Supernatural Insight Eyes

Chapter 2135 - 2136: A Narrow Escape from Death!

This was cutting off all paths of survival!

Previously, an Orderer had appeared and could block a royal Abyssal Demon, but this time, obviously, no Orderer would show up.

Turquoise Pool felt a bit of regret; had she known, she would have left immediately after obtaining the Xuanhuang Qi.

Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng did not blame Ye Qiu. As Ye Qiu’s subordinates, they had only unwavering trust in him. Any decision Ye Qiu made, they would support unconditionally.

"I’ve dragged you all down." Ye Qiu said with a bitter smile.

Turquoise Pool knew they couldn’t run. Without the power of an Orderer, there was no way to stop this royal Abyssal Demon.

"I don’t blame you, I’m just a little unwilling." Turquoise Pool gave Ye Qiu a glance. There truly was no trace of blame in her expression.

"Young Master, you and Fairy Turquoise Pool go first. Qin Feng and I will hold it back." Jin Shanshun suddenly said, stepping forward.

Turquoise Pool looked at Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng in shock. She truly hadn’t expected these two to be so loyal to Ye Qiu that they could throw away their own lives just to ensure Ye Qiu survived.

Ye Qiu shook his head. "The two of you can’t hold it off for even a moment. It’s useless."

Ye Qiu understood Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng’s intentions. But never mind the two of them— even he, Ye Qiu, might not be able to block the royal Abyssal Demon before them.

According to Ye Qiu’s estimation, a royal Abyssal Demon already belonged to the All-Heavens level. Even as a Supreme Saint, he had no good way to deal with one.

In the past, when facing an opponent a major realm above him, Ye Qiu still had his Blackening trump card, which could temporarily raise him by one realm.

But now his Blackening could no longer help him temporarily break through one more realm. Back when he crossed the Nine Tribulations, during the final bolt of Heavenly Tribulation, Ye Qiu had activated Blackening, yet his strength did not, as usual, rise one more realm into the All-Heavens Realm. He remained at the level of a Supreme Saint.

It seemed Blackening had reached its limit; the peak it could raise him to was merely Supreme Saint.

It was as if the All-Heavens Realm was a vast, tranquil barrier that even Blackening could not cross.

During the tribulation, Ye Qiu hadn’t thought too much about it. Only after arriving in the ancient city and recalling the changes during the tribulation did he test Blackening again. The result was the same— Blackening seemed useless to him now.

It could no longer help him rise another realm.

Ye Qiu guessed that Blackening wasn’t omnipotent. It also seemed to have a limit, a sort of ceiling, and now his strength had reached the top of that ceiling. If he wanted Blackening to raise him another realm again, he had to let Blackening itself grow and break through.

But how was he supposed to make Blackening advance?

Even as Ye Qiu, he was utterly at a loss, with no clue. Later, he recalled how in the Heavenly Palace, the people there had extracted Bloodline Power from the bodies of the Du Gu clan. If he wanted to enhance Blackening, he probably needed to enhance his Bloodline Power.

However, as for how exactly to enhance Bloodline Power, Ye Qiu had no idea.

This also led to his once-strongest ace, Blackening, becoming like a tasteless chicken rib at this point— almost no help to him, and instead more likely to expose his identity.

The royal Abyssal Demon stared coldly at the four of them.

The feeling was like falling into an ice cellar, freezing one from head to toe. Under such pressure, Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng could no longer move at all. At this moment, forget escaping— even moving a finger was difficult.

Turquoise Pool wasn’t much better off than the two of them. Her strength in the Saint Realm had not yet reached the level of Supreme Saint. Faced with a royal Abyssal Demon, all she could do was close her eyes and wait for death.

"If I’d known, I wouldn’t have wasted that All-Heavens-level phantom." Turquoise Pool sighed. As the Saintess of Turquoise Pool Holy Land, when she set foot on the Star River Road, she carried more than a few life-preserving trump cards on her, but she had used them all up earlier. As a result, she had nothing left now.

After saying that, Turquoise Pool gave up on resisting. Faced with a royal Abyssal Demon, she might still be able to move, but she was no better off than Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng.

The pressure emanating from the royal Abyssal Demon was like an invisible giant hand pressing her down, suppressing her completely. She couldn’t resist; she could only accept her fate.

Just as Turquoise Pool felt there was no hope left at all, Ye Qiu suddenly laughed. In such a situation, he could still laugh.

"Maybe things aren’t that bad."

