Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, intense collisions echoed from behind the bronze door, causing huge fist imprints to bulge outwards on its surface.
The once incredibly sturdy bronze door, after enduring a barrage of relentless blows, was now riddled with cracks and heavily scarred.
It was only a matter of time before the bronze door was forcibly broken.
Ye Ling cast a quick glance at the bronze door, then shouted at the surviving ghost face on the right, "What are you waiting for? Open the door quickly!"
This bronze door was a barrier separating the universe from the outer realms, extremely important.
And now, powerful beings from the outer realms were about to shatter this bronze door and surge into the universe.
Since that was the case, rather than letting the outer realm powerhouses break through the bronze door and invade, it was better to have them open it themselves and let the intruders in.
This way, at least after the issue of outer realm invasion was resolved, there wouldn't be a need to forge a new bronze door.
The ghost face on the right, grief-stricken by the death of its left counterpart, immediately reacted to Ye Ling's roar and quickly opened the bronze door!
If the outer realm powerhouses continued to batter it, he would eventually be beaten to death, just like his brother!
Boom!
As the bronze door opened, a ten-meter-tall monster with a dragon's head, a human body, and a giant axe charged in, roaring, "Finally, I'm in!"
"All the ants inside here will be torn to shreds!"
Behind the dragon-headed man, at the end of the prison, the wall had cracked open.
And behind the wall, there was a layer of white radiance, appearing to be the so-called cosmic barrier.
However, a minuscule opening had appeared on the cosmic barrier, and a large amount of black energy was seeping through, coalescing into a second dragon-headed figure!
"As expected, beings from outside have breached the cosmic barrier and intend to invade the universe from here..."
Seeing the loophole in the cosmic barrier, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed. While the dragon-headed man was still reveling in his excitement and hadn't noticed him, Ye Ling immediately concealed his presence, bypassed the dragon-headed man, and rushed towards the cosmic barrier. He transmitted a message to Xue Sha, "Xue Sha, help me restrain that dragon-headed man. I'm going to repair the cosmic barrier!"
"Boss, don't worry! Let me deal with this big guy!"
Xue Sha also realized the gravity of the situation and quickly calmed down. A blood-colored demonic blade materialized in his hand, and he directly swung it at the dragon-headed man wielding the giant axe, "Big guy, I'm here to fight you!"
The dragon-headed man, having just emerged from the bronze door, was taken aback to see Xue Sha attacking him. He immediately swung his giant axe at Xue Sha.
Clang!!!
Xue Sha's demonic blade was cleaved in two by the giant axe, and he himself was struck by an immense force, crashing into the wall!
Boom!!!
Xue Sha was flung out of the dark palace and landed in the Ji Mie Xu!
"What ant dares to provoke me? Watch me crush you into powder!" The dragon-headed man roared. After sending Xue Sha flying, he transformed into a streak of blood-red light and pursued Xue Sha!
"Xue Sha, you must hold on! Wait for me to return!"
After the dragon-headed man went after Xue Sha, Ye Ling materialized within the prison. He glanced back at the massive hole behind him, his eyes filled with deep concern.
The dragon-headed man's cultivation was at the peak of Dao Venerable. With Xue Sha's strength, he was no match for the dragon-headed man. If he delayed here any longer, Xue Sha would likely be reduced to scrap metal by the dragon-headed man!
However, the matter of the cosmic barrier could not be ignored.
Currently, the cosmic barrier only had a small opening, and someone with Dao Venerable cultivation could already break through. If the opening widened, the entire universe could fall!
Ye Ling forcefully focused his attention on the opening from which black energy was continuously seeping, conjuring numerous runes around it.
In truth, Ye Ling himself had never seen what the cosmic barrier looked like, nor did he know how to repair it...
His only recourse now was to inject the strengthened time law into the cosmic barrier, reversing time to restore the cosmic barrier to its original state!
However, Ye Ling had no idea how much spiritual energy this would consume.
