Chapter 418: Space Technique

Bian Chen, Bai Zhuxing, and Yan Yunlan also drew their swords at the same time.

Boom—boom—boom—

Countless black shadows were cut apart, yet in an instant they recovered and swarmed toward them.

"I'm going!" Cang Li's face changed drastically; he finally understood why Yao Yao wouldn't let him leave the defensive barrier, for the power and pressure of these mysterious black shadows were utterly terrifying.

He could barely catch his breath, his flesh and bones twisted by spatial force, even the bones inside his body creaking.

Pain.

The pain left him unable to move at all.

A bloody sweet taste welled up in his throat; he gritted his teeth, gripped his spear, and held off the black shadows.

But the black shadows were far too numerous; they lunged at Cang Li's body.

Just then—

Yuan Yao flashed over, swung her sword to disperse those black shadows, then quickly enveloped Cang Li with her spiritual power, allowing him to withstand the shadows' spatial pressure.

"Third Senior Brother!" Yuan Yao saw traces of blood seeping from Cang Li's mouth, her heart sank, and she suddenly realized she had been overconfident, thinking that she, Third Senior Brother, and Xie Yan together could handle the Undead King.

But the reality was, they could not withstand the power of the Undead King's avatar.

"This is a lost space technique!" Bian Chen said solemnly.

Space technique defies heaven.

Those who practice space technique usually have short lives.

Hearing Bian Chen's words, Yuan Yao suddenly recalled what was recorded in the histories.

Over nine hundred years ago, all space techniques in the cultivation world were destroyed by a single person—the Immortal Venerable of the cultivation world, Wei Yueze.

Wei Yueze was a beast tamer, capable of commanding a thousand beasts with his own strength.

Over nine hundred years ago, after Wei Yueze became an Immortal Venerable, he formed a dual cultivation partnership with Qian Qi, the daughter of the Feiyun Island master.

Qian Qi happened to be a practitioner of space technique; later, she died after suffering a backlash from heaven's mandate.

Thereafter, Wei Yueze suddenly announced he would annihilate all space techniques in the cultivation world, the first target being the space techniques stored on Feiyun Island.

Feiyun Island was renowned throughout the cultivation world for its space technique, and although they knew practicing it defied the heavenly way and a slight mistake could lead to an early death, they were unwilling to abandon this path of cultivation.

Feiyun Island naturally refused his demand.

Yet no one expected that Wei Yueze would storm Feiyun Island and destroy all its space techniques, an act that enraged the island's inhabitants beyond endurance.

The Feiyun Island master was literally angered to death.

After all, Wei Yueze was nominally the son-in-law of the Feiyun Island master.

What's more terrifying is that Wei Yueze had long ago discovered the locations of all space techniques in the cultivation world; he spent seven months destroying every book and manual of space technique.

This act also provoked widespread outrage.

The Immortal Venerables of the cultivation world joined forces to capture him, then sent him to Jietian Prison, stripping him of his Immortal Venerable title and making him face the wall for three hundred years.

After Wei Yueze entered the prison, he vanished without a trace from the cultivation world.

Even after his three-hundred-year sentence ended, there was still no news of him.

Yuan Yao thought of this, her heart gave a slight start; she quickly glanced toward the yellow-clad youth Jiang Xiao, only to feel her heart sink as Jiang Xiao was nowhere to be seen.

"Second Senior Sister, be careful!" Suddenly Yan Yunlan's pupils contracted, and she cried out in alarm.

All that could be seen was a figure suddenly materializing behind Feng Xuanji.

It was none other than the yellow-clad youth Jiang Xiao!

At that moment, Feng Xuanji's body stiffened, a yin-cold dangerous aura seeming to rise instantly from her feet to her back and head.

Jiang Xiao suddenly raised his hand.

With a resonant "clang",

Xie Yan swung his sword at Jiang Xiao's hand, and in an instant Jiang Xiao raised his hand to block.

Xie Yan then quickly struck with a palm from afar, blasting Feng Xuanji away and freeing her from the control of that "Jiang Xiao".

