784: No hope

Suddenly.

It seemed a voice flashed through Lin Yang's mind.

"Spirit Communication to Suppress the Enemy!"

Lin Yang was startled.

Spirit Communication to Suppress the Enemy?

What did that mean?

But immediately after, he seemed to understand something.

The voice meant for him to use the Spirit Communication Array to deal with this fellow.

"Set up the Spirit Communication Array?"

Lin Yang hesitated slightly.

Right now, even the power of the Ancient Ruins couldn't block the figure before him.

If he drew in that mysterious Yin Soul again... but in just an instant, Lin Yang took action.

Now didn't seem to be the time to consider such things.

If he couldn't deal with this even more terrifying figure.

He would die right now.

As for the Yin Soul or whatever, perhaps the Ancient Ruins had its own way of dealing with it.

Otherwise, it shouldn't have given such a hint.

While the terrifying figure was still dealing with the power of the Ancient Ruins.

Lin Yang quickly set up a Spirit Communication Array.

During this time, the terrifying figure also noticed his actions, but merely spared a glance and didn't care at all.

This was the primary reason Lin Yang was able to complete the setup of the Spirit Communication Array.

With a buzz.

A cold, eerie power surged out.

Lin Yang once again saw that similarly blurry Yin Soul appearing at the end of the endless darkness.

Whoosh... A gust of Yin wind swept in.

The figure of the Yin Soul crossed the endless darkness and appeared before Lin Yang.

That hair-raising, cold aura rushed towards him.

In an instant, Lin Yang's surroundings seemed to have turned into a ghost domain.

As always, the Yin Soul attempted to manipulate Lin Yang's body and invade his consciousness as soon as it appeared.

However, at this very moment, something unexpected happened to Lin Yang.

The figure that was fighting within the Ancient Ruins suddenly turned its head and looked over.

To be precise, it was looking at the Yin Soul.

"This is getting more and more interesting. To think the Spirit Communication Array could draw in such an existence."

Saying so, the blurry figure shouted at the Yin Soul, "The dead should stay in the world of the dead. Before this venerable one uncovers this kid's origins, he belongs to me! No one shall lay a finger on him!"

This sharp shout seemed to contain a certain power that struck the Yin Soul directly.

Lin Yang could clearly feel the power of the Yin Soul invading his body quickly receding.

"That works too?"

Lin Yang was actually somewhat amused.

The Yin Soul wanted to control him, but this blurry-figured fellow wanted to check his origins.

Before figuring it out, this figure actually wouldn't allow the Yin Soul to harm him first.

The two of them had unexpectedly clashed like this.

"Is this the so-called 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'?"

Lin Yang chuckled to himself.

And that Yin Soul was clearly not one to be trifled with, or rather, its temper wasn't very good either.

Seeing it couldn't continue to act against Lin Yang, it also turned to look at the figure.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Yin winds rose from all sides, heading straight for the figure.

"Overestimating yourself. A mere Yin creature dares to be so insolent?"

The figure didn't even specifically free up a hand to deal with the Yin Soul; just by its voice alone, rolling thunder crashed down, striking the Yin Soul directly.

The whistling Yin wind's momentum suddenly diminished greatly.

A spark of fire flashed within the Yin Soul's eyes.

Then, Lin Yang heard the first words ever spoken by the Yin Soul since he encountered it:

"Were it not for the difference in time and space, I would slay you like a dog!"

Crack!

Following the Yin Soul's words, thunder suddenly boomed across the sky.

Then, the entire sky instantly darkened.

The whistling Yin wind rose again, sweeping across the entire world.

The Yin Soul's figure became even blurrier, as if it no longer existed within this world or even within time.

Lin Yang could even see with his naked eye the space around the Yin Soul beginning to warp, as an invisible power headed straight for the figure.

Seeing this, although Lin Yang couldn't see the owner of the figure's face, he felt that the figure's expression seemed to change at this moment.

He looked up at the instantly darkened sky, then back at the Yin Soul, his voice turning low:

"Interesting. You are also an existence that shouldn't exist in this era."

