Chapter 520 - Escape (1/2)

Although he was trapped in one of Black Fiend Hall’s array formations, Meng Chuan didn’t panic. This had been within his expectations.

Unlike the near-zero probability of entering a forbidden zone like a Grand Yang Star’s core because of s.p.a.cetime turbulence, it was highly likely for cultivators to be intercepted by Black Fiend Hall. After all, more than 10,000 cultivators were fleeing, and Black Fiend Hall had prepared for this battle. It was difficult for cultivators to be lucky forever in the outer realm.

Even with my Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique reaching the Heaven Earth realm’s late stage, I can only sense a small portion of this array formation. This array formation is ridiculously large. Meng Chuan a.n.a.lyzed his situation calmly.

In order to intercept as many cultivators as possible, Black Fiend Hall set up many array formations. They tried to cover as wide a range as possible. They would rather sacrifice some strength to capture more cultivators.

This array formation’s offensive power is very weak. It has only two uses-to seal the void and to increase resistance. Meng Chuan glanced at the countless water droplets in the array formation. These water droplets guide the void’s strength, making them extremely heavy.

The seal on the void is very powerful. I can’t even escape with a Lesser Void Transference Talisman. Meng Chuan’s current realm was very high. His Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique—which he created-was considered a very brilliant Imperial Lord-level ultimate technique. Although it was only at the Heaven Earth realm’s late stage, it was only slightly inferior to a normal perfected Heaven Earth realm ultimate technique. At this realm, he could already understand the Lesser Void Transference Talisman’s limits.

I can vaguely sense that array formation’s range is over 50 million kilometers. Meng Chuan pondered. I’ve only discovered the array formation’s periphery on my left. I haven’t explored the other areas yet.

Meng Chuan’s domains had all greatly improved. When he first entered the outer realm, his electromagnetic domain had a 500-kilometer range around him. Now, it could cover 30,000 kilometers around him! If he purely focused on sensing void fluctuations, he would be able to sense fluctuations that were 50 million kilometers away. A perfected Imperial Lord — who focused on the void lineage-would haven’t a perception much stronger than Meng Chuan’s.

Escape to the left. Meng Chuan naturally ran in the direction that brought him closer to the array formation’s periphery. I have to keep a low profile. I can sense many cultivators charging into the array formation. I can’t move too fast. If my speed is too ridiculous, I might attract a Tribulation Eminence’s attention.

Meng Chuan only displayed 10% of his speed as he fled towards the left.

As a cultivator who pursued extreme speedhis Infinite Saber had reached the perfected Grotto-Heaven realm—10% of his normal speed was a normal supremacy’s maximum speed.

The array formation’s range was too large. It had completely abandoned offensive power; instead, it only focused on sealing and increasing resistance. It allowed the ones presiding over the array to fly over and kill the trapped cultivators.

“These Supremacies are slow when trapped in the array formation. They can’t escape even if they want to.” The five Imperial Lords in charge of the array formation were extremely relaxed. They were not met with any obstructions as they traveled through the array formation. They had constantly accelerated until they neared the speed of light. Furthermore, those that were skilled in the time lineage would accelerate the time flow, allowing them to travel even faster.

As for those trapped in the array formation, although they weren’t suppressed by the worldly laws, the array formation’s resistance was too great. They couldn’t continue accelerating past a certain speed.

Most Supremacies were fleeing at a speed of about 50,000 kilometers per second. However, when trapped in the vast array formation, they could only choose to flee in a random direction blindly. After all, their cultivation realm was too low; thus, they couldn’t detect anything.

Swoosh.

A black-armored Imperial Lord maintained a six-fold faster time flow. He traveled 1.5 million kilometers per second as he chased after a Supremacy. The Supremacy was still foolishly flying, unaware of the approaching danger.

Pfft.

A blood-colored crescent flew past the Supremacy. In his horror, the Supremacy’s flesh and blood were completely devoured. The Supremacy’s body vanished without a trace, leaving only his weapons and treasures behind.

The black-armored Imperial Lord flew over. With a wave of his hand, he put away the treasures and chased after the next Supremacy.

With an Imperial Lord’s strength, killing Supremacies was too easy.

The strongest person presiding over the array formation was a Third Tribulation Eminence.

This Tribulation Eminence naturally targeted the only Imperial Lord that had rushed into the array formation.

Swoosh.

The blue-robed man cast his domain. Ripples of water spread out in all directions, separating the water droplets at an extremely fast speed.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

A long-browed elder appeared in front of him. The long-browed elder’s eyebrows fluttered as he smiled at him. “Black Fiend Hall gives Imperial Lords two paths. The first path is to hand over 200 Outer Realm Essence Crystals and their loyalty for 1,000 years. They can regain their freedom after 1,000 years. The second path is death.”

“200 Outer Realm Essence Crystals?” The blue-robed man’s expression turned ugly. “Can it be lower?”

“I can’t change the rules set by the higher-ups,” said the long-browed elder. “Make a choice in nine seconds. Otherwise, I’ll kill you.”

The blue-robed man gritted his teeth. “200 Outer Realm Essence Crystals? Your Black Fiend Hall is truly crazy. Count it as me throwing treasures down the drain.”

Just as he finished his sentence

Boom!

The blue-robed man exploded as terrifying shockwaves swept the surroundings.

Self-destructed? The long-browed elder watched calmly. A self-destruction can’t destroy Tribulation treasures. It looks like he’s poor. The long-browed elder waved his hand and scanned the treasures left behind by the blue-robed man. He scoffed. It’s just as I guessed. Two Fifth Tribulation treasures and some other miscellaneous items. They barely add up to 200 Outer Realm Essence Crystals.

Many wealthy Imperial Lords were willing to hand over 200 Outer Realm Essence Crystals and their loyalty for 1,000 years so that they could hold onto their remaining treasures. However, they had deliberately set the price at 200 Outer Realm Essence Crystals. Only those who were relatively rich, had a huge harvest, or a powerful Tribulation Eminence in their homeworld, would have that many Outer Realm Essence Crystals. Otherwise, most Imperial Lords would rather destroy one of their true bodies when faced with Black Fiend Hall’s conditions.