Ye Qiu’s words stunned Turquoise Pool. Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng’s expressions flickered. They had always known that no matter how desperate the situation, their Young Master would find a way.

For no other reason than this: their Young Master was Ye Qiu.

Turquoise Pool was just about to ask Ye Qiu why he would say that when the royal demon struck. It raised its arm and spread its five fingers, its expression icy, as if it intended to crush the four of them to death in an instant.

They could feel the world around them shrinking rapidly. It was an illusion, yet felt as real as if it were happening.

Because the world around them was collapsing, even space itself was compressing. The four of them were sealed in, like being trapped in a box, to be crushed to death bit by bit by the royal Abyssal Demon.

Swoosh!

The royal Abyssal Demon’s eyes suddenly rippled.

For one reason only— the four people who had just been right in front of it suddenly vanished.

Just like that, they disappeared into thin air right before its eyes.

The royal Abyssal Demon was clearly stunned. In its view, Ye Qiu and the others were already toys in its hands, about to be crushed.

Yet in an instant, all four of them vanished without a trace, as if they had never appeared at all. To a royal Abyssal Demon, this felt like getting slapped in the face.

A few ant-like beings had escaped right under its nose. How could that be allowed?

Roar!

The royal Abyssal Demon was enraged. Its furious roar echoed through the abyss like a vast tsunami, sweeping out in all directions.

Qing Lin and Luo Ren, who had already fled tens of thousands of meters away, both froze when they heard that enraged sound. They had no idea what had happened or why the royal Abyssal Demon was so furious.

Qing Lin stopped running and suddenly turned back instead. Regardless of why the Abyssal Demon was roaring in rage, she had a feeling that Ye Qiu seemed to be in danger.

So Qing Lin ignored the danger and changed direction again, heading straight toward the place where Ye Qiu had been before.

Before long, Qing Lin saw the royal Abyssal Demon. She froze. Where was Ye Qiu?

Could it be...?

Qing Lin furrowed her brow. The royal Abyssal Demon was in the midst of its fury. Ye Qiu and the others had escaped, making it feel humiliated. It was, after all, a dignified royal Abyssal Demon.

Yet those four ants had simply slipped away into thin air.

Suddenly, the royal Abyssal Demon’s gaze fell on Qing Lin, as if it had instantly found a target to vent on, and it flew straight toward her.

Qing Lin’s expression changed drastically. She felt her lifeforce locked on and couldn’t shake it off, sensing a mortal crisis.

She did not run. Even if she was going to die, she would still fight.

As the royal Abyssal Demon drew closer and closer, scales began to sprout across Qing Lin’s body and her form started to change. She was transforming into her strongest state.

Suddenly, Ye Qiu’s voice sounded by Qing Lin’s ear, and she went blank for a moment.

The next second, the royal Abyssal Demon’s palm swept down toward her.

However, this time, it came up empty once again.

Qing Lin also vanished in an instant.

The royal Abyssal Demon was furious— this was the second time. Earlier Ye Qiu and the other three had escaped, and now Qing Lin had slipped away too. How could it not rage?

It released its power, searching for Qing Lin’s aura. Unfortunately, it found nothing. Just like Ye Qiu and the others, she had disappeared without a trace.

There was simply nowhere to even start searching, as if she had never existed in this heaven and earth.

Swish.

The royal Abyssal Demon sensed for a while, then its eyes snapped open. Ye Qiu, Turquoise Pool, Qing Lin and the others had all left, but there was still one person it could sense.

The royal Abyssal Demon moved and immediately disappeared from where it was.

Luo Ren was just about to reach the surface. He was on the verge of escaping the Cosmic Abyss when, in the next second, his body suddenly stiffened.

He looked back and saw the royal Abyssal Demon silently appear right behind him.

Luo Ren felt a chill all over. He was just about to pull out his final Amulet, but before he could crush it, a hand appeared out of thin air, grabbed him, and pulled him away. His whole body vanished into ripples of air.

Seeing Luo Ren disappear as well, the royal Abyssal Demon was stunned for three seconds, then its fury erupted— its angry roar turned into a full-blown bellow.

Its voice shook this entire stretch of heaven and earth.

At the same time, all the Martial Artists who had come to the Cosmic Abyss to search for Xuanhuang Qi felt a chill run through their bodies when they heard that rage-filled roar.

Who had enraged the Abyssal Demon? With such terrifying pressure, it had to at least be a royal-level one, right?