"Since even the Lord of the Universe can do it, why can't I?"

Outside.

The Chaos Beast gazed at the chaotic entrance to the Spirit Star on the verge of being opened, a smile appearing on his face.

Success was imminent!

At this moment, as the gap in the chaotic entrance widened, the power he could infiltrate into the Spirit Star also increased.

The Chaos Beast crazily infiltrated power into the Spirit Star.

Soon...

Soon, he would be able to directly enter the Spirit Star.

By then, once he devoured the entire Spirit Star, he could directly advance to the Second-order Emperor Realm!

On Zhang Yanling's side.

Rumble.

The giant stone, under Zhang Yanling's movement, vibrated violently, soon to be completely moved by him.

But in that instant.

Zhang Yanling sensed a surge of temporal power rushing towards him.

"Time... Wang Ye?"

Thinking of Wang Ye, Zhang Yanling's face didn't show any fear, and even had a slight disdain.

Wang Ye wants to stop me?

Isn't that a joke?

Wang Ye is still just at the mid Heavenly King Realm.

But I am already an Imperial Lord Realm powerhouse!

Even if Wang Ye reached the Half-step Emperor Lord Realm, he wouldn't be able to fight me properly, let alone being only at the mid Heavenly King Realm.

Moreover, my purifying power can directly break Wang Ye's Great Dao of Time.

Yuan Mou and Yuan Lue, upon sensing the power within the Great Dao of Time, showed a hint of joy.

Wang Ye has come!

Zhang Yanling wasn't aware, but they knew that Wang Ye had now advanced to the Imperial Lord Realm.

And he had directly used the Great Dao of Time to establish a foundation on the river of ten thousand paths.

Under such circumstances, Wang Ye, as an Opener of the Heavens, plus the foundation of the river of time, could exhibit strength far exceeding that of the usual Imperial Lord Realm.

By then.

Wang Ye would surely be able to defeat Zhang Yanling.

"Purify!"

Zhang Yanling just wanted to purify this power.

But he was momentarily dazed.

This... seemed not to be the power of time!

Earlier, when sensing the aura, Zhang Yanling felt it was the power of the Great Dao of Time, but upon truly contacting this power, he realized that despite similar auras, the source of this power was completely different from that of time.

"What is this?"

Zhang Yanling instantly sensed danger.

Not only so.

His purifying power couldn't purify this power at all.

"Kill!"

A voice, seemingly from the Nine Provinces Hell, exploded directly in Zhang Yanling's soul.

It was not a warning for Zhang Yanling.

The word "kill" contained a soul-targeted attack, directly attacking Zhang Yanling's soul, making him feel the fear of immediate death upon experiencing terror.

His actions instantly froze in place.

Yuan Mou and Yuan Lue also realized something was wrong.

The person who came was not Wang Ye.

But another individual.

This person, whether from combat style or other aspects, initially seemed very much like Wang Ye, but true to combat exposed many differences from Wang Ye.

In the next second.

Shadow appeared right next to Zhang Yanling.

Shadow.

Skilled in the art of concealment.

But within concealment, there are many pathways.

Such as color change, hiding, disguise, etc.

Just before, Shadow had directly disguised his aura as Wang Ye's, quickly approaching Zhang Yanling to ambush him, launching a Thunder Strike before Zhang Yanling could react.

Taking advantage of Zhang Yanling's delayed reaction, a dagger manifested by the Power of the Great Dao appeared in Shadow's hand.

The power of the Great Dao surged, merging attributes like bloodlust, instant kill, critical hit, and lock-on into the dagger held by Shadow.

In this second.

The dagger in Shadow's hand exuded a dense aura of death.

Seemingly invincible.

Capable of effortlessly resolving everything in this world.

Yet Zhang Yanling, possessing the strength of the Imperial Lord Realm.

No matter how potent Shadow was, he was ultimately just at the Half-step Emperor Lord Realm.

Zhang Yanling quickly recovered from his previous state, preparing to strike back at Shadow. Shadow, however, softly whispered again:

"Die!"

Zhang Yanling's Divine Sense dulls once more.

Outside.

The Chaos Beast witnessed Zhang Yanling being consecutively subdued twice by Shadow using the same method, internally cursing.

Zhang Yanling.

A real waste!

An Emperor Realm, getting ambushed by a Half-step Emperor Realm is one thing, but getting subdued by the same method twice?

Fool!

Trash!

And in that moment.

Shadow's attack fell directly onto Zhang Yanling.

Shadow's attack, unlike other Half-step Emperor Lords.

Ordinarily, not reaching the Emperor Realm, in battle with others, one can only use the power of the Great Dao for attack.

But to genuinely harm an Emperor Realm, merely relying on the power of the Great Dao is insufficient.

It requires directly harming the opponent's Great Dao Core!

Only by shattering the opponent's Great Dao Core, can the Emperor Realm be truly harmed.

In other words.

Only by cracking the opponent's Great Dao Core somewhat can one incapacitate an Emperor Realm.

Precisely for this reason, there's an insurmountable chasm between the Half-step Emperor Realm and the Emperor Realm.

Emperor Realms can easily resolve Half-step Emperor Realms.

Half-step Emperor Realms, however, struggle to do much.

"Kid, do you really think you're that capable?"

Realizing this, Zhang Yanling didn't even bother attacking Shadow first, choosing to mock him instead.

So what if Shadow landed a hit?

If it can't reach his Great Dao Core, Shadow's attack is useless to him.

Yet the next second.

Zhang Yanling's expression changed instantly.

Outside.

The Chaos Beast glanced at Shadow with surprise in his eyes.

Shadow's dagger seemed to merely pierce Zhang Yanling's body on the surface.

But in truth.

It accurately struck Zhang Yanling's Great Dao Core.

The formidable power, upon striking, instantly shattered a fifth of Zhang Yanling's Great Dao Core.

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