“Hiss!”
The icy touch caused the thirteen giants to open their eyes suddenly, their bodies instinctively shivering.
“So cold!”
“How could this be!”
After the thirteen giants of the cultivator lineage awakened, their first reaction wasn't anything else, but shock at why they felt cold.
Since stepping into the Immortal Dao Fruit Realm, external sensations had hardly affected them.
Even if beings of the same level attacked them, it would only cause physical pain at most, without touching their divine souls.
But now... even their divine souls were trembling, as if mortals had fallen into an icy night.
“It's our Dao Fruits!”
“Dao Fruits tainted with karmic power will gradually cause us to lose our strength, until the Five Declines of Heaven and Man occur.” The Dean of the Ancient God Academy murmured, recalling the words of the Dragon Lord of Ancient Dragon Mountain.
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the cultivator lineage giants instantly turned unsightly.
“Two young friends, is this starship yours?”
The Dean of the Ancient God Academy took a deep breath, his gaze falling on Xuan Xue and Lin Ning, who were warily standing to the side.
Although they had been knocked unconscious earlier, they still retained their memories.
Now that they were lying on the starship, the ice water from before must have been the work of these two humans.
“Yes, and no,” Xuan Xue frowned.
They had initially seized this starship.
The Dean of the Ancient God Academy didn't dwell on Xuan Xue's answer but shakily stood up and tossed a ring towards Xuan Xue.
This contained the desolate ancient resources he had collected before leaving; he hadn't handed them over to the Bronze Forbidden Zone experts.
“Two young human friends, our lives depend on you from now on.
This is an advance payment.
Please take us away quickly and escape into the desolate fringes of the universe.
If we ultimately escape, we will do our best to fulfill any requests you two may have.” The Dean of the Ancient God Academy cupped his fist and said.
Xuan Xue caught the ring and glanced at the contents, her pupils slightly contracting.
“What do you mean?” She frowned.
However, before the Dean of the Ancient God Academy could answer.
A powerful aura suddenly seized the entire starship.
“This is!”
Lin Ning's expression changed slightly.
She ran to the edge of the deck and, upon seeing the source of the aura, gasped.
Several yellow figures were rapidly approaching them on meteorites.
“To think we'd encounter this kind of trouble on the way back to the Imperial Dynasty!” Lin Ning's eyes narrowed.
At this point, how could she not know that these dozen or so unfamiliar beings had entered their starship to escape?
Feeling the approaching killing intent, there was no doubt that they had also been dragged into this chase.
Xuan Xue's heart sank, and she glanced at the Dean of the Ancient God Academy and the others, who wore pleading expressions.
In this situation, she wasn't sure if abandoning these people would mean the yellow beings behind them would let them go.
“Leave this place first!”
With a quick thought, Xuan Xue accepted the ring.
Her divine sense drove the starship, increasing its speed by nearly double.
The starship quickly broke free from the aura's control and escaped into the depths of space.
“Damn it! Which power's starship is this!”
Behind the starship, Divine General Ling's expression was gloomy.
Dao Fruits tainted with karmic power were simply not enough to support the cultivator lineage giants' long-distance escape.
He only needed to wait for the cultivator lineage giants to lose their divine power, and then he could capture them directly without expending any strength.
But now, the sudden appearance of the starship was causing the entire pursuit to become slightly out of control.
“Chase!” Divine General Ling said coldly, his face filled with killing intent.
Instantly, many Bronze-level experts increased their speed.
Divine General Ling and the others were, after all, beings who had condensed Dao Fruits.
Although they hadn't cultivated the rules of space, they were faster than the starship when they got serious.
The distance between the two sides was slowly closing.
“So, you've turned over a new leaf?” On the starship, Xuan Xue and Lin Ning had also learned the whole story from the Dean of the Ancient God Academy and slightly frowned.
They had initially realized that the Dean of the Ancient God Academy and the others were extraordinary, but they hadn't expected them to be so powerful, actually being the rulers of the cultivator lineage.
“Yes, but it's a pity we woke up too late.” The Dean of the Ancient God Academy shook his head, a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes.
In ordinary times, he would never talk to juniors of the Ancient Gods, but now, their lives were almost entirely tied to Xuan Xue and Lin Ning's starship.
