Ninth In the World

Di Jiu did not say anything. Since everyone was waiting, he had to follow suit. After waiting for half a day, they still did not see Bai Hong. Any messages sent received no reply.

Bai Cangxing became impatient. “Let us head in first since Bai Hong is not coming.”

After Di Jiu had killed Mei Bashan, Bai Cangxing had immediately been considered the number one expert in the True Dominion. His faction was considered the number one faction as well. Now that Bai Cangxing had spoken, no one opposed his suggestion. Besides, it would be ridiculous for them to not proceed with the plan if Bai Hong was held up in some way.

After everyone expressed their agreement, Bai Cangxing said, “Everyone, the reason the Evil Beast Valley is considered such a scary place is because our Spiritual Force will be restricted when we enter the valley. Even my Spiritual Force will be restricted. It will only be able to extend to a radius of 30 feet. Every person who has gathered here today is a Domain Realm expert. However, many people are unable to even extend their Spiritual Force in the Evil Beast Valley. I suggest that I should take the lead. Daoist Di will walk behind the group, while Protectorate Lord Huan will walk in the middle of the group. Everyone will be able to watch out for each other this way.”

This suggestion was made after some serious consideration, as Domain Realm cultivators did not usually meet their doom in the Evil Beast Valley. The sneak attacks of ordinary demon beasts were still manageable, but the attacks of Illusionary Beasts were dangerous. Furthermore, most Illusionary Beasts did not attack the cultivators within the Evil Beast Valley directly. Instead, they rushed out suddenly from the side without a warning when the cultivators were under attack by other demon beasts.

After finishing his speech, Bai Cangxing looked at Di Jiu. “Daoist Di, what do you think?”

Di Jiu knew that this was not the time to keep his opinions to himself. The presence of the existence living within the Life Transformation Array would affect anyone’s ability to head to the Immortal World.

“Daoists, I believe that Protectorate Lord Bai’s suggestion is perfect. It could minimize the death rate to a great extent. However, I think that this method is not applicable under the circumstances.”

Upon hearing Di Jiu reject Bai Cangxing’s suggestion so bluntly, everyone looked at him. Some people even thought that Di Jiu was a troublemaker. Was he thinking of oppressing Bai Cangxing after killing Mei Bashan? Could he be thinking of domineering the True Dominion?

Was this a Spiritual Force Domain? Di Jiu really did not know. He was only aware that after he had attained the late-stage True Form Realm, his Spiritual Force Domain had become increasingly condensed, as though it was about to become a real space.

“You are praising me too much, Protectorate Lord Bai. I suggest that everyone follows me and stays within my Spiritual Force range after we enter the Evil Beast Valley. Otherwise, we will need to spend nearly two months to walk to the Life Transformation Array from the valley’s entrance.” Di Jiu cupped his fists.

Bai Cangxing waved his hand without hesitation. “Sect Master Di, we will just follow the method you suggested. During this operation, you will be the main attacking force and I will support you.”

The original plan had been to have Di Jiu be the supporting attacking force while Bai Cangxing took the lead. Now, however, Bai Cangxing passed his position on to Di Jiu without hesitation.

“Alright. When we follow the plan, everyone will be able to use their Spiritual Force freely within my Spiritual Force Field. I hope that everyone will use their full force, as the existence within the Life Transformation Array is not to be underestimated. If everyone’s fine with this, we can head in now.” Di Jiu was not courteous, for this was not an appropriate time to be modest.

“We’re fine with the plan.” Nobody objected to Di Jiu’s suggestion.

Di Jiu would basically be doing most of the work. It would be beneficial for everyone if their Spiritual Force was able to extend over an even longer distance.

“Everyone, follow me.” Di Jiu was the first to enter the Evil Beast Valley after everyone had reached a consensus.

A dozen people followed Di Jiu and entered the Evil Beast Valley in a single file.

Almost everyone present had been to the Evil Beast Valley before. Hence, they all knew how powerful the oppression of one’s Spiritual Force was within the Evil Beast Valley. While they were following Di Jiu, they realized in surprise that their Spiritual Force could reach a 1,000-feet radius without much difficulty.

The experts who entered the valley looked at Di Jiu warily. They all knew very well that the Spiritual Force oppression of the Evil Beast Valley had not weakened, nor had their Spiritual Force grown more powerful. Their Spiritual Force remained in the range of Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force Field, so Di Jiu bore all the oppression.

They were no idiots. The fact that their Spiritual Forces were able to extend to 1,000 feet meant that Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force range would go beyond 1,000 feet if he entered the valley alone.

Various people thought of Bai Hong at the same time. It was no secret that Bai Hong wanted to kill Di Jiu. At the moment, everyone wondered whether Bai Hong would still have dared to attack Di Jiu if the former was also there and had sensed for himself how powerful the latter’s Spiritual Force was.

Perhaps…

Yue Li suddenly thought that perhaps Bai Hong had already sought Di Jiu out and might have been killed by Di Jiu. At this thought, Yue Li glanced at Di Jiu subconsciously and felt a chill. He swore to never incur Di Jiu’s wrath, regardless of whether Di Jiu was the one who had killed Yue Li.

Their walking speed did indeed become very fast as they followed Di Jiu. They reached the deepest recesses of the Evil Beast Valley in just three days. During this journey, some demon beasts appeared occasionally. However, before they could sneak an attack, they all disappeared within this 1,000-feet Spiritual Force range. These demon beasts had only just started to launch a sneak attack when they were killed.

On the fourth day, Di Jiu stopped walking. His voice traveled to everyone’s ears in the Spiritual Force Field. “Everyone, the Life Transformation Array is several thousand feet ahead of us. The fella within the array should not have any way of rushing out of it. I’m certain that he will reach out and grab someone the moment we get close to the Life Transformation Array. I suggest that Protectorate Lord Bai leads everyone so that we can attack him together…”

Di Jiu did not mention that the space would freeze when the handprint used to capture people appeared. He was afraid that some of them would be afraid of participating in the battle if they knew.

“What about you?” asked An Lingzhou without being prompted.

Di Jiu took out a handful of array flags and said, “I must lock the Life Transformation Array in, for I suspect that there is a teleportation gate linking the Life Transformation Array and the Immortal Ascension Array. Once I have accomplished this, the fella within the array will have no choice but to fight us.”

“Daoist Di, will you be able to lock the teleportation gate in?” asked Zhuo Changgeng in surprise.

Everyone else looked at Di Jiu in shock. The act of locking a teleportation gate in had to be done with Space Crystals or by using the knowledge of space laws.

Di Jiu did not elaborate on the method he would be using. He just said, “I’ve my own methods. Just help me fight and obtain a few breaths’ time.”

His Jumbo Footprint technique did come into contact with space laws. However, it had more of the effect of a supernormal ability. He did not possess the ability to cast space laws by himself without the aid of the Jumbo Footprint.

On the other hand, Di Jiu did possess the Floating Flame Flag. This array flag would be able to lock the spatial array gate in instantly.

Bai Cangxing said without hesitation, “Daoist Di, do what you have to do. We will follow suit and stick to the plan you mentioned. Everyone, use your strongest move with your full strength when the moment comes.”