Published: March 2, 2025
Wen Yu took out the white communication jade from the Spatial Ring again. The surrounding energy currents were still surging, affecting the positioning on the communication jade. However, Wen Yu had already read Lord of the Jiang Family's memories, so there was no longer a need to stay here.
He summoned Faceless again and dripped his own blood onto it. Once Faceless completely transformed into Wen Yu’s appearance, Wen Yu immediately activated the Heaven-Covering Robe while letting Faceless move ahead to scout the way, hiding himself behind.
It was the same routine as before, yet this time Wen Yu followed not far behind Faceless, prepared to deal with the potential appearance of a soul system strongman.
When they managed to escape the influence of the energy currents, the communication jade shone brightly again. The location of Bai had not deviated too much from before. Wen Yu guided Faceless on the direction, and thus, the two moved swiftly towards the position marked on the communication jade.
It was only when a violent explosion sounded ahead that Wen Yu finally stopped.
…
Smoke and dust filled the air, and amidst the haze, Wen Yu vaguely saw two figures.
One was extremely familiar, the immortal emperor puppet that Bai had summoned before. At this moment, the puppet was using one hand to form a hand seal, accompanied by the smooth incantation flowing from its mouth. Sword lights appeared in the sky, swiftly sweeping in all directions.
However, the immortal emperor’s actions seemed futile, as the sword lights flew in all directions but failed to hit the opponent’s figure.
Indeed, there was an opponent, but this opponent was invisible to both the immortal emperor and Faceless. Even when Wen Yu fully activated his soul perception, he could only vaguely see a colorful figure swirling around the immortal emperor.
The figure was short and indistinct, everything appeared extremely blurry, yet the constant ominous laughter and the vast fear aura surrounding it undeniably indicated this person's presence.
Within the aura, Wen Yu suddenly felt a pressure rising in his heart, as if facing a natural enemy, cold sweat instantly emerged from his pores.
This was merely an illusion, and Wen Yu certainly recognized it as such. However, the body's instincts did not heed personal will—being within this fear aura, Wen Yu felt his strength seemingly drop by several percentage points.
Strange abilities and overwhelming speed made Wen Yu hesitate to act recklessly.
He took out the communication jade from the Spatial Ring once more and tried to contact Bai. At such a close distance, the communication jade finally responded.
"Wen Yu? Where are you? Hurry and save me!"
The first sentence was a plea for help. From Bai's urgent tone, Wen Yu could sense Bai's despair and unease.
"I'm at the edge of the battlefield, I can see the immortal emperor and his opponent..."
Wen Yu reassured Bai.
"Good, then quickly deal with it..."
At this, Wen Yu merely frowned—not because of Bai's commanding tone, but due to the power disparity between both sides.
There were already four known eleventh level strongmen on the enemy's side, while their side only had the immortal emperor puppet, Faceless, and himself capable of participating in such a high-level battle. The difference in numbers was too great, and that soul system strongman had an innate restraint against Faceless, making victory seem bleak.
After a moment of silence, Wen Yu made a decision.
"Southeast direction, coordinates XXX, XXX, this might be the entrance to the next level. You take Ye Nan and go first; I will have Lolo protect you. Leave this level first, and I will catch up with you after I deal with things here."
Wen Yu would hold the enemy back while Bai left, and once Bai was gone, Wen Yu would shake off the enemy and find Bai—this was a fallback strategy, and in a sense, it was a form of avoiding battle. Wen Yu truly did not want to endure against four eleventh level strongmen.
Upon hearing Wen Yu's words, Bai hesitated for a moment but ultimately agreed.