Chapter 408: Turning Point

Boom.

Demon Sage Jiuyuan fled with all his might, but Meng Chuan relentlessly pursued him, with bloodblades constantly assailing him.“Only underground can I shake off Meng Chuan,” Demon Sage Jiuyuan thought. He suddenly dove downward, burrowing into the earth with a whoosh.Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…The bloodblades also pierced the earth, continuously circling Demon Sage Jiuyuan. Meng Chuan, stepping on his Bloodblade Disc, followed closely behind.

Boom. No sooner had he entered the ground than Demon Sage Jiuyuan, who had been fleeing, turned around and unleashed a punch!The punch tore through the void, covering several li and heading straight for Meng Chuan.Meng Chuan, standing on his Bloodblade Disc, flickered slightly, and the punch grazed past him by more than ten zhang.“Jiuyuan, your current boxing techniques can't possibly hit me,” Meng Chuan transmitted via his Thunder-Magnetic Domain, effortlessly keeping pace with his opponent.

“His movement technique is too slippery,” Demon Sage Jiuyuan fumed inwardly.His Essence Soul was too severely injured; over ten percent of his origin had been depleted, making his wounds critical. His Essence Soul twitched constantly, preventing him from unleashing any truly intricate techniques. And rough boxing techniques… how could they possibly hit Meng Chuan? If he pushed Meng Chuan too hard, Meng Chuan also had his divine ability 'Quicksand,' which could affect the flow of time, making his evasion even more agile.

Demon Sage Jiuyuan flew at extreme speed deeper underground. When he reached a depth of over a hundred li, his body suddenly split into nine, fleeing in all directions. However, streams of bloodblades intercepted and eliminated them.“If I had reached the sixth level of Essence Soul, I could have used Essence Soul avatars to entangle him while my true body escaped easily,” Demon Sage Jiuyuan thought, finding Meng Chuan incredibly persistent and impossible to shake off.

“No, if I were at the sixth level of Essence Soul, I could withstand his Essence Soul mystic arts and face him head-on to kill him.”At this moment, Demon Sage Jiuyuan began to panic. He had already employed seven different escape methods, but the more than ten bloodblades constantly entangled him, crushing all his hopes of escape.

“It won't be long before the Creation Venerables from Yuanchu Mountain arrive,” Demon Sage Jiuyuan mused. “If I can't shake off Meng Chuan, I'm bound to be caught by a Creation Venerable.”“I've lost.”“Completely defeated.” Demon Sage Jiuyuan secretly shook his head. “The Emperor-level experts will surely be very disappointed.”At this moment, he fully understood that he had lost. He was even waiting for the arrival of a Creation Venerable.

Boom.Demon Sage Jiuyuan flew to a depth of over two hundred li, entering the earth's fluid layer. The bloodblades still circled him.“Hmm?” Demon Sage Jiuyuan's eyes lit up. He stopped and turned to look into the distance.

As Demon Sage Jiuyuan stood there, the power of his Tribulation Realm secret treasure, the 'Eye of the Dark Realm,' erupted. A terrifying force swept through the surroundings, shattering the world membrane where Demon Sage Jiuyuan stood. The residual energy even affected the area for several li around, pulverizing rocks and metals within that radius.Meng Chuan appeared in the distance. The residual energy swept past him, but naturally, it didn't harm him in the slightest. He was in deeper layers of space, protected by his Bloodblade Disc, possessed a Drop Blood Realm body, and his movement technique was too elusive. Demon Sage Jiuyuan was utterly helpless against him.

“Venerable Qin Wu.” Demon Sage Jiuyuan looked into the distance as Qin Wu arrived nearby; he had finally made it.“Demon Sage Jiuyuan.” Venerable Qin Wu looked at him, and also at the shattered hole in the world membrane surrounding Demon Sage Jiuyuan.“I truly didn't expect that even with my full power, I couldn't kill a single Marquis Godfiend. This Meng Chuan's Essence Soul mystic arts are formidable,” Demon Sage Jiuyuan sighed. The world membrane around him continued to shatter, maintaining a massive hole several zhang wide. “However, in the end, your human race will surely lose this war. I'll be watching from the Demon Realm.”With that, Demon Sage Jiuyuan turned and stepped through the hole in the world membrane.

