Ten seconds, not long, not short.
Ye Ling's mind raced. He first checked his body, examining every inch, even his soul, but found no trace of Heavenly Mystery's power within him.
"Heavenly Mystery didn't plant power inside me to detonate me... he used a different method!"
Ye Ling spent one second eliminating the possibility of an internal threat and then looked at Heavenly Mystery.
Heavenly Mystery stood there with a faint smile, appearing confident of victory, showing no intention of making a move.
In Ye Ling's precognition, Heavenly Mystery remained motionless, just as he was now.
Ye Ling spent another second observing Heavenly Mystery.
As the time for his self-detonation drew closer, Ye Ling, without time for anxiety, tried to leave the space and distance himself from Heavenly Mystery.
However, when Ye Ling used the Source Text to teleport outside the Black Tower, in his precognition, his body still exploded without warning, and he was consumed by red garbled code.
Another second passed, leaving Ye Ling with only seven seconds.
"It's not a restriction hidden within my body, Heavenly Mystery shows no signs of attack, and I can't sense any threat. I'll explode when the time comes. Does such a method truly exist?"
Ye Ling stood in the sky above the Black Tower, thinking rapidly. The entire headquarters of the Watchers was engulfed in battle, and the spiritual energy in the air was turbulent.
Another second passed, and Ye Ling still had no clue about Heavenly Mystery's method.
In desperation, Ye Ling attempted to use the Unnamed Void, which he hadn't used in a long time, to sever his time from the outside world, hoping to extend the time before his explosion and give himself more time to think.
However, even when Ye Ling was within the Unnamed Void, where one moment outside was ten thousand years inside, the time of his explosion remained ten seconds after Ye Ling's initial count, unaffected by the flow of time!
This meant that regardless of whether Ye Ling froze his time, the countdown to self-detonation would not stop; he would be consumed by garbled code when the time came.
Discovering that severing time had no effect, Ye Ling could only withdraw from the Unnamed Void.
At this moment, he had only five seconds left.
However, the failure of the Unnamed Void was not without its gains for Ye Ling.
"This method of Heavenly Mystery's is similar to the law of causality, much like my customized future. As soon as ten seconds pass, I will inevitably meet my predetermined fate, unaffected by any other power..."
Ye Ling murmured, a method to counter Heavenly Mystery's bizarre technique gradually forming in his mind.
"If Heavenly Mystery has given me a predetermined outcome, then I will personally alter that future!"
With four seconds remaining, Ye Ling found his solution and began to use the Source Text to customize his own future!
Boom!!!
As Ye Ling activated the Source Text to customize his future, the power within him was consumed at an extremely terrifying rate. In less than a second, his spiritual energy was nearly depleted!
However, after Ye Ling activated the Source Text to customize his future, the future he had foreseen, where he was consumed by garbled code, showed slight changes!
After his explosion, the garbled code no longer consumed him but tore his soul apart!
Although the outcome was similarly tragic, seeing the future change gave Ye Ling hope!
"This is it!"
Without hesitation, Ye Ling directly burned his life essence, fighting to alter his predetermined future.
Heavenly Mystery, in the space at the bottom of the Black Tower, sensed Ye Ling's change, and a flicker of shock crossed his eyes: "He... can also wield the power of causality?"
Realizing the situation was somewhat beyond his expectations, Heavenly Mystery stopped standing idly in the bottom space. He also teleported outside the Black Tower, looking at Ye Ling, who was burning his life essence.
Heavenly Mystery, who had initially thought the situation was out of control, regained his smile upon seeing Ye Ling's state. He said, "Ye Ling, you truly shock me time and again. If you continue to live, not only will the Primordial Chaos, but you will even become a scourge to everything!"
"This time, even if you have a way to offset my Ten-Second Annihilation, with the rate you're consuming power, by the time you alter the outcome, you yourself will become a cripple, falling into my hands to be disposed of as I see fit."
"Ye Ling, rather than falling into my hands and living a fate worse than death, you might as well give up now. At least then you'll die a quicker death."
Hearing Heavenly Mystery's words, Ye Ling offered no response. His entire focus was on customizing his future, completely disregarding the consumption of his power and life!
Source Texts materialized before Ye Ling one after another. Ye Ling's destined future was being altered bit by bit, at the cost of his entire strength.
Three seconds, two seconds, one second...
The outcome determined by the Ten-Second Annihilation was about to arrive.
Ye Ling, his face pale, looked at Heavenly Mystery ahead and said, "Heavenly Mystery, didn't you say that if I didn't embrace the resolve to die, I couldn't defeat you?"
"Now, I will show you how I do it!"
As Ye Ling's voice fell, he waved his hand, and an article written with numerous Source Texts manifested before him!
Ten seconds elapsed, and infinite garbled code surged within Ye Ling, about to tear him apart. However, the article before Ye Ling lit up with a blinding radiance, instantly suppressing the explosive power within him.
Meanwhile, on another side of the Watchers' headquarters.
Seventeen stepped on the corpses of the twins and bowed respectfully to Bai Yue: "Mr. Bai, the remaining Watcher remnants in this area have been cleared!"
Bai Yue did not respond to Seventeen. He turned his head to look at the brilliant light rising in the distance, a flicker of surprise in his eyes: "The power of causality... Ye Ling has grown to this extent in such a short time? With such terrifying talent, it's no wonder Good and Evil value him so highly. He truly is the Emperor Ancestor..."
"Mr. Bai!"
At this moment, the bruised and battered Chi Mei Wang Liang flew to Bai Yue's side: "Miss is unwilling to leave with us and even beat us up. Should we force her to come?"
"If that girl doesn't want to go, then let her be. A daughter grows up and cannot always be managed."
Bai Yue showed no reaction to this and then asked Chi Mei Wang Liang, "Have you found the core archives of the Watchers?"
"Found it! It's here!" Chi Mei immediately presented a white orb of light to Bai Yue.
Bai Yue took the white orb of light, quickly scanned the information within, and then put the orb away. He said, "I have obtained what I needed. Notify all Sky Walkers to leave the Primordial Chaos immediately."
As Bai Yue's voice fell, he casually tore open the space of the Primordial Chaos and left without any lingering attachment.
Following Bai Yue's departure, Chi Mei Wang Liang and Seventeen also issued retreat orders to the Sky Walkers, and then the three each took out a teleportation talisman and teleported away.
The Sky Walkers, who were slaughtering the Watchers at the Watchers' headquarters, received the order and all used teleportation talismans to leave the Primordial Chaos, leaving behind only devastation.
The Watchers' headquarters, which had been in a state of intense battle, suddenly became empty at this moment.
Countless Watchers were filled with confusion.