Ninth in The World - Chapter 699

Chapter 699: The Predator Becomes Prey
Di Jiu watched curiously as Kun Zhi and another Primordial Chaos expert left. Was Fan Yuan not with them?

He quickly realized that there was indeed no guarantee that Kun Zhi and a perfected Primordial Chaos cultivator could detain him.

In that case, Fan Yuan would have to be inside the Shadow Void Castle. Di Jiu had originally intended to wait for all of them to leave before swiftly entering the castle and taking Dao Chuanxun away. However, since Kun Zhi and a perfected Primordial Chaos cultivator left, Fan Yuan had to be waiting for him in the castle with an accomplice.

At that thought, Di Jiu changed his mind. No one could blame him for becoming the predator instead.

Di Jiu started to set up a major array once again, adding four Five-Element Flags into the set-up. This time, he was setting up a Confinement Killing Array and a spatial restriction array.

Based on his understanding of space, no one, not even the Kun Peng Clan’s experts, could transmit any messages outside after a spatial restriction array was set up.

In Di Jiu’s opinion, Kun Zhi from the Kun Peng Clan and his accomplice had headed to the Void City to obtain some information on him. If this was the case, he would eliminate Fan Yuan first before taking the next step.

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Fan Yuan felt uneasy after Kun Zhi and a perfected Primordial Chaos expert from the Kun Peng Clan left. He was starting to regret scheming against Di Jiu, although he had killed a Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperor of the Demon Clan. However, hadn’t Ye Mo done the exact same thing in the past? What could the Demon Clan possibly have done in retaliation? Di Jiu and Ye Mo had the same personality.

Unfortunately, he could no longer back out.

Fan Yuan decided that he would never be in cahoots with people from the Kun Peng Clan again when this was over, regardless of whether Di Jiu came or not. He realized that it was impossible to kill Di Jiu even with their aid. Not unless they managed to trap Di Jiu.

Lou Hun instantly sensed Fan Yuan’s unease and silently sneered at his foolishness to dare offend Di Jiu. The current Demon Clan was unlike the Kun Peng Clan and could not provoke anyone without a reason.

At that thought, Lou Hun’s heart skipped a beat. Di Jiu was here.

The Shadow Void Castle was his territory. He had set up some top-notch restrictions, which were triggered when Di Jiu arrived.

Cold sweat dripped down Lou Hun’s back. He would be an idiot if he thought it was a coincidence that Di Jiu had come. This signified that Di Jiu had been waiting outside and had immediately come here after seeing Kun Zhi and Kun Xue leave.

Should he pass on the information that Di Jiu was here to Kun Peng Clan’s Kun Wei and Fan Yuan? If he remained silent, he knew that Di Jiu would launch a sneak attack on them.

When this thought flashed past his mind, he dropped the notion completely. He should certainly not get involved. Thus, he chose to pretend that he knew nothing. In any case, the experts from the Kun Peng Clan and the Demon Clan were unaware that he knew Di Jiu was here.

Di Jiu knew that he had messed up when he’d accidentally triggered Lou Hun’s restriction. He had originally intended to sneak an attack on one of the people there. Unfortunately, he had not expected to trigger the restriction before he had even entered the visitor hall of the Shadow Void Castle.

However, Di Jiu immediately discovered that no one had detected him, which delighted him. This invisible restriction had definitely been set up by the Shadow Void Castle Lord, which meant that the Castle Lord undoubtedly knew he was here. Since the Castle Lord had not reacted, this implied that he did not want to get involved in this dispute.

Di Jiu stealthily walked to the entrance of the visitor hall. His Spiritual Force did not come into contact with the restrictions in this hall, for he knew very well that even though he was very well-versed in the Heaven Earth Law, such an act would alert the people inside.

 
Di Jiu unsheathed the Heavenly Aqua Saber and closed his eyes. At that moment, all the nomological aura surrounding him appeared in his intent and circulated. He sensed an indistinct space.

Kun Wei, who was seated, sensed that something was amiss all of a sudden. He lifted his head and was about to stand up when a faint blue saber flare ripped apart the restrictions and aimed at him.

Without any warning, Kun Wei stood up and threw a punch.

