However, these geniuses who had emerged from the Myriad Phenomena Extreme Realm had never once laid eyes on
"This is your last chance. It seems none of you truly value it."
Sect Master Xing of the
Deep underground, Jiang Chen exchanged a glance with
Jiang Chen steeled his heart and was about to leave first. He knew full well that rashly attempting a rescue would not only fail but might trap him as well.
Just then, a voice transmission rang out from the void: "Young Master Jiang, I'll draw away the two Sovereign realm experts. You make your move and save them."
Jiang Chen was startled, then elated: "It's Miss Huang'er."
Hearing Huang'er's voice, Jiang Chen felt a sudden surge of confidence. He sent a voice transmission to Ling Bi'er: "Senior Sister, follow my lead. We're going out to rescue them."
Ling Bi'er's heart trembled slightly. Rescue them? Rescue people right under the noses of two Sovereign realm experts?
In the brief instant that Ling Bi'er hesitated, the two Sovereign realm experts both exploded into motion, bellowing: "Who's there?!"
The words had barely left their lips when two powerful waves of aura were already hurtling toward the northeast in pursuit.
Jiang Chen shouted in a low voice: "Senior Sister, let's go!"
He activated the Ice Fire Demon Lotus, and the two of them shot up from the abyss, dozens of zhang deep, bursting through to the surface.
Jiang Chen immediately activated the formation disk, and the Yougu Seven Kill Formation disk roared to life, blanketing the entire area within its domain.
The moment the formation activated, he became the absolute master of this zone.
"Junior Brother Jiang Chen?"
"Brother Jiang Chen!"
Exclamations of joy rang out one after another. Jiang Chen wasted no time, issuing orders: "Everyone, time is tight. I can't undo the restrictions on your bodies. So I'll have to move you all out at once. Do not resist with your spiritual sense, or the consequences will be dire!"
Before they could even answer, a brilliant light swept over them, pulling all of them into the palace cave dwelling within his Storage Ring.
At the same time, he called out to Ling Bi'er: "Senior Sister, activate the Space Escaping Talisman!"
The Space Escaping Talisman that Senior Sister Shaoyin had given Ling Bi'er was extraordinarily powerful, far beyond anything the Myriad Phenomena Domain could produce.
Hearing Jiang Chen's command, Ling Bi'er crushed the Space Escaping Talisman without a second word. At the same moment, Jiang Chen retracted the formation disk, and the Yougu Seven Kill Formation vanished in an instant.
A flash of escaping light, and Jiang Chen and Ling Bi'er disappeared from the spot.
The entire sequence unfolded in the blink of an eye — all within the span of a lightning flash. The experts assigned to guard the prisoners included several in the Saint realm, yet faced with this sudden turn of events, they simply had no time to react.
All they saw was an icy, snow-covered world materialize before them. Just as they were growing suspicious, the frozen landscape vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
And gone with it were all those young geniuses from the Myriad Phenomena Domain!
"No — someone's snatched the prisoners!"
"Damn it — this was a diversion!"
"After them! Don't let them get away!"
"Chase!"
In an instant, the entire scene descended into chaos. Those who had been clearing the battlefield in the distance rushed over, and the sight of the pandemonium left them equally bewildered.
But the flash of escape light had already vanished without a trace. Even if they wanted to give chase, they had no idea which direction to follow.
Someone shouted "Split up and search," and the forces from each sect scattered into four or five groups, each pursuing a different direction.
Yet everyone knew in their hearts that anyone bold enough to flee using a high-grade escape talisman would already be hundreds of miles away. Chasing like this was no different from fishing for a needle in the ocean. Unless they possessed powerful spiritual sense tracking methods, catching up was nothing short of a pipe dream.
Before long, the search parties returned one by one, every face clouded with frustration. They had found absolutely nothing.
"I can't believe they slipped away."
"That was a powerful Space Escaping Talisman. It teleports hundreds of miles in a flash, and there's no way to pinpoint the direction."
"Sigh… let's wait for the Sect Master to return, and we'll decide what to do then."
Every one of them wore a sour, defeated expression, clearly seething with frustration. This operation to suppress the Myriad Phenomena Grand Ceremony had been far from a success to begin with.
Beyond the Dan Qian Palace having broken out ahead of time, large contingents from the Great Sacred Hall had also fought their way free. Now this group of young Myriad Phenomena Domain prodigies had been rescued right out from under their noses — it was one slap in the face after another.
The four sects that had participated in this operation would surely become laughingstocks across the Red Cauldron Central Domain.
Half an incense stick's time later, Sect Master Xing and Sect Master Fu returned with darkened faces, having clearly pursued for a great distance to no avail.
Seeing the two sect masters return in such grim moods, the guards didn't dare breathe a single word too loudly.
"What happened? Where are the prisoners?" Sect Master Xing demanded, his face like thunder.
Dead silence. No one answered.
Sect Master Fu's eyebrows shot up: "What exactly went on? Has everyone lost their tongues?"