Chapter 160

The energy barrier glowed with a faint blue light, like a giant beast with its jaws wide open, blocking anything from approaching.

Complex energy patterns flowed across the surface of the barrier, as intricate as a circuit board, radiating a pressure that made one's heart palpitate.

"Interesting..." Ji Chen repeated, a hint of excitement in his tone.

He reached out to touch the barrier, and a tingling sensation, as if struck by static electricity, traveled from his fingertips.

"This thing, it's a bit like... a static field?"

Ceng Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly; it was rare to see a hint of gravity on her cool, indifferent face.

"Don't touch it blindly, unless you want to be roasted into meat."

Ji Chen withdrew his hand and rubbed his fingertips.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." He paced slowly around the barrier, his eyes sharp as a hawk's, carefully observing the trajectory of the energy flow.

"The energy fluctuations of this barrier are very regular, like some kind of cycle..."

"A cycle?" Ceng Yue walked to his side, following his gaze. "What do you intend to do?"

"Since it's a cycle, there must be a weak point." A confident arc formed at the corner of Ji Chen's mouth.

"Find the weak point, and we can break it!"

No sooner said than done, Ji Chen mobilized his own supernatural ability, attempting to strike the barrier at different frequencies.

However, the barrier's defense mechanism was exceptionally powerful, and every attack was rebounded.

"Bang!" Ceng Yue was knocked back several steps by the rebounded energy, stumbling to the ground.

"Damn it!" she cursed under her breath.

Ji Chen hurriedly helped her up. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Ceng Yue pushed his hand away and tried to attack again, only to be repelled once more.

"This damn thing, how exactly do we break it?"

Ji Chen looked at the repeated failed attempts, his brows locked tight.

Could it be that there really was no way?

No, there must be a way!

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and felt the fluctuations of the surrounding energy.

The barrier's energy cycle, his own supernatural ability, and...

Suddenly, he snapped his eyes open. "I've got it!"

"Got what?" Ceng Yue looked at him in confusion.

Ji Chen didn't answer, instead extending his hand, a dazzling light condensing in his palm.

"Watch!" He thrust the light in his hand toward the barrier, but this time, the light wasn't rebounded; instead, it...

Vanished.

"What's going on?" Ceng Yue widened her eyes in surprise.

A mysterious smile curled at the corner of Ji Chen's mouth.

"I said, every cycle has a weak point..." He condensed energy again; this time, it was even more powerful and dazzling.

"Now, it's time to witness a miracle!"

He slammed the energy into the barrier, which trembled violently, emitting a humming sound as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

"Did it work?" Ceng Yue held her breath, staring nervously at the barrier.

Just then, Ji Chen's expression suddenly changed, and he whispered, "Something's wrong..."

Ji Chen's face changed drastically; it wasn't that the barrier was about to shatter, but that he felt an even more powerful force surging from behind it, like a sleeping giant dragon being awakened.

Instead of shattering, the barrier absorbed the energy of his attack and became even sturdier!

"Damn it, I overdid it!" Ji Chen cursed inwardly. How could this thing actually absorb energy to upgrade itself?

He quickly withdrew his hand, but the blue light on the barrier's surface grew brighter, and the energy fluctuations became more intense, even emitting a low hum as if warning the intruder.

"Not good, it's going to counterattack!" Ceng Yue immediately sensed the danger and grabbed Ji Chen's arm. "Retreat, quickly!"

No sooner had she spoken than countless blue beams shot out from the surface of the barrier, like a dense rain of lasers, descending from all directions.

Ji Chen was quick-witted, pulling Ceng Yue behind him. "Hold on to me!" he roared, unleashing his supernatural ability to its full extent and forming a golden protective barrier around them.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The blue beams struck the protective barrier, producing deafening explosions and kicking up clouds of dust.

Ji Chen gritted his teeth, struggling to hold on.

The barrier's counterattack was even more powerful than he had imagined; the protective barrier already had cracks and could collapse at any moment.

This won't do; this isn't a solution!

He had to find a new breakthrough!

At this critical moment, a flash of inspiration struck Ji Chen.

Absorption...

