Chapter 329: Xi Lan: Where is the senior?

Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

Deep within the overlapping spatial layers, two auras were chasing and fleeing.

However, it was very clear that the aura doing the chasing was far stronger than the aura fleeing.

As time passed, the fleeing aura was even slowly weakening.

Yet, at every critical moment, just as the chasing party was about to close in, the fleeing party always managed to slip out from between the cracks of the numerous spatial layers.

This was akin to a hundred-meter-tall giant hunting down an ant; the latter, utilizing the advantage of the terrain, could to a certain extent cause the giant to return empty-handed.

Of course, the chase and flight between Tier 9 life, spanning across overlapping spatial layers, were far more complex than a chase within a single space.

Even in the special environment of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, the longer it was dragged out, the more spatial layers the stronger party would occupy, and the narrower the space the fleeing party could twist and shift through would become.

In the end, they would be completely locked down like a bird in a cage.

Being caught eventually was only a matter of time.

"It has been two and a half years."

Xi Lan seized the Opportunity, instantly crossing from this spatial layer to another, once again widening the distance between himself and Hun Yi.

However, it was only a temporary separation; in less than half an hour, Hun Yi caught up again.

"I can feel that more and more spatial layers are being occupied, leaving me with less and less room to evade."

Xi Lan sighed inwardly.

This was the gap brought by absolute strength; the spatial layers he had pioneered numbered less than a million, whereas Hun Yi was the strongest Tier 9 life of a Peak Groups such as the Heaven Wing Clan.

The spatial layers he had pioneered exceeded thirty million!

If they were not within the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, which suppressed any teleportation and shifting methods,

coupled with Xi Lan actively burning everything, even burning his mental will to gain a massive boost in strength,

he probably would have been captured alive by Hun Yi long ago.

Even so, Xi Lan faintly sensed that he might not be able to hold on much longer.

Firstly, Hun Yi was about to completely occupy all nearby spatial layers; secondly, his mental will was nearly depleted and could not burn for much longer.

"Hold on for another half a year."

Xi Lan steadied his mind and glanced at the corner of his Internal World, where Lin Yuan sat with his eyes closed.

He trusted Lin Yuan implicitly. Since the Galaxy Star Master said that as long as they persisted for three years, they could wait for the support of his "senior", Xi Lan had never doubted it.

"I wonder which expert of our Human Civilization the Galaxy Star Master's senior is?"

Xi Lan was somewhat curious. The Galaxy Star Master's teacher was Red Kun Star Lord.

However, Red Kun Star Lord was merely an Eighth Order Invincibles. Even if he broke through to Tier 9, he would be far from capable of supporting them. An Evolver who had just entered Tier 9 was nothing more than a one-move matter in front of a strongest Tier 9 life of a Peak Groups like Hun Yi.

He, Xi Lan, had only managed to persist until now by burning everything, coupled with escape techniques derived from a certain supreme evolution path inheritance secret art of Human Civilization, as well as the special environment of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

"It's not Red Kun Star Lord. Should it be those Tier 9s of our Human Civilization who have pioneered more than twenty million spatial layers?"

Xi Lan pondered inwardly.

This was also his only entertainment during the pursuit.

To rescue them from Hun Yi's hands, ordinary Tier 9 Human Evolvers at the ten-million-layer realm couldn't do it. At least twenty million spatial layers had to be pioneered to hold back Hun Yi and thereby buy time for their safe retreat.

"Twenty million spatial layers…"

Xi Lan sighed slightly. The longer one cultivated at Tier 9, the more one realized the difficulty of pioneering spatial layers.

Pioneering spatial layers was merely a surface phenomenon; what was more important was the comprehension of the essence of space. Without sufficient comprehension to support it, it could not be maintained at all. Even if forcefully pioneered, it would rapidly collapse.

Honestly speaking, Xi Lan still held a certain degree of respect for Experts like Hun Yi who had pioneered spatial layers far exceeding tens of millions, because he knew the difficulty involved.

Right at this moment,

the pursuing Hun Yi sent a voice transmission again.

"Xi Lan, I know you are fleeing so desperately to buy time, wanting to keep the treasures obtained within the Secret Realm."

"How about this, I can promise that as long as you hand over the Galaxy Star Master, I will let you leave, and the opportunities and treasures you obtained within the Secret Realm can all be taken back."

Hun Yi continued: "You should know what my, Hun Yi's, promise means. Even if you and I belong to hostile factions, I will still abide by it."

Hun Yi was also growing somewhat impatient with the chase. If this continued to drag on, he might waste another three to five months.

From beginning to end, Hun Yi's goal was to kill the Galaxy Star Master—to be precise, to kill this Clone of the Galaxy Star Master and slightly settle the grievances from the battlefield not long ago.

As for Xi Lan, Hun Yi had never taken him seriously.

If they weren't in the Profound Yellow Secret Realm, with his strength, why would he need to chase for so long?

