Chapter 636: The World
Chapter 636: The World
However, at that moment, Xing Taidou's figure flickered, appearing before the retreating Tian family disciples.
"Tian family disciples, are you abandoning your Five Elements Flag?" Xing Taidou asked with a strange smile.
From a distance, Zhong Shan watched the scene unfold.
"Supreme Yin, we should retreat quickly!" Zhong Shan said.
"Agreed!" Yin Luoyue nodded, now understanding the ominous warning from the old man. The Witch Tribe from the Grand Thousand Worlds? Staying here any longer was clearly extremely dangerous.
"Follow me!" Xiao Wang shouted.
Without hesitation, the Tian family disciples turned and followed Xiao Wang. Instead of fleeing outward, they headed straight towards Zhong Shan. Xing Taidou's eyes filled with confusion.
Seeing Xiao Wang and the others approaching, Zhong Shan and Yin Luoyue's brows furrowed.
"Senior Yin, the Young Master once mentioned that you owe the Tian family a great debt. Xiao Wang asks for nothing else but for Senior Yin to help us leave this place. If you do, the past debt will be considered repaid!" Xiao Wang shouted.
Xiao Wang quickly assessed the situation and realized that Xing Taidou and the three members of the Witch Tribe would not let them leave. He immediately thought of Yin Luoyue and quickly led the group over.
Meanwhile, the three members of the Witch Tribe were not idle. The leader of the group stood motionless with his staff, while the one who had attacked Tian Xiao turned to scan the surrounding experts. The last member of the Witch Tribe, seemingly following the leader's command, stepped forward.
With his staff, he lightly tapped towards the Five Elements Flag Array.
"Bang~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The space in front of the staff shattered instantly, a pitch-black passageway shooting straight towards the Five Elements Flag Array.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The terrifying power made the Lesser Thousand World's space seem fragile. A single tap caused such a massive impact. Yet, as the powerful passageway reached the Five Elements Flag Array, it stopped eerily, blocked by the array.
"The Five Elements Flag Array is controlled by Nangong Sheng?" Xing Taidou exclaimed in shock.
He had heard of Nangong Sheng's formidable mastery of formations, but this was beyond belief. The celestial artifact-based Five Elements Flag Array had been taken over by him?
How was this possible?
Not only Xing Taidou, but countless other experts shared the same thought. Nangong Sheng was incredible beyond words.
"Hmph~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The Witch Tribe member let out a cold snort, and his staff emitted an eerie white light, cold as bone. The white light transformed into a ball of energy that crashed into the Five Elements Flag Array.
This time, the space did not shatter, and the impact did not produce a loud sound. However, the vast shield formed by the Five Elements Flag Array visibly caved in as if a tremendous force was pressing down on it.
"Yao~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The Witch Tribe member uttered a bizarre incantation.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
A thunderous explosion erupted at the location of the Five Elements Flag Array, shattering the space and turning a vast area into a pitch-black void. A terrifying black hole began to absorb everything around it.
The Five Elements Flag Array had been broken!
As the array shattered, five streams of light shot out in all directions like meteors.
Those were the Five Elements Flags! Xing Taidou's figure flickered as he quickly pursued the five flags. Those were treasures.
Other experts also chased after the flags, the allure of celestial artifacts was too great to resist.
After the powerful spatial rupture, the space gradually began to restore itself. The blood sea that had once filled the area vanished, leaving behind a massive crater spanning ten thousand feet.
From the giant crater, Nangong Sheng, clad in black robes and holding a massive iron book, slowly emerged from the black hole.
"Who are you?" Nangong Sheng asked, a hint of surprise in his eyes as he looked at the three members of the Witch Tribe.
"When we captured the Qilin that day, do you remember a giant hand that covered the sky?" the Witch Tribe member who broke the array asked in a deep voice.
"Are you him? With his power, he might be able to break through the barriers of this world, but he couldn't enter," Nangong Sheng asked solemnly.
"That was our ancestor!" the Witch Tribe member replied.
"Oh? No wonder!" Nangong Sheng's eyes turned cold.
"Hand over the Earth Book, and I'll grant you a swift death!" the Witch Tribe member said coldly.
"Hahahaha, just you?" Nangong Sheng laughed loudly.
"Hmph!" The Witch Tribe member snorted, pointing his staff at Nangong Sheng again.
A strange, pitch-black energy slowly emerged from the staff, transforming into a towering ghost that howled mournfully as it charged towards Nangong Sheng.
Wherever the ghost passed, the space shattered. A terrifying aura shot directly at Nangong Sheng.
The sheer force of this aura caused many distant experts to feel a chill from the depths of their souls.
"Hmph!" Nangong Sheng snorted coldly.
