"Is this the Chaos Bell?"

Yu Yuan's eyes shone brightly as he intently observed the ancient-looking bell before him.

Including its ethereal parts, the bell seemed only about three meters tall, covered in chaotic yellowish-brown hues. The external surface was ringed with the sun, moon, stars, and the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, while within it shadows of mountains, lands, and various clans of the Primordial era faintly appeared.

Around the Chaos Bell, five-colored radiances and Chaos Qi swirled, with occasional tiny black flashes of what looked like lightning.

Upon closer inspection, Yu Yuan realized those were not flashes of lightning but space rifts!

However, he didn't care much about it.

Excited and exhilarated like the Golden Crow Crown Prince, at this moment, his emotions were similar.

The only difference was that Yu Yuan did not expect the Chaos Bell to acknowledge him as its master on its own.

Thus, he reached out boldly to grab it.

"Crack!"

As his palm drew near, tiny space rifts blossomed between his fingers.

The forces from space tried to tear apart his palm.

[Hand Injured: Muscle and Bone +782, Strength +271, Qi-Blood +2388…]

[Palm Injured: Muscle and Bone +342, Strength +350, Qi-Blood +2598…]

…

Surprisingly... it's a bit weak.

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow; he could feel the resistance of the Chaos Bell.

Under the tearing of those minuscule space rifts, his left hand gained numerous small cuts, which, in a blink, healed, only to rupture again under the relentless tear of the rifts...

This cycle repeated itself, yet the distance to being shattered was still far.

Yu Yuan felt unexpectedly that the power of the Chaos Bell was much weaker than he had imagined.

It was uncertain whether it was holding back or simply unable to muster any stronger forces.

Yu Yuan didn't think too much about it and continued to push his left hand towards the Chaos Bell through the tearing of the space rifts, forcefully grabbing the top of the bell.

"Dang!"

The Chaos Bell vibrated on its own, emitting an urgent ring.

A wave of tangible bell resonance immediately rippled out, indiscriminately sweeping in all directions.

Wherever the bell waves covered, time slowed down abruptly.

The intense Taiyang Fire no longer surged but seemed as if frozen in place.

Both Yu Yuan, who was in the direct path, and the Golden Crow Crown Prince, not far off, were instantly immobilized.

More precisely, their time had been slowed by countless multiples, making them appear as if frozen in place.

However, the bell waves dissipated after spreading only a few hundred miles, fortunately sparing Yun Zhongzi far beyond a thousand miles from this temporal quagmire.

He widened his eyes in astonishment, staring at the nearly paused scene ahead.

Through layers upon layers of frozen Taiyang Fire, he could see the Chaos Bell in Qi Zhongjun's grasp, vibrating desperately trying to escape, but the latter's strength was immense, firmly clutching it in hand.

Tiny black flashes of lightning sporadically burst between Qi Zhongjun's fingers, lacerating his left hand to the point of bloody gore, nearly down to the bone.

As Yu Yuan's time had been slowed by countless multiples, equivalent to the frequency of space tearing increasing by untold times, the inflicted damage had now surpassed the self-healing speed of his physique.

Should this situation continue for some time, and if Yu Yuan's palm sustained a sufficiently large tear, the bell might find the opportunity to escape with ease.

Unfortunately, for that to happen, first, the bell would need to maintain the slowed time for long enough.

However, this was not achievable for it at the current time.

Just a snap of the fingers later, the slowed time returned to normal.

The damage he sustained in this period was also displayed on the information panel.

[Finger injury: Muscle and Bone +78452, Strength +34271, Qi-Blood +232388…]

[Palm injury: Muscle and Bone +34212, Strength +33350, Qi-Blood +452598…]

...

Yu Yuan heaved a sigh of relief internally and couldn't help but look up to the Chaos Bell.

Indeed, it was an Innate Treasure, even though it was damaged to this extent, it still could slightly control his time.

One could imagine, if the Chaos Bell were intact, it would likely be able to easily freeze his time, or even reverse it!

If that was the case, he would never have had the chance to obtain it.

But now, this damaged Innate Treasure was in his hands!

Yu Yuan spread the fingers of his left hand, perfectly gripping the round top of the Chaos Bell.

"Let go of it!"

The Golden Crow Crown Prince, released from the time constraints, roared immediately.

This Chaos Bell was once his uncle Donghuang Taiyi's birthright Innate Treasure; hence only he had the most rightful claim to become the Chaos Bell's second master.

For this, he spared no effort, even braving the risk of offending the Saint's teachings to scheme against those Saint's Disciples and Daluo Golden Immortals... But just as the situation was turning in his favor, just when he was about to win the recognition of the Chaos Bell, this person emerged out of nowhere.

Not only does he knock him away, but he also snatches away the Chaos Bell, which he regarded as a forbidden delicacy!

How could he tolerate this?

While roaring, he immediately brandished the golden Feather Blade in his hands and also unhesitatingly transformed into a beam of golden light, charging forward.

The golden Feather Blade, forged from the feathers of his uncle Donghuang Taiyi's wings, totaled three thousand six hundred blades, known as the Golden Feather Blades. When assembled, they could form the Innate Geng Metal Sky Gang Formation, which once reigned supreme in the Primordial era, slaying many Great Witches.

Now, although only one Golden Feather Blade remained, its might, when wielded, was still incredibly sharp.

Under his manipulation, the cutting edge of the Golden Feather Blade split the sweltering sea of flames in two and shot towards Qi Zhongjun, who he despised with bone-deep hatred, at the speed of lightning.

However, Qi Zhongjun seemed to casually swing the Mixed Gold Hammer and smashed it towards him.

"Ding—"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of metal clashing, the Golden Feather Blade inevitably pierced into the Mixed Gold Hammer, and then… it stuck there.

While the Golden Feather Blade was incredibly sharp, the strength carried by the Mixed Gold Hammer was unimaginable to an ordinary person.

With two Spiritual Treasures colliding, the former, despite its sharpness piercing through, found all its carried strength neutralized, unable to penetrate further, and was honestly embedded in the hammer.

Clearly not anticipating such a result, the Golden Crow Crown Prince planned to summon the Golden Feather Blade back, but then saw the Mixed Gold Hammer beginning to rapidly swell and smash towards him.

"Bang!"

Without any doubt, the Golden Crow Crown Prince was knocked flying once again.

When he steadied himself, he saw Qi Zhongjun waving his hand, clearing the Chaos Qi that shrouded the Chaos Bell, leaving it completely exposed to his sight.

Next, Qi Zhongjun directly infused pure Mana into the Chaos Bell, attempting to forcibly refine this Innate Treasure in the most brutal way.

The Golden Crow Crown Prince's eyes nearly burst from fury, feeling as if his heart was bleeding.

You should know that when he had just communicated with the Chaos Bell, he was tender and considerate, carefully conveying his dreams and aspirations, hoping to win its favor, so it would voluntarily recognize him as its master.

But now, Qi Zhongjun was using such a brutal method to force his way into the Chaos Bell…

This feeling… Pain! Too painful!

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