"Hahahaha, you birdmen still want to sow discord between me and the Galaxy Star Master."

Xi Lan remained completely unmoved.

As an Evolver of Human Civilization, Xi Lan was very clear about where his Foundation lay.

The biggest crisis he faced at this moment was none other than this Clone completely perishing here, and returning the secret treasures and opportunities harvested within the Secret Realm.

And hand over the Galaxy Star Master? Putting aside the matter of betraying Human Civilization, purely based on the potential and talent currently displayed by the Galaxy Star Master, he, Xi Lan, was not stupid; how could he choose to do that?

On the contrary, dying in battle together with the Galaxy Star Master within the Profound Yellow Secret Realm could even deepen the friendship between the two of them.

"Very well, in that case, prepare to completely leave this Clone behind."

Hun Yi stopped trying to persuade him. Having chased for over two years, he had sent voice transmissions more than once, but all were mocked in turn by Xi Lan.

"The escape methods of the Void Realm evolution path truly live up to their reputation."

Hun Yi's expression was slightly solemn, and at the same time, he accelerated the speed of completely occupying the spatial layers.

The Void Realm evolution path was precisely the evolution path Xi Lan cultivated, and it was also one of the nine supreme evolution paths currently mastered by Human Civilization.

The Ultimate Existence of this evolutionary path was the Void God Supreme Expert, one of the Nine Supreme Experts of Human Civilization.

The Void God Supreme Expert was inferior to Supreme Being Xia Qin and Gu Li Supreme Expert in terms of combat and slaughter prowess, but his mastery of the void was the strongest among the Nine Supreme Experts.

Among Human Civilization, the evolution path with the largest number of cultivating people was the evolution path where the Nine Supreme Experts resided.

Although these nine supreme evolution paths all possessed an Ultimate Existence, for the vast majority of Human Evolvers, they had neither the thought nor the ability to strive for the Ultimate.

In their eyes, the supreme evolution paths were mature, complete, and nearly perfect. If one had the Aptitude to Cultivate a supreme evolution path, who would still be willing to choose other evolution paths?

Xi Lan was very talented in the spatial Domain and possessed a special Physique with spatial attributes, enabling him to activate the numerous escape methods within the Void Realm evolution path, which allowed him to persist until now under Hun Yi's pursuit.

"Soon, soon."

Hun Yi reined in his thoughts. No matter how exquisite the Void Realm evolution path was, it still required space. Now, two or three years had passed, and through his continuous occupation of the spatial layers, Xi Lan was on the verge of being trapped to death by him.

The pursuit by Hun Yi, the strongest Tier 9 life of the Heaven Wing Clan, similarly attracted the attention of other surrounding Tier 9 Experts.

"That is Hun Yi of the Heaven Wing Clan? Known as the number one Tier 9 of this era for the Heaven Wing Clan? Who is he chasing?"

"You probably didn't know this, right? The party being chased is Xi Lan, a Tier 9 Evolver of Human Civilization. However, what Hun Yi is chasing is not Xi Lan, but the Galaxy Star Master travelling alongside Xi Lan."

"The Galaxy Star Master? That peerless human Genius who caused the Heaven Wing Clan to lose face on the battlefield not long ago? The youngest Tier 9 in the history of Human Civilization?"

"I see."

Tier 9 Experts nearby watched from afar. Hun Yi's pursuit made no effort to conceal itself, and the erupted spatial fluctuations could be easily detected.

"The Galaxy Star Master is being hunted?"

Some Tier 9 alien races who had decent relations with Human Civilization stirred inwardly. If they saved the Galaxy Star Master at this moment, they would definitely gain the goodwill of this peerless Genius of Human Civilization.

But unfortunately,

the one hunting the Galaxy Star Master was Hun Yi. Even if some Tier 9 alien races wanted to curry favor with Lin Yuan and Human Civilization, they did not have sufficient strength to stall Hun Yi.

Within the Cosmic Starry Sky, Human Civilization was one of the few Peak Groups, an absolute behemoth with enemies as well as follower groups.

Apart from the grand Alliance established by Human Civilization itself, there were still many races unwilling to offend Human Civilization and even wishing to be on good terms with it.

"Hahahaha, Hun Yi has been hunting that Xi Lan for over two years. The Galaxy Star Master should be hiding in Xi Lan's Internal World. It is said that what Xi Lan Cultivates is the Void Realm evolution path—tsk tsk, it truly lives up to its reputation."

"Chased for over two years, the Galaxy Star Master is truly miserable, miserable, miserable!"

"I also don't know what the Galaxy Star Master is persisting for. For Xi Lan to drag it out until now, he must have used secret arts and forbidden techniques that affected his true main body. Having paid such a price, could it be that a special Tier 9 of Human Civilization is rushing over?"

"I haven't heard of any human Tier 9s close to Hun Yi in the nearby region."

Numerous Tier 9 alien races, separated by different spatial layers, communicated with great interest. Whether it was the pursuing party or the fleeing party, both were extremely famous.

