720: Chapter 720 Escape from the Heavenly Palace

[Just at this moment—]

[Thousands of miles away, those scattered, invisible fragments of Dao Rhyme in the starry sky suddenly began to coalesce.]

[Invisible threads converged from all directions, stitching the shattered aura back together bit by bit, as if mending a wound.]

[A figure slowly appeared—Venerable Yong Ye.]

[His face was pale, his aura was clearly weakened by thirty percent, and the lingering effects of the immortal slaying sword remained on his body. Silver-white light marks flickered across his skin a few times before finally dissipating.]

[He raised his eyes to look at you, his gaze gloomy, but he did not speak.]

[Your brows were tightly furrowed.]

[You knew that it wouldn't be so easy to kill a Mahayana Stage Late Stage cultivator who had mastered a Great Dao Divine Ability.]

[That sword strike of yours had indeed shattered the Void Realm of Venerable Yong Ye and destroyed his Physical Body, but his Origin was not yet exhausted, so he could still resurrect.]

[Just like Cai Xingchen and Liu Tianxing back then, as long as a Mahayana Cultivator's Origin is not completely extinguished, they can continue to resurrect—this is something you can also do.]

[You are currently only at the Mahayana Stage Early Stage, and you do not yet have the means to extinguish a Mahayana Stage Late Stage cultivator in one blow.]

[But that is not important.]

[With a thought, ten thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones inside your qiankun ring instantly burned to ash one by one, and your aura slowly recovered.]

[Just as you were about to activate the immortal slaying sword again—]

[In another part of the starry sky in the distance, a faint, grayish-white light wrapped around a wisp of Origin, slowly coalescing.]

[Liu Xuerong's figure emerged.]

[Her body was as illusory as a sheet of paper, her aura as weak as a candle in the wind. She couldn't even stand steadily, so she half-knelt in the Void Realm, head bowed, gasping for breath.]

[She had less than ten percent of her aura left; any random Mahayana Stage Early Stage cultivator could kill her.]

[You didn't expect her to survive even in this state.]

[Qin Han's Grasp of Guixu had destroyed thirty percent of her Origin, but she survived thanks to her Undying True Body.]

[Your immortal slaying sword had slashed her once more, yet she had actually managed to coalesce back together.]

[You gripped the immortal slaying sword in your hand, and the silver light on the blade brightened once more.]

[This time, you did not want to give her any more chances.]

[Qin Han extended a claw to stop you: "Daddy, leave her to me. She is dead for sure this time."]

[You glanced at it, then looked at Liu Xuerong, who was half-kneeling in the distance. After thinking it over, you did not refute.]

[Although Venerable Yong Ye's aura was weakened by thirty percent, he was still Venerable Yong Ye.]

[A Mahayana Stage Late Stage cultivator who had mastered a Great Dao Divine Ability was far more threatening than Liu Xuerong.]

[You were forcing yourself to hold on; after swinging the immortal slaying sword twice, you were already in a state of collapse.]

[Liu Xuerong had swung her damaged Immortal Artifact once, which had also drained her.]

[You were much stronger than her—]

[She had died twice, losing ninety percent of her Origin. Even if she used Heaven And Earth Treasure to recover, she would only have ten percent of her strength left.]

[Unless she went into seclusion to repair her Dao Body Origin.]

[But you were different.]

[Your strength had merely been drained, but your Origin was intact—once your strength was replenished, you would be at your peak.]

[You looked at her.]

[She also looked at you.]

[As your eyes met, the Killing Intent almost solidified.]

[Heaven And Earth Treasure appeared in her palm, and she frantically absorbed their energy, draining one after another. It was like water poured into a dried-up riverbed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.]

[Inside her spatial ring, that Incarnation of Divine Thought was so faint it was about to disappear.]

["Why don't we retreat?" The Incarnation of Divine Thought's telepathic message rang in her mind, as weak as a cool breeze.]

[Liu Xuerong gritted her teeth and didn't answer.]

[She had only survived just now because the Incarnation of Divine Thought had exhausted its power to block part of the immortal slaying sword's force; otherwise, she might truly have been killed by your sword.]

