Chapter 161: Escaping from the Hedao

Inside Mingyue Palace, everyone's faces turned pale as they suddenly encountered a drastic change.

The moment they sensed something was wrong, they all prepared to activate the random teleportation necklaces on their bodies, as Li Fan had instructed.

However, to their horror, they discovered that this reliance for survival had lost its function.

And when the entire Mingyue Lake was pulled like a toy and flew into the sky,

Su Xiaomei and Xiao Heng's expressions became extremely grim.

"This power… it's a Combined Dao Immortal!"

Immediately, their hearts were filled with fear and confusion.

Why? Was it just for earning a little bit of contribution points?

The small Mingyue Palace, where even a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator couldn't resist, why would a Combined Dao Immortal personally make a move?

However, no matter how much emotion they had,

in front of a Combined Dao Immortal, they were like ants, utterly powerless to resist.

They watched helplessly as Mingyue Palace moved farther and farther from the ground.

They themselves were like turtles in a jar, with nowhere to escape.

"Xiaomei, is this the great fortune you spoke of?!" Yin Yueting's face was terrifyingly pale as she stared blankly at her younger sister, unable to believe it.

Yin Yuzhen looked bewildered and at a loss.

Then, as if she remembered something, she immediately said, "Don't worry, Senior will definitely make a move! He will definitely turn misfortune into…"

Before she could finish speaking, a loud bang came from outside Mingyue Palace.

Everyone looked, only to see a giant mushroom cloud rising with Mingyue Palace at its center.

The white cloud continuously expanded, instantly enveloping Mingyue Lake.

High in the sky, Li Fan, the instigator of the explosion, had a pained expression.

The originally planned [Devouring Yuan Shocking Soul Array] only covered the area of Mingyue Palace.

Its purpose was to delay the powerful enemy for a moment when they arrived.

He never expected that this unknown Combined Dao Immortal would not directly launch an attack.

Instead, he had encompassed the entire Mingyue Lake in one go.

It seemed he intended to take them somewhere.

Li Fan could only pay several times the price to expand the self-detonation scale of the [Devouring Yuan Shocking Soul Array].

"It's fine, as long as I can escape this time, it's still worth it."

Since he chose to act, Li Fan no longer hesitated.

He carefully took out a black sharp nail from his embrace, aimed it at the silver thread in the sky, and threw it fiercely.

The moment the Devouring Yuan White Mist exploded, the silver thread seemed to encounter a natural enemy and instinctively contracted.

But then, it ignored the White Mist that touched it and wrapped Mingyue Lake even tighter.

In the sky, a thunder-like sound faintly came.

"Devouring Yuan White Mist? Humph, your Mingyue Palace is the chief of all evils, ruining my grand plan. I will capture you even if it costs me some Lifespan."

"If I don't properly deal with you, it will be truly difficult to quell the hatred in my heart!"

Before the words fell, a black light was seen piercing the silver thread.

"Rift Realm Nail? Interesting."

The silver thread's light dimmed slightly.

Then another black light shot into the sky.

"Go!" Li Fan's voice sounded at the opportune moment.

Without Li Fan's reminder, the moment the black Rift Realm Nail appeared, Su Xiaomei and the others, who realized that the random teleportation necklace could be used again, immediately activated their teleportation arrays.

Lights flashed one after another, and the people of Mingyue Palace successively disappeared without a trace.

Continuous explosions came from below.

Mingyue Palace instantly turned into a pile of ruins.

Above the ruins, a black phantom slowly appeared.

His face showed no sign of anger; instead, there was a playful expression, like a cat toying with a mouse.

"Escape? Where can you escape to?"

The Black-Clothed Cultivator lightly flicked his whisk, and suddenly, several thin threads appeared out of thin air in the air in front of him.

Starting from this point, they extended in different directions.

"A small Late Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, truly courting death. I'll catch you first."

The Black-Clothed Cultivator extended his right hand, pinching one of the silver threads with two fingers, and slowly applied force.

Where the silver thread disappeared, space instantly became shattered and blurred.

Li Fan's phantom slowly emerged.

He was looking up at this moment, seemingly at the sky.

An astonished expression was frozen on his face, as if even his thoughts were frozen at this moment.

His body, along with the surrounding scenery, was gradually being pulled back towards the Black-Clothed Cultivator.

Just as Li Fan was about to be completely captured, the Black-Clothed Cultivator's movements suddenly paused.

The playful look on his face vanished, replaced by a gradually serious expression as he stared at the ground below.

Just now, the large amount of Devouring Yuan White Mist that had been detonated did not return to the White Mist Barrier that separated the various provinces, as it should have.

Instead, it drifted down to the ground.

Then, like flowing water, it continuously permeated underground.

In just a moment, a large amount of Devouring Yuan White Mist was swallowed by the earth.

This abnormal scene made the Black-Clothed Cultivator, who had lived for thousands of years, furrow his brows.

"This is…"

A sudden sense of unease surged in his heart, and he quickly made calculations with his left hand, his expression constantly changing.

Clearly, even for the Black-Clothed Cultivator, calculating this bizarre event was extremely arduous.

His aura fluctuated, and fine wrinkles slowly appeared on his face.

Strands of white began to appear in his hair, and blood even flowed from his eyes.

After a long while, the Black-Clothed Cultivator suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Then he cried out in alarm, "Devouring Yuan Revival Array?"

"Lan Yu old man, you want to attain Dao and eternal life even after your death?!"

A chilling sense of fear surged from the depths of his Soul, and the Black-Clothed Cultivator instinctively thought of fleeing.

But then, he looked towards Source Dao Heavenly City.

"No wonder Source Dao Province, which has always been peaceful these years, has been plagued by incessant slaughter, with countless Cultivators dying…"

"My Lan Yu legacy treasures plan also went surprisingly smoothly. It turns out I was also calculated into it."

"Too much, too much!"

The Black-Clothed Cultivator gritted his teeth, "How could I let you have your way!"

At once, he no longer bothered with the small group of people from Mingyue Palace.

Releasing the thread, he rushed towards Source Dao Heavenly City in a hurry.

…

"It…"

His frozen, stagnant thoughts gradually recovered, and Li Fan almost blurted out the word "true."

But the pulling force from the space had already disappeared, and Li Fan, who had regained his safety, swallowed the word back.

"Is this a Combined Dao Immortal…?"

Li Fan's expression was grim; all his so-called preparations seemed like a joke in the face of absolute disparity in strength.

Just now was absolutely the most dangerous moment since Li Fan's Transmigration.

He could sense what was happening around him, but his Soul felt frozen, unable to make effective reactions or thoughts.

If not for the Black-Clothed Cultivator's sudden departure in fright, Li Fan would probably have been completely finished.

"Just by causing over five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators to appear prematurely, it actually attracted a strong individual of this Rank…"

"No, there were quite a few others who were captured along with Mingyue Palace just now."

"I'm afraid there are also many others who are imitating my great undertaking of spreading the Dao."

"So, is it that the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators has increased too much all at once?"