They were also happy to watch the show.

Needless to say, Hun Yi's mighty name spread throughout the Tier 9 circle, while the Galaxy Star Master, although just newly entered Tier 9, received immense attention as well due to the Aptitude he displayed coupled with the halo of Human Civilization.

On the other side of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm,

a Human Evolver dressed in a purple robe constantly shuttled through overlapping spatial layers.

His speed was extremely fast. With every transition, nearly forty-plus million spatial layers were affected.

This purple-robed Evolver was named Doco, having pioneered thirty-nine million spatial layers, making him the strongest Tier 9 life of this era within Human Civilization.

"Hold on for a bit longer. As long as I arrive, I will definitely make that Hun Yi pay a price!"

The location Doco was heading to was precisely the area where Hun Yi was.

As the strongest Tier 9s of the same Peak Groups, Doco and Hun Yi frequently clashed. The former pioneered slightly more spatial layers than the latter, naturally holding the upper hand and advantage during battles.

Ever since learning over two years ago that Hun Yi was hunting down the Galaxy Star Master, he had rushed over at top speed.

Normally, the Profound Yellow Secret Realm suppressed all teleportation and shifting, forcing any expert to fly slowly. When Doco received the news, he was a long distance away from where Hun Yi was located.

It was almost impossible to arrive within three years.

But even so, Doco rushed over without any hesitation.

"Hun Yi, if you really dare to kill this Clone of the Galaxy Star Master, none of the Heaven Wing Clan's Tier 9s will survive within the Profound Yellow Secret Realm."

Doco thought silently in his heart.

Generally, special Tier 9s like them would not deliberately hunt down other Tier 9 alien races after entering the Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

Because it wasted too much time, and the Profound Yellow Secret Realm was not the outside world where one could fly quickly; travel could only be done by flying slowly, and the opening time was only a hundred years.

Could it be that hunting down other Tier 9 alien races meant abandoning the numerous opportunities within the Secret Realm?

But Hun Yi actually dared to actively hunt down the peerless Genius of Human Civilization. This precedent could not be set; Doco would rather give up searching for opportunities within the Secret Realm than fail to counterattack.

Deep within the overlapping spatial layers,

Ma Duo Walker was also observing the pursuing party and the fleeing party in the distance.

Hun Yi had been hunting Xi Lan and the Galaxy Star Master for over two years. After receiving the news, Ma Duo Walker had also hurried over.

"The Galaxy Star Master is truly unlucky."

Ma Duo Walker thought to himself. He had already reminded the Galaxy Star Master, so he figured the other party would definitely avoid Hun Yi as much as possible.

The environment of the Profound Yellow Secret Realm was special. Even if Hun Yi obtained the news of the Galaxy Star Master's location the moment before, when he arrived the next moment, there was a high probability that the Galaxy Star Master would have already vanished.

Unless the two happened to run into each other.

"It's just that… Old Ancestor truly values the Galaxy Star Master greatly, actually making me use that trump card to block Hun Yi and save the Galaxy Star Master."

Ma Duo Walker shook his head slightly.

As the most outstanding offspring of the Ancient God Old Ancestor, Ma Duo Walker was deeply favored by the Ancient God Old Ancestor. Entering the Profound Yellow Secret Realm this time, he had even been bestowed with a life-saving trump card.

Once this life-saving trump card was activated, even a special Tier 9 who had pioneered fifty million or eighty million spatial layers would be trapped for a short while.

"Old Ancestor said that I cannot directly use the trump card to save the Galaxy Star Master, but rather strike when the other party is at their most critical moment—that is, just as they are about to be caught by Hun Yi. Only thus can I gain the maximum degree of gratitude from the Galaxy Star Master."

Ma Duo Walker thought of the Ancient God Old Ancestor's injunction and felt it made a lot of sense.

"It's almost time."

Ma Duo Walker continued observing for a moment and found that Xi Lan's speed of breaking away was gradually slowing down. His expression immediately turned solemn, waiting only for the critical moment to activate that life-saving trump card.

Xi Lan's Internal World.

Lin Yuan silently opened his eyes.

"Back."

Lin Yuan's gaze was profound. The thousand years of time experienced in the World of Gods flashed past like a dream illusion.

Swoosh.

Sensing Lin Yuan's movement, Xi Lan immediately descended a conscious Incarnation, appearing not far away.

"Brother Xi Lan."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. To be able to perfectly conclude this shuttle, Xi Lan's persistence was crucial.

Otherwise, Lin Yuan would only have to terminate the shuttle early or abandon this Primordial Spirit within the Profound Yellow Secret Realm.

Regardless of which choice, the loss would not be small.

"Galaxy Star Master."

Xi Lan's aura was dejected, but he still forcefully rallied his spirits.

The two chatted for a few sentences, and Xi Lan then cautiously probed and asked: "Galaxy Star Master, has your senior arrived?"

"Senior?"

Lin Yuan glanced at Xi Lan.