Chapter 818: Splitting Up (1/2)

In the outermost ring of the Shatter Battlefield.

Numerous spatial rifts were densely interweaving with one another in the sky, emanating extremely vigorous fluctuations.

One of the spatial rifts grew wide, and figures streamed out of it. They dove out of the sky and landed on the desolate land, which was covered with yellow sand.

SHEW!

Nie Tian flashed out of the the spatial rift and landed heavily on the land with a loud crash, along with Yin Yanan and Mu Biqiong.

Seeing him flashing out of the spatial rift, Zhao Shanling called out, “You don’t have to worry about Pei Qiqi, Nie Tian. I’ll find her.”

With these words, he morphed into a streak of light and left.

Nie Tian looked over with rapt attention, and saw Zhao Shanling covering fifty kilometers in a breath’s time, soon disappearing from his view.

Air-transportation spiritual tools of different shapes appeared over the heads of explorers from the Domain of Heaven Python and the outsiders before they left one after another on their own air-transportation spiritual tools.

Some of them sped off towards the heart of the Shatter Battlefield like Zhao Shanling, while others constantly changed directions to remain in the outermost ring, considering their unimpressive cultivation bases.

Fan Kai, Zong Zheng, and the other experts from the Domain of the Falling Stars flew off after nodding at Nie Tian.

Moments later, Hua Mu, Wu Ji, and Qi Bailu were the only experts that were still standing beside him.

WHOOSH!

Meng Li from the Divine Seal Sect slowly flew out of the spatial rift and landed beside Yue Yanxi.

He glanced at Nie Tian from afar and said, “According to our estimation, this spatial rift that leads to the Realm of Maelstrom will remain open for three to five years. This means you’ll have at least three years in the Shatter Battlefield. When the time is up, you can just come back by retracing your steps, and you’ll be able to return to the Realm of Maelstrom.”

Smiling, Yue Yanxi nodded and said, “I see.”

At this moment, Meng Li beckoned him. “Nie Tian.”

Nie Tian approached.

Meng Li took out a compass from within his inner pocket and handed it to Nie Tian. “Our sectmaster made this compass after his return from the Shatter Battlefield. See? This is where the spatial rift is. This compass will allow you to find your way back, at least.”

Then, he told Nie Tian to send a wisp of a soul awareness into the compass.

As soon as his soul awareness flew into the compass, it was absorbed by a small magnet.

Then, a glowing soul spot appeared within the compass.

That spot represented Nie Tian.

Aside from that spot, there was also another bright spot the size of a grain of rice, which stood for the spatial rift.

Nie Tian had seen many similar tools, and thus wasn’t surprised by the changes.

However, the fact that the Divine Seal Sect’s sectmaster had made this compass, which could tell directions within the Shatter Battlefield, proved his unusual power.

After all, most of those who were able to make this kind of compass were spatial power experts like Zhao Shanling.

Meng Li let out a soft sigh. “Unfortunately, our sectmaster didn’t know much about the Shatter Battlefield, and thus couldn’t mark the special regions out on the compass. You’d better be careful and not go too deep.” With this reminder, he returned to the Realm of Maelstrom through the spatial rift.

After watching him leave, Nie Tian threw the compass into his ring of holding.

At this moment, Nie Tian noticed that the Divine Seal Sect, the Golden Vast Sect, and the Thousandsword Mountain Sect had also sent small groups of their disciples here. Most of them were at the Soul realm; not a single Void domain expert could be seen among them.

These three parties were the most familiar with the Shatter Battlefield, and had participated the most actively when the Shatter Battlefield had opened before.

However, the heavy losses they had suffered from their previous entries had made them very apprehensive. Therefore, they had long since restrained their disciples from entering the Shatter Battlefield.

Altogether, the three parties had sent less than twenty Qi warriors this time.

With a grim expression, Jiang Feng warned Mu Biqiong, “Stay in the outermost ring with Nie Tian, and don’t try to go any deeper.”

Then, after exchanging a glance with Yue Yanxi, he flew off with the other Void domain experts from the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries, and soon disappeared in the direction Zhao Shanling had left in.

Mu Biqiong and Yin Yanan stood beside Nie Tian.

The deeper people went into the Shatter Battlefield, the more powerful experts they would be likely to encounter. Even Void domain experts like Yue Yanxi and Jiang Feng would find themselves in unpredictable danger in the depths of the Shatter Battlefield.

If they had taken Mu Biqiong and Yin Yanan with them, they would have become their burden.

Not only would their own safety be undermined, but they wouldn’t necessarily be able to keep the girls safe. Therefore, they had decided not to take the girls with them.

Furthermore, they had told the girls before coming that their uniqueness would only give them advantages in the outermost ring.

Once they went deeper into the Shatter Battlefield, such advantages would be completely gone.

“Master...” Nie Tian called out softly.

Before he could say anything else, Wu Ji shook his head and said, “You’d better stay in the outermost ring. You’re not ready to go deeper yet.”

Hua Mu chimed in, “The outermost ring of the Shatter Battlefield is the most vast. Considering you three’s cultivation bases and resourcefulness, you’ll be able to gain fortunes just the same here.”

Nie Tian sighed weakly and said, “You take care then.”

Wu Ji and the other experts then left.

Soon, the only people who remained under the interweaving spatial rifts were Yin Yanan, Mu Biqiong, and Nie Tian.

The others had either gone into the depths of the Shatter Battlefield or scattered to explore the place.

The three of them gazed skywards at the spatial rift they had come from, and examined it with their soul awarenesses.

Yin Yanan suddenly frowned and said, “Even though that spatial rift is still there, it doesn’t seem to be stable anymore. Even if we want to return through it now, I don’t think we’ll be able to.”