Chapter 492: Encountering the Evil Clan

"Hall Master!"

The Elders belonging to Tianlan Hall stood up excitedly, their gazes meeting the person who had arrived.

"Liu Qingyang?!"

"You certainly kept us waiting!"

Yan Lie snorted coldly.

"My apologies, Sect Master Yan; I truly could not free myself earlier."

"I assume Hall Master Liu has made a breakthrough?"

Yang Jiuxiao stood up from his seat and bowed to Liu Qingyang, his eyes filled with unconcealable wonder and envy.

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He could once sense the majestic power surging within Liu Qingyang at all times, but now, the other party seemed like an ordinary person.

Excluding the possibility that Liu Qingyang had lost all his cultivation, it could only be that his strength had improved once more, reaching a realm he could not fathom.

"A lucky breakthrough."

Yang Jiuxiao pointed out his cultivation progress, but Liu Qingyang did not mind, smiling as he acknowledged it.

These four light words were like a giant boulder crashing into a deep pool at the bottom of an abyss, splashing up huge waves.

"Hall Master, are you already at the Ten Directions Realm?"

"That is correct."

"Boom!"

Liu Qingyang straightened up slightly, and everyone in the great hall immediately felt an invisible pressure rushing toward them, making it hard to breathe.

Yang Jiuxiao, who was in the best condition, smiled bitterly and waved his hand.

"Hall Master Liu, you might as well withdraw your Supernatural Power; now is not the time to show off your strength."

"We should think about a strategy to deal with the Outer Realm Evil Clan."

"We have not come up with any good methods after all this time."

"I wonder what insights Hall Master Liu has?"

"I wouldn't call them insights."

Liu Qingyang said modestly,

"I should first resolve the worries in everyone's hearts."

"For instance, that Mysterious Demon Emperor."

When the topic involved the Mysterious Demon Emperor, everyone became serious.

"I believe you all know clearly that the Mysterious Demon Emperor is not an enemy that our Tianlan Continent can deal with independently."

The hall fell silent; many could not help but clench their fists. Knowing something and accepting it were two different things!

"However, you need not belittle yourselves."

Just as the atmosphere in the hall turned somber again, Liu Qingyang changed the subject.

"The reason we cannot handle this crisis is merely due to the limitations of the plane; Tianlan Continent cannot support us in breaking through to a higher level."

"Therefore, we need to head to a higher-level plane."

As his voice fell, everyone already understood Liu Qingyang's deeper meaning.

"Liu Qingyang, you wouldn't be acting as a lobbyist for that senior, would you?"

Yan Lie looked at Liu Qingyang with eyes full of suspicion.

Liu Qingyang did not answer, instead asking with a smile.

"Do you not wish to see a broader world?"

Yan Lie stopped speaking and lowered his head in thought; who wouldn't want that?

"I know you all must have doubts about that senior."

After all, those present were not naive youths; the rich experience brought by long years made it impossible for them to believe in the "free lunch" of things falling from the sky.

Even though they were grateful for Xiao Han's kindness to Tianlan Continent, they could not suppress their speculations about his motives.

"But I hope you all understand one thing."

"If not for that senior, how much longer could Tianlan Continent hold out?"

"What would our future be?"

That went without saying!

Thinking of that Mysterious Demon Emperor, everyone felt a chill down their spines.

Without the existence of a powerhouse like Xiao Han, all living beings on Tianlan Continent, including themselves, would inevitably be unable to escape the devil's claws of slaughter.

At least now they still have a sliver of uncertainty, don't they?

"What does that senior want us to do?"

Someone in the hall asked.

"What you have all been doing recently."

Liu Qingyang's smile faded, his tone serious.

"Just that?"

Yan Lie suddenly chuckled, unimpressed.

"I was just worrying a few days ago about what to do if I couldn't encounter the Outer Realm Evil Clan anymore."

Subsequently, Liu Qingyang continued to introduce all the circumstances he had mastered to the others, not even hiding the fact that he had become the Plane Master.

