Blue Star Under Lockdown

"Good!" Lin Ming took a deep breath, the confusion and hesitation in his eyes fading away, replaced by unwavering determination.

"Brother Ye, you guard our home while I strike out! Within three years, I'll definitely break through to the Eleventh Tier and return to help you kill that old black dragon!"

"Good! With those words, I can finally rest easy!" Ye Lingyun's face broke into a relieved smile. He firmly patted Lin Ming on the shoulder, the gesture carrying trust and the weight of responsibility.

"No time to lose. Let's go!"

"How?" Lin Ming asked.

Ye Lingyun smiled faintly without answering. His body flashed, and he shot up from the ground, turning into a streak of white light that pierced the heavens.

"Follow me! I'll take you somewhere!"

Lin Ming did not dare delay. The Eighteen Dragons and Eighteen Elephants Power within him erupted, and he followed close behind, becoming a dark golden streak as he tore through the air.

Ninth Tier martial artists could already fly through the sky. One after the other, the two moved at astonishing speed, piercing the clouds in the blink of an eye and reaching an altitude of tens of thousands of meters.

As they continued to rise, Lin Ming gradually felt tremendous pressure squeezing him from every direction. The air grew thin, the temperature plummeted, and fierce winds cut across his face like blades. The frigid astral winds seemed as though they would strip the flesh from his bones.

"What powerful resistance!" Lin Ming circulated his True Essence to withstand it, inwardly shocked.

He felt as though he were rowing against a current. Every inch upward demanded immense effort.

The surrounding air had grown so thin that it was nearly impossible to breathe. He could only rely on the circulation of True Essence