Ruijin's Dragon's Domain covered a radius of a thousand kilometers. Only a few seconds had passed since the divine hall of the Underworld sect had been destroyed, so even Saint Rulers would not be able to cross that distance in such a short amount of time. As a result, as soon as the Dragon's Domain was formed, it enveloped all the assassins of the Underworld sect. No one could escape.
The vice-sect master of the Bloodsword sect, Jiang Wang, the five elders, and the four protectors all caught up to the Saint Ruler assassins of the Underworld sect. They fought without holding back at all. The Saint Rulers of the Underworld sect all possessed darkness-attributed Saint Force. As soon as the battle began, they all erupted with a dense, black mist using a secret technique, enveloping a certain range of space. They silently moved through the black mist, constantly searching for good opportunities to launch sneak attacks on the experts of the Bloodsword sect.
The Saint Rulers of the Underworld sect mainly used darkness-attributed Saint Force to aid in their assassination, while the experts of the Bloodsword sect used Baleful Yin Force as their trump card. Each had their own merits, but none of the people from the Bloodsword sect used Baleful Yin Force in their battle against the Saint Rulers of the Underworld sect. Baleful Yin Force could only be cultivated through slaughter, so it was just too precious to Saint Rulers.
Even with that being the case, the experts of the Bloodsword sect still gained the upper hand because they were not affected by the Dragon's Domain at all. On the other hand, the Saint Rulers of the Underworld sect were suppressed by the Dragon's Domain, so they struggled to use seventy to eighty percent of their strength.
"Bang." With a muffled sound, Jiang Wang, who was at the Third Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor, casually struck the head of a Saint Ruler from the Underworld sect. The Saint Ruler's head exploded on the spot, wiping out his soul.
At the same time, an elder of the Bloodsword sect who was a Ninth Heavenly Layer Saint Ruler killed an assassin from the Underworld sect. A blood-red spike stabbed through the assassin's forehead before emerging from the back of his head. It pierced through his head, and his soul was wiped out before he could escape.
Jianchen did not attack anymore. Instead, he stood with Nubis and glared around. He was prepared to leave all the Saint Ruler assassins to Jiang Wang and the others. He could not be bothered to personally deal with the assassins below Saint Ruler.
"Strange, Jianchen, why don't I see the guy whose arm you chopped off?" Nubis crossed his arms as he hovered in the air beside Jianchen, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings.
Jianchen frowned slightly. He had also been waiting here for Luo Qi, but until now, he had not discovered that Luo Qi had escaped from the shrine. Although the shrine was broken, the power of the shrine had not completely dissipated, so his consciousness could not enter the shrine.
"Could it be that Luo Qi is still hiding in the shrine?" Jianchen murmured to himself. Although several thousand similarly dressed assassins had charged out of the shrine, none of them could escape his eyes with the senses of his soul. Luo Qi was nowhere to be found.
"I'll go have a look inside the shrine," said Jian Chen. He directly flew into the shrine. Nubis followed behind him. The shrine was completely dark.
The darkness within the divine hall was extremely dense with darkness-attributed Saint Force. To people who cultivated darkness-attributed Saint Force, they would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort if they cultivated here. However, since the divine hall had been destroyed, the darkness-attributed Saint Force that filled the divine hall was slowly dispersing. Even the divine hall energy within the divine hall was rapidly draining away.
Jianchen and Nubis stood in the dark shrine. They both frowned slightly because even the two of them were affected by the darkness. They could not see more than five meters.
"Hmph, how can mere darkness-attributed Saint Force stump the great Nubis?" Nubis snorted coldly. Immediately, a dazzling golden light shone from his body, making him seem like a miniature sun in the dark shrine. The darkness-attributed Saint Force that flowed through the shrine dispersed as soon as it came in contact with the golden light. In the blink of an eye, the shrine that had been shrouded in darkness cleared up.
This was a resplendent hall. It was empty except for a few expensive decorations. Jianchen directly ignored the decorations. He glanced around and said, "Luo Qi must still be hiding in the shrine. Let's look around first. We can't let him escape, or there'll be endless problems. Ruijin and the other two seniors are standing guard outside, so we don't need to worry about Luo Qi taking advantage of us to enter the shrine and leave from another direction."
Jianchen and Nubis began to search the shrine. A small portion of the shrine's power remained on the walls, preventing Jianchen's senses from penetrating it. As a result, they could only search slowly.
Along the way, Jian Chen came across passageways that had suddenly appeared, as well as formations that hid the surroundings. However, they were all destroyed by him and Nubis. The toughness of the divine hall and the formations hidden within were all supported by the power of the divine hall. Now that the power of the divine hall was gradually dispersing, both the formations and the sturdiness of the divine hall had greatly weakened.
