685 Mercury Attacks! (2/2)
Feng Qiuran fell silent. She looked around her, a torrent of emotions flashing across her eyes. Then, she sighed softly and went after Wang Baole. They transformed into twin rainbows that dashed into the dark heavens!
They were fast. Regardless, Mercury was now the Never-Ending Clan's base. No matter how high their level of cultivation and how swift they were, they couldn't avoid eventual discovery. They hadn't even breached Mercury's array formation before Daoist You Ran, meditating in the Never-Ending Clan battleship, discovered their presence.
Inside the battleship, the third level, which had been destroyed by Wang Baole when he had blown himself up, had been restored to a great extent. The blood and flesh passageway, as well as the pool, looked no different than they had prior to the explosion. Only one thing had changed… the former battle robes no longer sat in the center of the pool. They had been replaced by… Daoist You Ran!
Daoist You Ran's eyes had been shut, and his breathing even, as he had meditated. Having sensed something amiss, his breathing quickened. Then, his eyes opened!
Wang Baole! Feng Qiuran! A ghostly light flickered inside Daoist You Ran's eyes. He had no idea that he had died and been resurrected. There was hatred in his words, but it was mainly due to the battleship's damage at Wang Baole's hand.
\”Summoning all Dao Palace disciples. Wang Baole has conspired against Elder Feng Qiuran. Elder Feng Qiuran has fallen under his influence. Unleash your full power to kill Wang Baole and rescue Elder Feng Qiuran!\”
His voice resounded everywhere, creating a loud buzz that resonated in the battleship. His will extended through the battleship, into Mercury's array formation. It blanketed the entire planet. Every Dao Palace cultivator on the planet trembled when they heard his commands. The planet's array formation activated fully and locked onto Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran's location!
Daoist You Ran, who was unable to leave the Never-Ending Clan battleship, narrowed his eyes and barked out another order.
\”Mie Liezi, capture Feng Qiuran, and kill Wang Baole!\”
His orders erupted in Mie Liezi's mind, echoing endlessly as he sat deep in meditation in the main building of the base.
Mie Liezi was inside a pitch-black secret chamber. He lifted his head slowly after receiving Daoist You Ran's orders. There was a dazed expression on his face. He stood up and took a step forward, disappearing from the secret chamber and reappearing in mid-air. With the aid of the Greater Mercury Array Formation, he locked onto Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran's location. The cultivation inside his body churned, unleashing waves of Soul Conduit realm Spirit Qi. The air around him warped and contorted out of shape. He took another step forward, ripping space itself apart and rushing towards his target.
Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran had been speeding through Mercury's skies and were about to break through its atmosphere and enter space. However, they shuddered suddenly as they felt a sudden power surging towards them and blanketing them. An invisible force seemed to have descended upon them, trying to imprison them. It was slowing them down and trying to prevent them from escaping.
\”We've been discovered. This is the Dao Palace's regional array formation, it's immensely powerful. I need thirty minutes to dispel it…\” Alarm flashed across Feng Qiuran's face. As soon as she said that, Wang Baole lifted his right hand without saying a word. He looked like a war god with his Thearch Armor on.
He had repeatedly been trying to reach Li Xingwen and the others via his voice transmission ring this whole time. However, it was clear that his voice transmission ring wasn't going to work while he remained on Mercury. He had to exit its atmosphere.
He gave up on trying the voice transmission ring again. He roared as he raised his right hand, and his cultivation erupted from his person. His Nascent Soul shook and released waves of spirit energy more powerful than what he had displayed on the ancient sword.
He had felt a change over his Nascent Soul when he had stepped out of the teleportation array formation. It had felt as if the heavens and earth themselves had lent their powers to him… The planet beneath his feet had rejoiced upon his arrival.
He hadn't had the time to study the sensation in detail then, but now, as the planet's array formation descended upon them, Wang Baole unleashed his Nascent Soul. The result was a seeming resonance between his Nascent Soul and the planet. His Spirit Qi erupted and rose to the skies. It was given another boost by the Thearch Armor before flowing into his right arm, where the Divine Armament was!
An overwhelming power that shook the entire planet surged outwards in waves of spirit energy instantly. It erupted and transformed into a tornado that seemed to connect the sky and the land. The heavens rumbled as Wang Baole roared.
\”Dispel!\”
The Divine Armament arm swung forward in a slash!
The heavens and earth shifted. The winds howled, and the clouds rolled back. The regional Dao Palace array formation, which had overpowered Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran earlier… was forced to reveal its illusory, spiderweb-like form. It seemed unable to withstand the sudden incredible power that Wang Baole had unleashed. Layer by layer, it was ripped apart, breaking down and collapsing instantly!