Chapter 994: Farewell (1/2)

The Shatter Battlefield used to be a super-large-scale realm as well.

But compared to this floating realm, its fate had been much sadder.

Even though the floating realm had been torn asunder by the interracial war, the Star Behemoth had steered it to a secluded area after the outsiders and Ancientbeasts had left, and thanks to it, the realm had been channeling power from the starry river to recover its lost vitality.

The Shatter Battlefield, however, had been torn apart by endless battles between different races, and lost its chance at prospering again.

It had gradually fallen, and become an arena where powerful experts of different races flaunted their strength by killing each other.

Even so, it still held many wonders, some of which were even more fascinating that what the floating realm had to offer.

For this reason, it had attracted countless explorers to seek fortunes and make breakthroughs in it over the past hundreds of thousands of years.

The ninth grade ice phoenix had entered the Shatter Battlefield from the Realm of Maelstrom after taking Pei Qiqi.

Nie Tian and the others had entered the same way she had.

Stella was taken aback. “Are you talking about the hybrid girl whose bloodline carried the profound truths of spatial power?”

Nie Tian nodded.

“She escaped,” Stella said, looking somewhat frustrated. “I discovered her special bloodline shortly after entering the Shatter Battlefield. Even I hadn’t seen someone with such a unique bloodline before. Originally, I had planned to bring her back to my domain, where I would take my time to study her bloodline.

“But one day, when I was cultivating, a Heaven Nourished grade spatial material in the Shatter Battlefield somehow established a connection with her.

“By the time I sensed the anomaly, she had already broken my restrictive bloodline spell with the power she received from that spatial treasure.

“With its help and the wonders of her unique bloodline, she split the void and disappeared. I couldn’t keep track of her.

“It wasn’t long before I lost her completely. After some time, I heard people say that a Heaven Nourished grade spatial treasure appeared in the depths of the Shatter Battlefield. Even powerful experts from the Void Spirit Society descended to search for it everywhere.

“But I didn’t hear a word about her again.”

Stella didn’t hide anything that had happened between her and Pei Qiqi.

Nie Tian listened closely and took his time to sort through his thoughts. Then, he realized that that spatial treasure had been drawn to Pei Qiqi’s unique bloodline, and after seeking her out, it had helped her break Stella’s restriction spell and escape.

He didn’t know what she had gone through after that.

All he knew was that she had later returned to the Domain of Heaven Python through the spatial rift which connected to the Realm of Maelstrom, and started hunting down and killing those that had taken part in her master’s death.

After that, the sectmaster of the Void Spirit Society had set his eyes on her, and taken her back to their headquarters as a legacy disciple.

Give the unique wonders of her bloodline and the sectmaster’s unreserved cultivation, she would definitely become a star that shone across the starry river one day.

“What about the river of time? Did you...?” Nie Tian asked again.

Stella shook her head. “I didn’t go anywhere close to the river of time. It’s located in the depths of the Shatter Battlefield, where many Saint domain members and a God domain member of the Void Spirit Society soon arrived and started searching. I didn’t want any trouble, so I didn’t go there.”

“So nothing really useful...” Nie Tian thought to himself.

“No matter what brought you to this floating continent, since you’ve saved the remains of my people from the outsiders, I owe you one.” After a moment of hesitation, Stella added, “But of course this doesn’t change my attitude towards the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace and humans.

“Anyways, I’ll remember what you’ve done, and I’ll repay you when an opportunity presents itself.”

“Alright,” McEleney chimed in, “it’s about time we parted ways, as I’m sure we all have business to attend to.”

WHOOSH!

The flame spark that had flown out of Nie Tian’s flame power core into the desert suddenly burst out from underneath the sand, and disappeared into him like a bolt of lightning.

After returning to his flame power core, it blazed even more fiercely.

Disbelief filled McEleney’s eyes as his gaze switched back and forth between Nie Tian and the sand. “That flame spark...”

A hint of apprehension appeared on the ninth grade ice phoenix’s face.