NOVPUBOtherwise, even if Green Ark Immortal City were as small as Luoyu City, as long as it was related to the key nodes of the Mortal Path Array, Giant Mountain Divine Venerable would not dare to recklessly destroy an entire city.
Huanyang True Being’s eyes nearly split open with rage, but under that palm, even he had no power to resist and could only watch helplessly as the giant hand descended.
And at that moment, the Spiritual Energy Vortex that had been converging at the Core Spiritual Vein Grotto Residence suddenly stagnated, and a figure in white clothes with an extraordinary immortal bearing burst out of the grotto residence, revealing a dazzling sword light that appeared between heaven and earth.
The sun and the moon shifted, and time flowed.
The dazzling sword light tore through heaven and earth, forcibly blocking the giant hand that was about to fall.
"Eh?"
An unexpected voice came from Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, but the next moment his hand clenched into a fist and effortlessly crushed the sword light.
"Trivial trick!"
Without resorting to any Divine Arts, merely relying on that thousand-feet divine body was enough to easily catch the Earthly Destroyer Sword Technique of the Third Realm. Shen Yuan’s radiant sword, capable of slaying a Spirit Refining True Being, did not inflict any harm on Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
As if he were casually flicking away a speck of dust, Giant Mountain Divine Venerable turned his gaze towards Shen Yuan in the sky, his mouth curving into a slight smile.
"You have finally come out."
Giant Mountain Divine Venerable’s seemingly mad decision to attack Green Ark Immortal City was actually a well-calculated move.
As a God Honor of the Donghuang Divine System, by leaving the Donghuang Domain he had already violated the taboos of various parties and would inevitably be subject to much suspicion and testing, with many troubles to follow.
But if he directly targeted Falling Clouds Taoist, made as much of a stir as possible, and even adopted the stance of being willing to destroy an immortal city just to establish an enemy for the Donghuang Divine System in the act of pursuing Falling Clouds Taoist, it would more likely cause the other forces to let down their guard.
Put simply, other forces were worried about the expansion of the Donghuang Divine System; they would not delve deeper into other reasons.
Besides, in the matter of pursuing Falling Clouds Taoist, as long as one had a justified reason that could hold up, insisting it was for vengeance, one would seem to stand on the moral high ground.
If Giant Mountain Divine Venerable attacked Green Ark Immortal City and Falling Clouds Taoist still chose to hide and not reveal himself, it was entirely possible to shift the blame onto Falling Clouds Taoist for the destruction of Green Ark Immortal City.
And if Falling Clouds Taoist did show up, it would fit perfectly into his calculations.
Giant Mountain Divine Venerable did not attack Green Ark Immortal City any further. Forcing Shen Yuan to show himself was his ultimate goal. Now that Shen Yuan had appeared, there was no need to create additional problems.
Having broken through his bottleneck, Shen Yuan was also observing Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
The fact that the other had breached the silent agreement between divine systems and suddenly appeared in the Gusha region, even feigning a stance of vengeance for Huayu Mountain God, filled Shen Yuan with doubts.
But with the other’s posture, the situation between the two had become a battle to the death, and Shen Yuan saw no need to waste any more words.
His gaze swept over Green Ark Immortal City below, Shen Yuan spoke with a heavy voice:
"This is not a good place for a fight."
As his voice fell, Shen Yuan waved his right hand in front of him, and a spatial passage extending thousands of miles appeared before him. In one step, he entered and vanished above Green Ark Immortal City.
"Shattering Void?"
Giant Mountain Divine Venerable’s eyes brightened. Shattering Void was a technique that only Void Refining True Monarchs were qualified to use. Shen Yuan’s casual creation of a spatial channel was enough to prove that he possessed Divine Skills or secret treasures related to the Spatial Path.
The immense divine body shrank, and Giant Mountain Divine Venerable punched through the space in front of him, breaking apart the spatial node and stepping into it.
One after the other, they disappeared above Green Ark Immortal City, causing Huanyang True Being, who had been on tenterhooks, to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
And inside Green Ark Immortal City, the cultivators who had previously cursed Shen Yuan for involving them were now silent.
Though they had harbored resentment towards Shen Yuan before, his timely appearance to lead Giant Mountain Divine Venerable away left many cultivators within Green Ark Immortal City with a complex feeling of gratitude towards him. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
After this absurd upheaval, all that remained was a woefully battered Green Ark Immortal City.
A short while later, message sword talismans streaked across the sky like shooting stars, flying towards the entire Gusha region.
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Giant Mountain Divine Venerable followed his spatial senses and stepped out of the spatial channel, only to find another shattered spatial passage before him.
Shen Yuan had, upon his arrival, continued to create another spatial passage to another location, one that was even farther away than the previous one.
The smile disappeared from Giant Mountain Divine Venerable’s face. With a wave of his hand, he once again shattered a large expanse of space to open a new spatial passage.
Stepping into it, with the scene before him changing rapidly, he once more encountered another spatial passage.
Giant Mountain Divine Venerable’s expression turned furious, and his angry roars echoed through heaven and earth.
"Do you think you can escape like this? Are you belittling the means of a God Honor?"
Another spatial channel was opened, as Giant Mountain Divine Venerable actively traced Shen Yuan’s remaining spatial fluctuations.
Over and over again, the chase spanned tens of thousands of miles, directly crossing the entire Gusha region.
During the pursuit, Giant Mountain Divine Venerable failed to realize that he was getting farther and farther from the Donghuang Divine System’s territories, and the power of the Divine Path within him, lacking the incense offering willpower, was as unsubstantial as a castle in the air.
He kept trying to intercept and block Shen Yuan in the spatial channels, but each attempt failed by the smallest margin.
Shen Yuan’s mastery of spatial laws far exceeded his expectations.
Finally, after chasing from Gusha region to the Desolate Far Region, crossing three major domains, Giant Mountain Divine Venerable at last emerged from a spatial passage and caught sight of Shen Yuan, who had paused in place.
