Just the mere presence of its main body here has thrown everyone into utter disarray, humiliating countless powerful experts, and sending even the Divine Lord and Ming Hao to an unknown location.
If all eleven avatars were to gather here, who in this place could possibly stand against them?
At this moment, the turbulent void was churning violently with unrestrained energy. Spheres of light resembling massive stellar explosions rolled about like colossal fireballs, crushing everything in their path. Innumerable piercing, bone-chilling gales and frost crept silently closer, threatening to shatter anyone into icy dust. Blazing flames, each no less powerful than Heavenly Fire, spread like continuous oceans—layer upon layer of ocean—filling nearly every visible corner.
Dicarlo's expression was grave. He suddenly closed his eyes, and spatial ripples emanated from his body.
He was using his unique method to ascertain the precise arrival time of Hui’s eleven avatars, so he could formulate a countermeasure.
“There’s about a quarter of an hour left,” he opened his eyes, a chill creeping into his heart. “In fifteen minutes, all of Hui’s avatars will be here. We only have fifteen minutes—either we flee, we fight, or we somehow manage to summon powerful reinforcements.”
“Powerful reinforcements?” The Azure Dragon forced a wry smile, sighing inwardly. With the strongest, the Divine Lord and Ming Hao, having suddenly vanished, where could any strong aid possibly come from?
“We are no match for it,” Xuan He released his divine sense to perceive the surroundings, using the profound mysteries of Life to discern Hui’s life magnetic field. His soul trembled slightly, tinged with a despair of utter helplessness.
Hui’s life magnetic field was as vast and profound as an endless ocean of life. He believed that the Divine Lord and Ming Hao combined could not compare to Hui’s life magnetic field. He had only ever sensed such a powerful life magnetic field on Shi Xue, but even at Shi Xue’s absolute peak, its life magnetic field did not equal this Hui.
Generally speaking, the more vigorous and surging a life magnetic field, the stronger the soul, and the more refined and advanced the life form.
A powerhouse’s life magnetic field was absolutely far more vigorous and surging than a weakling’s; the life magnetic field was like a divine power ancient tree—a unique hallmark of the truly strong.
“Hmm?” Just as Xuan He was about to retract his divine sense, his expression shifted, a flash of astonishment crossing his eyes. He abruptly looked toward Shi Yan.
Because he discovered that in this place, besides Hui, there was another incredibly vigorous and surging life magnetic field. The intensity of this magnetic field even surpassed that of the Ancestral Sacred Beast Azure Dragon of the Heavenly Demon Clan, reaching an almost unbelievable height.
It was second only to the life magnetic field strength Shi Xue possessed in his prime.
Utterly inconceivable!
That life magnetic field actually originated from Shi Yan, a martial artist who was still only in the Initial God Realm. This defied all common sense and left Xuan He utterly astounded.
“You—how is your life magnetic field so vast and surging?” Xuan He couldn't help but exclaim.
His outburst immediately drew the attention of the assembled powerhouses to Shi Yan, making him the focal point in an instant. Subsequently, the Azure Dragon, Reddy, Frielitt, and even the Divine Race’s Four Heavenly Kings were stunned into silence.
They were all high-level Immortal experts, possessing astonishing perceptive abilities. They could detect the mysterious energy emanating from Hui, so naturally, they could also perceive the miraculous changes in Shi Yan. When they realized the unbelievable intensity of Shi Yan’s life magnetic field, they were dumbfounded.
No one knew what had happened.
The next moment, Xuan He’s body jolted, recalling the previous events, and he roared, “None of us noticed the disappearance of the Divine Lord and Ming Hao, yet you saw it, and you knew they might have been taken by Hui to the ‘Sea of Nothingness.’ How did you know all of this?”
“That’s right! You little monster, how do you know everything?” Frielitt yelled too.
Even as they spoke, they were distracted, dodging the world-annihilating forces erupting from Hui. Those surging explosions and terrifying shockwaves of energy threatened to cause the entire Turbulent Void Domain to collapse and dissolve into the ‘Sea of Nothingness.’
The Four Heavenly Kings, including Xiaoyao, also looked toward Shi Yan, their expressions unreadable.
At that very moment, a spatial rift flickered open, and another group of figures materialized abruptly.
“Adela!” Upon seeing the newcomer, Xuan He forgot his interrogation of Shi Yan and couldn’t help but tremble, his strange and ancient face filled with shock. “Why are you here? This place is extremely unsafe right now. What are you doing here?”
The group consisted of five people, all members of the Nether Royal Clan. Leading them was Adela, the current Clan Chief of the Nether Royal Clan. She was clad in an opulent, rich orange court dress, wearing a beautiful coronet resembling a crystal lotus seat. Her alluring face was etched with sheer horror. In the sacred grounds of the Nether Royal Clan, she had sensed the strange fluctuations in the Turbulent Void Domain and received news that eleven star domains were being invaded by massive extra-domain insects. She had brought experts from her clan to investigate.
The moment she arrived, she saw Xuan He, Frielitt, the Azure Dragon, Dicarlo, Reddy, the Divine Race’s Four Heavenly Kings, Elders, and the various Clan Chiefs—all present.
No matter how dull-witted Adela might be, she knew that a world-shaking event was unfolding within the Turbulent Void Domain.
Accompanying her were Nether Royal Clan experts: Jilata, a Pseudo-Immortal, two cultivators at the first level of Immortality, Sera and Fan’ao, and the last person, Audrey.
Audrey wore a vivid green dress, its hem embroidered with strange, ghostly floral patterns. The close-fitting gown accentuated her long, graceful legs. Her long hair was swept up high, giving her the same air of nobility and pride as her mother, but tempered with a touch of pure, cold detachment, like an ice-skinned flower blooming on a snow-capped mountain—captivating and heart-stirring.
She stood beside Adela, her cool, clear eyes shifting with an unusual light. Suddenly, she looked toward Shi Yan.
Shi Yan flashed a brilliant smile, offering a slight bow. “It has been a long time.”
Audrey hesitated slightly before returning the greeting with some awkwardness. “It has been some time. Congratulations on ascending as the new Lord of Shi Xue. I told my mother before that you would surely succeed.”
Within the Nether Royal Clan, Adela had been very unoptimistic about Shi Yan’s ascent. She possessed detailed knowledge of the Shi Xue lineage and understood the nature of her brother, Ming Hao, and her former lover, Xuan He. She simply did not believe that Ming Hao or Xuan He would tolerate anyone commanding them.
At the time, Adela had dismissively stated that Shi Yan could never reach the summit because his cultivation was too low; he hadn't even stepped into the Immortal realm. For someone at the mere Initial God Realm to command the peak was, in her view, a complete mockery—a mockery of Shi Xue himself.
But Audrey had insisted, believing Shi Yan would definitely succeed. Having fought alongside him in the Wasteland, she possessed an inexplicable sense of trust in Shi Yan’s strength and abilities.
She had indeed seen things clearly. When Adela finally learned that Shi Yan had reached the top, her expression became incredibly strange, as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
Now, Adela had arrived with her clan members, and upon merely glancing at Shi Yan, she gasped again as if seeing a specter, screaming out: “You—you are already at the third level of the Initial God Realm? Damn it, what in the world is going on?”
Not long ago, she had received the latest update that Shi Yan was only at the first level of the Initial God Realm.
The immense leap Shi Yan had achieved in the blink of an eye was terrifying.
It wasn't just her; many who hadn't felt strongly before also changed color as they reconsidered the speed of Shi Yan’s breakthroughs.
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