Chapter 1014: Trapped (2/2)
The irregularly shaped crystal appeared in her palm. Spatial blades could be seen flashing across every facet.
The crystal suddenly vanished into the void.
Explosions then came from different parts of the realm.
SHEW!
The crystal returned to Pei Qiqi’s palm. With a grim face, she said, “There are a total of three teleportation portals. I destroyed two of them. But the last one...”
“What?” Nie Tian asked.
Pei Qiqi took a deep breath and explained, “It’s guarded by a powerful expert. He’s protecting it with his own domain. I couldn’t get through.”
Zhao Heng then asked, “Can you take us to that teleportation portal?”
Pei Qiqi nodded somewhat hesitantly. “That I can do, but I exposed myself attempting to destroy that teleportation portal. I’m worried that it’ll be heavily guarded. So I suggest that we communicate with Mo Heng, Lu Jiefeng, and Ji Yuanquan first.”
“Yeah, we’d better do that.” The Saint domain Void Spirit Society expert, who had remained silent the whole time, spoke up for the first time. “This realm has seen some fierce battles. A Saint domain expert seems to have died here. If my speculation is correct, it was Elder Xiao Xihe from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace who died here. The aura of his shattered domain is still lingering in this heaven and earth.”
Zhao Heng, who was also at the late Saint domain, spread out his immense soul awareness, and muttered with narrowed eyes, “There’s a frosty aura... Elder Xiao Xihe practiced frost power, just like you do. This realm is now wreathed in bone-piercing frigid Qi. But since it’s not covered in snow and ice, it must be the residual aura of Elder Xiao’s shattered domain that has caused the changes.”
Nie Tian’s expression flickered.
Xiao Xihe had been one of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace’s twelve elders, well-versed in frost power.
His actual strength must have surpassed Zhao Heng’s, and matched that of the expert from the Void Spirit Society, even though the three of them were all at the late Saint domain.
However, such a figure had died here, his domain destroyed...
“Alright, let’s send word to the three leaders, and plan our next move after they get here,” Huang Jinnan said.
“The effective range of our Sound Stones is limited to this realm. So I have to go find them and tell them about our situation.” With these words, Pei Qiqi lifted her hand to create a spatial rift that led to Ji Yuanquan’s current location with Void Travel.
FIZZ! FIZZ!
Countless spatial blades flew out and gnawed at the void like a shoal of blood-thirsty fish. However, as soon as a tiny rift appeared in the void, a frosty aura that seemed to carry some sealing spell poured into it.
The spatial blades that were weaving within the rift went out like extinguished fireworks.
The late Saint domain Void Spirit Society expert’s face grew cold as he said, “Heaven Freezing Spell!”
Zhao Heng’s expression also flickered. “Who fused Elder Xiao’s shattered ice domain into this realm’s realm barrier and formed a Heaven Freezing Spell? All the spellcaster needs to do is think about it, and this entire realm will be ‘frozen’. In that situation, no spatial rifts will form in this realm!”
Pei Qiqi stopped casting her incantation, but didn’t seem frustrated at all as she said, “It must be disciples of the Nether Spirit Society who did this. It seems that leaving realm number nine through a spatial rift I create is no longer an option.”
Nie Tian frowned deeply and asked, “Does that mean we’re trapped here?”
“Yeah, you are,” Pei Qiqi said with an expressionless face. “If I want to leave, I still can. The crystal I’ve obtained from the Shatter Battlefield will be able to split the Heaven Freezing Spell and carry me out of here. But since the consumption will be significant, I don’t see the necessity of using it yet.”
Puzzled, Nie Tian asked, “What do you mean?”
A derisive look appeared in Pei Qiqi’s eyes as she explained, “We were able to pass through earlier because the spellcaster wanted us to. Clearly, he’s thinking that he’ll be able to catch us like shooting fish in a barrel this way. I suppose more Nether Spirit Society disciples are heading toward this realm right now under the spellcaster’s command.”
“Okay then,” said the expert from the Void Spirit Society. “Let’s see what game they want to play.”
But after a moment of pondering, he added, “You’ll be able to extricate yourself this realm whenever you want to, right?”
Pei Qiqi nodded. “Yeah.”
Her word put the man’s heart at ease.
Eyes narrowed, she added, “I can leave and return whenever I want. But even if I do come back, I doubt that I can get others through the Heaven Freezing Spell with me. If they want to come into realm number nine, they’ll have to break the Heaven Freezing Spell first.
“However, given their strength, it’ll only take them a bit of time to do that.”
With a bitter expression, Huang Jinnan asked, “So why don’t you get out of here to send word to our three seniors, Miss Pei?”
Pei Qiqi shook her head. “That’s not necessary. Their cultivation bases and experience will allow them to discover the anomaly in realm number nine soon. It won’t be long before they come here, break the Heaven Freezing Spell, and descend upon this land.”
Just as Huang Jinnan was about to say something, she wove her hand and said impatiently, “Alright. Time to spread out and prepare for battle. The Nether Spirit Society disciples will get here soon.”
“Establish defenses and prepare for battle!” Huang Jinnan addressed the crowd.
He and his subordinates then started bustling around to set up spell formations and lines of defense with their various spiritual materials.
After they spread out, Pei Qiqi gave Nie Tian a sideways glance and said, “If we find ourselves in a desperate situation before the Heaven Freezing Spell is broken, you have to stay within a hundred meters from me.”
Dumbfounded, Nie Tian asked, “Why?”
“Within this range, if I activate my bloodline power and that Heaven Nourished grade unique treasure, I’ll be able to take both of us out of this realm,” Pei Qiqi said with a serious face.
The late Saint domain expert from the Void Spirit Society was standing off to the side as she said these words. She didn’t seem to feel the need to avoid him at all.
“Only the two of us?” Nie Tian exclaimed softly.
Pei Qiqi nodded slightly. “To cast that secret magic, I’ll have to mix Void Travel with my bloodline talent. Only you and I will be able to withstand the tearing force generated during space travel. Any regular human would have their spiritual power scattered by the intense spatial fluctuations. Their flesh power is too weak for them to survive the process.”
With these words, she turned to the expert from her sect. “Senior Ling, I won’t be able to take you with me if it comes down to that.”
Ling You nodded slightly to show that he understood.
“It won’t come down to that, will it?” Nie Tian asked with a concerned face.
“I suppose not, but we have to be prepared for the worst,” Pei Qiqi said, looking calm and composed. “I think we’ll be able to hold on till the Heaven Freezing Spell is broken, as long as the sectmaster of the Nether Spirit Society doesn’t come.”
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