At this moment, in an extremely well-hidden secret room within the Darkness Divine Hall, a person with a single arm and shrouded in black robes stood with a short old man. The short old man was rather pale, but his eyes were brimming with life.
"Luo Qi, two people have already entered the shrine. They'll find us before long, so we need to leave as soon as possible," the old man said emotionlessly with a deep voice.
"Old sect master, are we just going to ignore the rest of the people from our Underworld sect?" Luo Qi asked with a hoarse voice.
"They were able to destroy the shrine in a single strike, so they must have an expert at the level of the Holy Emperor. Even in my peak condition, I would be powerless before an expert like that, not to mention that I'm still injured right now. Hmph, this Baleful Yin Force really is powerful. A thousand years ago, my soul was injured by Houston's Baleful Yin Force. Even after a thousand years of recuperation, my soul still hasn't recovered," the old man said coldly. His voice was filled with intense hatred.
"Old sect master, all the people from the Bloodsword sect are outside the shrine right now. There are also three terrifying magical beasts. They'll definitely discover us as soon as we leave. How are we supposed to leave?" Luo Qi asked.
"I already know about the situation outside. An expert has already used a supreme secret technique to envelop a radius of a thousand kilometers. We definitely can't leave. Fortunately, we have a backup plan, or we'll probably die here today," the old man said in a deep voice. Afterward, darkness-attributed Saint Force poured into the ground from beneath his feet. Gradually, an extremely complicated formation appeared beneath their feet.
"This is a Space Gate. Old sect master, can we leave the shrine with a Space Gate? The space within the shrine can't be ripped open," Luo Qi asked in doubt.
The old man sneered with that, "This is not a Space Gate. It's an ancient teleportation formation. The sect master of the Underworld sect obtained it by accident several tens of thousands of years ago and cast it down here. It's all for the sake of preventing a destructive attack from our enemies in the future. It'll allow us to escape, and the teleportation formation will shatter once it's used, so we won't have to worry about being followed."
Luo Qi rejoiced inside. He said, "Old sect master, I'll go get the Saint Tier Battle Skill first before leaving."
"There's no time. The two of them aren't far from here. We need to leave immediately, or we won't be able to leave if they destroy the formation," said the old man.
The teleportation formation was activated very soon. With a violent ripple of space, Luo Qi and the old man vanished as well.
Several hundred meters away from the secret room, Jianchen and Nubis searched for them. The power of the shrine had become even thinner than before, so Jianchen's soul could barely penetrate a few buildings.
Just as Luo Qi and the old man left through the teleportation formation, Jianchen's expression changed. He suddenly sensed an extremely weak ripple of space with the senses of his soul, so he quickly ran in the direction of the ripple without any hesitation.
"Boom!" Arriving at the location of the spatial ripples, Jian Chen smashed through the door of a secret room with a single stroke. Without the obstruction of the door, the spatial ripples in the room became even more intense. However, there was not a single person in the room. There was only a damaged formation on the ground.
Jian Chen sighed inside when he saw the formation. He said, "We've come too late. Someone has already left through here. I never thought that they would be able to leave through a Space Gate in the divine hall."
Nubis's face became rather sunken. He knew extremely well what it meant for a Holy Emperor of the Fifth Heavenly Layer to escape. It would be extremely troublesome if the expert decided to take revenge without any regard for the consequences, not to mention the fact that the person was an assassin of the Holy Emperor who was skilled in assassination.
"Jianchen, what do we do?" Nubis's expression was very ugly. His relationship with Jianchen had already developed to that of best friends, so he obviously treated Jianchen's matters as his own.
Jianchen furrowed his brows in thought before relaxing. His greatest worry was Changyang Prefecture and some of his friends in the Flame Mercenaries. However, Changyang Prefecture had Changyang Zu Xiao, who was comparable to the Holy Emperor at Great Perfection. It could be said that the entire Kingdom of Gesun was impregnable. As for the Flame Mercenaries, he planned on asking one of the three Ruijin or You Yue to take care of it. He only needed to place the Bright Moon Divine Hall in the Flame Mercenaries, and he would not have to worry about Bi Lian and the others.
Afterwards, Jianchen and Nubis continued to search through the shrine. Very soon, they found a huge stone slab embedded in the wall in a secret room next door. To Jianchen's surprise, it was actually a complete Saint Tier Battle Skill.
Jianchen began to collect the Saint Tier Battle Skill without any hesitation. After expending a tremendous amount of effort, he finally removed the huge stone slab. Although the slab was only five meters long, it was extraordinarily heavy. It was countless times heavier than steel, so even with Jianchen's strength, he needed to expend quite a bit of effort to lift it.
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