Gade was the most powerful person present, but there were many other Holy Emperor level experts in the surroundings. As a result, his threat was not enough to scare off the people who wanted to steal the Eight Wastelands. ggaawwx
"Gade, do you really think that you and Hao Jia's people can stop all of us?" Yao Jun Yun Feng asked.
"Everyone, you should all belong to different organizations. Right now, there's only a single piece of the map, yet there are so many of you. I wonder how you'll split the map now that it's in your hands." An old man from Hao Jia's group spoke. He smiled and spoke nonchalantly. He was an ancestor of Hao Jia's group. He was also a Holy Emperor, but he was only at the 15th Star.
His nonchalant words immediately made many people frown. This was clearly an extremely difficult problem to solve. None of them wished to risk their lives only to end up benefiting someone else.
Seeing how everyone began to waver, a Holy Emperor immediately called out, "He's trying to drive a wedge between us. His intentions are obvious. Don't fall for his trap. Once we get the Eight Wastelands, we'll discuss how to split it, or we can just split the map into several pieces, one for each person."
"Alright, that's a pretty good idea. It's settled then." Immediately, many people agreed to the plan and agreed.
Yao Jun Yun Feng licked his lips and chuckled, "If that's the case, there's no need for us to waste time here. Everyone, let's go together and get the map fragment."
Yao Jun was the most powerful person here aside from Gardner. As soon as he finished speaking, he charged at Gardner first. At the same time, he yelled, "Fellow 15th Star cultivators, come with me to deal with this old bastard Gardner. Leave the people of the Hao family to the others."
Immediately, a few Holy Emperor experts flew out from the crowd and fought Gade together with Yao Jun Yun Feng. As soon as the Holy Emperor experts clashed, the violent shockwaves of energy swept through the surroundings, causing mountains to collapse and the ground to crack. The entire world shook violently.
There was a Holy Emperor in Hao Jia's group as well. He led over twenty experts from his clan and fought against over a hundred experts. On the other hand, the Holy Emperor in Hao Jia's group was kept busy by the last of the Holy Emper who fought for the map fragment of the Eight Wastelands. As a result, Hao Jia's group faced over a hundred experts of the same level. With such a huge difference in strength, they were at a disadvantage as soon as they clashed. They were surrounded and beaten up by enemies that outnumbered them by several times.
However, the people who fought for the map fragment of the Eight Wastelands did not belong to the same organization, so they did not trust each other. As a result, the people who fought against Hao Jia were also on guard against the people beside them, preventing them from launching sneak attacks. As a result, their strength was greatly reduced and they were unable to use their full strength. Although they firmly suppressed Hao Jia's group, no one dared to strike heavily at the risk of exposing themselves.
On the other side, the battle between Gade and the Holy Emperor had reached a white-hot level. Gade did not have so many concerns. He used all of his strength without holding back and fought against five experts of the same level as him. Their battle shook the surroundings. They fought from the ground to the sky, and then from the sky to the ground. They retreated as they fought, and they were already a hundred kilometers away.
Violent ripples of energy wreaked havoc where they fought, enveloping the surrounding space. It had basically become a region of death, where even Saint Rulers dared not to set foot in.
The five Holy Emperors who fought against Gade were all at the Third to Fourth Heavenly Layer, but they did not dare to use their full strength due to their ulterior motives. They did not want to exhaust themselves too much or become injured, which would be the best opportunity for them to fight for the map fragment of the Eight Wastelands. As a result, the five of them only managed to fight to a draw with Gade, a Sixth Heavenly Layer Holy Emperor. They even seemed to be at a disadvantage.
Argh! Argh! …
A few miserable cries rang out. The weaker Saint Rulers of Hao Jia's group all vomited blood as they collapsed. They were all heavily injured.
Their withdrawal from the battle immediately increased the pressure on the remaining experts of Hao Jia's group. It became more and more difficult for them to hold on. If it were not for the fact that they were all on guard against each other, they would not have been able to hold on long ago.
At this moment, Jianchen and Nubis concealed their presences a thousand kilometers away. They hid behind a mountain peak. Although they could not see the battle up ahead because they were too far away, they could clearly sense the violent ripples of energy.
"It's too far away. We can't see anything, and we don't know what the situation is like. Jianchen, let's get closer," Nubis suggested.
Jianchen extended his hand to stop Nubis' suggestion. He said, "There's no need. We can't get too close. Let's be careful together. I've always been monitoring what's happening up ahead, and I've discovered that there are still hidden experts who have yet to take action. We can't get too close."
