Three days later.
Ragged and covered in wounds, Ye Ling wearily dodged the attacks of the rampaging power, his breath already weakening.
For the past three days, Ye Ling had been trying to leave this ancient ruin, but the rampaging energy at the edge of the ruin was even stronger than at the center, and it was completely sealed. Ye Ling's physical body simply couldn't break through!
The World-Ending Spirit Fire was also continuously channeling its power to Ye Ling, saying, "Kid, you should conserve your strength. At your current consumption rate, we won't last long."
Ye Ling weakly replied, "I'm already conserving as much as I can. My strength is only used to repair fatal injuries. I can't even bother with minor wounds. If I wasn't so tough, I would have died a day ago."
The World-Ending Spirit Fire sighed, "It's all my fault... If I had told you about the Ruin's Fury before we entered the Chaos Battlefield, and you had run as soon as you arrived, we wouldn't have ended up like this."
Ye Ling said, "It's useless to talk about this now. Let's focus on overcoming this difficulty. I don't want to perish here before I even find the Origin Upper Realm."
The World-Ending Spirit Fire asked, "I don't see any sign of the Ruin's Fury stopping. Can we really hold out until we get out?"
"Don't lose hope!"
Ye Ling encouraged the World-Ending Spirit Fire, deflecting an incoming sword energy with his rune longsword and dodging a fatal attack.
Over the past three days, Ye Ling had gradually grasped the patterns of the Ruin's Fury. The frequency of injuries had significantly decreased compared to the first day.
However, there were occasional unavoidable attacks, and Ye Ling could only choose the method of evasion that resulted in the least damage.
Seeing Ye Ling persist, the World-Ending Spirit Fire also gradually perked up and said to Ye Ling, "Kid, you're right. There's always a way out. The Ruin's Fury has been going on for three days. I don't believe we're so unlucky as to encounter a major Ruin's Fury that lasts for years or even centuries!"
Ye Ling chuckled, "If that's the case, then we deserve to die. Bad luck can't be blamed on others."
While chatting with the World-Ending Spirit Fire, Ye Ling dodged several more attacks of dark energy and moved a bit closer to the edge of the ruin.
Seeing Ye Ling approach the edge of the ruin again, the World-Ending Spirit Fire couldn't help but say, "Kid, haven't you tried many times in the past three days? There's no exit at the edge of this ruin at all. We might as well go back to the center of the ruin. The intensity of the attacks there is actually less fierce than here."
Ye Ling said quickly, "I still want to look for any possible gaps. What if this Ruin's Fury really lasts for years? Wouldn't we have to wait to die in the center? If we have bad luck, and we don't strive for ourselves, then we'll truly be finished."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the World-Ending Spirit Fire didn't insist further and said, "Alright, then I'll help you look!"
Thus, Ye Ling and the World-Ending Spirit Fire flew along the edge of the ruin, dodging the attacks of the Ruin's Fury while searching for the weakest points of power.
Ye Ling then said to the World-Ending Spirit Fire, "By the way, World-Ending Spirit Fire, don't just look for places without rampaging energy. Also, look for any gaps where the energy is relatively weak. I think this Ruin's Fury is completely sealed, and we might have to forcefully break through with the power of a supreme being."
"As long as we don't die, it's a victory!"
The World-Ending Spirit Fire replied, "Okay!"
A few hours later...
Ye Ling and the World-Ending Spirit Fire had circled more than half of the ruin's edge. The Ruin's Fury showed no signs of abating, and Ye Ling and the others had not found any gaps that would allow them to forcefully break through.
The injuries Ye Ling sustained had reached a point where even fatal wounds were almost too late to mend.
Seeing Ye Ling's breath growing weaker, the World-Ending Spirit Fire couldn't help but say, "Kid, let's go back to the central area to recuperate first. The intensity of the attacks there is much weaker than here. At least let you heal your fatal injuries before coming back!"
Ye Ling replied, "Don't worry about me, I can still hold on for a while. I have a vague premonition that we're about to find the exit!"
The World-Ending Spirit Fire said, "But your body is almost at its limit!"
Ye Ling smiled and replied, "Don't worry, if I really can't hold on, I'll go back. I don't want to die in a place like this!"
"You... alas!"
Seeing that Ye Ling was truly unpersuadable, the World-Ending Spirit Fire let out a heavy sigh and continued to help Ye Ling search for a gap in the Ruin's Fury.
With the World-Ending Spirit Fire's power, it would die as soon as it touched the Ruin's Fury. Therefore, all it could do now was to help Ye Ling search for gaps in the ruin and alleviate Ye Ling's mental pressure.
After all, Ye Ling had to focus most of his attention on avoiding the attacks of the Ruin's Fury, so the important task of finding a gap in the ruin could only be entrusted to him.
And so...
Ye Ling and the World-Ending Spirit Fire struggled and searched along the edge of the ruin for another hour.
Ye Ling's wounds became more numerous, and he turned into a bloody figure. Even his heart had a bloody hole, and the Great Dao Heart had begun to stop supplying power to Ye Ling!
The World-Ending Spirit Fire anxiously exclaimed, "No, kid! You're about to die! We need to go back to the center of the ruin immediately. At least you need to heal the fatal wound in your heart!"
Ye Ling took a breath and said, "We're almost done circling the edge of this ruin. I can still hold on for another half an hour. You speed up your search; I don't have the energy to look for gaps anymore."
"Are you crazy, kid? Aren't you going back yet?" The World-Ending Spirit Fire, seeing that Ye Ling still had no intention of returning to the center of the ruin, began to curse loudly.
Ye Ling chuckled, "World-Ending Spirit Fire, you should know my personality. I won't give up until the last moment. If we don't find an exit in the next half an hour, I'll go back to the center of the ruin and wait for the Ruin's Fury to dissipate. Don't slack off in this half hour; be serious."
The World-Ending Spirit Fire retorted, "You're still trying to mock me at a time like this?"
Ye Ling replied, "Haha... just reminding you."
"Shut up! Focus on dodging the Ruin's Fury," the World-Ending Spirit Fire said angrily. It didn't want to distract Ye Ling any further and began to search the edge of the ruin with all its attention, looking for a gap.
As time ticked by, Ye Ling was nearing his limit.
Ye Ling did not receive any good news from the World-Ending Spirit Fire and said, "World-Ending Spirit Fire... it seems I can't hold on much longer. Let's go back to the center of the ruin, otherwise, we won't be able to get back."
"Wait!"
This time, it was the World-Ending Spirit Fire that interrupted Ye Ling.
Ye Ling's spirit lifted, and he asked the World-Ending Spirit Fire, "Did you find something?"
The World-Ending Spirit Fire observed a certain spot carefully for a while, then excitedly exclaimed, "Kid, look quickly, at your one o'clock direction. There really is a gap at the edge!"
Ye Ling looked in the direction the World-Ending Spirit Fire indicated and saw that it was covered by an extremely powerful dark fog.
However, every ten seconds, the dark fog would become thin for a fraction of a second!
And the strength of the dark fog after it thinned was exactly what Ye Ling could withstand!
Seeing the gap at the edge, Ye Ling's dimming eyes lit up, and he exclaimed excitedly, "Haha! Truly, there is always a way out!"
"World-Ending Spirit Fire, we are saved!"