Xuan took Li Wuyang and the others, driving the Power of Annihilation to its limit and transforming into an ethereal gray streak as she fled madly through the primordial void. Her escape technique was extraordinarily profound, blending the laws of space and annihilation. She moved with incredible speed along an unpredictable path, as though she could merge into the void and vanish at any moment.
Behind them, experts from the demon race, demonic path, dragon race, and sword immortals pursued without relent. Demon clouds churned, demonic qi surged, dragon shadows twisted through the air, and sword light tore open the sky! They each unleashed their divine abilities, bombarding the space ahead in an attempt to force Xuan to stop or disrupt her escape technique.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Powerful explosions rang out continuously behind them, tearing open black rifts in space. Terrifying shockwaves chased at their heels, making even Li Wuyang, wrapped in the Power of Annihilation, feel his heart pound. Huaihuai, Little Fire, and the others trembled, able only to huddle tightly together.
Xuan's face grew increasingly pale, and a trace of dark golden blood even seeped from the corner of her mouth. Maintaining such an intense escape technique and defense while fending off the unending attacks from behind drained her enormously! Moreover, she had only just obtained the Devour Origin Core and had yet to refine it, so her origin was far from its peak state.
"Xuan! How are you?" Li Wuyang asked anxiously, sensing the disorder in her aura.
"I'm fine." Xuan's voice remained calm, though it carried a faint weakness that was hard to detect. She continuously changed direction, trying to shake off their pursuers. Yet the four factions clung to them like maggots on bone, their divine senses firmly locked on them. There was no way to escape.
This can't go on! Sooner or later, we'll be worn to death! Li Wuyang's mind raced. They absolutely could not win in a direct fight. He had to find a way to break free from the pursuit!
He suddenly remembered the bronze compass in his robes! It could guide directions and even travel through space!
He quickly took out the compass and infused it with true qi. Its needle spun wildly before finally trembling as it pointed toward a seemingly calm region to their left, where the spatial fluctuations were in fact subtly chaotic!
"Xuan! That way!" Li Wuyang shouted, pointing in the direction indicated by the compass.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xuan immediately changed direction and charged toward that area!
Though the pursuers behind them had no idea why, they followed at once.
The moment they rushed into that region, the scenery around them became bizarre and fantastical! Space was no longer stable. It was like a shattered mirror, reflecting countless distorted images and fractured layers! Even the flow of time became abnormal, sometimes incredibly fast and sometimes unbearably slow!
"This is... the edge of a spacetime turbulence!" Xuan's pupils contracted slightly. Spacetime turbulence was one of the most dangerous forbidden regions in the primordial world. Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals could lose their way within it or be torn apart by the chaotic power of time and space!
"The compass pointed here, so there must be a reason! Let's gamble on it!" Li Wuyang said through gritted teeth. Rather than be caught and beaten to death by that group behind them, they might as well brave this deadly den!
Xuan also understood that they had no better choice. Gritting her teeth, she wielded the Power of Annihilation and plunged headfirst into the deeper, more chaotic reaches of the spacetime turbulence!
The moment they entered the core region, the situation instantly worsened!
Up, down, left, and right became completely inverted. Fragments of past and future scenes flashed before their eyes like a revolving lantern. Powerful tearing forces came from all directions, and even the shield formed by the Power of Annihilation began to fluctuate violently, groaning as though it could no longer bear the strain!
"Hold on to me!" Xuan shouted lowly, contracting the Power of Annihilation to tightly protect them all. Like a lone boat in a storm, they struggled forward through the chaotic vortex of time and space.
When the pursuers reached the edge of the turbulence, they all stopped, fear showing on their faces.
"Spacetime turbulence! Have they gone mad?!" The Demon Saint of the demon race looked grim.
"Entering means certain death. What a pity about that Demon God origin..." the Demon Lord said darkly.
Azure Dragon and the sword immortal also hesitated. They knew all too well the infamous danger of spacetime turbulence.
In the end, after weighing the costs and benefits, the experts of the four factions chose not to follow. Instead, they set up restrictions around the outer edge of the turbulence and waited for their prey. They did not believe Xuan and Li Wuyang could emerge alive from the spacetime turbulence.
Meanwhile, deep within the turbulence, Xuan and Li Wuyang faced an unprecedented crisis!
A massive spacetime rift suddenly tore open ahead of them, releasing a terrifying suction force! Xuan resisted desperately, but with her strength so greatly depleted, a flaw finally appeared in the annihilation shield!
"Not good!" Xuan's expression changed drastically!
The powerful suction instantly seized Huaihuai, who was standing near the edge!
"Huai--!" Huaihuai let out a terrified whinny as its body was dragged uncontrollably toward the rift!
"Huaihuai!" Li Wuyang's eyes nearly split with rage. Without a second thought, he lunged forward to grab it!
But Xuan held him back tightly. "Don't go! It's too dangerous!"
In that brief delay, Huaihuai's figure had already been swallowed by the rift and vanished!
"No--!" Li Wuyang's heart twisted in agony!
Disaster never came alone! Another chaotic current of time swept past, carrying away Little Fire, Yingying, and Jinbao as well. They vanished into different fragments of time and space!
In the blink of an eye, their companions had been scattered! Only Li Wuyang and Xuan remained, struggling to hold on within the annihilation shield!
"Huaihuai! Little Fire! Yingying! Jinbao!" Li Wuyang looked at the empty space around him, grief and fury surging together as tears blurred his vision. He hated himself for being too weak to protect his companions!
Xuan tightly gripped his hand, her gaze firm. "We have to survive! Only then can we find them!"
She burned more of her Origin Power, stabilizing the annihilation shield once again, and charged with all her strength toward the direction tremblingly indicated by the compass needle!
After struggling through the chaos for an unknown length of time, a relatively stable exit finally appeared ahead, giving off a faint white glow!
"There!" Xuan's spirits lifted. Using the last of her strength, she rushed toward the exit!
A flash of light!
The two of them crashed heavily onto the ground. Behind them, the entrance to the spacetime turbulence slowly closed.
They had survived the tribulation! But they had paid a terrible price— their companions were scattered, and Xuan's origin had suffered severe damage.
Li Wuyang looked around and discovered that they were in a completely unfamiliar world, one overflowing with spiritual qi yet carrying an indescribable... false feeling.
Where is this?
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