Chapter 585 (2/2)

“I don’t know,” Fang Xingjian said, looking at the endless layers of clouds, lightning, and all sorts of burning flaming clouds and flashes under his feet. “Everything will continue to be absorbed to the center. Then let’s go down and take a look.”

At the next moment, the two of them dashed deep into the cloud layers. However, after dashing for several tens of kilometers, Fang Xingjian pulled the Fourth Prince, and they came to a stop. The Fourth Prince looked at Fang Xingjian oddly and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Strange gazes flashed in Fang Xingjian’s eyes as he said, “Let’s wait a little. I’ve been sensing people following us as we moved. Let’s take a look to see if it’s really the case.”

Not long after they moved, a gray light appeared about one to two minutes later. It was the Terrene Shrine’s Grand Elder, the Worm King.

The Terrene Shrine had been keeping watch on the Fourth Prince’s movements.

However, the moment the Worm King appeared, a sharp sword light exploded on his body, instantly slashing him up into several hundred pieces of minced meat.

“Ahhh!” An endless string of agonizing cries rang out from his body, which instantly transformed into countless flying bugs, scattering off and fleeing in all directions.

At the same moment that the Worm King’s body dispersed, Fang Xingjian’s sword finger moved. Light Pursuit sword ripples were sent sweeping out, about to kill the countless waves of bugs.

However, just when the Light Pursuit light ripples were activated, surges of black Qi rose from the sea of worms that had come from the Worm King. It turned into countless black snakes and clashed fiercely with the Light Pursuit light ripples, blocking Fang Xingjian’s attack.

The auras from the black snakes formed a body that was human for the upper half and snake for the lower half. It was like a demon from the legends, standing amidst the lightning and flaming clouds.

The Worm King also successfully regenerated himself, turning into a human figure and hiding behind the creature that had just appeared.

Fang Xingjian frowned and said, “World Annihilation Heavenly Lord? You’ve been following us?” As Fang Xingjian had sensed that there were people chasing after them, he had brought the Fourth Prince with him as they moved through spatial gaps. However, he was still unable to get rid of that feeling.

Seeing the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord appear, Fang Xingjian finally understood why. The martial will of a Divine level expert could directly scan the existences in the spatial gaps. It was just like how in the past, Li Shuanghua had been able to locate where he had been.

This figure that had emerged from the Worm King’s body, formed from condensed martial will, was the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord. It was apparent that he had left behind a portion of his will in the Worm King, then the two of them had followed the Fourth Prince all the way into the Hades Vault.

Hearing what Fang Xingjian said, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord said coldly, “That’s right. Both you and the Fourth Prince have blessed destinies and have experienced various fortunate encounters. So, of course, I’ll keep an eye on you to snatch away your fortunate encounters. This time, the treasures from the Hades Vault will all belong to our Terrene Shrine.”

“Is that so?” The World Annihilation Heavenly had just finished saying his piece when another two black figures descended from the skies. Waves of auras that were like the sulfur and lava of hell came down plunging from above as if dragging the entire space down into hell.

“All the land in the world belongs to the royal family. World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, have you asked if I’m agreeable to you snatching the Empire’s land?”

At the next instant, a huge black palm came plunging down from the skies.

It was so huge that it seemed as if it had filled up the entire world. The palm’s pitch black color was like that of River Styx in hell, and it was as harsh as the scorching sun high up in the sky.

Violent power came striking down, with the pressure of the attack, Overturned Hell. The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord let out an agonizing cry, and his figure, which had been condensed from his martial will, shattered and went flying out.

The Word Annihilation Heavenly Lord screamed, “George Krieg! You’ve reached tier two of the Divine level?!”

The First Prince’s voice seemed to have penetrated through time and space as it transmitted in from all directions, “Fourth Brother, I’ve known since a long ago that you inherited the legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor. It’s fine that you don’t care about cultivating the martial arts of the Ancient Path of Hell and instead focus on these small legacies.

“But at this moment, when the country is in danger and the world’s circumstances are changing, you should be stepping out quickly and assisting me in obtaining the treasures from the Hades Vault to substantiate the country’s reserves.”