Ninth in The World - Chapter 408

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No one thought that Di Jiu would escape . The aura surrounding Di Jiu at the moment was fluctuating violently, as though he was heading to war . It was evidently an omen before exchanging blows with Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty . This was a tell-tale sign of Di Jiu’s bad temper .

Furthermore, the Dao heart of an Immortal Emperor who escaped before a battle would be adversely affected in the future . Such an act was akin to admitting one’s inferiority to Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty, even though both of them were Immortal Emperors .

This was why no one was rushing to detain Di Jiu, although there were numerous Immortal Emperors behind him . Everyone was prepared to spectate the battle outside the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City .

Only Peng He sensed that something was amiss . He was the person closest behind Di Jiu, so he actually sensed that Di Jiu was thinking of escaping . However, he dismissed this thought, as Di Jiu did not seem to be thinking of escaping under any circumstances .

Closely behind Peng He was Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty, whose gaze was fixed on Di Jiu . He was not able to see through Di Jiu’s cultivation level, so he suspected that their strength should be similar .

Di Jiu really wanted to use the Heavenly Aqua Saber to stab Peng He, who was following him . The man was following him too closely, thus not allowing him to speed up his walking pace . Such an aura domain could lock on a target very subtly . He would be suspected by the executor should he increase his speed once more . Luckily, he was reaching the gates of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, so he would be able to leave the moment he stepped out of the city .

Peng He finally realized what was amiss almost the same instant that Di Jiu was about to step out of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City .

If Di Jiu was truly an apex expert, he would definitely not allow Peng He to lock his aura in . The reason the latter had done this was because he was worried that he would not be able to find Di Jiu later on . Such an act was unconscious and by no means was it a way to test Di Jiu’s strength or challenge Di Jiu .

He had realized that something was amiss due to Di Jiu’s non-retaliatory action and the fact that he kept increasing his speed to rush towards the city gates . Di Jiu had been extremely arrogant during the auction . He had even looked down on Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty . How could he possibly let such a disrespectful action slide?

With this question in mind, Peng He felt even more suspicious of Di Jiu’s aura . He was truly unable to see through Di Jiu’s cultivation, yet the latter did not possess the Immortal King Domain and his cultivation level seemed to be continuously soaring . However, no matter how high his cultivation level seemed to be, it could not surpass the Immortal King Realm…

Peng He finally confirmed his theory that Di Jiu was about to escape .

His aura instantly exploded and grabbed at Di Jiu with his Demon-Sealing Claws upon this realization .

At the same time, the communication pearls of Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty and the other few Immortal Emperors lit up . After reading the contents of the message, their expressions changed and they lunged at Di Jiu frantically .

There was only one message on their communication pearls: The man named Zimo, in Room 307, purchased numerous Heavenly Purple Lattices in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City .

Everyone knew what the Heavenly Purple Lattice was . Its only purpose was to be used to refine the Meridian-Splitting Pill . The Meridian-Splitting Pill could be consumed by cultivator with a cultivation level at or below the Immortal King Realm . It was a pill that could forcibly increase one’s cultivation level, but it also had some side effects . The fact that Di Jiu had purchased these items implied that he had only pretended to be arrogant during the auction .

Such a pretentious and wealthy cultivator was naturally fat prey .

Di Jiu sensed the killing intent the instant Peng He launched his attack . Thus, he unsheathed the Heavenly Aqua Saber without hesitation and slashed down .

Boom! Frightening Immortal Essence aura engulfed him . Despite bumping his strength up to the half-step Immortal King Realm, he was unable to return Peng He’s attack . After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he dashed towards the array door of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City .

Di Jiu was highly aware of the fact that he was still considered a weakling in comparison to the Immortal Emperor experts, even though he had consumed the Meridian-Splitting Pill .

There was absolutely no way Peng He would allow Di Jiu to escape . His Domain locked onto Di Jiu before he threw a punch . Di Jiu was alarmed, as his current cultivation, which was at the half-step Immortal King Realm, was worlds apart from Peng He’s .

He slashed out with the Heavenly Aqua Saber again . The violent saber aura was filled with a determined aura and carried the aura of the Wind-Rustling Move . The saber aura seemed to be tearing the whole void apart .

Rustling winds would rise, waters would turn cold, and the hero would go and never come home… This was the description of Di Jiu’s Saber Move . Only death would await him if this Saber Move of his was unable to split Peng He’s Domain into two .

Crack! The Wind-Rustling Move tore apart Peng He’s hastily-executed Domain . Bam! Peng He’s fist essence energy slammed against Di Jiu’s back and the latter spat out another mouthful of blood . Di Jiu did not take heed of his cracking bones as he continued to rush out of the city .

He used the Spiritual Force escape technique the moment he stepped out of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City .

His afterimage had yet to leave when it was assaulted by numerous attacks at the same time . These attacks were launched by the few Immortal Emperors behind Peng He .

