The soul sword was about to pierce Ye Ling's head, but at this critical moment, a black flame manifested on Ye Ling's forehead, firmly blocking the soul sword formed by Gui Que.
Before Ye Ling could react, he felt another powerful force surge into his body, greatly enhancing his soul and reaction speed!
The next moment, the black flame attached itself to Ye Ling's entire body, forming a set of black armor.
"The Flame Armor can resist his corrosion, you don't need to be afraid. Finish the battle quickly," the World-Destroying Spirit Fire briefly reminded Ye Ling, and then its voice disappeared again.
"This Flame Armor can resist soul corrosion?"
Hearing the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's words, Ye Ling curiously glanced at the black flame covering his surface. Then, without hesitation, he reached out to grab the soul sword formed by Gui Que, completely unafraid of his arm and soul being corroded!
He believed the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's words!
Sizzle!
The moment Ye Ling's palm grabbed the soul sword formed by Gui Que, a large amount of black flame appeared on the surface of the Flame Armor, beginning to burn Gui Que's soul with a sizzling sound!
And Gui Que's soul's corrosive ability had no effect on Ye Ling's Flame Armor!
"Ahhhhhh!"
Gui Que's soul was burned by the black flame, and he let out another piercing scream. Unable to withstand the burning of the flames, his soul immediately dispersed its sword form and quickly fled from Ye Ling's palm.
"This really works!"
Seeing Gui Que escape and his Flame Armor unharmed, a hint of joy flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He immediately locked onto Gui Que with his aura and charged towards him, intending to engage in close combat.
What had previously annoyed Ye Ling was not knowing how to deal with Gui Que's soul's corrosive ability. Now that the Flame Armor had solved his biggest worry, everything else would be easy to handle.
Currently, Ye Ling's cultivation was at the Chaos Sovereign level, his soul and body were protected by the black flame, and Gui Que was merely a remnant soul whose only remaining means were also restrained by Ye Ling's Flame Armor...
The gap between them had widened unknowingly!
Gui Que naturally knew the shift in the situation. Seeing Ye Ling charge at him, he no longer dared to face him head-on and turned to flee into the distance.
"Gui Que, where are you running?"
Seeing Gui Que trying to escape, Ye Ling suddenly accelerated and pursued him!
In the Time Ruins, two figures appeared, one chasing and one fleeing.
Gui Que looked back at Ye Ling, who was relentlessly pursuing him, his face extremely grim. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! If it weren't for this black flame, how could I be so pathetic?"
He was now just a remnant soul. After being tricked by Ye Ling once, the soul power he could currently use was also taken from Ye Ling. Now that Ye Ling's entire body was covered by a peculiar Flame Armor, he had no other means to deal with Ye Ling!
Gui Que knew he was no match for Ye Ling. He quickly abandoned his Creator God dignity and began to disperse his soul.
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire said, "He wants to escape, stop him!"
"Got it!"
Ye Ling inscribed runes on his legs, then activated the Chaos Qi Source within him to merge with the runes, greatly enhancing their power.
"Ancient Spirit Scroll · Swift!"
Boom!
The runes exerted their acceleration effect, and Ye Ling's speed instantly increased a hundredfold!
In the blink of an eye, Ye Ling arrived behind Gui Que and reached out to grab him with one hand!
Gui Que, whose soul had not yet dispersed, saw Ye Ling catch up and infinite shock surged into his eyes!
"You won't succeed, brat!"
Gui Que roared, disregarding everything else, and immediately burned his soul power!
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire said quickly, "Gui Que wants to escape by self-detonating. Use my flames to set up a barrier around here and seal this space!"
As the World-Destroying Spirit Fire finished speaking, it granted Ye Ling even more power!
Ye Ling, having received the power, did not hesitate. He immediately abandoned his plan to attack Gui Que and instead set up a black flame barrier around them, while also inscribing runes on the black flame barrier to greatly strengthen its intensity!
Bang!!!
Gui Que's soul exploded, sending Ye Ling flying. A dazzling light erupted within the black flame barrier, but all the impact force generated by Gui Que's soul explosion was contained within the black flame barrier.
Ye Ling stopped himself in the void. He glanced at the Flame Armor, which had already developed cracks, and asked the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, "How do you know so much about Gui Que? Wasn't Gui Que a Creator God who perished in the previous era?"
