The frost in the cavern remained frozen without thawing, making the temperature here extraordinarily low, but none of this could hinder Luo Ao's movements.
He flew to the top of the cavern and stood as straight as a marking pole. At some point, a few fragments of ice crystals had clung to his clothes.
The next instant, he had made his decision.
"Hiss!" Suddenly, fierce golden flames surged from the Crimson Annihilation Divine Sword in Luo Ao's hand, and he thrust it straight toward the azure circular platform!
The blazing sword pierced the void in an instant, actually tearing space open.
Amid Echidna's cry of surprise, the space where the azure circular platform had stood was sliced open like a sheet of white paper, revealing an enormous breach large enough for several people to pass through.
Luo Ao split off his Water Element Divine Clone, which flew out. The Water Element Divine Clone unleashed its divine power at full strength to protect his body, then resolutely rushed straight into the enormous breach!
"Sizzle-"
Amid the intense sounds of spatial friction, Luo Ao's Water Element Divine Clone could faintly be seen cutting a rather sorry figure as he rushed inside. Several wounds seemed to have been sliced across his face, and blood streamed freely from them, but injuries of this degree were no great impediment to a deity.
"Whoosh!"
Within just a few breaths, the breach abruptly vanished. Only the space in that spot had become unstable, with all manner of chaotic forces spreading out from it from time to time.
Only after quite a while did it gradually settle down.
"Luo Ao, you want to go in?" How could Echidna still fail to understand Luo Ao's intentions now? But would doing this really work?
"According to Weiersi, the area where he stayed is relatively desolate. An ordinary God wouldn't possibly come to seize territory here. Once this Divine Clone of mine goes in, he should be enough to hold this spot." Luo Ao seemed to be explaining to Echidna, yet also seemed to be speaking to himself.
Rather than passively waiting for the ticking time bombs in the Planar Prison to jump out one after another, he might as well take the initiative to enter and block this breach himself. That was Luo Ao's thinking.
It was just that doing so would inevitably mean temporarily sacrificing the freedom of one of his Divine Clones.
I have a mutation involving both water and fire. Even if my Water Element Divine Clone goes to the Planar Prison, I can still comprehend the Laws through my other clones, so it won't have much effect. Besides, my Water Element Divine Clone can also use the Fusion Profound Mysteries of the Elemental Laws of Fire. His strength won't fall too far short of Weiersi's. Luo Ao had his own considerations as well.
He had a mutation involving both water and fire, and either of these two Divine Clones could display considerable combat strength.
Because they could borrow divine power, even a single Divine Clone could use fused divine power.
The Stalag Planar Prison.
This was a barren world, like a desert wasteland. As space twisted and rippled, Luo Ao emerged in a sea-blue robe. This was his Water Element Divine Clone.
"Hmm? It certainly lives up to being a Planar Prison. The energy between heaven and earth is actually this thin? And it really is desolate, as though there isn't a trace of life at all." Luo Ao used his water divine power to heal his injuries, slowly examining his surroundings.
"Oh, there's a cave here that looks as though someone decorated it. Weiersi probably left it behind." Luo Ao soon discovered a spot where a few flowers and plants still grew.
Although Weiersi did not particularly enjoy fighting others, that did not mean he was a soft persimmon anyone could squeeze. With his strength as a God, everyone nearby naturally treated him as their superior. Even the other Lowgods would not immediately come to fight over his territory.
This was also why Luo Ao had decided to enter and stand guard as soon as possible. After all, if he delayed too long, other powerful figures would discover the abnormality here sooner or later.
Just as Luo Ao was adjusting to the environment, a sudden, rapid sound of something cutting through the air made him quickly turn to look.
Amid the fierce winds in the distance, which resembled a sandstorm, he could faintly make out an afterimage flashing past. Seemingly noticing Luo Ao, the other party repeatedly changed direction to put distance between them, like a bird startled by the twang of a bow.
"I was just looking for someone to ask about the latest news around here." Raising his brows slightly, Luo Ao moved, turning into a blue blur as he flew after the figure at high speed.
Although this was only his Water Element Divine Clone, his flying speed was not slow, and he soon caught up with the person he had just spotted.
His figure flickered, and Luo Ao instantly blocked the person's path. Once he clearly saw the appearance of the person, who had likewise stopped abruptly, he was slightly astonished. "A dark elf?"
Ancient books on the Boya Continent had recorded such creatures. Legend had it that in the distant past, the barren lands at the continent's southernmost reaches had once been filled with dark elves, whose skin was dusky and whose movements were nimble.
He had not expected creatures that had already vanished to still exist in the Planar Prison.
"What do you want?"
This dark elf lady had quite an exquisite face, but she looked far too cold. Her icy eyes gave an impression of utter indifference.
Her light, slender body seemed filled with limitless explosive power, while her dusky gray skin gave off an ominous aura of death.
"Nothing. I just wanted to ask about the situation nearby, such as whether there are any particularly formidable people." Luo Ao asked noncommittally.
There was no denying that this was indeed a very beautiful dark elf girl. Although she wore a somewhat tattered gray robe and her long, silvery-white hair was rather disheveled, her distinctive air of gloom and deathly stillness still made Luo Ao's eyes involuntarily brighten.
Of course, he had not forgotten what he had come here to do, so he still asked this crucial question first.
"Were you just exiled here by the planar overseer?" The expression on the dark elf girl's cold, lovely face softened somewhat.
She had indeed sensed a soul aura from this man that differed from those lunatics'.
"More or less." Luo Ao did not deny it.
"Then I suggest you leave quickly. Someone will be chasing after me any moment now." With that, the dark elf girl turned into an afterimage again and swiftly flew into the distance.
"Leave quickly?" Luo Ao frowned slightly at her words, then raised his head to look into the distance.
"I was wondering why she was fleeing in such a desperate rush earlier. So someone was trying to hunt her down." Understanding dawning somewhat, Luo Ao nevertheless did not heed the dark elf lady's rare, well-intentioned advice.
There was no helping it. Among those approaching this time, there seemed to be a Deity Level expert. If that person discovered the abnormality here, wouldn't his trip have been for nothing?
Thus, instead of retreating, he advanced to meet them.
Amid several faint, rapid sounds of air being cleaved, several red blurs swiftly approached him. "Boy, did you just see a dark elf pass by?"
The blurs stopped close to Luo Ao, resolving into several men with heavy auras of bloodlust.
Their leader was a burly man with a messy head of yellow hair. At this moment, he was questioning Luo Ao with an icy gaze.
"I did. She just ran that way." Luo Ao casually pointed in a direction, though it was practically the opposite of the direction the dark elf woman had taken.
"Boy, are you playing me?" The burly man's expression darkened at his words.
Hmm? He noticed? There was clearly something wrong with the direction Luo Ao had casually indicated, allowing the burly man to notice instantly.
"I'll ask you one more time. Where?" the burly, yellow-haired man snarled at Luo Ao.
Always somewhat hot-tempered, he charged at Luo Ao like a cannonball leaving its barrel even as he asked the question. He threw a punch, his entire body wreathed in raging thunderous force, smashing toward Luo Ao as though he meant to shatter the void.