by Feng Yise
Coupled with Long Xiao, this Fourth Firmament Empyrean super powerhouse, this was practically a certain-kill trap.
Ye Yuan's expression also had a rare show of seriousness.
His current strength facing off against a First Firmament Empyrean was virtually insta-skill.
Facing a Second Firmament Empyrean, he could also fight and win.
But facing off with a Third Firmament Empyrean would be somewhat taxing.
After all, each minor realm of Empyrean Realm, the span was tremendous; difficult to go beyond.
Ye Yuan broke through to Chaos Realm, fused essence, energy, and spirit three paths, coupled with outstanding combat strength, that was how he could jump realms and battle.
But dealing with so many Empyreans at the same time, furthermore, it was even all Empyreans whose realms were higher than him, it would naturally not be that easy for him anymore.
As for the Chaos Essence One Breath Sword, that was his final trump card.
Whether this move could kill the Fourth Firmament Empyrean Long Xiao or not was really hard to say.
If the one strike failed, the consequences would be dangerous.
This kind of move, even he could not randomly execute it.
"It looks like Ao Xu really put in the blood capital in order to deal with me! However … do you all think that killing me is that easy?" Ye Yuan said with a cold smile.
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Of course this Empyrean knows that you're not easy to kill! Otherwise, could you, a First Firmament Empyrean, require this Empyrean's grand presence? Since this Empyrean came, I've naturally readied everything! Brothers, kill for me!"
Under the word of command, roughly 17 to 18 Empyrean powerhouses attacked together!
This commotion was truly earth-shaking.
Empyrean powerhouses, those were all major powers that could move mountains and empty seas. With 17 to 18 Empyreans, what kind of line-up was that?
Especially the three Third Firmament Empyreans, three blade images directly cut through the void, arriving in front of Ye Yuan instantly.
"Be careful!"
Ye Yuan shouted coldly, directly pulling Long Xiaochun and escaping into the void, dodging those blade images.
Incredibly dangerous!
Ye Yuan was slightly surprised in his heart. These three great Empyrean's combat strengths far exceeded his imagination.
Their laws were not considered too outstanding. But these three people, one look, and it was clear that they were veterans of a hundred battles. Their application of laws already reached the acme of perfection.
Coupled with the pressure from their cultivation realms, as well as the three people's tacit cooperation, it was troublesome to the extreme!
It seemed like these guys had long already mastered their abilities under the pursuit of the Dragon Clan.
Not just them, the other Empyrean powerhouses were all not amateurs too!
Ye Yuan reckoned that if those so-called geniuses matched up against these people, they probably would not even know how they died!
Ye Yuan was startled, but he did not know that Long Xiao who was watching the fight from the sidelines was more shocked than he was!
He understood the strength of these brothers too well. Putting a Third Firmament Empyrean here, in less than three exchanges, they would definitely die grievously.
But Ye Yuan's application of spatial law was too terrifying.
More than ten rounds had passed, they actually did not even touch the corners of his clothes!
Let alone that Ye Yuan was even bringing along Long Xiaochun, who was being a burden.
Chapter 2156 - Breaking Out of the Encirclement
"Ye Yuan, let go of me! If you bring me along, it's impossible for you to escape!" Long Xiaochun said anxiously.
She also saw through that these Empyreans that Long Xiao brought, each one was incomparably powerful, with their combat strength far surpassing those in the same rank.
Furthermore, their cooperation was extremely ingenious. They had clearly gone through countless trials before there was such tacit understanding.
"Enough crap, I'll get distracted like this! Relax your mind and just follow me!" Ye Yuan said calmly.
Long Xiaochun was startled in her heart and could only follow along as Ye Yuan ordered.
One of the Third Firmament Empyreans suddenly shouted, "Big Brother, come up with some ideas!"
Long Xiao said in a clear voice, "Don't panic! Let him hide! No matter how ingenious his movement technique is, there will definitely be times when he's careless! Competing in willpower, we have never lost to anyone before!"