[The most difficult part of losing Origin is when you are at your peak, because the "emptier" you are, the easier you are to kill.]

[The times Qin Han heavily injured her cost her at least ten percent of her Origin, and later, its strongest move took another thirty percent. The value of this forty percent from Qin Han was no lower than your fifty percent.]

[Liu Xuerong's gaze shifted away from you and scanned the battlefield—]

[The light curtain of the great formation had long since dissipated, and everyone had stopped fighting, exchanging glances with one another.]

[Jun Wuchen and Venerable Tianming each occupied one side, confronting each other, yet their peripheral vision remained fixed on the entire battlefield.]

[Murong Changge looked at the Divine Beast with a smile, but the Divine Beast was no longer chasing him; it only glanced at Qin Han from time to time.]

[The starry sky fell into silence; everyone seemed to be discussing something through telepathy.]

[You did not move either, and the telepathic messages from Murong Changge and the others rang out in your mind one after another.]

["The great formation has been broken; I'm afraid we can't kill them. What a pity, what a pity." Han Feiyu's telepathic message arrived first.]

["Indeed, what a pity. That Liu Xuerong only has ten percent of her Origin left; if I had seized the chance to land a follow-up attack just now, it would have been great." Murong Changge's voice followed closely.]

["It probably won't work now." Yan Ruyu's telepathic message also arrived. "Venerable Tianming, Venerable Yong Ye, and that Divine Beast are all watching."]

[Everyone's telepathic messages turned into streams of spiritual patterns, vanishing into the heaven and earth, then drilling into the ears of the corresponding targets.]

[As a Mahayana Stage cultivator, you could also see those telepathic spiritual patterns weaving through the starry sky, so both sides were aware that the other was communicating telepathically.]

[It was the same on the Heavenly Palace side; streams of spiritual patterns emerged from everyone's mouths and vanished into the ears of others.]

[Venerable Yong Ye's expression was gloomy. He sent a telepathic message to Venerable Tianming, his tone filled with resentment: "Venerable Tianming, you have caused me to lose thirty percent of my Origin this time..."]

[Before he could finish, Venerable Tianming raised his hand and tossed a qiankun ring over, responding telepathically: "Compensation for you."]

[Venerable Yong Ye's Divine Thought swept over it, and the resentment on his face instantly melted away. He smiled and put it away: "That's more like it..."]

[After a pause, he looked at Jun Wuchen and sent a telepathic message: "However... if we continue to fight, let me handle Jun Wuchen."]

[Venerable Tianming was silent for a moment. He raised his head and swept a glance over the three streaks of light in the starry sky, then looked at you and Qin Han. His tone was low as he sent a telepathic message to everyone on the Heavenly Palace side:]

["There are too many variables this time."]

[He paused, shifted his gaze away from you and Qin Han, looked at Liu Xuerong, and sent a telepathic message: "Let's retreat."]

[Liu Xuerong still did not make a sound.]

[She stared fixedly at you and Qin Han, her eyes complex—filled with humiliation, unwillingness, and anger.]

[Venerable Tianming frowned, his tone carrying a hint of displeasure as he sent another telepathic message: "You have always been calm in the past; why have you lost your mind like this today?"]

[Liu Xuerong clenched her fists and sent a telepathic message, her voice trembling: "He has the immortal slaying sword... He is the person who destroyed my Liu Clan."]

["So what?" Venerable Tianming's tone was indifferent. "Do you remember how those Prodigies fell when you were young? A momentary setback does not define a lifetime; there will be plenty of time in the future."]

[Liu Xuerong gritted her teeth, her body trembling slightly, and her breathing grew heavier.]

[After taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them again, the unwillingness and impulse in her heart had been forcefully suppressed.]

["Let's go." She glanced at the Heavenly Palace Divine Beast.]

[The Divine Beast's eyes lit up, and a vast power of time and space instantly permeated the area.]

[The next second, pillars of light descended from the sky, enveloping everyone. The light pillars flashed, and they all vanished.]

[Without the blockade of the great formation, and without the blockade of your sword formation, the Divine Beast did not need to use Time-Space Nirvana; it only needed the most ordinary time-space escape technique.]

[And it was a group escape!]