Chapter 1110: 1066: The Price
Chapter 1110: Chapter 1066: The Price
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Chen Fei heard the bell ringing and immediately appeared outside the cultivation room, turning his head towards the city lord’s mansion.
The No-fly Array over Jiguang City had dissipated, and at this moment, countless streaks of light interweaved above the city.
Chen Fei’s figure flashed, and he arrived at the city lord’s mansion, where most of the Rule Integration Realm cultivators had already gathered.
“The Soul-devouring Worms are 100,000 li away from Jiguang City. According to the previous deployment, gather people inside the mystical treasures, take the teleportation formation, and head to Han Yun City!”
Weng Zongfang appeared in front of everyone, his expression grave.
“Understood!” All the Rule Integration Realm cultivators saluted and then dispersed in all directions.
In recent times, in anticipation of a possible invasion by the Soul-devouring Worms, all human cities had prepared contingency plans.
In Jiguang City, who would be responsible for which area’s residents, and who would leave last via the teleportation formation, everything was arranged so that there wouldn’t be chaos when the Soul-devouring Worms really arrived.
If other human cities encountered the Soul-devouring Worms, there were also corresponding relocation plans upon their arrival in Jiguang City.
In an area, the number of beings should ideally not be too great. Although most of the human race’s cultivation is quite average, when sands converge into a tower, and the numbers are too great, it can still cause a change in the vital energy of heaven and earth.
After the residents of Jiguang City arrive in central Han Yun City, they would also be arranged to settle in other places outside Han Yun City.
Chen Fei leapt into the air, and within a few steps, he was back in the courtyard he had purchased.
Qu Qingsheng and the others relaxed slightly when they saw Chen Fei land.
Chen Fei had now become a peace-of-mind pill for everyone over the years.
Knowing that there was a risk of the Soul-devouring Worms invading Jiguang City, Qu Qingsheng and the others had been packing their daily necessities into the Celestial Treasure recently.
Therefore, when Chen Fei landed in the courtyard, Qu Qingsheng and the others had already packed up properly.
“The Soul-devouring Worms are coming, we will first go to Han Yun City.”
Chen Fei briefly explained the situation and with a wave of his right hand, Qu Qingsheng and the others entered inside the Concealment Bell.
Chen Fei stepped with his right foot, and he was already in mid-air, the Concealment Bell began to enlarge, floating there like a small mountain.
The surrounding residents, upon seeing the Concealment Bell, offered no resistance, letting its power draw them in.
The residents within ten li nearby were Chen Fei’s responsibility to gather.
The Concealment Bell swiftly circled around, and residents of Jiguang City flew into it one after another. In less than a short time, Chen Fei had already gathered all the residents from the initially arranged area into the Concealment Bell.
A smile couldn’t help but appear on Chen Fei’s face, and his figure turned into a rainbow light, landing inside the teleportation hall.
At this moment, the teleportation hall already had about fifty percent of the Rule Integration Realm cultivators present, with more rainbow lights flying towards it from afar.
In moments of life and death, everyone’s speed was extremely fast.
“Chen Fei!” Yu Dingshan greeted him upon seeing Chen Fei.
“Brother Yu!” Chen Fei smiled and gave a salute.
Usually in Jiguang City, Chen Fei spent most of his time cultivating, but he had encountered Yu Dingshan a few times.
At Qiankun Mansion, Chen Fei addressed Yu Dingshan as senior, but the previous time in Jiguang City when he addressed Yu Dingshan as senior again, Yu Dingshan asked Chen Fei to promptly change the form of address.
Now, both of their cultivation levels were in the Rule Integration Realm, but crucially Chen Fei’s battle strength had surpassed him, having consecutively killed eight early-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivators outside Jiguang City.
The early bird catches the worm, and since Yu Dingshan and Chen Fei had no master-disciple relationship, continuing to address him as senior felt uncomfortable even to Yu Dingshan himself.
“Inside Han Yun City, I have a few acquaintances. I’ll introduce you all to them later,” Yu Dingshan said with a smile.
Many in the human race were actually very curious about Chen Fei, this prodigy.
Previously, when Chen Fei was in the Sun Moon Realm within Qiankun Mansion, it was not appropriate for them to approach him directly.
Lately, since Chen Fei had broken through to the Rule Integration Realm and had been in seclusion, there were even fewer opportunities to meet.
“Sure, when that time comes…”
Chen Fei had a smile on his face and was just about to finish his sentence when his expression changed subtly, and he directed his gaze towards the teleportation formation inside the hall.
The teleportation formation, which had previously been operating smoothly, was now showing ripples.
The other Rule Integration Realm cultivators, who did not cultivate the rules of space, couldn’t clearly perceive this and merely felt that the teleportation formation seemed somewhat odd.
But in Chen Fei’s eyes at this moment, the spatial rifts within the teleportation formation were violently fluctuating as if something was squeezing its way through the rifts towards the formation.
The principle of the teleportation formation is point-to-point connectivity between two formations, allowing beings to be teleported through the spatial rifts.
Under normal circumstances, the teleportation formation is very stable, and it can maintain sufficient stability even when teleporting to a lower realm.
Only if an external force disrupts the link between two teleportation formations.
But this would require a profound understanding of the rules of space. Even Chen Fei, who sometimes can perceive the rhythm within the spatial rifts, wouldn’t be fast enough to intercept; it is simply too late.
Such teleportation speed is too fast; by the time you perceive it, the beings have already been teleported. At that point, any attempt to disrupt it is pointless.
“What’s wrong?” Yu Dingshan saw the change in Chen Fei’s expression and his heart skipped a beat.
“Shut down the teleportation formation, something is forcing its way through!”
