Chapter 346: News Spreads (2/2)

“Alright, this is it.” Li Langfeng waved his hand and bid to Nie Tian and the others farewell.

Looking in the direction Li Langfeng had left in, Nie Tian muttered, “That man isn’t always a bad guy.”

Only when Li Langfeng disappeared into the distance did Xue Long mutter, “It’s definitely not fun to become his enemy. But it’s a blessing if you can win his approval and become his friend.”

“Come on, let’s go to the Blood Skull’s base.” Pei Qiqi said with an expressionless face.

“Sure.”

With these words, the three of them marched on into the Void Illusion Mountain Range again.

By the time they arrived at the Blood Skull’s base, Gu Yu seemed deeply surprised by their arrival and asked, “Where did you go?”

“We took a trip to the east of Ash City,” Xue Long replied.

“To the east of Ash City?!” A shocked expression appeared on Gu Yu’s face as he hastily asked, “Do you know that Phantasms have appeared in the forbidden region to the east of Ash City?”

Nie Tian was taken aback. “How did you know about that?”

A shudder ran through Gu Yu’s body as he asked, “Does that mean Phantasms have actually appeared in that region?”

He looked back and forth between Nie Tian, Xue Long, and Pei Qiqi’s faces, and noticed that their expressions seemed very unnatural. That was when he was convinced that the news was authentic.

Then, he went on to explain, “Word came from the Wild Fire headquarters in Ash City five days ago, saying that they have discovered Phantasms. The forbidden region to the east of Ash City was the place where they discovered the Phantasms. At first, they only discovered one Phantasm, and it was engaged in fierce battle against a guest elder of the Dark Moon, Li Langfeng.

“By the time the Wild Fire’s powerful experts arrived, Li Langfeng was already badly wounded. Even though Li Langfeng had advanced to the Worldly realm, he couldn’t match up to that Phantasm’s battle prowess.

“Therefore, those two Wild Fire experts joined hands and attacked that Phantasm together. However, as their battle went on, two more meteors fell from the heavens, and two more Phantasms emerged from within them!

“Upon seeing that, the Wild Fire experts immediately retreated to Ash City. It wasn’t long before the Wild Fire organized a team of their most powerful experts and sent them to the forbidden region, hoping to find those three Phantasms.

“However, they mysteriously disappeared, and left no trace of where they might have gone.

“Since it’s a matter of great importance, and the Wild Fire was worried that something huge would happen to the Realm of Split Void, they passed the news on to us and the Dark Moon.

“The three parties have reached an agreement that they will all restrain themselves from starting battles with each other for the time being.”

Without holding anything back, Gu Yu explained the news he had received, as well as the current situation to Nie Tian, Pei Qiqi, and Xue Long.

“Uncle Gu, Hua Tian and I have to return to Shatter City now,” Pei Qiqi said with a face that was as expressionless as ever. “If you have any questions, you can just go ahead and ask Uncle Xue. He knows everything.”

Gu Yu nodded. “Okay.” Then, he arranged for a member of the Blood Skull to take them to the teleportation portal.

He, however, stayed and started an in-depth discussion with Xue Long regarding the appearance of the Phantasms. Obviously, he believed the significance of this matter surpassed that of any other matter.

SHEW!

Moments later, Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi returned to Shatter City via the Blood Skull’s teleportation portal.

It was early in the morning.

As the two of them walked in the chilly, empty street, Pei Qiqi suddenly asked, “You’re really going back to the Realm of Flame Heaven?”

“Yeah,” Nie Tian said, nodding. “The Realm of Flame Heaven is my home. It has already suffered enough recently. As we speak, endless demon Qi is pouring out of a huge spatial rift that has appeared out of nowhere. It won’t be long before the entire Realm of Flame Heaven is filled with poisonous demon Qi and becomes uninhabitable for humans. Now that I’ve obtained all three fragmentary star marks, it’s my duty to seal that spatial rift.”

“I see,” Pei Qiqi said with a soft voice.

After that, she keep silent the whole way back to their residence in Shatter City. Just as they were about to arrive at the gate, she suddenly said, “If you don’t mind, I want to go to the Realm of Flame Heaven with you.”

“Why?” Nie Tian sounded very surprised.

“I practice spatial magics, and I recently entered the Greater Heaven stage,” Pei Qiqi said with a composed expression. “I need to expand my horizons and temper my skills. That spatial rift connects our world with the Demon’s realms, which is already mysterious enough. However, the profound magics from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace can actually allow you to seal that spatial rift. That makes it even more unbelievable.

“I want to take a look at that spatial rift and be there when you seal it, so that I can better my understanding of the profound truths of spatial energy.

Her reason sounded very reasonable.

“Alright then,” Nie Tian agreed.