Published: January 26, 2025
However, under Qin Chen's gaze, Mo Li could only brace himself and say, “If I’m not mistaken, there should be a great emperor-level powerhouse secretly following us from behind, and the other party has been tracking us since we left Fengdu City.”
“It’s impossible.”
The Emperor of the Underworld immediately frowned and said, “If someone really is following us, how could I not have sensed it? Not only me, but the Emperor of Beginning Charm and the Dark Moon Nether Maiden have also detected nothing; how could the other party manage this?”
The Emperor of the Underworld shook his head and sneered.
Although he hadn't regained his powers, he was once a great emperor of the Four Extremes. If someone had been following him, even if it was just for a short while, would he not have sensed it since they had been tracked from Fengdu City to now?
What a joke!
Mo Li glanced at Qin Chen and saw that he wasn’t speaking, only focused on moving forward, so he could only harden his resolve and continue, “The reason we didn’t sense the other party must be due to other factors. For example, the other party might have been following from a distance and not getting closer;
or perhaps they possess some special secret technique that allows them to sense our presence; or it could be a combination of both.”
“That’s even more ludicrous,” the Emperor of the Underworld coldly scoffed. “If the other party is so far away that we can’t sense them, then how did they manage to follow us? When Qin Chen was flying, he concealed all the spatial fluctuations; unless it was a great emperor of the Four Extremes tracking us, it would be impossible for any other great emperor to keep up.”
“Well, I don’t know about that,” Mo Li shook his head. “I only know that since we left Fengdu City, Qin Chen has quietly checked the void behind us thirteen times.
Each time was not aimless peering but rather intentionally locking onto specific areas for investigation. Furthermore, based on the direction of the last check by Qin Chen, if I’m not mistaken, the other party should be behind and to our left, about half an emperor's time away from us.”
Mo Li’s expression was extremely certain.
“Half an emperor's time? You even know the distance?” The Emperor of the Underworld asked with suspicion, “Do you know how far half an emperor's time is? With such a long distance, under Qin Chen's deliberate sweeping, even a mid-stage peak great emperor would be unable to sense our direction of departure, how can they be tracking us?”
Half an emperor's time was the distance a great emperor could cover in half an hour when flying at full speed; it was a unit of distance in the Underworld.
With such a long distance, plus Qin Chen’s spatial power sweeping through, all spatial fluctuations would naturally dissipate, making it impossible for an ordinary great emperor to discern the direction of departure.
Mo Li pondered and said, “If I’m not mistaken, the other party should have used some sort of special means, or perhaps we have something they can sense on our bodies, for example…”
Mo Li glanced at Qin Chen and mused, “The Bridge of Helplessness?”
The Bridge of Helplessness?
Everyone was taken aback, “Isn’t that thing already refined by our master?”
“It has been refined, but what if Qin Chen intentionally released its aura to attract the other party?” Mo Li suddenly interjected.
“Intentionally?”
Everyone looked at Mo Li in disbelief.
“That’s impossible.” The Emperor of the Underworld shook his head, “Let alone whether anyone is actually following us, even if there is, we don’t even know who the tracker is; why would Qin Chen want to attract them? That makes no sense at all.”
“What if the tracker is Meng Po from the Domain of the Forest of Yan?” Mo Li suddenly said.
Meng Po?
Everyone was startled.
Is that possible? “Emperor of the Underworld, you said it yourself; Meng Po is a top-tier great emperor of the Domain of the Forest of Yan, not weaker than the Yama Great Emperor. We made such a huge commotion in Fengdu City; it’s understandable that other great emperors couldn’t arrive in time,