Chapter 575 - Demonic Maelstrom (1/2)

Chapter 575: Demonic Maelstrom

Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant

Xue Ying had entered the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain for no less than an hour when he began to notice that he was having a harder and harder time fleeing. For instance, Emperor Qi Hai, the expert whom he had just fought against, and who was still chasing after him, was actually the sovereign of the 85th layer of the Dark Abyss! The number of Abyss Sovereigns coming out to pursue him was clearly increasing with time. They all entered through different entrances and followed different passages, all in hopes of killing him!

Luck had been on his side during the previous encounter, for Emperor Qi Hai was strong indeed, and he was known as an expert even amongst powerful existences, but his speed turned out to be slower than his. As a result, Xue Ying had still somehow managed to struggle free from him.

But what if next time he met someone whose speed was not any worse than his? What would the result of meeting a Paragon be?

‘Ai… I’ve been looking for somewhere to hide this first half of the”Blood Demon Scripture”, but I’ve yet to find any good fit for it.’ Xue Ying was intently observing the dark passage he was currently flying through.

Him dying wouldn’t mean much, but losing the original copy of the Blood Demon Scripture’ fight half would be a great failure for him.

He had been looking for an opportunity to use what he learned from his father-in-law, the technique for hiding the true god weapon he put to use a while ago, on the Blood Demon Scripture!

‘It’s a shame that I’m stuck inside the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain,’ Xue Ying thought.

Lake Heart Island was covered in many layers of frost, making it easy to hide treasures inside by changing their appearance into ice crystals.

But the passageways inside of the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain were hard and impenetrable! Even if he forced the Blood Demon Scripture to take on a new appearance, the Abyss Sovereigns would only need to release the world deity energy inside their bodies, allowing them to rampantly sweep through the place and find it with ease.

Meanwhile, back in Lake Heart Island, powerful existences would never dare to act with such reckless abandon as to destroy everything in their path—the ruins were simply too dangerous. Creating a big disturbance like that would only result in great danger. Anyone who dared to sweep through countless layers of frost all along the passageways would likely invite frightening existences to their doorstep. As a result, all of the experts who entered Lake Heart Island would generally keep to themselves. It was only on special occasions that they would actually fight, only to rapidly leave the battlefield after a conclusion was reached.

As for the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain? The danger here was much lower, with rulers actually being completely safe here. While Paragons might find the place slightly more dangerous, they were still sure to survive as long as they stayed vigilant. Not even powerful existences would consider this place overly dangerous. There were only a few places which could pose a true threat to them.

More importantly, Xue Ying had only been inside for a single hour. How far could he fly in such a short amount of time? It was not even fifty billion kilometers!

As long as they did a carpet search while following the path previously traversed by Xue Ying, they could easily and swiftly find the Blood Demon Scripture.

‘If only this were Lake Heart Island… These people would not be so mad as to conduct a destructive carpet search there.’ Xue Ying shook his head inwardly.

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Time flowed on, and by now, two Paragons and 125 Abyss Sovereigns had gathered inside of the Three Chieftains Sacred Mountain. They moved along different passageways so as to try and block Xue Ying’s path from different directions.

‘I can’t continue fleeing like this.’

‘If nothing changes, I’ll be captured within half an hour.’ Xue Ying’s black armor was already littered with cracks, which were already in the process of recovering. Every bone in his body was shattered, and large amounts of his muscles were torn, yet even they were healing. At the moment, a giant whose lower region was covered by a leather skirt was chasing after him, roaring out as he raised his enormous ax.

This giant was able to move at incredible speeds, so fast that he roughly matched Xue Ying’s speed.

“Dong Bo Xue Ying, you can’t escape from me.” As it charged ahead, the giant’s light brown eyes were filled with cold intent. “Hand over the Blood Demon Scripture!”

He was a famous powerful existence of the Dark Abyss who went by the name of Wild Mo. While his might have seemed like an ordinary name, he was ranked near the top among the powerful existences beneath the Paragon realm. In fact, his combat power was roughly comparable to the Nine Yang Palace Head’s or the Purple-Gowned Hex Emperor’s. He was famous for his fierce offensive techniques, as well as his strong defense. On most occasions, he would use his body to block the attacks launched by his opponents directly, followed by brandishing his ax to kill them when the opportunity was ripe.

His ax was overwhelmingly powerful.

Xue Ying had already tested it on his own skin once. A single strike had been enough to send him flying far into the distance, followed by a number of cracks appearing on his black armor. His body had shattered as a result, but he had been fortunate enough to have a layer of luminous sun force covering his body, allowing him to instead make use of the strike’s propulsive force to aid in his fleeing.