A few minutes later, Hierarch Blacknetherās intent swept over the vast earth. He quickly found Yan Yang, who was in the process of flying away.
A powerful aura locked onto Yan Yang.
āWhy has Hierarch Blacknether decided to catch up?ā Yan Yang cupped his hands. Things were going exactly as Nie Li had predicted. Nie Li had also asked him to delay Hierarch Blacknether for as long as possible.
Hierarch Blacknether coldly snorted at him, āYan Yang, did you take any treasures with you from the palace? If you hand them over right now, I wonāt kill you. But if you insist on being stubborn, you should know the outcome!ā
Yan Yang gave a slight bow at Hierarch Blacknetherās words. āI donāt quite understand, Hierarch Blacknether. Iāve already given you everything. I have nothing else with me!ā
Hierarch Blacknether growled in anger, āYan Yang, you dared to deceive me, donāt blame me for not showing your master respect!ā
āI wouldnāt dare to deceive Hierarch Blacknether. Please tell me what have I done wrong?ā Yan Yang said with his hands cupped.
Yan Yangās expression was calm, as if heād planned all of this in advance. Hierarch Blacknether was a little confused. Did Yan Yang really not have any treasures? Then he remembered. There was someone next to Yan Yang, when they passed him earlier. That person was only a Heavenly Fate Realm, so he hadnāt paid him any attention. But that Heavenly Fate Realm had suddenly disappeared! This was extremely suspicious!
Hierarch Blacknether knitted his brows and solemnly demanded, āYan Yang, whereās that person who was with you earlier?ā
āThe person who was with me? Are you talking about that Heavenly Fate Realm servant?ā Yan Yang paused for a moment and continued, āOh, so you were talking about him? That brat was being impudent, so I killed him!ā
Killed?
As if Hierarch Blacknether would take his words for it!
There was definitely something fishy about that Heavenly Fate Realm. Maybe Yan Yang had already given the treasures to him!
āHmph! I doubt that a Heavenly Fate Realm can escape my reach anyways!ā Hierarch Blacknether fanned his intent through the area, scanning for traces of Nie Li.
By right, with Hierarch Blacknetherās strength and adding on to the fact that he came in contact with Nie Liās aura earlier on, he should be able to search for Nie Li very quickly! However, he couldnāt find Nie Liās trace in the surrounding area!
He couldnāt find him!
Rage filled Hierarch Blacknetherās head. He waved his right hand and a majestic aura wrapped itself around Yan Yang. Then, Hierarch Blacknether flew off, dragging Yan Yang with him.
After several hours of searching, Hierarch Blacknether still couldnāt find a trace of Nie Li. Regardless of how fast a Heavenly Fate Realm could travel, there was no way one could escape Hierarch Blacknetherās reach!
Yan Yang feigned innocence and said, āHierarch Blacknether, I already told you, but you refused to believe me. Iāve already killed him!ā
āYouāre dancing with death!ā Hierarch Blacknetherās face was a frightening shade of black as he pulled Yan Yang through the air.
He was going to vent all his anger onto Yan Yang. Since Yan Yang refused to reveal Nie Liās location, then there was no point in keeping him alive!
The moment Hierarch Blacknether was about to grab Yan Yang, his energy was repelled with a sudden *Bang!*.
A resonant voice sounded throughout the skies. āBlacknether, I wonder how has my disciple offended you, so much that you want to lay your hands on him?ā
Hierarch Blacknetherās heart chilled. That old fart had come! Heād suffered a setback from the palace just a little while ago; with his current strength, he wouldnāt have any odds of winning and he might even be killed! He definitely couldnāt afford to play it hard!
However, Hierarch Blacknether definitely wasnāt going to show any weakness in case he was seen through. āOld fart, your disciple has deceived me. Killing him is only a light punishment!ā
The voice sounded again from the horizon. āHierarch Blacknether, let my disciple go now that Iām here. Otherwise. neither of us would benefit from a battle!ā
āHmph! Consider his luck good today. Iāll let him go, for now!ā In truth, Hierarch Blacknether had already searched Yan Yang from top to bottom. Heād done such a thorough job that heād even used his Heavenly Energy to inspect Yan Yangās physique. However, he hadnāt found a thing. If there were any treasures, Yan Yang had probably already sent them away!
Since that old fart was here, heād have to pay a huge price if he wanted to kill Yan Yang.
Hierarch Blacknether turned around and flew off.
āMaster!ā Yan Yang faced the sky and cupped his hands.
The voice sounded. āBlacknether seems a little off today. He gave up too easily. Well, forget it. Since youāre safe, letās just go back!ā
āYes!ā Yan Yang nodded and flew off
Void Illusionary Divine Palace
The Holy Son Li Huo looked at his returning master and bowed, āMaster, how was it? Did you manage to capture Yan Yang?ā
Hierarch Blacknether replied, āYan Yang didnāt have any treasures on him!ā
His head was only filled with rage as he thought of this trip to the palace. He hadnāt obtained any treasures and heād even suffered a setback, since so much of his intent had been burned away by those black flames.
āNo treasures?ā Holy Son Li Huo slightly frowned. āThen, did Master see anyone with Yan Yang?ā
Hierarch Blacknether was even more certain at those words. There was definitely something fishy with that Heavenly Fate Realm who was by Yan Yangās side!
āIāve already memorised his aura. Even if he managed to escape this time, Iāll definitely capture him next time!ā Hierarch Blacknether coldly snorted as his gaze turned deep. Since that kid was next to Yan Yang, he must be from the Skyblaze Sect. Heād definitely send someone to the Skyblaze Sect to investigate the matter! āOn top of that, we should find a chance to kill Yan Yang at least once. That person has the treasures right now, and who knows when he might hand them over to Yan Yang!ā
āYes!ā Holy Son Li Huo replied.
Wu Yazi was searched until he was empty, and heād even been interrogated once. In the end, he returned home in a sorry state. He was extremely dejected. Heād followed and helped Nie Li and Xiao Yu for so long, but heād gained nothing in the end.
Roughly a few dozen meters away from the palace, there was a scroll buried more than thirty meters underground.
It was the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting.
Hierarch Blacknether had search for a trace of Nie Liās aura, but what he didnāt know was that Nie Li had already hidden himself inside the Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting. Thanks to the paintingās ability to mask energies, it appeared no different from any ordinary scroll.
Nie Li was worried that Hierarch Blacknether might still be nearby, so heād spent his time cultivating inside the painting.
Nie Li sat cross-legged in the sky as he borrowed the power of the Demon Blood Sacrifice to continuously condense his cultivation.
Earlier, he had received several rank-ups in a row, just by activating a small portion of that energy. But to prevent Wu Yazi from killing him, Nie Li didnāt dare to let his cultivation advance too fiercely. But now that he was inside the painting, so he would naturally be impatient to unleash the entire force of the Demon Blood Sacrifice!
This was Primordial Demon Blood!
Thanks to this trip to the Void Illusionary Divine Palace, Nie Li felt his urgent lack of strength.
But now, heād soon step into the Heavenly Star Realm!