Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Once Jiang Yi managed to throw the pursuing King-Ranked martial artists off his trail, Jiang Yi was like a dragon returning to the sea. No one could find him anymore.
The Chaos Sea was just too vast; more importantly, divine senses could not be used here—not even Dao Leng’s were effective. The unique spatial zone restrictions here prevent divine senses from working. Without divine senses, they couldn’t find Jiang Yi even if they had the Mercury Stones and could use Spatial Zone Turbulence attacks.
Jiang Yi’s speed was not bad; he could easily evade the searching scouts while there were only that many King-Ranked formidable martial artists around. How could ordinary scouts detect him? Furthermore, even if they did, he could do as he had done before and charge into a city and attack, then taking advantage of the subsequent chaos to flee.
A bunch of King-Ranked martial artists searched for a while to no avail and then decided to return to a city to regroup and discuss their next move. They also informed Dao Leng of what had happened and for him to suggest something.
After a boisterous discussion for two hours without any conclusions, Dao Leng sent a message over.
He asked for the ten most powerful martial artists from the Dao Clan to teleport to the Ethereal Spirit Island while everyone else was to continue searching in a five-million-kilometers radius. However, they were to focus their search in the westward direction and channel fewer forces to the east. They were to pay special attention to islands and cities; the latter were all to be sealed shut, and no one was allowed to enter them. Men had to patrol about all the islands day and night, and these islands had to be swept every two hours.
Dao Leng’s intention was clear to everyone. Since they could not find him, they were going to lure him to Ethereal Spirit Island by purposely lowering the defenses in that direction. At the same time, they were going to continue their search and sweeps to prevent Jiang Yi from finding a hiding place. He would have no choice but to continue traveling towards the Ethereal Spirit Island. Once he reached there, Dao Leng probably had his own plans ready, to kill Jiang Yi in one fell sweep!
It was just that…
Everyone was a little worried. Based on Jiang Yi’s actions, he was a very smart person. Would he see through this scheme? That he was purposely being led to Ethereal Spirit Island?
“Rest assured, everyone!”
The An Clan Head An Tianxing thought for a while and said very surely, ‘Lord Dao Leng had thought everything through. We control all the islands; Jiang Yi does not have a place to rest at all. His concealment art definitely requires him to expend his energy and concentration. If he doesn’t have any place to hide in, he will have no choice but to head to Ethereal Spirit Island even if it might cost him his life. If he wants to head back to the Earth Domain, he has no choice but to go to Ethereal Spirit Island. If not, he will be destined to die in the Chaos Sea!”
“En-En!”
Everyone became energized after hearing this. One Dao Clan formidable martial artist looked at the An Clan Head and said, “Old An, you will be in charge of arrangements here. The ten of us will head to Ethereal Spirit Island first. Remember that we cannot let leak the news that the ten of us and Lord Dao Leng are on the Ethereal Spirit Island.”
An Tianxing nodded as he escorted the ten Dao Clan formidable martial artists to the Teleportation Formation and then hurriedly came back to set the plan in motion. He did not deploy all the King-Ranked formidable martial artists gathered; he left twenty of the most powerful ones here that he will personally take charge of. Once Jiang Yi was found, at least he and these twenty could immediately teleport to kill him.
The other King-Ranked martial artists all spread out as they started to cast a net in all directions. At the same time, An Tianxing deployed the Chaos Sea troops as he sent them to all the respective huge islands. Everyone had a Mercury Stone on them, and each troop was assigned to guard an island to stand watch.
All the cities also activated their restrictions; if Jiang Yi wanted to hide in any of them, he would have no choice but to attack. That way, he would immediately be exposed and his whereabouts would be made known.
After busying for ten hours and finishing the deployment of all the troops, the islands in a five-million-kilometer radius all had men standing guard. If Jiang Yi wanted to traverse this five-million-kilometer radius, he needed at least two or three Higher-Domain days. Could his mental strength and energy conceal his body for so long? As time passed, An Tianxing could easily deploy more troops to more islands and prevent Jiang Yi from hiding on any island or city.
Tens of Heaven Domain great family clans had joined forces with the Chaos Sea; almost a hundred King-Ranked formidable martial artists and five million soldiers had formed an enormous net. All that remains was to see if Jiang Yi could find a way out of this net or be trapped and killed.
