The mysterious figure clad in crimson armor was indeed in a panic. The Demon God Cult, having survived within the Xia Clan’s world, naturally understood the Xia Clan’s mobile fortress—the Ding Jiu Warship—and knew well that this warship could seal off an area spanning ten thousand miles.
“Ten thousand miles? What should we do? Fly slowly? Before we even get out, hordes of Xia Clan’s demigods might already be here!” He was anxious, but there was someone even more desperate than him.
“Cursed!!”
A faint shadow of a Demon God’s head emerged upon his crimson armor. As one of the three high priests of the Demon God Cult—the most powerful and esteemed—this figure possessed two divine artifacts: the armor he wore and the crimson scimitar he wielded. Combined with his perfected demonic body, his strength could rival even the Grandmaster of Taishu Palace at sea.
Yet, just like the divine artifacts of the Xia Clan, which were temporarily loaned to their extraordinary beings, the divine artifacts of the Demon God Cult were also merely entrusted to the high priest. They carried hidden techniques left behind by the Demon God himself.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!” Suddenly, from the Ding Jiu Warship high above, four figures dove down, forming a circle and attempting to intercept the high priest from four directions. These four streaks of light were none other than the four divine war soldiers! After the battle against the Demon General, these war soldiers had been placed under the command of Palace Master Chen and now arrived at the Ding Jiu Warship.
“Great Demon God,” the mysterious figure in crimson armor looked up at the dark Ding Jiu Warship in the sky, urgently transmitting his thoughts, “What should we do now?”
“Use the Shadow Token to escape! Though the Shadow Token is a life-saving talisman and not specifically meant for speed, it still greatly enhances it!” The Demon God’s head shadow on the armor urgently replied, “Flee with all your might, as fast as you can! Even if the Xia Clan’s demigods arrive, it won’t be easy for them to surround you. Just escape the range of the Ding Jiu Warship! With your strength, you still have a chance to flee! No matter what, protect that bronze coffin and bring it back!”
“Yes!” The mysterious figure raised a strange talisman that suddenly appeared before him. The talisman was gray with eerie demonic patterns. With a loud crack, dark magic crushed the talisman, shattering it instantly and unleashing its hidden power.
An invisible force immediately acted upon the mysterious figure. His body began to fade, becoming translucent, like a blurred shadow.
“Whoosh!”
His speed suddenly surged, and he shot forward like a streak of light, soaring past rivers and mountains, fleeing toward the distant horizon at an incredible speed.
“His speed is too fast!” Dongbo Xueying, who had been confident moments ago, was suddenly startled.
It was true—his flying speed was already quite fast, even among demigods, placing him at a high level, capable of flying a hundred miles per second. Dongbo had heard that the fastest demigods could reach speeds of around three hundred miles per second. Yet, the mysterious figure, who had previously been of average speed, now moved at an astonishing eight hundred miles per second after his body became a blurred shadow.
In other words, it would be extremely difficult for other Xia Clan demigods to intercept him.
“Whoosh!” Dongbo Xueying waved his hand, temporarily recalling the Azure Armor Guard and the Golden Man.
Then, his figure twisted and vanished directly into the Void Realm.
Within the Void Realm,
Dongbo Xueying could teleport. Although the Ding Jiu Warship was powerful, it could not suppress or stabilize the Void Realm. Thus, within this realm, Dongbo could teleport freely. “Swish! Swish! Swish!” You may move eight hundred miles per second, but with each teleport, I can cover a hundred miles instantly—I can catch up to you easily.
…
Inside the Ding Jiu Warship,
Palace Master Chen stood within the cabin, watching the scene unfold on a floating projection in midair. It showed the mysterious figure in crimson armor fleeing, while Dongbo Xueying had vanished into thin air.
“What kind of true essence has Snoweagle truly grasped? He can easily detect and monitor the Demon God Cult, and now he’s vanished again—completely undetectable even by the Ding Jiu Warship,” Palace Master Chen mused in admiration. The Divine Realm records only the most famous of true essences; many others remain undocumented, such as new second-tier true essences formed by the fusion of different laws and mysteries.
