"Let's go. If we don't leave now, it will be too late. We must depart now."
Great Sage Hong Tian looked towards the increasingly fierce battle raging in the heavens above. Blood rain fell in flurries. The entire Tian Du Continent was about to plunge into chaos. Who knew how many living beings would be slaughtered, how many countless casualties there would be.
Great Sage Hong Tian brought Ye Chen and the several Ancient Talents into the teleportation passage, then traversed through the void to leave.
Boom—
A powerful fluctuation came from behind, nearly shattering the entire teleportation passage. A cold, sneering voice rang out: "Finally found you fleeing rats."
An Alien Realm Divine Spirit had come to pursue and kill!
Great Sage Hong Tian's expression changed slightly, but he led Ye Chen and the others swiftly through the space between planes towards the King's Ancient Path, moving with incredible speed like a streak of light across the sky.
However, the Alien Realm Divine Spirit from behind gave relentless chase, catching up like lightning, streaking across the dark, endless space between planes.
"You two rats from the Prison, where do you think you're escaping to? Wouldn't it be better to submit without a fight? Perhaps we might even spare your lives," the Alien Realm Divine Spirit mocked.
"Are you so great? We just slaughtered three of your kind. Now we can add one more to the tally."
Great Sage Hong Tian snorted coldly. His true body stood firm in the endless space between planes, blocking the pursuing Alien Realm Divine Spirit from behind. He even manifested an avatar.
The true body needed to fight. Although the avatar was inferior, it still possessed a portion of the powerful strength of the Divine Spirit realm, to be used to seal the King's Ancient Path.
The Divine Spirit avatar led Ye Chen and the others like lightning towards the King's Ancient Path. At this moment, the two supreme Divine Spirit powerholders engaged in fierce battle within the space between planes. Ye Chen dared not linger, leading the Ancient Talents swiftly towards the King's Ancient Path, now less than a hundred miles away.
But at this moment, a divine ship appeared from behind, also streaking through the space between planes like lightning. On it, a group of the younger generation launched attacks. The leader was none other than Xia Shuangwang!
Xia Shuangwang had come in pursuit, like a galloping bolt of lightning, steering the divine ship in rapid chase.
"You cannot escape. Submit without a fight!"
He was like a deity emerging into the world, chasing forward like lightning, attacking Ye Chen. His entire body was interwoven with strands of blazing lightning as he struck out explosively, the shockwaves shaking the heavens and earth.
Great Sage Hong Tian's avatar wanted to intervene, but Ye Chen stopped him: "Senior, let me handle this. You watch from the side. Conserve enough divine power to seal the King's Ancient Path."
Great Sage Hong Tian's avatar nodded and stood still.
However, Ye Chen had no intention of directly engaging Xia Shuangwang. He steered his divine ship, transforming it into a blazing divine radiance that plunged into the deepest depths of the endless space between planes. His target was naturally the ancient hall leading to the King's Ancient Path.
"Ye Chen, you cannot escape."
Xia Shuangwang gave relentless chase. The divine ship he piloted was of superior quality, almost a Divine Spirit-level magical instrument. It galloped like lightning, swift as thunder, quickly closing the distance with the divine ship Ye Chen piloted.
On his Lightning Divine Ship, numerous young powerhouses also attacked, continuously unleashing divine abilities that surged and intertwined in the space between planes.
On Ye Chen's divine ship, Yang Wushuang and the others also acted swiftly, clashing and contending with their opponents.
One in front, one behind, two extraordinary divine ships sped rapidly through the space between planes, approaching the ancient hall like lightning.
Boom—
Within the space between planes, Ye Chen stood at the rear of his divine ship, directly engaging Xia Shuangwang on the pursuing Lightning Divine Ship. Two streams of kingly divine radiance collided with a thunderous roar that nearly sent the numerous younger generation members on both ships flying.
Using the force of this clash, Ye Chen swiftly steered his divine ship, pulling ahead by a significant distance.
"Ye Chen, you cannot escape," Xia Shuangwang pursued relentlessly.
Ye Chen ignored him, continuing to steer his ship rapidly towards the King's Ancient Hall. His primary mission was to leave this world, to lead the future hope of Tian Du Continent to the myriad realms.
If he had time, he wouldn't mind slaughtering another Young King from the alien realm.
Finally, they appeared before the King's Ancient Hall. The great hall's doors were wide open.
Swish—
Ye Chen's divine ship was the first to charge inside. Great Sage Hong Tian's avatar detached itself, standing before the ancient hall, blocking the Lightning Divine Ship. It unleashed a world-shaking ancient Divine Spirit might, intending to annihilate everything on the Lightning Divine Ship.
But Xia Shuangwang threw out a forbidden magical instrument, overflowing with radiant light, which briefly neutralized the attack from Great Sage Hong Tian's avatar. He too charged into the King's Ancient Path, causing the avatar's expression to change as it prepared to give chase.
At that moment, a voice transmission came through: "Senior, seal the ancient path. Since he dares to come, I will give him a proper welcome and send him to the western heavens along the way."
This was Ye Chen's voice transmission, filled with killing intent.
Great Sage Hong Tian hesitated for a moment, then nodded. After all, Ye Chen's origins were certainly not simple, and with the mysterious Sir Qian involved, he likely wouldn't suffer a great loss.
Boom—
Great Sage Hong Tian's avatar circulated its strongest divine power. His entire being seemed to ignite, every inch of his body shining with endless radiance. He wasn't applying seals; he wanted to directly shatter the entire King's Ancient Hall!
The Alien Realm Divine Spirit battling Great Sage Hong Tian in the space between planes saw this and exclaimed in shock: "What are you trying to do?"
"Nothing much. Just sealing off the entire King's Ancient Path completely, so that no living beings from either the alien realm or this world of Tian Du Continent can successfully pass through," Great Sage Hong Tian said, calm and composed. As he spoke, his hands did not stop; on the contrary, the battle grew even fiercer as he forcefully clashed with this Alien Realm Divine Spirit, engaging in a peak-level fight.
"The King's Ancient Path? Could it be the legacy ancient path left behind by September Great Power? Damn it!" the Alien Realm Divine Spirit roared, but then his tone turned sinister. "Are you trying to preserve the last fragrant seeds? Letting these people grow, so they can return one day to fight us?"
"Ridiculous. It's merely a handful of people. Even if the spiritual energy there is abundant, without the tempering of battle, even a true Young King cannot fully mature. Moreover, the power of our forces is beyond what you Prison dwellers can imagine. One day, we will surely be able to open the King's Ancient Path as well and hunt them down one by one."
Great Sage Hong Tian's expression remained unchanged; on the contrary, he sneered: "Is that so? I look forward to it. I almost forgot to tell you people from the alien realm something. Do you know what lies at the ultimate end of the King's Ancient Path?"
"What is it?" For some reason, this Alien Realm Divine Spirit had a bad premonition.
"Through darkness, brightness appears. At the path's end, one sees the myriad realms!"
Great Sage Hong Tian enunciated each word slowly, each one striking like a heavenly thunderbolt, causing the Alien Realm Divine Spirit's face to change drastically.