Chapter 414: The Earth Sovereign's Pursuers and the Counterattack

"Nine Nether Jade Vein?"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the breathing of the Imperial Ice suddenly grew heavy.

"Is it the same as those you absorbed back then?"

He naturally knew what Nine Nether Jade was; if not for the terrifying amount of Nine Nether Jade Marrow Heart that Xiao Han had obtained by chance, he did not know how many years it would have taken for him to wake up again.

Such a supreme treasure actually existed in this ruin filled with crises?

Xiao Han nodded, handed the scroll in his hand to the Imperial Ice, and took the opportunity to pour a bucket of cold water on him.

"Don't think too highly of it; that Nine Nether Jade Vein is not easy to take!"

When he first obtained this treasure map of the Nine Nether Jade Vein from the Shadow Demon Sect's treasury, he had not expected such twists and turns; a moment of carelessness would have cost him his life!

Thinking about it now, the Nine Nether Jade Vein might just be a lure, a lure that makes people unable to resist swallowing it.

"This place is shrouded in black mist everywhere, vision is obstructed, and sensory abilities are even more severely compressed; how are we to search for it?"

The Imperial Ice raised a very realistic question; this deceptive map did not mark any other mechanisms or traps, and if they really buried their heads and followed the map, he feared they would end up with no place to be buried.

However, to the Imperial Ice's astonishment and helplessness,

"There is no way."

"Just take it one step at a time."

"Are you joking with this Emperor?"

"No."

"You... very good!"

The conversation ended there.

………

Fifteen days passed in a flash.

On the vast and gloomy plain, a snow-white figure was running for his life, followed by more than ten powerful blood-red figures.

"Boom!"

The white-clad man tapped his feet lightly, and his figure shifted ten-odd feet to the left without warning. The moment he landed, the spot where he had just been was instantly covered by a beam of light; a bottomless hole several meters in diameter suddenly appeared.

Wiping away the non-existent cold sweat on his temples, Xiao Han wondered, "Luckily I dodged fast this time!"

"Kid, I told you not to run around everywhere!"

"Now we're screwed!"

At this moment, the Imperial Ice's fearful and complaining voice rang in his ears again.

Hearing this, Xiao Han's confidence was also slightly lacking, and he said with a guilty conscience:

"How was I supposed to know that place looked worthless but hid so many powerhouses?"

The matter had to start from three days ago.

Ever since the two decided on the plan to find the Nine Nether Jade Vein, they had been heading in the direction of the Nine Nether Jade Vein on the map.

Although they encountered many obstacles during the period, they were not tricky; the strongest was merely a combination of a Level 9 Spirit Array and an Earth Sovereign.

At the same time, the two also had quite a harvest.

After flying over the mountain ranges in front an unknown number of times, Xiao Han searched below with his Soul Power as usual.

This use was no small matter; the next instant, the hair all over Xiao Han's body stood on end. More than a dozen powerful attacks suddenly erupted from below. If he hadn't had some strength to rely on, his journey to the ruins could have been declared over right there.

However, avoiding the attacks was just the beginning; soon, more than a dozen streaks of light rushed over, and finally, the scene from just now appeared.

More than ten Earth Sovereigns, among whom there were even two or three Upper Earth Sovereigns. If it were a one-on-one fight, Xiao Han would not be afraid at all, but unfortunately, they were playing a group fight, and this lineup made him shudder just looking at it.

He had thought that the other party would automatically leave after tracking them for a distance, but who would have thought they would be so relentless.

He casually threw out a few Level 7 Spirit Arrays, which were blasted apart by the blood-colored figures without expression, and they chased after him without slowing down.

Xiao Han was already helpless.

"Prepare yourself; we can't run anymore."

"This time I've been dragged into a disaster by you." The dissatisfied voice of the Imperial Ice came, and then his tone changed,

"I will deal with five Lower Earth Sovereigns, and you will handle the remaining six Lower and three Upper Earth Sovereigns."

"Hmm?" Xiao Han gave a light sound of surprise.

"What? Is there a problem?"

The Imperial Ice's tone was slightly dissatisfied, as if to say, I am already taking on five at the same level, and you, with your level suppression and strength advantage, are you going to say you can't do it?

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"No..."

Xiao Han shook his head slightly.

"Your strength is impressive!"

Taking on five at the same level is not a simple matter; listening to his tone, he seemed quite confident?

"Stop talking nonsense!"

At this life-and-death moment, the Imperial Ice put away his joking habit and said extremely seriously.

"Hmm." Xiao Han also withdrew his unnecessary expressions, his expression solemn.

A quarter of an hour later.

The ring in Xiao Han's hand lit up, and several palm-sized jade discs appeared between his fingers. Then, with a flick of his wrist, five streaks of light shot out, aiming at the figures behind him.

Facing the enemy's repetition of old tricks, the pursuers did not care at all, subconsciously raising their hands to blast these harmless attacks.

"Boom!"

A familiar bursting sound rang out, and countless rays of light of different colors suddenly emerged from a cloud of dust.

"Five Elements Heaven Binding Array!"

Golden chains, green vines, a transparent water prison, crimson lava, and a brown swamp—the five zones were clearly demarcated yet interconnected, splitting, slowing, and binding all enemies.

"Do it!"

Receiving Xiao Han's signal, Imperial Ice, who had been hiding within the former's body, flashed out in an instant; a blue radiance flickered and vanished, and as the long whip danced, it swept across the enemies before it in the blink of an eye.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

Accompanied by two crisp sounds, the two blood-colored bodies charging at the very front turned into fragments filling the sky.

"It has begun."

Imperial Ice halted, eyes containing a cold glint as he stared at the enemies before him; at this moment, a figure instantly killed their way out from an inconspicuous corner nearby.

"Bang!"

The ice wall blocking the two shattered, and Imperial Ice's figure reappeared in the distance, nodding lightly toward Xiao Han.

Seeing this, the latter changed his hand seals repeatedly, and a Spirit Array slowly emerged from the air, its shadow shrouding the ant-sized figures in his field of vision.

Imperial Ice took a step ahead, flicking his long whip to wrap around several nearby enemies; with a swing and a toss, he threw them into the distance, his figure turning into a phantom as he followed closely behind.

The enemies trapped in the Spirit Array did not stand there foolishly; blood energy surged throughout their bodies, their sizes suddenly ballooning, and with the momentum of swallowing the world, their whistling fists slammed toward the great array above.

"Bang!"

Sensing the trembling of the great array, Xiao Han withdrew his gaze from Imperial Ice, his eyes cold; he flicked his sleeves, and two more streams of light shot out.

"Roar!"

"Screech!"

A ten-thousand-foot-tall black giant bear clad in stone armor suddenly appeared; its gaping, bloody maw seemed to make one feel that foul stench just by facing it, and saliva dripped down from the corners of its mouth.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng spread its wings, casting a shadow; its sharp eyes made one's skin sting, and carrying the momentum of looking down upon the world, it circled in the sky, its sharp aura undisguised, its eight talons revealing a dazzling, cold glint.

The black bear's footsteps landed heavily, its bear paw aiming to strike the figures below with the force of a collapsing mountain; the Great Peng flapped its wings and dove down, a pair of sharp talons radiating a pressing murderous aura.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

A series of loud bangs shook the heavens and earth; the collision between the giant Spirit Power claws and the bodies of metal and iron was evenly matched, and ten figures thus began a great battle on the plain...