…
Jiang Yi was indeed heading towards the Ethereal Spirit Island. The longer he remained in the Chaos Sea, the faster he would die. His only option was to head to Ethereal Spirit Island as fast as he could and force his way to teleport back to the Earth Domain.
Qi Qingchen knew a little about Teleportation Formations. As long as Jiang Yi could kill the guards on Ethereal Spirit Island, Qi Qingchen could then teleport them back to the Earth Domain. Once they were in the Earth Domain, who could find them? Even if the Heaven Domain formidable martial artists killed their way to the Lower Domain, they couldn’t possibly search all the ten thousand domains, right? They would be afraid of incurring the wrath of the Four Supreme Thearchs.
Jiang Yi thought that killing one Dao Feng would not possibly trigger the presence of a Pseudo Thearch-Ranked. After all, Pseudo Thearch-Ranked formidable martial artists were the main pillar of strength against the Netherworld Realm, and Jiang Yi did not think that one such formidable martial artist could be activated for a mere teenager’s death.
However, Jiang Yi did not know that the Dao Clan Head Dao Nu was infamous in the Heaven Domain for being a lunatic that always covered the mistakes he made or that of his clan. If anyone dared to incur the wrath of the Dao Clan, he would pursue the matter to the end, relying on his connection with the Azure Supreme Thearch and doing whatever he wanted. Many Heaven Domain formidable martial artists all feared this crazed man.
If Dao Nu had not given his assent, Dao Feng’s father Dao Nù would definitely not have sent Dao Leng out. At most, he would have sent some elders here to the Chaos Sea. However, having received Dao Nu’s orders, what did Dao Nù have to hold back?
The distance from the Random Star Islands to the Ethereal Spirit Island was a very long one. Qi Qingchen had told Jiang Yi that if he wanted to fly there, he would need at least ten days; this was ten Higher-Domain days!
However, what other option did Jiang Yi have?
Even if he broke into any cities, he also wouldn’t dare to teleport away. If he did so, it was very easy for someone to ambush him. Once he appeared at his destination, he would be attacked on all sides. Although he had the Dao Heaven Spiritual Treasure battle armor, he probably wouldn’t survive.
He also couldn’t continue using his Art of Concealment indefinitely. In at most one day, Jiang Yi would faint from exhaustion.
Soon, Jiang Yi realized a problem. When he passed by an island, he found that it was filled with troops. A small island actually had hundreds of troops standing guard, patrolling that island and holding Mercury Stones one and all. Evidently, they were there to prevent him from entering.
“Trouble!”
If he didn’t head to an island and didn’t land, how could Jiang Yi rest? Unless he sent Poison Spirit out and swapped places with him and rested within the spatial divine item. However, Poison Spirit was now much weaker than Jiang Yi. If they encountered any King-Ranked martial artists, Poison Spirit would be killed instantly and Jiang Yi and Qi Qingchen would be sitting ducks.
“Let’s travel for a while first and try to think of something.”
Jiang Yi thought bitterly as he continued eastward. There seemed to be fewer patrols and scouts in the east; these were also normal scouts and patrols that Jiang Yi could easily evade.
After concealing himself for five million kilometers, Jiang Yi was feeling a little tired. The Art of Concealment was very mentally draining. He was in even more despair when he realized that every single island he passed by was filled with troops. Jiang Yi could not enter at all unless he was prepared to expose himself.
After so much effort, Jiang Yi had finally managed to throw his pursuers off his tracks; Jiang Yi did not dare to expose himself again. He thought for a moment and decided he could only ask Poison Spirit to come out while he entered Poison Spirit’s spatial divine item to rest. He was going to put Qi Qingchen and his lives in Poison Spirit’s hands.
Buzz!
After finding a deserted spot, Jiang Yi released both Poison Spirit and Qi Qingchen as he said, “Poison Spirit, put me and Qi Qingchen in your spatial divine item. Continue traveling east under concealment. Remember: do not enter any island at all costs. If any King-Ranked martial artist were to detect you or you have been exposed, immediately let me out.”
“Young Lord!”
Poison Spirit was very agitated as if he was a gentleman ready to die for his bosom friend. Jiang Yi was entrusting his life with him. Poison Spirit nodded seriously and said, “Rest assured, Young Lord. I will not be reckless and will immediately teleport you out if anything happens.”
Jiang Yi nodded as Poison Spirit took out his ring and kept the two inside. He swiftly used the Art of Concealment and checked the vicinity as he then continued eastward.
