Kui Ling looked at Ye Ling, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Ye Ling... The last time I heard about you, you were imprisoned by Jiuyuan... It hasn't been long, and you've grown to this extent. It seems I underestimated your threat."
Tian Ji felt Ye Ling's aura, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve upwards. "It seems this battle will have a rather worthy opponent for me."
Ye Ling knew he couldn't lose face even if he lost. Although he felt a little apprehensive facing "Brain," he still projected an air of everything being under control. He chuckled, "I originally planned to watch from the sidelines, but it seems I have no choice but to intervene now."
The Source Text manifested in Ye Ling, gradually condensing into a divine weapon of pure black.
"Good lad..."
Kui Ling felt Ye Ling's aura and nodded slightly. "Not bad... To still draw your sword after facing me, your resilience is among the best in the Primordial Chaos. If you hadn't completely lost control, I would have wanted to take you into the Seven Pillars and make you my subordinate."
"Ye Ling, 'Brain' is merely possessing Kui Ling. His power is at most one-tenth of his full strength, and Kui Ling cannot withstand 'Brain's' power for too long. As long as we hold on for a while, he won't be able to do much to us," Tian Ji suddenly said, clearly very knowledgeable about "Brain."
"Even with only ten percent of his strength, he's like this? What kind of monster is the complete 'Brain'?"
Hearing Tian Ji's reminder, Ye Ling clicked his tongue. However, the situation had come to this, and he knew he couldn't escape. He immediately activated his spiritual power, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.
Kui Ling paid no mind to Tian Ji revealing his secret. Instead, upon seeing Ye Ling's fighting spirit ignite, he nodded slightly. "Good... One Ye Ling, one Tian Ji... Let me see if you can survive my grasp."
"This is my second time making a move in the Primordial Chaos. I hope you won't disappoint me."
"Brain, from this moment on, my fate is my own to decide, my path is my own to walk. You cannot kill me!"
Tian Ji roared, his entire body disintegrating into a mass of code, transforming into a scarlet beam of light that charged towards Kui Ling.
"Ye Ling, 'Brain' only has power, his body is still Kui Ling's. He cannot withstand our attacks. I'll attack from the right flank, you attack from the left!"
"Alright!"
Hearing Tian Ji's words, Ye Ling didn't dare to be careless. He gripped the Sword of Source Text and attacked Kui Ling from the left.
Kui Ling watched Ye Ling and Tian Ji attack from left and right, simply standing in the void with his arms spread.
A transparent spherical barrier rose around him.
Ye Ling's Sword of Source Text and Tian Ji's long sword, condensed from code, struck the spherical barrier simultaneously, only causing ripples to appear on its surface.
The Sword of Source Text and the Sword of Code instantly dissipated!
The next moment, a large number of white threads shot out from the barrier, entangling Ye Ling and Tian Ji.
Seeing the threads approaching, Ye Ling knew the danger and immediately scattered into a mass of Source Text, evading the attack.
On the other side, Tian Ji also dispersed into a mass of code, successfully avoiding the threads.
"Oh? Quite interesting..."
Kui Ling watched as one side of his space was filled with Source Text and the other with scarlet code. The corners of his mouth curved upwards, and more black mist surged from his palm, spreading outwards.
Whether it was Source Text or code, upon contact with the black mist, it instantly turned to dust.
Ye Ling, while dodging the pursuit of the threads, used his Source Text to suppress the spread of the black mist. He couldn't help but ask Tian Ji, "Tian Ji, we can't break through 'Brain's' barrier. How can we win this fight?"
"'Brain's' body deteriorates further each time he uses the 'Illusionary Barrier.' We don't need to break his defense; we just need to find opportunities for active offense. A few more times, and 'Brain' will naturally retreat!" Tian Ji said quickly, also dodging the threads in a disheveled manner.
"Easier said than done. We can barely protect ourselves, how can we actively attack?"
Ye Ling truly hadn't expected that "Brain," using only ten percent of his strength, would be so troublesome. Even with Tian Ji's combined efforts, they couldn't get close to "Brain!"
Kui Ling chuckled, "You two are already quite outstanding. You know... the strongest Primordial King back then could only withstand three-tenths of my power. You have reason to be proud."
As Kui Ling's voice fell, countless shadowy serpents flew out from the black mist spreading outwards. They shot through Ye Ling's Source Text and Tian Ji's code like lightning, lunging to bite at them!
"Can't be distracted!"
Seeing the swarm of shadowy serpents attacking, Ye Ling dared not pay attention to Tian Ji anymore. He summoned a white flame dragon using the White Emperor Flame to confront the serpents.
The White Emperor Flame burned everything, and even the shadowy serpents emerging from the black mist were ignited.
However, the shadowy serpents were incredibly resilient. With Ye Ling's current White Emperor Flame power, even peak powerhouses would be incinerated in an instant, yet these serpents could directly devour the White Emperor Flame.
Although Ye Ling's flame dragon bought him time, it was quickly riddled with holes and on the verge of being torn apart by the serpents!
Helpless, Ye Ling had to release more White Emperor Flame, condensing it into a white sea of fire in front of him to burn the shadowy serpents.
"Passive resistance will never allow us to last until 'Brain' leaves. We still need to attack actively."
Ye Ling watched as one shadowy serpent after another drilled into the sea of fire, rapidly approaching him while enduring the burning of the White Emperor Flame. He immediately realized that passive defense was a dead end, and his mind began to race.
"Although 'Brain's' black mist pervades his surroundings and can corrode my Source Text, conversely... my Source Text can also neutralize his black mist. I have a chance to break through his defense and attack him!"
Ye Ling pondered, retreating outside the virtual world. As he retreated, he released a white sea of fire into the universe to slow down the shadowy serpents.
On the other side of the universe, it had also turned into scarlet code, clearly indicating that Tian Ji was using a similar method to hold back the serpents.
Ye Ling currently had no energy to focus on Tian Ji's situation. He fixed his gaze on Kui Ling in the center of the black mist and suddenly thought of something.
"'Brain' has only sealed this universe. Within the universe, I can still move freely. I can use rune teleportation to get close to him!"
"As long as I can withstand the corrosion of the black mist, I can attack him!"
Having found a method of attack, Ye Ling immediately placed a rune mark several hundred light-years behind him, and then another rune mark within the black mist near Kui Ling.
After Ye Ling reformed the Ink Domain and "The World," anything within his sight could be altered!
"This will work!"
Taking advantage of Kui Ling not yet discovering the rune marks, Ye Ling's eyes flashed with brilliance. He immediately activated the runes, teleporting himself into the black mist, directly in front of Kui Ling.
"You?"
Kui Ling saw Ye Ling suddenly appear within the black mist, a look of surprise on his face. He clearly hadn't expected Ye Ling to get so close.
"Enough nonsense, take this punch!"
Ye Ling roared, his fist enveloped in a mass of Source Text, and he slammed it towards Kui Ling!