“Hmph.”The sword on Venerable Qin Wu's back suddenly flashed, unleashing a terrifying sword light that shot out from the hole in the world membrane, tearing the opening to dozens of zhang wide as it pursued Demon Sage Jiuyuan.The terrifying sword light reached Demon Sage Jiuyuan almost instantly, but then it was swiftly eroded by darkness and completely dissipated, leaving Demon Sage Jiuyuan unharmed.

“A Demon Emperor.” Venerable Qin Wu looked through the hole in the world membrane at a figure standing in the extra-dimensional void. This figure had been hidden before. Now that he had acted, there was no need to hide. The figure revealed himself: a golden-robed, golden-haired being emanating a terrifying aura. This figure gazed coldly at Qin Wu through the world membrane hole, then his eyes swept over Meng Chuan, who stood beside Qin Wu.

“A Demon Emperor.” Meng Chuan felt a tremor in his heart from merely being glanced at by the opponent, realizing that if they were truly in the same world, the other party could likely kill him with a single move.“So, it's Emperor Peng,” Venerable Qin Wu said with a faint smile.Meng Chuan also saw him.“Demon Sage Jiuyuan did that on purpose,” Meng Chuan suddenly understood. “However, he also fears my master. He shattered the world membrane first so he could escape at any moment. If he had fled and my master had truly pursued him, Emperor Peng, who was hidden in the extra-dimensional void, would have attacked and killed my master.”Demon Emperors, even the weakest among them, have reached the 'Heaven and Earth Realm' and the 'seventh level of Essence Soul.' They suppress others in all aspects. To fight an Emperor-level expert by leaping realms? At least the current Creation Realm Venerables of the human race are far from capable.

“Your human Godfiends dare not enter the extra-dimensional void now,” Emperor Peng said coldly from the dark, extra-dimensional space. “Just keep hiding. Let's see how long you can hide.”He then departed with Demon Sage Jiuyuan.The hole in the world membrane began to heal.

“Trying to lure me out and ambush me?” Venerable Qin Wu shook his head. “Do you really think I'm foolish?”“Emperor Peng, one of the three great Demon Emperors.” Meng Chuan stood beside him. This was his first time seeing an Emperor, and he felt a primal fear.

“What's there to fear across a world?” Venerable Qin Wu chuckled. “Let alone an Emperor, even a mighty Tribulation Realm being cannot break through a world's barrier to enter another race's world. This is a rule of the entire River of Spacetime, and it serves as protection for the weaker beings within worlds.”Meng Chuan nodded. Many worlds are still very weak; for instance, the earliest human world could, at most, give birth to Venerables. Meanwhile, the weakest cultivators traversing the River of Spacetime are at the Creation Venerable level. If free entry and exit were allowed, many weak worlds would have long been annihilated. The rules of the River of Spacetime and the protection of world origins allow the River of Spacetime to harbor countless civilizations.

“But he's right,” Venerable Qin Wu sighed. “Ever since the war with the demon race began, our human Creation Venerables haven't dared to enter the 'extra-dimensional void.' Unless one possesses a clone technique to test the waters, sending one's true body into the extra-dimensional void... if discovered by the demon race, it would be certain death. In the vicinity of the River of Spacetime, the Demon Realm holds considerable influence, with three Emperors and a multitude of Demon Sages, ranking among the top five powers. Many weaker worlds are willing to curry favor with the Demon Realm, making our human world's current standing much lower.”“You're thinking too far ahead,” Venerable Qin Wu said, smiling at Meng Chuan. “Forget the extra-dimensional void. The most important thing for our human race right now is to win this war. And today, we've secured a great victory. Although we couldn't kill Demon Sage Jiuyuan, he was forced to flee into the extra-dimensional void, and once out, he can't get back in. Not unless he seizes the body of a weak demon again.”

Meng Chuan nodded. “Without Jiuyuan, the demon race's strongest combat power within the human world is gone.”“For a true Demon Sage to appear in the human world again, it will likely take a century,” Venerable Qin Wu said happily. “This is a turning point! A turning point for the entire war. From now on, the demon race's million-strong army is useless, and they've lost their Demon Sage combat strength. Hahaha... life will be much easier from now on.”“Indeed,” Meng Chuan felt uplifted as well.With their top combatant and million-strong army gone, the demon race's threat would be greatly reduced.

“Let's go.”The master and disciple ascended into the sky, piercing through layers of soil and rock. They quickly emerged from underground and flew towards Jiangzhou City.