And that "Jiang Xiao" let out a yin-cold chuckle from his throat; the next moment he appeared before Xie Yan, raised a hand, and the strong undulation of spatial airflow bent and twisted Xie Yan's sword in his grip.

Crack—crack—

In that "Jiang Xiao's" palm rose thick black qi, seeking to suck Xie Yan into his grasp.

And just then—

"Wei Yueze!"

A girl's clear, pleasant voice rang out.

That "Jiang Xiao" paused his movement, turned his head to look at the green-clad little girl.

At that very moment, an extraordinarily powerful and fierce divine sense swiftly invaded his sea of consciousness.

That "Jiang Xiao" swayed.

Yuan Yao's divine sense quickly located a clump of black qi within his sea of consciousness, and without hesitation she launched an attack upon it.

The black qi seemed to sense it and swiftly counterattacked.

The two spiritual forces became entangled in a struggle within Jiang Xiao's sea of consciousness.

Hum!

Inside the sea of consciousness, everything instantly fell into utter chaos.

White spiritual power and black spiritual power collided back and forth.

At the same time, those countless black shadows continued their assault on Feng Xuanji and the others.

Their target seemed to be Feng Xuanji.

Yuan Yao divided her focus, using spiritual power to attack that divine sense within Jiang Xiao's sea of consciousness while brandishing her sword to meet the black shadows.

And Jiang Xiao remained frozen in place, utterly motionless.

Everyone guessed that Jiang Xiao had already had his consciousness seized by the Death King, so they naturally would not deal a lethal blow to Jiang Xiao.

After all, even if Jiang Xiao were killed, the Death King would not die.

However, in just a few seconds, Cang Li, Yan Yunlan, Bai Zhouxing, and Feng Xuanji were all pierced through the body by the black shadow.

Their will was still fairly firm, and they had not had their consciousness taken.

"Who is Wei Yueze?!" Bai Zhouxing suddenly asked.

Upon hearing the name "Wei Yueze," Yu Jing, Feng Xuanji, and Bian Chen all changed expression.

They naturally knew who Wei Yueze was.

Could Wei Yueze be the Death King?

Xie Yan partly defended against the black shadow's invasion while partly diverting attention to monitor Yuan Yao's condition.

Yuan Yao's complexion grew increasingly pale.

Her gaze narrowed, and she called out, "Tianxue!"

As soon as her voice fell, a white snow beast appeared out of thin air; it had golden pupils, its whole body was snow‑white, and it bore twin horns on its head.

As soon as it appeared, it exuded an extremely terrifying aura of power.

Xie Yan noticed the appearance of Tianxue and glanced at it.

Meanwhile, Tianxue did not recognize Xie Yan.

The others, upon seeing Tianxue, were startled in their hearts.

This is…

"Buy me a little time," Yuan Li said solemnly to Tianxue.

"Yes." The snow beast spoke in human speech.

And the next moment, it exhaled a breath of icy mist toward those black shadows.

In an instant, the black shadows were frozen directly in midair.

Everyone who saw this was stunned.

Even Cang Li was startled.

However, the black shadows soon broke free of the ice mist's binding.

Tianxue leapt up directly and began to grapple with the black shadows.

With Tianxue's addition, everyone felt considerably easier.

Meanwhile, Yuan Yao focused all her attention on dealing with the divine sense that the Death King had left in Jiang Xiao's sea of consciousness.

She began to counter that divine sense, and also started trying to tear into and erode the opponent's divine sense spiritual force.

And at the same time, one

In a certain place of Pixu City, a man clad in a black robe slowly opened his gray‑white eyes, ancient well without ripples, and he gazed at the white‑clad girl standing in the center of the hall.

"Immortal Sovereign Wei, I know you are trapped here; if you wish to leave the Tianhuo Secret Realm, then junior Lu Xiangxiang can share your burden."

The girl's expression was earnest, her gaze sincere as she looked at the black‑robed man.

Before the black‑robed man could speak, he suddenly sensed something, slowly lifted his eyes, and looked toward a red‑clad man who had suddenly appeared not far away.