Chapter 865: Your Laws Aren’t Absolute (2/2)

He quickly picked up the device used to contact the people tailing them from the Spirit Awakener Guild, failing to get any response. He then switched over to a second device, obtaining the same result once again.

He repeated it with the third and the final device, noticing how all of them failed to connect to the other party. Even though they didn't display it openly, the Spirit Awakener Guild placed great importance on Krune.

If it wasn't for that, they wouldn't have agreed to his terms in the first place and give him loose, rewarding conditions. It was all for Krune to reach a higher cultivation base and awaken the spirits of stronger equipment for the guild with his one percent success rate.

After they started to invest resources into nurturing him, if Krune went and died in some random ditch, all their efforts would be wasted. It went without saying that they weren't reassured by just sending a single mercenary to protect him.

After all, despite Yulian being an E Rank mercenary who had achieved it all by himself, he was only at the peak of the God Core Realm. In the grand scheme of things, his strength wasn't enough for them to feel at ease.

That's why they sent four powerful teams to secretly tail Krune and arrive at his rescue when necessary. The leaders of the first three teams were at the peak of the God Core Realm. As for the final team, their team leader was at the First Stage of the Nascent God Realm.

The strength they packed was more than enough to face any situation that Krune might come to face. As someone in the Nascent God Realm himself, Trivar had long sensed their group. But upon realizing that they were meant to protect Krune from harm, he decided to pit them against the group that was pursuing his daughter.

It was a sound plan, though plans couldn't keep up with changes. The appearance of the man with the crown messed it all up.

”Something happened to them.” Yulian shuddered as he muttered, sprinting out of the carriage as he made a beeline towards Krune.

He then transmitted a message through Divine Sense, ”Krune, something's weird is going on. I advise we retreat immediately.”

”But I don't know the path,” Krune replied, immediately putting a solemn face the moment he saw Yulian rush out. He clearly remembered Yulian's condition. Unless Krune's life was in danger, he wouldn't take action.

”I know the routes of this region,” Yulian responded back. He lived in the Zamuria Empire as well and even reached his level here. Naturally, he had passed by this region before. He didn't know as much as the merchants who ventured here before, but he could at least lead them to the exit.

”Alright, then.” Krune nodded as he looked at Vardin and Diana before saying, ”It's time to make our escape.”

Krune then glanced towards the battlefield, noticing a jawed beast emerge from the swamp eat exactly 10 cultivators at regular intervals. He then noticed the battle between Yuric and Whack, dazed as he noticed that…both were tied.

In fact, Yuric was gradually being pushed back as Whack was gaining the upper hand. Whack's attacks barely did any damage to Yuric. And in the cases where it did damage him, he recovered back to normal like it was nothing.

Though, every time he did that, it seemed like it took a toll on him. On the other hand, Whack seemed like he could continue doing it for a long time, brimming with energy.

Krune then heard Whack's boastful shout that resounded throughout the battlefield.

”Did you seriously think I wouldn't have any cards up my sleeve? I've killed a God Trial Realm cultivator once. You think he didn't possess numerous life-saving treasures or hadn't made enough preparations before entering the Immortal Severance Zone? Do you think I hadn't come across dangerous cultivators that lived just to battle and slaughter bandits?”

”Also...” he roared. ”Did you seriously think I did nothing after looting them dry? I've been in the Immortal Severance Zone for 78 years. I've hunted, killed, and looted a nigh uncountable number of cultivators, both strong and weak. On top of that, the number of techniques, abilities, resources, and other things they've carried with them, what do you think I did with those?”

He then struck Yuric with his greatsword, slashing him in half. But this time, Yuric's face was filled with shock, not because Whack damaged him. Up till now, Yuric hadn't sustained any real damage. Unless the laws making up his Land Incarnation were erased and he was slashed into numerous pieces, he wouldn't die.

In fact, he could easily recondense his body using the laws he had terraformed the land with. Such was the might of the Spiritual Incarnation. In actuality, the reason he was shocked because he felt Whack becoming stronger and stronger by the second. It didn't make sense to him. Not only that, but his cultivation also rose slowly. Eventually, it broke through and reached...

Second Stage Godly Fusion!

Whack smiled at Yuric as he said, ”You can be arrogant because you possess a Spiritual Incarnation. Had this been in the outside world, I wouldn't have been able to fight you. But, you seem to have forgotten something….”

”The Immortal Severance Zone is an incomplete Spiritual Incarnation of a Primal God. Your laws aren't absolute here.”

One thing must be mentioned. Spiritual Incarnations below the Semi-God Realm were called 'Land Incarnations' since they were capable of altering the land itself. Once they went above the Semi-God Realm, they became 'Heavenly Incarnations.' At that level, they would become capable of condensing the laws themselves like... the Immortal Severance Zone!