The Path's Anterior Echelon quietly waited for the Seat Echelon to arrive. Of course, they had to keep an eye on Ming Shan first.
This wait lasted for more than a decade.
After more than a decade of waiting, the Path's Anterior Echelon was even less likely to suspect the Seat Order.
When the Seat Order arrived, they all moved out together to besiege Ming Shan.
A great battle broke out in the heavens.
The Seat Order did not attack immediately, as the Path's Anterior Echelon wanted to force out the existence behind Ming Shan.
It did not believe that Ming Shan had come back alone to seek death.
Chains traversed the heavens and headed for the Path's Anterior Echelon.
The Path's Anterior Echelon was a plankton with eight eyes. Lu Yin had seen it fight other Echelons before, and it was not weak.
It had a strange time swapping techniques that allowed it to constantly dodge in time, divert enemy attacks, and solidify space. It was quite difficult to deal with.
At its peak, the Path's Anterior Echelon's strength was no weaker than the Abyss of the Death Universe. Even someone like Le Gu and Ku Jin might not be its match.
The Seat Order's true form was a horse.
Yes, it was a horse.
Lu Yin did not expect it to be a horse, one that had been unlocked from a sourcebox. This was what Ming Shan had told him.
The Seat Order's strength was not simple, especially its speed. It could achieve the effect of chasing time through space, similar to Lu Yin's Flowing Light.
Lu Yin used Flowing Light to go against the flow of the River of Time. The Seat Order could do that since it was a horse.
It was also extremely powerful and could trample through the heavens.
During the battle at the Side Divine Palace, it had caused the greatest damage to the other Echelon. The other Echelon's true form was a gray slate, and more than half of it had been crushed by the Seat Order.
Lu Yin watched quietly from afar.
There were two oracles from the Path's Anterior Echelon further away, but the Seat Order did not know about them.
This Path's Anterior Echelon was quite cautious.
Path's Anterior Echelon
Both sides were delaying the battle. One wanted to see the existence behind Ming Shan, while the other wanted to drag it out until the Seat Order made a move. Although the battle seemed intense, it was actually a fierce one.
After some time, seeing that Ming Shan had withstood his attacks, the Path's Anterior Echelon could no longer wait. He could not let the Seat Order take a hundred tributaries of the River of Time for nothing.
"Attack."
Off in the distance, the Seat Echelon cultivators made their move. A path appeared below Mingshan. Chains shot out from the black-violet mountain, trying to pierce through the path.
Those were actually not paths, but sequences. They were orders that corresponded to the laws of the universe.
Once a person was restricted by the path, they would have to follow the direction of the path and walk in order. This also meant that as long as the Seat Commander was willing, he could attack at any time and any place. His opponent would have no way of avoiding him.
At the same time, Zuo Ling revealed his true form. Huge horse hooves covered the entire area. Inside his body, life energy surged out and combined with a terrifying power, he stomped down.
"Lin Dao, you're in the Echelon of Time, but you don't dare to fight me one-on-one? You're despicable!" Ming Shan howled in despair.
Lin Dao sneered. His life force blasted towards Ming Shan. Send you on your way.
Four hooves landed. Boom!
The universe rumbled and shook.
Of course, his target was not Mingshan, but the Path of Anterior.
Lin Dao didn't expect the Sitting Order to attack it. Caught off guard, its body was torn apart by a huge force and fell down.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the path beneath Ming Shan's feet disappeared and reappeared beneath Dao Lin. Ming Shan froze the void and instantly froze Dao Lin.
Lin Dao's eight eyes stared at the sky as he yelled madly, "It's you, Commander!"
The Sitting Order sneered, "You stole the Temporal Vault, Lin Dao. It's time for you to return it to me." With that, his body instantly moved, and space chased after him.
Suddenly, the horse's hooves landed fiercely. This attack was even more ruthless than before. After all, it had increased its speed, and if it landed on Lin Dao's body, it would be enough to tear him to pieces.
Lin Dao was furious, and his eight eyes suddenly separated to patrol the area.
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Space shattered, but strangely, it froze and did not recover.
Around Lin Dao, four of his eyes shattered, and his body spun around before vanishing.
The Sitting Order's gaze was piercingly cold. Four of his eyes had been shattered, but only four remained. "Continue."
"Great Dark Prison Lock World." Ming Shan released a purplish-black life force that soared into the sky and shrouded the area.
Lin Dao's body constantly moved. This was an invisible world that he had formed in accordance with the laws of the universe. When he left, he used time as a point and teleported within time. Even if the Sitting Order and Ming Shan worked together, they could not catch him.
In the distance, the two Divine Envoys from Dao Lin Palace hurriedly rushed over to save the Path of Anterior.
Lu Yin was fascinated by the battle. Although the battle between the Chronological Echelon was not that fierce, it was still quite strange. The use of time could easily inspire inspiration, so how could he allow it to be spoiled?
He easily caught the two Divine Envoys and repeatedly teleported them to the Azure Lotus Guard before teleporting back. The entire process took only a few breaths.
Once he saw the range of the three divine palaces clearly, he could easily reach any location.
Lin Dao's screams alerted the Sitting Order and Ming Shan, but after waiting for a while, there were no outsiders.
Lin Dao kept moving around, afraid of being targeted by the Sitting Order. As long as the Sitting Order was not set up in advance, it would not be enough to deal with Lin Dao. So what if there was another Ming Shan?
But why did the two Divine Envoys not come?
Did they betray him as well?
The Sitting Order kept chasing after Lin Dao, but Lin Dao could teleport within time. Even if he could not go far, it was not him.
He could easily catch up.
Ming Shan kept expanding the Great Dark Prison Lock World in an attempt to seal off Lin Dao.