Boom! Violent Divine Essence exploded. The entire visitor hall was broken into pieces by this terrifying Divine Essence explosion. Di Jiu’s strength was significantly greater than it had been back on the Dao Fruit Pagoda Square. Additionally, despite being at the half-step Dao Integration Realm, Kun Wei was inferior to Kun Zhi in terms of strength. Because the defense was rushed, Kun Wei’s domain was completely ripped apart by Di Jiu’s Heavenly Aqua Saber.

Even so, Di Jiu still spat out a mouthful of blood. He felt as though all his bones were broken and his body was about to fall to pieces.

Pew! Kun Zhi’s left shoulder exploded in a mist of blood and one of his legs was pulverized by Di Jiu’s saber swing.

A moment later, Fan Yuan, who finally reacted, frantically threw out a handful of array flags. He needed to immediately activate the Confinement Killing Array, trap Di Jiu, and wait for Kun Zhi to come back. There was no question that Kun Wei would send a message to Kun Zhi.

Kun Wei did exactly that, as this was a technique of the Kun Peng Clan. Unfortunately, Di Jiu had already locked this space using four Five-Element Flags, so the message could not be delivered.

“Let’s kill him together!” Upon sensing that the message could not be delivered, Kun Wei lunged at Di Jiu with abandon and took out a huge Sawtooth Gong that filled the air with a goosebump-inducing shrill.

On the other hand, Fan Yuan’s heart sank, for the activation array flag he had taken out did not work. This meant that Di Jiu had destroyed the Confinement Killing Array he had set up. He felt even more speechless upon realizing that his guess was correct and Di Jiu was superior to the Array Dao experts of the Kun Peng Clan. Fan Yuan really wanted to spit on Kun Xue’s face for claiming that his Array Dao was leagues above Di Jiu’s.

The second reason his heart sank was because the first thing Kun Wei did after sending out the message was fight with Di Jiu fiercely. Kun Wei should be trying to prevent Di Jiu from escaping instead. However, Kun Wei was trying very hard now. The only explanation was that Kun Wei could not send the message out.

Fan Yuan wanted to escape. Di Jiu had severely injured Kun Wei the moment he’d arrived. Furthermore, Dao Chuanxun, whose stance was unclear, was present and their Confinement Killing Array was not working. It would be difficult to get out of this unscathed, much less kill Di Jiu.

Of course, there was no way Di Jiu would allow Fan Yuan to escape. He threw out several dozens of array flags. When they were combined with the nomological array flags, a level-six Confinement Killing Divine Array was created, trapping Fan Yuan within.

Fan Yuan was alarmed. Their Confinement Killing Array could not work, yet Di Jiu had just used the same array to trap him. Feeling even more desperate, Fan Yuan took out his Dharma treasure with the intention of ripping apart Di Jiu’s Confinement Killing Array and leaving immediately.

Dao Chuanxun, who witnessed all this, took out his Dharma treasure without hesitation and attacked Fan Yuan. He knew what he was supposed to do at this crucial juncture.

The only person who did nothing was Lou Hun, who was continuously retreating as though he wanted to escape.

Clang! Kun Wei’s Sawtooth Gong and Di Jiu’s Heavenly Aqua Saber clashed once again. The space shook violently from the impact. Kun Wei, who sensed waves of Divine Essence oppression, felt despondent. He knew that he could barely face Di Jiu even if he had not been injured. Given that he was currently injured, there was no way he could hold his own against Di Jiu.

 
He had to leave! Otherwise, he would die there today.

When he understood that, Kun Wei’s space domain suddenly expanded. The Sawtooth Gong transformed into an illusion that was several hundred feet wide and almost completely covered up a part of the Shadow Void Castle.

Then, Kun Wei’s figure became faint.

Di Jiu knew the escape techniques Kun Wei used, since the latter was an expert of the Kun Peng Clan. His Alleviating Dharma Array could lock onto Kun Wei but was incapable of preventing him from escaping.

However, Di Jiu had already made the decision to not let Kun Wei escape. He immediately took out the Yin-Yang Taijitu.

The Yin-Yang Taijitu instantly transformed into a huge Yin-Yang symbol. Everyone’s domain, including Di Jiu’s domain, became sluggish at the appearance of this symbol.

The figure of Kun Wei, which had started to turn blurry, became solid once again.