The Sea King held onto Lu Yin tightly as he withstood the Red Madam's pressure. Suddenly, their surroundings became empty, and they appeared at an unknown depth within the Heavenly Fire Dojo. There was a huge structure that resembled an altar in this empty space, and there was a person standing next to it. It was a youth who looked very similar to the Sea King.
The Sea King grabbed Lu Yin and threw him onto the altar before looking at the youth. "How is it?"
The youth hurriedly replied, "It's a success. We can leave immediately."
The Sea King was delighted, and he pressed a hand against the center of the altar. The entire altar began to tremble, and not just the altar, but the entire Heavenly Fire Dojo. Soon after, the lava seemed to be swallowed by something as it rapidly disappeared. The Heavenly Fire Dojo's enormous heat also disappeared.
Countless people on the battlefield were shocked, and the red soil on the ground was now a normal color.
Madam Red frowned as she looked underground and felt that something was amiss. Her figure flashed as she headed underground.
Suddenly, a huge red light shattered the ground and shot into the sky. The light soared around the altar, isolating it from the outside world. Madam Red's expression changed when she saw this, and she immediately took action. However, she was unable to break through the light.
Lu Yin, the Sea King, and the youth slowly rose into the air within the red light. Their bodies were no longer under their control, and the back of Lu Yin's hand was scorching hot. This was the mark that Tian Yanzi had left on him when he had first arrived at the Heavenly Fire Dojo. At this moment, that mark was heating up and even burning.
It wasn't just Lu Yin; the hands of nearly ten thousand people in the Heavenly Fire Dojo began to burn. Their bodies were then enveloped by the red light and forcefully sucked into the altar. Finally, the red light transformed them into shooting stars and disappeared.
The entire process took less than five seconds, and Mr. Yi and the rest did not even have time to react. The cultivators from the Grayweed Continent who had been fighting with them had already disappeared. That red light was like a bridge that connected them to another place, isolating them from the outside world.
Madam Red's eyes widened, and she pressed a hand against the void, causing the entire space to fold. She traversed an endless distance and grabbed at the fleeing cultivators. One of her hands seemed to stretch out limitlessly, and it had already touched the red light.
The Sea King, Dao Master Lan, and the rest were shocked. Madam Red was too terrifying, and their plan had been flawless. They had borrowed the Heavenly Fire Dojo's ancient inheritance to cross altars to reach another altar without interference from a super powerhouse. This was equivalent to teleportation, but now, Madam Red had caught up to them.
Within the red light, Lan Si, Hai Qiqi, Hai Dashao, Zhang Dingtian, and the others were all staring at the jade hand.
At this moment, the fire dragon coiling around Tian Yanzi's body faced the sky and roared. Its body quickly dissipated and turned into flames that merged with the red radiance. The red radiance's color immediately deepened. Madame Hong's hand was burned. If she increased her strength, she could easily block everyone. However, she would be erased by the celestial phenomenon. Madame Hong unwillingly retracted her hand and allowed the red radiance to bring everyone away in an instant.
Within the crowd, Lu Yin's gaze was fixed on the spot where the Red Madam had disappeared. There, a red stone had flown out, but it had not been taken away by the red light. He could clearly see that the red stone had appeared from where the fire dragon had disappeared.
Lu Yin subconsciously activated the Yu Secret Art and stored the red stone in his palm.
The Heavenly Flame Dojo had been completely destroyed, leaving a large empty space. The cultivators from the Grayweed Continent who had been fighting with the cultivators from the Sixth Mainland and hadn't been taken away had blank looks on their faces. They had been abandoned.
The altar could only take away ten thousand people at most, and these ten thousand people had already been determined to be the ones who had been branded on the back of their hands. The rest would not be taken away by the red light.
It was cruel, but if they did not do so, everyone would die. The Sea King and the others wanted to leave behind a spark for the Grayweed Continent and the Starfall Sea.
Without the Sea King and the others holding them back, the remaining cultivators were powerless to resist. Even if they outnumbered the Sixth Mainland's cultivators by a few hundred thousand, it was useless. Everyone had given up on resisting.
Madame Hong's face sank, and she coldly ordered, "You guys stay here. I'll chase after them." She then took a step forward. With her strength as a World Imprinter, she could easily tear through the heavens, let alone move across the Grayweed Continent. She could even traverse it with a single thought. However, the problem was that she did not know where the Sea King and the others had been sent to. The red light in the void had not left any traces behind, so she needed time to search for it.
However, she would eventually find it, and it would not take long. Even if she swept through the entire Grayweed Continent, it would only take a few breaths.
On the coast of the Grayweed Continent, the winds and waves were very strong. A huge, strangely shaped spacecraft was docked.
As the red light disappeared, nearly ten thousand cultivators arrived.
The Sea King barked, "Everyone, board the spacecraft within three breaths of time."
The top hatch of the spacecraft opened, and countless figures flickered as they quickly entered the spacecraft.
Lu Yin was extremely fast, as he knew that this was the Sea King's backup plan. Thus, he was the first to rush into the spacecraft. The first person he saw was an old man, and Hai Qiqi cried out, "Grandpa Shan?"
Everyone had just entered the spacecraft when the hatch closed, and they immediately tore through the void and left.
The moment the spacecraft left, Madame Hong arrived and swept her sharp gaze over. She took another step forward and chased after the spacecraft.
If it had been a radiant-grade Aurora, it definitely would not have been able to escape Madame Hong's pursuit. However, not only was this spacecraft not a radiant-grade one, it was not even a blackhole-grade one. It was the best spacecraft that could be purchased in the Innerverse and Outerverse. A Cosmic Grade spacecraft was a thousand times faster than a normal spacecraft and a hundred times faster than a radiant-grade spacecraft.