"Heh heh, alright!"
When the group of Empyreans heard Long Xiao's words, the strength in their hands became steadier.
These Empyreans were not in a hurry at all, like cats catching mice. The intention was to slowly wear out Ye Yuan to death.
Ye Yuan was slightly surprised in his heart. Long Xiao's one sentence made these guys' combat power rise several levels!
This was not the increase in strength, but the stabilization of mental state.
In a fight, the more stable the mentality, the more one could tend to perform exceptionally well!
Three great Empyreans were the main attackers, the rest supported from the sides.
But each person, even if it was a First Firmament Empyrean, one could not overlook them.
A move of theirs that suddenly appeared would seriously injure you.
These people's cooperation was simply impeccable!
One must find an opportunity to break this balance.
Otherwise, it would be dangerous today.
Let alone that the strongest Long Xiao had not even made a move until now!
"No wonder even Lord Ao Xu was very wary of you. Even if your strength was placed in the Battle of Dragon Sons this time, it will absolutely be top-notch too. What's even more terrifying is that you're only First Firmament Empyrean! Heh heh, but no matter how strong you are, it's also a certain-death situation today. Kid, don't struggle anymore!" Long Xiao said with a big laugh at the side.
Him talking on the sidelines was disrupting Ye Yuan's state of mind.
Sure enough, Ye Yuan's situation became even more critical.
Suddenly, a First Firmament Empyrean saw an opening and stabbed toward Long Xiaochun with a sword.
Long Xiaochun turned pale with fright, but it was already too late to want to stop it.
At the critical moment, Ye Yuan flashed and blocked in front of Long Xiaochun.
Swish!
The long sword stabbed right into Ye Yuan's c.h.e.s.t.
"Ye Yuan!" Long Xiaochun turned pale with fright and screamed out.
The other Empyrean's eyes lit up, akin to sharks that smelled the scent of blood, blade lights and sword images all hacking towards Ye Yuan.
"Good!" When Long Xiao saw this scene, he could not refrain from cheering.
Yet, right at this time, a change suddenly occurred!
Ye Yuan suffering this sword did not collapse like everyone imagined. Instead, he opposed the momentum and stabbed a sword out!
"True Sword Hollow Etch!"
Ye Yuan's low voice sounded out. An unparalleled sword energy directly blasted the First Firmament Empyrean in front of him to dregs.
"Go!"
Ye Yuan did not stop in the slightest, pulling Long Xiaochun and flashing, he directly tunneled out of the group of Empyreans' encirclement.
This scene happened too suddenly, everyone did not react in time and let him succeed in breaking out of the encirclement.
"Ye Yuan, a-are you alright?"
Long Xiaochun looked at that sword stuck in Ye Yuan's body, tears almost falling out.
Ye Yuan only got hurt in order to protect her.
Falling into a heavy encirclement was also because of her willfulness.
Long Xiaochun felt wronged to the extreme in her heart.
Ye Yuan just chuckled, reached his hand out, and slowly pull
ed out the long sword.
There was not even a drop of blood left behind on the sword.
When Long Xiao and the rest saw this scene, their eyes went wide.
"This … How is this possible?" Long Xiao said in disbelief.
A First Firmament Empyrean being stabbed through by another First Firmament Empyrean with a sword, he was actually completely fine?
Long Xiaochun opened her mouth wide, a disbelieving look on her face.
"Huhu, you forgot, my physical body is very strong! How can this degree of attack hurt me?" Ye Yuan said with a light laugher.
Long Xiao's pupils constricted, seemingly thinking of something. He then cried out in surprise, "Perfect seventh transformation! He … He's at the perfect seventh transformation"
"What? Is there really someone who can achieve perfect seventh transformation in this world?"
"I heard that the people with perfect seventh transformation can become impervious to swords and spears, having a perfect defense! Unless one's cultivation realm exceeds by a lot, otherwise, they would not be able to even breach the defenses. I didn't expect that it's actually true!"
