Only through Thunder Elephant True Monarch's account did Song Changsheng finally come to understand the exact course of that long pursuit.
After the decisive battle that day, they had split their forces into three routes.
Aside from Kongsang Baijue fleeing back to his fief, Gao Yu and Xiaokun had both gone into exile across the distant seas. For three consecutive days, after crossing some unknown, immense distance, their pursuers still had not caught up.
Grandmaster Xuanlei, who had completed the unity of artifact and spirit, had needed less than a day to catch up to Thunder Elephant True Monarch. In three moves, he had slain Xiaokun, annihilating both body and spirit.
After that, he had spent another half day catching up to True Monarch Xiaoyao and the others.
Before he had even made a move, the [Human King Sword] and the [Imperial Seal] had, as if by prior agreement, abandoned Gao Yu, their puppet, and in order to escape, created a spatial rift.
To be precise, it had only been a rift at the very beginning. Afterward, it had expanded rapidly, gradually evolving into a Void Black Hole with irregular edges and a diameter of more than a thousand zhang.
Before the black hole had fully taken shape, it had been no different from an ordinary Spatial Rift. There had been powerful Spatial Turbulence, and an even stronger devouring force. That was how the [Imperial Seal] had disappeared.
After the black hole had taken shape, the Spatial Turbulence and devouring force had vanished at the same time. It had been so calm it was as if nothing had happened.
"The black hole looked like a hole someone had poked through, but the Space Barrier had not been damaged. This did not accord with common sense. Let alone This Seat, even