"But since you've come, then don't leave!"

His voice fell.

Heaven and earth changed again.

A massive Dharma Idol, also with an unclear face, suddenly appeared behind the owner of the figure.

The Dharma Idol was so large it seemed to burst through heaven and earth.

A corner of the originally dark sky was torn open by the Dharma Idol, allowing light to shine in.

Boom!

The Dharma Idol raised its hand and made a grasping motion toward the Yin Soul from a distance!

The Yin Soul became increasingly blurry, slightly raising a somewhat illusory arm and pointing toward the Dharma Idol.

Scoff.

The Dharma Idol's giant hand was instantly pierced through.

The Yin Soul still stood in its original place, without any damage.

The expression of the blurry figure's owner clearly changed again as he shouted once more, "Who exactly are you?"

The Yin Soul did not answer his question; only a faint voice echoed:

"I shall wait for you on the Road to Rebirth! Today, we each take what we need. If you dare obstruct me again, I will surely slay your Dao Body and Divine Soul against the heavens! I will strip you of your True Life!"

The blurry figure seemed to fall silent for a moment, but then he laughed:

"Ha, hahaha! Interesting, truly interesting. A dead person who has subverted time dares to threaten this venerable one?"

"this venerable one doesn't care who you are. Since you've come to my era, then be buried here!"

Buzz.

The Dharma Idol vibrated.

The power of endless Great Dao Laws manifested.

Dao Sounds rose majestically.

Strands of golden radiance descended from the horizon.

In an instant, all darkness was pierced through.

Heaven and earth became a brilliant golden expanse.

The Dharma Idol raised its hand again and pressed down toward the Yin Soul from a distance.

Dao Power flowed down, heading straight for the Yin Soul, intending to annihilate its soul body.

The Yin Soul remained indifferent.

It made no movement, letting all the power fall upon it.

After a distortion of heaven and earth, all the power vanished as if it had never appeared.

The blurry figure seemed shocked by the Yin Soul's strength and for a moment made no move.

The Yin Soul didn't move either.

But Lin Yang could vaguely feel that the two sides seemed to be engaged in another, even more terrifying confrontation.

Who knows how much time passed.

Their confrontation seemed to reach some sort of result.

The blurry figure spoke again, "You are strong, one of the strongest this venerable one has ever seen. But I repeat, this is my era. A dead person has no right to compete with me for prey!"

The Yin Soul's figure swayed slightly, its voice faint, "If time did not forbid it, you would already be a corpse!"

"Something that can't even break the rules of the Yin and Yang realms dares to speak so arrogantly? If not for this kid's summons, you would have difficulty even appearing here!" the blurry figure sneered.

The Yin Soul fell silent, then after a moment, said, "The time... has not yet come."

"What time has not come? Heh, this venerable one wants to see what kind of thing you actually are!" The blurry figure smiled disdainfully.

Then, he attacked once more.

Ripples rose in the sky.

The Yin Soul, however, seemed to no longer want to entangle with him and instead turned to slowly walk toward Lin Yang.

The blurry figure immediately shouted, "Before I uncover his background, you shall not touch him!"

The Yin Soul's actions were blocked again.

Strange as it may seem.

Lin Yang felt that neither of them could do anything to the other.

Lin Yang even felt that the Yin Soul was actually slightly more powerful than this blurry figure.

But for some reason, the Yin Soul had no way to control his body in front of the blurry figure.

It seemed that as long as there was a hint of power interference, the Yin Soul's actions would be affected.

This was a bit contradictory.

Because previously in the secret room, the power of the Ancient Ruins could suppress the Yin Soul.

This meant the Yin Soul's power was weaker than the Ancient Ruins.

But now this blurry figure could suppress the Ancient Ruins, forcing the Ancient Ruins to give Lin Yang a hint to summon the Yin Soul.

This meant the blurry figure's power was stronger than the Ancient Ruins.

However, the Yin Soul actually seemed stronger than the owner of this blurry figure.

This made Lin Yang somewhat confused and a bit muddled.

Because according to normal logic.

