Chapter 984: The Black Tortoise (1/2)

Clutching his Sound Stone in his hand, Meng Li said with furrowed brows, “Our speculation was correct. The outsiders were indeed collecting dead phoenixes.

“The outsiders that were searching areas close to the seventh spatial tunnel seem to have found six ice mountains with dead phoenixes sealed within them. At that moment, they had already carved the phoenixes out, and were about to take them back to their domains through the seventh spatial tunnel.

“Since there won’t be any external assistance this time, our sectmaster and the other two sectmasters are prepared to strike now.”

At the same time, Void domain experts from the Thousandsword Mountain Sect and the Golden Vast Sect also communicated with Quan Zixuan and Qu Mingde via Sound Stones, and informed Nie Tian of the newest situation.

Nie Tian seemed somewhat frustrated as he said, “If they strike now, there’s a good chance that things will go wrong. We’ll have to kill the eighth grade Demon and Phantasm as fast as possible. Otherwise, they might be able to spread word of our arrival. Once we’re exposed, we might not be facing just one ninth grade outsider expert at the last spatial tunnel.

“If it comes down to that, we’ll find ourselves in a hard-fought battle. Casualties will be inevitable.”

The teleportation portal that connected this floating continent to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace was located in the middle of the black sea, which was very far from their current location.

If they ran into strong resistance, one of their options would be to seek help from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. However, it was possible that they would be badly injured or even killed before their reinforcements arrived.

Meng Li also had a headache over the tough situation. “What should we do then?”

“Nie Tian!” Dong Li suddenly exclaimed, looking excited. “This lazy little thing seems to be able to seal those outsiders! It’s just that since it’s only at the seventh grade now, it’s not very confident about it.”

Nie Tian was taken aback. “The black tortoise?”

Dong Li nodded repeatedly. “I communicated with it, and it told me that it has a certain bloodline talent that can achieve a similar effect.”

With a skeptical tone, Nie Tian said, “There’s an eighth grade Demon and an eighth grade Phantasm over there at the seventh spatial tunnel. And it’s only at the seventh grade. Is it sure that it’ll be able to stop them from sending out word of our arrival?”

“No, it isn’t. It only says it might be able to do it.” Dong Li said with a wry smile.

“So the problem is that its grade is not high enough...” Nie Tian pondered for a while before suddenly exclaiming, “I might be able to help!”

Dong Li was puzzled. “How?”

Instead of answering her, Nie Tian immediately told Meng Li to inform Jing Feiyang and the other two to hold until he got there.

Meng Li sent out the message without delay.

Seconds later, Meng Li said to Nie Tian, “They got the message.”

After confirming the direction with him, Nie Tian activated his Star Boat.

The Star Boat then shot into the distance, giving rise to a loud whoosh.

The Void domain experts exchanged a glance, and rapidly followed along.

A few minutes later, the Star Boat came to a stop atop a short snow-capped mountain peak.

Jing Feiyang and the other two had been waiting.

Quan Zixuan lifted his hand and pointed at three ice mountains that could be vaguely seen in the distance. “Over there! The seventh spatial tunnel is located in a valley surrounded by those three ice mountains. More than a dozen outsiders are gathered there, all of which are at the seventh or eighth grade. From this distance, we can sense their soul auras, but they can’t sense ours.”

Seeing that the Void domain experts and Dong Li had followed them to this place, Jing Feiyang frowned. “You need to stop there! If you come any nearer, the eighth grade Demon and Phantasm will be able to sense your flesh aura and soul aura.”

Somewhat embarrassed, Dong Li said, “Got it.”

Nie Tian had his unique method to mask his aura completely. The Void domain experts could also trick the outsiders by hiding their auras.

She was the only one who couldn’t hide her aura. Besides, her cultivation base was the lowest. She started to feel like a third wheel.

“Nie Tian, you had Meng Li inform us that you can create something that will have a similar effect to the black mist. Is it true?” Qu Mingde asked curiously.

“I can only say that there’s a chance, but I can’t guarantee that it’ll work,” Nie Tian answered truthfully.

Jing Feiyang’s eyes lit up. “Still, it’s better than nothing.”

The more time he spent with Nie Tian, the more mysterious Nie Tian seemed to him. Sometimes, even he couldn’t understand why Nie Tian was so incredibly resourceful.

“We’re stopping here. Don’t go any closer.” With these words, Nie Tian turned to the black tortoise and said, “You’re coming with me.”

The black tortoise’s beady eyes shone with the light of excitement, as if it enjoyed being giving an important task.

“Are you sure?” Quan Zixuan asked with a disbelieving expression.

As learned Saint domain experts, they couldn’t tell what origin the black tortoise had come from, but they were certain that it was only at the seventh grade.

What could a seventh grade beast do to an eighth grade Demon and an eighth grade Phantasm?