Chapter 573 - Escape Plan (1/2)

Chapter 573: Escape Plan

Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant

Relying on his superior power to control the Starfield Flying Ship, Xue Ying soon arrived at the 40th layer world of the Dark Abyss.

Xue Ying felt like a giant bear being hunted by the five Abyss Sovereigns. Fortunately, these hunters could do no more than slow him down slightly.

“Dong Bo Xue Ying!”

“Dong Bo Xue Ying, do you dare go even deeper into the Dark Abyss?”

Some shadows began charging towards him.

Xue Ying felt it—there were more than eleven Abyss Sovereigns in the 40th layer world of the Dark Abyss! Some of them had pursued him from the previous levels, while others had arrived to intercept him from the levels below.

‘As time drags on, even more of them will show up. My defensive ability is decent thanks to the Extreme Annihilation Mysterious Body, but that’s only when it comes to ordinary powerful existences. Any stronger opponent, especially if the difference in strength is too pronounced, I would have no confidence in facing with this armor alone,’ Xue Ying pondered. He was, after all, just a stage three World Deity. Indeed, he was also a member of the Destruction Legion, but he was by far the weakest one. Any other soldier could overpower him without breaking a sweat.

‘That place is my only chance at survival.’

Xue Ying used all of his power to face off against the Sovereigns who were besieging him. Even though his hands were full with suppressing his opponents, his sight was already set on a majestic location in the distance.

It was a rather odd-looking mountain range. It had three entrance spread apart in different positions around the mountains, each of them taking on the appearance of a huge demonic head. These heads seemed like they reached up to the ceiling of this layer world, in spite of its height of multiple trillions of kilometers. With each head in its own location, their mouths, nostrils, eyes, and ears served as entryways into the mountain range.

This was the location of some ancient ruins that resisted the destruction of the cosmos—the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain!

‘The Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain… whether I survive or not will only be decided in the final battle.’ A glimmer of expectation appeared in Xue Ying’s eyes.

Why did he not flee towards the outer layers of the Dark Abyss, and instead decided to proceed even deeper?

It was all because of this Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain!

Xue Ying was well aware that, as soon as the Will of the Abyss rejected him, a significant amount of powerful Abyss natives would be attracted to come and try to kill him. Even if they were not determined enough to take his life, he was still very deep into the Dark Abyss—at the 37th layer—which would make it very difficult for him to flee all the way out. Perhaps he could escape the 37th layer, but what about the next one, or the one after? Forget the other Abyss natives, the White Sovereign alone could kill Xue Ying with a flip of his hand.

And the White Sovereign was not the only threatening figure. The Patrol Devil Lord would also be impossible to deal with. Although he wasn’t a Paragon, he could still defend himself from a Paragon’s attacks and even kill people on a higher level than him. His strength was roughly comparable or even greater than Nine Yang Palace Head’s or that of the Purple-Gowned Hex Emperor.

Any one of these existences could easily handle him.

Without even minding other dangers, these two existences alone made it impossible for Xue Ying to cross the thirty-something layers of the Dark Abyss.

Xue Ying was well-aware that entering the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain was his only way out, be it with or without the first half of the Blood Demon Scripture.

First of all, the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain was located in the 40th layer of the Dark Abyss, which was relatively close to his previous location in the 37th.

Secondly, the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain was an ancient ruin. Unlike the other areas in the Abyss where anyone could do as they wished, even powerful existences wouldn’t dare be so reckless here. Even if they did chase him inside, these powerful existences would have to be on guard against the dangers of the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain itself.

Taking his excellent survivability into account, Xue Ying believed he could leave the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain with his life.

‘If it weren’t for these Blood Demon Scripture, things would not be so hectic. Perhaps I could have fled and entered the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain easily, without all these pursuers.’ Xue Ying began to feel somewhat helpless. The Blood Demon Scripture truly attracted too much attention. He had traversed no more than three layers, from the 37th to the 40th, yet so many powerful existences had already come out to chase and surround him.

“Sou.”

Using his Starfield Flying Ship, Xue Ying quickly approached the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain.

This place was truly gigantic! The area occupied by the three heads was over a trillion kilometers in size. In fact, the Sacred Mountain alone occupied half of the entire area of this particular layer of the Dark Abyss. Xue Ying continued to fly towards the mountain range, trying his hardest to reach the closest entrance as soon as possible; the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain had no openings other than the three demon heads.

“Stop him!”

“Don’t let him enter!”

The demons who were still trillions of kilometers behind Xue Ying were agitatedly sending messages to the Abyss Sovereigns of this layer.

At this stage, a single moment could make a world of difference.

Although eleven Abyss Sovereign had already arrived at this level, only seven of them were close enough to attack Xue Ying. The other four were still quite some distance away. Of the seven who could attack him, only three were powerful existences, and they were all quite ordinary regarding strength. Faced with this level of opposition, Xue Ying was able to make his way towards the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain.