Hell Emperor.

Chapter 548 Ye Jie - Wheel of the Sun
The light was shining brightly, and an invisible force enveloped Ye Jie and Li Fei'e, leaving them with no escape.

Ye Jie activated his immortal essence and stimulated the power of the Divine Dragon Transformation. Under the bright light of the sundial, he did not feel the stinging pain of the burning fire, nor did he feel anything unusual, but this made him even more alert.

"What did you do?" Ye Jie asked vigilantly. The fact that nothing had changed was the most fatal. It meant that he could not see through the on-duty officer's magic and did not even know why he had been tricked.

"You have nowhere to escape. No matter where you go, you can't escape the wheel of the sun. Put down the records, maybe you can make up for your mistakes!"

"Let it go? That's probably impossible. How about this, when you go to the Qinglian Chamber of Commerce later, I will find a way to compensate you." Ye Jie spoke slowly.

"Are you still not giving up? You might as well give it a try and see where you can escape to under the cover of this Wheel of the Sun." The face of the officer on duty was as cold as iron, and he was sure that Ye Jie and the others had nowhere to escape.

"Try this trick!"

Li Fei'e raised his hand and made a hand gesture, and the Gengjin thunder came in response, bombarding the body of the duty officer. The might of the divine thunder immediately made the duty officer feel the power, and his whole body fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string. The thunder continued to move forward, and even a large banyan tree on the ground that could be hugged by ten people was affected, and it was completely split in the middle.

Seeing this, Ye Jie couldn't help but cough dryly. He thought that the on-duty officer was coming with great force and he would have to fight hard. However, he was still no match for Li Fei'e, who was at the peak of the sixth level. He was defeated quite quickly. The harsh words he had just said seemed to have become a joke.

Seeing that the duty officer was covered in black and barely breathing, completely losing his ability to fight under the divine thunder, Ye Jie said to Li Fei'e, "You'd better leave quickly, lest other officers chase you."

Li Fei'e had just that in mind, and he moved with the thunder. His figure quickly disappeared into the sky, leaving the officer on duty far behind.

Without any trace of the enemy, Li Fei'e's mood improved significantly: "I was scared to death. I thought he had some ability, but I didn't expect him to be able to withstand a beating. It seems that we are finally safe."

Ye Jie did not relax. For some reason, the behavior of the duty officer made him quite concerned. He always felt that things were not that simple.

However, it might be that Ye Jie was overthinking it. The few of them continued to move forward, crossing mountains and plains, heading in the direction indicated by the compass until night fell, and nothing unexpected happened.

Ye Jie looked up and saw that the thunderclouds below suddenly shook. Yun Xiu, who was dozing off, was caught off guard and almost flew out. Fortunately, Ye Jie was quick to catch her.

"What happened? Are there enemies attacking?"

Ye Jie became alert. With Li Fei'e's peak sixth level, controlling the thunderclouds was as easy as eating and drinking, smooth without a single ripple. But now it was so bumpy. Could there be some accident?
Ye Jie was slightly surprised by Li Fei'e's expression. He saw that she was yawning and her eyelids were twitching constantly. She looked extremely sleepy and did not have the clear mind of an immortal at all.

"Are you okay?" Ye Jie asked quickly.

"I'm a little sleepy... Come to think of it, I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time. Let me rest for a while..."

At the end of it, Li Fei'e could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep. The entire thundercloud began to fall uncontrollably.

"what happened?"

Ye Jie opened his mouth, and for a moment he was not able to come back to his senses. How could someone fall asleep in the middle of controlling a magic technique? He quickly used his power to stabilize the falling people and landed steadily.

Not only Li Fei'e, but also Yun Xiu was the same. Her breathing was steady in her sleep, and no matter how Ye Jie called her, he couldn't wake her up.

Looking around, there was no one around. What made Ye Jie even more frightened was what was happening next. The tiredness slowly came over him, and he couldn't help but want to fall into a good sleep.

"What kind of magic is this..."

Before Ye Jie could think clearly, boundless sleepiness overwhelmed his mind. He could not hold on at all. He felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and he fell to the ground and fell asleep.

When Ye Jie opened his eyes again, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. He saw the duty officer standing in front of him with a sundial in his hand.

Beside Ye Jie, Li Fei'e and Yun Xiu were still above the thundercloud, and each of them looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"You have nowhere to escape. Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, you cannot escape the Wheel of the Sun."