The solidified space continued to spread, and in the blink of an eye, it covered an area visible to the naked eye. Even Lu Yin was covered.
Ming Shan's purplish-black peak trembled at this scene, and Lin Dao's body shook as well. He was surprised. What was going on?
Ming Shan had used his trump card.
When Lin Dao had defeated him, Ming Shan had almost died, but he had left behind a trump card. Now, he had finally used it.
The Sitting Order took the opportunity to attack Lin Dao and destroy one of his eyes.
"Sitting Order, you can't win against Lin Dao without me. Do you want to be killed by Lin Dao?"
"I can help you. I'll give you all of my tributaries from the River of Time."
"I really didn't take the Time Vault. I understand now. Don't move those tributaries away. We didn't take them. Believe me, we didn't take them."
"Sitting Order, you really want to fight to the death …"
No matter what Lin Dao said, the Sitting Order was determined to kill him. If he could kill Lin Dao, then he could join forces with Ming Shan to kill Lin Dao. He wanted to unify the three divine palaces. He had waited for this day for too long, and he did not want to wait any longer.
Of the three Time Echelons, he was actually the weakest. He had been mocked by Lin Dao for hiding in his divine palace and not daring to show himself.
He had wanted to deal with these two for a long time.
His chance had finally arrived.
No one could stop him.
Suddenly, Lin Dao disappeared.
The Sitting Order was stunned and stared blankly at the sky. Where did he go?
Ming Shan was stunned as well. Gone?
In the distance, Lu Yin's eyes flashed. A concealment seed?
He should have expected Lin Dao to have one, and it was different from the ones used by other creatures.
The concealment seeds used by other creatures could not make an Eternal Realm expert completely invisible, but they could be used by Lin Dao.
However, they were invisible.
The Sitting Order pulled a long face. He had been scheming against Lin Dao, and Lin Dao had been on guard against him. He had actually hidden such a move.
Back when he had wanted to deal with Lin Dao, he had asked Lin Dao if he could make himself invisible. If he could, he would have ambushed Lin Dao to increase his chances of victory and not let Lin Dao live. However, Lin Dao had denied it.
How hateful.
"AoE attack!"
The Sitting Order roared. His hooves stepped on the air, and countless paths spread out in all directions. At the same time, Ming Shan's chains spread out, covering the entire sky.
Lu Yin shook his head. Since Lin Dao had hidden such a move, it would not be easy to find him. Fortunately, Lu Yin had a backup plan.
It was to guard against Lin Dao's concealment.
Normally, Lin Dao and the Sitting Order would deal with each other. If Lin Dao could make a sneak attack, he would definitely do so. However, Lin Dao had still been hiding something, and Lu Yin had guessed it.
He took out the Huijin Civilization's detector and teleported away.
The detector's detection range was limited. If it had not been for the Sitting Order and Ming Shan's AoE attack, he could have thrown out many detectors. However, the moment he threw out a detector, he would be discovered by the Sitting Order. Thus, he could only keep teleporting.
It was difficult to teleport again and again while avoiding being discovered by the Sitting Order.
Beep, beep, beep.
Lu Yin looked at the detector and then stared in one direction, transmitting a message to Ming Shan.
Ming Shan received the location, and his chains blasted in that direction, directly blasting Lin Dao out.
Lin Dao did not understand. How had he been discovered?
"Over there!" Ming Shan shouted.
The Sitting Order glanced at him and then quickly appeared above Lin Dao's head and pressed down.
Lin Dao endured the attack and fell down again. Ming Shan and the Sitting Order attacked wildly, but suddenly, Ming Shan stopped and moved strangely.
The Sitting Order looked over. Not good.
It was a time exchange.
This was Lin Dao's Time Technique, exchanging his own time for another creature's. It was equivalent to both sides swapping positions during that time.
At this moment, Ming Shan's strange movement was exactly the same as Lin Dao's.
It suddenly turned around, and a majestic aura of life whizzed over. It was Lin Dao's Arrival.
Lin Dao's Arrival replaced Ming Shan's attack. It did not have the chains, so it used its own life force to simulate the chains. Naturally, its power was different, but it did not want to hurt the Sitting Order. It only wanted to use this time to escape.
Lu Yin watched as Lin Dao's Arrival used time exchange to render Ming Shan defenseless. Ming Shan disappeared in an instant and became invisible again.
The Sitting Order broke through the void, but it could not force Lin Dao's Arrival out.
Lu Yin could only teleport again and search for traces of Lin Dao's Arrival.
He found it again and told Ming Shan where it was. Ming Shan covered the area and attacked, forcing Lin Dao out again.
Lin Dao was in disbelief. How could Ming Shan see through him?
Ming Shan tried to cover it up. "How could the backup plan I left for you be so simple? Your invisibility is useless."
Lin Dao's Arrival used time exchange, and this time it was the Sitting Order.
After the exchange, it became invisible again.
Lu Yin found it again, and Ming Shan attacked again and again. Ming Shan found Lin Dao again and again, and Lin Dao's Arrival mentality was about to collapse. It became invisible again, and Lu Yin searched again. Hmm?
An altar?
An altar had appeared in the sky at some point.
The detector showed that Lin Dao had appeared beside it.
With another teleportation, it disappeared.
Lu Yin's heart sank. It had escaped.
Who knew where it had gone through the altar?
"Let's go." The Sitting Order seemed to know, and it rushed to the side of the altar and teleported away.
Lu Yin teleported to the side of the altar, and Ming Shan arrived as well. It told Lu Yin the location from the Sitting Order.
Lu Yin.
He did not have time to think about how the Sitting Order knew where the altar led, so he could only chase after it.