Just as the battle reached a stalemate and the situation grew increasingly unfavorable for Ye Xuan and Shi Hao, another sudden change occurred.
From the downstream reaches of the River of Time, within that spacetime veiled in mist, an explosive roar filled with boundless fury and Slaughter Qi suddenly rang out.
"You go too far!"
Those four words exploded over the Sea of Worlds like thunder from the nine heavens.
The pressure contained within that voice actually caused the six Quasi-Immortal Emperors locked in combat to halt for an instant.
"Dong..."
Immediately afterward, a distant, lingering bell chime rang out.
The chime was incomparably vast, piercing through past, present, and future, sweeping away all illusion.
A majestic Great Bell slowly emerged from the downstream reaches of the River of Time.
Mysterious patterns were engraved upon the bell, which exuded an aura capable of suppressing eternity.
Strands of Chaos immortal light cascaded from the bell, each one as heavy as a mountain.
Ripples of time spread frantically outward from the Great Bell, stabilizing the turbulent river of spacetime.
Enveloped in Chaos immortal light, an incomparably imposing figure strode upstream against the River of Time, charging into battle.
He moved with the bearing of a dragon and tiger, his presence swallowing mountains and rivers, as though he were the sole sovereign of this world.
The moment he appeared, he attacked directly.
With a wave of his hand, the Great Bell released an earth-shaking roar.
A visible bellwave swept out like ripples, crashing directly toward the red-haired old man.
The red-haired old man's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly raised the Heaven-Measuring Ruler to block it.
Bang!
The bellwave collided with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
As though struck by lightning, the red-haired old man coughed up blood and was blasted back hundreds of millions of