Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 861 - 856: Unusual II

Chapter 861: Chapter 856: Unusual II

"This..." The Universal Heavenly Venerable wanted to laugh but felt that it was inappropriate given the serious occasion.

"We should split up!" The three from Shangqiu freaked out, exchanging thoughts swiftly.

Then the Universal saw the three of them extremely slowly separate and shoot off in three different directions at great speed.

But their positions didn’t change...

The three just floated in place, merely facing three different directions.

The Universal was at a loss for words.

He decided to disperse the Stellar Destroyer Longsword he was preparing to wield.

He had already realized it.

The space within this heart-core spiritual soul region was stretched infinitely in a loop.

No matter how fast they went, at most, they were just circulating in a small ringed area repeatedly.

This extremely profound space-time manipulation seemed to follow the principle that the faster one moved, the less likely they could escape.

If they slowed down and walked slowly, they might have a chance to get out.

But when the Universal Heavenly Venerable probed forward with his divine thought.

He sensed that the distance was tens of thousands of Spirit Miles away.

In other words, what appeared to be only a few meters of spatial distance was actually tens of thousands of Spirit Miles compressed into a tiny area.

If one were to walk slowly, who knows how many years it would take... thousands or tens of thousands of years?

This kind of transcendent means was simply unheard of!

It seemed there was a terrifying devouring force, pulling space-time madly toward the center, compressing the surrounding area to an astonishing degree.

"Fortunately, the Divine Monarch controls it, so there’s no indiscriminate pull on all beings. But since these three touched something they shouldn’t have, they lost their immunity to this attraction."

Behind the Universal, Immortal Elder Jiuqu appeared out of nowhere and walked forward slowly, sighing.

"I came as soon as I got your message."

"It looks like I was being unnecessary." The Universal looked helplessly at the three speeding in the middle.

"Others will be arriving soon as well." Jiuqu said, "How about we go back and let everyone know they needn’t come?"

"Alright." The Universal nodded.

"The devouring attraction here used to be countered by an equally powerful repulsive force, but now that the three triggered a mechanism, they no longer have the repulsive force negating it. Escaping from here will be hard..." Jiuqu continued.

"How about I stay here and watch, and you go back to rest?" The Universal suggested softly.

"Alright, although..." Jiuqu wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Lin Yaoyang’s voice transmission.

"Senior Jiuqu, you can all come back and rest. No need to worry about those three."

"My husband once mentioned that place is the Devouring Ground, apparently his most central spiritual core, but actually the most dangerous point in the entire Nether City.

Even I have been warned by him not to go there lightly." Lin Yaoyang conveyed with a bit of amusement.

"The most dangerous place..."

The Universal and Jiuqu exchanged glances.

Looking again at the suspended three Evil God Kings, they also shared a sense of faint pity.

"My husband has always suppressed his instincts; it’s been hard for him. Now that he’s finally found some food that brought itself to his mouth, there’s no need for you two to interfere. Let him have his fill." Lin Yaoyang said lightly.

The Universal Heavenly Venerable looked strangely at the struggling Evil God Kings, shook his head, and turned to leave.

Jiuqu was speechless.

He decided never to meddle in Lin Sherie’s matters again, this was just too much!

Three Evil God Kings, and they became mere food to him? Just hearing this was spine-chilling.

Watching the Universal leave, he too shook his head and sent divine transmissions to the other Heavenly Venerables, telling them to go back home and wash up for bed.

Taoist Shangqiu was spooked by their strange looks, feeling something was definitely off.

She sensed something was wrong, absolutely wrong! But she couldn’t pinpoint what.

"Damn this trap!! If I ever get out, I’ll guard the Nether Gate and kill the first chance I get!"

She stewed in anger.

From her rebirth to now, she had never been this disgraced.

"If I get out...!!"

"Wait! Something is pulling us from behind!?"

Suddenly the Black Turtle exclaimed.

"The pull is getting stronger!!" Lin Yi shouted in fear.

The three had no choice but to increase their speed, straining to escape the growing pull.

The Black Turtle glanced back, seeing nothing but the heart core, but his instincts screamed that if they got sucked in, it was all over.

Unprecedented dread, mixed with a death threat he had never felt before, drove him to increase his strength frantically, flying forward at top speed.

"No!!!"

Suddenly a scream.

Lin Yi, the Deceiver King, could no longer resist and was instantly pulled in, his body spinning and tumbling, merging into the milky-white heart core blob like being devoured by some gelatinous mass, disappearing without a trace.

His screams stopped abruptly.

Aghast, Shangqiu and the Black Turtle tried to connect with the Deceiver King using their telekinesis.