He had expected this to cause displeasure among the others, but in the end, it was lightly brushed off by everyone with the remark, "You have good luck."

For the living beings of Tianlan, it might actually be a good thing that Liu Qingyang, a local, had mastered Tianlan Continent; at the very least, his strength, character, and actions were all witnessed by everyone.

Upon learning that Xiao Han had come guided by the inheritance of Mingyu Zhanzun, they sighed one after another, lamenting Mingyu Zhanzun's contributions to Tianlan Continent and the whims of fate...

The sun rose and set, then rose again, and this long meeting finally drew to a close.

"Everyone, we are powerless against that Mysterious Demon Emperor, but at the very least, we cannot let those things outside dirty his eyes when the senior returns."

Liu Qingyang said loudly to the crowd:

"How about it?"

"We obey the Alliance Leader's order!"

While the powerhouses of Tianlan discussed how to cleanly and beautifully end this war where the strength was already unequal, Xiao Han also welcomed the opponent he had long been waiting for.

"A powerhouse from the Da Qian World?!"

The speaker's tone was slightly grave; they spread out their perception, only to withdraw it shortly after, filled with confusion.

No ambush?

They quietly breathed a sigh of relief; at least their objective had not yet been exposed.

Immediately, a fierce glint appeared in their eyes, and they gave a cold laugh.

"Powerhouse of the Da Qian World, state your name; this Emperor allows you to leave your name behind."

Although he could not probe the opponent's exact strength, he could roughly sense that his own cultivation was a notch higher, and with the support of the army behind him...

The advantage is mine!

"Oh..."

Hearing this, Xiao Han could not help but smile.

"It seems the friend from the Illusion Demon Clan has me pegged?"

"People from the Da Qian World are indeed just a bunch of guys who only know how to wag their tongues."

The Mysterious Demon Emperor's tone grew impatient; he had no spare time to bicker with a man who was already as good as dead.

"Since you seek your own death, this Emperor will grant your wish."

"Remember, the one who slays you is the Youhuan Mysterious Demon Emperor!"

As the words fell.

"Boom!"

"Ah!"

"My Lord, save us!"

Countless spatial rifts appeared without warning in the camp of the Outer Realm Evil Clan army, and the terrifying suction force swallowed the unprepared Outer Realm Evil Clan members in an instant.

The pitch-black, deep, and soundless spatial rifts were like an indescribable nether spring, swallowing every living being that dared to look directly at them.

Noticing the anomaly behind him, before the Youhuan Mysterious Demon Emperor could react, five or six out of every ten members of the Evil Clan army were already gone.

"Bastard!"

The Youhuan Mysterious Demon Emperor's eyes were splitting with rage; this expedition was meant to be a reward for his clan's subordinates to vent the pent-up frustration from the war, which was why he had brought so many people.

He never imagined they would suffer such heavy losses before even reaching their destination.

Just as he was about to strike to forcibly close the spatial rifts, a voice drifted lightly into his ear:

"It's just a few deaths, why be so worked up!"

"You should have a proper chat with me instead."

"Seal the Heavens and Lock the Earth!"

"Bang!" "Bang!" "..."

Light patterns of a Spirit Array emerged from beneath their feet, blooming with pure white light; over a dozen chains as thick as mountain peaks surged out from the Spirit Array, shooting straight into the clouds, entangling and twisting together to completely seal the space, looking like a giant snowball from the outside.

"A Spirit Array Master?"

The methods Xiao Han exposed made the Youhuan Mysterious Demon Emperor clear on the former's identity, and he understood in his eyes what gave this existence, whose Spirit Power cultivation was merely mediocre, the confidence to block him.

"Hiss~"

His attitude became slightly more solemn, and the excitement in his eyes grew even more intense.

"Slaying an Immortal Grade Spirit Array Master is a great achievement indeed!"

"That depends on whether you have the teeth for it!"

Xiao Han tapped his toes and flew backward, simultaneously flicking his fingers, sending five streaks of light shooting toward the Youhuan Mysterious Demon Emperor.