Chapter 159: Sanctuary

The fact that the Heaven and Earth power in this area is constantly flowing away can be seen even by mortals. The rapidly withering grass and trees, the dried-up rivers, and all kinds of natural disasters are all scenes like the end of the world.

Those cultivators who mastered the ability to fly did not hesitate at all and fled in all directions. It is a pity that now there are absolute spirit lands blocking between each prefecture in the world. They are like livestock raised in a cage. Most cultivators do not have the strength to cross this barrier and can only watch and wait for death.

Only King Realm cultivators can barely cross the absolute spirit land, but except for the few prefectures closer to the space-locked area that have a chance to escape, the rest have no hope of survival at all.

The key is that the few prefectures on the edge have almost been slaughtered by the few Cangming God Messengers before, and now they have long turned into forbidden zones for living beings. It is even more difficult for those King Realm cultivators to cross.

However, even so, there were still some lucky cultivators who successfully escaped from this area. They just breathed a sigh of relief and felt lucky for their escape.

But they didn't know that what they were facing was a more terrifying hell. In front of them, Emperor Realm God Messengers stood in the air. They were like suns, looking incomparably dazzling.

At this moment, they were controlling the array, extracting the Heaven and Earth power of the space-locked area. All this was their handiwork.

Seeing this scene, those King Realm and Emperor Realm cultivators who were lucky enough to escape were angry, but they didn't say a word, and didn't even dare to show any dissatisfaction.

They knew very well that those were figures they couldn't afford to offend; they were Great Emperors!

These people did not say a word, wanting to muddle through, but just as they prepared to move and leave, waves of majestic Dao Rhyme surged from the sky, completely suppressing them.

A group of cultivators instantly felt like falling into an ice cellar. They realized that these Emperor Realm powerhouses didn't intend to let them go at all!

Above the sky, one Emperor Realm God Messenger after another didn't even lower their eyes to look at the cultivators who escaped from the space-locked area. Most of their energy was on maintaining the array to extract Heaven and Earth power.

This kind of thing is not an easy job for the Emperor Realm, and it is very energy-consuming.

But even so, they only needed to draw a little bit of power, which was no different from a devastating disaster for those King Realm and Emperor Realm cultivators.

Although the three Saint Realm God Messengers did not speak and say what to do with those who escaped from the space-locked area, they had not lived for tens of thousands of years in vain. Now the group of God Messengers worked hard to make such a big commotion just to wipe out that God-Slayer, so they naturally couldn't tolerate any loopholes.

They thought the same as the few Cangming God Messengers before. Who knows if the God-Slayer has any superb disguise means and can disguise himself as an ordinary cultivator to escape.

This kind of thing hasn't happened before. Once there was a very powerful Painting Dao God-Slayer who relied on superb disguise means to hide among cultivators for thousands of years without being exposed.

If it weren't for the opponent wanting to break through to the Emperor Realm and entering the Saint Realm area controlled by major Emperor Clans, it is estimated that this guy could live until the end of his life.

So to be on the safe side, all living beings in this entire area, whether human or demon, must die!

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—

Strands of Dao Rhyme pressed down, and most of those escaped cultivators were wiped out on the spot. A few were lucky, just showing their heads from the absolute spirit land, and saw that scene. They did not hesitate and immediately turned back.

Fortunately, these Emperor Realm powerhouses only drew a small strand of Dao Rhyme power to attack them. This bit of Dao Rhyme did not have much power under the obstruction of the absolute spirit land, so these cultivators successfully escaped.

The Emperor Realm God Messengers also didn't waste energy to chase those small fries. In their view, as long as all the Heaven and Earth power in the space-locked area was extracted, and then they invaded that area together, all living beings would die, so there was no need to do anything extra now.

These cultivators fled back in a hurry and told the world everything that happened outside. When they learned that a group of Emperor Realm powerhouses were attacking them, all cultivators were desperate.

They really wanted to know why this was?

But it was useless to struggle with this now. Even if they went to ask those Emperor Realm powerhouses, the other party wouldn't bother to pay attention to them.

These cultivators knew very well that in front of the Emperor Realm, they were just a group of bugs.

No one would care about the life or death of a group of bugs, let alone have the mood to answer their questions.

Now they seem to be able to wait for death here.

Just when these cultivators were in despair, suddenly an Emperor Realm cultivator sensed something.

"No, these Heaven and Earth powers, besides flowing outward, seem to be flowing inward as well. It seems that there is another power competing with those Emperor Realm powerhouses for this power!"

As time passed, more and more powerhouses discovered this situation, and they immediately flew toward that direction.

After a long time, the group of cultivators suddenly discovered that the Heaven and Earth power in Cangzhou did not flow away, but became more and more intense.