If the Yin Soul was weaker than the Ancient Ruins, it should naturally be weaker than the owner of the blurry figure.

But the facts seemed to be the opposite.

Although the Yin Soul didn't completely suppress the blurry figure and its attempts to control Lin Yang were interrupted by the blurry figure's interference.

But the blurry figure couldn't suppress the Yin Soul either.

This was truly too strange.

Lin Yang frowned in incomprehension.

But he soon thought of a problem he had overlooked just now.

That was, the blurry figure was still contending against the power of the Ancient Ruins.

Fighting the Ancient Ruins on one side and the Yin Soul on the other.

"In that case, is the blurry figure actually stronger?"

Lin Yang muttered, but his intuition still told him the Yin Soul was stronger.

This feeling was very contradictory.

The Yin Soul was also looking at the blurry figure, seemingly thinking about something.

After a moment, the Yin Soul said faintly:

"You will regret today's decision. I shall wait for you on the Road to Rebirth; at that time, we shall have another battle."

Hearing this, Lin Yang's brow furrowed tightly.

He didn't understand what the Yin Soul meant by the Road to Rebirth and such, but it sounded like the Yin Soul was about to withdraw?

He clearly felt that the Yin Soul was not weaker than the blurry figure.

The reason it couldn't take down the blurry figure now seemed to be due to some inexplicable rule restrictions.

But it was actually taking the initiative to withdraw?

This was not a good thing for him.

If the Yin Soul withdrew, there would be no way to continue restricting the owner of the blurry figure.

Lin Yang began to frantically think of ways to make the Yin Soul stay.

For the first time, he hoped this eerie Yin Soul wouldn't leave!

However, the Yin Soul's power had already begun to dissipate bit by bit.

"Holy crap, this damn Yin Soul, hasn't it always wanted to control me? Now it's actually backing out?"

Lin Yang instantly cursed in his heart.

Ever since he first set up the Spirit Communication Array in reality, he had drawn the covetous gaze of this mysterious Yin Soul.

Now, seeing it couldn't successfully control him under the obstruction of the blurry figure's owner, it actually wanted to withdraw.

This was really... what did it take him for?

Coming and going as it pleased?

Lin Yang took a deep breath and suddenly spoke to the Yin Soul:

"Haven't you always wanted to take my body? Why are you shrinking back now that you've encountered a little resistance? For all your arrogant talk about slaying this and killing that, you're actually just a coward!"

"..."

The words were spoken.

Be it the Yin Soul or the blurry figure.

Lin Yang felt that both of them were stunned for a moment, as if neither had expected him to dare say such a thing.

But he truly had no other choice.

At this time, he couldn't let this damn Yin Soul just leave.

He could only use this kind of provocation.

The owner of the blurry figure was the first to snap back to his senses and laughed directly, "Hehe, interesting. Kid, you've got some nerve, daring to try and drive the wolf to swallow the tiger?"

Lin Yang ignored him.

Wasn't it obvious?

The Yin Soul's dissipating power also reconsolidated.

Lin Yang felt a cold, ghostly gaze land on him.

The Yin Soul said faintly:

"A clumsy scheme. However, I must say, your words have successfully piqued my interest. In that case, I will grant your wish and make you the vessel for my descent!"

With that, the Yin Soul seemed to have truly made up its mind to completely take Lin Yang's body this time.

Majestic, cold power rolled in from the horizon, part of it pressing toward the blurry figure.

Part of it pressed toward Lin Yang.

In an instant, Lin Yang felt a sense of suffocation hit him.

The Yin Soul was clearly genuinely enraged.

Seeing this, the Dharma Idol behind the blurry figure suddenly shrank by a circle, but its momentum became even more powerful as it also pressed down to suppress the Yin Soul.

At the same time, the power of the Ancient Ruins also fluctuated more violently.

The three forces intertwined, as if they were about to shatter this world.

Lin Yang felt like a lone boat in a vast ocean, in danger of capsizing at any moment.

The Yin Soul wanted to occupy his body, while the blurry figure was blocking the Yin Soul.

The Ancient Ruins were again trying to suppress the blurry figure.