The officer on duty said the same thing, but this time, the meaning behind it made everyone feel uneasy.

Li Fei'e was surprised, his eyes fell on the ground, a large banyan tree that ten people could hug, and suddenly recalled what happened just now, and said in amazement:
"Wait a minute... We have already gotten rid of him. According to my lightning speed, we should have flown thousands of miles away. How come we are back here?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath. The power of the on-duty officer was more formidable than he had imagined.
"If I'm not mistaken, he was responsible for all this... What on earth did you do?"

"Have you finally discovered it?"

The officer on duty had a stern look on his face, as if he was sure of victory:

"You have been enveloped by the Wheel of the Sun. Today has been frozen forever. No matter what you have done, when today is over, everything will return to the starting point. No matter how hard you try, it will all be in vain. I advise you to give up as soon as possible and not to seek hardship upon yourself."

"What... there is actually such a magic?" Li Fei'e opened his mouth wide and quickly looked at Ye Jie with a questioning look, "Is what he said true?"

“Maybe…” After learning about the power of the Sun-Tracing Wheel, Ye Jie’s eyes turned cold. He didn’t expect that the duty officer would master such a method. It might not be easy to escape. He originally planned to give him a chance to live, but now it seems that there is no way. “In this case, as long as I kill you, I can break the Sun-Tracing Wheel.”

"It's useless, even if you..."

Before the officer on duty could finish his words, the thunder struck again. This time, Li Fei'e did not hold back and his cultivation, which was at the peak of the sixth level, came crashing down. The officer on duty could not even put up the slightest resistance and was reduced to ashes under the thunder. Even the big banyan tree on the ground was ignited, causing a raging fire.

"I've finally gotten rid of it... Anyway, what kind of magic is this? Why is it so strange and unpredictable?"

Li Fei'e said with lingering fear that even though she had an absolute advantage in realm and strength and was able to kill the on-duty official head-on, she was still far behind in other means, especially those magical methods that were hard to defend against.

Recalling the last words of the duty officer, Ye Jie took a deep breath. For some reason, he felt that things were not over yet: "Let's leave here first, in case he has any tricks up his sleeve."

Li Fei'e nodded vigorously, and immediately controlled the thunder, taking Ye Jie and others away quickly, leaving all the scenery behind. Until the night fell, everyone's hearts were still hanging. Li Fei'e raised his head and looked at the sparse starry sky, wondering: "What time is it now?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath: "It's past midnight, but not yet midnight, so we must not be careless..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Li Fei'e's head tilted and his body fell towards him. He said with all his might, "Not good... I can't hold on any longer..."

The sleepiness was so strong that no matter how much Li Fei'e resisted, he was powerless to change the result. He eventually fell into a deep sleep, and Yunxiu beside him was also with him.

"Is it happening again? Damn it..."

Ye Jie was unwilling to accept the situation. It was heading towards the worst, but he was powerless to change it. Finally, he closed his eyes and his consciousness sank into darkness.

When Ye Jie opened his eyes again, he was back above the thundercloud again.

"It seems that I have failed again this time..." Li Fei'e sighed, and when he glanced at Yunxiu beside him, he suddenly paused, "Wait a minute, Yunxiu, when did you grow up so big?"

Following where Li Fei'e pointed, Ye Jie also looked over and couldn't help but gasp.

Beside the two men, Yunxiu, who was originally about ten years old and several heads shorter than the two men, had grown up a few years earlier and now looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old. Even his clothes no longer fit him.

After noticing Yunxiu's abnormality, Li Fei'e immediately glared at the duty officer in the distance and asked, "What on earth did you do to Yunxiu? Why did you treat her like this?"

"Did you find it?"

Seeing that everyone had noticed, the duty officer sneered, "Every time you come back in the Wheel of the Sun, one percent of your life span will be burned off. Even if you have a life span of tens of millions of years, it will be useless. If you don't want to die here, hand over the Gongcao's book!"

"It can actually burn away one's life span? What kind of skill is this?"

Li Fei'e was extremely shocked. He thought that the Wheel of the Sun was just a means for the on-duty officer to trap everyone, but he didn't expect that there was such a deadly move hidden in it. According to this, as long as it was repeated a hundred times, everyone would be dead.

"Damn it! I don't want to die here!"

