Chapter 656: Emerging from Dao Market

He had reached the second layer of Divine Monarch, and for the time being he had no way to bring out his thunder-type divine ability.

However, the Heavenly Thunder Dao Art among the Three Thousand Great Daos could blast out tens of thousands of thunder arcs in a single strike, and that in itself was a great divine ability.

With this divine ability of ten million thunder arcs, added to his Heart Escape technique, he refused to believe he could not flee out of Dao Market Street.

What could these people do on Dao Market Street? At most, set up various forbidden arrays, trapping arrays…

Even if a Divine King came to make a move, he would still have a chance to escape.

Ding Huan suddenly thought of one possibility.

Namely, if the other side was truly despicable enough to set up a spatial entrance on Dao Market Street, and the moment he tried to escape he entered someone else's spatial world—what then? The more Ding Huan thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

It showed that this tree root's current strength could only reach this far.

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The struggle between the Human Race and the Divine Race had already lasted for millions of years.

So upon learning that strong experts of the Divine Race had come to invade, Ding Huan rushed out of Dao Market at the first moment.

His divine sense swept out; the place where he had originally entered still had the stone gate, and the courtyard wall outside the stone gate was also still there.

The crowd was stirred up; no further discussion could be held in the Council Hall, and everyone rushed out.

If they could, they would not be willing to come over either.

But if one entered a domain under someone's deliberate control, that would be rather troublesome.

The dozen-plus strong experts of the Divine Race had indeed arrived at the protective array outside Dao Market Street.

The things in the Void Forest were no fewer than those in Dao Market, and that place was likewise a forbidden ground of the Human Race, because the Void Forest was connected to the Divine Race and was also called the Great Star Wasteland Range.

Now the Divine Race demanded the Human Race hand over Dao Market Street—such an unreasonable demand, who would agree? Just as Dao Market was the Human Race's trial ground and source of cultivation resources, the Divine Race also had the Void Forest.

They could even control the Dao Laws of their own world's space and affect the activation of the Boundary-Breaking Talisman.

This was in fact not much different from seeking death.

He vaguely sensed that this matter still seemed to have something to do with him.

Because at the very instant he broke through the boundary, anyone whose cultivation was stronger than his could restrain him.

The reason the tree root in that dark space had erupted last time was probably because he had drawn away two high-grade dark-attribute divine spirit veins, causing the dark Laws in that dark space to collapse.

Although the trouble was something he himself had stirred up, Ding Huan knew in his heart that what he had done might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Because there were simply too many good things in the Reincarnation Swamp.

Beneath the plaza of Dao Market Street, Seeing Qu Yi and Luo Huan'er also stopped digging.

The tree root was clearly extremely afraid of these heavenly thunder arcs; in just a breath's time it all shrank back and vanished.

Now that the Tree Ancestor had summoned them, even if it meant walking to their deaths, they still had to head to Dao Market.

The Sect Master of the Great Expansion Saint Dao Sect, Wang Wang Zhenjiu, slapped the tea table: "Do they truly think our Human Race has no one left? Since they dare come here, then let's fight."

He himself did not know how many True Spirit Worlds he carried, and even his Five Elements World had been upgraded by his own hands.

Dao Market Street.

The Divine Race being able to come bombard the restrictions of Dao Market Street was certainly a violation of the agreement between both sides, a private intrusion into Human Race territory.

The Human Race had never thought of going to the Divine Race to seize the Void Forest, and now look—the Divine Race had instead come to snatch Dao Market Street.

The Divine Race originated from a divine tree; the Tree Ancestor was the Mother God of the Divine Race.

"Senior Sister Huan'er, listen—is there a great battle going on outside?" Seeing Qu Yi asked softly.

Handing over Dao Market Street meant handing over Dao Market.

He was very clear on how terrifying this tree root was.

They did not dare to stop, because space could repair itself automatically; the moment they stopped, the spots they had dug open would slowly recover before long.

It was by stopping a cultivator who was rushing headlong into Dao Market that Ding Huan learned the strong experts of the Divine Race and the Human Race were battling outside the protective array of Dao Market Street.

……

Because this was the fastest, and also the most useful.

Streaks of tree roots once again came slamming down from the void.

In just a short while, he saw several dozen human figures rushing toward his side.

Dao Market Street had always been Human Race territory, and had always been managed by the Human Race.

His very existence had disrupted this tree root's plan of lurking and growing in secret.

Since the matter had been caused by him, he simply set up a forbidden array at the marginal zone the tree root could reach, then used an array plate to send a reminder.

Ding Huan was somewhat speechless.

So at a glance he saw that this was a True Spirit World; the True Spirit World lay wide open, and its entrance was that transmission tower.

This was not merely looking down on the Human Race—it was a slap across the face.

Seeing that Ding Huan was actually fleeing at high speed toward the direction of that rumbling, a rather kind-hearted cultivator called out to him: "Run, quickly."

This was not an internal council of the Dao Market Commerce Association; everyone seated here, apart from sect masters, was a true-power elder of a sect.

The tail tips of these tree roots were easy to deal with, but once he entered the true attack range of the tree roots, his heavenly thunder arcs might not necessarily be able to sever them.

There was only one reason: the Divine Race had, for some unknown reason, suddenly demanded the Human Race hand over Dao Market Street.

They were willing to endure for now, and then work hard to grow stronger.

A muffled whimper came from the depths.

In their hearts, once they had grown strong, they would come deal with the Divine Race.