With just a single movement, the entire Grayweed Continent had disappeared.
The Sea King, Lan Daolord, and Tian Yanzi walked out and simultaneously attacked, shattering the void along the way to disrupt Madame Hong's progress.
Madame Hong was still restricted by the suppression of the astronomical phenomenon, and she was the only one chasing after them. No matter how strong she was, she could not easily pass through the void obstruction created by the three Envoys. As a result, the spacecraft was getting further and further away from her.
Madame Hong immediately contacted the Sea King's Dome.
With the speed of a Cosmic Grade Aurora, it would take less than ten minutes to reach the Sea King's Dome.
Within the spacecraft, many cultivators could not withstand the pressure brought about by the spacecraft's high speed. It was difficult for them to speak, and only a few were able to converse.
Elder Shan helped Hai Qiqi up and nodded in satisfaction. "It's been four years since we last met. You've grown a bit taller."
Hai Qiqi panted heavily and looked at Elder Shan excitedly. "I missed you guys, Grandpa Shan."
Elder Shan smiled happily. "Grandpa Shan missed you too."
Elsewhere, at Zhang Dingtian's saber base, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. He looked at the back of his hand; it was that brand that had dragged him into the red light. Otherwise, he would have either died or become a prisoner of the Sixth Mainland. However, there were less than ten thousand people here, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of cultivators were all finished.
The atmosphere within the spacecraft was very heavy. The Sea King, Lan Daolord, and Tian Yanzi, the three Envoys, were constantly shattering the void to slow down Madame Hong's progress. The others were all speechless.
They had abandoned hundreds of thousands of their comrades.
Elder Tong sighed and looked back at the Grayweed Continent. He did not know when he would be able to return to the Starfall Sea, and he might not be able to do so for the rest of his life.
In a corner, Lu Yin held onto the red stone and felt the scorching heat spread through the stone. The heat was invisible to the naked eye, but he could clearly see the rune lines that spread along his arm until they reached his entire body. It was getting hotter and hotter, and he subconsciously put the stone away and looked at Tian Yanzi. This stone had been left behind by the fire dragon after it had disappeared. Could it be the source of that fire dragon's strength?
Soon, they arrived at the Sea King's Dome. The spacecraft did not stop, and it directly charged towards the entrance of the Starfall Sea.
At this moment, a wave of energy swept out from within the Sea King's Dome. Although it was only an Enlighter, it was enough to slow down the spacecraft. Even if it was only for an instant, it would allow Madame Hong to advance further.
The Sea King and the other two Envoys were indifferent, but one of the corpses that had been hung up in the Sea King's Dome suddenly raised its head and swept past the Sixth Mainland's cultivators who had tried to stop the spacecraft. It charged into the spacecraft, killing all of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators, including the Enlighter who had fought with Lu Yin.
It was another Envoy-level powerhouse. Lu Yin's eyelids twitched when he saw this. The Starfall Sea actually had four Four Stars.
"Elder He?" Hai Qiqi shouted excitedly.
Lu Yin was astonished. The Sea King's Dome had Elder Shan Tong and four Elders. Elder Ren had died, and Lu Yin had stolen his corpse. Both Elder Tong and Elder Shan were on the Grayweed Continent, but the strongest Elder He was actually hiding in the Sea King's Dome, and he was even among the hanging corpses.
Who was behind all of this?
The Sixth Mainland must have known that Elder He had been hiding in the Starfall Sea before the Sea King's Dome had been defeated. This also meant that someone in the Starfall Sea had arranged for Elder He to be a backup plan. Perhaps the situation on the Grayweed Continent had also been predicted by that person. They had retreated to the Heavenly Fire Dojo and then used the dojo to teleport to the seaside before entering the spacecraft that Elder Shan had prepared.
The plan was flawless, and even Madame Hong, a World Imprinter, could only watch helplessly.
This kind of strategy was not inferior to Wei Rong's, as Wei Rong was adept at scheming and had no bottom line. This person was probably similar to Wang Wen, who was able to see the entire situation.
The spacecraft smoothly passed through the Sea King's Dome without slowing down in the slightest.
Elder He exchanged a few words with Hai Qiqi before standing beside the Sea King. They simultaneously attacked the void to obstruct Madame Hong's path.
The cultivators on the spacecraft were excited, as they might be able to escape.
Behind them, Madame Hong stepped out of the void, causing the space in front of her to crack apart. She glanced at the Sea King's Dome and snorted before continuing to tear through the void and chase after the spacecraft.
Not long after, the entrance to the Starfall Sea could be seen in the distance. Countless cultivators from the Sixth Mainland were blocking the entrance. Although they had all suppressed their power levels, Lu Yin was sure that there were Imprinters there.
The moment the spacecraft approached the entrance to the Starfall Sea, imprints appeared behind the cultivators from the Sixth Mainland. It was as if countless gods had descended, shocking everyone on the spacecraft.
The Sea King slowly turned around with a solemn expression. He retrieved a transparent bottle from his cosmic ring that contained a single drop of blood.
It looked like an ordinary drop of blood, and it did not contain any rune lines. However, the moment this drop of blood appeared, the heavens and the earth changed. Everyone on the spacecraft looked up, not knowing what was happening. They only felt as if the sky had collapsed.
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, as he could see the astronomical phenomenon changing. The rune lines that spread throughout the entire Innerverse were violently surging, all because of this drop of blood.
The Sea King did not say a word. He simply opened the bottle and flicked his finger, causing the drop of blood to shoot towards the entrance to the Starfall Sea. What was being drawn in was the astronomical phenomenon that suppressed the entire universe. That drop of blood seemed to be the source, and it brought with it boundless terror.