Chapter 1116: Infiltrating the Underground Palace
Rumble rumble rumble...
The ground cracked layer by layer, but the sealing profound formation remained completely motionless. However, the experts who were assaulting the sealing formation must have felt the feedback of it weakening, otherwise they wouldn't have kept working together for so long without giving up.
Everyone's attention was on the sealing formation, and coupled with Yun Che's extremely strong concealment ability, no one noticed his approach.
Yun Che remained motionless, his gaze sweeping repeatedly over the surrounding crowd and environment, pondering bitterly on how to proceed next. At that moment, his gaze suddenly halted as he noticed a person.
This was a young man who appeared to be about the same age from behind. The reason Yun Che noticed him was that his profound strength cultivation was extremely low—only at the mid-stage of the Sovereign Xuan Realm, not yet entered the Divine Way. To be qualified to enter this Illusory Sea Ancient Realm were all elites of various generations from the three star realms. When the seal breaks, it's very likely to trigger chaotic flows of profound energy. For your safety, we should move further away.
Island Lord? These two words made Yun Che's brows twitch... The Island Lord of Canglong Realm's Muyang Island — Mu Baimei?
Could he be Mu Baimei's son?
The purple-robed young man laughed aloud: "Haha, ridiculous. With my father here, how could I possibly be in danger? If I retreat, wouldn't that make people mock me as timid as a mouse?"
That person knew he couldn't dissuade him, so he could only shout loudly, "Everyone focus! Protect the young master's safety!"
The three realm kings were in the center, and everyone was already drenched in sweat. After dozens more breaths, finally, with a rumble like a mountain collapse and tsunami, the sealing profound formation completely collapsed. But the formation fragments did not instantly dissipate after collapsing; instead, with residual force, they fiercely scattered amid the profound energy storm.
"Everyone be careful!!"
The experts closest to the formation bore the brunt, all withdrawing their power at the first moment and easily resisting. The scattered formation fragments also rapidly flew toward the distant onlookers, like a rainstorm swept by a fierce wind falling from the sky.
"Full defense!"
Dozens of loud shouts erupted from the crowd. Those experts directly leaped into the air, striking out with a palm to scatter all the incoming formation fragments, while the young disciples quickly activated their profound energy defenses.
After all, they were just scattered formation fragments; the remaining power was almost nothing. To these Divine Way profound practitioners, they posed no great threat. Even if hit head-on, it would at most cause minor injuries.
But among these people, there was one exception.
"Young master, be careful! Wah!"
Above the purple-robed man, dozens of formation fragments simultaneously fell. Those blocking in front of him resisted with all their might, but with a loud explosion, the defensive barrier shattered directly, and all of them were knocked far away. One fragment that was not blocked fell like a meteor, heading straight for the purple-robed man.
The aura of death descended from the sky. Although the residual power of the formation fragment was very weak, to him who was only at the Sovereign Xuan Realm, it was an absolutely irresistible destruction... isn't that right, Sect Master Han.
As he spoke, a figure slowly descended from above. His golden robe, bright enough to blind a dog's eyes, instantly revealed his identity: the Great Realm King of Nanhuai Wuji Realm — Nanlie Great Emperor!
The burly man beside him, Wanghai Realm's Great Realm King Han Kuan, snorted coldly and said flatly, "Island Lord Mu, you should go back and look after your son."
"Hehehe," Mu Baimei was not angry at all, but smiled and said, "I'm afraid I've disappointed you two. My son only suffered some minor injuries, far from losing his life. How could that delay the important matter of the Imperial Immortal Grass?"
"Hahaha!" Nanlie Great Emperor laughed loudly. "Old Man Mu certainly thinks clearly. After all, if this son dies, you can have ten or eight more. But if the Imperial Immortal Grass is lost, you might never touch it again in this lifetime."
"However..." At this moment, Nanlie Great Emperor suddenly looked at Yun Che. "This kid's life force is forked, without even a hint of openness." Yun Che's heart gradually began to feel unsettled.
At this moment, a faint sound suddenly came from ahead.
"Nanlie old thief, it seems my son was fortunate not to die. How disappointing for you."
This was Mu Baimei's voice.
"Of course. Every time I think my beautiful little daughter has to marry your trash son, I'm utterly pained." Nanlie Great Emperor said in a sarcastic tone.
"Beautiful? Hah, indeed, the pig you raise yourself, no matter how fat or ugly, you treat as a treasure." Mu Baimei mocked.
The titles and words between the two were tit for tat, full of hostility, even somewhat venomous, yet neither showed anger, clearly accustomed to it.
Yun Che's speed was not fast, but he caught up to them, clearly they were also moving cautiously under the miasmic air of the underground palace.
Yun Che stopped, judging from sound and spiritual perception that he was now less than a hundred zhang from these three Divine Kings.
Under normal circumstances, at this distance he would likely have been discovered, but the abnormally heavy miasma here gave him no clear sense of danger. Still, he dared not approach further, slowed his steps, listened to their voices, maintained a fixed distance, and silently hung behind them.
He could only hang behind them like this, unable to advance or retreat.