“You can't escape; surrender!”
“Where in this starry sky is there a place for you to stay?”
Divine General Ling's voice suddenly echoed on the starship.
This immediately caused the cultivator lineage giants' expressions to change slightly.
The fact that the voice could reach their ears proved that Divine General Ling was already within a certain distance of the starship.
“We still haven't shaken them off?”
“If we could use our divine power, perhaps there would still be a chance.”
The cultivator lineage giants exchanged glances, all seeing the unwillingness in each other's eyes.
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Chapter 318 How is it possible? How can there be a God King here?
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They had roamed the starry sky for millions of years.
All were overlords of their respective domains.
But now.
They were about to end in such a way.
“I'm sorry, two young human friends.”
The Dean of the Ancient God Academy took a deep breath and smiled bitterly at Xuan Xue and Lin Ning.
They had previously seen the starship's incredible speed.
They mistakenly thought that entering the starship would be a way out, allowing them to shake off Divine General Ling and the others.
But now, it was clear that they were wrong.
No matter how fast the starship was.
How could it be faster than a Half-Step God King, an Immortal Dao Fruit Realm expert?
Now, they had implicated these two human juniors who should have been safe.
However, they were now extremely weak; otherwise, they would definitely cast a spell to allow Xuan Xue and the others to avoid this calamity.
“We'll stay on the starship; you find a chance to escape.
The Bronze people's goal is us; as long as you leave, they shouldn't interfere too much.” The giant of Nine Provinces Palace pondered slightly, staring at Xuan Xue and Lin Ning.
“Yes.” The other giants of the cultivator lineage also nodded in succession.
They glanced at their own Dao Fruits.
Defeat was already a foregone conclusion.
It wasn't that they couldn't afford to lose.
They just didn't want to involve the lives of other beings.
But contrary to what they expected.
No panic appeared on the faces of Xuan Xue and Lin Ning.
“Dog Xue, it seems like we've already entered the Imperial Dynasty's territory.” Lin Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice.
She had just seen the boundary flag of the Divine Profound Imperial Dynasty when the starship passed through a desolate starry sky!
In other words.
The starry sky ahead should all be the Dynasty's territory.
... During this time, although they traveled the galaxy, they did not break contact with the Imperial Dynasty, so they naturally knew some of the Dynasty's foundations.
Although the Bronze people chasing them were strong, they were not even close to the level of the Imperial Dynasty.
And those Imperial Dynasty experts were stationed in this starry sky.
The Bronze people's unmasked aura, trespassing into the Imperial Dynasty's territory, was tantamount to courting death.
“My royal brother must have sensed us.”
Xuan Xue nodded.
She glanced at the jade pendant she was wearing, which slightly chimed after entering the Imperial Dynasty's territory.
“This...”
The Dean of the Ancient God Academy and the others looked at the calm Xuan Xue and Lin Ning, feeling somewhat dazed.
The aura released by Divine General Ling made even beings like them who had condensed Dao Fruits feel difficult to resist.
Let alone the two human juniors in front of them who were only in the second level of the Ancient God Realm.
In their opinion, when they told them to escape, if not fear, they should at least react, right?
But now, not to mention any reaction, it seemed like they didn't care about Divine General Ling and the others' pursuit at all.
“Aren't you planning to escape?” The giant of Nine Provinces Palace felt a sense of incomprehension.
“Escape? We would consider it in other places, but in this starry sky...” Xuan Xue shook her head.
They were already home, why would they escape?
“This...” Xuan Xue's unexpected reply clearly didn't satisfy the Dean of the Ancient God Academy and the others.
They exchanged glances, slightly frowning.
“It was only when she mentioned the Imperial Dynasty's territory that she suddenly became so calm!”
Although they had no divine power, their realm was still there, and their five senses were extremely sharp.
They could naturally hear what Lin Ning said and could deduce that it was this Imperial Dynasty that made Xuan Xue and Lin Ning relax.
But this was also what made them feel incomprehensible.
Divine General Ling was a Half-Step God King, and the Bronze people behind him were all in the Immortal Dao Fruit Realm, with absolute strength.
Even if other camps used all their foundations, they might not be able to contend.
What kind of Imperial Dynasty could give these two human women such great confidence?
“Could it be!”
