Chapter 431: I’ve Been Waiting for You! (1/2)

Chapter 431: Ive Been Waiting for You!

In the Realm of Dark Underworld.

Dong Li had stayed in that very location since Nie Tian had vanished.

Soon after Shen Zhong had found her and asked her about Nie Tian and the Spirit Pearl’s whereabouts, her martial uncle, Dong Mingxuan, had also sought her out and asked the same questions.

However, even though Dong Mingxuan was a senior in her clan, she had chosen not to tell him the truth, but instead told him that the Spirit Pearl had chased Nie Tian away.

Dong Mingxuan had also failed to detect any signs of life in the vicinity.

Seeing that she was recovering her strength, Dong Mingxuan had reminded her to be careful.

Dong Li had told her that she would leave the Realm of Dark Underworld as soon as her strength was restored.

With a nod, Dong Mingxuan had sped away. Dong Li, however, had stayed in place.

A few days passed...

Shen Zhong, Dong Mingxuan, and Zhou Ruyun had failed to find the Spirit Pearl or Nie Tian after conducting a thorough search of the area.

However, the three of them had been unwilling to give up, and thus spent two more weeks searching in other areas of the Realm of Dark Underworld.

Yet, they still hadn’t discovered a single sign of the Spirit Pearl or Nie Tian.

Therefore, they had given up, as reluctant as they had been. Then, they had returned via the inter-realm teleportation portal they had set up in the Realm of Dark Underworld.

By the time they had returned to the Realm of a Hundred Battles, all the juniors had already returned, but Dong Li hadn’t been among them.

Dong Li had never left the location where Nie Tian had vanished.

Time flew... Another month passed...

Having long since recovered her strength, Dong Li hid herself in the luxuriant foliage of a huge ancient tree, practicing cultivation with spirit stones as she waited for Nie Tian.

Her instincts told her that Nie Tian would show up in this place at some point.

Recently, she had repeatedly spotted air-transportation spiritual tools flashing by over her head, as well as search teams consisting of local Heaven and Greater Heaven stage Qi warriors.

She had been lucky that no Worldly realm Qi warriors like Tang Yang had come to search in this area, so she hadn’t exposed herself yet.

Even so, she felt increasingly insecure and uneasy.

Over the past few days, local Qi warriors had come to this area more frequently than before. She felt that if she continued to stay in this place, it would be very likely that she would be discovered.

Hence, she began to consider the option of returning to the Realm of a Hundred Battles.

However, for some reason, she seemed to be obsessed with this matter. She just wanted to wait for Nie Tian’s return, or the Spirit Pearl’s, which would at least prove Nie Tian’s death.

Either way, she needed an answer.

Another three days passed, and the local Qi warriors visited this area more and more frequently. There were even a few times where she was on the verge of being exposed.

She suspected that they must have learned what had happened in that lake.

Due to the leaving of the Phantasms’ ancient starship and the explorers from the Realm of a Hundred Battles, the local Qi warriors couldn’t find a single living person to question.

They probably had determined that people from the other realms had visited that area, and thus were conducting an inch-by-inch search of the nearby areas.

As much as she wanted to keep waiting, knowing that if she didn’t leave soon she would be exposed, she finally decided to leave.

In the mysterious land, Nie Tian opened his eyes.

Nine bright sparks could be seen in the depths of each of his eyes as he paced towards the altar.

The flames had already gone out; the Flame Dragon Armor and the Spirit Pearl were both sitting silently at the center of the altar. The Flame Dragon Armor seemed to have consumed too much flame power, and thus was no longer radiant with fiery light.

Every shred of power within the Spirit Pearl had been refined by the Flame Dragon Armor, along with the Specters and discarnate souls it had gathered. Now, it seemed empty and without any wonder.

Nie Tian had successfully entered the Greater Heaven stage. Nine fragmentary stars were shining brightly in his soul.

With a frown, he bent down and picked up the Spirit Pearl. Then, he sent a wisp of his psychic awareness into the wondrous item forged by the Phantasms.

As his psychic awareness roamed inside of it, Nie Tian realized that there was another dimension inside, which seemed to be able to attract and gather discarnate souls.

However, it was completely empty and lifeless at this moment.

Withdrawing his psychic awareness, he reached out to grab the Flame Dragon Armor.

The moment his hand made contact with it, it started to rapidly absorb his flame power and flesh power.

In the next moment, the same spatial vortex that had taken him to this place formed in front of him.

Nie Tian’s eyebrows flickered as he immediately understood what was happening.

The Flame Dragon Armor had almost completely drained the flame power it had gathered all these years by refining the Spirit Pearl.

Its remaining power was already insufficient to create another spatial vortex and teleport him out of this place. Therefore, it could only channel power from him.