Published: February 25, 2025
“Tan Yun, you are not at the eighth level of the imperial human realm, are you?” Zhao Nachuan questioned. “You must be at the eleventh level of the emperor sage realm, only hiding your true realm.”
Upon hearing this, Tan Yun felt lucky that both of them were at the eleventh level of the emperor sage realm and not the twelfth level.
“If I can ambush and heavily injure one of them first, my chance of survival will be greatly increased,” Tan Yun thought to himself, a crafty glint appearing in his eyes.
“No, you’re wrong.” Tan Yun laughed lightly. “I am not at the eleventh level of the emperor sage realm; I am at the twelfth level.”
“Pah!” Zhao Nachuan sneered. “Keep dreaming!”
Fengtian Path spoke fiercely, “Brother Zhao, stop wasting your breath with him. In at most three more hours, we will catch up to him!”
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Two and a half hours later, Tan Yun flew out of the forest, and a majestic canyon came into view.
Celestial energy swirled around the canyon. Through the thick celestial mist, a vast lake could be faintly seen within the canyon.
The lake was deep and tranquil, with rippling blue waves.
“Here we go!” Tan Yun thought to himself, glancing back at the two who were already a hundred celestial li away. Then, he unleashed the primordial divine step, diving down and creating towering blue waves as he plunged into the lake within the canyon.
Immediately, Tan Yun summoned the supreme time-space holy tower from his ear. After entering the sixty-sixth layer, he willed the tower to shrink to the size of dust and slowly sink to the bottom of the lake.
“Splash!”
Zhao Nachuan and Fengtian Path followed closely and plunged into the emerald lake.
“Hmm? Where did he go?” Fengtian Path said in confusion. “Why can’t I see him in the blink of an eye?”
Zhao Nachuan furrowed his brows and communicated through sound, “This lake isn’t large. Let’s search carefully!”
The two released their immortal senses, instantly enveloping the entire lake.
The immortal beasts in the lake, sensing the powerful auras of the two, froze in place, fearing they might provoke them.
Meanwhile, the dust-sized supreme time-space holy tower had already sunk to the uneven rocky formations at the bottom of the lake.
The colorful rocks resembled gigantic natural cave dwellings and small mountains.
The two could not see through the rocks to glimpse the scenery inside.
“This kid must be hiding in there. Let’s split up and search. Be careful of his ambush!” Fengtian Path transmitted to Zhao Nachuan.
“Yeah, be careful yourself. This kid isn’t an easy opponent.” After Zhao Nachuan transmitted, he summoned an inferior grade sub-Dao spear and quickly swam inside a large rock.
Holding an inferior grade sub-Dao broad sword, Fengtian Path surged with the power of the wind emperor sage, disappearing beneath a rock.
At this moment, inside a cave within an eighty-zhang high rock, the supreme time-space holy tower settled against the uneven rock wall.
Inside the time-space holy tower, Tan Yun entered the tower of Tuoba Yingying, who had reached the ninth-grade of the imperial human realm.
“Master, what brings you here?” Tuoba Yingying, sitting cross-legged, stood up with a smile.
“Yingying, I’m being hunted by two high-ranking generals at the eleventh level of the emperor sage realm,” Tan Yun said, his expression serious. “I’m currently hiding inside the holy tower, manipulating it to sink onto the rocky bottom of the lake.”
“They will soon find the holy tower through their immortal senses. Once they do, it will be difficult for me to escape this calamity.”
“Now, I need your help to confuse one of them while I launch a sneak attack!”
Upon hearing this, Tuoba Yingying replied, “Okay, Master. What’s your plan to confuse them?”
Tan Yun smirked and said, “Here’s what we’ll do…”
Moments later, in the rocky forest, Fengtian Path transmitted, “Brother Zhao, any luck finding him?”
“None…” In the dimly lit rock, Zhao Nachuan paused before excitedly transmitting again, “I found him!”