Chapter 1588: Setting the Trap

Chapter 1588: Chapter 1588: Setting the Trap

Yang Yan swept his spiritual sense over the area and instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, within the Small Immortal Realm, only Zhou Hanyun remained; Zhou Hanyu and the others were not present.

Yang Yan clasped Jian Mingyin’s small hand and flew toward the place where Zhou Hanyun was located.

Zhou Hanyun was currently carefully reading a Cultivation Travelogue, occasionally letting out silver-bell-like laughter.

By the time she became aware, Yang Yan and Jian Mingyin had already arrived in front of her.

Seeing Yang Yan, Zhou Hanyun couldn’t help but show a delighted expression, but her expression froze slightly when she saw Jian Mingyin beside him.

She quickly said to Yang Yan, "You go out first. I need to discuss some matters with Miss Mingyin. Don’t even think about using spiritual sense to eavesdrop on our conversation. This place is surrounded by many arrays set up by Senior Fu Xi."

Yang Yan couldn’t help but feel helpless, glancing at Jian Mingyin. Jian Mingyin smiled and nodded, signaling him to relax, leaving Yang Yan somewhat resigned.

Zhou Hanyun couldn’t help but laugh, "Why, do you think I might be an old tiger that eats people? Will I eat her up?"

Yang Yan smiled awkwardly, saying, "Alright, send me a message once you’re done, and I’ll come right over."

This time, without Zhou Hanyun speaking, Jian Mingyin said, "Okay, okay, you hurry up and go, don’t interrupt our heart-to-heart talk."

With no other option, Yang Yan had to leave. After he left Zhou Hanyun’s location, he felt an emptiness in his heart. Just then, Fu Xi’s laughter came from the void, "Why, has Alliance Leader Yang Yan arrived and yet won’t come over for a cup of tea?"

Yang Yan laughed and headed towards the place where Fu Xi and Shennong were.

At this moment, the Void-Devouring Tiger was already following a crescent-shaped Immortal Soldier, departing from Earth’s vicinity.

The Void-Devouring Tiger’s heart burned with excitement, silently thinking, "Could it be that I’m truly a person of great fortune? Just casually coming out for a stroll, yet encountering such an Immortal Soldier. It’s said that back in the day, Earth’s Great Powers were numerous. Unexpectedly, I’ve come across an Immortal Soldier, judging by its fluctuations, it’s probably an Immortal Soldier of Immortal Monarch level."

The Void-Devouring Tiger hastily employed his innate divine techniques to chase after the crescent-shaped Immortal Soldier.

Soon after he vanished, a red-robed cultivator appeared behind him, a slight cold smile playing at the corners of his mouth: "Truly foolish. Oh well, might as well let you leave a bit farther to avoid drawing attention from Earth’s Great Powers."

Gradually, the Void-Devouring Tiger grew further and further from Earth, the silhouette of which was now indistinct, yet the distance between him and the Immortal Soldier hadn’t closed.

Just as he was about to give up, the Immortal Soldier, brimming with Immortal Power, suddenly changed direction and flew towards the Void-Devouring Tiger.

The Void-Devouring Tiger’s expression changed drastically, sensing danger emanating from the Immortal Soldier.

But at this moment, it was too late to escape, as the Immortal Soldier had already sealed the space around him.

In a panic, the Void-Devouring Tiger sent a distress signal to Yang Yan through their soul contract.

After sending out the distress signal, the Void-Devouring Tiger looked heavily at the crescent-shaped Immortal Artifact before him. The Space Law coalesced into a Space Blade in his right hand, charging at the Immortal Artifact.

The Immortal Artifact simply trembled lightly, rendering the Void-Devouring Tiger’s attack null.

His expression changed drastically as he rapidly retreated.

Suddenly, a group of black-robed cultivators appeared behind him, their bodies exuding dense demonic qi.

The Void-Devouring Tiger exclaimed in horror, "Demon Race!"

Just then, fluctuations appeared beside the Void-Devouring Tiger in the void, followed by the appearance of a red-robed cultivator.

His red robe seemed stained with blood, faintly echoing the cries of vengeful spirits.

He raised his head to reveal a pale, old face, smiling at him eerily.

"Ah!" In the red-robed cultivator’s light grip, the Void-Devouring Tiger’s physical body shattered in an instant.

The Void-Devouring Tiger could no longer move, painfully saying, "How can you, a True Immortal, roam in this universe?"

The red-robed cultivator waved his hand, causing the Void-Devouring Tiger to fall into a coma, and said to the black-robed cultivators, "Let’s go, now we wait for Yang Yan to take the bait. Hahaha—"

He raised his hand with a slight gesture, and the Immortal Artifact wandering in the cosmos instantly appeared in his hand.

Their figures flashed and disappeared from this space.

A moment later, the figures of Yang Yan, Fu Xi, and the others appeared in the space.

Yang Yan’s expression suddenly changed. He moved his right hand, and some of the Void-Devouring Tiger’s blood floating in the void appeared in his hand.

Fu Xi naturally noticed.

The tortoise shell in his hand appeared, deducing the heavenly mechanism but discovered that it was chaotic, as if it had been obscured by an ultimate presence.

Fu Xi said gravely, "The heavenly mechanism is chaotic and cannot be deduced; I’m afraid the Void-Devouring Tiger has met an untimely fate."

A glint flashed in Yang Yan’s eyes, and a moment later, he said to Fu Xi and the others, "This is a trap set for me. Though the Void-Devouring Tiger is weak now, his soul light still shines."

"In recent years, I’ve offended many forces; perhaps they’re wary of your presence and have come up with this method to lure me out with hostile intent."

Fu Xi and Shennong exchanged a glance and then said solemnly, "We dwell within the Small Immortal Realm; our true selves cannot go out. Moreover, if they fear us, they must have chosen a place our avatars cannot reach or where our power greatly diminishes."

Shennong also nodded, "Given their intent to harm you, they will surely notify you of the location. We should return to Earth to discuss carefully first."

Yang Yan had been attempting to contact the Void-Devouring Tiger through the soul contract but found that the Void-Devouring Tiger now seemed similar to when he was in the Vast Sea, blocked by a powerful force.

With no choice, Yang Yan had to agree to Fu Xi and the others’ suggestion.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. During these two days, Yang Yan also learned the location they awaited his arrival.

But this location made Fu Xi and the others all furrow their brows.

The place where the Void-Devouring Tiger was located turned out to be a ruin where an Immortal Emperor had used divine techniques, imbued with the Immortal Emperor’s aura.

In that place, Heavenly Dao doesn’t manifest, death permeates, even Fu Xi and the others’ avatars can’t approach.

The place is called Burial Star Realm.

The site was turned into a desolate land by an Immortal Emperor’s great divine techniques, transforming the star realm into a wasteland.

Death permeates in it, favored by cultivators who comprehend the Law of Death.

Ordinary cultivators, even if they approach, would be killed by the aura emanating from that place, reduced to dry bones.

For countless millennia, that star realm has been piled with countless cultivator skeletons, forming a vast sea of bones.

However, Yang Yan has no choice but to go.

The information they sent contained a faint trace of demonic qi.

Though possibly a deliberate blinding technique, for the sake of the Void-Devouring Tiger’s life, Yang Yan decided to take the risk and investigate.

Simultaneously, he refused to let others follow, not wishing them to take such risks.

Because he knows very well, if indeed means to kill him have been prepared, then more people going will be futile.