"I can sense several presences of the Holy Emperor. One of them is no weaker than Bi Yifei and Ling Yuanzi. Jianchen, do you think we can take the Eight Wastelands with our current strength?" Nubis became rather worried. Several presences of the Holy Emperor had appeared up ahead, so he was not confident at all.
"We can only take the Eight Wastelands with wits, not force. It'll just depend on whether we have the opportunity or not. Fortunately, we have an advantage that no one else has," Jianchen said.
"What kind of advantage?" Nubis was curious.
Jianchen smiled mysteriously, "You'll know in the future. Oh right, spit out the Water Spirit Pearl. If we go fight for the map fragment later, we'll expose the presences of us outsiders. Once we get the map fragment, we'll find a safe place and use the Water Spirit Pearl to hide our presences. That way, we'll be able to confuse them and make them focus on searching for outsiders, ignoring their own clansmen. It'll give us an extra layer of cover."
Nubis's eyes lit up. Without any hesitation, he immediately spat out the Water Spirit Pearl that concealed the presences of the outsiders and placed it in his Space Ring.
Jianchen also spat out the Water Spirit Pearl and the holy water into the artifact space. To him, the Space Ring was not particularly safe because it could be stolen at any time. Only by placing it in the artifact space could he ensure that nothing would happen, unless the artifact betrayed him or he died.
"Let's wait here. When it's time to move out, I'll let you know," Jianchen said.
The battle lasted for only ten minutes and several more of Hao Jia's people were heavily injured. Their numbers were reduced from over twenty to a dozen, and three of them had died on the spot. Only their souls had managed to escape. The remaining dozen or so people were still bitterly holding on, but they were covered in blood. They would not be able to last much longer.
The situation was becoming more and more disadvantageous for them. Hao Jia's Holy Emperor became extremely stern as well. He had already anticipated that they would be robbed on the way here. He originally thought that with senior Gade's assistance, he would be able to ensure that nothing would happen. However, he had never expected so many people to come. Just the number of people who had reached the level of Holy Emperor had come.
"We can't let this drag on any longer." Hao Jia's Holy Emperor thought. Determination flashed through his eyes as he knocked back his opponent with a single strike. A tremendous presence immediately radiated from his body as he called out, "Sky-destroying Three Palms!" A huge hand suddenly formed a hundred meters in the air. It radiated with a devastating pressure. With the appearance of the hand, the laws of the world seemed to be greatly affected, becoming chaotic. All the Saint Rulers and even the Holy Emperor were unable to use Spatial Force.
The hand was completely condensed from the essence of the world. It possessed tremendous power. Its appearance caused the space in a radius of several dozen kilometers to freeze. Even the Holy Emperor who fought against Hao Jia's Holy Emperor was greatly affected. As if he had fallen into a swamp, his movements became sluggish.
"A Tian Level Saint Technique!" The Holy Emperor's face drastically changed. He became rather pale in a single moment. A Tian Level Saint Technique was equivalent to a Saint Tier Battle Skill on the Tian Yuan Continent. It possessed devastating power. Even the Holy Emperor, who had reached the Third Heavenly Layer, had not grasped such a powerful technique.
Although Saint Rulers could comprehend a Tian Level Saint Technique, grasping one was not so simple. Many Holy Emperor level experts were unable to grasp a single Tian Level Saint Technique.
As for creating a Tian Level Saint Technique, it could only be comprehended by someone who was extremely talented in comprehending the mysteries of the world. It would take ten thousand years for someone to do so.
Even in Mercenary City on the Tian Yuan Continent, there were only a handful of people who could create a Saint Tier Battle Skill on the same level as a Tian Level Saint Technique.
The huge palm seal sealed off the space within a radius of tens of miles. Then, it descended from the sky with a majestic aura, silently merging into the ground and disappearing.
Along with the hand, over a hundred Saint Rulers and a Saint King had disappeared as well. All of them had vanished without a trace. Only the Saint Rulers of the Hao family remained in the air with stunned gazes. They stared at the ground below them, dumbfounded.
A bottomless pit of unknown depth had appeared below them. It was palm-sized and enveloped a radius of several kilometers. The Holy Emperor and over a hundred Saint Rulers had all been slammed into the ground.
"Argh!" A furious roar rang out from the bottomless pit. The Holy Emperor did not die after taking on the attack of the Tian Level Saint Technique. Afterward, over a hundred Saint Ruler presences appeared from the bottomless pit.
The power of the Tian Level Saint Technique had been taken on by the Holy Emperor and over a hundred Saint Rulers at the same time. Not a single one of them had died.
The Holy Emperor Hao Jia's eyes were cold. He raised his hand and another huge hand immediately condensed a hundred meters in the air. It slammed toward the ground with lightning speed, causing the ground to shake violently.
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