Chapter 481: Rescue (1/2)
Chapter 481: Rescue
After explaining the situation to them, Hu Rong waited silently for Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi to give their answers.
Nie Tian fell silent.
He hadn’t expected that the appearance of the six spatial rifts would actually draw every powerful sect in the Domain of the Falling Stars to the Void Illusion Mountain Range.
Among the nine realms of the Domain of the Falling Stars, the Realm of Flame Heaven was the only one that hadn’t sent any forces into the Realm of Split Void.
“Have any Soul realm experts joined the battles in the Void Illusion Mountain Range?” Pei Qiqi asked with a grim expression.
“No,” Hu Rong answered. “It seems that all of the major powers have reached a mutual understanding. The strongest experts they’ve sent to the Realm of the Split Realm are only at the Profound realm. I suppose that’s because they plan to get ahold of the situation first. Also, battles between Soul realm experts will be overly devastating. If they come and engage in battle with each other in the Void Illusion Mountain Range, they might end up destroying the entire mountain range.
“Therefore, none of their Soul realm experts are here.”
Pei Qiqi let out a sigh of relief and said, “I’m going to the Void Illusion Mountain Range.”
Seeing that she had made her decision, Nie Tian grinned and made his stance clear by saying, “Me too.”
Hu Rong nodded gently and said, “If you really decide to go, you’ll have to leave Shatter City, march through the wasteland and desert where Hunters used to ambush passing explorers, and eventually get to the Void Illusion Mountain Range yourselves.”
“Doesn’t the Blood Skull have a functional teleportation portal in the Void Illusion Mountain Range?” Pei Qiqi asked, looking confused. “Can’t we teleport there directly through this portal?”
Hu Rong smiled bitterly and said, “The Blood Skull’s teleportation portal in the Void Illusion Mountain Range is no longer usable. One of the spatial rifts appeared right in the Blood Skull’s base in the Void Illusion Mountain Range. The Poison Sect seized control of that spatial rift along with the Blood Skull’s domestic teleportation portal.
“Cai Lan sustained severe injuries fighting back, and eventually backed out of their base with his men.”
Pei Qiqi’s expression flickered.
Then, Hu Rong let out a helpless sigh and added, “The Blood Skull wasn’t alone. The Wild Fire also lost their domestic teleportation portal to the Heaven Palace Sect. In the eyes of those ancient sects with deeply rooted strength, the Blood Skull, the Wild Fire, and the Dark Moon aren’t even worth mentioning.
“The three of them also fought each other before those truly powerful sects came.
“They did it to gain control of the six spatial rifts, so that they could make deals with the foreign sects afterwards, trading the spatial rifts for cultivation resources.
“However, due to the unequal strength of the sides, they weren’t even given the chance to talk.
“As soon as powerful experts from the other eight realms rushed over, they forcibly took those spatial rifts they were guarding along with their domestic teleportation portals.”
Eyebrows knitted, Nie Tian suddenly began to feel sorry for the Blood Skull. He was used to their imposing manners. Who would have thought that, as powerful experts swarmed in from the other realms, they would become the underdog, being bullied and not even given the chance to initiate a conversation?
“Li Ye and those two will be safe, right?” Pei Qiqi asked.
“That I can assure you,” Hu Rong answered with a serious expression. “The three of them were sent to one of the Spirit Condor’s secret strongholds. By the time the turmoil in the Realm of Split Void comes to an end, we’ll send them back immediately upon your master’s request.”
“Good.” Pei Qiqi didn’t want to waste more time talking. She shot Nie Tian a glance and said, “Let’s go.”
Nie Tian nodded and followed her out of the secret room.
Hu Rong saw them to the door and said gently, “Take care of yourselves.”
Not a single person could be seen in the lonesome streets as Pei Qiqi and Nie Tian headed directly towards the city gate.
On their way, they could hear the fierce sounds of fighting coming from the nearby blocks.
Even though it was daytime, the situation had apparently gotten out of hand in Shatter City. Since the Blood Skull’s remaining forces weren’t able to keep order, they turned a blind eye to all the fights and killings.
As the two of them reached the city gate, they found, to their surprise, that it wasn’t guarded by Blood Skull members like it used to be, and that the usually-closed gate was now wide open.
Many cultivators feared for their safety in Shatter City, and thus left in droves.
They would bear the impure and toxic spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth outside rather than stay inside the increasingly dangerous Shatter City.