With a loud rumble, the energy wreaked havoc, and the seemingly good layers of protection were like paper, easily shattering.
With a muffled groan, a figure flew back, his body dripping with blood and his aura weak. Luo Meng reached out and caught him, his heart sinking as he stared at him.
At this moment, the man surnamed Zhou’s Emperor Qi was fluctuating wildly, his face as pale as paper, and his body was riddled with wounds. It was no wonder, so many Demon Race Half-Saints were attacking him at once, even Li Wuyi would not be able to resist, let alone the man surnamed Zhou who was completely focused on the Void Heavenly Cauldron. The situation had been rushed, so the layers of protection he had set up were already his limit, and it was not completely useless. At the very least, he had managed to preserve his life.
Being seriously injured at this time was equivalent to losing the qualifications to compete for the Great Dao.
“Brother Luo…” The man surnamed Zhou opened his mouth and spat out another mouthful of blood, his expression becoming even more dispirited and his eyes filled with regret. He had cultivated all his life and had managed to reach this point, but at the last moment, he had failed. How could he be willing to accept this? He should not have been the one to stand out, but just now, who would have thought that so many people had come here?
“Brother Luo, please take care of yourself, this Zhou will treat his injuries first,” The man surnamed Zhou said bitterly before turning his head to look towards the Void Heavenly Cauldron.
In the eyes, he saw other Star Boundary’s Pseudo Emperor had already rushed to the front of the Void Heavenly Cauldron, his face filled with a fiery light as he rushed towards it.
However, before he could approach the Void Heavenly Cauldron, he was blocked by an invisible force. It was as if there was an invisible barrier around the Void Heavenly Cauldron that prevented anyone from approaching it.
During this brief delay, the numerous attacks once again arrived, causing the man’s expression to change drastically as he hurriedly tried to dodge, but he was still hit by a few of them, causing him to bleed profusely.
More and more people rushed to the side of the Void Heavenly Cauldron, but all of them were stopped by the invisible force. At this moment, the Demon Race’s Half-Saints attacked fiercely, completely disregarding the great opportunity contained within the Void Heavenly Cauldron and only taking the opportunity to kill the Star Boundary's Pseudo Emperors.
One side was scattered like sand while the other side had come prepared. The result was obvious.
In the blink of an eye, the Star Boundary suffered a great loss. In just a dozen breaths of time, one of the Star Boundary’s Pseudo Emperors had died.
After suffering a few losses, the many Pseudo Emperors from the Star Boundary no longer dared to rashly approach the Void Heavenly Cauldron. Now, everyone could see that although the Void Heavenly Cauldron had been revealed, it had not reached the critical juncture. It was pointless to fight over it now, so it was better to take advantage of this opportunity to kill a powerful enemy.
A chaotic battle broke out, and light flashed everywhere in the huge hall as the Emperor Artifact and Demon Artifact’s power burst forth, causing rumbling sounds to ring out.
From time to time, miserable screams would ring out. In this battlefield where only Pseudo Emperor and Half Saint were present, any carelessness would become a fatal flaw.
As the battle continued, both sides suffered casualties. Corpses fell from the sky one after another, but before they could fall to the ground, their vitality had disappeared, turning them into dried corpses.
As for the Void Heavenly Cauldron that stood in the middle of the hall, its rotation speed seemed to have increased significantly. The pure Primordial Qi inside the cauldron slowly expanded and shrank, as if something was trying to break out of the cauldron.
Inside the hall, while the Half-Saint and Pseudo Emperor were fighting, Yang Kai was in an empty space. Without him noticing, Yang Yan and the others had disappeared and were now in this strange space.
He didn’t feel much fear, nor did he feel any sense of danger. On the contrary, he felt like he had returned home.
This kind of feeling was enchanting, making one want to stay here forever and sink into oblivion.
As soon as this thought appeared, Yang Kai felt a cool sensation in his mind, causing him to instantly wake up. This was the effect of the Soul Warming Lotus, only when his Divine Soul was affected would the Soul Warming Lotus react like this.
His heart jumped. He had clearly been vigilant enough, but he hadn’t expected that he would still be nearly bewitched. There was nothing in this strange space at all, just the thought of being home here.
What kind of damned place was this?
Just as he was feeling puzzled, a loud voice suddenly rang out in his mind, “What is Heaven and Earth?”
“Who is it?” Yang Kai called out, turning his head to look around, but he didn’t discover anything. This strange space was completely empty, and besides himself, there was no one else here. He couldn’t help frowning, but now that he thought about it, the voice just now didn’t seem to come from outside, but rather from inside his body.
“What is Heaven and Earth?” The voice asked again.
Yang Kai became vigilant and asked in a low voice, “Who is sneaking around?”
There was no response, so after waiting for a while, the voice came again, asking the same question, “What is Heaven and Earth?”
This attitude of not giving up until he obtained an answer really gave Yang Kai a headache. If he had a real enemy, he could have just made a big fuss about it and see if he could escape, but now that he didn’t even know the source of this voice, Yang Kai couldn’t do anything about it.