A three-way standoff, with none yielding.

Lin Yang was also feeling a bit powerless.

The current situation had already surpassed the scope of his understanding.

He didn't know how long this would last.

Nor did he know which side would ultimately win.

Time seemed to have frozen.

The sky turned dark then bright, bright then dark.

It seemed like an instant, yet also like billions of years had passed.

If Lin Yang hadn't still been able to feel the terrifying power fluctuations, he would have thought it was all over.

"I wonder when it will finally end..." Lin Yang thought to himself.

Now that the three sides were in balance and restraining each other, if the balance couldn't be broken, this battle would likely continue for a very, very long time.

However, just as Lin Yang was thinking this.

A sigh suddenly rang out.

"Sigh..."

Hearing this sigh, Lin Yang's heart suddenly tightened.

Because this sigh was somewhat familiar... he seemed to have heard it somewhere before.

In the next instant, before Lin Yang could remember.

He saw that at some point, another figure with an unclear face had suddenly appeared in the field.

The sigh had come from this figure's mouth.

Lin Yang's scalp instantly went numb.

This figure and this sigh, if he remembered correctly, belonged to the figure he saw when he left the Ancient Ruins last time.

That figure, suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self... he actually appeared here too?

At the same time, the Yin Soul and the blurry figure both looked toward this extra person.

The Yin Soul didn't speak.

The blurry figure clearly frowned and said, "Another person who doesn't belong here? Who are you?"

The figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self didn't speak; he just quietly waved his hand, and Lin Yang was rescued.

Then, this figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self first looked at the Yin Soul and said, "You shouldn't have broken in here now. It's time to go back."

The cold power around the Yin Soul grew thicker, but it showed no intention of leaving, seemingly wanting to continue its attack.

The figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self added, "Perhaps when the realm rules break in the future, you can fight me. But now, you are not my match. Your source power does not belong to this era of years; fighting by force is meaningless. You should be able to feel that the realm rules here are more complete; you have no chance."

The Yin Soul's voice was ice-cold, "Were it not that the time has not come, both of you, even if from different eras, I could slay together!"

The figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self ignored it, simply raising his hand again, and the Spirit Communication Array shattered inch by inch.

The Yin Soul began to be pulled by some force, forced to retreat back into the Spirit Communication Array.

In the final moments, the Yin Soul looked at Lin Yang without speaking, but a strange power seemed to enter Lin Yang's body.

It wasn't noticed by the Junior Martial Brother's true self.

Afterward, the figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self looked toward the blurry figure and said:

"Your power is within this era of years; theoretically, you are invincible now. But unfortunately, you are not yet at your peak. I repeat, you and I will surely have a battle in the future. You can leave now as well. If you fight now, even if you win, you will surely lose in the future."

The blurry figure looked at him, then at Lin Yang, and suddenly laughed:

"Interesting, truly very interesting. this venerable one has seen some interesting things today. Perhaps you are right; even if I win now, I've still lost. But since you've let me see you today, you will surely lose in the future!"

"Perhaps." The figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self didn't refute anything, only saying, "We are both not in the present; perhaps the future has already become the past."

The blurry figure sneered, "Since this venerable one has seen the future today, the future shall surely belong to me! You are dead!"

With that, without waiting for the Junior Martial Brother's true self to respond, the blurry figure took a deep look at Lin Yang and vanished on the spot.

The figure suspected to be the Junior Martial Brother's true self fell silent for a moment, then looked at Lin Yang and sighed again:

"Sigh..."

Without another word, his figure also began to slowly fade.

However, as he faded, his gaze remained fixed on Xiao Yichen, though for some reason he didn't speak to him.

Then, before the figure completely vanished, a faint voice rang in Lin Yang's ear:

"You don't belong here either, and you shouldn't have mastered the Spirit Communication Array beyond the limits. Unfortunately, I have no strength left to see what exactly happened. Do not use the Spirit Communication Array lightly again; you've been targeted, and there should be no hope of escape."

"Past, present, future."

"No hope in sight..."

"Sigh..." (End of Chapter)