The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind, Attacked from Front and Back

The barrier leading to the outside world was only about ten thousand li in diameter.

The higher one went, the wider the Return to Ruins boundary became, until the exit reached a diameter of several hundred thousand li.

Superposition State Li Qing No. 2 waited silently beneath the Chaos Pearl above his head. This layer of Network had already assimilated with the power seeping in from all around.

There was no difference visible on the surface; only upon contact would one notice something was amiss.

Yet the icy power was constantly eroding the Superposition State. Superposition State Li Qing No. 2 channeled all the corrosive power into the Chaos Pearl to dissolve it.

No matter where the Demon Intelligence Spirit came into contact with this barrier, Superposition State Li Qing No. 2 would detect it at once.

The Demon Intelligence Spirit was diving rapidly. He had likewise transformed into a speck of dust, black smoke blanketing his surroundings to form a wondrous defense.

The corrosive power of the Return to Ruins was firmly blocked by the black smoke, though the pressure he endured was no small matter.

Above him, Fusion Supreme Mechanism Li Qing was also slowly diving after him.

He did not descend too quickly, instead maintaining a constant speed. This was both to conceal himself and to prevent his descent from becoming so fast that he overtook the Demon Intelligence Spirit.

At the same time, he could sense the auras of Ultimate Universe expert incarnations flickering through the Return to Ruins from time to time.

At this moment, the Mysterious Immortal split off an incarnation at the Supreme Mechanism level, which descended silently into the Return to Ruins.

Throughout this period, he had been investigating, and he had arrived at one possibility.

He had detected two places where