The place where he now stood should be a safe spot; if he kept advancing, he was afraid he would be wrapped up by the tree roots and dragged in.

Just as Ding Huan was considering how to leave Dao Market, wave after wave of rumbling sounds that seemed about to shatter space rang out. No matter what kind of tree root you are, I'll poison you first before anything else.

"Pfft!" Inky-black sap splattered out.

Thinking of this, Ding Huan simply rushed over; as over a dozen tree roots came slamming down again, his long blade rolled up layer after layer of blade-curtains and hacked down.

Immediately, at the edge of Ding Huan's divine sense, he saw several tree roots and vine-like tendrils lash down.

Luo Huan'er nodded: "Yes, there's a real battle going on. Let's hurry. Once we hollow out this world, it won't be able to recover."

As for the divine race's bottom line, it was allowing the human race to step into the Void Forest. The exchange condition was that the divine race could also enter and exit Dao Xu.

The Tree Ancestor's summoning was too sudden and hasty; the divine race could only rush over hastily, deciding first to use intimidation to force the human race to vacate Dao Xu Street.

Anger and fury seemed ready to explode this space—then thousands of tree roots and vine-like tendrils struck Ding Huan like lightning.

At this moment, both Qu Yi and Luo Huan'er had only bones left in their hands; their blood had long since dried.

Yet as they grew stronger, the divine race grew stronger too.

Ding Huan had clearly seen: the tree roots and vine-like tendrils lashing down were the same ones once trapped in the dark space—their aura matched perfectly.

"Then fight…"

This was a gap in strength, impossible to make up.

The divine race was strong, but no matter how strong, they had no right to intrude so deeply into human territory and provoke.

The exit of Dao Xu had artifacts that detected disguise—if he disguised himself, he'd only expose himself more easily.

Ding Huan's heart settled. You think you've got some great ability? That's all you've got?

The dark law consciousness he'd eliminated was likely just a fragment soul of this tree root.

But they had to come, because they felt the Tree Ancestor's summoning.

The reason for the provocation was that he used the Divine Lord's Lei Jie to destroy that dark law, turning it into a Law Crystal.

Most of the time, the human race endured as much as they could.

So it seems the consciousness born from this dark law hasn't been fully eradicated yet.

And this time, it was likely I provoked this tree root, causing it to burst out of the great array.

Some cultivators who fled too slowly, even if not struck, perished on the spot under this aura of death.

It was only because the divine race suddenly attacked the outer protective array of Dao Xu Street that no one activated the space entrance the moment Ding Huan emerged.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Waves of lightning arcs slammed into the tree roots, either shattering them or reducing them to dust.

Ding Huan wouldn't be polite—he unleashed his own Dao rhythm in an explosion.

Tens of thousands of lightning arcs blasted out in all directions.

Before the sect leaders of the human race had reached any agreement, a booming sound erupted outside Dao Xu Street.

The divine race's second plan was: if their intimidation failed, they would negotiate with the human race on how to make them vacate Dao Xu Street.

The Dao Xu Council's council hall was filled with people.

He hadn't disguised himself.

If not now, when? There are many valuable things inside Dao Xu, but Ding Huan believed this place wasn't suitable for his cultivation or for his advancement to World God.

At this time, most human cultivators chose to quietly develop themselves; as long as the human race wasn't pushed beyond endurance, they would keep enduring.

"Yes, fight! My Li Sect has stood in the Upper Divine Lands for a million years—we've never seen someone come to our doorstep to oppress us."

Ding Huan swept his hand, collecting the seven or eight tree roots and vine-like tendrils.

But the courtyard remained pitch black—his divine sense couldn't penetrate at all.

Still, the tree root probably couldn't break out; otherwise, none of these fleeing cultivators would have escaped.

As long as you don't enter the range the tree root can strike, you're safe. Once you enter, if the tree root wraps you up, it will consume your essence and blood as nourishment.

Seven or eight tree roots and vine-like tendrils, each over ten zhang long, were severed by Ding Huan's longsword.

He sneered inwardly—just as he'd guessed.

Dao Xu Street had absolutely nothing to do with the divine race.

As soon as he exited Dao Xu, Ding Huan sensed that space's presence.

…

Like a great sword cleaving the ground, tearing open a deep fissure, waves of death aura spread outward.

He'd merely triggered its eruption early; otherwise, later on, perhaps not even the entire Divine Realm could have survived.

What sound? Why does this Dao rhythm feel familiar? Ding Huan flew toward the source of the sound.

Concealing the entire space where Ding Huan stood.

"Snap!"

When Ding Huan slashed, Fugu Shidao, Ten Thousand Poisons Law, and the Law of Sunken Dao Poison all merged into the strike.

The fissures on the ground multiplied one after another; Ding Huan saw clearly—each time the tree root advanced, it moved only a short distance, even just a few meters.

He wasn't afraid of ordinary realms—his Break-Realm Talisman had fully recovered and could be used again.

Logically, Ding Huan should have kept advancing, but he had no intention of moving forward at all.

If it were something else, perhaps after hundreds of years, people would have forgotten. But this involved Qi Yun Stone—and inexhaustible Qi Yun Stone—they would never let him off so easily.

But as soon as Ding Huan used his evasion technique, he'd be pulled into this space instantly.

Evasion techniques were forbidden in Dao Xu Square.

Yet when Ding Huan discovered this space's existence, he didn't use evasion—he accelerated into Dao Xu Street.

Once inside Dao Xu Street, even if the space activated, it couldn't capture him.

(End of Chapter)