He raised the Earth Book, and a profound yellow light shot out towards the ghost.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The ghost exploded, and the powerful yellow light continued its charge towards the Witch Tribe member. The member blocked it with his staff.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The Witch Tribe member was forced back a hundred feet, while Nangong Sheng also retreated about ten feet.
"The Earth Book, truly a remarkable treasure!" the leading Witch Tribe member finally spoke.
He took a step forward.
"Hmph, this Lesser Thousand World is not a place for you. Leave immediately, or your already limited lifespan will be cut tenfold," Nangong Sheng said solemnly.
"You're referring to the reverse time flow, aren't you? But our ancestor's orders are not to be defied. Once I obtain the Earth Book, we will naturally leave!" the leading Witch Tribe member said calmly.
As the leading Witch Tribe member took a step forward, Nangong Sheng's brows furrowed deeply, forming a character of worry. He could sense that while he might have a chance against the previous member with the Earth Book, this leader gave him an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
"My son, follow me. Today, I will teach you the 'Soul Disintegration' technique. My disciple, clean up those irrelevant individuals!" the leading Witch Tribe member said indifferently.
"Yes!" the other two members immediately responded.
"Eliminate irrelevant individuals? Clean them up?"
Upon hearing this, everyone knew that things were bad. These three members of the Witch Tribe intended to kill everyone who wasn't essential? Silence all witnesses?
This?
Countless experts turned and fled towards the outside world.
Zhong Shan's group naturally also fled towards the outside.
Unfortunately, what stood before them was not the strongest of the Lesser Thousand World, but the eerie Witch Tribe from the Grand Thousand World.
The Witch Tribe member who had previously dealt with Tian Xiao waved his staff.
Suddenly, the sky darkened, and the entire world became pitch black. The previously abundant blood clouds and blood rain vanished.
In an instant, all the experts found themselves seemingly in a new place—no sky, no earth, just an eerie blackness, as if isolated from the outside world.
People were infinitely terrified, fleeing quickly, but the dark environment seemed endless, impossible to escape from. No matter how far they flew, it felt as if they hadn't moved at all, still standing in the same spot.
The terrifying phenomenon made everyone's hair stand on end. They quickly surveyed their surroundings, seeing that all the other experts were just as immobilized.
But this wasn't the key issue. The key issue was that the surroundings seemed to be filled with a strange smoke. Those with lower cultivation levels began to slowly lose consciousness.
One by one, people continued to fall unconscious.
Gradually, more and more people succumbed to the sleep-inducing smoke.
People tried to stay calm and focused, resisting the urge to sleep because, while the surroundings were incredibly strange, they were still conscious. Once they fell unconscious, they would be utterly defenseless.
One by one, they fell unconscious.
Soon, all the experts around had lost consciousness.
Xiao Wang was unconscious, the Tian family disciples were unconscious, and among countless experts, only two remained awake.
One was Yin Luoyue, and the other was Zhong Shan!
The two looked warily at the Witch Tribe member.
"This is the great calamity. I finally understand what it is!" Yin Luoyue said with a bitter smile.
"What is this?" Zhong Shan asked.
"I'm not sure, but our Tiger Tribe has records of something from the Grand Thousand World, called the 'World.' It is an evolved form of 'Heaven.' Those at the Heavenly Realm control 'Heaven,' and after becoming immortals, 'Heaven' is further perfected to form a small world of their own. Only powerful immortals can independently form a 'World.' Even ordinary immortals don't have this ability!" Yin Luoyue's face grew increasingly grim as he spoke.
A 'World'? The ability of powerful immortals? Does this mean the Witch Tribe member before us is stronger than an ordinary immortal, able to create his own 'World' with a wave of his hand?
"Don't be too tense. In the Lesser Thousand World, their power is suppressed by the local heavens and earth," Zhong Shan emphasized.
"But even so, they still..." Yin Luoyue remained worried.
"Ancient Shentong could kill him. What are you afraid of? No matter how strong, there are limits!" Zhong Shan reassured.
Ancient Shentong? Yin Luoyue was speechless. Indeed, Ancient Shentong could kill him; of this, Yin Luoyue was certain. Ancient Shentong nearly killed this Lesser Thousand World; how hard could it be to kill an outsider constrained by the Lesser Thousand World?
However, Ancient Shentong was Ancient Shentong. Who could be as monstrous as him?
"The great powers of the Grand Thousand World dare not enter. How could these less powerful members of the Witch Tribe stay so long without issue? There must be a flaw. I'll find it. We fight; not fighting means death. Fighting gives us a chance!" Zhong Shan said resolutely.
"And what about you?" Yin Luoyue immediately asked.
"If you can't handle him, I'll take over!" Zhong Shan said firmly.