Chapter 427: You're not running?

And ahead, Zero still maintained a half-kneeling posture; he had already been stunned; the three Heavenly Dao under Shen Qing's hands had no strength left to resist.

Moreover, he couldn't understand Shen Qing's speed and methods.

He looked at Shen Qing's familiar face, yet at this moment it seemed so unfamiliar.

Of course, it wasn't just Zero who was stunned.

Also, the three who had just come out of the upper transmission gate were Xuanji, Shen Wendao, and Wudi.

They had originally wanted to help, but as soon as they came out they saw Shen Qing instantly kill three Heavenly Dao.

After comprehending the Domain of Destructive Power, Shen Qing's strength became even more terrifying.

Zero watched the approaching Shen Qing and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Is it you? Shen Qing..."

He still couldn't quite accept it.

Shen Qing sheathed the Slaying Dragon blade and said: "How did you get hunted down? Weren't you staying in the base?"

When Shen Qing left the base to go to the Primordial Clan Ruins, Zero and the others were still in the Heaven Defiers' base; at that time, it seemed they had no plan to go out for a short while.

And upon hearing Shen Qing's question, Zero understood; the person before him was the Shen Qing he knew.

Zero gave a bitter smile: "A traitor appeared among the Heaven Defiers; he shut down the barrier, and the base was breached."

"After all, it's not our main stronghold, so the defenses are still lacking in this regard."

"Moreover, at this critical juncture, the experts in the base have all gone to the Ruins Flow Battlefield to investigate the earlier fluctuations, so there aren't many experts left inside the base..."

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes: "That means the base has already been occupied by the Heavenly Dao, right?"

Zero nodded.

Shen Qing spoke: "How many Heavenly Dao came this time? Do you know how many Heavenly Dao are still inside the base?"

Zero thought for a moment: "This time nearly sixty-plus Heavenly Dao came; after the base was breached, they scattered to chase us, so there should still be about a dozen Heavenly Dao inside the base."

Shen Qing fell silent, already having a plan in mind; he couldn't be bothered to save the others in the base, but that Innate Spirit Ziyin guiding him to Primordial Mountain was still worth a look.

If there aren't many Heavenly Dao in the base, we can give it a try; moreover, these past few days Shen Qing also discovered a new function of the Origin Initiation Dojo—it possesses offensive power, can strike over a large area, and its might is not small.

He also took this opportunity to test its offensive power.

Seeing that Shen Qing had stopped speaking, Zero finally opened his mouth to ask: "Shen Qing, may I ask you a question? What exactly are you?"

His voice was somewhat stammering; he could roughly infer from what the Heavenly Dao had just said that the reason they went mad this time was because of Shen Qing; they wanted to find Shen Qing, and his identity might be so great as to be unimaginable to him.

Shen Qing also couldn't be bothered to answer his question; surely more than one person will ask this later, and answering each would be too tiresome.

Shen Qing looked at Zero: "Although I saved you, I cannot give you freedom; you should understand why."

Zero gave a somewhat bitter nod.

Afterward, Shen Qing grabbed Zero and flew toward the Origin Initiation Dojo.

Inside the Origin Initiation Dojo there were still many cells; Shen Qing casually picked a decent one and locked Zero inside.

These cells are specially made, able to cut off contact with the outside world.

For the time being, this place became Zero's residence.

Meanwhile, Shen Qing returned to the Nexus Chamber.

He directly controlled the star chart, locking onto the Heaven Defiers' base.

Heaven Defiers' base.

Here and there, remnants of the Supreme Power filled the place.

It is obvious that a terrifying battle had taken place here; everywhere one could see fragments of corpses left by the Heaven Defiers and the Heavenly Dao.

The originally vast grey continent had been shattered in half; even the Overturning Heaven Tower left no trace, and the barriers within the grey continent were all broken to pieces.

Moreover, there were still a dozen or so Heavenly Dao wandering about, searching for the remaining relics.

Leading them was Heavenly Dao Shengu, who had comprehended the sixfold Supreme Power Domain.

Shengu looked toward the Heavenly Dao on the other side and asked: "Any discoveries?"

That Heavenly Dao shook his head: "No abnormalities detected? No trace of the Primordial Clan's presence has been sensed."

The Evil Clan naturally has tools aimed at the Primordial Clan to detect their presence, but sorry, Shen Qing is not of the Primordial Clan.

Therefore, their tools and weapons aimed at the Primordial Clan are useless against Shen Qing.

Shengu furrowed his brow, then turned his head to look at Xu Hou sitting on the other side; indeed, Xu Hou was the one who betrayed the Heaven Defiers, the one who shut down the barrier, and he had always concealed his strength.

In fact, his true strength had already reached the level of the fivefold Supreme Power Domain.

Shengu spoke: "Xu Hou, have the Heaven Defiers recently discovered any special individuals?"

Xu Hou looked at Shengu: "At least tell me who you're looking for; what's special? Also tell me what makes someone special."

Shengu grew impatient: "Don't ask what you shouldn't; just answer whether there is or not; if there is something special, say it."

Xu Hou chuckled: "If you put it that way, then indeed a few have recently appeared."

"Their names are Shen Qing, Zhu Wu, and also one called Shen Wendao."

"Especially the one named Shen Qing—his rate of power increase is extraordinarily strange."

Shengu spoke: "Then for this attack on the base, are they inside the base?"

Xu Hou shook his head: "No, they left the base over ten days ago; we have no idea where they went."

Upon hearing this, Shengu's eyes lit up: "Over ten days? Any specific time?"

"Thirteen days, or fourteen days—anyway, it's roughly that time."

Shengu felt a surge of excitement, as if he had discovered something significant; although he couldn't be certain, the current Primordial Clan adheres to the principle of 'better to mistakenly kill than to let slip.'

Thirteen days, fourteen days—just happens to be the time they lost contact with the Primordial Clan Ruins; the timing matches.

Shengu looked at Xu Hou: "What do those three look like? What are their features?"

All that needs to be done now is to send back the three's portraits and features to the clan; then the Endless can begin an endless hunt.

This is indeed somewhat difficult for Xu Hou: "What? This really puts me in a spot."

But just then, Shen Qing's voice sounded.

I heard you were looking for me?

Shen Gu and Xu Hou blankly lifted their heads, only to see Shen Qing had somehow arrived directly above them.

Immediately after, a sky‑covering shadow appeared, as the Qiyuan Daoist Field dispelled its disguise, and a terrifying, towering daoist field appeared directly above the Defiers' stronghold.

Xu Hou pointed at Shen Qing: "He is Shen Qing..."

But only then did Xu Hou realize that Shen Gu had somehow already run out two li.

Xu Hou, somewhat puzzled, said: "Shen Gu, why are you running?"

Shen Qing gave a faint, amused look toward Xu Hou: "He's already run; aren't you going to run too?"

Saying this, Shen Qing pointed upward at the Qiyuan Daoist Field: "Didn't the Heavenly Dao tell you what this is?"

Hearing this, Xu Hou's face changed drastically; he turned to flee, but it was too late.

Only seen, the barrier of the Qiyuan Daoist Field rapidly condensed and shot out a milky‑white terrifying pillar of light.

In an instant, the entire Defiers' stronghold fell silent, and Xu Hou's fleeing figure was completely annihilated into ashes beneath the light pillar, even the gray continent beneath his feet was blown open into a huge hole.

And ahead.

Shen Gu said nothing, merely fleeing desperately, feeling behind him Xu Hou had utterly lost vitality; his fear had reached a peak.

Xu Hou, Xu Hou, you now know why I had to run, right?