Chapter 1794 - Invisible and Inaudible (1/2)
“Are you planning to stay in the Southern Divine Region, Your Magnificence?” Yan Tianxiao asked.
“The Ten Directions Deep Sea Realm should be a fine place,” Yun Che replied.
Yan Tianxiao frowned. “But Cang Shitian…”
“There is nothing to worry about. Feel free to act as you would in the Northern Divine Region,” Yun Che added, “Cang Shitian’s the one on thin ice, not us.”
“And the Devil Queen?”
“She can decide what to do with the Eastern Divine Region herself.” A tiny gleam appeared in Yun Che’s eyes as he said that. He had never doubted Chi Wuyao’s ability to collect and interpret intel, and even without notice he was sure she would learn of the events that had transpired in the Southern Divine Region, and his new objective.
Suddenly, Yun Che’s eyes turned steely, and he faced the northwestern sky.
A cold light was flying toward him from that direction. It had appeared from 500 kilometers away at least, and it was so fast that he saw it before he heard the sonic boom.
From a different point of view, it looked like the object had sliced a five hundred kilometer-wide space in half. It was moving terrifyingly fast considering the distance it had already traversed, but whoever did it barely exuded any aura at all. Even with his spiritual perception, he only caught a wisp of something before it dissipated entirely.
Qianye Ying’er rushed forward to intercept the light before it got close, but a heavy pressure stopped her dead in her tracks. Surprisingly, it was Caizhi who cut her off with her demonic pressure.
“Hmm?” Qianye Ying’er stared at Caizhi with curiosity, but she didn’t try to force the issue and lightly withdrew.
“...” Yun Che was also surprised by Caizhi’s reaction. First things first, he pulled the strange object into his palm.
He couldn’t detect the weak pulse of aura any longer.
Stealth ability wise, Yun Che didn’t believe that there was anyone in the world who was his equal or better. After all, he had eluded the three divine regions and escaped all the way to the Northern Divine Region while he was still a Divine King using Hidden Flowing Lightning and Moon Splitting Cascade.
And yet, the person who threw this object at him had barely exuded any aura at all, considering the power they must’ve used to throw it. They had disappeared—no, concealed—their aura so quickly that he wouldn’t have noticed them if they hadn’t intentionally imbued the object with a sheen of light… and even if he did, he wouldn’t have paid it any attention.
It meant that this person’s ability to conceal themselves was almost as good as his!
To his knowledge, the one person who barely came close to him in this regard was Hua Jin, and that was after her power was purified by Eternal Calamity of Darkness.
“Caizhi, who was that?” Yun Che looked at Caizhi curiously.
“They’re not an enemy,” Caizhi answered before withdrawing her aura and avoiding Yun Che’s gaze, “That’s all I’m going to say, so don’t ask.”
Yun Che relaxed. It would’ve taken an unimaginable amount of effort to hunt down someone like that.
“Sure, no problem,” Yun Che replied, “I always welcome pleasant surprises from you, Caizhi.”
It was probably another Dragon Emperor of Absolute Beginning-like expert from the God Realm of Absolute Beginning. That seemed like the most likely possibility anyway.
Was the Dragons of Absolute Beginning not the only gift the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor left behind for Caizhi… no, him?
“...” Caizhi didn’t say anything.
Putting the mysterious expert to the back of his mind, Yun Che opened his palm and inspected the ball of white light in his hand. The light was really a murky ball of Southern Sea divine energy meant to isolate the energy of its contents and keep it a secret. Someone had destroyed most of it and left only a layer behind.
Yun Che exhaled, and the white light dissipated completely.
A ray of golden light shone from the object immediately. It wasn’t particularly strong or piercing, but somehow its light traveled unhindered by Yun Che’s palm or everyone’s body. It shone like the sun and dyed even the distant space in gold.
It was a golden orb with all kinds of uneven, oddly-shaped divine runes engraved on it. All of them except one were glowing brightly.
“That’s… the Southern Sea Divine Pearl!” Qianye Ying’er muttered in shock.
This was hardly the first time Yun Che came into contact with the aura of a lost artifact. He knew that it was the Southern Sea’s artifact of inheritance and lifeline the moment it shone.
The Southern Sea Divine Pearl!
A total of twenty two divine runes were engraved on it… they represented the sixteen Sea Gods, four Sea Kings, Nan Wansheng and Nan Guizhong. Everything fit perfectly.
As expected of the strongest god realm of the Southern Divine Region, even their artifact of inheritance far exceeded that of the Star God Realm, Burning Moon Realm, and the Yama Devils.
The reason one rune remained dim was because the Sea God it gave its powers to was still alive… the last surviving Sea God, Nan Qianqiu.
“Congratulations, Your Magnificence! With this, the entire Southern Divine Region should fall beneath your feet in no time! It may even take mere days for the work to be done!”
It wasn’t mere praise. Yan Tianxiao was speaking from the bottom of his heart.
Behind him, the Yama Devils and Yama Ghosts had also dropped to their knees and stayed that way for a very long time.
They had come to the Southern Divine Region with the intention of scouting out its strength. Not even in their wildest dreams did they think that they would destroy the Southern Sea Realm in a single day, and scare the living shit out of the other three God Emperors.
…Yun Che himself hadn’t been expecting it.
For millions of years, the Northern Divine Region had suffered at the hands of the three divine regions. At the time, it felt like the shame would never depart their bodies and souls. Then Yun Che showed up, and their fates were turned around so quickly that they had to slap themselves to check whether they were dreaming. Even the promises he made on the day he became the Devil Master were being fulfilled at a comical speed.