880: Chapter 869 A Pleasant Cooperation!

However, once she stood beside Qin Yan, she found herself momentarily at a loss for words.

It couldn't be helped; she had been dealt a blow.

Ever since she embarked on the path of Cultivation, she had displayed extraordinary talent for darkness, remaining undefeated among her peers throughout her journey, never once tasting defeat.

The Grand Elder of the Dark Temple had even designated her as the successor candidate for the next Saintess, believing she had the potential to step into the True Emperor realm within a millennium.

Yet today, facing a peer who also Cultivated the Dao of darkness and had condensed a ninety-nine-zhang golden body just like her, she had surrendered immediately without even the courage to fight.

To her proud heart, this was undoubtedly a massive blow.

"Saintess Yue, is there anything else? If there is nothing else, I shall take my leave."

Qin Yan spoke in a flat tone.

The reason he had agreed to spar with Yue Chenyuan was simply to use the hands of this Dark Temple Saintess to test exactly how strong his Dark Emperor Golden Body had become after experiencing the baptism of heaven and earth.

Yet the other party had surrendered without even taking a single move, which left him feeling rather unenthusiastic.

"Qin Yan, I have discovered a ruin. I wonder if you might be interested?"

Yue Chenyuan suddenly spoke up to stop him.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan, who was preparing to leave, immediately stopped in his tracks.

He turned his head to look at Yue Chenyuan, a flicker of scrutiny and suspicion flashing in his eyes: "Saintess Yue, would you really be so kind as to tell me about a ruin?"

None of the ruins in the Sea of Time are simple.

Any random ruin could contain ancient treasures left over from the Space-Time Era, or the complete Legacy of a fallen True Emperor.

He did not believe that Yue Chenyuan would be so generous as to hand over such a precious Opportunity to share with him.

"Young Master Qin, you may not know this, but the entrance to that ruin is occupied by dozens of guardian Time Spirits. Most of them are Seventh-Rank Essence Spirits, there are four Eighth-Rank ones, and two Ninth-Rank ones. The number of spirit talismans I have is limited; it is simply unrealistic for me to clear away so many guardian Essence Spirits on my own."

Yue Chenyuan explained candidly.

Although she still had dozens of spirit talismans in her storage space, those were trump cards kept for saving her life at critical moments; using them to deal with a group of Essence Spirits guarding a ruin would be far too wasteful.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan immediately understood Yue Chenyuan's intentions.

"So, Saintess Yue wants me to join you in dealing with these guardian Time Spirits?"

He asked straightforwardly.

Yue Chenyuan nodded: "That is correct. At that time, you and I will each take care of one Ninth-Rank Time Spirit and two Eighth-Rank Essence Spirits. The remaining dozens of Seventh-Rank Essence Spirits will be of no concern to us. After it is done, we will share the spoils from the ruin. How about it?"

"Saintess Yue, I cannot deal with a Ninth-Rank Essence Spirit."

Qin Yan shook his head, his tone honest.

The black thunder orb currently in his hand only had one last use left. That was a true trump card he had saved to deal with emergencies, and it absolutely could not be easily consumed on these guardian Essence Spirits.

Hearing this, Yue Chenyuan's brows, hidden beneath her black robe, furrowed slightly, and her tone carried a hint of obvious disbelief: "Young Master Qin, do not tell me you lack the means to kill a Ninth-Rank Essence Spirit."

"I truly do not. Previously, I encountered a Prodigy from a super faction, and the two sides clashed. My life-saving spirit talisman was used up in that battle."

Qin Yan lied without changing his expression.

Yue Chenyuan fell into deep thought, weighing the truthfulness of Qin Yan's words in her mind repeatedly.

After a good while, Yue Chenyuan finally spoke slowly, taking a step back: "What about the Eighth-Rank Essence Spirits? Can you deal with them?"

"I can do that."

Qin Yan answered crisply.

With his own strength, he was already capable of rivaling an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster; adding his internal Shadow Clone, that made for two solid Eighth-Rank combatants.

Furthermore, he still had the unfathomable Xiao Hei.

In this Sea of Time, where no guardian was watching, Xiao Hei could also safely make a move.

"Then the four Eighth-Rank Grandmaster-level Essence Spirits will all be left to you. Is that acceptable?" Yue Chenyuan confirmed.

"Yes." Qin Yan nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Letting him only deal with four Eighth-Rank Essence Spirits was already taking a huge advantage.

The strength of a Ninth-Rank Time Spirit was far greater than that of an Eighth-Rank; the gap between the two was no less than the chasm between a Grandmaster and a Great Grandmaster.

"Good. I hope we have a pleasant cooperation." Yue Chenyuan's tone softened slightly.

"Happy cooperation."

Qin Yan replied.

Afterward, the two of them briefly discussed the specific details of the battle.

Who would strike first, who would be responsible for containment, and how to support each other in case of unexpected situations.

Once everything was arranged, the two wasted no time. Yue Chenyuan walked in front to lead the way, with Qin Yan following closely behind.

This Dark Temple Saintess was clearly intimately familiar with the location of this ruin.

She led Qin Yan winding through the Sea of Time, passing through one silver vortex after another that was only a few zhang in size, constantly changing direction as if traveling through a maze.

Qin Yan followed silently behind.

This journey lasted for an entire day.

On the way, Qin Yan learned from Yue Chenyuan that the reason she was able to discover this ruin was entirely due to luck.

When she first entered the Sea of Time, she was randomly teleported near this ruin, finding it without much effort.

Regarding this, Qin Yan could only remark that everyone's encounters were indeed different.

After he entered the Sea of Time, he was teleported to a desolate sea area where even Time Spirits were rare, while Yue Chenyuan had dropped right at the entrance of the ruin the moment she came in.

When the two finally arrived at their destination, Qin Yan looked at the "ruin" before him and couldn't help but be speechless.

This was no ruin; it was clearly a super-sized Time cave.

Only, the scale of this cave was more than ten times larger than the one he had encountered previously.

The cave entrance was several thousand zhang high, and the cave walls were entirely an ancient and deep dark silver color.

Densely packed time crystals were embedded in the cave walls like stars, emitting a brilliant, dazzling silver-white light.

"Eh, what is that?"

Qin Yan's gaze pierced through the massive entrance of the Time cave and landed on a silver-white ball of light deep within the cave that was emitting a brilliant silver radiance.

The ball of light was not large, roughly the size of a fist, yet it emitted a dazzling light sufficient to illuminate the entire cave as if it were daytime.

From the ball of light, strands of silver radiance occasionally fell, scattering like a fine drizzle, each strand containing the essence of the Power of Time.

Directly beneath the ball of light, two Ninth-Rank Time Spirits, eight thousand zhang in size, were coiled there like two silver mountains.

Their eyes were closed as they silently absorbed the falling silver radiance, and with every breath they took, the surrounding rules of time trembled slightly.