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Chen Fei didn’t have time to reply to Yu Dingshan’s words, his figure flashed to the front of the teleportation formation and he shouted loudly to the deacon of the teleportation hall.
“What?”
The deacon in the teleportation hall also sensed that there was a problem with the teleportation formation and was currently trying hard to adjust it. Hearing Chen Fei’s words, he suddenly didn’t know what to do.
At this moment, everyone was waiting to use the teleportation formation to go to Han Yun City.
The Soul-devouring Worms were coming, and without the teleportation formation, if everyone wanted to leave Jiguang City quickly, they could only fly, racing the Soul-devouring Worms for speed.
“Shut down the teleportation formation!”
Chen Fei, sensing the increasingly intense fluctuations inside the teleportation formation, had a solemn expression as he struck out at the teleportation formation with his palm.
“Chen Fei, don’t act rashly!” Yu Wuheng appeared beside Chen Fei and blocked his attack.
Yu Wuheng was a pride of the human race, but unfortunately, even after using three portions of Dimension Origins, he had not been able to break through to the Emperor Realm.
After returning from the Wu Meng Clan, Yu Wuheng did not go back to Han Yun City and seemed to want to stay away from there, instead staying inside Jiguang City.
It’s just that he didn’t expect that after staying for less than a month, he still had to return to Han Yun City.
“Bang!”
The palms of Chen Fei and Yu Wuheng collided. Chen Fei stepped backwards a few times, his complexion slightly pale.
Chen Fei was only at the early stage of the Rule Integration Realm, while Yu Wuheng was at the peak of the late stage of the Rule Integration Realm. It was inevitable that he would be pushed back.
“You…”
But while Chen Fei stepped back, there was no smile on Yu Wuheng’s face, because the aftermath of their palm clash contained the power of the Space Rules, which now disrupted the operation of the teleportation formation.
The teleportation column, which had been stable, now began to shake violently.
The deacon in the teleportation hall, noticing the changes in the teleportation formation, had a slight change in his complexion and hurriedly began to adjust the teleportation formation to close it.
Otherwise, if an explosion occurred, repairing the teleportation formation would take a considerable amount of time.
Moreover, this teleportation formation was the main formation within the teleportation hall and had already been set to teleport to Han Yun City.
The other teleportation formations within the hall could naturally also be adjusted to Han Yun City, but that would take time, and right now with the Soul-devouring Worms approaching, time was what they lacked the most.
“Chen Fei, what are you trying to do? The Soul-devouring Worms are almost here!” Other Rule Integration Realm cultivators frowned at the situation with the teleportation formation.
“Hiss!”
Chen Fei did not explain but turned his head to stare at the teleportation formation. Just after the Rule Integration Realm cultivator’s question ended, a sharp and piercing hiss suddenly came from inside the teleportation formation.
Then, a pair of sharp antennae abruptly pierced through the barrier of the teleportation formation.
A silent space rift appeared, and through it, one could vaguely see a white, fierce worm trying to squeeze out.
And it wasn’t just one. Behind this white worm, one could see a pile of densely packed worm bodies. However, the space rift was too small to see exactly how many white worms were inside.
“It’s a Soul-devouring Worm. Quickly close the barrier of the teleportation formation!”
This scene startled the surrounding Rule Integration Realm cultivators, and several with an understanding of formations moved quickly to the front to start closing the barriers of the teleportation formation.
The appearance of the Soul-devouring Worm had spread throughout the Black Stone Domain in recent times, and cultivators within the Rule Integration Realm of Jiguang City naturally knew of them.
The sharp antennae, the ferocious mouthparts, and the jade-like pristine body.
The body of the Soul-devouring Worm was not large, and whether it was a cultivator of the Mountain Sea Realm or the Rule Integration Realm, the worm’s body was almost the same size as an adult.
The Soul-devouring Worm currently struggling to get out of the barrier was of the Sun Moon Realm, and any cultivator present in the Rule Integration Realm could easily kill it with a wave of their hand.
Even if there were a large number of Soul-devouring Worms in the space rift, there were even more cultivators of the Rule Integration Realm in the teleportation hall, and there would be no problem in killing them.
However, no one dared to make a move, because killing a Soul-devouring Worm would make one marked by the entire group of the worms, possibly marking all living beings within a hundred miles—a supremely tyrannical act.
This kind of marking was very difficult to remove, or rather, it could be said that below the Open Heaven Realm, it was impossible to remove the mark.
Even for the Open Heaven Realm, removing this mark was extremely difficult.
The suspicion that among the Soul-devouring Worms there existed Eighth Tier beings started with this mark. Otherwise, if there were only seventh-tier Soul-devouring Worms, they wouldn’t be so troublesome.
Killing one would bring endless trouble, something the current human race could not afford.
It was precisely these characteristics displayed by the Soul-devouring Worms that made them one of the nine great calamities of the Return to Nothing Realm. Without an Eighth Tier expert to guard, one could only run away at the news of their approach.
“Hiss hiss hiss!”
With the involvement of a few Rule Integration Realm formation masters, the barrier of the teleportation formation began to close, and the hissing of the Soul-devouring Worms became exceptionally sharp.
Jiguang City was enshrouded by formations, making it impossible for one to enter directly through a space rift.
At this moment, the Soul-devouring Worms in the space rift had captured the fluctuations of the teleportation formation and intercepted it, leading to the current scene.
“Close!”
A voice rang out as Weng Zongfang appeared in the teleportation hall at some point and, upon seeing the scene at the teleportation formation, swiftly brought his hands together.
The space rift, which had been in a stalemate with the Soul-devouring Worms, suddenly closed.