Chapter 288

Chapter 288: Tribulation Crossing Stage Devil Seed

They had paid a huge price for this move, and failure was not allowed. If Li really escaped back to Myriad Arts City, this whole operation would become a joke.

Ember froze for a moment. [Wait, did Li and You Lan really get away? Would that mean I have no part to play?]

Ten li.

Twenty li.

Li Shuang and You Lan kept fleeing at full speed.

A Peak of Void Refinement Devil Seed was chasing them with all its might.

They had no time to hide their auras, and for a while the Soul Prison was thick with demonic qi.

Before this, every trace of aura had been locked inside the Barrier Formation with no leak at all.

But now that Li Shuang and You Lan had broken through the Barrier Formation, the qi they shed along the way drew attention from all sides.

People cried out: “Outsiders!”

Others cursed: “Damn it, Outsiders dare show themselves in the Soul Prison this boldly!”

Someone shouted: “The City Lord still has not acted. Something must be stopping her!”

Another voice spread the alarm: “The Outsiders are hunting someone…”

A clear answer came: “It’s Li! And You Lan!”

Voices rose one after another: “Quick, inform everyone nearby. Outsiders are trying to kill the best of our Human Race!”

A warning followed: “It’s a Devil Seed at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm. If you are weak, don’t throw your life away. If you have the strength, block them. If we get the girls to the exit and back to Myriad Arts City, they’ll be safe!”

Cries echoed: “Go, go!”

The uproar could not be hidden anymore. Many of the Human Race were training inside the Soul Prison. Seeing this, they spread the news at once. Any Cultivators at or above the Void Refinement Realm nearby started rushing to help.

Meanwhile, several Void Refinement Realm Devil Seeds were about to run down Li Shuang and You Lan.

A Devil Seed lashed out long tentacles, stabbing at the two.

Li Shuang and You Lan had just gone pale when a huge mountain dropped from the sky and blocked the strike.

A Void Refinement Realm Human Race expert had acted. He threw out his life-bound treasure and forced back the Devil Seed’s full blow.

He shouted, voice urgent: “Go!”

Li Shuang and You Lan did not dare delay and kept racing toward the exit.

The next instant, the mountain blew apart into gravel, and the Human expert fell heavily, badly hurt.

Luckily the Devil Seeds wanted only Li Shuang. The three Devil Seeds were checked for one breath, then bolted after her without pause.

Yet every time they were about to catch up, some member of the Human Race stepped in and blocked the way. The Devils were always just a little short and never quite caught Li Shuang and You Lan.

The three Devil Seeds grew anxious, and demonic qi raged across the Soul Prison.

With people stepping forward to block, Li Shuang and You Lan drew closer and closer to the exit.

Watching, Ember slowly smiled. She glanced calmly at the True Devil and said, voice even: “The Human Race has many traitors, but also many who will die to guard their own. Looking at this, most are still human, not demon. Don’t you think so?”

The True Devil’s face turned dark.

He had no mood to count whether the Human Race had more people or more demons.

He only knew that if Li Shuang and You Lan escaped, the Heaven Severing Lands would become a giant joke.

When Li Shuang and You Lan were only the last ten li from the exit, a terrible aura descended.

Their faces changed together.

To handle a Void Refinement Realm foe, they had to use every hidden card to barely kill a few.

The one arriving now had to be at the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

And not just any one, but a strong expert among the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

Such a powerhouse could crush them with one finger.

No matter how many tricks they had, they could not flip the board.

[After all this effort, are we going to fail at the last step?]

Gritting her teeth, Li Shuang suddenly heard the City Lord’s voice in her mind: “In a crisis, remember to use the Thunder Marrow.”

Li Shuang’s eyes flickered.

She guessed the City Lord was being held back by the Heaven Severing Lands.

But she had not expected the City Lord to still have the focus to send her a voice transmission.

[So maybe her situation isn’t as bad as I thought.]

Li Shuang gripped the Thunder Marrow.

If it came to life and death, she would use it.

You Lan noticed Li Shuang’s small move and glanced at her. Li Shuang returned a look. You Lan gave a slight nod.

Even with the City Lord’s message, they did not slow at all. The two of them flew like mad toward the exit.

This time, no one knew how many Tribulation Crossing Stage Devil Seeds had descended, but they had arrived at the spot where the Barrier Formation had been set earlier. They still needed time to get here.

Maybe the two would reach Myriad Arts City before the Devil Seeds arrived.

Just as they thought this, a giant black hole opened in the sky ahead.

A man with a terrifying aura stepped out of the hole.

A strange single horn jutted from his brow, and the space around that horn seemed to ripple.

The Heaven and Earth Furnace flashed a message: “High-Tier Devilspawn: Spatial Devilspawn. The horn on this Devil Seed can open a space passage.”

Li Shuang’s face changed at once.

High-Tier Devilspawn.

Other than Ye Zhao Zhao, that Parasitic Devilspawn, this was only her second time seeing a High-Tier Devilspawn.

Low-Tier Devilspawn showed only simple changes to the body.

Mid-Tier Devilspawn gained all kinds of special abilities.

High-Tier Devilspawn had even stranger powers that were very hard to guard against.

Now this Spatial Devilspawn had opened a space passage on the spot.

One after another, Tribulation Crossing Stage Devil Seeds walked out of the passage.

Five.

A full five Devil Seeds.

They ranged from Early Tribulation Crossing to Peak Tribulation Crossing.

To deal with just one Li, the Heaven Severing Lands had revealed five Tribulation Crossing Stage Devil Seeds.

This setup was very cautious.

Far away in the Heaven Severing Lands, the True Devil smiled again.

“After all, she is City Lord Yu’s disciple. We must be careful, mustn’t we,” he said with growing delight: “City Lord Yu, there can’t be many Human Race experts near them, right? If you won’t act, your disciple has only one road left, and that road ends in death.”

He watched Ember with a sly look.

But if Ember acted, then she herself would die.

[Ember, Ember, what will you choose?]

Ember seemed to struggle. Thunder in the sky trembled with her mood.

“Despicable,” Ember said, her voice shaking.

The True Devil laughed wildly and answered with ease: “Thank you for the praise, City Lord.”

He sat back, eyes on the Water Screen, waiting to see Li Shuang ripped apart in front of Ember.

Five Tribulation Crossing…

Li Shuang drew in a deep breath.

This was beyond anything she could face.

The moment those five appeared, she quietly crushed the Thunder Marrow in her hand.

In the Heaven Severing Lands, Ember’s lips curved into a strange smile.

Good.

Very good.

Five Tribulation Crossing Stage Devil Seeds were already a fine harvest.

But she thought she could draw out even more.