Cangzhou at this moment is like an oasis in the desert, which means hope for survival for those cultivators.

The first to discover this situation was naturally the cultivators in Cangzhou. They were originally preparing to flee, but found that the Heaven and Earth power in Cangzhou stopped flowing away for some reason, and a part of the Heaven and Earth power flowing away in the nearby prefectures also flowed into Cangzhou.

This made the Heaven and Earth power here several times more intense. Many cultivators stuck at the Emperor Realm bottleneck even had signs of breaking through.

As other Emperor Realm and King Realm cultivators came to Cangzhou, and after communicating with the local cultivators here, they all looked at a palace in a certain area of Cangzhou.

This palace was obviously condensed by some kind of Emperor Dao power, which was full of strong deterrence for these Emperor Realm and King Realm cultivators, and no one would approach it brainlessly.

After everyone communicated their understanding of the situation, they roughly guessed the cause and effect.

"In this way, those Emperor Realm powerhouses should come from the Saint Realm, and their target is this Great Emperor!"

"In this way, we are fish caught in the crossfire!"

The cultivators discussed in transmission, some were obviously very unwilling, and there was resentment in their eyes.

Someone immediately scolded: "No matter what you think in your heart, it is better not to say some things, otherwise it is just seeking your own death!"

Obviously, this cultivator was reminding others not to have any resentment toward this mysterious Great Emperor of Cangzhou, otherwise the Great Emperors outside could kill them, and this Great Emperor could do the same.

However, someone sneered: "I don't agree with what this fellow Daoist said. I, Qilian Cheng, think that we cultivators should say what we have to say and not be hypocritical."

Everyone immediately looked at the Emperor Realm cultivator named Qilian Cheng. Unexpectedly, this guy was so brave. Could it be that this guy was going to directly question the mysterious Great Emperor why he wanted to implicate them, the innocent people?

To tell the truth, most of the cultivators present had similar thoughts, but they were not stupid and didn't dare to really do it.

Otherwise, they could imagine the outcome, which would definitely not be much better.

One could see Qilian Cheng flying directly toward the solemn palace above Cangzhou. After reaching a certain distance, he bowed to the palace from afar, his voice respectful.

"Junior Qilian Cheng, lucky to come to the sanctuary of the Senior, thank you Senior for saving my life!"

Seeing Qilian Cheng's attitude, everyone was puzzled. Looking at this guy's appearance, it didn't look like he was going to question the mysterious Great Emperor.

Let alone them, even Han Yu was a bit puzzled. His divine sense had long covered the entire Cangzhou, and the words and deeds of those cultivators when they entered just now were all known to him.

He thought this Qilian Cheng was a tough guy who was going to question him, but he didn't expect this guy didn't seem to have such intentions.

Han Yu said directly: "The Great Emperors outside are all here because of me. You are completely suffering from a disaster. Don't you hate me?"

Once this was said, Qilian Cheng immediately looked serious and shook his head repeatedly.

"Senior, you are wrong. It is not you who caused us harm, so why should we hate you?"

"The culprit of the disasters in each prefecture this time is completely other Great Emperors. Instead, you took action to protect a prefecture and gave us a glimmer of life. If we don't thank you, but instead have resentment toward you, that would be truly worse than a beast!"

Once this was said, the group of cultivators from other prefectures who were just communicating together twitched their faces, and then they understood that Qilian Cheng was aiming at them.

They just said how could this guy be tough enough to go to a Great Emperor to question him. Good guy, it turned out that this guy was going to flatter him.

However, everyone thought carefully, what Qilian Cheng said seemed to make sense. They had resentment in their hearts just now because they subconsciously felt that Han Yu's willingness to protect Cangzhou might be a Great Emperor with benevolence and righteousness in his heart.

As the saying goes, the kind are bullied by others. Even if the other party is a Great Emperor, it seems that because he has a relatively kind heart, it makes them, these weak cultivators, subconsciously feel that he is easy to talk to.

If they were facing those Great Emperors outside who would wipe out all living beings if they didn't agree, they wouldn't dare to have half a resentment.

It has to be said that it was the guy named Qilian Cheng who thought clearly, but only Qilian Cheng knew that the reason he said this was not just because he was afraid of Han Yu, but because he had other ideas.

"Heh, a bunch of idiots, actually because they were implicated by this Great Emperor, they were so awkward one by one, and dared to have resentment toward others. It's ridiculous."

"You don't think about it, can the existence that so many Emperor Realms spend such means to surround and kill be a simple character?"

"Since those Great Emperors outside want to wipe us out together, then we are on the same front as this Senior. If we don't leave a good impression in front of him at this time, when will we?" ===== CHAPTER 160 =====