Star Colossus's Compromise

He headed straight for the Star Colossus. He had come for the Star Colossus in the first place; encountering Ye Xiwen here had been an accident. Though failing to capture Ye Xiwen left him deeply frustrated, it was still better than turning things into a chase and tug-of-war.

He arrived before the barrier, spread his hands, and began chanting an ancient, obscure, and difficult incantation. Strange syllables emerged from his mouth, transforming into runes in the sky. They actually passed through the barrier, flew above the Star Colossus, and fell onto its body like meteors.

Light covered in runes shone from his hands, illuminating half the sky. It actually ignored the barrier's obstruction and penetrated through to the Star Colossus.

"Roar!" The Star Colossus's body shook wildly. Its agonized roars and furious howls shook heaven and earth, and the entire barrier trembled. The ancient runes within the barrier suddenly blazed with intense light, suppressing the wildly twisting Star Colossus and forcing it to obediently endure the invasion of the runes and syllables chanted by the black-robed man.

The barrier had not merely been created to draw the Star Colossus's power from its body; it was also meant to suppress any disturbance from the Star Colossus. Its original design had been flawless, yet it had now become the black-robed man's greatest helper. No wonder he had been so confident, treating the Star Colossus as beneath his notice and certain he could subdue it. So he had possessed such a method.

Ye Xiwen saw it clearly. The black-robed man was using his mysterious spatial ability to send the runes and syllables into the barrier. Otherwise, with his strength, he could never have shaken this barrier.

One had to know that this barrier did not merely suppress the Star Colossus from within—it was