Meanwhile, in the endless spatial turbulence on the other side, Garo Divine King and the other seven Great Powers were traversing back towards the inner regions of the universe.
However, the expressions of the few were not good, especially Garo Divine King's. The prize had been within reach, yet unexpectedly, the Battle Saint King had awakened at the critical moment.
But having reached this point, the other Great Powers recalled some of the Battle Saint King's strange actions. One among them spoke: "Have you noticed that the Battle Saint King's actions were somewhat strange, not as forceful and domineering as one would imagine?"
Originally, everyone had felt the same. Now, hearing this, another person chimed in: "Indeed. It has always been said that the Battle Saint King is an extremely forceful Supreme Heavenly Pride, quite domineering. If given the chance, even if severely wounded, he would seek revenge on the spot. But today, after awakening, he was indeed somewhat odd."
Hearing this, Garo Divine King glanced back, his eyes shining a bit brighter: "Tell me, you few, what was strange about this Battle Saint King?"
Since the strongest among them spoke, the other seven Great Powers naturally dared not hide anything. One red-haired Great Power said: "Lord Garo, during the last time at the 50th checkpoint, I participated in the Myriad Ancient Assembly and saw this Battle Saint King. An extremely forceful Supreme Heavenly Pride, a figure who would remain forceful even when facing the three alien Emperor Sons and Emperor Daughters, daring to contend for the Emperor Body even against an Ancient Monarch, fearing nothing. According to his character, if you, Lord, had harmed the Battle Saint King today, he would never have let you go so easily. Even if severely wounded, he would have attacked you, leaving you with a deep memory and making you pay a price. But today, he showed no intention of pursuing the matter. On the contrary, he allowed us to leave. That is what is strange."
Hearing this, the other Great Powers all nodded in agreement.
Garo Divine King also couldn't help but nod. Since the Battle Saint King was such a forceful Supreme Great Power, why would he give up so easily?
This point was worth pondering.
"Yang Chuan, continue," Garo Divine King signaled the red-haired Great Power.
Yang Chuan, the red-haired Great Power, paused, then said: "Since the Battle Saint King is so strange, as the saying goes, 'abnormal events portend calamity.' There must be some astonishing hidden reason within."
"Could it be that he isn't the real Battle Saint King, but someone else disguised as the Battle Saint King to deceive us?" another Great Power raised a doubt, but quickly refuted his own theory: "But he is the Battle Saint King. Moreover, that punch could only be executed by the Battle Saint King. It couldn't be fake. Otherwise, even if that alien Insect Race Mother Queen transformed into the Battle Saint King, she couldn't possibly withstand Lord Garo's Divine King's Tenth Slash!"
Indeed, Garo Divine King's Divine King Tenfold Slash was extremely powerful, especially the tenth slash. Even other Super Great Powers facing it would be slain beneath it. This was Garo Divine King's famous ultimate technique, sweeping through Super Great Powers with few rivals.
Yang Chuan shook his head: "He is indeed the Battle Saint King. But although he awakened, perhaps a major problem has appeared, making it difficult for him to fully act. That's why he briefly ceased hostilities and allowed us to leave."
"Perhaps he encountered a major issue in his cultivation, but didn't show it before us. Instead, he briefly displayed that Heaven-Splitting, Earth-Rending Fist to intimidate us, making us momentarily awed and leaving us no time to think carefully about everything."
Clearly, Yang Chuan's words gained the agreement of many, even Garo Divine King's eyes shone brightly, believing his words held some truth.
However, soon, everyone's expressions changed. Because if it was exactly as Yang Chuan speculated, the current Battle Saint King would most likely flee, far away from the universe border wastelands.
"Hurry back! The Battle Saint King is now in a state of crisis. This is our great opportunity to slay him!"
Boom—
Garo Divine King unleashed a great divine ability, forcibly reversing the spatial channel, shifting the direction. The group of Great Powers swiftly charged towards the universe border wastelands.
Garo Divine King gazed into the farthest end of the channel, his eyes blazing intensely, murmuring softly: "What a Battle Saint King. Never expected you to deceive us all, even this lord was fooled. But the more so, the more it represents you are not in your usual state. It also represents that now is the great opportunity to slay you. Let this lord see where you can escape to."
The group of Great Powers sped towards the universe border wastelands.
Fortunately, they hadn't been in the spatial channel for very long. After half an hour, they turned back and returned.
Upon arrival, they indeed discovered that the traces of the Battle Saint King, Abenue, and the others had vanished. Searching the entire starry region yielded no clues.
"Just as expected. But where exactly did they go? The Divine Wasteland Venerable One has also disappeared. Probably either killed or taken away. How can we find their whereabouts?"
"Hmph, they cannot escape this lord's grasp."
Garo Divine King snorted coldly. Light emerged from between his brows, from which a mysterious Eight Trigrams Compass shot out. From the three hundred divine light clusters, streams of dawn light surged forth, then submerged into the Eight Trigrams Compass. Countless Dao runes continuously emerged on it, then the power of heavenly secrets flickered, crackling, performing divination.
This was a wonderful application of Faith Power.
Normally, one could use a time-reversal secret technique to find the direction they left. However, with Abenue, a Super Great Power, present, and the Chaos Cauldron being related to chaos which can erase traces, making divination impossible, only this kind of faith secret technique could be used.
Soon, the Eight Trigrams Compass formed from condensed Faith Power trembled, erupting with strands of special light carrying a stream of information that submerged into Garo Divine King's mind.
"Go, to this place!"
Garo Divine King tore through the void, the seven Great Powers following behind.
Whoosh—
Within the endless spatial turbulence, the group of Great Powers traversed it. The violent spatial turbulence couldn't harm them in the slightest. On the contrary, they advanced at an astonishing speed, charging towards a certain direction.
During this time, the pointer on the Eight Trigrams Compass consistently pointed in one direction, also guiding the Great Powers forward.
Moreover, Garo Divine King summoned the Banner of No Life. This banner could project a world phantom, a spatial-type treasure, greatly increasing the speed of the Great Powers within the endless spatial turbulence, swift as lightning.
Chasing at such speed, half an hour later, the few suddenly saw ahead in the endless spatial turbulence, abruptly appearing a small, distinct black dot, far away tens of millions of li.
But they were all genuine Great Power realm experts with astonishing eyesight. Upon closer look, they recognized this small black dot as the starry nest of the alien Insect Race Mother Queen, currently swiftly traversing.
Meanwhile, Abenue, who had set off half an hour earlier, suddenly felt a peculiar sense of crisis, as if a terrifying great enemy was about to descend.
With a swish, she looked towards the rear. Her dark golden eyes instantly saw several small figures in the distance. The leader was none other than Garo Divine King.
"Not good!"
Abenue's expression changed slightly. She never expected the other party had truly seen through the truth and even caught up so quickly.
The most worrisome event had ultimately occurred.