Chapter 701: Who Said the Great Void Isn't a Ball?

"Kill!"

Without the slightest hesitation, these powerful beings who had remained behind instantly launched an attack on Li Heng. Chaos Qi surged, and in an instant, the Great Dao itself was obliterated, sweeping toward Li Heng in a destructive frenzy to crush him.

"Fellow Daoists, this isn't very nice."

Li Heng shook his head and pressed his palm downward. With one palm, he settled the turmoil; the terrifying, destructive frenzy of the powerful beings' attacks instantly stilled, dissipated, and calmed down.

The many powerful beings' pupils shrank sharply.

Not good, this target is tough!

Again, without further hesitation, they retreated and fled directly, splitting into different directions and scattering, not dragging their feet in the slightest.

There was no help for it; the situation was now untenable. This Fishing Old Man had killed so many people yet showed no signs of exhaustion, appearing instead to grow even more powerful. He had suppressed all their attacks with a single palm—how could they possibly deal with this? Now, they could only leave their fates to the heavens and flee, hoping that the one this Fishing Old Man was targeting was not themselves!

"Fellow Daoist Li, are you not going to pursue them?"

Seeing Li Heng still standing in place while those powerful beings had already fled far away—some of the faster ones having already appeared hundreds of eras away—Void Balance asked in surprise.

The Great Void is not your personal domain. If you really let others escape far away, are you sure you can catch up? The Great Void is so vast; there are simply too many variables.

He had wanted to say this aloud to urge Li Heng to cut the weeds and pull up the roots.

"No need to pursue."

Li Heng shook his head and smiled slightly.

"Why, are you sparing their lives?"

Void Balance asked in confusion. Could it be that this Fellow Daoist Li was tired of killing after taking so many lives? Otherwise, given this Fellow Daoist Li's temperament, it didn't seem like he would let those suicidal fellows go.

"They will return on their own."

Li Heng said with a smile.

"They will... on their own..."

Void Balance was stunned upon hearing this and spoke again to ask what was going on, but before he could finish his sentence, he discovered that those fleeing powerful beings had appeared in the opposite direction of their escape route and were running back toward them.

What is going on? Void Balance was a bit bewildered.

Throwing themselves into the net?

Is the most dangerous place the safest place?

Is this speed too fast?

"Eh, Fellow Daoist Balance, why are you here? I remember I had already fled tens of thousands of eras away; how did I run into you again, Fellow Daoist? Is your speed actually faster than mine?"

The first to return was a Demon God. Beneath his feet flowed a Time-Space River, each drop of water within it containing who knows how many All-Heaven Multiverses; in terms of volume, it was no worse than an era, and it faintly resonated with the Time-Space Mother River, allowing him to travel upon the Time-Space Mother River far faster than other powerful beings of the same level.

This Demon God did not wait for Balance to answer and spoke again.

"Oh, I understand. I suppose this is a clone of Fellow Daoist Balance? I have always heard that Fellow Daoist Balance's clones appear unexpectedly in every corner of the Great Void, managing all trade in the Great Void. It seems the rumors are true; I can still see you even after running so far."

"My name is Traveler, a traveler with no borders. Shall we get to know each other, Fellow Daoist?"

Seeming to feel that he had escaped danger, the Demon God named Traveler now had the heart to chat with Void Balance, and in the end, he even began to complain.

"I finally know why you didn't make a move earlier, Fellow Daoist. So that Fishing Old Man is actually that strong? You have a good eye, Fellow Daoist. If you had made a move, I fear you would have followed in our footsteps."

"But fortunately, I have no other skills, but I am fast at running, so I don't have to worry about being caught by that Fishing Old Man. It's just a pity for the other fellow daoists; there will definitely be a few unlucky ones."

Traveler talked on and on. Void Balance looked at Traveler, then at Li Heng, who was watching them with a constant smile, and could not help but feel very helpless.

Is there a possibility that you are the unlucky one?

At this time, the other powerful beings also ran back and returned to this place. Only then did these powerful beings finally realize something was wrong. The Great Void is not a sphere; why did they scatter in different directions to flee, only to end up gathered together?

They were supposed to have flown apart in the face of disaster!

"Fellow Daoist Balance, can you give us an explanation?"

The many powerful beings looked at Void Balance with unkind expressions. If there was one major anomaly, it was that they had run so far, yet still encountered Void Balance.

"Are you all certain you cannot see the Fellow Daoist Li beside me?"

Void Balance was completely speechless. This group of fellows was simply being toyed with in the palm of Li Heng's hand, like monkeys that could never jump out of someone's palm. At the same time, he was secretly shocked. When he first met Fellow Daoist Li, he didn't feel he was this powerful; how had he become so strong now? It was as if they were no longer on the same level.

"The Fellow Daoist Li beside you, who is that?"

The many powerful beings frowned; they only knew of the Fishing Old Man.

"Naturally, it is I."

Li Heng said with a smile, appearing abruptly within their line of sight, which startled the many powerful beings and left them in silence. This seemed to be that... Fishing Old Man?

How is this possible? They had clearly run very far!

A method of Time-Space folding? But where would there be any time-space in the Great Void?

Were they trapped in the Fishing Old Man's personal domain? But that made no sense; they felt in their hearts that they were in the Great Void, and there was no such thing as being trapped.

Then only one last possibility remained.

The Fishing Old Man before them was a clone of the real Fishing Old Man!

"Fishing Old Man, it is one thing for your true self to be here, but why do you think a clone can stop so many of us?"

The many powerful beings sneered.

"Do you truly believe that what I have here is only a clone?"

Li Heng's expression was strange.

"Otherwise? What else could it be besides that possibility? You wouldn't say that the one who killed so many powerful beings and terrifying existences earlier was just your clone, and this is your true self?"

"If you really had that ability, you would have destroyed us with a single thought."

The many powerful beings said with disdain.

Even if you are powerful, even if you are cheating, there must be a limit.

Otherwise, how are normal people like them supposed to live?

"No, no, no. I think you may have misunderstood my words earlier. I just want to ask, is there a possibility that you did indeed run away, but you ran too far?"

Li Heng said with a smile.

These words struck the hearts of the many powerful beings like a bolt from the blue. They hurriedly turned back to look at the route and traces they had come from, and in an instant, their hearts turned cold.

They had truly returned to their starting point!

But why was this?

If it wasn't a folding of space-time, could it be some kind of mental illusion? Just like those mortals, had they encountered a ghost-wall? Unbidden, they felt a sense of anger at being fooled.

Did this Fishing Old Man really think they wouldn't fight for their lives!

"Actually, you have no need for anger; after all, it wasn't me who truly made you return, but the Great Void itself. Besides, who says the Great Void cannot be spherical?"

Li Heng laughed; he had reached a deal with the Great Void...