Chapter 497 - 325: Venerable Emperor

Chapter 497: Chapter 325: Venerable Emperor

[Warning, warning! A high-energy, high-radiation lifeform is approaching. Please evacuate immediately!]

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As the giant eyeball appeared, the dawn-lit sky shattered, revealing a web of cracks. The entire space began to tremble violently, exposing the kaleidoscopic Subspace beyond.

"Stop it!"

Han Ning reacted with extreme speed. Before he could even check Calorius’s specific condition, he used his authority as the master of the Heaven-Reaching Tower to command it to intercept the strange creature above.

"As you command, my master!"

Calorius let out a deafening roar. Auspicious clouds materialized beneath its feet as it exploded forward at maximum speed, crossing space to aim a strike right at the eyeball’s position.

"GRROOOAN!!"

Bobo Ka’s body trembled as it stared fixedly at the giant eye above, simultaneously using its Spiritual Body and a Spiritual Shield to protect everyone.

"Fear descends upon the world!"

CRACK CRACK CRACK~

An eerie black wind blew out from the cracks.

The eyeball abruptly gushed crimson blood, which instantly transformed into a monstrous sea of blood, blocking Calorius’s path.

Before the attack even arrived, an aura of terrifying fear that made one tremble permeated the entire space.

It caused the consciousness of everyone below to instantly become dazed and hazy.

"Awaken!"

Calorius tore through the sea of blood and let out a roar. The resulting soundwave washed over the lost crowd, jolting them awake.

"This is bad! That’s the left eye of a Fear Demon! It’s the Supreme of Fear from the Alatake Clan! We have to get out of here, now!"

Sage, who had the strongest spiritual resilience, quickly came to his senses. Not daring to look directly at the eyeball above, he sent a series of urgent Spiritual Messages to his companions.

"You... cannot escape!"

A tyrannical Spiritual Power, potent enough to make everyone tremble, swept across the entire area.

Even with Bobo Ka’s dual defenses and the obstruction from Calorius’s auspicious clouds, they still couldn’t stop this powerful Spiritual Fluctuation from rampaging freely.

Cang Tong, who had the frailest Spiritual Quality, and Hom, whose spirit was already weakened—both of their Spiritual Bodies instantly shattered. They dissolved into thousands of fine spiritual threads that drifted about, faintly showing a tendency to coalesce again.

"Ree~" "Bwooh!" "Eeee!" Han Ning’s three Guardian Soul Beasts—Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, and Fei Lin—were likewise blasted into spiritual fragments by the terrifying Spiritual Fluctuation.

Only Egg Pancake, who had just broken through, was in a relatively better state, struggling to maintain its dragon form.

Seeing this, Han Ning fought back the profound weakness originating from the depths of his soul and hastily recalled them into his Soul Beast Space.

The Spiritual Bodies of everyone else, including his own, also began to show cracks of varying sizes, threatening to tear apart at any moment.

’Two Upper Emperors and three layers of defense, yet it still has this kind of terrifying destructive power. Just what kind of monster is this?!’

Horrified, Han Ning continuously urged his panel, trying to withdraw their Spiritual Bodies from this place.

From the moment the giant eye attacked to when Hom’s and Cang Tong’s spirits shattered, it wasn’t that he did nothing; he had been trying to leave this place the entire time.

But! The entire space was completely sealed by an invisible Power, giving them no chance to escape.

"The space has been sealed," Han Ning said, his expression grim.

"Gods, this thing is incredible! Even Bobo Ka is feeling fear. Bobo Ka wasn’t even scared when facing Calorius." This time, even the arrogant Bobo Man felt a sense of dread.

"It is definitely a high noble of the Alatake Clan," Irena said, her eyes grave. Her Spiritual Treasure Body constantly emitted a blue-green light, repairing the cracks on its surface.

"ROAR!!"

Billowing smoke burned from Calorius’s body, forming countless smaller Cloud Beasts identical to itself. They stood before the sea of blood, struggling to resist the giant eyeball’s corrosion.

[Space is sealed. Evacuation impossible.]

[Modifying evacuation method.]

[Option 1: Forcibly sever the connection to the 36th Heaven. Will result in loss of control over Calorius.]

[Option 2: Enter the Heaven-Reaching Gate. Will result in loss of Calorius’s protection.]

’Which one has the higher success rate?’ Han Ning cursed inwardly. The panel was giving him a choice at a time like this.

[Option 1, Success Rate: 80%]

[Option 2, Success Rate: 10%]

"Master, you must not allow outsiders into the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, or the world will be overturned!"

"As long as you do not enter the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, outsiders will never be able to enter."

Calorius seemed to sense that Han Ning was at a critical juncture and hastily sent a Spiritual Message.

"I understand."

Time didn’t permit Han Ning any further thought; he decisively chose Option 1.

[Severing connection to the 36th Heaven.]

A deep blue light spread out rapidly.

The entire 36th Heaven was enveloped in a fine, blue web of light.

The giant pupil searched frantically as the dark fissure widened further.

A hand, large enough to fill the entire sky, reached into the space, seemingly trying to pry open the fissure and force its descent.

"You can’t escape! You can’t escape!"

Crazed, bizarre laughter echoed continuously from the fissure.

"Go! I’ll hold it back!"

Calorius bellowed. A round pellet shimmering with seven-colored light floated out of its mouth and erupted with a brilliant radiance.

BOOM!!

Heaven and earth changed color.

A blinding, dazzling light filled every inch of their perception.

But in the next instant.

From within the magnificent, dazzling radiance, a ferocious, ink-black giant palm reached out, slowly extending toward them.

"You can’t escape! I have memorized your scents—Witch Spirit Race, Deep Sea Race, and you... the unknown Race!"

Just as the palm was about to touch Bobo Ka, who was the closest,

everyone in the 36th Heaven felt their spirits jolt.

When they came to their senses again, they discovered they were already in the sea beneath the Southern Four Islands.

The fissure before them had vanished at some unknown point.