Pondering for a moment, Yang Kai said loudly, “Heaven and Earth give birth to all living things and nurture them. All living things in this world depend on Heaven and Earth, and when Heaven and Earth obtain all living things, all living things become Heaven and Earth.”
Saying so, Yang Kai focused his attention on his surroundings.
After waiting for a long time, the voice no longer rang out. Yang Kai raised his brow slightly, wondering if he had passed.
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the voice rang out once more, still as loud as a great bell, shaking one’s eardrums and mind, “What is the Dao!”
With his previous experience, Yang Kai didn’t try to compete with it this time, instead replying, “The Dao is a law, the law, the eternity, the source of all things in the world.”
“What is the Dao?” This time, the voice didn’t pause for even a moment before continuing.
Yang Kai frowned. Was he wrong?
“Sorrow and joy are the Dao, birth, old age, illness, death are the Dao, ripe melons are the Dao, success is the Dao, retreat is the Dao, man is Dao, earth is Dao, heaven is Dao, nature is the Dao!”
“What is Dao!?”
“The heart is the Dao!”
“What is Dao?”
“The Dao is the path beneath one’s feet. All living things in this world are like trees and even a grain of sand has its own Dao. This Dao is their destiny, their existence, their Dao!”
“What is Dao!?”
…
At the beginning, Yang Kai still needed to think for a while before answering, but as the voice asked, Yang Kai’s answer became faster, as if he was no longer listening to others, but instead asking his own heart!
As these words were spoken, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling as if he had opened a dark cloud and seen a bright moon. Many thoughts flashed across his mind and he felt refreshed.
“What is Dao!?”
Yang Kai lowered his head and grinned, “What is the Dao?” After a brief pause, his lazy gaze became firm, “Don’t ask, if you keep blabbering, I’ll be the Dao!”
Boom…
As if something had exploded inside his body, the surrounding space suddenly shattered like a broken mirror, the fog in front of him was swept away and he appeared in a large hall.
Yang Kai didn’t even have time to inspect his surroundings before he felt numerous eyes staring towards him.
Turning around, Yang Kai grinned, “There’s quite a lot of people!”
Inside the main hall, the two groups were clearly divided. One was the Star Boundary’s Pseudo Emperor, while the other was the Demon Territory’s Half-Saint. Each group had about a dozen people, while the Demon Race had a few more Half-Saints.
However, at this moment, almost all of the Pseudo Emperor and Half-Saint present were injured. Yang Kai saw Jia Long in the Demon Race’s camp, and even his chest had a huge wound, a clear indication of the brutal struggle he had experienced.
In addition to these two groups of people, there were also dried corpses scattered around the hall.
From the clothes of the dried corpses, it was obvious that there were Star Boundary’s Pseudo Emperors, Demon Race’s Half-Saint, about twenty or thirty of them.
This time, only seventy people had entered the Profound Heaven Temple. Among these seventy, there were thirty Star Boundary Pseudo Emperors and forty Demon Race Half Saints!
If the powerhouses who had fallen outside the Profound Heaven Temple were included, those who were still alive and still had a chance to fight had probably gathered here.
The struggle for the Great Dao finally revealed its fangs.
It had only been a month since the opening of the Profound Heaven Temple, and in this short period of time, the Star Boundary and Demon Territory had lost forty or fifty masters in total.
Such a thing would have been unimaginable in the past, but in this Profound Heaven Temple, death was a common occurrence.
“Yang Kai, are you alright?” Yang Yan called out.
When she first saw Yang Kai here, she was both surprised and happy. Although she felt that Yang Kai’s current condition was quite good, she was still somewhat worried that he had encountered some kind of accident.
Yang Kai shook his head, “It’s fine.”
Not only was he fine, after experiencing that strange experience just now, he felt unusually good, as if something in his body had loosened.
Looking over, he saw Yang Yan and Bing Yun’s concerned looks. Not only that, but he also saw Sheng Yuzhu among the crowd. As their eyes met, she smiled and Yang Kai nodded.
Sweeping his gaze across the crowd, after seeing one of them, his expression immediately became cold and murderous, “Old Dog Cang Mo, you still have the face to show yourself!”
Cang Mo’s expression as he stared at Yang Kai was also filled with hatred, but he didn’t say a word in the face of Yang Kai’s scolding because he was well aware of what he had done. If he were to argue with Yang Kai now, it would only expose this matter, and at that time, he would no longer have a place in the Star Boundary.
Many Pseudo Emperors frowned when they heard this. Although they all knew that Yang Kai and Cang Mo had some kind of grudge, it was just a personal grudge. None of them knew why Yang Kai suddenly act like this.
Yang Yan transmitted her voice, “Let’s talk about what happened with Cang Mo when we get back. Right now, it’s more important to deal with this crisis.”
Hearing this, Yang Kai nodded lightly and flew towards the group from the Star Boundary. Although he really wanted to take this opportunity to stab this Cang Mo to death, if he really took action, he would only become a laughing stock to the Demon Race, possibly even breaking this strange peace.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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