"That nirvanic tribulation is so horrifying! How did he transcend it?"
… …
Cries of exclamations similarly came from the group of Empyreans. Clearly, they were shocked by the perfect seventh transformation, this term.
The dragon race's physical body was extremely powerful. It was also precisely because so that they yearned for the perfect seventh transformation immensely.
But innumerable pioneers had once attempted it before, they all ended in failure.
But today, they actually saw a living perfect seventh transformation, how could they not be shocked?
Long Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, turns out that this is your trump card! But it ends here!"
Bang!
A powerful aura erupted. The pressure of a Fourth Firmament Empyrean made even space tremble.
But Ye Yuan did not care in the slightest and said with a faint smile, "My trump cards are plentiful Starting from now, savor my methods well. Have a taste of what's called … pain!"
Whoosh!
Ye Yuan's figure moved, directly teleporting away.
The interval before was actually done on purpose by Ye Yuan.
It was in order to break through these people's encirclement.
As long as he broke through, with his spatial law powers, it would be difficult for these people to want to catch him again.
"Want to go? How can it be that easy? Eat this blade of mine!"
The short knife in Long Xiao's hand raised up, the surging vital energy carried an astonishing blade, directly cutting through the sky, catching up to Ye Yuan instantly.
But right at this time, Ye Yuan's figure swayed and he actually disappeared!
This heaven-shocking blade of Long Xiao's actually struck nothing!
"Not good! This kid is running to hide into the spatial rift! Chase!" Long Xiao said with narrowed eyes.
… …
Inside the spatial rift, Long Xiaochun had a look of pleasant surprise.
Earlier, Ye Yuan getting injured frightened her badly.
But at this very moment, her guilt was tossed beyond the ninth heaven by her long ago.
"Hahaha … too exciting! Ye Yuan, it's really too exciting!" Long Xiaochun had long already forgotten about the anxiety and panic earlier, a look of excitement on her face.
Toward this plucky little sister, Ye Yuan was directly rendered speechless.
"Xiaochun, want to play a game or not?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.
"I want, I want! How to play, Ye Yuan?" Long Xiaochun clapped her hands and said gleefully.
Her thought process was clearly different from others. Others would definitely roll their eyes and scold Ye Yuan viciously at this time.
What time was it, still playing games?
Yet, the moment Long Xiaochun heard playing games, she immediately became excited.
"Alright then, starting from now, you have to listen to me for everything! Since this guy dared to come and ambush me, he'll have to be prepared to pay a painful price!" Ye Yuan narrowed his eyes, seething with killing intent.
Long Xiaochun nodded her head like a chicken pecking for rice as she said, "Say it! I'll listen to you! You rest assured. In order to make up for the mistake that I made, I'll go all out! You say, play what game?"
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Hide and seek!"
Chapter 2157 - Hide And Seek
A Third Firmament Empyrean said, "Big Brother, this brat hides inside the spatial rift. He wants to play hide and seek with us!"
"A fool who overestimates his own ability! This stretch of space is our old den. He wants to play hide and seek with us in our lair? This Empyrean wants to see whether it's him who plays with me, or me who toys with him! Long Xi, Long Zhao, Long Ming, the three of you each lead a team and march forward. Play with this kid well!" Long Xiao said with a cold smile.
Long Xi, Long Zhao, Long Ming, were those Third Firmament Empyrean powerhouses.
Getting Long Xiao's orders, the two people clasped their hands and said smilingly, "Big Brother, rest assured. This area of spatial rifts is our own backyard. Even if that brat wants to run, he also can't escape!"
This area of space was layered upon layers; complicated to the extreme.
Long Xiao's main camp was established inside.
So, to them, this place was too familiar.
Ye Yuan entering this region of spatial rifts was equivalent to walking right into a trap.
Long Xi three people each led their own squad and started digging everywhere, carrying out a carpet-bombing-style search on this area of space.