Boom! Boom! Boom! Violent Immortal Essence exploded and a blood mist was formed where Di Jiu’s afterimage had been . The broad void passageway cracked several thousand feet under the assault of these attacks .

“Such a cunning weakling…” Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty was fuming, feeling extremely disgraced . He directly sprinted into the void and disappeared immediately .

He knew very well that Di Jiu had managed to successfully escape despite being severely injured by the combined attacks of the numerous Immortal Emperors . However, he was also aware that a weakling like Di Jiu would not be able to escape very far even if he possessed an escape technique .

Immortal Emperors like them would be useless if so many of them let Di Jiu slip through their fingers, regardless of whether he was severely injured or not .

Peng He, who was following closely behind Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty, continued this pursuit without hesitation . The rest of the Immortal Emperor experts who had attacked Di Jiu all dashed towards the direction in which Di Jiu had disappeared without exceptions .

Di Jiu possessed too many quality items, so no one was willing to give up . Some of them had even guessed the identity of the fleeing weakling . After all, only the weakling who sold the Starry Sky Tea would possess so much wealth .

It would be sufficient to obtain just the technique to refine the Starry Sky Tea if the pursuit was successful . The profit gained by selling the Starry Sky Tea was evident in how generous that weakling had been during the auction .

Another blood mist exploded around Di Jiu the instant he landed on the Teleportation Array . He knew that he’d almost died in the hands of Peng He . If it hadn’t been for Peng He, he would not have suffered any injuries at all .

The Teleportation Array let out a white light that enveloped Di Jiu instantly the moment he landed on the array . The white light had yet to disperse completely, when Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty’s hand seal appeared .

Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty’s expression was very ugly when the hand seal disappeared along with Di Jiu’s Teleportation Array . He continued his pursuit without hesitation, livid that he had lost to Di Jiu during this attempt . He had not expected that this weakling would have set up a Teleportation Array here beforehand .

The few Immortal Emperors behind him arrived only a moment later than Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty . Two of them stopped their pursuit when they saw Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty continuing his chase .

They all knew that it would be almost impossible to catch up with a cunning weakling like Di Jiu . The presence of a Teleportation Array implied that there would likely be a second Teleportation Array .

Immortal Emperors were indeed powerful, but even an Immortal Emperor would not be able to catch up with Di Jiu after the third or fourth teleportation .

Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty arrived at the second Teleportation Array . He could only give up chasing Di Jiu when he did not even see a glimpse of him .

Di Jiu definitely had set up a third and fourth Teleportation Array . He would not be able to catch up with him even if he possessed a level-nine Immortal Force, much less given his current level-eight Immortal Force .

Three Immortal Emperors landed behind Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty . They knew that this weakling had successfully escaped even without asking Immortal Emperor Great Sovereignty .

Peng He’s expression was the darkest, for he knew that he had completely offended that fella in addition to failing to obtain the Agama True Glazed Water .

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Di Jiu took out several Clear Drizzle Pills and consumed them the moment he landed at the location of the fifth Teleportation Array . While he was executing the Spiritual Force escape technique for the first time, he was severely injured by the combined attacks of those few Immortal Emperors . He would have died if he had been even a moment too slow .

Fortunately, he had prepared some means to escape beforehand . His body had also been upgraded into a late-stage Immortal Spirit Body . Otherwise, he would truly have died this time .

Indeed, one should not even entertain the thought of competing for stuff with others, no matter how wealthy they were or how low their cultivation level was . However, Di Jiu had memorized the appearance of those old fellows and he would seek revenge in the future .

Di Jiu did not leave in a hurry after swallowing the pills . Instead, he took out a bunch of array flags, eliminated all the surrounding spatial fluctuation aura, and left behind an extremely inconspicuous Image-Capturing Array . Then, he took out the Ultimate Cloud Auger and swiftly left that spot .

Di Jiu was indeed very familiar with various Foundation Orders and had set up numerous Teleportation Arrays . Even several Immortal Emperors would not be capable of catching up with him . Nonetheless, one could never be too careful . There was nothing wrong with being cautious . After all, he could still be caught if he encountered an expert who was very sensitive to spatial fluctuations .

As expected, after Di Jiu had left for approximately two hours, a man wearing a high hat landed beside Di Jiu’s fifth Teleportation Array .

He plucked out one array flag and stared at it for a very long time before sighing .

The small cultivator was rich and way too cunning . He was also frightening, as he had been able to set up an array that could erase the aura of spatial fluctuations . The man suspected that Di Jiu had already known a little about spatial laws .

In truth, he considered Di Jiu a sitting duck, no matter how many Teleportation Arrays he set up . He would be able to quickly capture the traces of Di Jiu’s course so long as he managed to reach the last Teleportation Array . However, due to the presence of this erasing Dharma Array, he no longer knew where Di Jiu was headed to .

This was the first time he had failed to chase and catch a weakling .

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