But the cunning Evil God King, known for his formidable telekinesis, made not a peep, remaining silent and still.

"This!!?? This is simply...!!"

The Black Turtle broke out in goosebumps, having lived for millions of years, he had never encountered anything so bizarre.

Shangqiu’s eyes showed a trace of despair.

Evil God Kings are said to be undying, but it’s just an exaggerated praise of their strong vitality. In reality, a few powerful beings could completely annihilate these highly contaminating entities.

For example, the Demon God King with his Undying Blade, which could completely destroy the regenerative abilities of Evil God Kings. If they hadn’t escaped before, they would have likely met the same fate as the previously unsealed Evil God Kings.

Without their regenerative power, Evil God Kings are just tough Heavenly Venerables, nothing more.

Their undying nature is merely because killing them requires an enormous price from mighty beings.

Take the Demon God King; to kill an Evil God King, he divided his power into several parts, each suppressing and sealing different Evil God Kings, slowly wearing down their regeneration for countless years before finally, he could destroy them upon releasing the seal.

And even then, the Great Emperor of Sand Sea managed to escape.

It wasn’t that Song Danhao didn’t want to kill it, but the regenerative power of the Great Emperor of Sand Sea exceeded his expectations. With his current strength, he couldn’t kill it at the root.

So, he had no choice but to make a deal and compromise.

But now, something could make these so-called undying Evil God Kings feel bone-chilling fear and a life-threatening crisis.

This was not an ordinary trick.

Only the first-generation Demon God King made them feel this way.

"What should we do!?"

A powerful thought continuously whirled in their minds.

********************

On an endless grassland.

Two cultivators were flying swiftly, leaving long tails of pale white escape light.

Behind them, more than a dozen burly beings with double horns on their heads were in hot pursuit.

These horned beings wore black and silver armor, exuding strange waves that were fundamentally different from Spiritual Power and all other Heaven and Earth Elemental Forces.

This wave was very peculiar, seemingly not tolerated by the surrounding space, causing it to tremble faintly.

It wasn’t because the wave was too strong, but because the space constantly fluctuated, trying to squeeze this wave out.

"Hahaha!!"

The horned beings laughed loudly, watching the escaping pair like they were toying with insects.

They were also flying in mid-air; the males were muscular and strong, the females were seductive and charming, except for the horns, they seemed no different from ordinary Humans.

"Run! Keep running!! Lowly native scum!"

A horned man laughed, drawing a large bow, aiming at an old cultivator ahead.

Whoosh!

An arrow shot out with terrifying power, like a black streak of light, catching up to the old cultivator in an instant.

It easily pierced through his Protective Aura, like cutting tofu, and went straight through his chest.

"No...! Tong’er... hurry and run!!"

The old man cried out one last time, falling.

"Grandpa!!!" The other cultivator, a girl, wept bitterly, full of despair. She couldn’t help but stop, trying to reach her grandfather, but was too late.

The body fell hard onto the grassland, spitting out two more mouthfuls of blood.

That delay allowed the horned beings to surround the girl.

The horned beings chattered in an unknown language, then turned their gaze toward her.

The leading horned man yawned and gestured, making a slicing motion across his throat.

Instantly, an invisible eerie wave enveloped the girl, making her body soften, and her Protective Aura quickly faded away, leaving her barely able to maintain her flight.

A knife-wielding horned woman flew toward her.

"How dare you run away? You are high-priced slaves bought by the master, your life and death aren’t yours to decide.

Who gave you the guts to escape?"

The horned woman spoke coldly.

"I...!" The girl tried to say something.

Whoosh!!

Suddenly, the horned woman slashed with her blade, drawing a black trajectory, aiming at the girl’s neck.

The speed was so fast that the girl couldn’t react, feeling a cold sharp pain on her neck before the blade reached her.

"No!!"

Tears blurred her vision in despair, her body paralyzed with fear.

"Hold on."

Suddenly, a cold male voice rang from afar.

"Excuse me, where is this place?"

The horned woman’s knife froze. She stood still in mid-air, her body maintaining the slashing posture, her eyes filled with terror.

"Who!!?"

The horned beings roared toward the voice’s direction.

Whoosh!

In an instant, a white figure appeared in the air among them.

A young man in a white robe, with a cold and handsome face, and long black hair tied into a ponytail, hanging down his back, giving a tranquil and serene beauty.

"A no-horn?"

The horned beings were startled, then looked the man over greedily.

"Such quality in a no-horn, if we captured him and sold him to the nobility, who knows how much we’d earn!? This would probably be enough for them to live comfortably for half their lives!