Chapter 149: Ambush

In the Temporal‑Spatial Abyss, Zhou Yang is rapidly advancing along a safe route where the Space‑Time Force collisions neutralize each other.

Earlier, the plentiful harvest in that Gu Natuo Dong Fu made him vaguely anticipate the upcoming trip to another Dong Fu.

"I wonder how much I can reap in this Shangjun Cave Dong Fu; it'd be great if I could find a heavy treasure."

He dreamed of it in his heart.

Suddenly, Zhou Yang, who was marching, seemed to sense something and turned his head toward a certain direction.

Under the shimmering light of the Space‑Time Force collisions, a near‑transparent mist drifted slowly.

The transparent mist twisted and churned, and a palm‑sized cyan Scale was gently 'spat' out by it.

Green light suddenly surged around the Scale; beneath the hazy green glow, an immense pressure spread, instantly sweeping across tens of millions of kilometers.

"That is Divine Kingdom Teleportation!"

Zhou Yang's pupils narrowed slightly, instinctively feeling that a massive danger was descending.

"Reincarnation King!"

Before Zhou Yang could react, a cold voice entered his mind, and at the same time a suppressed terrifying attack surged from ahead! A towering palace, over a thousand meters tall, surrounded by endless cyan ethereal light, burst through the sky.

The palace moved at a startling speed, covering Zhou Yang from below in the blink of an eye.

The palace's doors thundered open, and an overwhelmingly powerful suppressing and Swallowing force instantly fell upon Zhou Yang! Under that immense suppressing force, he felt his thoughts about to stall, with no time to react.

Moreover, his body was being pulled by that powerful Swallowing force, drifting toward the towering palace.

But the next moment, above the Origin Pearl in his inner world, a black small tower trembled slightly, and a gentle yet powerful force spread rapidly through his body.

As this force surged, the suppressing Swallowing force that enveloped his body and soul was gradually driven out.

The sensation of stalled thought quickly faded, and Zhou Yang's consciousness finally resumed functioning.

"What a terrifying power, definitely a heavy treasure of the sealing type, perhaps even a Supreme Treasure! Who is it, who is striking me?"

Zhou Yang summoned all his strength to drive the Myriad Elephant Tower to resist the suppressing, Swallowing force from the palace above, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Divine Kingdom Teleportation light had just burst.

A towering figure appeared in his sight, a humanoid flame giant nearly 12 kilometers tall.

He wore a strange deep‑black armor, on which strands of Golden Secret Runes periodically lit up, forming clusters of golden flame patterns.

Behind him trailed a bizarre beast over 20 meters long, somewhat lion‑like but entirely covered in cyan Scale armor.

"Demon Race, Heaven Drive King!"

Seeing that massive figure, Zhou Yang's pupils involuntarily narrowed slightly.

Among the hundreds of thousands of Peak Sealing King strongmen in this Fourth Domain Battlefield area, there are many terrifying beings.

They are already immensely powerful, and each wields one or even several mighty heavy treasures; their combined strength is already very close to Invincible King! Such strongmen are scarce among the major peak clans, and even fewer operate in this Outer Domain Battlefield.

And the Heaven Drive King before him is one of them.

The Heaven Drive King belongs to the Demon Race camp, but he himself is not a Demon; he hails from a subordinate clan of the Demon Race, the Quan Ling Clan.

Since the start of his cultivation, this Heaven Drive King displayed an extraordinary talent; he rose from an ordinary Planet Level Quan Ling Clan to near Invincible King status, his performance even outshining the geniuses of the Demon Race's Eighteen Royal Clans.

Consequently, the Demon Race's higher‑ups took notice, and a powerful Universe Venerable stepped forward to take him as a disciple.

Zhou Yang knows his own strength; under normal circumstances he would only be considered a fairly strong Peak Sealing King, and even here in the Temporal‑Spatial Abyss, the power of the Qian Kun Secret Technique has been greatly amplified, yet it still amounts to the limit of a Peak Sealing King.

Facing a Heaven Drive King of such near‑Invincible King strength, even if he laid out all his cards, he would likely not be a match.

When the strength gap is too great, external methods can hardly take effect.

"Huh? As expected, a Realm Lord!" The Heaven Drive King, clad in black armor and resembling a flame giant, spoke, his voice rolling like a muffled thunder.

