NOVEL NEXT Chapter 236: 142. Escape
The clouds churned incessantly across the sky, as pear blossoms covered the ground like snow.
Aloft in the high sky, the elder ancestor of the Confucian-Mo Pavilion stood on air with sweeping sleeves, his expression brimming with undisguised satisfaction.
Originally, he thought that his first intervention after many years would end in vain, and that he would have to swallow his pride to fulfill his wish of killing the opponent right here. However, to his surprise, the situation took another turn.
The domesticated Return to Void Demon had dropped the ball at a critical moment.
"Hahaha, it seems righteousness truly stands on my side!"
With the Confucian-Mo Pavilion elder's loud laughter, a terrifying oppression also spread from the horizon.
Clearly, to avoid prolonging the night and thus dreams, he planned not to give them any chance to struggle.
Otherwise, if another Return to Void cultivator not accounted for in his calculations were to suddenly appear, it would indeed be embarrassing.
"Sorry..."
Jing Lixue, her eyes showing regret, said with a wry smile, "Xu Yuan, it seems I'm still too naive..."
Her fair face sparkled with a crystalline brilliance like ice and snow in the sunlight.
"It's alright."
Xu Yuan shook his head, a bit embarrassed.
If the enemy knew that her plan was uncovered largely due to his fault, he wondered what she would think.
"It seems today we're destined to be fugitives together."
Jing Lixue gave another bitter laugh.
"It won't necessarily come to that."
Xu Yuan's gaze flickered slightly, "As long as you can hold him off for a moment, I'm confident we can escape from under his clutches."
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Hearing this, Jing Lixue's expression was initially puzzled, then revealed a look of understanding.
"Xu Yuan brother is indeed Xu Yuan brother!"
Jing Lixue giggled, "Surely, after hearing my intentions, you have already prepared for this, right?"
Xu Yuan looked her straight in the eye without any embarrassment.
"Of course, after knowing your intentions, how could I come without any preparation?"
After all, that's a matter that could inadvertently put him at odds with all the eight tribes of humanity.
Although Xu Yuan was determined to acquire the Four Divine Beasts Formation, he was not rash enough to stake everything on this one endeavor.
If he succeeded, good; but if he failed, he would be cornered here.
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"I suppose you are referring to the Divine Lamp held by the Giant Demon Guardian?"
After mulling it over for a moment, Jing Lixue suddenly realized and knew what method he was referring to.
"Exactly."
Xu Yuan nodded.
Beyond awakening the Giant Demon Guardian, that lamp was also a means of escape left by the Divine Emperor for his descendants—spatial translocation.
However, normally, in Dawn City, the Divine Emperor was already invincible. If they met an unbeatable enemy, it meant that humanity was truly in dire straits, and even if they escaped, there was only one place to go:
The Immortal Realm!
This was also why the Ancient Goddess could sense the condition of her incarnate will left in the lower realm.
Thus, that door was actually the gateway to the Immortal Realm left by the original Divine Emperor.
And successive Divine Emperors saw it in the same way, which is why Jing Lixue didn't immediately think of this escape mechanism.
And Xu Yuan, if it were not for his previous habit of using it as a stepping stone in the game, would not have recalled it in such a short time either.
However, after learning this information, Jing Lixue did not rejoice.
Given their current identities and actions, one being the Outer Domain Demon Divine Emperor, the other the Regicide Divine Emperor, if they really went to the Immortal Realm and met the original Divine Emperor, they would probably meet even grimmer fates.
"Even if we can escape for now..."
Jing Lixue sighed, saying, "With the capabilities of a Return to Void Cultivator, no matter where we go, he could track and reach us in an instant, and there's simply no place for us within humanity."
Not only is the Immortal Realm inaccessible, but other places within the human territories are equally unreachable.
"If not humanity, then how about going to the Demon race? That would work."
Xu Yuan smiled calmly.
"The Demon race?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Lixue did not show much astonishment but rather an expression of expectation.
In the end, would they have to meet up with that bitch?
At that thought, Jing Lixue involuntarily clenched her fists.
"So, the remaining issue is just how to hold him off."
"That, actually, is not too difficult."
The dull voice of the Giant Demon Guardian came from below.
"Although that old lady disgusted me, holding off this trash for a bit should be easy."
"..."
Listening to them speak so openly without any disguise,
The elder ancestor of the Confucian-Mo Pavilion also couldn't resist clenching his fists.
He couldn't believe that a waste from ancient times would dare to be so brazen and challenge him?
Despite the distance between them, the moment the elder ancestor of the Confucian-Mo Pavilion's gaze flickered,
Xu Yuan immediately felt the space around him begin to distort.
A terrifying, irresistible force seeped through the space, rendering him immovable.
"Hmph!"
The Giant Demon Guardian snorted coldly.
That sun-like gaze then fell upon him.
"Now, boy, make your move!"
Xu Yuan was about to make a move.
But in the next moment, the elder ancestor of the Confucian-Mo Pavilion, his expression calm, reached out with his fingers again.
Five beams of illusory light burst from his fingertips, and astonishingly, they crossed the vast distance and materialized around the trio.
The interwoven beams of light formed a cage, once again locking down his movements.