Chapter 335: The True Intent of Prince Wei

Inside the Void Realm.

Dongbo Xueying swung a long spear with great difficulty, barely managing to parry the weapon of the Deep-Blue being. At times, he was even forced to employ his Void Realm Clone technique, instantly shifting positions to evade deadly strikes.

“This transcendent isn’t particularly strong.”

“It’s just that his Void Realm techniques are troublesome. He can shift his body’s position instantly. All of us should close in together, attacking from all directions within a hundred meters. Even if he uses his Void Realm Clone to reappear, we can still kill him.” Though these Deep-Blue beings were merely lives formed from formations, they still possessed a degree of basic intelligence. They surged forward rapidly, their attacks becoming fiercer.

Dongbo Xueying clearly grew more strained, his figure shifting repeatedly.

He did his utmost to dodge.

Even around him appeared densely packed Void Realm Clones, used to confuse his enemies. Each time their weapons clashed, Dongbo Xueying seemed barely able to withstand the onslaught.

“Thud!” After dozens of exchanges, Dongbo Xueying finally “barely” and “luckily” shifted his position through a Void Realm Clone, catching one of the Deep-Blue beings off guard with a sudden spear strike. The Deep-Blue being showed a look of shock and fury before its body began to disintegrate and vanish. Under the “Starfall Annihilation Strike,” its body couldn’t withstand the blow.

“Be careful! His spear techniques, although their force is only on par with ours, possess immense destructive power through their mastery of principles. Once struck, we will die.”

“Right, all of you be cautious. This transcendent isn’t particularly strong; he’s just difficult to deal with because he can shift positions using Void Realm Intent. If we can seize the opportunity and strike his true body instantly, that will be the moment of his defeat and death.”

“Understood.”

“Seize the chance and kill him in one move.”

The Deep-Blue beings communicated with each other, growing increasingly frenzied in their desire to kill Dongbo Xueying.

Their attacks even occasionally swept wildly, hoping to coincidentally strike Dongbo Xueying just as he shifted positions through his Void Realm Clone.

“Thud!” A second Deep-Blue being was also struck, its body once again collapsing and vanishing.

“Coordinate well. Every time he deflects our weapons, he immediately uses his Void Realm Clone to shift positions. Deflecting our weapons gives him enough space to relocate. We must coordinate properly.” The remaining four Deep-Blue beings still brimmed with confidence in victory.

Yet for some unknown reason…

Dongbo Xueying seemed to have extremely good fortune, always managing to narrowly block their attacks.

“Thud!” When a third Deep-Blue being was struck, the remaining three finally realized something was amiss.

Although Dongbo Xueying had deliberately not acted too quickly while killing three Deep-Blue beings in succession, the reality was that battles between their levels were extremely fast. Dongbo Xueying had merely slowed his pace, yet still managed to kill three Deep-Blue beings within the span of two breaths!

With three consecutive comrades falling, the remaining three finally became alert.

Because they discovered that even together, their threat to Dongbo Xueying wasn’t as great as before. Moreover, how could an opponent seemingly not that strong kill three of them in such a short time? Even with the best luck, it shouldn’t be this absurd.

“This transcendent is hiding his strength. Flee quickly!”

“Quickly scatter and escape, join forces with the next batch, and attack this transcendent together.”

These three Deep-Blue beings weren’t truly alive, so they already possessed the most basic behavioral protocols. If they had a chance, they would attack; if not, they would scatter to preserve themselves as much as possible, waiting to join forces with the next batch of comrades before attacking together.

“Flee now?” Dongbo Xueying, who had previously seemed “dangerously” and “luckily” advantaged, suddenly flashed a cold gleam in his eyes. At the moment his opponents tried to escape, he immediately surged forward with a burst of speed toward one of the Deep-Blue beings. Under the influence of his Gravitational Domain and the resistance of the Void Realm, Dongbo Xueying instantly caught up, his spear already spinning outward, and the scene of Starfall Annihilation appeared.

Only this time, his spear strike was much faster than before!

“Whoosh!”

The speed of his strike was so great that the Deep-Blue being, wielding a long halberd and desperately trying to block, couldn’t stop the spear from slicing through and piercing into its body, killing another.

“This is the true speed of the Starfall Annihilation Strike. The previous strikes were merely playthings for you.” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes were filled with killing intent as he immediately lunged toward another opponent. However, the remaining two Deep-Blue beings had already exited the Void Realm and begun fleeing frantically in separate directions.

“Do you think you can escape?”

Dongbo Xueying immediately dispersed his body, merging with the entire Void Realm.