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire: "..."
Receiving no response from the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, Ye Ling shrugged and said, "Alright, if you don't want to say, then don't. Let's deal with Gui Que first."
Ye Ling looked inside the black flame barrier, searching for Gui Que's remnant soul with his eyes.
Soon, Ye Ling discovered Gui Que's remnant soul, which now consisted only of an eyeball, repeatedly crashing against a corner of the black flame barrier.
"Found him!"
Seeing Gui Que's remnant soul's eyeball, Ye Ling was about to grab it when the World-Destroying Spirit Fire said again, "Don't go, that's a trap Gui Que set for you!"
"A trap?"
Hearing the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's words, a hint of suspicion flashed in Ye Ling's eyes.
Although he couldn't sense any trap inside the black flame barrier, he still listened to the World-Destroying Spirit Fire and stopped outside the black flame barrier.
After all, his opponent was a Creator God, and any strange methods were possible. Since Gui Que was now sealed within the black flame barrier, he couldn't escape anyway.
Since that was the case, Ye Ling decided to be cautious.
Thus, Ye Ling watched from outside the black flame barrier as Gui Que's remnant soul repeatedly crashed against the barrier. Whenever the barrier was about to break, he would casually reinforce it, keeping the barrier intact.
After an unknown amount of time, Gui Que seemed to tire of pretending and stopped crashing against the barrier. His eyeball turned to stare at Ye Ling.
The soul power scattered around the black flame barrier re-gathered towards Gui Que. Gui Que, with only an eyeball remaining, quickly regained his human form.
Gui Que looked at Ye Ling coldly and said, "Good kid, since that didn't fool you either, I completely admit defeat. Let's discuss some terms."
"Terms?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow.
Gui Que said, "You let me leave, and I will impart all my inheritance to you. Afterward, I will give you a Dao Heart to help you break through to Creator God."
"Besides that, you're always worried about me attacking the Inner Universe, right? I swear, as long as you let me out, I will never covet the Inner Universe for eternity. I can even promise to protect this Inner Universe with you!"
Hearing Gui Que's words, Ye Ling couldn't help but laugh and say, "Such generous terms?"
Gui Que continued, "If you feel it's not enough, just name your terms. As long as I can fulfill them, I will agree to anything until you are satisfied."
"Furthermore... anything I promise you can be done after I fulfill the contract, and then you can release me! Before that, my life can be controlled by you."
"Then I'll consider it," Ye Ling replied to Gui Que, then asked the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, "World-Destroying Spirit Fire, what do you think about this matter?"
According to Gui Que's proposal, Ye Ling could completely trick Gui Que into giving him all his inheritance, extract all of Gui Que's value, and then break the contract, completely obliterating Gui Que!
With such a plan, Ye Ling would have nothing to lose and everything to gain!
However, Ye Ling still harbored doubts. After all, Gui Que was a former Creator God, the most cunning of the cunning. Gui Que must have understood what Ye Ling was thinking.
Ye Ling did not believe Gui Que would be so foolish as to propose a contract with no guarantee for himself!
However, this time, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire still did not respond to Ye Ling. Not only that... Ye Ling could feel the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's aura constantly disappearing!
"World-Destroying Spirit Fire? What's wrong?"
Ye Ling felt he was losing contact with the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, his expression slightly changed, and he quickly called out a few times, but the World-Destroying Spirit Fire still did not respond!
Gui Que, trapped in the black flame barrier, was unaware of the changes within Ye Ling. However, he was happy that Ye Ling was considering it.
The longer Ye Ling considered, the better!
The main reason he was willing to offer Ye Ling so many concessions was to stall for time, allowing him to open a passage between the Time Ruins and the outside world, and then escape!
During this period, he could wholeheartedly serve Ye Ling. As long as he could survive, he wouldn't mind teaching Ye Ling all his skills!
Once he recovered his strength, killing Ye Ling would be as easy as flicking a finger!
However, just as Gui Que's plans were unfolding perfectly, Ye Ling's eyes suddenly turned red, and a large amount of black flame went berserk!
"Ahhhhhh!"
Ye Ling roared, and the violent black flame swept in all directions, devouring everything in the Time Ruins!
Gui Que's expression changed drastically!