Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1035 - 1035 0613 Emperor Chaoyangs Backup Plan_1

Chapter 1035: Chapter 0613: Emperor Chaoyang’s Backup Plan_1 Chapter 1035: Chapter 0613: Emperor Chaoyang’s Backup Plan_1 Chapter 0613: Emperor Chaoyang’s Backup Plan

The Heavenly Tribulation didn’t leave Qi Tian much time. Qi Tian had already endured eight waves of tribulation and had managed to discern some of its patterns. He knew he had to act fast, for any delay now meant he would lose any chance he had.

Qi Tian needed a considerable amount of time to fully unleash the power of the Fei Sword, definitely longer than the interval before the next wave of tribulation. Thus, he didn’t plan to resolve all troubles with just a single strike.

While mentally calculating the time, Qi Tian continued to infuse his magic power into the Fei Sword. When he sensed the arrival of the ninth wave of tribulation was imminent, he stopped channeling magic power into it. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he swung the Fei Sword. A beam of sword light shot out, heading straight for the Treasure Pavilion’s main gate.

Just as the sword light was about to hit the gate of the Treasure Pavilion, it suddenly veered off, striking a seemingly empty point in the air.

With a crackling sound, the vacant point unexpectedly burst open, revealing a black hole where a puppet wolf shape leaped out.

Qi Tian had just unexpectedly been assaulted by an unidentified strong force, nearly costing him his life. He couldn’t possibly ignore such a hidden danger and was determined to eliminate it by any means necessary.

After Qi Tian’s Divine Sense failed to detect where the hidden danger had concealed itself, he had a suspicion: could the danger be lurking within a small space?

The reason Qi Tian entertained this idea was entirely due to Emperor Jianwu. If it weren’t for Emperor Jianwu hiding in a small space before, Qi Tian wouldn’t have considered this possibility. Since Emperor Jianwu could secure a small space, Emperor Chaoyang, a prince even more formidable than Emperor Jianwu, would surely have access to one, perhaps even more secure, larger, or even multiple small spaces.

Using the sensing feature of the Heavenly Dao Engine to detect Spirit Qi, Qi Tian scanned the surroundings and rapidly conducted a 360-degree inspection without any blind spots, eventually locating the small space.

Qi Tian immediately determined that the force that had attacked him was definitely hidden within this small space. It was a significant danger that could threaten his life, and he couldn’t allow it to persist.

Therefore, Qi Tian pretended as if he hadn’t discovered the small space. He made a show of preparation, and only after the sword light of the Fei Sword was unleashed did he suddenly control it to slash towards the small space.

Qi Tian had never opened a small space before, but he had entered various mystical realms more than once. In a way, those realms could be considered small spaces, although their expanse was far beyond compare with that of small spaces. When Qi Tian previously entered mystical realms, he inevitably explored them to gain some experience. During his time in the Hall of Eternal Life, he also saw some records about small spaces left by Su Jinghan, acquiring a rudimentary understanding of small space attributes and developing some vague ideas about how to open them, though he had not yet been able to act on these ideas.

Now, with some entity attacking him from within a small space, Qi Tian hesitated no further in putting his ideas into action. The main reason he chose to use Master Ming Ren’s Fei Sword was precisely for this purpose: to slash open the entrance to the small space, the only method he could use at that moment.

Qi Tian chose Master Ming Ren’s Fei Sword because he was confident he could unleash a force with it that exceeded the power of a Half-step Nascent Soul level’s full strike. The sword light’s might didn’t reach a Nascent Soul Master’s level, but he was fairly certain it could tear open a small space. Of course, Qi Tian took certain risks with this approach, but at this juncture, he had no choice but to face the risks.

Fortunately, Qi Tian’s choice proved correct as he split open the small space with a single strike, forcing the puppet wolf hidden within to reveal itself.

This puppet wolf was over half a person tall and didn’t seem extraordinary, but Qi Tian watched it with unwavering vigilance.

The puppet wolf might have appeared non-threatening, lacking even fur, but after Qi Tian used the Heavenly Dao Engine’s detection function to scan it, he didn’t dare underestimate it.

This was a puppet wolf with power comparable to a Half-step Nascent Soul level. Inside its body was a driving array that served as its power source, which was embedded with mostly top-grade spirit stones, and five others distinct from the rest. These were of even higher quality—all top-grade spirit stones.

A driving array composed of so many top-grade spirit stones and top-grade spirit stones wasn’t ordinary. It signified that the puppet wolf wasn’t just a creature with power comparable to a Half-step Nascent Soul. Each strike it made was at the level of a full-force attack of a Half-step Nascent Soul.