Li Fei'e gritted her teeth secretly. She could not accept being allowed to die here of old age. Without waiting for Ye Jie to reply, she immediately made a hand gesture and used thunder to blast the on-duty officer into ashes.

Ye Jie also looked tense. The methods of the officer on duty were really beyond his expectations. He quickly stepped forward to the place where the officer on duty fell and picked up the sundial left on the ground.

Upon closer inspection, there was nothing special about the sundial. It looked like an ordinary object and could not provide any help to anyone.

After killing the duty officer, Li Fei'e's mood did not improve at all. Not long ago, she had tried this before, but the final result still disappointed her:
"What should we do now? We still can't break his magic. When today is over, everything will return to the starting point. No matter what we do, it will be in vain in the end. Are we trapped here and will die?"

Ye Jie took a deep breath, and the power of the Divine Dragon Transformation was activated. A huge phantom of a dragon pupil suddenly condensed behind him. The Eye of the Candle Dragon can break everything in the world, but unfortunately the Wheel of the Sun is invisible and intangible, so it is not among them.

"Unfortunately... even with the power of the Candle Dragon Eye, I still can't see through the Sun-Tracing Wheel. In addition to the Candle Dragon Eye, I remember that there are also secrets in the Bodhi Heart Method that are specifically designed to break the law, but I can't comprehend it at my current level. Unless I can upgrade the Bodhi Heart Method to the next level and comprehend the unique power of breaking the law, maybe I can break the Sun-Tracing Wheel, but now it's just empty talk."

After some thought, Ye Jie could only shake his head secretly. His ordinary abilities were simply not enough to deal with the mysterious Wheel of the Sun.

Li Fei'e pursed his lips tightly and said, "Are we trapped here to death? Really, the corpse dragons before didn't make us so desperate. Instead, it was the four-valued officials who were not as strong as the corpse dragons who forced us into trouble. How could this happen? If only I could have asked other officials before..."

Ye Jie's pupils shrank. Li Fei'e's words also reminded him invisibly. Ordinary means may not be able to crack this method, but if it is placed in the inner Gongcao, each of them must know this method, and perhaps there is a way.

Relying on the power of the four books of Gongcao, Ye Jie also completed the promotion to the immortal official. Now, he has been transferred to the fourth-stage Gongcao in the middle stage of the fourth turn, and obtained the unique immortal official power granted by the Heaven. Maybe there is a way.

Taking out the stitched page, Ye Jie carefully browsed the records on it, reading the words one by one, and couldn't help but laugh.

"I see……"

"What's wrong? You can still laugh at this time?"

Li Fei'e pouted, looking a little dissatisfied. She was clearly racking her brains for a way to escape, but to no avail. Yet Ye Jie acted as if nothing had happened. Didn't he know that if the Wheel of the Sun came a few more times, even if they had a long lifespan, they would not be able to withstand such consumption?

Hearing Li Fei'e's complaints, Ye Jie raised his lips slightly: "Don't worry, I have found a way to escape."

"You found a way? Really?"

Li Fei'e's eyes lit up and his face was full of surprise. He didn't expect that Ye Jie had found a solution in such a short while. It seemed that even the mysterious Wheel of the Sun could not stump him. As expected, in times of crisis, he still had to rely on him, just as he had done before when facing the corpse dragon.

"Tell me quickly, what are you going to do?" Li Fei'e urged impatiently. She didn't want to stay in this Wheel of the Sun any longer.

In response, Ye Jie simply said: "Don't be anxious. You have to wait until this Sun-Tracing Wheel ends before the next one begins."

Li Fei'e seemed to understand: "You mean, it's not possible now?"

Seeing Ye Jie nod, Li Fei'e sat on the ground, propped up his chin with his hand and said, "What should we do now? I don't want to continue controlling the thunder. In the end, everything will return to the starting point. No matter how far we fly, it will all be in vain in the end."

Ye Jie smiled helplessly. In the Wheel of the Sun, no matter what one did, no trace would be left in the end. No wonder the officer on duty determined from the beginning that no one could escape.

Ye Jie also sat down, stared at Li Fei'e and said, "There is still a long time, several hours left, for the Sun-Tracing Wheel to take effect. Take this opportunity to tell me about the past."

Li Fei'e's cheeks flushed. She glanced at Ye Jie inconspicuously, but the corners of her mouth could not help but slightly rise: "Do you really want to know about my past? Okay, I'll tell you..."

(End of this chapter)