Chapter 609: I’ll Even Die If I Have To (1/2)

Chapter 609: Ill Even Die If I Have To

In the middle of the abandoned but well-preserved city that Nie Tian had seen on his way to the Graydusk Forest, a man was sitting in the lotus position. Five Birdmen and Blackscales were bound by belts of spiritual power and floating over his head.

All of them were covered in wounds. Spatial blades were still flashing across them every once in a while, creating more gashes on their badly mangled bodies. Even their bones were exposed in some places.

A dozen more dead Birdmen and Stonemen were scattered around that man.

“Who are you talking about?” Li Langfeng asked cautiously.

“Zhao Shanling!” Nie Tian said, his expression flickering.

Li Langfeng was taken aback upon learning that Zhao Shanling was still in the Realm of Split Void, then he asked, “You saw him?! Did he see you?!”

Nie Tian smiled bitterly and said, “Considering his cultivation base, since I saw him, he must have seen me as well.”

Li Langfeng felt a numbness in his scalp as he said, “Yeah… So what do we do?”

“I don’t think we have a choice. We can only go and meet him now.” Somewhat helplessly, Nie Tian commanded the Bone Blood Demon to fly towards the abandoned city.

In fact, the moment Nie Tian’s Heaven Eyes flew close to that city, Zhao Shanling had noticed them.

Knowing Zhao Shanling’s strength, and the fact that he practiced spatial power, which was probably the most mysterious and profound power in this world, Nie Tian knew that there was no way he would be able to escape from him.

As long as Zhao Shanling wanted to catch up to him, even the Bone Blood Demon wouldn’t be of much help.

Therefore, he might as well go over there and meet him openly to see what he had to say.

After killing a large number of mutant spirit beasts in the Graydusk Forest, the Bone Blood Demon had absorbed tremendous amount of blood, and enhanced its battle prowess noticeably.

The way Nie Tian saw it, with the Bone Blood Demon by his side, even if Zhao Shanling wanted to kill him, he wouldn’t succeed so easily.

A few minutes later, the Bone Blood Demon flew into Zhao Shanling’s sight with Nie Tian and Li Langfeng on it.

Zhao Shanling seemed surprised. “Ah, it’s you.”

Even though he had long since discovered Nie Tian’s Heaven Eyes, he hadn’t linked them with Nie Tian at the first moment. Actually, he had thought it was some Worldly realm or Profound realm cultivator from the Wild Fire or the Dark Moon who was so daring as to peep at him.

Nie Tian then commanded the Bone Blood Demon to descend. “Greetings, Senior Zhao,” he said.

However, he still kept a rather safe distance from Zhao Shanling. Furthermore, he had instructed the Bone Blood Demon with his thoughts that, if Zhao Shanling made any aggressive move, it should attack him immediately and with full force.

“From the look of it, the ring of holding I gave you is indeed of an important use,” Zhao Shanling said with a gruesome smile. “I can’t believe that you actually harnessed a puppet that possesses Soul realm strength. Impressive, very impressive.”

At that moment, one of the Blackscales that were bound by spiritual power belts and floating in the air recognized Nie Tian. His expression flickered as he exclaimed in the human language, “You’re that Son of the Stars! H-how did you come back?!”

Surprised, Nie Tian looked up at him. After searching briefly in his mind, he suspected that this Blackscale might have been among the ones that survived and escaped from the island.

Since he had faced a large number of outsiders back then, and this specific Blackscale wasn’t one of the most powerful ones, Nie Tian didn’t have any memory of him.

Upon hearing those words, the look in Zhao Shanling’s eyes suddenly became meaningful as he gazed at Nie Tian. “A Son of the Stars...”

PHOOH! PHOOH! PHOOH!

One spatial blade after another flashed across the sky, killing every Birdman and Blackscale that was fastened like floating balloons.

Zhao Shanling frowned as he watched them crash heavily to the ground, as if he were pondering something.

Nie Tian, however, didn’t say a word. He secretly circulated spiritual power within him and snuck a glance at Li Langfeng, signaling for him to be prepared.

Nie Tian knew that Zhao Shanling was an unpredictable man. As a man with no scruples, it would never occur to him to follow the rules made by the major sects.

Perhaps he wasn’t even concerned with the calamity the Domain of the Falling Stars was facing.

Perhaps even if the Realm of Split Void was lost and the other realms were also plunged into the abyss of misery, he wouldn’t be stirred.

It seemed that all that he cared about was himself. No turbulence or calamity in the outside world would affect his state of mind.

After a short while, Zhao Shanling laid his eyes on Nie Tian. His face split into a smile as he asked, “Why haven’t you returned to the Realm of Flame Heaven, Nie Tian?”

“I was delayed by some trivial matter,” Nie Tian said.

“You were at the middle Greater Heaven stage the last time I saw you, but now you’re already at the late Greater Heaven stage,” Zhao Shanling said, “It seems that you failed to leave the Realm of Split Void in time because you were in the middle of your breakthrough. But now, it won’t be that easy to return since you’ve missed your chance.”

Before Nie Tian could say anything, he let out a low chuckle and went on, “The situation in the Realm of Flame Heaven doesn’t look good, you know.”

Nie Tian’s heart jolted as he heard these words.