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Chapter 1431: Pursuit and Escape
Pursuit and Escape
Tianshu Domain.
Boom—!
A pitch-black long spear of killing intent pierced through the surging tide of Calamities, instantly tearing open a bloody path. A massive number of skeletal Calamities were swept up by the residual killing intent, shattering into bone fragments that filled the sky on the spot.
After the long spear of killing intent pierced through the tide, it automatically changed direction in mid-air, cutting across the sky once more to land back in the palm of a woman wearing an Enforcer's trench coat.
Her fiery red long hair fluttering in the wind, Hong Xiu's gaze was as cold as frost.
"The situation is still under control, why do you look so gloomy?"
A voice came from the side. Lu Liangren, carrying a giant calligraphy brush on his back, stepped out, a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Still under control... really?" Hong Xiu retorted.
"Those devices buried underground by the Tower to Heaven are very effective. These Calamities of the Sighing Wilderness cannot fly. As long as they step on the ground, they will trigger them almost one hundred percent of the time, greatly relieving our pressure." Lu Liangren pointed at the Tower to Heaven behind him,
"Furthermore, with Mr. Han, the Pathway Chief of the Path of the Physician, holding down the fort, his domain can restrict the condition of the wounded to "near death," which means we can greatly reduce casualties and retain our combat power... Although the situation cannot be said to be very clear, it's at least not too bad."
"Before the South Sea Domain was breached, they were this optimistic too."
With just one sentence, Hong Xiu rendered Lu Liangren speechless...
"And don't you find it strange? It's been so long, but the Cessation Calamity still hasn't shown up."
"Even if the Cessation Calamity shows up, its threat level should be limited, right?" Lu Liangren said hesitantly. "After all, we have a Nine Monarch at her peak holding the line."
"...Perhaps."
With a few simple sentences, Hong Xiu made Lu Liangren feel increasingly unsure. He opened his mouth to say something else when a roar suddenly echoed from the edge of the sky!
An ink stain, like a blade mark cleaving the sky, instantly pierced from the south to the north. The moment it appeared, the light in the world abruptly dimmed slightly... A blurry figure sped rapidly within this ink stain, its speed incredibly fast!
The mighty aura of a Rank 9 demigod swept through the air. Its commotion was so immense that the entire Tianshu Domain felt its presence.
"A demigod of the Path of the Scholar God?" Hong Xiu was startled, seemingly somewhat surprised. "Is it Pu Guizong? Isn't he guarding the South Sea Domain?"
"Wait..."
Lu Liangren seemed to have sensed something. "No... his aura..."
Lu Liangren wasn't the only one who noticed the abnormality in the demigod's aura. Almost simultaneously, a terrifying aura erupted from the Tower to Heaven, and a figure wearing a white training uniform soared into the sky!
The Lord of the Red Dust, Su Zhiwei!
The aura of a Nine Monarch surged in the sky above the Tianshu Domain. Su Zhiwei stared fixedly at the bizarre entity that simultaneously exuded the aura of a human demigod and a World-Ending Calamity, her brows tightly furrowed, seemingly filled with apprehension and confusion.
This was the first time the Human Domains had observed such a bizarre phenomenon. Su Zhiwei didn't know what had happened to Pu Guizong, but logically speaking, Pu Guizong couldn't easily leave the South Sea Domain, and right now, the South Sea Domain had already been overrun by World-Ending Calamities... For him to appear here in this state was absolutely abnormal.
Standing in the sky above the Tianshu Domain, Su Zhiwei's aura surged. She reached out a hand directly toward the "Pu Guizong" within the ink stain!
In the next second, a Thought Storm directly exploded from the man's body!
Boom—!!
This Thought Storm not only dragged Su Zhiwei into it but also covered half of the Tianshu Domain.
Everyone on the battlefield who looked up at the sky witnessed a terrifying storm, almost condensed into physical form, sweeping across the firmament. Hollow pupils were outlined in the storm, and at the same time, an abyssal maw that seemed capable of swallowing the entire Tianshu Domain abruptly opened!
"—Get lost!!!"
In this instant, everyone's thoughts were disturbed. Even Su Zhiwei, who was about to strike, paused for a moment.
It was in this brief gap that the Thought Calamity rapidly shifted from the ink stain, departing from the sky above the Tianshu Domain right before everyone's eyes, moving straight toward the north without looking back.
The people within the Tianshu Domain were somewhat bewildered...
The sudden appearance of the Thought Calamity had made everyone tense, thinking they were about to face a fierce battle. But they never expected the Thought Calamity to just pass by above the Tianshu Domain like that... No conspiracy, no traps, causing their emotions to wildly fluctuate.
"Is it my illusion?" Lu Liangren said thoughtfully. "Why do I feel... like it was somewhat fleeing in a panic?"
Before everyone could recover from the appearance of the Thought Calamity, an aura even more terrifying than the Thought Calamity descended from the south!
Buzz—!!!
A Great Red Paper Umbrella flashed across the sky in an instant like a meteor, its speed more than three times that of the Thought Calamity. At the same time, red paper filled the sky like crimson clouds surging from the horizon, instantly dyeing the entire firmament!
"The Calamity of Mockery?!!!!"
If the sudden appearance of the Thought Calamity earlier had merely shocked and alerted everyone, then the descent of the Calamity of Mockery now directly caused their minds to tremble wildly and their expressions to change drastically!
But because the Calamity of Mockery was faster than the Thought Calamity, before anyone could react, that crimson cloud had already streaked across the sky above the Tianshu Domain, leaving only that heart-palpitating world-ending aura echoing within the domain. It was proof that the King of Annihilation had once passed through here.
"I really must be seeing things... to actually see the Calamity of Mockery hunting down the Thought Calamity..."
"Just what exactly happened in the South Sea Domain?"
It wasn't just the humans within the domain; even the Calamities of the Sighing Wilderness, which were frantically trying to attack, froze for a moment before resuming their assault.
With the disappearance of the two world-ending auras, everything returned to its original state, as if neither the Thought Calamity nor the Calamity of Mockery had ever appeared... But that bizarre scene just now cast a veil of confusion over everyone's hearts.
"Stay alert! Defend the Tianshu Domain!"
On the battlefield of the Tianshu Domain, a stern voice rang out. Those traps at the edge of the domain were like millstones, continuously reaping the lives of the Calamities.
Time passed, minute by minute.
After an unknown amount of time, the ground suddenly trembled!
At the same time,
Another terrifying world-ending aura erupted bizarrely from beneath the earth!
Having witnessed the passing of the Thought Calamity and the Calamity of Mockery, everyone's first reaction was to wonder if another World-Ending Calamity was passing through here? But they quickly realized... this world-ending aura wasn't bypassing the sky above the Tianshu Domain, but truly existed beneath the Tianshu Domain!
This World Extinction was coming straight for the Tianshu Domain.
The numerous practitioners of the Path of the Artisan controlling the underground traps at the edge of the domain only felt their connection with all the underground devices severed. Immediately following that, incredibly thick roots burst out from the ground, directly detonating hundreds of thousands of traps all at once!!