Transformation...

That's it!

He had always only used absorbed energy to enhance his own attacks, ignoring the fact that the essence of energy can be mutually transformed!

He took a deep breath, mobilized all the supernatural ability within him, and instead of resisting the barrier's energy, he attempted to guide and transform it!

The golden protective barrier gradually dissipated, replaced by a strange, silvery-white light.

This light wasn't pure energy, but a special form between energy and matter, as flexible as flowing water yet incomparably tough.

The blue beams struck again, but this time, instead of exploding, they were absorbed and transformed by the silvery-white light, finally merging into Ji Chen's supernatural ability!

"Holy crap, you can play it like this?" Even Ji Chen found it hard to believe.

The surroundings were illuminated by the silvery-white light, as bright as day.

That mysterious force seemed to have sensed the anomaly, and the attacks became even more ferocious.

The blue beams became denser, and the energy more powerful.

However, all of this was in vain.

Ji Chen's supernatural ability was like a bottomless pit, absorbing all the attacks and transforming them into his own energy.

He even felt his own power continuously increasing, breaking through a certain bottleneck and reaching an unprecedented height!

Ceng Yue watched from the side, dumbfounded.

What kind of trick is this guy pulling now?

However, this feeling...

So strong!

"Let's attack together!" Ji Chen shouted excitedly, the silvery-white light transforming into countless sharp blades that counterattacked the barrier.

"Alright!" Ceng Yue was also intrigued; she felt the powerful force radiating from Ji Chen, and a strange fighting spirit surged within her.

Her supernatural ability also erupted, its power several times stronger than before!

The two fought side by side, their attack and defense perfectly coordinated, the surrounding energy fluctuations surging like a storm.

The surrounding ability users felt this powerful force and stopped in their tracks, watching from afar.

"Is this... the power of the new leader?" someone muttered to themselves.

Just then, the barrier finally couldn't bear the burden, emitting a huge roar as a crack appeared...

"Here it comes!" A sharp light flashed in Ji Chen's eyes. "Ceng Yue..."

"Received!" Ceng Yue responded, a glimmer of excitement in her eyes.

She felt her blood boiling; this feeling of fighting side by side made her heart surge with passion!

Ceng Yue no longer held back, driving her supernatural ability to the limit.

Countless sharp ice blades swirled around her like a blizzard, slashing fiercely at the crack in the barrier.

"Crack!" The crack expanded rapidly, and the barrier's defense system completely collapsed.

"Beautiful!" Ji Chen exclaimed, the silvery-white light in his hand becoming even more dazzling, pouring out like a galaxy and tearing the barrier to shreds!

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the barrier turned into dust and dissipated into the air.

The final line of defense blocking their path had finally been breached!

Ji Chen and Ceng Yue looked at each other, their eyes filled with joy and excitement.

They walked hand in hand into the area behind the barrier, and a mysterious, ancient aura rushed toward them.

"Be careful, the situation here is unclear," Ji Chen reminded her, while vigilantly observing the surrounding environment.

This was an open plaza, the ground covered in complex runes that emitted a faint fluorescent glow.

In the center of the plaza stood a tower-like building reaching into the clouds, pitch black, like a giant black hole, radiating a pressure that made one's heart palpitate.

"Is that the signal source?" Ceng Yue asked.

"It should be," Ji Chen nodded, feeling a faint sense of unease in his heart.

"Let's be careful; this place is a bit sinister."

They cautiously approached the tower-like building, feeling the pressure increase with every step.

The surrounding air seemed to have solidified, making it hard to breathe.

"Holy crap, this pressure is too much!" Ji Chen couldn't help but complain. "It feels like walking while carrying a mountain on my back."

"Hold on, we're almost there," Ceng Yue encouraged.

Just as they were only a few steps away from the tower-like building, the top of the building suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, as blinding as the midday sun.

"What's going on?!" Ji Chen instinctively covered his eyes.

"Ah!" Ceng Yue exclaimed.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here!" Ji Chen grabbed Ceng Yue's hand and pulled her behind him.

The white light grew more intense, enveloping the entire plaza.

"Ceng Yue..."