These were unpredictable. Although curious, Palace Master Chen did not press for details, believing the fewer who knew, the better.
“Snoweagle, you don’t need to intervene. Leave it to me,” Palace Master Chen transmitted through the communication ring, “I need a bit more time to prepare. The Ding Jiu Warship is fine in other respects, but many of its techniques take time to activate. I’m not an extraordinary mage. If Mountain Master He controlled the Ding Jiu Warship, it would be much better. Well, I’m almost ready. When the time comes, destroy that physical body for me!”
…
Within the Void Realm,
His battle-qi clone could still receive transmissions. Thus, Dongbo Xueying curiously followed the crimson-armored figure via teleportation, maintaining a distance of roughly thirty miles.
“Wah!”
Dongbo Xueying suddenly widened his eyes in shock, staring at what was happening outside the Void Realm.
“Boom—” A massive spherical illusion suddenly appeared around the crimson-armored figure. The sphere was covered in countless intricate runes, forming an incredibly profound formation. The sphere was three thousand miles in diameter! At the moment of its appearance, it began to violently absorb the thunder energy from the heavens and earth. In the blink of an eye, a colossal thunder sphere three thousand miles wide had formed!
“Too… too…” Dongbo Xueying stared in disbelief.
Three thousand miles in diameter!
The real-world location corresponding to where he stood was now inside the thunder sphere! Even the Demon God Cult’s hidden headquarters deep underground was now within the thunder sphere’s range!
Fortunately, the Cult had chosen a remote mountainous region for their headquarters, fearing that too many people wandering in and out might lead to accidental excavations and constructions. This also prevented the battle from harming ordinary people.
“Crackle~~” Countless lightning bolts began to converge. In an instant, the three-thousand-mile-wide thunder sphere condensed into a single ‘point’—the high priest himself!
The immense thunder sphere instantly collapsed into a pinpoint.
The entire world fell silent.
Even the sound seemed to vanish.
Dongbo Xueying stared blankly at the scene.
“Boom~~~” Then, the concentrated lightning at that single point erupted with terrifying power. Dongbo Xueying felt his eyes sear with blinding light.
Then the light faded.
Dongbo Xueying finally saw the scene before him.
The high priest, whose body had become a translucent shadow, was now plummeting downward, his form partially shattered. His crimson scimitar had been flung far away, and alongside it—was the bronze coffin! Despite the terrifying explosion, the coffin remained intact, with its thirteen chains still coiled around it.
“Wake up! Wake up now!” The Demon God’s head shadow emerged from the crimson armor, shouting frantically, “Fool! Wake up! Hurry!”
“Ah?”
The high priest suddenly regained consciousness.
With his perfected demonic body, he had long achieved immortality. Protected by divine armor and in a semi-ethereal state, he had only suffered minor injuries—his body hadn’t even shattered into particles. Strictly speaking, his injuries were not serious. However, the thunderous explosion had struck his very soul, leaving it blank and stunned. It was only the Demon God’s furious roar that gradually brought him back to his senses.
“Quickly! Retrieve the bronze coffin! Now!” The Demon God’s head shadow urged urgently.
“It seems that this bronze coffin is truly important to the Demon God,” the high priest thought to himself. He had never seen the Demon God so agitated before. He was curious—what could possibly be inside that coffin?
Once he regained his senses, the high priest immediately shot forward like a streak of light toward the coffin, simultaneously reaching out. The crimson scimitar, flying far away, swiftly returned to him.
With his incredible speed, he rapidly approached the flying bronze coffin.
The Demon God’s head shadow finally relaxed.
Just then—
A hand emerged from the void, grasped a corner of the bronze coffin, and pulled. In an instant, the coffin vanished into the void.
The high priest hesitated.
Gone?
The bronze coffin had just been right in front of him, and now it had vanished into thin air?
“AAAAAHHHH! Damned fool! You idiot!!!” The Demon God’s head shadow completely lost control, howling in rage.
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