Earlier, as he wielded the palace's sealing force to infiltrate Zhou Yang's body, he easily detected the special core that signifies a Realm Lord's identity.

"The force we just resisted from Bi Yan Hall was a heavy treasure, right? A Soul Defense Heavy Treasure? That would be equivalent to an Ordinary Supreme Treasure!"

"A Realm Lord, yet possessing a Soul Defense Heavy Treasure, shows your status among the Human Race is extraordinary. Considering the time you appeared on the Outer Domain Battlefield, if my guess is correct, you must be the unparalleled prodigy 'Zhou Yang' who, over two thousand years ago, was taken as a direct disciple by the Chaos City ruler of the Human Race, right?"

"In less than three thousand years, you've risen to a level comparable to the Peak Sealing King limit—truly terrifying. No wonder the clan is willing to lend me this Bi Yan Hall for use."

Zhou Yang hadn't expected the Heaven Drive King's analysis to actually uncover his identity, but of course he could not readily admit it.

He stared at the towering Heaven Drive King and said coldly with a smile:

"Heaven Drive King, you're a bit too self‑righteous. Among the five great Peak clans of the Human Race, we've cultivated countless unparalleled geniuses—how many do you actually know?"

"Hmph, you're quite mouth‑hard. When I seal your soul, I'll have a way to uncover your secret!"

The flame‑giant‑shaped Heaven Drive King snorted coldly, and said no more.

He fully commanded Bi Yan Hall to press down from one side, and a powerful Swallowing force many times stronger than before instantly fell upon Zhou Yang.

"Having a Soul Defense Heavy Treasure doesn't matter; under Bi Yan Hall you'll still be suppressed!"

The Heaven Drive King sneered inwardly, yet his form surged forward instantly, a massive palm sweeping toward Zhou Yang, aiming to slam him straight into Bi Yan Hall.

His gigantic flaming palm was encased in a black armored gauntlet; golden flames flickered at the palm, and an explosively destructive aura burst forth, tearing and collapsing the surrounding space.

"Impressive, that armored gauntlet is definitely heavy‑treasure level!"

Zhou Yang was already straining to resist the surging Swallowing force of Bi Yan Hall, and feeling the terrifying aura of that massive palm made his complexion change drastically! He certainly could not block this palm!

Without hesitation, a black small tower shot out from his inner world, then instantly swelled to nearly ten thousand zhang tall! Zhou Yang instantly darted into that towering tower.

"Pong!"

The next second, the massive flaming palm clad in the black armored gauntlet slammed heavily onto the nearly ten‑thousand‑zhang‑tall Black Treasure Tower.

The overwhelming terrifying power at the palm's apex erupted instantly, striking the Myriad Elephant Tower and sending it flying backward.

"Boom!"

The Myriad Elephant Tower crashed heavily onto the gaping Bi Yan Hall that was waiting to devour Zhou Yang; the black tall tower and the cyan palace both rolled and flew outward to opposite sides.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Zhou Yang exerted all his strength to control, stabilizing the Myriad Elephant Tower just before it would plunge into Temporal‑Spatial Turbulence.

"Palace Type, this aura is a Supreme Treasure! Palace Type Supreme Treasure!"

And the Heaven Drive King's complexion turned sour the instant the Myriad Elephant Tower appeared.

"The human race truly values this Reincarnation King; they actually directly bestowed a Palace Type Supreme Treasure—now it's troublesome."

"Originally he thought Zhou Yang was merely a Realm Lord; possessing a Soul Type Defense Heavy Treasure would already be not bad, and with the Bi Yan Hall bestowed by the race, he could still seal the opponent."

"As it turned out, the opponent directly produced a Supreme Treasure! Moreover, it was a Palace Type Supreme Treasure, extremely precious among Supreme Treasures! With this treasure in hand, trying to seal the Reincarnation King again has become an impossible task."

"At that moment, a clump of hazy light mist twisted and drifted to Heaven Drive King's side, and a hoarse voice echoed in Heaven Drive King's mind."

"\"Heaven Drive King, I have reported the situation here; the master has already arranged for Shock Martial King to bring a Soul Type Supreme Treasure and rush over—please, Heaven Drive King, you must hold back the Reincarnation King. \""

"(End of Chapter)"