Chapter 6440 The Workings of Fate?
Evilmoon carried everyone as it flew through the void. Ripples spread across space as if they were a ship slicing through the surface of a lake.
Within Evilmoon’s barrier, they saw a scene playing in front of them—Bing Yi leading those nine star heirs.
“It’s that bastard!”
The original devil experts immediately recognized them. Among them was the one who had severed Fei Shuang’s arm.
“They must have placed some kind of tracker on us. Last time, they lost, so now they’ve brought real reinforcements,” one of the original devil experts snarled.
Rage filled their eyes. Fei Shuang had never complained about her missing arm, but none of them could let that humiliation go.
Killing intent flickered in Fei Shuang’s eyes. She was doing her best to suppress her anger because the woman leading them was definitely a terrifying existence.
“That woman has fully merged her Sovereign flames and condensed an essence divine rune. Her power is definitely above Xiao Li’s,” said Yue Xiaoqian gravely. “Long Chen, you just finished one major battle. It’s best if we don’t clash with them now.”
Yue Xiaoqian herself had just received her ancestral blessing, and her essence divine rune was still forming. Thinking of this, she felt that their odds of victory were far too low.
Furthermore, besides that woman, several of the nine star heirs were powerful enough to pose a serious danger to the top experts of the original devil race. If a fight broke out, the consequences would be disastrous.
After listening to everyone’s advice, Long Chen nodded. “The sacred daughter is right. We will avoid a clash for now. Let’s rest as we flee and see if we can shake them off.”
Yue Xiaoqian’s eyes brightened with relief. She had feared Long Chen would insist on fighting for pride’s sake. More than anything, she didn’t wish to see Long Chen go to war against the nine star line. Perhaps there were misunderstandings between them, and it would be best if they could be resolved peacefully.
Once blood was shed, however, such misunderstandings could become irreconcilable feuds.
“Evilmoon...” Long Chen’s voice rang in his companion’s mind.
“You think I don’t understand you? Don’t worry, everything’s under control. I won’t let her catch up—or give up so easily,” replied Evilmoon.
“Good!” Long Chen smiled.
“If it were up to me, I’d have the cauldron protect everyone while we join forces and slaughter them,” said Evilmoon. “I’ll lead this time. I’m sure we can crush them.”
Long Chen shook his head. “That woman isn’t simple. Also, her subordinates may not be as strong as Xiao Li, but they’re near his level. Although you’re powerful, we’ve always fought with me leading. If we switch suddenly, our coordination will become awkward, and accidents can happen.
“Besides, you’re my strongest trump card. If someone interferes midway, that would be dangerous. Also, many people have set their sights on Senior Earth Cauldron. I believe they have prepared ways to counter it. Most importantly, it must conserve its strength for the Heaven Cauldron. We can’t use it lightly.”
Hearing that, Evilmoon didn’t argue. They were indeed in a tense situation, and everything could change in the blink of an eye. It would be better if they could save their trump cards.
After the battle with Cang Lu, Evilmoon’s power had risen dramatically. It no longer even bothered with small fry. Still, this nine star heir called Bing Yi intrigued it—her strength made its bloodlust stir.
“Give me half a day. Then, we’ll deal with them,” promised Long Chen.
“Hehe, alright!” Evilmoon exclaimed, its excitement palpable. It seemed that the name of Evilmoon was about to resound once more.
Long Chen formed a series of hand seals. The next moment, his eight-color divine ring appeared, and a giant whirlpool devoured the energy of heaven and earth, forcibly absorbing Heavenly Dao energy to help him recover.
At this moment, Long Chen discovered that the laws of the heaven region’s battlefield had changed again. The Heavenly Dao’s repulsion toward him had grown stronger.
Perhaps it meant the outsider experts had secretly modified the battlefield’s laws. But there was no time to dwell on that. He had to recover quickly to deal with the current crisis.
Evilmoon continued tearing through space. Half an incense stick’s time later, the void behind this spot shattered. Bing Yi and the nine star heirs emerged.
Bing Yi’s gaze shifted left and right. She carefully sensed the surrounding fluctuations before snorting.
“They’ve switched directions and set up a diversion. How naive!”
She waved her hand, and starlight enveloped her group. They vanished once more.
Meanwhile, Evilmoon’s spatial domain repeatedly shifted directions as it flew. Six hours passed in a blur.
All of a sudden, Evilmoon slowed, feeling an invisible wall blocking its path. However, the nine star heirs didn’t seem to be affected at all, so Evilmoon hastily woke up the slumbering Earth Cauldron.
“Tch, there’s something off with the space up ahead. You old cauldron, take a look,” Evilmoon said.
When the Earth Cauldron woke up, it looked around, startled.
“This place... could it be...?”
“Hey, speak! What is this place?!” raged Evilmoon.
“Is this the hidden workings of fate?” murmured the Earth Cauldron.
“You old cauldron, did you sleep too long and crack your mind? I’m asking what this is! Should I go around it?” demanded Evilmoon.
“Charge through it. There’s another wall up ahead. Just don’t disturb Long Chen. If you feel like you can’t do it, switch with me.”
“Who are you saying can’t do it? A little wall like this can’t stop the mighty Boss Evilmoon!”
Enraged, Evilmoon condensed its domain into a sharp spear and lunged forward. The resistance intensified, but it tore through with brute force.
Suddenly, a wall appeared up ahead, one that made Evilmoon jump.
“An astral wall?”
BOOM!
The tip of the spear-like domain smashed into the astral wall, and the violent backlash made Evilmoon shudder.
Fortunately, the Earth Cauldron had warned Evilmoon, so the latter had set up layers of barriers to block the backlash. As a result, this clash didn’t disturb the people inside its domain.
The spear-like domain pierced through, but the astral wall did not break. It simply rippled like a water curtain and quickly healed.
After passing the astral wall, Evilmoon discovered that this place was a giant plaza. Two divine statues stood there—one of a lean man holding a brush, the other of a kneeling woman. The man was painting a mark upon her forehead.
“This is...”
Even Evilmoon was stunned at the sight.