Chaotic Sword God

Chapter 3940: Breaking Free

Originally, Jian Chen wanted to save the white jade lamp for the Mistress of Contrary Winds from the Wind clan, but he could only use it prematurely. After all, he was left with no other choice.

However, the power of the white jade lamp had exceeded his imaginations. When the devastating storm of energy swallowed this space, it led to a violent reaction from the formations of the Skyscraping World.

Profound formations appeared both in the sky and underground, weaving through every inch of space. As it stabilised the space, it also suppressed the terrifying power that the white jade lamp erupted with.

If it were not for the suppression, the devastating storm of energy from the white jade lamp could easily swallow the entire Skyscraping World.

If this happened outside, it would have reduced a galaxy to eternal darkness.

This was the terrifying power of a late Immortal Exalt after all.

The Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy was caught slightly off-guard. The white jade lamp erupted between him and Jian Chen, so he could only let go of Jian Chen and rapidly retreat in the surging storm of energy. Laws weaved through the air, forming barrier after barrier in front of him.

Before the power of the white jade lamp, the only thing he could use was his comprehension of the laws. As for his cultivation, the Soul Guarding Ancestor’s cultivation as a Second Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt was completely useless before a storm of energy that was as powerful as late Immortal Exalts.

But despite that, the barrier of laws that the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy set up in front of him shattered one after another. Some of the fragmented energy reached his body, leaving behind terrifying wounds. Some of his flesh even directly vanished.

With comprehension at the peak of the Seventh Heavenly Layer and a body and cultivation at the Second Heavenly Layer, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy could not use his peak strength at all.

The incompatibility between cultivation and comprehension would even become a restraint at times.

The Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy retreated quickly in the devastating storm. Jian Chen, who received the same attack, was not well off either. He was launched flying like a cannonball, slamming into the rock behind him heavily. Not only did the great force shatter his bones, but even his soul swayed violently and uncontrollably.

Before the tremendous might of the white jade lamp, the Divine Armour of Heavenflight was undamaged, but Jian Chen still faced devastating injuries. If it were not for the Source of Life’s recovery, Jian Chen probably would not even have a corpse left with his current cultivation.

Jian Chen constantly coughed up blood. His head was so dizzy that he almost directly fainted.

However, he knew he definitely could not faint right now. Once he fainted, the ray of hope he had created by exhausting a treasure like the white jade lamp would all go to waste. He gritted his teeth and suddenly pushed off the rock face behind him with his arms. He forcefully changed his posture, turning his back on the empty mountain path.

In the next moment, he shot off like an arrow, having been blown far away by the incoming storm of energy. He flew for several hundred metres before he slammed into another rock heavily. He coughed up blood constantly. He was sheet-white.

Under the protection of the formations of the Skyscraping World, the rock was undamaged, but Jian Chen paid a hefty price. His organs ruptured once again, but they were repaired again by the Source of Life in the blink of an eye.

The power of the white jade lamp was far too great. Even though it could not destroy the Skyscraping World, it still affected the space within a range of ten thousand kilometres, making the space distort violently.

The space here was not as feeble as the outside world’s. Instead, it had been reinforced by peak formations. It could easily withstand battles between a group of Immortal Exalts. It was truly impervious.

At this moment, visibility within ten thousand kilometres became extremely clear. All of the mist dispersed.

Suddenly, a terrifying presence erupted towards Jian Chen like a volcano that had remained dormant for far too long.

Jian Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Several hundred kilometres away, the storm created by the white jade lamp was forcefully parted into two by a terrifying power. A bloodied figure strode out with firm steps.

It was the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy. At this moment, his face was extremely ugly. Many horrific injuries had appeared on his body, with many of them penetrating straight through his body, reaching from his chest to his back. Even his right hand had gone missing.

He did not move quickly. He covered several dozen kilometres with each step, enduring great pressure as he forced his way through the storm created by the white jade lamp, approaching Jian Chen.

Jian Chen shivered inside. He knew his opponent was a Seventh Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt. If it were not for the obstruction from the white jade lamp, he only needed an instant to arrive before him.

Without any hesitation, he immediately unleashed the Laws of Space with his full strength, fleeing as quickly as possible. At the same time, he used the secret technique from the Skyscraping Sword Venerable to explore ahead, just in case he ended up at a dead end.

At the same time, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy had already crossed through the centre of the storm. His speed immediately increased, directly appearing behind Jian Chen in a single step. He extended his hand. A great power that could seize the space there reached towards Jian Chen.

However, with his body greatly injured, the strength that the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy could use was severely affected. His movements seemed rather stiff.

However, he ended up missing in the end. Jian Chen happened to use the Laws of Space at that instant, appearing several thousand kilometres away like he had teleported.

He did not dare to pause. He used the Laws of Space again and again, moving far away in just a few flashes and entering the thick mist again.

Once he entered the mist, visibility would be severely affected. Even the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy could not avoid that.

However, Jian Chen still did not shake off the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy. A tremendous pressure descended as a hand condensed from the laws ripped through the mist, hurtling directly towards Jian Chen.

Jian Chen shivered inside. He used the concealment ability of the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, silently vanishing from there.

Boom! The hand condensed from laws heavily slammed into the place where Jian Chen vanished from. It produced a great rumble and terrifying storms of energy swept out into the surroundings, compressing the space.

Three hundred kilometres away, Jian Chen was affected despite hiding away. He immediately fell out of the space there. He coughed violently. The Laws of Space wrapped around his body as he immediately moved a hundred kilometres away before using the Divine Armour of Heavenflight to vanish again.

Behind him, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy let out a growl. His gaze was extremely frightening. Through the Soul Guarding Ancestor’s memories, he understood just how powerful Jian Chen’s ability to hide was. Once he had hidden himself away completely, finding him again would truly be difficult.

When he first learnt about this from the Soul Guarding Ancestor’s memories, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy did not think too much about it, as he did not believe an Immortal Emperor could hide away so flawlessly before him.

Only now was he forced to accept this terrifying truth, as he had completely lost his grasp over Jian Chen.

The Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy immediately appeared where Jian Chen had vanished. He completely stopped trying to hold back. The laws manifested in the space there, directly disturbing the order in the space and forcefully interfering with it.

In the outside world, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy could easily influence half a heaven with such an attack, but in the Skyscraping World, everything was suppressed by the formations. In the end, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy only managed to interfere with the space a thousand kilometres from him.

A few hundred kilometres away, Jian Chen was forced out again, but he continued to move at high speeds. He moved extremely quickly, leaving the region under the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy’s influence in the blink of an eye before hiding himself with the Divine Armour of Heavenflight again.

The Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy pursued closely.

Very soon, Jian Chen arrived at a fork in the road. Before him were seven different paths. Each path led off in a different direction.

Jian Chen seemed to be prepared. With a flick of his finger, he sent an extremely weak wisp of his presence down the path furthest away from him before immediately diving down a different path and vanishing.

In the next moment, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy appeared. He directly raced down the path that Jian Chen had sent his presence down. Along the way, Jian Chen would always expose his presence from time to time in an extremely weak manner, which made the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy subconsciously believe that Jian Chen was unable to completely conceal his presence as he fled urgently when he was forced out by his powers.

However, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy noticed something amiss very quickly. There was absolutely no trace of Jian Chen within ten thousand kilometres.

He immediately retraced his steps and went down the second mountain path.

He travelled down the second path for several thousand kilometres, but there was still nothing, which made the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy realise this was also the wrong path.

Returning to the original location, the Ancestor of the Clear and Cloudy stared at the seven paths before him as his face darkened.