The ghost face on the bronze door saw Ye Ling summoning the time law and realized what Ye Ling intended to do. It quickly tried to dissuade him, "Hey! Are you crazy, kid? That cosmic barrier is a powerful barrier that can block countless outer realm powerhouses. If you reverse the time of the cosmic barrier, even for a second, it might drain you completely!"
"Stop it!"
Hearing the ghost face's words, Ye Ling felt no inclination to back down. He glanced at the dragon-headed man who was still taking shape nearby and said sternly, "This is the only way now. Even if it means death, it's better than doing nothing."
"You foolish boy!!!" The ghost face's pupils contracted sharply, completely taken aback by Ye Ling's actions.
Ye Ling stood before the cosmic barrier, took a deep breath, then took out the remaining half of the Spirit Devouring Qi and tossed it to the ghost face on the bronze door, saying, "There was an accident earlier, and that half of the Spirit Devouring Qi escaped. I'm giving you the remaining half, use it to escape."
"Kid, you..." The ghost face looked at the Spirit Devouring Qi floating before him, unsure how to describe his feelings.
Even at this point, he still remembered his promise...
Ye Ling had given him too many shocks.
The ghost face stared blankly at Ye Ling's retreating back and said, "I owe you a favor."
Ye Ling smiled without looking back, "I think you still have some strength left. The dragon-headed man next to me is almost fully formed. When I reverse time, I might not have the spare energy to deal with that guy. If you want to repay my favor, help me take care of the dragon-headed man next to me..."
After hearing Ye Ling's words, the ghost face looked again at the dragon-headed man slowly taking shape beside Ye Ling and chuckled, "You kid, you're not old, but you really know how to order people around."
"Fine... these guys killed my brother, and I should make them pay with blood..."
With that, the ghost face swallowed the Spirit Devouring Qi!
Soon, an extremely powerful pressure erupted from the vast bronze door!
A long-haired man with a red horn on his forehead and muscular, angular features emerged from the bronze door, hovering in mid-air.
At this moment, the dragon-headed man next to Ye Ling had also completely formed, and he saw Ye Ling right in front of him!
Realizing what Ye Ling was about to do, he immediately swung his giant axe and fiercely hacked at Ye Ling, "What ant dares to ruin our business?"
The giant axe cleaved through space, striking fiercely at Ye Ling, but Ye Ling did not dodge, continuing to inject the power of the time law into the cosmic barrier, seemingly abandoning all resistance.
Just as the giant axe was about to strike Ye Ling, the long-haired man instantly appeared beside Ye Ling and caught the giant axe with one hand!
Clang!!!
The axe blade collided with his palm, producing the sound of metal striking metal.
The dragon-headed man was greatly surprised to see his attack blocked and shouted, "Who dares to stop me?"
The long-haired man exerted force with his five fingers, directly bending the dragon-headed man's axe blade, and smiled, "I am Chi Gui, the Right Divine General of Ji Mie Xu, a half-step Dao God."
"You mere outer realm barbarian, why don't you surrender quickly?"
"Outer realm barbarian? How dare you!"
Upon hearing Chi Gui's words, the dragon-headed man became enraged, his eyes bloodshot, "I'll kill you!!!"
Crack crack!
The dragon-headed man's arm muscles instantly bulged, numerous blood vessels protruding, and his strength increased severalfold!
Chi Gui's body was actually pushed a few inches into the ground by the dragon-headed man!
"Did this guy eat a strength pill? Or have I become this weak?" Chi Gui frowned as his strength was suppressed by the dragon-headed man, clearly finding it difficult to withstand the latter's power. He then used a clever move to snatch the giant axe from the dragon-headed man and charged out of the Ji Mie Xu!
"Barbarian, if you have the guts, come out and fight!"
The dragon-headed man clearly had limited intelligence. After Chi Gui snatched his axe and fled, he didn't even consider if this was a diversionary tactic. He ignored Ye Ling and pursued Chi Gui, roaring, "Ant, stop for me! Return the Sky-Opening Axe!"
Soon, within the prison, only Ye Ling and the urgently needed repair for the breach remained.