"This brat is really impressive! There are so many of us, we actually failed to kill him!"
"Humph! Mingxin's death must be avenged! If I catch him, I'll definitely hack him into a thousand pieces!"
Long Mingxin was the First Firmament Empyrean that Ye Yuan killed. This result made them very aggrieved.
So many people besieged Ye Yuan, but in the end, he actually escaped.
"Enough! Everyone, be more alert! Especially when we get to those folded space areas, be careful of his ambush!" Long Xi said in a solemn voice.
Following Long Xiao, he could be said to be a veteran of hundred battles and also developed an extremely vigilant personality.
Although this was in their own lair, he still maintained sufficient vigilance.
Suddenly, a figure flashed out ahead, who could it be if not Long Xiaochun?
"Hehehe … you bad guys, go and die!" Long Xiaochun made a funny face as she said.
Long Xi's face fell. Lifting his hand, it was a swift and fierce blade!
"Oh my!"
Long Xiaochun cried out strangely, figure flashing, and actually disappeared.
Bang!
From the diagonal stab, a sudden shocking energy undulation directly blasted a First Firmament Empyrean to meat paste!
"Ao Zhou!" Long Xi's two eyes went wide and he roared angrily.
This Ao Zhou was Long Xi's old subordinate. The two people's feelings were extremely deep.
Long Xi did not expect that Ao Zhou was actually killed by Ye Yuan right under his eyelids!
This move earlier was clearly True Sword Hollow Etch. Who was it if not Ye Yuan attacking?
True Sword Hollow Etch this move releasing, it did not have any energy undulations at all. It was impossible to guard against.
Coupled with Long Xiaochun being deliberately misleading earlier, attracting everyone's attention, with this, even Long Xi did not manage to react to it as well.
"W-Why would this place have an area of folded space? Why?! Why have we never discovered it before?" Long Xi howled.
Long Xi looked carefully, the place where Ye Yuan suddenly sneak attacked just now was actually an area of extremely hidden space!
This hidden space, they had never discovered it before.
But Ye Yuan actu
ally hid here and made a move against them!
This was also to say that Ye Yuan understood this spatial rift better than them!
"Chase! Even if Your Father turns the spatial rifts upside-down, I'll also find you!"
The Long Xi under a towering rage tunneled into this folded space with a grunt.
Swoosh!
A figure flashed past from afar, Long Xi sent a saber slash over without a word.
But that figure flashed, dodging this blade lightly, and disappeared once more.
Long Xi's face fell and he said with a cold yell, "Chase!"
Just like this, Long Xi passed through one folded space after another.
"Ahhh!!"
Suddenly, a miserable scream came over.
Long Xi's expression changed, and he cried out in surprise, "It's Long Bi's voice! That boy actually, killed a Second Firmament Empyrean?"
A subordinate warned, "Lord Long Xi, this boy is full of tricks. Furthermore, he's extremely powerful. We can't keep on chasing after him like this! Otherwise, we'll be routed by him!"
Long Xi's expression flickered incessantly. Finally, he still nodded his head.
But, when they attempted to traverse through space and find the way they came from, they discovered to their dismay that … they were lost!
"Lord Long Xi, this … How is this possible?""
"This place is our doorstep. We actually … actually got lost?"
… …
The group of subordinates was in a state of disbelief. They actually got lost at their front door!
They thought that they knew this place like the back of their hands, but being brought around by Ye Yuan a few times, they actually could not find the way that they came from anymore.
Long Xi's eyes narrowed and he gritted his teeth and said, "This boy's spatial law is even more formidable than we imagined! He brought us into a spatial maze!"
"S-Spatial maze? Then … Then wouldn't we be unable to go out?"
"This isn't possible! Since it's a spatial maze, how does he get out himself?"
When everyone heard this news, each and every one of their expressions changed drastically.
Space was an extremely convoluted and profound thing to begin with. It was far from as simple as it looked on the surface.