenly Palace Ruins, Ye Lin alone had kept the whole Shadow Clan from lifting their heads. Even now, the uproar over that incident had yet to subside.
As the saying went, a man's name was like a tree's shadow—he had no choice but to take it seriously.
"You waited for me so long, yet you don't even recognize me. What am I supposed to say about you?"
Ye