Then, in a semi-void state, he advanced rapidly, silently approaching one of the Deep-Blue beings. Although the Deep-Blue being fled desperately, it had no idea where Dongbo Xueying was. Although it cleverly fled in a straight line away from the previous battlefield, the Blood Battle Arena was only so large, and it had to fly in other directions. Before long, it encountered Dongbo Xueying again.

Thud, another sudden and fatal spear strike!

…

The last two fleeing opponents were easily separated and eliminated.

Dongbo Xueying emerged from the Void Realm, gazing at the hourglass suspended in midair above the Blood Battle Arena, where the time sand still had a small portion left slowly trickling down. He couldn’t help but show a trace of a smile: “Pretending to be weak indeed made things much easier.”

The last time, killing the weaker Nine-Headed Golden-Eyed Unicorn had barely been accomplished within the time frame of a single grain of sand.

This time, facing the stronger six Deep-Blue beings, he had first eliminated four by pretending to be weak, leaving only two to flee. Thus, he had plenty of time remaining.

“Pretending to be weak” was simple—just slow down the speed of the secret technique “Starfall Annihilation Strike” a bit, even slower than the “Extreme Penetration”! This naturally reduced the threat significantly, as the Deep-Blue beings could usually withstand it. Only occasionally, through sudden attacks using Void Realm Clones to shift positions, could he succeed once. It was only after three deaths that the Deep-Blue beings realized something was wrong.

Because how could it be so coincidental? His strength just happened to be so close to theirs, and unknowingly, half of them were eliminated?

“There’s still one last batch.” Dongbo Xueying stood atop the Blood Battle Arena, silently waiting.

Finally.

The time sand within the hourglass in midair completely drained away, and a new portion began to flow. On this cold, crimson battle arena, three figures began to coalesce. These three were all small and slender, humanoid, about only one and a half meters tall, with notably long arms and a pair of conspicuously sharp claws. Their skin was a deep bluish-green, with only tattered cloth wrapped around their waists.

Dongbo Xueying’s heart immediately sank, and his face changed.

“Hunters!” Dongbo Xueying felt a surge of anxiety and anger in his heart.

This was the first time he had learned the identity of his opponent since entering the Blood Battle Arena. He had no information on the previous two batches of opponents.

But these small figures appearing this time were recorded in his intelligence!

They were known as the “Hunters.”

“Why are they Hunters? Why not the Roaring War General? Why not the Thunder Envoy?” Countless thoughts raced through Dongbo Xueying’s mind. “What should I do? How should I respond?”

The Hunters were opponents Dongbo Xueying very much wished to avoid because their skills were precisely what countered him!

The Hunters were also beings formed from formations, but their combat techniques were far superior. They even naturally mastered the second-tier divine heart, the “Microcosmic Divine Heart!”

The Microcosmic Principle was a higher level of the third-tier principle, the “Particle Principle!”

As a second-tier principle, even if it had some degree of counteraction, it wouldn’t pose much of a threat to Dongbo Xueying if merely at the peak of the third realm. After all, Dongbo Xueying possessed three principles and secret techniques.

However!

Once it broke through, and the “Microcosmic Principle” reached the Divine Heart realm, it became different.

Conventional armor, divine weapon defenses, battle qi, and other forms of physical defense were utterly ineffective against attacks from the Microcosmic Divine Heart! Although Dongbo Xueying now had mastered the “Void Body,” significantly enhancing his defensive capabilities, strictly speaking, in terms of comparison across attack, movement techniques, and defense, his defense was still the weakest.

Because he had secret techniques for attack!

In terms of movement techniques, he could easily shift positions.

Only his physical body was relatively weaker.

“Come then.” Even knowing how troublesome they were, Dongbo Xueying had no retreat.

Inside the Blood Battle Arena, it was either his death or the death of his opponent! There was no other possibility.

“Fortunately, I’ve mastered the Void Body, so I still have a chance. Otherwise, I might have died in the first encounter.” Dongbo Xueying muttered to himself. In fact, without the Void Realm techniques, he wouldn’t have even been able to deal with the retired obese giant of the “Black Iron Cannon Army” from the third vine leaf world. Clearly, having come this far, Dongbo Xueying’s strength still had the qualifications to fight.

“Three of them.” Dongbo Xueying rapidly strategized. Even one-on-one, he would find it difficult. One against three?

The three small Hunters, with their dull yellow eyes, exchanged glances, then their figures instantly blurred, becoming three shadows streaking along three curves, rapidly approaching.