The Calm Shen Yuan
"Oh?"
Azure Lightning struck, destroying everything in its path. Within a radius of ten miles, space itself shattered. Destruction is the simplest way to break all laws.
Ziwei watched this unfold and sighed softly. The Azure Dragon was the most vital of the Four Spirits beasts, wielding Azure Lightning to represent the vitality of spring. This was completely different from the world-destroying purple thunder of the path of destruction. But this player didn't understand this principle at all. He had long been lost in slaughter and majesty, how could he understand anything about creating life?
That makes sense; in this day and age, everyone wants to be a powerful person, not someone who brings benefits to others.
"My lord," a hint of mockery flashed in Azure Dragon's eyes, "It seems the Laoda wasn't wrong about her. This White Tiger has indeed sided with Jiangnan. Such spatial mastery is definitely not something she could have achieved on her own!"
Ziwei glanced down and nodded slightly.
It's a beautiful spatial technique, cleverly linking several magic arrays in the Southeast Commandery. It uses spatial fragments to divert the power of the Azure Lightning and disrupts the internal structure of the space. This way, White Tiger and the others will be directly drawn into the turbulent currents, making it more difficult for us to find them.
Normal spatial teleportation leaves obvious traces. Even the most skilled spatial magic user cannot completely erase these traces. If someone like me encounters this, there is no way to escape.
However, the opponent was very clever and patient. Instead of fleeing immediately, he used the power of the Azure Dragon to disrupt the spatial sequence after the Azure Lightning struck, thus creating a chaotic trace.
I wonder whose handiwork it was. Could it be Chen Qing?
No, Chen Qing has just dealt with the Past Buddha and is severely weakened. It's unlikely he'd be able to make it in time for this battle. Or perhaps... it's that Ziyue?
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Ziwei didn't speak, but slowly flew to the place of spatial turbulence. At this time, there was residual power of Azure Lightning everywhere. The power of lightning broke many links in space, causing elemental chaos. The spatial reverse flow was even more chaotic. At a glance, there were dense spatial fragments and exaggerated elemental turbulence. In such an environment, that guy was still able to run away with the White Tiger. He really had a good method!
"Pretty impressive." Ziwei smiled, a rare occurrence for her. "If the sorcerers in our Heavenly Court were this skilled, I wouldn't have to do so many things myself."
Both Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird were taken aback, rarely seeing Ziwei praise someone like this.
"Let's go." Ziwei took a step forward gently.
"Sir, you've found it?"
"Even in the most chaotic scenes, there are always clues. After he shattered here, he didn't use any spatial magic, precisely because he was afraid of leaving any traces. So there's only one path," Ziwei pointed to the left front. "The turbulent currents can change at any time, and the route can change at any time, but no matter how it changes, only that one route can lead to a successful escape."
"Your Excellency is wise!" Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird hurriedly replied respectfully.
Let's go!
Just as the three were leaving, Ziwei suddenly stopped and turned around sharply.
Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird were startled; they rarely saw Princess Ziwei make such a big move!
"We've been tricked!" Suddenly, Ziwei turned around abruptly, without even greeting the other two, and instantly teleported to the entrance of the space. But it was too late; the entrance was gone. The other party had acted extremely decisively, timing their move perfectly after they entered. A minute earlier and she would have noticed, a second later and it might have been too late!
"My lord?" By the time Azure Dragon reacted, the three of them were already unable to reunite. The chaotic spatial turbulence made it impossible for them to pinpoint Ziwei's location. Ziwei's face was gloomy. She couldn't possibly go and snipe White Tiger alone. She wasn't a combat type, and if she faced White Tiger head-on, she probably wouldn't be a match for him.
If they were to turn back now to meet up with Azure Dragon and the others, and then turn back to find an exit, it would probably take even more effort.
This is a huge embarrassment!!
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"Alright!"
At the entrance to the space, Shen Yuan staggered backward as if he had collapsed, but White Tiger caught him.
"The person who came to find you is indeed very capable," Shen Yuan said sincerely.
He was taking a huge risk just now. He used the Azure Lightning to disrupt the interior of the spatial array, then predicted a location with chaotic elements to hide in. His plan was to wait for them to track him in, then immediately return to the spatial entrance, remove the array, and seal the entrance!
The other party had previously mentioned that among the divine generals who came, one was the one with the highest mastery of spatial magic in the Heavenly Court. Shen Yuan was not an arrogant person and knew very well that his abilities were no match for that kind of top-level ancient sorcerer.
Even though he was very confident in his spatial abilities, he didn't dare to be overconfident.
Even amidst the chaotic spatial turbulence, he wasn't confident he could shake off his opponent. The best approach was to take a gamble at the beginning and trick them.
It seems like a success so far!
"I only slightly moved the spatial entrance, and she reacted immediately. If my timing had been even slightly off, we probably would have been finished."
The Star Lord Maori glanced at Shen Yuan with a somewhat inexplicable expression.
The other person's praise and lingering fear must be genuine; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so frightened they were exhausted. But if we're talking about skill, this kid is truly impressive, isn't he?
In such a short time, they actually came up with this trick to avoid the situation. Especially in the last wave of hiding, the three of them entered the spatial fragment of the turbulent flow, which not only made them very easy to be exposed, but also made them unable to see what was happening outside the fragment due to the elemental turbulence. Shen Yuan relied entirely on his intuition to estimate that the other party had already moved far away, which is why he quickly left the fragment and returned to the spatial entrance.
If they had misjudged the time even slightly, they wouldn't have been able to escape.
That kid.
"My lord is truly amazing!" White Tiger laughed immediately.
This man is still quite inexperienced, but his potential is definitely not lacking. His quick thinking, decisiveness, and grasp of timing just now were things I haven't seen many people in several eras who could do. It seems the White Tiger Spirit's judgment is indeed excellent. Could it be that I've struck gold?
"What do we do now?" asked the Star Lord Maori hastily.
"We can't hold them off for long." White Tiger glanced outside and said, "Let's retreat to Jiangnan now. Once we're in Chen Qing's territory, we should be able to protect ourselves."
"We can't retreat to Jiangnan." Shen Yuan shook his head weakly.
"What?" White Tiger Star Officer smiled slightly, "Afraid that I will implicate Jiangnan?"
"They're already enemies, so there's no question of being implicated." Shen Yuan took a breath and said, "Given the spatial manipulation skills that person displayed earlier, this spatial turbulence can only trap her for half an hour at most. In half an hour, unless we activate a spatial array to directly travel to Jiangnan, we won't have enough time to escape. And after the Southeast Commandery was breached, Jiangnan must have destroyed all the spatial array points that once connected to the Southeast and activated interference. It's impossible to directly use spatial manipulation to return to Jiangnan, and if we try to run back physically, it will definitely be too late."
"Young master, you've thought this through quite thoroughly," White Tiger said with a smile. "Then, young master, what do you think is the best way to proceed?"
"Head towards the Southern Wilderness!"
"Oh?" The White Tiger raised an eyebrow, while the Star Lord Maori beside him bristled. "Are you crazy?"
However, White Tiger stopped Star Lord Maori, who was about to erupt, and looked deeply at Shen Yuan: "I didn't realize before that you were such a ruthless person, my lord. Alright, we'll listen to you and head to the Southern Wilderness!"